LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 302: High-End Customization
Joe Ga had Dorian equipped not with weapons, but with several custom-tailored bulletproof suits.
Modeled after John Wick's style in the rapid-paced action movie, the suit consisted of a shirt, a waistcoat, and a coat.
The entire suit was made from ultra-strong synthetic fibers. When three pieces were worn together, they could withstand shots from small caliber rifles. Although they offered less protection against blunt force trauma compared to bulletproof plates, this was sufficient for New York, which was not a battlefield after all.
Joe Ga was a generous man, and he prepared similar suits not only for himself but also for Dorian, Ayu, Spurs, and the medic officer Bird, who were all regular workers.
However, their suits were all black, whereas Joe Ga's and Nis's suits were gray with subtle stripes.
Joe Ga didn't want to admit that he had copied the design from the final battle suits in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but the movie was too famous; when Joe Ga and Nis emerged in their new attire, 'Spur' was the first to whistle...
Nis, not exactly short and with excellent body proportions, was fully showcased by the suit's slightly tapered design.
Joe Ga, tall and muscular, appeared as if the suit, which seemed particularly upright due to the material, was tailor-made for him.
Dorian showed off his clearly high-end suit to 'Pliers,' 'Dart,' and 'Orange Cat,' then, under their odd expressions, he pulled out an assault version of the HK417 from his box.
It was a gift from Joe Ga from earlier days but he never had an opportunity to use it. Now that he was going to be Nis's partner in support, it seemed necessary to have more sustained and fiercer firepower, in case they ran into trouble.
As Dorian stuffed a few grenades into a backpack and even hesitated whether to take a Broad Sword, 'Spur' exclaimed in disbelief, "How did you manage to get these things through customs?"
Dorian was accustomed to his boss's 'cannot tell' logistics. He spoke with a mysterious air, "Some things are better left unquestioned..."
Wagner looked terrified watching Nis assemble an M110, and in another bag, she prepared a basic grenade launcher. He gasped, "This is unnecessary, seriously unnecessary. The consequences of starting a war in Manhattan are severe."
Ayu, in his suit, looked from behind like LeBron James with a dreadlock wig. Since he was headed to the police station with the boss, Ayu didn't take a machine gun, instead, he chose a Glock 37 and carried something resembling a briefcase.
This was a foldable bulletproof Shield. When fully deployed, it could form a barrier 90 centimeters wide and 1.6 meters tall.
Hearing Wagner's helpless advice, Ayu, with a dignified curl of his lip, said, "You have to survive to talk about consequences. If the boss is in danger, any counteraction we take is justified."
Dorian understood Wagner and 'Spur's concerns best. Given the nature of HRT was similar to Leather Head, and 'Dart' too came from SWAT background, they were both city special forces. Often, they disliked the low firepower of standard police firearms and would buy their own AR-15 rifles for missions.
To them, carrying military-grade weapons like Joe Ga and his team did seemed unnecessary.
However, having been with Joe Ga's team for a long time, Dorian knew his companions' habits well. He waved off Wagner and the others, "If we don't run into trouble, these guns won't go off.
Guys, the boss's safety is paramount, more important than your lives. If blowing up New York ensures the boss's safety, then we'll blow up New York.
If anyone has doubts, speak now or leave our team."
Pincers, who came from an EOD background and served a long time in Iraq and Afghanistan, had seen the brutality of war.
Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of 'Dart' and 'Orange Cat,' Pincers laughed, "Now I understand why the boss hired us 'unqualified' bodyguards. Real bodyguards might not keep up with their pace.
This is good. According to Elephant, protecting the boss is protecting New York, haha..."
Wagner knew he couldn't dissuade Joe Ga, so he dialed 911, reported the badge numbers of the two officers from before, and after verifying their identities, he felt somewhat relieved.
Dorian and Nis left first, with Joe Ga and the others taking two cars...
'Dart' drove one car with 'Orange Cat' and Wagner, while 'Pliers' drove another with 'Spur,' Joe Ga, and Ayu.
Both cars followed the police car leading the way, bypassing congested sections of the road and driving for about 40 minutes towards the downtown area.
Seeing the downtown branch of the New York Police Department not far ahead, the smooth journey thus far slightly eased Wagner's nerves.
However, at an intersection, a road construction vehicle blocked most of the road.
Several Eastern European workers wearing reflective vests and gas company badges set up traffic cones and construction signs on the road.
In response to the shouts from the police car leading them, a burly Eastern European man with a big beard approached and said loudly in English with a thick Eastern European accent, "There was a report of a gas leak in the apartment nearby. Our team checked it out, and the problem seems to be in the underground pipes. We need to go underground for repairs."
The burly man waved his hand, indicating for them to bypass the area by taking the side road...
