Chapter 372 Rango: “Yes, my wife’s name is Gloria.”

Rango is no stranger to Africa.

After dropping out of college, he followed Cobb here and worked as a dream stealer for several years.

Yes, Rango is also a dream stealer, but his responsibility is not to sneak into dreams. Instead, after Cobb and the others enter the dream, he uses guns and fists to deal with external factors that may interfere with them.

Although it sounds like it doesn’t require much technical skills, in Rango’s opinion, fighting and shooting are much more difficult to practice than dream stealing.

But that was several years ago after all, and during those years almost all the members of their Dream Stealers Group were taking business in Morocco in North Africa.

One reason is that Morocco has a stable political situation and there is little unrest; the other reason is that almost all the people here are Arabs, with few blacks, and the women are almost all beauties with three-dimensional facial features. Rango spent a lot of energy on them in the beginning.

As for places like West Africa, East Africa, and South Africa, Rango would only go over to take a look when he needed to find some ghosts to accumulate system progress, and by the way, he would find some trouble to beat up some black people who dared to steal from him.

Without further ado, since we don’t know the exact location of Megan and the others, and the only clues we have at hand are four penguins, we should first find someone who is familiar with Africa and ask him to help look for them.

Well, I can also meet my old colleagues.

In a bar somewhere in Morocco.

The bar’s decoration is full of North African style, with colorful tapestries hanging on the walls and copper chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The lighting is dim and warm.

There weren’t many customers inside, just a few men of Middle Eastern appearance sitting in the corner talking in low voices.

Some people may not understand what Middle Eastern appearance is. Well, just imagine them as Indians with slightly whiter skin.

Because there were not many customers at this time, the bartender was dozing off in front of the bar, his head nodding as if he would fall asleep at any moment.

At this moment, a hundred-dollar bill was suddenly handed to him from the table.

The bartender’s sleepiness instantly disappeared and his eyes widened.

In Morocco, it is rare to see customers paying with US dollars, let alone hundred-dollar bills.

His mouth opened wide immediately, and when he looked up and saw Rango looking at him with a smile, his surprise turned into shock.

“Rango…Rango!” He shouted loudly, and then shouted around in ecstasy: “Rango is back! Rango Winchester is back!”

Yumi, who was sitting on Rango’s shoulder, saw the bartender’s exaggerated expression and his actions of shouting and announcing everywhere, and scratched his head speechlessly: “Why is this guy so excited to see the owner?”

Teddy proudly explained, “Back in Morocco, Rango and I were big customers of this bar. As long as we were there, the bar was almost always full, all thanks to my charm.”

Yumi replied in disbelief: “Tsk, then why did he only call the master’s name and not yours?”

Teddy was choked up for a moment and explained casually: “It must be because those customers who liked me have either moved away or are still working. After all, it’s not easy to make money in Morocco.”

After the bartender shouted a few inexplicable things outside, the street suddenly became noisy.

Then came the thumping sound of ladies’ high heels.

The next second, a large group of women squeezed in. Each of them screamed in surprise when they saw Rango, and surrounded him. The bar, which was originally filled with the smell of alcohol, was directly filled with the smell of perfume.

These women wore colorful long skirts, exquisite headscarves, heavy makeup on their faces, and their eyes were full of enthusiasm and expectation.

As soon as they saw Rango, they gathered around him like bees seeing nectar and started complaining in unison.

“Rango, you are such a heartless guy, why did you leave without saying a word back then?”

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you?”

“You are a philandering man. Are you hooking up with other women somewhere else?”

“Let’s go back to my house and talk. My parents are not home.”

Rango was surrounded by them, with an awkward smile on his face. He tried to explain, but the women didn’t give him a chance.

Teddy and Yumi were squeezed out directly, and could only watch Rango, who was buried in the sea of ​​women and was entangled by one woman after another.

These hot Moroccan girls even went straight to kissing and hugging Rango tightly as if they had deep feelings for him.

Seeing Yumi looking at him suspiciously, Teddy shrugged helplessly and explained, “Well, when he was here before, Rango had love affairs with almost every girl in town who was a little bit pretty. The reason why the bar was doing so well at that time was because Moroccan men wanted to hear Rango’s tips on picking up girls.”

Seeing Rango hugging women left and right, Yumi couldn’t help but snorted, “Gloria waited for the master in New York for so many years and never had a boyfriend, but the master in Africa… Humph, philandering men are really annoying.”

Teddy curled his lips and didn’t say much. In fact, at that time, both he and Rango assumed that Gloria must have forgotten that Rango had a new boyfriend.

God knows why Gloria is so chaste!

At this time, Rango, who seemed to them to be extremely lucky, was actually feeling very uncomfortable.

When he left, he didn’t tell these girls about breaking up or anything like that. He didn’t even say goodbye and just sneaked to the airport.

So these small town girls were full of resentment towards him, and they secretly pinched the soft flesh on his body, but fortunately, he had the body of a giant god, so these attacks were not even enough to tickle him.

Rango found a lot of excuses to coax them away but to no avail. Finally, he had to take out several thick stacks of bills from his pocket and asked them to buy what they wanted before he could lure them all away.

