Chapter 377 Calm down

Chapter 377 Calm down

Chapter 377 Calm down
Brandon's words clearly had a hidden meaning, and everyone present, whether it was An Rusong or Leonard, could hear it.

Leonard's face was originally very ugly, and it became even uglier now. However, he neither made any excuses nor refuted the other party. Instead, he just looked at the other party coldly, as if he could kill the other party with just his eyes.

As for An Rushong, the expression on his face was much calmer, one could even say that there was no ripple at all.

What did Brandon mean by this? Obviously, he meant to remind An Rusong that the attack tonight using a standard sniper rifle was most likely not done by those American soldiers involved in drug trafficking, because although those people had no military discipline at all, their professional skills should not be a big problem.

He already knew about the attack. The attack was carried out by two people, a sniper and an auxiliary observer. At the same time, the place where they launched the attack was very close to An Rushong's villa, less than 600 meters away.

Therefore, based on his personal experience, Brandon inferred that if the other party really intended to kill An Rushong, after three shots were fired, there would be no way that An Rushong, who had no combat experience, would be able to escape.

The fact is that he is not dead now. Not only is he not dead, he does not even have any serious external injuries and is still alive and kicking. This shows that the attacker's purpose was not to kill him, but to create such an attack.

So the question is, in the current situation, who would benefit more from such an attack that was intended to spare An Rusong's life but could cause a sensation in public opinion? Would it benefit the American soldiers involved in drug trafficking, or the top brass of the US Forces Korea Command? Or would it benefit Leonard and those who stood behind Leonard?
Yes, for Brandon, he doesn't even need to produce definite evidence. He only needs to throw out this detail and let An Rushong infer based on common sense, and he can come up with a truly reasonable answer - this attack was not carried out by those drug-trafficking American soldiers, but by Leonard and his men. The purpose is to further expand this scandal and force the relevant parties to stand up and express their opinions.

An Rusong naturally understood this, and the reason why he remained calm and did not respond to Brandon's reminder was because of two reasons:
First, what Brandon said might not be correct. He pointed out this detail with the intention of sowing discord.

Second, let alone Brandon's statement, even if his guess was correct and the entire attack was instigated by Leonard, An Rusong would not put on a surprised and disappointed expression, crying and making a fuss and demanding an explanation from the other party. For no other reason, it was because there was no point in doing so.

As a reborn person, An Rusong has many advantages. In addition to the foresight advantage brought by his past life memories, his bold and careful character is also a major advantage. In addition, another very obvious advantage of him is that he always has self-knowledge and knows his position and status, so he never challenges opponents that he obviously cannot defeat at the moment.

The strategy of alienation would not have any effect on An Rusong and Leonard, because for this strategy to work, there must be at least mutual trust between the two. But the problem is that regardless of whether Leonard trusts An Rusong or not, An Rusong at least does not trust the other party.

The reason why he established a cooperative relationship with Leonard was, on the one hand, because he had no choice, and on the other hand, because such cooperation was profitable for him. In other words, if one day he had a choice and betrayed Leonard, he would be more profitable, then An Rusong would definitely bury Leonard in the ground without hesitation and step on him hard.

From this perspective, if Leonard arranged for the Gunners to set up such a situation tonight without informing him, is there anything worthy of criticism?

"Mr. An, do you understand what I mean?" Seeing An Rushong looking at him calmly and not saying a word from beginning to end, Brandon felt a little incredible.

You know, this inference was a killer trick he hastily prepared tonight, and its purpose was to create a rift between An Rusong and Leonard.

In Brandon's opinion, if he wants to break the impasse, the best way is to get solid evidence of drug trafficking by the US troops stationed in South Korea. Of course, it would be even better if he could get a list of drug traffickers. In that case, he and those he supports can take immediate action, either burying the evidence or finding someone to take the blame, and in this way, minimize the impact of the entire case.

But from the current point of view, this innocent-looking guy is not as easy to deal with as he had imagined before.

