919: Flying Into The Storm

Flying Into The Storm

Zhang Heng did not do anything harsh. All he did was knock his target out. After that, he said to Han Lu, who was standing in a daze, "Let's go."0

And Han Lu quickly came back to reality as she had just woken up from a dream. She found out that she would get to know Zhang Heng better every time she contacted him. But in the end, Han Lu would realize that her understanding of him only scratched the tip of the iceberg.

There were too many secrets hidden within this man.

Every time Han Lu caught one of Zhang Heng's secrets, there would always be more secrets waiting for her to unravel. 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 quickly that Han Lu didn't manage to see what Zhang Heng did to defeat the monster. This time, she finally saw how he 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. Not a single sound was made throughout the whole process.

He was as silent 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 some noise to attract the other two enemies. When they turned into the corner, they saw their companion lying on the ground. Suddenly becoming nervous, they instinctively raised their weapons. They also happened to be facing the stairwell. What they did not know, however, was that the threat would come from a place beyond their sight.

After that, what happened to their companion reenacted on the two enemies. Zhang Heng knocked out one of them. The remaining enemy wanted to use his close-quarters combat skills to beat Zhang Heng up, but unfortunately, there was a considerable gap between the two. Clearly, Zhang Heng was the more superior 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 Yonaguni Island has very few flights, and the planes that arrive here usually fly during the day." Han Lu was puzzled, "Besides, it's raining heavily now. The planes will not be allowed to depart even if there are flights available."

"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 an airplane. Earlier, she used her mobile phone to search for the available flights, but it yielded nothing positive. 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 the hotel, Zhang Heng could use the natural elements 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 visa issues, they might encounter the monsters 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 the fence.

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 and looked around for a while.

"What shall we do next?"

Zhang Heng pointed to a small twin-engine 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 say, "It's okay. I'll fly it."

"Do you have a pilot's 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 someplace safe," Zhang Heng said. He then glanced at his watch again.

It was very close to midnight.

Zhang Heng wasted no time. He opened the airplane's door with a paperclip. After that, he got into the pilot's seat, while Han Lu got into the jumpseat. She then watched Zhang Heng fasten his seat belt. And he was quite lucky. There was a spare key hanging on the lower left side of the cockpit.

Zhang Heng was not lying. Compared to fighter jets, the controls of private airplanes were much more straightforward. Even though decades had passed, cockpit design 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 the pre-flight inspections, turned on the main switch and navigation lights, allowed the fuel pump to start filling, waited three seconds before he flipped the start switch, and turned the key.

Han Lu then heard the engines roar to life, and the propellers spinning up. When she looked out, she could not believe what she saw. She looked at Zhang Heng, who was flipping switches and taxiing the plane to 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 fly her everywhere. Maybe she will ask me to fly her to the North Pole to see the auroras or something," Zhang Heng said as the plane accelerated down the runway. "So, please, keep this matter a secret for me."

At this time, the men from the Self-Defense Forces at the airport had also discovered that a rogue 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 smashed the windshield with an awesome fury. Zhang Heng then slowly pulled the yoke, and the plane's wheels left the ground. Due to the initial turbulence, he had to maintain the plane's rickety balance carefully. It threw itself around wildly in the crosswinds as if it was going to crash. For a while, Han Lu panicked.

Soon, just as Zhang Heng had predicted, the seemingly menacing rainstorm suddenly stopped as if someone pressed the pause button. All the whistling winds disappeared, the dark clouds above them were dismissed as well. The night sky was calm once again.

And Zhang Heng had already flown the plane across Yonaguni Island.

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