48 Hours a Day Chapter 919
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Chapter 919: 919
Chapter 919: Flying Into The Storm
Zhang Heng did not do anything harsh. All he did was knocking his target out. After that, he said to Han Lu, who was standing in a daze, “Let’s go.”
And Han Lu quickly came back to reality like she just woke up from a dream. She found out that she would get to know him better every time she came into contact with Zhang Heng. But in the end, Han Lu would realize that her understanding of Zhang Heng was only the tip of the iceberg.
There were too many secrets hidden in this man.
Every time Han Lu caught one of Zhang Heng’s secrets, there would always be more secrets waiting for her. Han Lu even started to doubt whether anyone in this world could fully understand Zhang Heng. The floor that they were on was not too far away from the ground floor. Hence, the two managed to come downstairs pretty fast.
They still left the hotel through the side door, and Zhang Heng had to eliminate the three guards first.
The previous battle with the monster happened so fast that Han Lu did not manage to see what Zhang Heng did to defeat the monster. This time, she finally saw how Zhang Heng knocked out the guard. Zhang Heng first approached a target silently. The target stood relatively inside, half of his body remained in the corridor, and he was a little far away from his two companions. Zhang Heng took advantage of the enemy looking out and circled behind the target’s back. Zhang Heng did not make a single sound throughout the whole process.
It was as quiet as a Persian cat stepping on the carpet.
After he got close to the target, he stretched out his hand to cover the opponent’s mouth, dragged the target into the corridor, and knocked him out. After that, Zhang Heng deliberately made a little noise to attract the other two enemies. When they turned to the corner, they saw their companion lying on the ground. They became very nervous suddenly, and they quickly raised their weapons. They were facing the stairwell. What they did not know was that the threat came from a place beyond their sight.
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After that, what happened to their companion reenacted on the two enemies. Zhang Heng knocked out one of them. And the remaining enemy wanted to use his close-quarter combat skill to beat Zhang Heng up. Unfortunately, there was a considerable gap between the two. Clearly, Zhang Heng was the better one here.
After the three guards were knocked out, Zhang Heng took Han Lu and left the hotel smoothly.
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“How do we leave this island?” Han Lu asked when they arrived at a slightly safer place.
“Airport.”
“Airport? But there are not a lot of flights on Yonaguni Island, and the planes that come here usually fly during the day.” Han Lu was puzzled, “Besides, it’s raining heavily now. The planes are not allowed to depart even if there are flights available right now.”
“Don’t worry about the heavy rain. It will stop when we find the plane.” Zhang Heng said.
Han Lu did not know how Zhang Heng found the plane. Earlier, she used her mobile phone to search for the available flights, but it yielded no result. The results showed that there were no flights for today and tomorrow. In fact, there was only one flight to Ishigaki Island three days later.
However, Han Lu did not think that they could wait until that time.
Yonaguni Island was not that big. Even if they escaped from the hotel, Zhang Heng could make use of the natural ingredient on the island to keep them alive. However, if the Self-Defense Forces decided to search the entire island, they would have nowhere to hide.
So the more realistic way to leave the island now was by boat. The nearest place for them to dock would be Taiwan Province. However, the dock was now heavily guarded by the Self-Defense Forces. Other than the visa issues, they might encounter the monster again at sea.
Han Lu was right. There were very few people at the airport, and the waiting hall was dark. Hence, the Self-Defense Forces did not arrange too much manpower over there. Zhang Heng climbed over the barbed wire fence and caught Han Lu, who jumped off from the fence.
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The latter was now wearing Zhang Heng’s raincoat. Due to the heavy rain, her hair was still wet. The rainwater dripped onto the ground from the sleeves and hem of the raincoat. Han Lu wiped the rainwater off her face, looked around for a while, and asked, “What shall we do next?”
Zhang Heng pointed to a private airplane in the distance, “Let’s get on that plane and leave.”
Han Lu was at a loss when she heard what he said, “But where are we going to find a pilot.”
After that, she heard Zhang Heng said, “It’s okay. I’ll fly it.”
“Do you have a pilot license?”
“I used to have one, but it was from the last century. I guess the validity period has already passed. Don’t worry. I have flown many planes, and their control systems are not too different usually. I will send us to someplace safe.” Zhang Heng said. After finishing speaking, he glanced at his watch again.
It was very closed to midnight.
Zhang Heng wasted no time. He opened the plane’s door with a paperclip. After that, he got into the pilot’s seat, while Han Lu took the shotgun seat. She then watched Zhang Heng fastened his seat belt. And Zhang Heng was quite lucky. There is a spare key hanging on the lower left side of the cockpit.
And Zhang Heng was not lying. Compared with fighter jets, the control system of private airplanes was much more straightforward. Even though decades had passed, the design of the dashboards and key switches had not changed much. The control systems that seemed highly complicated to ordinary people were not that complicated to Zhang Heng.
He skillfully carried out various inspections. After that, he turned on the main switch and navigation lights, let the fuel pump started filling, waited three seconds, and then turned on the accelerator, turned the key, and Han Lu heard the roar of the engine.
Han Lu could not believe what she saw. She looked at Zhang Heng, who was turning on the electronic device switch and controlling the plane to taxi on the runway. After thinking for a long time, she asked, “Does your mother know that you can fly a plane?”
“You know her. If you let her know that I can fly a plane, she will definitely pester me and ask me to fly her everywhere. Maybe she will ask me to fly her to the North Pole to see the aurora or something.” Zhang Heng said while accelerating the plane on the runway, “So, please keep this matter a secret for me.”
At this time, the men from the Self-Defense Forces at the airport also discovered that a private airplane was running wild on the runway.
They obviously had a hard time believing that Zhang Heng and Han Lu could leave the island with a plane under such extreme weather.
At this moment, the squally wind and lightning in the sky seemed like they were never going to stop. The heavy rain was smashing on the windshield of the private jet. Zhang Heng then slowly flew the plane up and left the ground. Due to the initial chaotic airflow, Zhang Heng had to maintain the plane’s balance in the air carefully. The plane looked like it was going to crash. For a while, Han Lu was getting really panic.
Soon, just like what Zhang Heng predicted, the seemingly menacing rainstorm suddenly stopped as if someone pressed the pause button. All the whistling winds disappeared, and the dark clouds above them were dismissed as well. The night sky was calmed once again. And Zhang Heng had already flown the plane over Yonaguni Island.
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