Chapter 263: Continuing the Pursuit (01)
Although it was determined that Carol was still in South Asia, the scope was too large, and it could be said that there was no big difference from not knowing, but at this point, they had no other better way to continue to analyze the existing clues, hoping that there would be a breakthrough.
In a summary of the entire mission, they came to the conclusion that the location of the person who killed the ghost in Carol before should have been the same location as the previous explosion, but it was later moved.
The reason for this certainty is that some blood stains were found in the wreckage at the site of the explosion, which were confirmed by laboratory tests to belong to two of the three victims.
Despite the setback, the griffons did not retreat, but remained on standby, preparing for new scenarios that might arise.
03 and the military doctor could only continue to work under great pressure, and the upper echelons of the military doctor were constantly questioned, and even sent a working group to supervise his work.
"These people have just been transferred from South Korea, and when they arrived, they started pointing fingers." The ghost said as he looked at the guys who were directing the work of the medics.
"Stay away from them, he asked me to work just now." The worm snorted and said, "Who does he think he is?" ”
"Is he stupid? We are not under their jurisdiction at all. "Chong Punch felt that these people were making trouble when they came, and the situation was not clear, so he began to participate in the work, and his mood was understandable, but the practice was not worthy of recognition.
A few people quietly retreated back to rest in other rooms, and it didn't take long for 03 to retreat, he needed to take a break, several people got together and chatted about the current situation, 03 said, "Carol still hasn't made any moves, it is estimated that he must have known through the channel that he wants to talk to him here, but he doesn't plan to respond." ”
"Even if he wanted to respond, it wouldn't be so fast." "Is there any progress?" ”
03 shook his head, "The current harvest is not much progress, it can only be said that there are some more scattered clues, before the explosion, the signal tracking has begun, but there is no time to carry out specific positioning, so it can only be roughly locked, according to the signal transmission, that place should not be too far from the place of the incident, it can be determined that within 30 kilometers around, Carol carried out the transfer of all equipment, including his use of a mobile phone, he is likely to be at the transfer site to the north, It's about 30 kilometers, but it's still a lot of range, and he can move at any time, which isn't a huge gain. ”
"Has the person in front already started searching in that direction? Carroll must have a countermeasure, and he must have thought of any problems we can think of, and so far, at least half of our plan of action has been in his anticipation, and this guy seems to know us well. Worm said.
"Don't forget, maybe there is another possibility, there are probably people hiding in the CIA, could it be that someone leaked the news?" The ghost said.
03 shook his head, "This is unlikely, our win will be action, their upper echelons don't know the details, so we have done this a long time ago, so it is quite low-key, and it is unlikely that the news will leak." ”
"Then this can only be regarded as Carol's personal ability." The ghost said.
"It's a tough guy." Punch scratched his head, "We didn't take much advantage of the few head-to-head battles with him, except for one time when we escaped on a donkey with him. ”
Just six hours before the execution of the second captive, Carol finally responded, agreeing to have a round of communication with them, after a nearly three-hour negotiation, Carol finally agreed to suspend the execution of the captives, but only gave them six more hours to do the corresponding preparations, before the stipulated time arrived, the hamster and Wade and others must arrive at a certain location in the Pacific Ocean, and only one plane is allowed, everyone must parachute away after arriving at the specified place, If he found anyone approaching, if the time was up, and still didn't do what was requested, he would immediately execute the two captives, and in the end, the call ended with Carol directly interrupted, that is, the experts did not help them get anything more advantageous, Carol just gave them some time and informed them what to do, and did not give them any more bargaining opportunities.
A dozen negotiators talked for nearly three hours, earning this time, that is, there are less than ten hours left between now and his next killing, what can ten hours do? Can you find him or can you do something else?
Obviously, they did not achieve the desired goal in this negotiation, and Carol did not give them any chance at all, but only reluctantly gave them time to get people to the place, which was a sea of sea, completely unobstructed, and there was no further remedy.
"Carroll did not promise to release him once he had achieved his goal." Heavy punch said.
"You trust his promises?" The ghost asked.
