Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 538: Okapi’s Gift, Two Gunshots

Saragamar, Eastwood and Gary all took their bows off their backs and got into shooting position.

However, Lin Yuan squatted behind them with GAKKI-chan, leaving the hunting opportunity to the three of them.

He has been performing all the way here today. If we don't leave opportunities to them, the old director and others will just be there to watch the show.

Lin Yuan is willing to take a break occasionally, and it's actually quite nice to just sit back and reap the fruits of others' labor.

Seeing that the three of them had already drawn their bowstrings, Lin Yuan lowered his voice and said, "I'll count to three, and you all shoot arrows together."

The three nodded, and Lin Yuan began to count down:

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"put!"

Following Lin Yuan's command, the three of them simultaneously released their hands that were pulling the bowstrings.

"Buzz!"

Three feather arrows shot out from the bow, and Lin Yuan's eyes were fixed on the three arrows.

Whether or not we can have a delicious snack tonight depends on how these three of them perform.

"puff!"

As the sound of an arrow hitting flesh was heard, the arrow shot by Saragama accurately entered the eye socket of a doe.

The wooden deer immediately knelt down on the ground, turned over, kicked its legs a few times, and then stopped moving.

Saragama's arrow was quite accurate. It went straight into the doe's eye socket and destroyed its brain tissue, thus killing the deer with one shot.

It seems that he doesn't need to apply poison at all and can still kill his prey easily.

Compared with Saragaman's amazing arrow, the old director's archery skills are not as good as he boasted.

His arrow hit a stag between the thighs, a rather indecent spot.

The male deer that was shot by the arrow let out a mournful cry and fled in panic with the other deer.

"Chase it, it's running towards the north." The old director immediately ran after it.

"Director, don't be anxious. Watch your step. It can't run far." Lin Yuan had no choice but to quickly catch up.

After all, director Eastwood is over seventy years old. If he falls on this rugged forest road, it would be a serious matter.

The turning point when the physical condition of many elderly people deteriorates sharply is caused by a fall.

The stag that had been shot by the arrow was in no hurry to chase. The arrow had already hit it, and it would only take a minute for the poison to take effect.

It is enough to know the direction it fled. If you search in that direction, you should be able to find it soon.

The old director certainly knew this, but this was his first time hunting in Africa, and his burning passion made his blood boil, so he didn't care about anything else and chased after the predator with all his might.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to follow him and chase the deer together.

As for the arrow Gary shot?

The arrow fell to the ground weakly before it even reached the target. Not only was it inaccurate, but it also lacked strength.

Comparing the battle records of the three, there is no doubt that Saragama is the top hunter, and the old director is also quite capable, while Gary can only be considered as a participant.

However, the two yellow deer hunted by Saragama and the old director are enough to provide a snack for the camp tonight.

Lin Yuan estimated that the female deer weighed about 110 kilograms and the male deer weighed about 150 kilograms. It would be quite difficult to move these two deer back to the camp, so it didn't matter if Gary hunted one more.

When Lin Yuan and the old director chased the deer for more than 200 meters to the north along the bushes, they saw the male deer that had been shot by an arrow lying on a small slope with its legs and feet twitching constantly.

It seems that the poison has taken effect. The effect of this poison is to paralyze the respiratory system. The intense running makes the deer consume oxygen faster. At this time, it has run out of oxygen and collapsed to the ground.

"Lin Yuan, look! Isn't the deer I hunted the biggest one?" The old director stepped forward and said, pulling the deer's antlers that were like tree branches.

"Be careful, this stag is not dead yet. If it attacks you with all its might before dying, you will know what it means to be overjoyed and end up in tragedy." Lin Yuan said helplessly.

It is said that old people are the same as children, which is indeed true.

"I don't know whether it's dead or not, but it definitely can't move. Don't worry about it hitting me, its legs can't even shake." said the old director.

At this time, GAKKI-chan also came behind Lin Yuan and handed him a sharp machete, which was obviously from Saragama.

He was responsible for clearing the way and had several such machetes on his waist.

"Why are you giving me a knife?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Saragama said that we should bleed the deer as soon as it dies and the blood has not yet coagulated," said GAKKI.

If the blood is allowed to coagulate in the deer's body, the meat will have a bloody smell that affects the taste, so most of the time when humans slaughter livestock for food, they will bleed them immediately.

Deer are similar to humans, with blood accounting for about one-thirteenth of their body weight.

A 150-kilogram male deer can release about 11 to 12 kilograms of blood.

"What a pity! I didn't bring a container for the deer blood. It's just going to waste." Lin Yuan said, "The ancient Chinese believed that deer blood was a tonic. Many medicines that boost male virility are made with deer blood."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, GAKKI-chan leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Forget it, it's not a pity. You don't need that kind of thing."