The police, stuck in the innermost lane, helplessly signaled the two cars behind them to follow, then turned onto the small path next to the right-side apartment complex, intending to circumnavigate the construction section and make their way to the police station in a roundabout manner.
The side road they left by was a two-way street with two lanes, and many vehicles belonging to nearby apartment residents were parked along it, making the road seem particularly narrow and impossible to pick up speed on.
The moment they turned onto the side road, 'Pliers,' who had spent a long time in the Middle East, had a bad feeling. He pressed the radio button and said, "Keep some distance from the police car, watch the windows on both sides, and if there's trouble, we'll speed right through. I have a bad feeling..."
Joe Ga was feeling uneasy at that moment too, but he didn't like to be reactive, so he patted the headrest of the front seat and said, "Park to the side, we'll walk over, it's just one intersection."
'Pliers' strongly agreed with his boss's idea. If someone was indeed targeting them, this kind of terrain was too disadvantageous for them.
Now, they were just over a hundred meters away from the police station with only a major intersection to cross, so they decided to walk, which was better than the risk of getting caught like a sitting duck in this kind of place if things went awry.
Decisively, he called for the leading car to pull over, then 'Pliers' and 'Spur' were the first to get out of the car to keep watch. After confirming there was no danger on either side, the two joined forces with a few men from the lead car to form a protective circle before they tapped on the car window, signaling for Joe Ga and Ayu to get out.
The leading police officer noticed their actions and stopped his car as well. Just as the officer in the passenger seat was opening the door to step out, the side window of an SUV nearby rolled down...
A dark barrel protruded and, before the police could react, emptied a 40-round magazine toward him and the officer in the driver's seat.
Suddenly, the back doors of several trucks parked on both sides of the street burst open, and more than twenty gunmen armed with semi-automatic rifles rushed out.
'Spur' reacted incredibly fast, promptly taking cover behind the car to establish a defense, then shouted loudly, "'Orange Cat' stay with me for cover, 'Dart,' 'Pliers,' 'Poet,' cover the boss's departure."
As 'Spur' spoke, his AR-15 also rang out...
"Bang, bang, bang" Three consecutive shots took down a gunman about fifty meters away from them, alerting the others to the danger.
Then they each sought cover, and from a few dozen meters away, they began to pull their triggers wildly toward Joe Ga and his team's direction.
The 'get out and walk' maneuver disrupted the attackers' entire setup, not only making it harder for the gunmen to engage, but also giving Joe Ga and his team time and space to respond.
If they had foolishly followed the lead police car just now, then Joe Ga and his team would probably have been surrounded.
Joe Ga took a look at the movement of the gunmen and knew that most of them were not professional soldiers, instead they resembled gang gunmen.
They were relying on their superior numbers and firepower to possibly gain an initial advantage. However, since Joe Ga and his team had not entered the pre-set area of attack, the gunmen positioned in the apartments on both sides could not form crossfire with those on the ground, so the danger to Joe Ga and his side wasn't too great.
But with such a disparity in numbers, fighting them head-on in such confined quarters would be insanity. So he followed 'Dart,' who was paving the way, and as 'Spur' and 'Orange Cat' began providing cover, they crouched behind parked vehicles and sprinted toward the main road some twenty meters away.
The gunfire on the side road stirred panic on the main road, with pedestrians frantically looking for places to take cover.
Joe Ga had run about a dozen meters and was about to emerge from the side road when he saw those so-called gas company workers pull out weapons from the pickup truck. He slapped Ayu's shoulder hard, shouting, "King Kong, Shield~"
As he spoke, Joe Ga drew his 'Super Jagare' and rapidly pulled the trigger...
"Bang, bang, bang"
Joe Ga's rate of fire was incredibly fast, and three 'workers' within his shooting range collapsed instantly, shot in the chest.
The modified 'Super Jagare's' 10mm hollow-point rounds had exceptionally good stopping power.
The sound of the gun and the sight of people falling stunned everyone momentarily. Even 'Dart,' who hailed from SWAT, didn't expect his boss to act so decisively. He was just about to pull the trigger to suppress the enemy when three of them fell, the remaining terrified gunmen now hiding around the corner of a diagonally opposite sidewalk, blindly shooting out of sight.
As 'Dart' was trying to provide cover for his boss to find a place to hide, he heard his boss shout loud from behind, "'Dart,' 'Pliers,' cover! King Kong, let's move..."
'Dart' didn't even have time to think; he instinctively stood up and fired a burst of bullets toward the corner of the apartment building diagonally opposite, yelled "Reloading," and then followed up with 'Pliers'' suppressive firing...
Meanwhile, as the Eastern Europeans were suppressed and pulled back, King Kong, shielding Joe Ga, charged out from their sidewalk and the two sides locked eyes across a street over a dozen meters wide.
"Bang, bang, bang..."