Chapter 333: Drunk to Death
People in this alpine mountain area have a bad habit of drinking, and they like to add some spices to the wine, such as anise and pepper. An Feng is not used to this way of drinking, but he is now playing the role of "Zakhagon", a herdsman born and raised in this mountainous area, so he expressionlessly tolerated the boss adding various powders to the wine glass, and then raised his glass casually, touched it with Kaze, and swallowed the glass of wine with numb expressions.
At this time, Iwalu and the remaining three pursuit team members could finally face "Zakhagon", but somehow, when they really faced "Zakhagon", this group of people suddenly lost the courage to draw their guns, and they only dared to stand far away and listen to the conversation here.
After swallowing this glass of wine for a while, Kaze suddenly coughed, probably because the pepper smell was too strong, so that he couldn't get used to it, and when he gasped for a while, he found that An Feng's expression was very calm, and at this time, the boss filled each of them with wine glasses, Kaze gasped and asked, "Where are you from?" β
During the conversation, both hands were on the table, but An Feng's pistol was on his right hand, and Kaze refused to put it on the table because he knew that he couldn't shoot faster than others, which was not his forte.
An Feng raised his middle finger, tapped lightly on the table, and said calmly: "It seems that I should ask the question." β
"Ha Lu, I forgot what I hunted you down for...... Peach event? Oh, you kidnapped a lady.
How absurd it feels to think of this reason now, and I actually chased you here through the vast high-altitude mountains for such an absurd reason...... How many days have we been hunting you down? β
Kaze woke up like a dream. Stimulated by alcohol, his mind was both active and numb, and after nearly a month of pursuit, he only remembered to hurry and hurry, and the target was always not far ahead, for which he fell into a paranoia. At this moment, it suddenly dawned on me:
It turned out that the goal of "Zakhagon" was of little value, and he could have stopped halfway and returned directly to the settlement, he still had so many important things to do. A packer in the settlement abducted a woman, and it took him more than 20 days to do it.
However, there seems to be something about this "Zakhagon" that attracts Kaze, making him reluctant, lingering, and scratching his liver. Now that his opponent is sitting across from him, he is scratching his heart and trying to call for tough measures...... Ahhh Well, long-range confrontation with a rifle versus a close confrontation with a pistol, are two completely different concepts. The people brought by Kaze could be aggressive when chasing and killing "Zakhagon", raising their guns and shooting at An Feng, but at this moment "Zakhagon" was really sitting in front of them, and the pistol was at their waists, but they ...... The whole withered.
At this moment, the first thing they remembered was the confrontation in the mining area, remembering that 12 of them came out, and now only 5 people are alive.
Therefore...... They were really scared.
Kaze used to repeatedly nag that he was the weakling, but that was just lip service, and he used this way to ask his team to pay attention to the opponent being hunted. But at this moment, he felt it - it turns out that we are really weak.
This feeling made him very bitter, very weak, very powerless.
It was this feeling that led Kaze to blurt out the question he had just asked, and he was now firmly convinced that "Zakhagon" was no ordinary person. However, it is difficult to be sure of this, and it seems to be ...... It's fantastical. Because it was not for nothing that the "Zakhagon" was able to enter the settlement, and some people in the settlement could tell what Zakhagun looked like when he was 5 years old, and they could tell when Zakhagun left his father's tribe - they could not imagine that the "Zakhagon" in front of them was no longer the original "Zakhagon".
The "Zakhagon" in front of him looks exactly the same as the "Zakhagon" in the past, and his height is exactly the same...... In the worldly view of Kaze and others, it is impossible to have such a vivid and flawless makeup technique, and even the voice of the voice is completely consistent.
Therefore, Kaze believed that the "Zakhagon" in front of him was the person he had been hunting down, which led him to guess that "Zakhagon" must have some unknown secret experience, such as receiving special training in some secret place, just like their training camp - only in this way can explain why "Zakhagon" is particularly fierce.
Kaze sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "Indeed, now, it should be up to you to ask questions...... Well, what do you want to know? β
"When are you going toβwhenβend the trackdown?" An Feng asked this sentence flatly.