After the group of women left happily, Teddy came over with his hands on his hips and complained, “So the reason why you can pick up so many girls is not because of any secrets to picking up girls, but purely because of the money you spent.”

Rango smiled noncommittally: “Dude, why would you use your heart to buy something that can be solved with money?”

After saying this in a pretentious manner, he turned around and was about to walk upstairs to the bar.

That’s right, this bar is actually the gathering place of their Dream Steals team in Morocco.

Generally, when there are no missions, Cobb would live upstairs in this bar, including his former self of course.

As soon as he reached the stairs, Rango saw a man in a dark suit with a bitter and resentful expression, looking at him excitedly.

“Rango?!”

“Hahaha……”

Rango didn’t say much, he just laughed and rushed over excitedly, hugging his big brother from Africa tightly.

“Cobb, long time no see!” Rango patted Cobb on the back, his eyes full of nostalgia.

Cobb also hugged Rango tightly, his voice choking: “You kid, you didn’t even send us a message after arriving in New York! Have you really forgotten about us brothers?”

After the two of them let go, Cobb looked Rango up and down, his eyes full of satisfaction: “Looks like you’re doing well, much stronger than before.”

Rango smiled and was about to speak, but Cobb’s expression suddenly tensed and he asked in a low voice: “Did you get into trouble in New York again?”

He knew Rango’s character too well. He was not one who could sit idle in Africa, and it was only a matter of time before he got into trouble in New York.

Rango shook his head speechlessly and said with a smile: “Don’t say I didn’t commit any crime. Even if I did commit a crime in New York, no one would dare to arrest me.”

As he spoke, he revealed his identity, titles like director of the New York Museum of Natural History, regional head of the Extraordinary Defense Organization’s Wooden Cabin, and so on.

At this time, Teddy also ran over from a distance, and when he saw Cobb, he jumped up excitedly and gave him a bear hug.

When Cobb saw Teddy, he rubbed his head in surprise. This little bear was once an indispensable member of the Dream Steals!

Rango pointed at Yumi floating nearby and said, “This is also one of my family members.”

Cobb looked at Yumi’s unique appearance, thought of Rango’s self-introduction just now, and found that his former little brother seemed to have really become a great man.

He suddenly thought of something, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, and his lips began to tremble.

“Rango, since you have such a high status even in the official circles now, can you help lift the wanted warrant for me in the country?”

As the leader of the Dream Stealers, Cobb has been wanted in North America for stealing dreams and is forbidden from entering the country for life, otherwise he will be arrested as soon as he enters.

Rango was stunned when he heard this and looked at Teddy.

The next second, he clapped his hands and said as a matter of course: “I came to Africa this time for this very thing! It is to lift the wanted order for you, Cobb, so that you can go home and reunite with your children. Otherwise, why would I come to Africa for nothing? What’s the point of doing nothing?”

Teddy on the side also nodded repeatedly: “That’s right, we only need to make a phone call and the domestic wanted warrant for you can be cancelled! It’s a piece of cake!”

Cobb’s eyes suddenly turned red when he heard this, and he hugged Teddy and Rango tightly, and was so excited that he couldn’t say anything for a while. But not long after, he suddenly thought of something and asked curiously: “If a phone call can solve it, then why did you come here specially?”

Rango waved his hand with a wry smile and said casually, “That makes it more serious. Besides, we haven’t seen each other for so many years. We can’t just catch up over the phone, right? That would be so boring.”

As he spoke, Rango pulled him to the bar, bent down and pulled out a dusty bottle from under the counter. There was a faded label on the bottle, and it was obviously a bottle of fine wine that had been treasured for many years.

He skillfully opened the bottle corks, filled everyone’s glasses, and then started talking about what had happened over the years.

From Cobb’s words, Rango learned that due to the surge in supernatural events in the past two years, even the police force in Africa is many times more than before.

Life is getting harder and harder for people like them who are engaged in the gray industry. The rest of the team either changed their careers or retired.

Now Cobb is the only one left, relying on a large deposit in the bank, doing nothing but living on the tens of thousands of dollars in interest every month.

In other words: money is endless and life has no purpose.
Cobb looked a little decadent, his eyes lacked the sharpness of the past and showed more fatigue and helplessness.

He picked up the wine glass and said with a wry smile: “In today’s world, old guys like us have no place to use our skills anymore.”

Rango patted his shoulder and consoled him, “Don’t say that. You are the soul of our Dream Stealers, and you will soon be able to return to New York with the money to see your precious twins. What’s the point of reminiscing about the past? By the way, take my advice, don’t buy a house in the next few months.”

When talking about his children, Cobb’s face was once again filled with anticipation.

Seeing this, Rango also changed the topic to the real purpose of his trip – well, the second purpose.

He asked Cobb about penguins, and Cobb was stunned. It was the first time in all these years that he heard of someone coming to Africa to see penguins.

Seeing Cobb’s suspicious look, Rango smiled awkwardly and had to tell him about his sister Megan. He emphasized that she might be in danger now, so he needed to find her as soon as possible.