I have to say, Sakura girls really know how to please men without making any noise.

Which man doesn’t like his woman to praise him for being handsome?
But Lin Yuan still whispered to GAKKI-chan and joked, "I don't need it, but the director might need it. I can empty my water bottle and help him get some deer blood."

GAKKI-chan smiled and touched Lin Yuan's face, whispering, "Don't bully the elderly. Besides, I don't believe you can make that kind of medicine."

Obviously Lin Yuan was just joking. If he really did that in front of the old director, it would be too much.

Seeing Lin Yuan and GAKKI-chan whispering, the old director shouted, "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing, we're talking about bleeding as soon as possible."

Lin Yuan took the machete from GAKKI-chan and walked up to the director and the deer.

He smiled, handed the knife handle to the old director and asked, "Do you want to come? This is your prey after all."

The old director took the machete with disdain: "Do you think I dare not? Watch me."

The old director walked behind the deer. He held the antlers in one hand and lifted the whole deer's head, while holding the knife in the other hand, looking quite impressive.

The old director stabbed the deer's neck with a machete.

"puff!"

There was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through leather.

But the next moment, red blood flowed out from the deer's neck, but there was no scene of large amounts of blood gushing out as imagined. It looked like normal bleeding caused by an ordinary wound.

Obviously the knife did not cut the aorta.

Director Eastwood blushed a little and seemed to realize this.

So he continued to stab the deer's neck with the machete again.

"puff!"

The sound of cutting was heard, but it was still the same as before, and there was still no blood gushing out.

The old director's face turned even redder.

He didn't expect that the two consecutive stab wounds did not hit the aorta.

But this is normal. After all, the old director lives in an industrialized society. When has he ever done something like slitting throats and bleeding?

"Let me do it." Lin Yuan stepped forward and wanted to take the knife from the old director's hand.

"No! I can handle it. The neck is so small. I don't believe I can't stab it with my next knife." The old director hid the knife behind him.

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly and explained, "I'm not worried that you won't be able to stab the right spot, but I'm worried that the angle of the knife will be wrong and blood will spray all over your face.

Director, you don’t want to see this happen, right?”

After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, the director handed over the machete doubtfully: "You said I can't do it, don't tell me you can do it?"

Lin Yuan took the knife but didn't say anything.

Instead, he walked up behind the deer with a smile and skillfully stabbed the aorta in its neck with a knife.

Under the action of blood pressure, a large amount of blood gushes out immediately.

But because the incision Lin Yuan made was facing downwards, blood spurted out in a fan shape all over the ground.

The angle of the knife was quite clever, and the blood spurted towards the ground in front of the two men, without staining their shoes.

After seeing this scene, director Eastwood was really impressed.

"How come you are so skilled?" But the old director soon asked in confusion.

"I learned to kill pigs before." Lin Yuan laughed it off.

Why are you so skilled?
Because when he was in India, he personally slit the throats of those scums in order to avenge the mother of Amaya, a little girl from the slums.

But it’s better not to let the old director know about this.

The old director naturally didn't believe Lin Yuan's reason. Where could there be a place in New York for Lin Yuan to learn how to slaughter pigs?
But he didn't ask any more questions. After all, it's not a good thing to be too serious about everything.

The old director turned his attention back to the bleeding deer.

After the initial vigorous blood spurting out, the blood in the deer's neck stopped gushing out and started to flow down continuously.

"It will take about 5 to 10 minutes to drain all the blood." Lin Yuan dragged the deer to the edge of the small hill, with the wound on its neck facing downwards.

Under the action of gravity, the blood flows out naturally and can be discharged more cleanly.

"What takes so long? The smell of blood here is so strong." said the director.

"There's no other way. I also hope it will be quicker. Such a strong smell of blood is not a good thing. It may attract some ferocious beasts." Lin Yuan said with some concern.

This is a tropical jungle with all kinds of ferocious beasts living here. The strong smell of blood will of course make safety drop sharply.

Just as Lin Yuan was speaking, there was a rustling sound suddenly coming from the bushes not far away.

“Rustle!” “Rustle!”

The sound was getting closer and closer, as if some animal was approaching them.

"F*CK! Is there really a ferocious beast coming?" The old director vigilantly took out the bow and arrow from his back, looking ready for battle.

But if there really were any ferocious beasts, his bow and arrow would definitely not be of much use.

Fortunately, Kane had already stood behind them with an assault rifle in hand.

At this time, Kane was staring at the bushes with a serious look, ready to launch a thundering attack at any time.

Just when the atmosphere was at its most tense, a silly and cute head popped out from the bushes.

Seeing the face that looked like a giraffe, the old director said in surprise: "Okapi? Is it the okapi from before?"

It was obviously the okapi they had just encountered. It walked out of the bushes and was obviously frightened when it smelled the blood in the air, but it still walked stubbornly to Lin Yuan's side.

