War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 282 Inventory and Calculation

After the email communication with Kajianka was over, Wei Ran simply took out the items in the metal book one by one for maintenance.These weird and weird things are all treasures for him to settle down and live, so they naturally deserve to be taken good care of.

Of course, thanks to the protection of the metal book, these things are in good condition.

But even so, he carefully polished the bayonet he got first and the anti-Japanese machete he got later, and then wiped the telescope, food box, medical box, kerosene lamp and other objects meticulously.

Even the platoon boat obtained in the Baiyangdian Anti-Japanese Battlefield was carefully maintained inside and out with the leftover beeswax from the decoration of this studio a few years ago.

And the pistol that Alexander gave him at the beginning, as well as the SVT40 semi-automatic rifle obtained in the Finnish battlefield and the Solothurn anti-tank gun also obtained from Finland, were carefully disassembled by him, and every part and bullet was carefully disassembled. Wipe clean and coat with gun grease.

Taking advantage of the time for maintenance, Wei Ran also took an inventory of the things in the metal book.It has been sent into the battlefield nine times, in addition to the stories and negatives harvested, this book is more and more like a discounted treasure chest.

Today, the only cold weapons in this metal book are a Mauser bayonet and a well-made anti-Japanese machete.Hot weapons include a CZP09 pistol with a silencer that uses a lot of titanium alloys, a SVT40 semi-automatic rifle with a scope, and a Solothurn S18-1000 anti-tank gun that he has high hopes for. .

These three thermal weapons basically solve the firepower needed for close-range firefights, firepower suppression, and long-range sniper kills.

In addition to these, there are many auxiliary things, the first is the life-saving medical kit and the frequently used double-layer food box.

Secondly, there are telescopes, kerosene lamps, three 20-liter titanium alloy oil drums, and the largest rowboat that has only been used once.Although these things are not used much, they can provide huge help in certain specific environments.

Of course, there is also the kerosene lighter that came with the kerosene lamp, the Kiev 30 film camera that has never been used, and the Rollei SLR that is more suitable for B and the silver portable that seems to be used only for pretending flagon.

The last thing left is Guqin Yaoguang who acts as a psychiatrist.

Speaking of it, this thing is still a New Year's gift from the metal book that always wants to kill me, but its effect is the biggest.

Nowadays, basically every time he comes back, he has to take out this guqin and play a piece of Guangling San, which is the only one he knows, to relieve all the negative emotions he has brought back from various battlefields.

After cleaning up everything and sending it back to the metal book, Wei Ran specially filled the portable wine jug that he drank long ago with the gin that Professor Alexei kept privately, and then placed the Guqin Yaoguang on the table, Taking a sip of the wine, he plucked the strings leisurely and lightly.

While he was enjoying the petty bourgeoisie, Herbert, who was far away in Moscow, was also reporting the "latest investigation progress" to Mrs. Amanda on the phone, implying that the investigation encountered trouble and needed a price increase.

And in Vienna, Austria, a little farther away, Katenka, who had been lying in the hospital for a whole day, was also discharged from the hospital, and managed to get a fairly good amount of compensation from the insurance company.

Taking a taxi back to the tree hole bookstore where there was only a rough house left after being burned, Katenka sighed secretly, and then without the slightest nostalgia, got into the car he had parked across the road in advance, and left this place without hesitation. The city where I grew up.

In the corner of an unmonitored underground parking lot on the edge of the city, Kajanka, wearing rubber gloves and thick toe gloves, carefully took out a small amount of luggage and Photos of old Kajianka were put in the trunk of his car one by one.

Before leaving, she intentionally left a gap in the cab door of the truck, took out a large amount of euros and deliberately threw it on the ground near the cab, turned around and drove her car out of the dark underground parking lot .

It took a whole day to arrive in Turin, Italy. Katenka parked his car in the parking lot opposite the Gubijing Pasta Restaurant, and then he didn’t get out of the car. Instead, he put on a steam mask and put it down. The seat starts to catch up on sleep.

After waiting until it was completely dark, Katenka took off the blindfold and looked around. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she immediately took out the silent pistol that the old Katenka left for her from under the floor mat, and gently pushed the door open and walked towards Gubii Pasta Restaurant.

Using the key provided by Wei Ran to open the shutter door and look at the restaurant where there were still traces of the fire, the girl who was still dressed in fancy clothes patted her forehead, opened the safety of the pistol, and carefully checked room by room.

Although the situation on the first floor is a bit horrible, fortunately, the bar on the second floor is in good condition.And there is a separate small living room and bedroom that can be used for living.

Katenka breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went downstairs to carry the colorful suitcases in the trunk of the car to the second floor one by one.