The other members of the pursuit team didn't feel anything about this, but Kaze, who had always paid attention to the subtleties, felt a cold shiver gradually descend from his forehead to his toes, and he was frozen by this cold.
In this way, the other side has lost patience, and the other side is going to make a break - if we plan to continue the track, then tomorrow the other side will have a showdown.
But there are 5 of us, and we are the one with the most people and the advantage!
Kaze thought about this question for a while, and he shook his head: "Now that the matter is up to me, it is up to me to decide...... Ahem, you know, I need to report......"
Kaze almost bit his tongue off to stop the conversation, he almost said "we have someone behind us".
Can you say such a thing? β¦β¦ A flash of light flashed, and Kaze suddenly remembered that he was outside the town, and his pupils suddenly shrank: Yes, he had been to this small village, and that was when he joined the organization. After he finished his training at the bootcamp, and when he became the backbone of the organization, he was told that the leader was operating in this area, and his mission was to protect the leader and the prosperity that the leader brought to the region.
The spiritual leader was an outsider, and the reason why he was popular with the tribes in this "land outside the law" was because he brought prosperity to the tribes. He knew that there were many ways to make money, and some raw materials that were originally worthless, under the guidance of this leader, would become more valuable and bring more wealth after simple and rough processing by herdsmen.
"He" also knows how to communicate with foreign countries. Originally, the tribe had little contact with the outside world, and they did not know who to sell the high-value goods in their hands, but the leader knew the sales channels of the Tao, which could help the tribe sell the original animal husbandry products quickly.
Not only that, but the leaders also know how and where to mine in the Dao. Originally, this 100,000 mountains were rich in precious metal resources, jade resources, etc., and the so-called "Afghan white jade (can be passed off as Hotan white jade)", "Afghan lapis lazuli", "Afghan jade", and turquoise and other gem raw materials on the market are actually produced in Kashmir.
The herdsmen had not known their value before, but the leader seemed to have brought a golden finger to the tribe, and with his guidance, the whole tribe quickly got rid of poverty and became rich.
This is the reason why the leader is entertained by the tribe, and Kaze is the caretaker of the leader's estate, there are more than a dozen people like Kaze in this area, the leader relies on his rich knowledge, golden finger in this mountainous area to point out the mineral deposits, as well as suitable settlements, and then with the support of the tribe to mine and excavate, the money obtained and the benefits of the tribe are distributed, and the remaining part of the money is used for organizational operations, and the other part is used to maintain the leader's daily living expenses.
In the northern part of the Indus Valley, there are only four municipalities in the entire Pakistan-controlled region. Each of the four cities is actually small in size, but Kaze is now close to the city of Gilgillah, along the Gilgit Intercounty Highway through the Hindu Kush Mountains, the Taliban's stronghold of Peshawar, where the road leading to the border is called "National Highway 314" after entering another country.
The mountainous area between Gilgit and Peshawar is a continuous alpine grassland, and the leader lives in this mountainous area.
A cold sweat broke out from Kaze's head, and Kaze's mind was spinning violently, thinking about how to find an opening to the topic, and he slowly said in as soft a tone as he could, "I need to contact Lisa's husband and ask for his opinion, if he is still alive." Oh, lo and behold, I've answered your question, is it up to me to ask? Why are you here? Why are you fleeing here? β
An Feng stared at the other party and smiled: "You didn't answer my question, you gave me a vague answer, but I can make an exception to give you an accurate answer: Lady Lisa wants to go home." β
Kaze quickly recalled in his mind: Oh, by the way, when this mine was first excavated, the first few prospectors hired were hired from near the leader's residence, they may not be members of the organization, they may not be aware of the existence of the spiritual leader, but they were hired from near the spiritual leader's home. Lisa's husband is from that area, and so is Lisa.
In this way, the other party's reason is reasonable, but ......
"Zakhagon" continued to recount calmly: "I can also tell you a little bit of information for free, I entered this town before you, unfortunately the town's satellite data access network has broken down these days, and you know how poor the labor efficiency of Kashmir's telecommunications workers is. β
That is to say, even if the town has a satellite phone, it is impossible to make a call. And the wireless data access network is broken, which means that the local network has also been paralyzed, and the telephone in the town is ...... Old-fashioned telephone lines have no internet signal.