"Major, I understand what you mean," An Rusong shrugged in response to the other party's surprise, and said, "But, so what?"

He paused and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know what kind of disagreement there is between you and the colonel, but one thing I understand is that I have no way out after coming to this point. I must cooperate with like-minded companions to investigate the drug trafficking scandal to the end. Even if I can't send those drug dealers to prison, at least I have to drive them out of South Korea."

"You said that the attack tonight was not done by those drug-trafficking soldiers. Well, even if your guess is correct and they did not do it this time, what about next time?" With his hands folded in front of his lower abdomen, An Rushong said calmly, "What about the next time? If we let them escape this investigation, will they pretend nothing happened?" Brandon opened his mouth. He understood what An Rushong meant. After all, ever since NGN exposed the drug trafficking of US troops stationed in South Korea, An Rushong and those US soldiers involved in drug trafficking and people in the entire drug trafficking interest chain have become mortal enemies.

Those guys didn't kill An Rushong because they didn't get the chance, or they still had some concerns. It doesn't mean that they didn't want to kill An Rushong.

Leonard might have arranged the attack tonight, but at least he didn't have anyone kill An Rusong directly. From the starting point of his actions, his goal was obviously not to really kill An Rusong, but to make things worse. Therefore, after the attack tonight, Leonard at least had no sufficient reason to kill An Rusong.

What about the drug dealers? They are different. As long as they are still in Korea and can get a chance, they will definitely kill An Rusong.

Therefore, from An Rusong's perspective, the wisest choice is to eliminate the biggest threat first, and the biggest threat is the American soldiers involved in drug trafficking. As long as this main contradiction remains unchanged, he and Leonard are good friends and good buddies, because their goals are the same.

"Yes, Major, you know the answer." An Rusong didn't mind not getting Brandon's answer. He continued to speak on his own, "I also know the answer, so I understand where I should stand."

As he finished speaking, Leonard, who was sitting on the other side, crossed his legs, folded his hands together, and covered his knees with his palms. He looked at Brandon and said, "Okay, Brandon, stop thinking about those unrealistic things. If I were you, the first thing I would do now is to solve the troubles I might encounter. Haha, you don't want to officially retire at the end of this year, do you?"

Brandon looked at An Rushong again, then snorted and turned his eyes away from him.

"I have some information, but it is definitely not comprehensive," he said with a sigh after a moment's silence, his aggressive aura disappeared.

His words were incoherent, but the other two people present could understand. What he meant was that he had some information about soldiers trafficking drugs, but not much, and the reason for this was probably that the military police system had never paid attention to such things in the past.

"Do what you can do well," Leonard said, "especially in this incident tonight. Where did the weapons of the attackers come from? Which soldiers in the military camp have a record of leaving the camp without permission tonight? Especially those snipers, they are the targets that need to be investigated in detail."

"Of course, in addition to that, you should also contact the people at CID immediately," Leonard said, reaching out to take the coffee from the coffee table, "and report everything that happened tonight. I know you can contact those 'rats'."

"CID" has its own agents, and the identities of these agents are kept secret. They lurk in various places around the world where there are US military bases. Leonard obviously doesn't like CID agents. In his mouth, those agents are called "rats."

"I don't need you to tell me what to do," Brandon said with a disdainful tone. Then, without waiting for Leonard to speak again, he stood up from the sofa and walked away.

However, after taking only two steps, he seemed to have thought of something, and stopped again, took a step back, stretched out his hand towards An Rusong, and said, "Mr. An, I don't like you as a person, but I like your calmness."

An Rushong stood up with a smile and shook hands with the other party.

"I hope that next time I see you, you can still be as confident and calm as you are today." Holding An Rusong's hand tightly, Brandon glanced at Leonard and said, "Also, I am serious about my advice to you. This colonel is very unreliable. In his eyes, everyone who follows him is just a flag that can be sacrificed at any time. Just like you now, and me in the past."

(End of this chapter)