The okapi rubbed Lin Yuan's palm with its mouth, and then Lin Yuan found that there was something extra in his palm.

He opened his palm curiously and saw three red raspberries, along with their branches and leaves, lying in his palm.

"Is this a raspberry?" Lin Yuan was also surprised. The Okapi actually gave him a raspberry?
The fragmented messages conveyed by the Okapi probably include "for you" and "delicious".

Just now, the okapi wanted to give itself leaves, but after Lin Yuan said he couldn’t eat them, it went to find raspberries?
"This is a red raspberry, a specialty of the Congolese jungle. It's incredibly delicious. While not as sweet as those cultivated by humans, it has a unique osmanthus fragrance and a balanced sweet and sour taste. It's truly a top-notch delicacy."

It's just that these crimson raspberries are rare and hard to come by." Saragama, who was walking from a distance, explained.

Lin Yuan used the water in the kettle to simply wash the red raspberries, and then gave one to the old director and GAKKI-chan.

Compared to ordinary red raspberries, this red raspberry, which is a specialty of Congo, is larger, about the size of a quail egg, and the fruit appears fuller.

Lin Yuan put the raspberry into his mouth, and the abundant juice immediately burst in his mouth.

Just as Saragama said, the sweet and sour taste along with the fruit juice swept over his taste buds, and when the sweet and sour taste faded away, the unique osmanthus fragrance came to the tip of his tongue as an aftertaste, which felt particularly surprising.

It’s really delicious, and can be said to be the most delicious raspberry Lin Yuan has ever eaten.

Not only Lin Yuan thought so, GAKKI and the old director obviously thought so too.

"It's so delicious. Why hasn't such a delicious variety been transplanted?" asked the old director.

"I don't know. It is said that this kind of red raspberry cannot survive if transplanted to other places because the tree has weak resistance to diseases and insects.

If they are separated from the unique ecological conditions of the Congo rainforest, they will generally die within two or three months.

"If you want to transplant it, you'd have to change the local soil, microbial flora, associated shrubs, and even simulate the rainfall, climate, and temperature, which is almost impossible," said Saragama.

"What a pity! Can't we pick more fruits for export?" asked GAKKI.

"There are not many trees of this kind, and most of them grow in some remote corners. They are not convenient to pick and even less convenient to transport. I have been in Congo for so many years and have only eaten them a few times," said Saragama.

After hearing Saragama's answer, GAKKI-chan completely gave up.

But after eating only one, her appetite was so aroused that she could not suppress it, so she could only turn her head and look at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan understood what she meant, so he tried to touch the okapi's head and began to convey fragmented information:
"Delicious", "want more".

The okapi understood his idea, bit the corner of his clothes with its mouth, and wanted to take him south.

Lin Yuan pulled GAKKI-chan and said, "Let's go. This okapi said it wants to take us there."

"I want to go too!" The old director has become immune to this magical scene. All he wants in his mind now is to go along and eat more of these raspberries.

So Lin Yuan gave some instructions to Saragama and Kane, asking them to stay and deal with the yellow deer, and then followed the okapi south.

Kane and Saragama stayed obediently. They knew that Lin Yuan was fully capable of protecting himself, so there was no need to worry.

After following the okapi south for more than twenty minutes, Lin Yuan finally saw four crimson raspberry trees.

Although it is called a tree, its height is actually not even up to Lin Yuan's chest. No wonder this okapi can pick raspberries. If it were the kind of fruit hanging on a tree, it really wouldn't be able to reach it.

Strictly speaking, raspberry is an upright shrub of the genus Rubus in the Rosaceae family.

Unlike other shrubs that are full of thorns and have strong vitality, raspberries are quite delicate and especially sensitive to water. They are neither drought-resistant nor waterlogged.

It needs water, but not too much water. Therefore, it generally needs an annual rainfall of 500-1000mm to grow, and the rainfall must be evenly distributed in the area, otherwise it will die in minutes.

This red raspberry has inherited the fragility of its cousins, but it is very different in that it can live in tropical areas where "afternoon rain" falls every day. Perhaps this is why it has more juice than other raspberries?
Now these four bushes are full of red raspberries, which look particularly tempting.

"So many raspberries!" the director exclaimed in surprise, "but it seems there aren't enough to go around."

The reason why I say a lot is that there are 5 to 10 fruits on one branch, so one plant weighs about 2 kilograms, which is enough for them to eat.

The reason why there aren't enough raspberries is that if we were to take all these raspberries back to the camp to divide them up, there would be no way that hundreds of people would be able to share them all.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Saragama also said that this kind of raspberry is very rare. It's good to have so many. Let's pick them first. I'll ask the okapi later to see if there are any more elsewhere."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the old director and GAKKI immediately started picking red raspberries and put them into the backpacks behind them.