Kaze understood the other party's intention to remind him, and he understood that this reminder contained a hint of murderous intent, and the other party had already issued the most severe warning: Go back, don't chase, until tomorrow morning's shuttle, this is a communication island. If you do something intolerable, like calling a specific person, then I don't mind killing someone.
This attitude...... It made Kaze's heart unfirm, because this is exactly the attitude that "Zakhagon" should have: he doesn't want to cause trouble, he wants to seek a reconciliation, and he wants to get a compromise opportunity where the two sides can reach a consensus.
If Kaze agrees to a settlement, then early tomorrow morning he must pretend that nothing has happened, and take the people back to the settlement on his way home, and continue to inspect the mining area day after day...... Anyway, the second master is not a big person, and Lisa is not a disaster anyway, so people are reluctant to give up.
What's more, the action of "Zakhagon" is only to resist the abuse of the second master, and it is not aimed at the mining area, and it is not aimed at the property of the spiritual leader.
This cautious concession is in line with the usual policy of mountain herders: they are not afraid of causing trouble, but more is better than less. If reconciliation can be reached, some hatred can be put aside for the time being. After all, in this alpine mountainous area, it is extremely difficult to live, and if you fight for hatred on a large scale, if the price paid is too high, everyone will choose to bury the hatred in their hearts and shake hands with a smile for the time being.
But how can we reconcile? How can the killing be stopped at such an extent?
The forces that belonged to the second master in the settlement were almost uprooted, and the other two forces also suffered a lot of casualties. Kaze had vowed to arrest "Zakhagon" and bring him to justice, but he brought out a dozen people, and now only five people remained. As a result of this battle, the armed forces of the settlements were half crippled......
The opposite "Zakhagon" raised his glass, and Kaze reluctantly raised his glass in response, but Zakhagon obviously did not regard this glass of wine as a "second round of questioning wine", he drank the glass of wine, then got up and put the wine glass upside down on the table, and then walked out of the hall without saying a word.
Kaze was momentarily confused by the actions of "Zakhagon...... That's it, that's it? I still have a lot of questions to ask, so you want to ask me a few more questions! Why did you leave without asking anything?! Aren't you curious?!
Kaze sat at the table in a daze, waved his boss to bring the hotel's landline, and began to try to dial the number of the settlement, but sure enough, the phone did not work. After thinking about it, he remembered the phone call of a friend in Gilgit...... Fortunately, this time the call finally went through.
After the phone was connected, Kaze was stunned for a long time under the questioning of his friend, when his friend thought that he was playing a prank, and scolded and was about to hang up, Kaze came back to his senses, he sorted out his thoughts, and quickly informed his friend of his name, and then asked his friend to write down a phone number.
"My dear brother, I count on you. I'm now in the town of Sanchakou, 200 kilometers away from the city of Gilgit, and my tracking target is going to take tomorrow's shuttle bus to Gilgit, I hope you can intercept him, but ...... I can't pass on the pictures of these three people right now, my phone is out of battery and it can be charged in the middle of the night, but I can't guarantee that the phone will be able to dial out, because the voltage here is extremely unstable, and I can't say when the power will be on......"
Kaze repeatedly stressed that his phone was out of power and was actually a code, telling the other communicator that he was in trouble.
This is a call for help, and Kaze didn't dare to say the details on the phone, because this phone was not unencrypted, and he hoped that the other party would call his satellite phone immediately after receiving the code...... Hopefully, the satellite phone will be able to reach the settlement, but the settlement is located in the mountains at an altitude of 6 kilometres, and no one can guarantee that the telephone signal will be uninterrupted.
Kaze spoke in a local indigenous language, which was very close to the language of the Lisa tribe, and neither An Feng nor Argyle, who were listening, could understand it, but as long as Kaze sent the signal out, the purpose of startling the snake was achieved.