Heavy Punch shook his head, "Of course I don't believe it, but he didn't even have a verbal guarantee, which means that it is impossible for him to fulfill his previous promise." ”
"That means that even if he achieves his goal, it is impossible to let those people back." The ghost scratched his head, "So what's the point of this negotiation?" This is complete. ”
"At least we bought some time." 03 said, "It's not a complete harvest, although it's not a good one." ”
"A few more hours, what's the use of birds?" The ghost felt that it was pointless.
During this period, the military doctor mobilized almost all the manpower that could be mobilized in South Asia, activated all the relationships and technical means, and searched for Carol's whereabouts, although he knew very well that the possibility of a breakthrough by doing so was very small, but in the current conditions, he really didn't know what else to do, the tracking of the information he had previously controlled was still continuing, but the progress was still slow, and in the past time, everyone was tirelessly busy, all wanting to do their part to save people, But there are some things that can not be solved through hard work, and they are in this state, everyone is working hard, but they don't see hope.
After another two hours, Carol informed them of the change of location, and the negotiators under the medic took the opportunity to play again, this time there was indeed a breakthrough, and the end result of the negotiation was that they released the hamster first, and Carol released two people in response, so as to build trust between the two parties.
In fact, at the beginning, Carroll's first request for the release of the hamster, and it was one for one, of course, it was impossible for the negotiators not to continue to bargain, after some arguments, the final two-for-one plan, with the highest value of the hamster for two people, this is also a small trick they played, if they can exchange two people, this is definitely a breakthrough in this hostage incident for the outside world, at least to reduce some pressure, at the same time, in exchange for the sympathy and support of the people.
"The value of the hamster is self-evident, but there is a world of difference between him being able to breathe and being alive now, and it is a good deal to exchange him for him, but we have lost a chip in our hands." The ghost thinks it's a bit of a pity.
"We all have to make some contribution to saving people, and since hamsters can't be used in our hands, it's better to hand them over to the military doctor to replace two people back." 03 said, "In this case, we must try to avoid the pressure of public opinion, and don't give them the opportunity to point the finger at us, although we are an inconspicuous small organization, but in this case, don't give the CIA the opportunity to divert its attention and use the topic to play, we don't want to be their substitutes." ”
03 How shrewd, handing over the people in their hands in this situation is definitely not a bad choice, it can not only reflect their generosity and take care of the overall situation, but also get rid of the troubles in their hands.
"Even Rains handed it over, we don't have any chips in our hands." The worm is still a little worried.
"This is a good opportunity to repair the relationship, and our actions will continue anyway, Carol is only temporarily gaining the upper hand, and the chips can be earned again, and people can be caught." 03 said.
"Maybe Carol doesn't know the state of the hamster now, so he wants to get this heavyweight back as soon as possible, if he understands how bad the hamster is now, I'm afraid he will go crazy!" Heavy punches are still a little worried.
"That's not something we can think about." 03 shook his head, "You guys withdraw to the 'Yoshikawa Society' first, don't stay here, save unnecessary trouble, and don't make excuses for them to attack us." 03 said.
"What about you? Wouldn't it be more dangerous to stay here? Worm asked worriedly.
"I have a way to handle it." 03 said simply, "Leave immediately, all the investigation results will be synchronized to you, and you will verify it through our channels." ”
Heavy punches they understand that in the current situation, it is really not appropriate for them to stay here, they did not participate in the operation in the Caucasus, but such a big thing happened, the people of the military doctor will definitely have ideas, and now that the rescue operation has been frustrated again, they are likely to become the object of anger, and then look for their trouble, although they don't care that someone is looking for trouble, but for the sake of the overall situation, they still choose to temporarily avoid the limelight and not give these people excuses.
The three of them didn't stay too long, and immediately went out to leave, anyway, they didn't have nowhere to go, and they could avoid those invisible pressures when they left.
"Really, we're like flies in a crack, and we'll be pinched no matter which side moves." The ghost said.
"Is it strange that we have been living in this situation all this time? We have no identity, and we are not recognized, and now the 'clock tower' not only threatens the existence of our team, but also threatens some of our country's investments overseas, so we continue to investigate, not only to find out what they are, but to eliminate the threat. The heavy punch lay directly on the back seat, his body did not fully recover, and he felt very tired after two days of endless tossing and turning.