After listening to this, Cobb shook his head helplessly, then closed his eyes and recalled for a while. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t imagine where there were penguins in Africa.

But fortunately, as a veteran who has been in Africa for decades, his network of contacts is still strong.

He took out his satellite phone and made dozens of calls in succession. Then he confidently said to Rango, “Wait for the news. We will know the location of the penguins in ten minutes at most.”

Two hours later.

All the drinks in the bar were finished, and Cobb’s damn satellite phone finally rang.

Cobb quickly answered the call. He felt that he had lost all his face in the past two hours.

After hanging up the phone, he nodded to Rango and gave an address:

Madagascar.

———-

In Madagascar, there is a felt house that looks like a yurt, but is built with thatched grass.

The four penguins, the mother hippo Gloria, and the giraffe Melman were all locked in a cage.

The cage was made of thick iron bars welded together and looked extremely sturdy.

A group of animals were huddled together, discussing their escape plan in low voices.

“I think we can use my beak to pick the lock.” The big penguin said confidently.

“But boss, your beak can’t even bite a fish, so isn’t the possibility of picking the lock a little small?” Kawaii, the second penguin, replied seriously in a matter-of-fact manner.

“Then what do you say we should do?” The penguin boss glared at him in dissatisfaction.

“I think we can wait for the guards to come and feed us, and then take the opportunity to escape,” suggested Giraffe Melman.

“Feed? They didn’t even give us water to drink!” The penguin boss spread his hands helplessly.

The female hippopotamus Gloria sighed speechlessly. It was simply a fantasy to think that she could escape with the help of these whimsical friends.

She bit her fiery red lips, made up her mind, took a few steps back, and suddenly rushed forward, unexpectedly breaking out of the iron cage that locked her up!
She was so strong that the iron cage seemed like paper in front of her! She continued to use the same trick and used it to break the cages that held the rest of her companions.

At this time, the four penguins and the giraffe were all staring in amazement at the cage that had turned into pieces in front of them.

Shit! You are so strong, why didn’t you tell me earlier?!
At this time, because there was someone guarding the door outside, in order not to alarm them, the zoos could only find a solution from other places.

Giraffe Melman looked around, then walked to a corner, opened his big mouth, and bit the wall without hesitation.

“Click – click -“

Melman’s teeth were like sharp scissors, easily biting through the thatch and wood strips.

Before long, he had gnawed a hole in the wall large enough for everyone to pass through.

“Hurry! Get out of here!” Melman urged in a low voice.

The four penguins reacted immediately, lined up in a row, and quickly crawled out of the hole.

The female hippopotamus Gloria followed closely behind. Although she was huge, she was driven by the desire to survive and managed to squeeze out.

As for the giraffe Melman, he was obviously not an ordinary giraffe. He lay down, stretched out his neck, and then crawled out.

But their escape was not as smooth as they had imagined. They had not run far when several guards discovered their tracks. The guys, holding spears and shouting in an incomprehensible dialect, quickly caught up with them.

“Spread out and run!”

No one knew who had made the suggestion, but the animals immediately split up and fled in three different directions.

But it wasn’t long before the largest female hippo, Gloria, and giraffe, Melman, were caught.

Only the four penguins, relying on their small size and agility, dug holes along the way and successfully escaped.

After a long time, the four penguins leaned against a big tree, panting, and looked at each other, their eyes full of relief for surviving the disaster.

“We…we succeeded!” Kawhi said excitedly, although his voice was still trembling.

“Don’t be happy too soon, Gloria and Melman are still in their hands.” The Penguin Boss reminded calmly with a frown.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly came from overhead.

Before the penguins could even look up, a tall figure dropped from the sky and landed steadily in front of them.

Rango looked at the four penguins with a smile, stretched out his hand and grabbed them up, “Haha, I finally found you. You know what, four penguins are really conspicuous in Madagascar.”

The four penguins suddenly panicked and struggled desperately.

At this moment, the penguin boss looked at Rango’s smiling face through the moonlight, and suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively: “Are you Rango?”

“Huh?” Rango was stunned and asked curiously, “Do you know me?”

“Are you really Rango?!”

The eldest penguin was immediately excited, flapping his two orange feet and shouting excitedly: “You are the brother of the big sister, of course we know each other, and there are many photos of you at home!”

“Sister-in-law?”

Rango’s eyes lit up. From what these penguins said, it seemed that the big sister they were talking about was Megan, whom he had been looking for.

But before he could ask, the penguin boss hugged his arm and said urgently: “Our friends Gloria and Melman have been captured by the bad guys, you have to help us save them! We are all the big sister’s younger brothers, you are the big sister’s younger brother, you can’t just stand by and watch them die.”

When Rango heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly: “Gloria? My wife’s name is also Gloria.”

The Penguin Boss was stunned when he heard this and couldn’t help asking, “Is your wife also as plump and round as Gloria?”

Rango thought about it and nodded immediately.

The penguins were confused. Gloria was having an affair with the boss’s brother? How come they didn’t know?!

(End of this chapter)