Mercenary's War-Chapter 2148 - 2125: Fatal Misjudgment

When anger is of no use, Grand Ivan becomes very calm.

"This is another full-scale war, it will make a big noise, and the consequences will be serious, but for us, we are not particularly worried about retaliation from the Cicero Family. They are intelligence dealers, and can only influence the war from the shadows, but they don’t know how to lead a war."

After speaking slowly, Grand Ivan said in a low voice to the person standing in front of him: "No matter if Ram is dead or alive, Mario must pay the price. Ivan is short of hands, send my bodyguards out."

The person called Alyosha was shocked, and urgently said: "That’s absolutely not possible!"

Grand Ivan waved his hand, smiled, and said: "I am a hostage here, but even if there was no one around me, who would dare to touch me? The Americans will protect me, they cannot afford the consequences of my death. Ivan is lacking truly capable people, give him all the people protecting me."

Alyosha said resolutely, "That’s absolutely not possible, absolutely not! I disagree!"

Grand Ivan said nothing, just looked at Alyosha. Alyosha swallowed, then bit his teeth, and with a determined expression, he said: "You said that all security work is to be entrusted to me, and everything is up to me. Either you change people, or you do what I say. Your bodyguards absolutely cannot leave, absolutely cannot!"

Grand Ivan sighed, shook his head, and said: "Alyosha, you’re just too stubborn. Fine, give half of the people to Ivan, is that alright?"

Alyosha thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "No more than one month, no more than one month of time. Any longer really won’t do."

Grand Ivan waved his hand and said, "Go arrange the personnel, let them set off immediately. Also, Mark Yves owes Ram a favor, and so does Magi, arrange both of them into the departing team."

Alyosha curiously asked, "Mark Yves owes Ram a favor? How come?"

Grand Ivan sighed: "I once asked Mark Yves to protect Ram, and he got shot. If it weren’t for Ram, he’d be dead, so he owes Ram a favor. Give him a chance to repay it. And, where are Lion and Medusa?"

Alyosha said in a low voice, "I don’t know where they are, but they are reachable. Ivan has always been in touch with them. They have a personal friendship. Maybe let Ivan contact them?"

Grand Ivan laughed: "Make the call. Lion owes me a life. These assassins don’t care about that, but he must repay it now. Tell Lion, if he completes this task for me, he will no longer owe me anything."

Alyosha nodded and said, "Alright, I’ll contact them now. Lion and Medusa are assassins. They need a clear target, so what are the target and boundaries?"

Grand Ivan slowly exhaled and said: "Anyone close to Mario in the Cicero Family, as well as Mario’s friends and subordinates, are targets. No boundaries, let them go and kill freely, but there’s one thing: don’t try to fool me with small fry, that would displease me. The time limit is one year; after one year, they will owe me nothing more. Relay my exact words to Lion."

Alyosha nodded and said: "Yes, I understand. I will relay your exact words to Lion and Medusa. Sir, there is one more question: If Ram is not dead and is taken hostage by Mario?"

Grand Ivan said in a deep voice: "I will keep contacting Mario, constantly. Go prepare first. If we can confirm Ram is alive, we will hold off on taking action and focus on rescuing Ram as the primary goal. But if Ram is dead, then there’s nothing more to say..."

Picking up the phone, Grand Ivan couldn’t resist dialing Mario again, even though he knew the phone was certainly turned off, and indeed, he couldn’t reach Mario’s phone.

On the other end of the line, Mario held the switched-off phone, looking at a trusted advisor in front of him with a grim expression, and said: "Grand Ivan reacted very strongly. I didn’t expect him to respond so quickly, and he is truly furious."

"Sir, Grand Ivan’s words must be taken seriously. Should we... reconsider how we’re handling Ram?"

Mario hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it can’t be done. We can’t just let Ram go. Only through him can we find that damn bastard."

"But sir, if Grand Ivan is really furious, the consequences will be very serious. What did Grand Ivan say?"

Mario laughed, putting on a nonchalant expression, and said, "What can he say? Warn me, tell me the consequences are serious, how ridiculous. Does he really think he can scare me with a warning?"

"Sir, not answering the phone definitely won’t solve the problem. Shutting your phone off only cuts off the communication channel with Grand Ivan. I don’t think it’s a good choice. I think maybe you should explain the situation in detail again to Grand Ivan. If Ram is especially important to him, this will only completely anger him."

Mario waved his hand, laughed, and said, "No, you don’t understand. Just a mercenary, how important can he be? Why is Grand Ivan angry? Because I detained Ram without saying anything and will eventually kill him. If you put it that way, I did do wrong, but then again, it’s just a mercenary. Killing him is no big deal. Grand Ivan is angry because my actions hurt his pride, that’s all."

As he spoke, Mario’s confidence returned. He leisurely crossed his legs and said, "I can’t let Ram go, so if I answer Grand Ivan’s call and still don’t release him, it will completely screw up the situation. But if I don’t answer his calls, there is still room for easing relations. Once I settle everything, I can apologize to Grand Ivan, tell him my phone ran out of battery. I’ll save his face, apologize, give him money, give him all the information he wants. Will Grand Ivan turn against me for a mercenary at the risk of his dignity? Could he? He wouldn’t, and he can’t."

"But if you end up killing Ram, perhaps Grand Ivan... he really will turn against us. If possible, I suggest keeping Ram alive, and after getting what we want, returning him to Grand Ivan. That would be appropriate."

Mario thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "Alright, you have a point. No need to really ruin the relationship. Go tell the doctor to pause the interrogation and prepare to leave. We must get out of here now."

"Perhaps moderate the interrogation methods? How about that? After all, giving Grand Ivan a cripple won’t make him happy."

Mario sighed, hesitated for a while, then nodded: "But it will take longer this way. Anyway, alright, tell the doctor not to cripple Ram, let him use some special methods."