War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 969 Exchanging Trust
"Are we really leaving like this?"

In the parking lot on the basement floor of the hotel, Sui Sui lowered her voice and asked in Chinese before getting into the car driven by Anfisa, "That illegitimate child must be watching us secretly, what if?"

"Do not worry"

As Wei Ran said, he also got into the car and sat down next to Sui Sui.

After the little rich woman Koko also got into the car, Anfeiya opened the co-pilot's door and got in.

When this car made a double flash, the car that Ninel and Ania were riding in immediately also jumped and double flashed, and was the first to drive out of the underground parking lot.

So far, the only thing left is Kou Kou's legal counsel Horta and a business car left for her.

Watching the two cars leave one after another with the paid reporters, the middle-aged woman who was nearly forty years old let out a long breath, stretched the hem of the small suit on her body, and carried her official documents. Bao walked into the elevator not far away with his head held high.

The reason why such a fringe person with no sense of existence was left behind was not only that Kou Kou was fed up with the various suggestions of this middle-aged woman, but also to give the illegitimate child a "chance".

Of course, there is no need to worry about her safety, which Ninel and his partner Ania assured with patted their chests.

The assurances that were also patted on the chest by the two of them also included that if the person who had the illegitimate child really took advantage of Wei Ran and others to lure the reporter away to contact the legal adviser who deliberately stayed, he would definitely be able to win the case between the police and the Gravett family. caught him earlier.

Regardless of the situation on the side of Ms. Horta, the legal counsel, after Wei Ran and the others left the underground parking lot, they did not intend to get rid of the reporters behind them at all. Make a double flash or even reduce the speed a little bit and wait.

Halfway through the journey, the two cars stopped without any warning. After a while, Wei Ran and Ainiya who were in the two cars pushed open the doors in no particular order.

Under the watchful eyes of the reporters who followed from afar, the reluctant Wei Ran and the almost laughing Ania exchanged places.

It wasn't until the car started running again that Wei Ran asked with a tired face, "What's wrong?"

"latest news"

Nie Niel, who was in charge of driving, paused, and said slowly, "Just half an hour ago, the Charleston police received a call and found a dead body in a vacation home."

Wei Ran glanced at the time on the dashboard screen indiscriminately, and said "Oh" noncommittally, "And then?"

"Opposite horn bow"

Ninel paused after saying a key word. Seeing that Wei Ran did not respond, he added, "A highly toxic metal tube was also found at the scene. According to the information from my people, it seems to be Strychnine."

"So?" Wei Ran looked at the other party with a half-smile.

Seeing this, Ninel smiled, and stepped on the accelerator abruptly to increase the speed of the car.

Amidst the low roar of the engine, the car instantly distanced itself from the business car Sui Sui and the others were riding in, and at the same time easily got rid of those unprepared reporters!
Glancing at the instrument that was about to turn red, Wei Ran slowly buckled up his seat belt, and then symbolically grasped the armrest above his head.

"Do you often go racing?" Ninere took the time to look back at Wei Ran while speeding up the car.

"Jima's driving skills are no worse than yours." Wei Ran slightly increased his voice, "but the road conditions in Russia are definitely not better than those in the United States."

Hearing this, Ninel raised his eyebrows, and finally brought a trace of emotion into his slow tone, "If I have a chance, I will compare with him."

"There will be a chance in the future," Wei Ran replied absent-mindedly.

Seeing this, Ninel stopped talking and overtook the cars along the way again and again, seeing that the companions and reporters behind him were thrown out of sight, and immediately slowed down slightly and turned onto a side road.

With the second step on the accelerator, the car started to accelerate again, and disappeared along the road in the blink of an eye.

It wasn't until the fork behind him was completely covered by street trees that Ninel slowed down, parked the car on the side of the road smoothly and turned off the engine.

With a soft "click", Wei Ran and Ninieer pushed open the car door at the same time, each left their mobile phones in the car, and walked forward a dozen steps in silence.

