War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 233 Wei Ran's Mistake

After waiting for several days in Yakutsk, the flight of the target person finally landed at the airport as scheduled.

In the parking lot outside the waiting hall, Wei Ran was sitting in the van, holding up the binoculars and staring at the entrance and exit for a moment, waiting patiently for the target person.

A full hour after the plane landed, a middle-aged Asian man in a black suit and a woman with a particularly delicate appearance came out surrounded by several big and three thick hairs.

Seeing this, Wei Ran picked up the photos of the target person spread on the steering wheel and compared them. After making sure that he was not the wrong person, he immediately started the van under his buttocks.

Under his gaze, the group drove out of the parking lot in two extra-clean SUVs.

"The car was washed so clean, you deserve to die here." Wei Ran muttered to himself, let go of the clutch, and drove the dilapidated van to follow from a distance.

Contrary to his expectations, the two off-road vehicles headed south all the way after leaving the airport, and after driving to the center of the city, they turned around and drove east towards the direction of the Lena River.

"This grandson must not cross the river in such a way."

Wei Ran watched the two cars drive all the way to the pier by the river, and couldn't help becoming nervous. It's already the middle of June, and even in Yakutsk, known as the "Ice City", the temperature during the day is about the same. Sixteen degrees, as for the Lena River, although the temperature is slightly lower, it has already thawed, and it is impossible for Wei Ran to drive the van across.

Therefore, once the other party crosses the river by boat, he can only give up this assessment task.But as the saying goes, worry about what comes.

After the two off-road vehicles stopped at the pier, the ghost couple boarded a cargo ship parked at the pier without stopping, and then the boat left the pier immediately and headed south along the Lena River. The direction opened out!
"Are you kidding me?" Wei Ran slammed on the brakes, and held up the binoculars on the shore to watch the cargo ship run farther and farther away, and finally completely disappeared from sight.

Chasing along the river bank?
Wei Ran just had this idea, and immediately gave up. Although the roads in the city of Yakutsk are not bad, but after leaving the city, except for a main road a few kilometers away from the Lena River, it is barely Other than that, there is no difference between the rest of the road and the mud pool. With just this Vaz minivan, even if you leave the city, you will not be able to go far, let alone catch up with the boat. .

Unwilling to give up, Wei Ran pulled out the map of his mobile phone to check, only to find that on the other side of the upper reaches of the Lena River, there is a small city called Nizhny Bestjakh.

"Did it go here?" Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, and immediately began to inquire about the transportation method from Yakutsk to Nizhny Bestyakh.

There is indeed a ferry between the two places, but the closest one will be tomorrow morning.Obviously, even if they rushed there to find the pair of devils before the class at Hongqi Forest Farm, it would be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

But just returning in vain, Wei Ran didn't give up at all. If he doesn't come, he won't come. Since he has come, he can't go back empty-handed.Otherwise, when I return to Hongqi Forest Farm, I will be ridiculed by Karp and Dalia in different ways for at least half a month.

"I don't believe you're not coming back"

Wei Ran threw the phone aside, and finally raised his binoculars to look at the two off-road vehicles still parked at the pier, as well as the flickering cigarette butts in the windows, and made up his mind to wait here for the other party to come back.

However, not far from the riverside that he didn't notice, an old man holding a fishing rod looked at the watch on his wrist, and then looked at the van parked not far away by throwing the rod, and finally looked Tauntingly, he took out a satellite phone from his pocket and dialed it.

"It's done so quickly?" On the other end of the phone, Karp asked in surprise, "He won't do it at the airport, will he?"

"If he did it at the airport, maybe I could give him a slightly higher rating."

The old fishing man said sarcastically, "Karp, have you forgotten how to be a qualified teacher after not teaching for so long?"

It was just a taunt, and Karp immediately guessed, "He failed to cross the river?"

"To be more precise, I guess he never thought that the target person would go to the east bank of the Lena River, and now your student is still dazed on the bank like a fool."

The venomous old man gloated, "If he can wait until the end of July, maybe he can complete the task you gave him."

"Tell him to come back." After Garp finished speaking, he simply hung up the phone.

The old fishing man glanced at the van that was still on the shore, and directly dialed the old-fashioned push-button mobile phone in Wei Ran's hand.

