Super Zoo

Chapter 472 Uncle Basel Reappears

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Shortly after the soldiers had left, the two "dead" rhinos suddenly came back to life, startling everyone greatly.

In the concrete pool, the two Baghdad Zoo employees, hearts thumping wildly, didn't hesitate to turn and flee, screaming as they rushed into the feeders' passage.

Although they knew that the rhinos weren't dead, how could they have anticipated them coming back to life so energetically? Getting hit by a rampaging rhino would be no pleasant experience.

Pain is the best antidote against anesthesia. In ancient Huaxia, when couriers accidentally inhaled 'Bewitching Fragrance,' they would immediately cut their thighs, using the intense pain to stimulate their brain nerves and fend off drowsiness. This method worked on any animal; the intense pain from the gunshot wounds on the rhinos' legs easily overcame the effects of the anesthetic. Without Suming's deliberate suppression with spiritual power, tears flowed from the eyes of the injured rhinos due to the pain.

"Eh? Weren't they said to be dead?" Miss Ludmila and the others by the concrete pool were even more flabbergasted.

Suddenly, a figure flashed before their eyes, jumping over the enclosing wall and dropping into the concrete pool from the nearly three-meter-high fence—it was Suming.

"What are you doing? Get up here fast!" Miss Ludmila yelled in panic.

Among the two rhinos in the concrete pool, one was still twitching in the mud due to the anesthetic, panting heavily and posing no threat. However, the other, shot in the thigh, was frantically running and bumping around, frightening even the zoo's specialized technicians into the cage. Suming's physical strength, no matter how formidable, was meaningless in the face of a two-ton rhino. Surely, he wasn't planning to 'shake hands' with it?

Suming, however, didn't care at all. As soon as Miss Ludmila's words had ended, his feet had already landed on the soft grass below, and with a slight bend of his knees, he stabilized his stance.

"Roar!" The rhino noticed this foreign intruder, lowered its large head, and aimed its single, stake-like horn at Suming, charging towards him like a small train thundering along.

"Be careful!" Miss Ludmila shouted out, and at the same time, the Desert Eagle hanging from her waist was already in her hand, ready to take down the rhino. No matter what, the life of a customer is more important.

"Keep calm!" Zhao Yun suddenly made a move, grabbing Miss Ludmila's gun-hand and forcefully pressing it downwards.

With a bang, a bullet flew out at an angle, striking the opposite concrete wall and flashing with sparks, leaving a bullet hole large enough to fit an egg.

"I've told you before, my brother-in-law is a top expert at Huaxia's zoos." Nangong Huang scoffed at the group's ignorance and lack of worldly experience. "If they visited Yangchuan City Zoo, they'd probably be scared to death."

As he spoke, Nangong grew curious and began to pat the rhinoceros's skin. It felt firm to the touch, like touching a cement wall, due to a layer of dried mud on its surface.

Thanks to Suming, the group had the opportunity to observe the rhinos up close, and they all rushed into the concrete pool, forming a circle around the rhino.

The injured but still lucid rhinoceros lay on its side in the mud, allowing humans to treat its gunshot wound. Its two pitch-black eyes curiously watched the people around, and as it did, it began to shed tears; the pain from the gunshot was too much, and rhinos, being very timid animals, were almost on the verge of collapse from the fright and pain.

The koala was behind it, climbing and pulling on the rhino's little tail. The little critter seemed to love climbing; it would seize any object and start to ascend.

Ludmila was full of doubts. Looking back, ever since Suming insisted on seeing the rhinoceros one last time, it seemed like he had anticipated everything that would happen next. If this was Suming's manipulation, it would be impossible. She had been following right behind him, and they were initially dozens of meters away from the two rhinos. Even a professional beast tamer couldn't affect two rhinos meeting for the first time.

"Miss Ludmila, there are too many mysteries in Huaxia's thousands of years of heritage that you can't comprehend. Now is not the time to study this," Suming said with a mysterious smile. "We should get to the point and talk to the zoo's management about purchasing animals."

Once again assuming the authoritative attitude of a government worker, Adnan imperiously said to the two technical staff members of Baghdad Zoo, "Hurry, call your zoo director. The most magnificent beast tamer from the East, my generous and handsome boss, wishes to meet with him!"

Soon after, a gaunt old man dressed in a white robe appeared before Suming, the head of the zoo.

As the Baghdad Zoo was financially strapped and had long considered selling animals, to avoid further complications, both parties swiftly began negotiations regarding the purchase.

Just at that moment, the squad of soldiers that had departed earlier had returned in a military vehicle to their base: a checkpoint to the south of the city.

As the squad leader entered the small checkpoint, he saw a stretcher beside his bunk bed.

Basel, the man who self-immolated on the plane, was lying on the stretcher, his body wrapped in bandages, resembling a living mummy.

"Amir, I've been waiting for you for several hours; you've finally returned," Basel struggled to sit up halfway.

The squad leader was startled. "Oh, dear Uncle Basel, weren't you headed East to find the Fire God's envoy? Why are you injured?!"