"Start a new life here"

Katenka looked out the window at the strange city shrouded in night, muttered something to himself, stretched himself, took out his laptop from the box and placed it on the bar on the second floor , tapping the keyboard quickly, looking for various information about Herbert.

At noon the next day, when Wei Ran sent Mr. Nicholas home from the airport, he also received an email from Kajianka again.

After downloading the file attached to the email to the computer, Wei Ran was surprised after only a few glances after opening it.

I have to admit that Katenka found a lot of information. In this packaged document, there are not only basic information such as Herbert's address, license plate number, and passport number.There is also his dark history of using false identities to illegally raise funds for fraud on the Internet, as well as the transaction evidence that he collaborated with some art thieves to steal oil paintings from the home of a British rich man and sell them illegally.

Even in another screenshot of the mailbox provided by Katenka, he also saw that Herbert arranged for someone to monitor and try to kidnap "that Chinese man" in Fort August, and asked for the burial address of "Charlotte Treasure". communication records.

Could it be that the people sent by Charlotte didn't monitor him?But to protect yourself?Wei Ran belatedly figured out the key point. Since no one kidnapped him at that time, could it be that Charlotte found out?

No, no, Mr. Charlotte probably doesn't have that much ability, so who else could it be?That old man in camouflage who brought back the wooden box from Libya?Maybe it could only be him, no wonder he offered to take himself to the airport "on the way".

With the help of this belated information, Wei Ran figured out the key point. By the way, Wei Ran saw Herbert's nature clearly, and at the same time, he believed in Katenka's intelligence investigation ability to a certain extent.

But compared to these, what really surprised him was the information about Mrs. Amanda.

According to the documents provided by Katenka, Mrs. Amanda is the owner of a venture capital company. She did have a brother, and she did disappear in the winter of 1988.

But her brother was not named Leo, nor was he a gold mine prospector, nor was he a second-rate explorer who was keen on treasure hunting, but a doctor of meteorology in a French university at that time.As for the German who came to Amanda's mouth, it was actually her brother's meteorology tutor.

According to the records marked as the source of a certain university archives, Amanda's brother's real name is Eric, and his mentor's name is Jonas.Regarding the murder of the teachers and students during the expedition, there have been records in that French university, and even the principal at the time of the incident was implicated.

In addition, according to the information obtained by Katenka, the mother of the Amanda brothers and sisters is a Norwegian, and they probably spent the ten years before they went to university in Strasbourg, France. .

This is not important information in itself, but on the map marked by Katenka, this French border city and Germany are only separated by the Rhine River.

At the same time, it is also mentioned in the introduction about the city that a German dialect called Alsatian is spoken locally.In other words, that Mrs. Amanda probably understands German and definitely knows some Norwegian!

He concealed his brother's identity, and most likely concealed his ability to understand German when they met for the first time at the airport a few days ago.So who is this Mrs. Amanda guarding against?Herbert?Or all the people who helped her find the treasure?

Finally, he glanced at Mrs. Amanda's detailed address, contact number, email address, office address and her license plate number in Paris.Wei Ran couldn't help but began to doubt again, how credible was the information provided by Kajianka.

If it's all the way she looked it up, how did she find so many things in two days?Will there be mistakes or fabricated fake news in the middle?
Also, what the hell is Mrs. Amanda looking for?What she was looking for was so attractive that the boss of a venture capital company condescended to come to Volgograd to wait for her for several days.

After closing the few files he just opened, Wei Ran couldn't help turning his gaze to the safe at his feet.He was hesitating whether to use that watch and go back to 1988 to see what happened.

The idea is both necessary and unnecessary.

The reason why it is necessary is that at least while satisfying curiosity, we can see how different the truth is from the information on the brother and sister investigated by Katenka.By the way, I can really understand Amanda's intentions so that I don't really get into trouble.

It's unnecessary to say, just because in the final analysis of this matter, as long as you find a way to shake out Herbert's black material, you can completely cut off contact with Amanda.

But the consequence is that I have no way of distinguishing Kajianka's ability at all, and I have no way to prevent that Amanda will find me with a new story and client for the same "treasure" in the future.

But what really made him think about it were some details. For example, this incident happened in a relatively safe year in 1988. For example, it seems that only a doctor of meteorology and his mentor participated in this expedition.

For another example, after taking stock of the materials and equipment in the metal notebook a few days ago, Wei Ran simply wanted to accumulate more practical things and so on.

As for whether to tell Mrs. Amanda the results of the final investigation, the answer is undoubtedly no.Anyway, he, Wei Ran, is now a public figure who has been on TV, served as an honorary consultant in an official museum, and is also a shareholder of a large film studio.

This kind of historian who focuses on academic research naturally has to draw a clean line from Herbert, who is full of bad things, and Amanda, who is full of heart and mind.

(End of this chapter)