War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 360 Killing Adam (Today only one update, very sorry)

"Now tell me about your request." While Sauron was asking, he had already started to lock the shutters of the house.

"Tell me about this anchor!" Wei Ran changed the subject abruptly, raised his finger and asked the anchor not far from the gate, "Has it always been here?"

"The anchor?"

Seeing that Wei Ran nodded, Sauron replied with a smile, "It doesn't have a long history. This anchor was fished out of Keel Bay by my grandfather in the summer decades ago. At that time, he even thought that the net had arrived. Whale, but when he got up the courage to dive to the bottom, he found that the fishing net had caught the anchor, and it took a lot of effort to get it out."

Hearing this, Wei Ran's interest in this anchor immediately decreased by half, and he simply asked, "Tell me about your grandfather, what does he do?"

"fisherman"

"Fisherman?" Wei Ran was stunned, then subconsciously turned his head to look at the house not far away, "Where's your great-grandfather?"

“Also a fisherman”

Sauron obviously saw Wei Ran's doubts, and took the initiative to explain, "But according to my father, when he was very young, my great-grandfather also ran a tavern for a short period of time. , would come to the tavern he ran for a drink. Not enough. Later, because better decorated pubs appeared in the surrounding towns, his tavern became less and less crowded. Later, he simply closed the tavern and took my grandfather as a fisherman. .”

Is it a tavern?

Wei Ran subconsciously looked at the cast-iron mailbox on the other side of the gate. The mailbox was painted with brownish-yellow paint, and it was in the shape of an oak barrel as a whole, and its size was no different from a real oak barrel. In the tavern, there is such a thing at the door that complements each other.I looked around the post box, and besides casting a cantaloupe-sized griffin on the top, there are also the words "Lübeck Foundry · 1929" around it.

"Couldn't this postbox be fished out of Keel Bay too?" Wei Ran asked as he tapped on the postbox.

"it's not"

Sauron scratched the back of his head and explained honestly, "I also asked my father this question when I was young. According to him, this thing has been placed at the door since he can remember, but since the tavern closed down, it has disappeared. It was put in the basement behind the bar. When I renovated the place not long ago, I got it out and repainted it and put it here.”

Taking out his mobile phone and taking a picture of the postbox, Wei Ran looked around for the last time and said with a smile, "Okay, I don't have any doubts for the time being, I will investigate as soon as possible, and I will give you an answer before the agreed deadline. In addition, during the investigation, I may come here to have a look from time to time."

"welcome any time"

Sauron said cheerfully, "I will be around here until summer arrives, you just need to call me half a day in advance. But..."

"What's the matter?" Seeing the embarrassment on the other party's face, Wei Ran took the initiative to ask.

"Until the results of your investigation come out, I may be doing maintenance in the basement, I don't know if this will cause you trouble."

"Refurbishment and maintenance?" Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously frowned, this could really bring trouble.

"I'm going to use this house for business"

Sauron spread his hands, "Especially the basement, I plan to use it as a place for secret gatherings. Although the things inside are very interesting, at least we must find a way to move the coffin out."

"Just move the coffin?"

Sauron shook his head, "The floor may have to be replaced, and there is no heating in the basement. To solve these problems, I am afraid that all the things inside must be moved up."

This.
Wei Ran suddenly felt worried. He originally planned to come back after the year, and use the metal book to investigate to find out what secrets are in that basement. After a festival, you can also make preparations by the way.

But if the other party is doing renovations in the basement at any time, Wei Ran is not sure that the things moved out of the basement can send him back to the correct time node.

In particular, all the arrangements in the basement were obviously prepared for espionage activities. He could even guess that the main targets of the espionage personnel hiding here at the time were probably the German ships entering and leaving the port of Kiel. .

But it is unknown which country sent the spies and the exact time when they were working behind enemy lines here.

Although there seemed to be a lot of things left in that basement, it was actually cleaned very cleanly, so clean that he couldn't find any useful clues at all.

So the only thing he can be sure of now is that there was a man and a woman hidden in that basement, but more, I am afraid that only with the help of the metal book can we know what happened here.

