As Johnny drove to the airport, he suddenly remembered something: the CIA was responsible for overseas affairs, so even if Johnny returned to America, he wouldn't be able to encounter this guy.
"Damn it! Am I just going to let her get away with it?"
Johnny slammed his hand on the steering wheel, feeling a bit frustrated, but then his eyes lit up, and he immediately pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
"Hey! Tej! Long time no see, how have you been lately?"
Yes, Johnny called Tej because he remembered that this guy's hacking skills were quite good.
Upon receiving Johnny's call, Tej was also very surprised, "You know, I'm not short on money now, so I opened a repair shop, bought a few cars, and I'm living a very comfortable life."
"This is great! I have something I need your help with. Are you free now?"
Before Johnny could even finish his sentence, he heard a clanging sound from the other end of the line, like a wrench falling to the ground, and then he heard Tej say,
"Oh! Then I'm very free. You know? I'm almost bored to death fixing and modifying cars here every day. Tell me, what do you need my help with?"
Hearing Johnny's request, Tej couldn't be more excited. He knew very well that if his Bro had something to ask him for, it would definitely not be a simple matter.
After all, he was a super killer.
"Uh..."
Johnny paused for a moment, then said, "I need to locate someone."
Upon hearing Johnny's words, Tej's interest immediately dropped by 90%, "That's it?"
"She is the director of a certain branch of the CIA..."
Listening to Tej's somewhat disappointed voice, Johnny didn't know what Tej was disappointed about, and then he added this sentence.
"What?"
Hearing Johnny's words, Tej's voice rose by 8 octaves, and then he quickly asked, "You want to locate the director of a certain CIA branch, right? That's awesome! I have plenty of time now. Come on, tell me her information."
Uh... • ᴗ •
No, what is this kid so excited about?
Johnny was a little puzzled, and then he gave Gina's number to Tej.
"So, you mean I need to use this string of numbers to locate this guy, right?"
Tej had already sat down in front of the computer, turned it on, and started tinkering with the program he had written.
"Great! I need to confirm her location. If possible, I hope you report her location to me periodically. I have some things I need to discuss with her face-to-face."
Johnny said with certainty.
"OK! Just leave this kind of thing to me."
As lines of code flickered across the computer screen, Tej also constantly entered new code. He first hacked into the backend of America's mobile operator, and then used the backend to search for the number.
Soon it was time to enter the number. After he entered the number, he dialed a call to that number.
The call was hung up after only one second, but on Tej's other screen, a map had already appeared, with a red dot flashing on it.
"What I want to tell you is, her location should be... wait, let me see where this is... she is in Pattaya, Thailand."
Tej quickly reported Gina's location to Johnny. Johnny opened the map on his phone, entered the location, and good heavens, wasn't she just next door?
His current location was Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, and Pattaya was a full 1700 kilometers away!
"Are you kidding me? 1700 kilometers, wouldn't driving kill me?"
Johnny couldn't help but curse.
However, the poor have their ways, and the rich have theirs. After all, Johnny was not short of money now. So he directly got out of the car and hailed a taxi on the roadside.
The first thing he did after getting in the car was to tell the taxi driver, "Take me to Pattaya, Thailand."
Taxi:???
"Sir, can you say that again?"
The taxi driver even suspected he had misheard, and couldn't believe Johnny had misspoken.
"Take me to Pattaya, Thailand."
Johnny repeated it again, and only then did the driver look at him with a shocked expression, "Do you know how far it is from here to Pattaya, Thailand? Good heavens, I think you must be crazy, and it requires crossing borders!"
But as Johnny threw over a stack of green stuff, the driver's attitude instantly took a 180-degree turn.
"Oh, you are truly my benefactor. No matter where you want to go, I can deliver you safely and quickly!"
Looking at that stack of green bills, those were American dollars!
Good heavens, he had never received so much money at once in his life!
But a greedy thought also quietly took root in his heart. However, Johnny's next words immediately dispelled this thought, "Don't have thoughts you shouldn't, don't get angry, otherwise don't be surprised how you die."
Johnny shook his suit, and the driver saw something under his suit in the rearview mirror. Instantly, that little bit of greed in his heart vanished.
Even cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He carefully wiped the sweat, then tremblingly replied, "Don't worry, I will get you to Pattaya as quickly as possible."
He hadn't expected to pick up a regular fare, but instead, he picked up a big shot, and a king of hell at that. Although the reward the other party gave was generous, he didn't even know if he would live to enjoy it, even though this was his own greed causing trouble.
Just like that, the taxi sped towards Pattaya. On the way, Johnny also assured the driver that he would cover the fuel costs and there would be additional compensation after the job was done, which greatly improved the driver's mood.
As for how to cross the border, he naturally had his own methods.
And so, the journey of over 1700 kilometers quickly came to an end, having lasted a full 16 hours.
When Johnny opened the car door and stepped out, the driver's heart, which he had been holding, finally relaxed, and then another stack of green bills was thrown in from outside.
When the driver looked up, Johnny's figure was already gone, but he had to leave quickly, after all, Thailand was not a peaceful place.
August 25, 2014, 4:43 PM.
The streets of Pattaya steamed with salty humidity in the tropical monsoon, the palm fronds on Beach Road curled into scorched umbrella ribs under the scorching sun, and the light spots filtering through the gaps of the parasols were like melting gold leaf, sticking to the bronzed backs of European and American tourists.
Surfboards lay beached at the edge of the sand, licked into fine ripples by the receding tide foam, while the roar of distant speedboats and the mournful cries of seagulls tore at the wave crests.
The as-yet-unawakened neon tubes of Walking Street cast distorted shadows on the asphalt, and salt crystals clung to faded beer billboards, like a scattering of shattered diamonds.
Rabbit girls in uniforms curled up in wicker chairs at the entrance of massage parlors, their eyelashes casting purplish shadows on their eyelids, and beads of water seeping from the iced coconuts in their hands slid from their web of thumb and forefinger towards their waists.
The stone elephant sculpture at the entrance of the Big C shopping center held a melting ice cream in its mouth, and the cap of a sunscreen bottle peeking out of a shopping bag trembled slightly in the heatwave.
The brass bells under the eaves of the Buddhist temple suddenly jingled, and as an orange-robed monk walked barefoot across the zebra crossing, the crucifix on his pocket watch chain swayed in the shadows.
The LED screen of the adjacent mall lit up, and the crystal high heels in the ladyboy show advertisement shattered the light and shadow on the ground.
And Johnny was right in the middle of it, observing the scene from a passerby's perspective.
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