Mercenary's War

Chapter 2420 - 2396: You Understand Me Best

Lavagani was almost in tears, his lips pressed tightly together, and the expression on his face was somewhat strange, seeming to express the joy of a wrong being righted, yet also the resentment of having suffered injustice, and above all, gratitude for Gao Yang stepping forward to clear his name.Most importantly, Lavagani’s face showed an expectation of, "I am a hero, hurry and praise me."

It is indeed difficult for a person’s expression to be so complex.

Praising Lavagani lavishly, directly elevating him to hero status, Gao Yang was willing to do so because he felt Lavagani couldn’t stay in Yemen any longer. Regardless of who Iran sends, it surely won’t concern Lavagani anymore, and although Gao Yang and Lavagani had indeed not gotten along before, Gao Yang always held the upper hand, so he didn’t harbor much resentment towards Lavagani.

Considering Lavagani was destined not to be a hindrance anymore, and truly admiring Lavagani’s resilience, Gao Yang didn’t mind giving this tough man a decent closure. After all, from a man’s standpoint, one indeed admires a truly resolute man.

Putting down the interrogation records and the camera, Abdullah appeared relieved, while the two Iranians sitting beside Lavagani wore serious expressions. One of them stood up and took the interrogation records, while the other picked up the camera.

The two Iranians began conversing in Persian, and at this time Gao Yang realized, these two were not Lavagani’s subordinates—perhaps they were Lavagani’s superiors, or maybe they were the ones sent to replace him.

It had been four days since Iran sent people to investigate Lavagani’s capture and to send someone to take over the position of Lavagani, who needed to return for recuperation. The timing was about right.

The two Iranians started flipping through the very concise interrogation records, and then one of them appreciatively said to Gao Yang: "I heard about what happened between you and Lavagani, so I greatly admire you for not being influenced by previous personal relations and still giving Lavagani a fair evaluation. Also, I believe past events are over—conflicts between men are quite normal, but they are already past. Personally, I am very grateful for your fair evaluation of Lavagani."

This person was from the same department as Lavagani and extremely disliked seeing his colleague being captured and turned traitor. However, knowing that his colleague, even his subordinate, demonstrated great courage despite being captured, he was very pleased.

Gao Yang quickly made a judgment, while the other person remained stern-faced and, after looking at the interrogation records, asked Gao Yang, "Under what circumstances did you obtain these things?"

The question from the other person was not very courteous and had a somewhat commanding tone. Gao Yang didn’t have to answer, but looking at Lavagani, Gao Yang suddenly thought that even if Iran wants to replace Lavagani, it should be someone from the same department.

Thus, Gao Yang became interested in answering the less-than-courteous question, detailed the situation of rescuing Lavagani at the time, including the enemy’s reactions, and then pointed at the camera and said, "I think you will take these things back, so I suggest you all should watch them, including those people who were previously commanded by Mr. Lavagani, everyone should know what Mr. Lavagani experienced. Of course, don’t let Mr. Lavagani see it again, I suggest Mr. Abdullah should indeed take a look—it will help you have a deeper impression of Mr. Lavagani, reminding everyone once more that the content is very bloody and disgusting."

"This is something that must be watched!"

"Is it necessary? Just take the materials back."

"No! It must be watched, gather everyone at once! Let everyone know Lavagani’s experience which will help them in their upcoming battles!"

The two Iranians had a dispute, but soon the side strongly inclined to favor Lavagani gained the upper hand, and he immediately stood up, holding the camera, loudly saying, "I will gather everyone to watch this now, thank you, Mr. Petram!"

Gao Yang slightly bowed and said, "You’re welcome, this is the treatment Mr. Lavagani deserves. At the very least, let everyone know what the word ’hero’ signifies."

Abdullah also stood up and loudly said, "I will take a look too."

Gao Yang made a gesture invitingly, saying with a conflicted expression, "I won’t watch this—I actually don’t have that strong tolerance. Can I stay here to chat with Mr. Lavagani? I think he is going back home soon, this might be our last chance meeting. I want to talk to him, is that okay?"

"Of course, Mr. Petram, please go ahead, just take care not to exhaust Lavagani too much, we will take our leave first."

Abdullah and the two Iranians left, Gao Yang sat on the chair beside Lavagani’s sickbed and sighed, saying, "Didn’t expect we would meet in such a scene, old friend, although we indeed had some grudges before, but I am still very angry about everything you’ve been through, truly."

Lavagani turned to Gao Yang with a serious face and said, "Thank you, past things are past; some were due to national factors, but more because of my personal reasons, so I must apologize to you, Petram, you are the most magnanimous person I’ve ever met. I thought this time was over for me, everything was over—but I didn’t expect you to be the one to rescue me; I really didn’t expect it."

Lavagani extended two fingers and softly said, "You saved me twice, I would rather die than bear the reputation of being a traitor, you saved me twice, and you also called me a hero. I don’t feel I’m a hero, but your attitude saved the rest of my life. Thank you, I feel ashamed and very grateful to you."

Gao Yang waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, who are those people? Are they here to investigate you?"

Lavagani nodded slightly and softly said, "A total of six people came just to investigate my capture. They’re worried I might have said too much I shouldn’t have, so they need to check into it. If it weren’t for the evidence you provided, I really would have..."

Gao Yang impatiently said, "People like us are all the same—not afraid of death, but fear enduring doubtful glances when clearly not betrayed, living filled with anger and helplessness, saying whatever they won’t believe. You are obviously a hero! Yet have to undergo investigations, repeatedly checking! What’s the point of investigating those investigations! I previously disliked you, but knowing you’re indeed a tough guy, I cannot let you fall into such a predicament."

Lavagani was really about to cry, and he sniffled at Gao Yang, saying, "You understand, you understand it all, I won’t say anything more, thank you!"