At dinner time, the town of Sanchakou was a little lively, the military vehicles and packers moving along the highway poured into the town in the evening, at this time Kaze had finished eating, bathing, he was holding a glass of local specialty liquor, learning the leisurely appearance made by "Zakagon" when he first entered the town, holding a wine glass, carrying a wine bottle shaped like a kettle, walking to the veranda, while taking a sip of wine, while looking at the window opposite, hoping to know what "Zakhagon" did in the house......
The so-called if you don't die, you won't die, An Feng has now lost patience with this pursuit team, if the other party honestly hides in his room and shives, An Feng may be tolerant of the other party, at this time, seeing Kaze dare to walk arrogantly to the veranda and look at his window, he was angry.
At this time, Lisa had already seen Kaze on the balcony opposite, she knew this person, so the first time she saw this person appear, she immediately hid in the dark of the room in fear, An Feng heard the trembling sound behind him, and first turned around calmly and urged Lisa: "Bring your luggage, we'll ...... Let's get started. β
Lisa didn't mean anything about it, she didn't even ask everyone how to leave the hotel: "I, I don't have any luggage, you just bought me a few clothes, old clothes...... Forget it, throw away all the old clothes, I don't want to go home in the old clothes. β
Lisa didn't take anything, so she walked out of the hotel empty-handed, An Feng picked up a large travel backpack from the corner of the room, and he swaggered around the room, not caring at all about the gaze of Kaze on the balcony opposite, because at this time Kaze had been lightly bitten by a small bug, and his whole body was stiff. The spy bug contains "zombie toxin", so his eyes can still turn, he can see every move on the other side, and he can still breathe as usual, but his hands and feet are completely tonic.
When Lisa walked down the stairs, the boss was not there, An Feng took out Nur from other rooms, and at this time, Kaze, who was standing on the balcony, rolled his eyes, and stiffly saw a military truck slowly driving into the three-way town, without An Feng stretching out his hand to say hello, the military vehicle automatically stopped in front of the hotel, and then Nur and Lisa were carried by An Feng and sent to the back compartment.
After the military vehicle drove away, An Feng did not leave, he stood on the road and smiled at Kaze, and then he leisurely walked to the bottom of the Kaze terrace, looked left and right, and found that no one paid attention here, he picked up the edge of the terrace with one hand, turned over lightly, and jumped onto the terrace of Kaze.
Well, in fact, someone in the town saw An Feng jumping on the balcony, but it wasn't a big deal. The person who noticed An Feng climbing over the wall then found that An Feng and Kaze were drinking...... This is not a god, the town is not big, An Feng entered the hotel where Kaze was before, at that time everyone was idle at the door to bask in the sun, An Feng and the other party drank in the foyer, this matter is not a secret to the people in the town......
But in fact, although An Feng made the appearance of clinking glasses with Kaze, behind his back he was forcibly pouring wine into Kaze's mouth. With a move, he can still breathe as usual, but his hands and feet are completely stiff.
When Lisa walked down the stairs, the boss was not there, An Feng took out Nur from other rooms, and at this time, Kaze, who was standing on the balcony, rolled his eyes, and stiffly saw a military truck slowly driving into the three-way town, without An Feng stretching out his hand to say hello, the military vehicle automatically stopped in front of the hotel, and then Nur and Lisa were carried by An Feng and sent to the back compartment.
After the military vehicle drove away, An Feng did not leave, he stood on the road and smiled at Kaze, and then he leisurely walked to the bottom of the Kaze terrace, looked left and right, and found that no one paid attention here, he picked up the edge of the terrace with one hand, turned over lightly, and jumped onto the terrace of Kaze.
Well, in fact, someone in the town saw An Feng jumping on the balcony, but it wasn't a big deal. The person who noticed An Feng climbing over the wall then found that An Feng and Kaze were drinking...... This is not a god, the town is not big, An Feng entered the hotel where Kaze was before, at that time everyone was idle at the door to bask in the sun, An Feng and the other party drank in the foyer, this matter is not a secret to the people in the town......
But in fact, although An Feng made the appearance of clinking glasses with Kaze, behind his back he was forcibly pouring wine into Kaze's mouth.