"You did it?" Ninel stopped and asked in a low voice.

"Yes" Wei Ran admitted this time very happily.

"Now this matter has been taken over by the CIA"

Nie Nie paused, frowned and continued, "The CIA will not easily intervene in homicide cases in the United States. When I got the news, this case has been classified as a suicide, but my friend at the Charleston Police Department Said, the shot that the old guy used to commit suicide seems to be the Cold War."

"I killed the bell ringer," Wei Ran said abruptly.

"What are you talking about?!" Ninere looked at Wei Ran in disbelief after being stunned.

"I killed the bell ringer, Major Bratt Kumenyuk. After he defected from No. 33 Fishing Ground, he joined the CIA's intelligence department under the pseudonym Adrian Senna as an Eastern European intelligence analyst."

After a short pause, Wei Ran continued, "In September 2015, the bell ringer retired and settled in Charleston."

"Where did you find it? I'm sorry, pretend I didn't say it." Ninel realized halfway through speaking, and restrained his curiosity in time.

After a little hesitation, Wei Ran continued, "The person who betrayed the No. 33 fishing ground together was also a person code-named a nutritionist. He was killed by the bell ringer."

"He did."

Ninel stopped the words that were about to come out in time, and muttered with disbelief, "So he was killed by the bell ringer."

"You know nutritionists well?" Wei Ran asked tentatively.

"right"

Ninel nodded, "I often heard this name when I was a child. He used to be the nutritionist of No. 33 fish farm. I heard from Uncle Gorman that he was always in charge of taking care of the prisoners who lost their ability to eat due to torture and serving as teaching equipment. of."

Hearing this, Wei Ran shivered involuntarily, and subconsciously remembered in Yakutsk, the furnace that was originally planned to be thrown into the furnace of the thermal power station to generate electricity. It becomes a trafficker of teaching aids.

After such a long time, he didn't know whether the human trafficker was still alive, but he knew very clearly that if the human trafficker was still alive, if a nutritionist had maintained his nutritional supply to ensure that he would not die
Obviously, that is definitely more terrifying than death.The nutritionist in charge of this job is definitely more terrifying than the torturer!

Seeing that Wei Ran didn't speak, Niniel continued, "But Uncle Gorman has always distrusted him and forbade me to have any contact with him, let alone reveal any privacy to him."

"Gorman is suspicious of him?" Wei Ran asked with a frown.

"They've actually been suspicious of each other for years"

Ninel revealed an extremely cruel reality, "Especially Uncle Gorman, he is equally suspicious of everyone related to Fishing Ground No. 33, including my deceased mother."

"you recognize"

Wei Ran stopped before saying the name of another American friend, changed his name and continued, "Do you know Ivan? Olga's father, Ivan, did you know him before we met last time? "

"do not know"

Ninel shook his head, looked at the distant skyline and said slowly, "In fact, since I can remember, I have been looking forward to being with me at Fishing Ground 33 besides my mother and Uncle Gorman. The one who sows grass seeds."

"Which one is you?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Is this you now, or is that cheerful and enthusiastic loud voice you?"

"Now it's Niner, and that loud voice is Fidel."

"Split personality?" Wei Ran asked very seriously.

"That character is made for work"

Ninel also replied very seriously, "Now this is me in a life-like way. Of course, you can also think that the current me is Ninel from the Soviet Union, and the other is Fidel from the United States."

"It sounds a bit secondary." Wei Ran used a Chinese adjective that the other party couldn't understand.

Fortunately, although Ninel couldn't understand, he could guess something from Wei Ran's expression.

However, he just shrugged, and finally explained in a very serious and slow tone, "You may not understand, but at least this will save me from bringing the guilt and negative emotions accumulated at work into my life. Otherwise I'll go crazy."

"Okay, let's get back to the topic just now." Wei Ran paused, "Do you know about the nutritionist's disappearance?"

