Chapter 57: Assassination
Pang Jindong found that there are many kinds of waiters here, and the color and style of the guò uniform can be distinguished. The waiters who could actually enter the banquet to serve food and wine were all wearing crisp tuxedos and black bow ties, while they were just low-level staff members, and their duties were similar to those of logistics.
With Pang Jindong's disguised identity, if he tried to get close to the banquet hall, someone who looked like a foreman would immediately come out to stop him. Pang Jindong only knew a few words of the local language, and he couldn't cope with this situation at all, so as a last resort, Pang Jindong could only adopt the second plan.
"It seems that the two of them can only be separated......" Determining that he had no possibility of starting here, Pang Jindong thought to himself: "Madam Senator, I have to take advantage of you, although I don't want to do this......"
Senator Eisen and his wife sat at the same table as Director Pace, a little further away from what was described as the close couple of senators. In the following time, Pang Jindong has been observing the every move of these three people from a distance. When the senator's wife and Director Pace got up and left their seats one after another, Pang Jindong knew that his opportunity had come. Because at this time, for Senator Eisen, his wife and Director Pace were not in sight at the same time.
Perhaps because of his age, the prostate is not very good, and Director Pace often goes to the bathroom. Pang Jindong followed him from a distance, and after making sure that Director Pace entered the bathroom, Pang Jindong did not go in. Even when a person like Director Pace is relieved, he is protected by someone and does not allow anyone to approach.
But it didn't matter anymore, because Pang Jindong was in the bathroom, and prepared a small gift for Director Pace -- a modified humidifier -- to place next to the sink.
Pang Jindong calculated the last time Director Pace used the bathroom, and when Director Pace was almost supposed to be in front of the sink, Pang Jindong activated the humidifier by remote control in his pocket.
Director Pace didn't think about why anyone in this hot and humid country would use humidifiers, and even if they did, they shouldn't be in a place like a bathroom. He just noticed that the mist from the humidifier had a refreshing fragrance that fell on him.
The scent in the humidifier came from the bottles of Chanel No. 19 perfume that Pang Jindong poured inside. Director Pace hadn't thought of what that meant, of course, and though the smell reminded him of someone in a trance, he didn't do anything, and returned to the banquet hall with the scent of his body.
Pang Jindong noticed that when Director Pace came back to take a seat, it immediately stimulated Senator Eisen's sense of smell. The latter's face turned blue in an instant, and his eyes looked at Director Pace angrily.
The anger was so palpable that Director Pace had no way to ignore it. It's just that, perhaps because of the lack of clarity, or perhaps because of the guilt in his heart, Director Pace did not make any statement.
A short time later, the senator's wife also returned, and Senator Eisen looked at his wife, and then at Director Pace, and his face became more and more ugly. As far as he could, the two people in front of him looked calm, and they didn't seem to have done anything sorry for him, but his already diseased feelings didn't allow him to think like this.
Seeing that it was done, Pang Jindong did not continue to stay, but went back to sleep in the hotel where he was staying.
Early the next morning, Pang Jindong rushed to the hotel where Senator Eisen and Director Pace were staying early in the morning and began to pay attention to the surveillance. Senator Eisen left the hotel on time for the day, but Director Pace was nowhere to be seen.
Pang Jindong knew that this was the effect of his own discord plan yesterday. I don't know how Senator Eisen came up with it, but in short, he and Director Pace were separated, and he himself still carried out the original arrangement, and Director Pace had to find another program.
Pang Jindong waited patiently, and after about ten minutes, he saw Director Pace, accompanied by several bodyguards and local government personnel, also leave the hotel.
When Director Pace and his entourage hit the road, Pang Jindong drove a rented car and followed far behind.
The local government probably couldn't imagine why these guests from country M suddenly asked to separate their activities, so they didn't know how to arrange them in a hurry, so they took Director Pace and his entourage to visit the local agricultural market.
After arriving at the destination, Pang Jindong carried a black umbrella and quickly walked over to one of Director Pace's bodyguards. The bodyguard was carrying the same umbrella in his hand, and that umbrella was Pang Jindong's target.
It's the rainy season, and although the sun is shining brightly, it's hard to tell when it rains heavily, so people are required to bring umbrellas when they are outdoors.
Maybe it's a matter of habit, or maybe it's the government's demand, and unlike domestic officials, who are accustomed to enjoying the service of others, foreign officials usually do their own umbrellas, as does Senator Eisen and Director Pace. It's just that in normal times, the umbrella is not held by themselves, but in the hands of the accompanying bodyguards. Once the weather is not beautiful, they will take the umbrella from the bodyguard's hand, open it themselves and hold it.
Through Guò's observation yesterday, Pang Jindong confirmed this habit of theirs and mastered all the movements of the whole process of holding their umbrella. Luckily, the umbrella they use is not custom-made, but a very primitive type of rain gear that is very common in the area. So, Pang Jindong prepared two identical ones, and the one he was carrying in his hand at this time was one of them.
Because Pang Jindong walked in the direction of the bodyguards who were following behind Director Pace, not Director Pace himself, the bodyguards did not pay attention to Pang Jindong at first. It wasn't until Pang Jindong ran fast that they noticed something unusual, but it was too late.
said that it was too late, it was too fast, Pang Jindong slammed into the bodyguard and knocked him to the ground. Pang Jindong himself didn't stand firm, and fell together with the bodyguard.
The bodyguard who was hit subconsciously took out his gun, but he didn't need to do anything anymore, the other bodyguards had already rushed over, pressed Pang Jindong to the ground, and then began to search his body.
The bodyguards did not find any murder weapon on Pang Jindong's body, not even anything made of metal, only an umbrella. The bodyguards stretched out the umbrella, then withdrew it, and studied it carefully for a long time, but found nothing unusual.
The bodyguard who was knocked down got up from the ground, rubbed his sore chest, and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
Pang Jindong hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, sir! I made an appointment with my girlfriend, because it was too late, so I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to bumping into your ......."
The unlucky man, apparently the head of the bodyguards, looked at his companions, who shook their heads at him and said, "There is no problem!"
The head of the bodyguard asked Pang Jindong again: "Are you Asian?"
Pang Jindong replied: "Yes! I am engaged in import and export business here!"
Many Chinese think that black people look exactly the same, in fact, many white people have a similar view of Asians. Although these bodyguards have been trained in memory and observation, they can't tell how old Pang Jindong's oriental face is. Otherwise, they would immediately be suspicious of Pang Jindong's words, how could a young man of more than ten years and a half be doing import and export business in a foreign country.
Seeing the scene just now, Director Pace cast an inquiring glance at the head of the bodyguard, and the head of the bodyguard immediately reported: "It's just a little accident!" After that, he looked around, and then ordered his subordinates: "Let go of this person!"
Pang Jindong got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Although I was a little reckless, you won't treat me like this, right?"
"Let's go! don't miss your appointment!" the head of the bodyguard waved his hand impatiently.
Because of their profession, these bodyguards have good patience. Their job is to sacrifice themselves to ensure the safety of the protected person, or to prevent any minor contingency from affecting the protected person's activities. Since the preparations for the sacrifice are all made, it is nothing to suffer a small loss, so after confirming that Pang Jindong has no malicious intent, the head of the bodyguard does not intend to pursue Pang Jindong.
Pang Jindong continued to pretend to be very unhappy, and left with a grunt in his mouth.
Seeing that nothing else had happened, the bodyguards escorted Director Pace and continued the rest of the trip.