"Remember to leave one for the okapi, don't pick them all." Lin Yuan reminded.

Since the Okapi brought raspberries to him, it means that the Okapi must also like to eat this kind of food, otherwise it would not give it to Lin Yuan as a gift.

It would be a bit unkind to pick all the raspberries from the okapi.

"I understand. We'll leave the most fruits for it," said the old director.

As he spoke, he picked the raspberries and stuffed several into his mouth without even bothering to wash them.

After eating a few, he still felt it was not enough, so he stuffed a few more in with an intoxicated look on his face.

"Don't be in a hurry to eat!" Lin Yuan advised.

"What's the big deal? There are so many raspberries, can't you even eat a few?" the old director protested.

"I'm telling you to at least wash it before eating. What if something goes wrong?" Lin Yuan said.

The old director is not like him and GAKKI-chan, who are protected by health potions and don’t have to worry about getting sick. It would be really easy to get into trouble if they eat the fruit without washing it. Who knows what kind of harmful microorganisms are hanging on the fruit?
"Don't worry, it rains here every afternoon. It can be said that God is helping me wash the raspberries." The old director replied.

In response to this, Lin Yuan could only say that when people want to be lazy, they will really find excuses for themselves.

Soon, all the raspberries on the three bushes were picked, weighing more than 6 kilograms.

If we only consider the people close to Lin Yuan, it can only be considered enough to satisfy their cravings.

So Lin Yuan could only try to ask the Okapi again, is there any such raspberry?
Soon he got a positive answer from the okapi, that they were located in the south, just a little further away, but there were far more of them there than here.

This news was like heavenly music to Lin Yuan. Now he knew the general direction. Even if he didn't encounter this okapi in the future, he could bring people to continue searching tomorrow.

Lin Yuan gratefully picked a few tender leaves from the tree next to him and fed them to the okapi.

After receiving the return gift, the Okapi rubbed Lin Yuan with satisfaction.

At this time, the director was sneaking up behind the okapi. He squatted down and looked carefully under it.

"It turns out to be a male okapi. This is unscientific." The old director sighed.

If it wasn't a female, how could Lin Yuan handle it?
"What do you mean by unscientific? Is it unscientific because it's much older than you?" Lin Yuan knew what he was sighing about, so he teased him.

"How dare you talk nonsense about me? I don't believe you can be bigger than it!" The old director retorted unconvincedly.

So the two of them started arguing again.

GAKKI-chan, who was standing by, watched the two people, who were 50 years apart in age, bickering with a smile, and couldn't help but sigh that no matter how old a man is, he is a cute child at heart.

Perhaps compared to women, men are the ones who are truly consistent.

What you were interested in at 18, you may still be interested in at 80.

For example... an 18-year-old girl?

After arguing with the director for a while, Lin Yuan saw that things were almost over, so he signaled to return:

"We should go back. They should have almost finished dealing with the yellow deer." Lin Yuan said.

"The two yellow deer are a bit heavy, and I'm worried that I can't get them back. I've already called the crew to come and pick them up," said director Eastwood.

Lin Yuan nodded, the director's arrangement was necessary.

The two yellow deer weighed more than 260 kilograms together, and even after deducting the 20 kilograms of blood loss, it still exceeded 240 kilograms.

There were only eight of them, and they were already carrying various weights. It would be a bit difficult for each of them to carry an additional 8 kilograms of weight.

But if you only cut off a part of the most essential meat and leave the rest where it is, it would be quite a pity.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, there is nothing wrong with hunting, but if you kill the prey and waste its meat, it is a bit shameful.

Therefore, he fully supported the old director's move of asking people to help carry the meat.

It's time to go back now. Today we have harvested two yellow deer and several kilograms of delicious raspberries, which exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.

So Lin Yuan said goodbye to the Okapi again, and then returned with GAKKI and the director.

It took more than twenty minutes to get here and only more than ten minutes to return. Lin Yuan and the other two were already close to the place where they hunted the yellow deer.

Just as they were about to arrive, a sharp gunshot suddenly broke the silence in the forest.

"boom!"

The gunshots echoed far away in the empty rainforest.

"Is that a gunshot? Something happened there!" said the old director seriously.

"You guys find a place to hide here. I'll go over and take a look. I'll come back to find you after I make sure there's no danger." Lin Yuan said.

"If I don't come back, don't come here. Go back to the crew camp directly." Lin Yuan said to the old director, "Gakki probably won't listen to me, so Director, I can only ask you to take her away if there is any danger."

The director nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will do what I should do."

"boom!"

At this time, another gunshot was heard.

There were two consecutive gunshots, which was definitely not an accidental discharge.

Lin Yuan stood up with a serious expression, lowered his body and ran towards his destination.

(End of this chapter)