Because of this, on the contrary, he had to choose as accurately as possible to be on the side of the spy personnel at that time.In other words, if he wanted to avoid standing on the wrong team, the only way was to hurry up before this strong man named Sauron changed the basement beyond recognition.

You have to add money, otherwise it will be too bad.
Wei Ran, who wanted to go home for a year, secretly made a decision, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Sauron, since this is the case, I'm afraid I have to work overtime."

"I understand!" Sauron said generously without waiting for Wei Ran to finish speaking, "How about 30 euros? If it's not enough, I'll discuss it with my father."

"Rich man struck by lightning!"

Wei Ran cursed secretly, waved his hands solemnly and said, "I believe that you will not disappoint me about the commission. What I want to say is that if you plan to renovate that basement, then I'm afraid I have to renovate the basement after you." Before the demolition is beyond recognition, I have to work overtime here to continue looking for clues, so if you don’t mind, I plan to search carefully in this house for a few days to see if I can find any clues that have been overlooked.”

"No problem, here's the key."

While speaking, Sauron took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to Wei Ran, then pointed to a town not far away, "I will help you find a hotel nearby, you can come here anytime to find clues. "

"Aren't you worried that I'll steal the gold bars inside?" Wei Ran reminded after taking the key.

"Those gold bars are not worth 30 euros"

While Sauron was speaking, he even handed over the car keys to Wei Ran, "I'll let you use this car too, I'll go to the town to help you find a hotel, and I'll send you the address when the arrangements are made, and we'll have dinner together in the evening How about it?"

"Then I will trouble you"

Wei Ran took the key and weighed it, and watched as the other party walked slowly towards the town with only one pier in between, with his hands in his pockets.

It wasn't until Sauron disappeared that he reopened the shutter door that had been locked just now, sat down on the wooden chair behind the bar, and began to think about whether he needed to prepare something in advance and put it in the food box, and what if he didn't. Be careful to stand on the wrong team again, the situation you may face at that time, and how to remedy it.

After going through all the conceived results, he stood up and leaned against the door frame to look at the situation outside. After seeing that there was nothing unusual, he immediately locked the rolling door and walked towards the one leading to the basement. small room.

Going down the passage in the fireplace to the basement again, Wei Ran fumbled to find the light switch and turned it on. Then, in the dim light, he re-examined the basement carefully.

After confirming that there was no monitoring equipment in the underground space, he immediately sat beside the table full of manuscript papers, took a deep breath and took out the metal notebook.

Previously, he had used the metal notebook, and the largest object he had ever drawn with that metal quill was nothing more than a tank. Now, he had no confidence at all whether he could draw the basement.

While he was waiting, the metal book lying on the table slowly opened to the blank page 17, and the metal quill also began to rustle and draw a pattern.

Obviously, this pattern was drawn by Li, and it is exactly the table in front of Wei Ran, but it is different from what the eyes see. On the table drawn with a quill pen, not only are the two radios placed, but also a large number of them are scattered. The used draft paper, and at the same time, there is a back figure with long hair, who is holding the earphone attached to his face with one hand, and holding a pencil in the other hand as if writing something on the draft paper.

And in the upper middle of this pattern, beside the fireplace with a bonfire, there is still a person squatting, but the person in the pattern can only see the shoulders and the pile of paper he is delivering to the bonfire. As for the manuscript paper, as for what he looks like as a man or a woman, it left Wei Ran with countless fantasies.

With a "clang", as the metal quill fell on the table, a few lines of text appeared below the pattern it had just drawn:
Role identity: Kraken Tavern, bartender Victor

Return mission: assist Romeo to complete the information transmission, cover the existence of Juliet and the basement, ensure that they will not be discovered, and take 10 photos.

Skill task: Assassinate the chain dog Adam and hide the body, ensuring that it will not be found within a week,

Romeo and Juliet?So many tasks?What skill is it this time?
While Wei Ran was muttering to himself, his field of vision was already occupied by intense white light. Immediately afterwards, retro music and the voice of a woman singing came to his ears, and the singing and music were mixed with noisy The sound of conversation and occasional laughter.