"Uncle Gorman told me"

“The nutritionist used to run a nursing home in Sochi, but a few years ago, his nursing home suddenly caught fire, and that fire destroyed most of the stuff, and not long after that, maybe three or four years ago,” Ninel explained. For a year, the nutritionist also disappeared without warning.

At that time, they all thought that someone was preparing to do something to them. In order to protect my safety, Gorman even tried to get Suvorov Junior Military Academy to expel me from my student status. "

Ninel clenched his fists, and continued with a trace of resentment, "From the year I entered school, I have been able to receive a scholarship for brave students every semester, but in the end I was expelled for such a ridiculous reason as fighting."

"What a coincidence." Wei Ran curled his lips, "I was also fired once because of that old bastard. Use it as an excuse for cheating."

"His excuses are always so clumsy," Ninel muttered a little annoyed, obviously being bullied by Gorman a lot.

“I was also in Sochi last year around this time”

Wei Ran paused, "I've been to a burnt-out nursing home, but the person who took me there said that there were murders there before and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union."

"You have a good memory, it's the nursing home."

Nener paused, and said slowly, "But the time before and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union mentioned by Uncle Stepan who took you there at the time actually refers to about 20 years after the disintegration."

"Understood, whoever tells the truth is a dog"

Wei Ran muttered something in Chinese with a strange expression, and at the same time looked straight at Niel, who was only one meter away from him.Of course he remembered the anti-smuggling policeman Stepan he met before he was fired from Hongqi Forest Farm.

It's just that, now, mentioning this name that he only met once again reminded him of the death knell captain Stepan Karp with the same name.

Ninel continued indifferently, "I know what you're thinking, you guessed right, I was there when you went there, but I was wearing a motorcycle helmet like you, and I was very Looking forward to your performance of joint dislocation and reset.

Of course, when I met you for the first time in No. 33 Fishing Ground, I was able to confirm that the person at that time was yours through the voice. "

"Are you really there?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"Uncle Stepan is my guide. Without his help, I would not be as happy and hard as I am now."

"Today's harvest is really not small," Wei Ran muttered with a grin.

"Can you tell me about the bell ringer you killed?" Ninel suddenly changed the subject, "I've been looking for him all these years."

"What do you want to know?" Wei Ran asked with his back turned to the other party.

"How did you kill him?" Ninel said without thinking.

"Morphine" Wei Ran said carefully, "Intravenous injection, and then push 20 milliliters of strychnine, his death is painful enough."

After a short pause, Wei Ran added, "But in exchange, I let his grandson or grandson go."

"Is there any more?" Neel asked.

"If there is no follow-up trouble, how about you doing this in the future?" Wei Ran asked abruptly.

"no problem"

Ninel agreed without even thinking about it, "There will be no follow-up troubles about this incident. When I got the news, the CIA has already classified what happened last night as an accidental death caused by overdose of a drug."

"Are they showing their attitude?" Wei Ran frowned immediately.

"Really expressing attitude"

Ninell said, "How could they waste energy on a dead and worthless traitor to the Soviet Union? Besides, you left such a horrible poison needle on purpose. No American wants to start another cold war , especially a Cold War for which they were not prepared."

Having said that, Ninel has turned around and walked towards the car parked on the side of the road, "In short, don't worry, the Soviet Union is gone, and American capitalists will not waste dollars and lives for some vengeful little fish, anyway, they will be revenged They are just wild dogs with no support and no value.

So as long as you don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, and don't carry out large-scale poisoning, there is a high probability that you won't be in danger. "

After finishing speaking, Ninel seemed to have remembered something, stopped again, turned around to look at Wei Ran, and said very seriously, "Also, I owe you once on my mother's behalf."

"I hope you owe it longer." Wei Ran said in a joking tone, "In this way, I can still earn some interest."

"Interest?"

Ninel thought for a while, and after jumping through many channels, he asked abruptly, "So you've taken a fancy to my partner Ania?"

"Why should I fall in love with her?" Wei Ran quickened his pace immediately, "Speaking of this, I have to go back as soon as possible."