On the other end of the phone, Wei Ran had just pressed the answer button when he heard the person on the other side say, "The mission failed, and the other party will return to Yakutsk at the end of July. Now go back to the airport and wait in the parking lot. Someone will send you back to Chita tonight."

Still before Wei Ran could say anything, a beeping busy tone came from the receiver.

Putting down the phone in vibrate mode, Wei Ran looked around vigilantly, then hammered the steering wheel irritably, started the car and drove towards the airport.Just as he was driving the car into the parking lot, Karp called.

Swallowing, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, and finally resigned himself to pressing the answer button, and then heard Karp tease with a smile, "About a week ago, someone told me that he didn't want to be a murderer. I thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true."

The other party only said a word, even though thousands of kilometers away, Wei Ran's face was flushed with embarrassment, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

But obviously, Karp, who seemed to be in a good mood, was not going to let him go so easily, but asked as always, "Tell me about your mistakes."

"I didn't expect the other party to cross the river by boat," Wei Ran replied weakly.

"What you should think of"

Karp's tone finally became more serious, "You arrived in Yakutsk about four or five days earlier, and you have enough time to ask the locals about the main origin of mammoth ivory. Some useful clues can be obtained by searching the Internet.

For example, in 2015, Lower Bestyakh once dug up a complete steppe mammoth skeleton. Even at the beginning of this month, on the day of Children’s Day, a local farmer planted potatoes and cabbages in his backyard. The ivory has been dug up. I can easily find out these public news even in Kazan.

With this public information, combined with what you learned in psychology courses, it is easy to guess that he is at least likely to visit Bestyakh, isn't it?So Victor, have you checked? "

"I didn't." Wei Ran replied frankly, "The focus of my investigation this week is all in the urban areas of Yakutsk."

"What did you investigate?" Karp asked with a smile.

"Road conditions, escape routes"

Wei Ran replied embarrassingly that he didn't take killing the target person himself at all at first, but put all his thoughts on how to avoid being given the evidence of his own murder.

Obviously, Karp had already guessed Wei Ran's concerns, but he didn't intend to speak out, but praised in another direction, "It's not bad, knowing that self-preservation is a basic requirement for a qualified student."

If Karp had ridiculed a few words, Wei Ran might be more comfortable, but the other party's compliment against his will made him feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly that just flew out of the bathroom.

"Victor, now you have two choices." Karp said abruptly.

"Which two choices?" Wei Ran asked dejectedly.

"The first choice is that you failed the assessment. After the second school year starts in September, you will not only have to help Ji Ma pay the tuition fee for one year, but also run around the Hongqi Forest Farm with Sasha in your arms for an afternoon. "

"I choose the second"

Wei Ran made a choice without even thinking about it. With his current wealth, it is nothing to help Ji Ma pay the tuition fee for a year, but running around with Sasha in his arms is definitely a nightmare. As for who Sasha is, of course it is That silicone dummy with rubber bullets studded all over its body.Even if you think about it with your fingernails, you know that at least Ji Ma will definitely take pictures of him with his mobile phone.

"The second option is to postpone the assessment in August."

Karp said slowly, "In August, the other party will leave Yakutsk and return to Japan. I will give you his detailed location at that time. But I don't need to say that I believe you know the danger. , and when the time comes, there will be no nanny by your side. Then Victor, are you sure you choose the second way to end this assessment?"

Go to Japan to kill people?
Wei Ran swallowed, and after a long silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sure, the second one."

Karp said with some surprise, "Let me remind you again, I can't send a nanny to help you, let alone provide you with tools. If you are caught, no one can help you either."

"It's okay, I know everything about it." Wei Ran took a deep breath and made another decision.

"The third option, you can give up this assessment." Karp suddenly popped up another option.

"Just the second one," Wei Ran said casually.

"Let's talk about it in August." Karp hung up the phone before he finished speaking.

Putting down the phone, Wei Ran lowered the back of the seat, thinking about the delayed assessment due to his own mistake.He doesn't worry about the weapons used to kill the target person. The ones in the metal book are enough for him to choose at will, whether it's a pistol, rifle or anti-tank gun. conveniently.

But just as Karp worried, if he really killed someone in Japan, how to get rid of the suspicion and leave smoothly is the most troublesome thing.

(End of this chapter)