"Why is it so lively"

Wei Ran blinked hard, and when he could barely see the outline of the surrounding environment, he realized that he was standing behind a wooden bar, and at the same time, he was holding a glass and a clean towel in his hand.

Looking around again, Wei Ran couldn't help shaking his eyebrows. He could recognize that this was the lobby on the first floor of that house, but at this time, under the bright light of the crystal lamp above his head, there were at least twenty The men wearing the uniforms of the German Navy of World War II held their female companions and danced amidst the lights and music.

Turning around to look at the left hand side of the counter, on the small stage that is not too big, there is a woman who looks almost like the first goddess of France in the 20s and 90s, singing with a metal microphone A piece of music that Wei Ran has never heard before, and on both sides of the female singer, there are a few scantily clad girls dancing hot dances that show their thighs from time to time.

“Let's have a glass of liqueur”

While Wei Ran was observing his surroundings, a drunken officer sat on a high stool next to the bar.

Glancing at the other party's major rank, Wei Ran calmly put down the towel in his hand, turned around and searched on the wine rack, casually took out a bottle of liqueur, and poured a full glass for the other party.

The major took a look at the wine glass, and the drunken Chao Wei smiled, then raised his head and drank completely.It's a pity that he seems to have used too much force. Although all the glass of wine was put into his mouth, he also fell back, fell off the high stool and lay heavily on the floor.

"Is this a German naval officer?"

Wei Ran looked puzzled at the major who fell on the floor and couldn't get up by himself, this frankly drunk ghost looks like hairy no matter how you look at it.

While he was in a daze, another man who was wearing a shirt on his upper body and whose military rank was unknown had already dragged the major up and helped him to sit down at a table not far away. What are you talking about.

Picking up a new cup casually, Wei Ran wiped it with a towel while observing the crowd around him. Most of these drunken soldiers were wearing navy uniforms, and a few were wearing air force uniforms.

And judging from their few words, it seems that these navies have just returned to Hong Kong after a battle. From time to time, they say who died in battle, who was burned to death, and the wife of a certain captain almost cheated. Half-truths and half-truths about all his comrades in the submarine.

However, it didn't wait for that beautiful female singer to finish singing a song, let alone wait for Wei Ran to hear any valuable information.The door of the tavern was pushed open from the outside, and the cold wind mixed with rain made everyone shiver subconsciously.And a chain dog wearing a raincoat who came in immediately made everyone quiet.

"Adam, we are on vacation, can we leave quickly so as not to spoil our interest? Today we have reserved the place here." Not long ago, the impatient tone of the man who helped up the drunk major revealed a hint of helplessness and disdain.

"In that case, I guess you wouldn't mind buying me a drink."

The chain dog glanced around, took off the clothes hanger hanging by the door, walked slowly to the bar and sat down, knocked on the table and said, "Have a glass of gin, and put an extra piece of mint."

Wei Ran looked around, found a bottle of gin and poured a glass for the other party, and then said apologetically, "Sorry, the mint has been used up."

"It's okay, don't be sorry."

The chain dog was unexpectedly polite. He took a drink from his cup, then stood up, walked to the major who had drunk too much, and whispered something into the other's ear.

With a bang, the major, who was still drunk just now, stood up suddenly, ignoring the chair knocked down by him, and pressed the shoulder of the chain dog, "Adam, is what you said true?"

Adam looked around and said gently, "I'll wait for you in the car outside."

After finishing speaking, he gently pulled away the hand on his shoulder, and walked towards the door of the tavern.The major staggered and stood up straight after a stagger, and chased after him while fastening his buttons.

Almost at the same time as the two left the tavern one after the other, the hall that had just quieted down immediately remembered the sound of whispering conversations.

At this moment, the wooden door on one side of the bar opened, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties came out with two bottles of wine. The beautiful singer on the stage also changed a song and started singing again. .

Under the cover of the noisy noise, the middle-aged man waved to Wei Ran, "Victor, come and help move the red wine out."

"Okay!" Wei Ran quickly put down the cup in his hand, and followed the other party into the room behind the bar.

"Victor, time is running out, Frank and the others must be in trouble." The middle-aged man whispered into Wei Ran's ear, "We must find a way to kill Adam tonight!"

(End of this chapter)