"Don't you like beautiful women?"

Ninel opened the door of the car as a matter of course, "My friends in Arabia will not bring four floats at once."

"Only Aurora is my girlfriend, the twins are her assistants and bodyguards, and the other matching dragon mother is her rich wife friend."

Wei Ran speeded up his explanation while helping to release the handbrake, "Anyway, hurry up and join them."

"The twins have a familiar smell," Ninel commented while starting the car, "It's dangerous."

"You are wrong"

Wei Ran made a fool of himself and then changed the topic to Ninel's gay female partner, "Tell me about your partner."

"nothing to say"

Ninel explained while turning the car, "She is my cargo, and her father entrusted me before he was shot because of gang conflicts and was about to die, hoping to safely transport her, who was only 17 years old at the time, to the world 40 years later.

It was a ridiculous job, but her dad made an offer I couldn't refuse, so she was my partner. "

"17 years old." Wei Ran smacked his lips and said in revenge, "You are such a scum."

"Ania is the scum, not me."

Ninel extended a slap and shook it face to face while speaking, then picked up the phone and looked at it with a headache and said, "I can guarantee that every finger of her has its own girlfriend."

"Your driving skills are far behind Ji Ma"

Wei Ran said dryly, "The gas pedal is designed to be stepped on to the bottom. What are you doing? Tap dancing?"

"Don't worry about my driving skills"

As Niele said, he threw the button-type Blackberry in his hand to Wei Ran, then held the steering wheel with both hands, and said while speeding up the car, "7 minutes ago, my driver was in the Columbia bus. In the stairwell on the top floor of the hotel and in the underground parking lot, a child of Asian descent and four men who were about to kidnap the lady were captured respectively."

"Asian kids?"

Wei Ran took the phone and looked at it, a photo was displayed on the not-so-large screen.In this photo, a little boy with a thin body and slightly dark skin, but with a standard Asian appearance, is lying in the trunk of the car with his mouth gagged and terrified.

Continue to flip back, but there are four black people with bruised noses, handcuffed hands hanging on the iron ring above their heads, and stuffed mouths.Also hung up were half a mutton fan and a wild boar that had been dismantled into the water.

Thanks to the privilege of seeing the scene of the young rich woman Kou Kou illegally slaughtering sheep before inheriting the family property, Wei Ran recognized it at a glance. This photo seemed to be taken in a mobile slaughter vehicle.

Returning the phone to the other party, Wei Ran asked curiously, "Who are your subordinates?"

"criminal"

Niniel, who had almost reached the highest speed, raised his voice slightly, "The Ukrainian I bought from Uncle Stepan."

"Prisoners can also trade?" Wei Ran asked in disbelief.

"Of course, geniuses are in prisons and mental institutions."

Ninel smiled, "They only need to work for me for 5 years, and they can offset the 10-year prison sentence, and after 10 years of work, they can get a green card in the United States, so why not?
Anyway, driving a truck in America is better than being in a rotten prison, worrying about having something out of your ass, right? "

"Okay, what are you going to do next?"

The eye-opening Wei Ran asked straightforwardly, the conversation outside the car just now had made the two parties exchange mutual trust, now it is time to try some cooperation to test each other's character.

"If you have no objections, how about letting me try to find the illegitimate child along the lines of the people I just captured?"

Ninere glanced at Wei Ran, and immediately looked back, and while driving the car to chase Sui Sui and the others, he said loudly, "I'll find someone to come forward and sell the illegitimate child to the Gravett family. You get 300 million dollars, and the rest No matter how much it is, it will all belong to me. But if the part that belongs to me exceeds 300 million, we will share the excess.”

"Let's talk about it after you catch the illegitimate child first." Wei Ran responded noncommittally, but he deliberately didn't clearly agree or reject the proposal just made by the other party.

Hearing this, Ninel showed a simple and honest smile on his face, stepped on the accelerator again, and increased the speed of the car a little.

(End of this chapter)