"Without direction, people can't be saved, and it's hard to sleep and eat." Worm's tone, even though there weren't many of them among the captives, and even though they were hired by 03, they couldn't have ignored it.
20 minutes later, they returned to the place where they had been recuperating, and just after getting out of the car, they saw the ghost's car driving by.
"This guy hasn't shown up for the past two days, why did he suddenly come here?" The ghost looked at the ghost and got out of the car.
Heavy Punch ignored him, and went straight to greet the ghost.
"I got some news, it's been sent to you, can you see if it's useful?" The ghost said very directly.
"Really? I didn't notice it in the car just now. "Punch immediately turned on his device.
"I stumbled upon it from a channel where Carroll had bought arms through one of my former partners, and a large amount of electronic equipment, just a day earlier, where the delivery was made." The ghost marked a dot on the map.
"It's not close to where we were yesterday." Heavy Punch frowned.
"Through satellite data analysis, their vehicles were tracked, and although the whereabouts of the vehicles could not be conclusively determined, the final disappearance location was here." The ghost pointed to a location on the map, "It's a simple forest road, and at the end of it is a town, and there is no way to go in the mountains. ”
"You suspect he's in town?" Punch asked.
"It's very likely." The ghost slid across the screen, and in a video file, several figures with guns were seen haunting the woods, and although the time was short, it was possible to tell that these were not locals.
"I'll report it now; Go in and talk. Heavy Punch said, making him more like the master of the place, but a ghost, as if he was a guest.
"The griffons have already rushed over, and they will be there in half an hour at most." The ghost said as he walked.
"Hopefully, there will be unexpected gains this time." When the ghost heard this, he immediately became excited, but then it occurred to him that even if he did, it would not be their turn.
"03 has been verified by military doctors, and it may take some time." Heavy punch continues to analyze, just got a satellite map of the area said.
"Hopefully this isn't an information hub." Worm was doing similar work, except that his focus was on that town.
"Although it is a mountainous area, the traffic is not as closed as imagined, and the first time it is high, it is difficult to defend, and it is indeed the place that Carroll is used to choosing." Heavy punches did not find anything more valuable in real-time satellite imagery.
"It will take a long period of satellite data analysis to make more discoveries." The ghost said.
"This work can only be done by the military doctors, and if we do it, I am afraid it will not be able to be completed in a few hours." Heavy punches eventually gave up.
"The griffons have arrived, and they're moving around in disguise." The ghost said, "Take the picture." ”
The worm immediately began to debug the equipment, and soon connected to the picture coming from the front, these people had separated from the inside and outside of the town, and sure enough, some suspicious people were found around the town.
The griffin did not know where to get a dozen sheep and hurried into the woods, but when they reached the edge of the woods, they stopped them.
"Why don't you let in? My sheep will eat grass. The griffon said in the local dialect.
"I'm sorry, it's locked down here, orders from above." The man said that although this guy is also disguised, there is a certain difference between him and the locals, and it is far less in place than the griffin disguise.
"Who are you? Of the police station? Why haven't I seen you before? The griffon noticed that one of the men's guns had been safed, and seemed to be suspicious of him.
"You have too many questions, this is a military secret." Obviously, the other party did not want to answer.
"Then I'll go back and ask the director, did he arrange it, why did this old boy start tossing around again?" The griffin feigned anger.
"This is the meaning of the upper echelons, it has nothing to do with the local security you have here, it's useless to ask your director, leave quickly." It was clear that the man didn't want the griffons to trouble them, as if he was afraid that if the police came, they might not be able to tell.
"Hardy, call the director and ask what's going on, we can't herd the sheep." The griffin shouted to a person not far away, the person named Hardy was actually his person, but he was just pretending to be ordinary people who had been standing not far away to watch the excitement, and when he heard him shout, he immediately took out his mobile phone and pretended to be calling.
"Hurry up, don't linger here." The man had already picked up his gun.
"You bastards, delay my sheep fat, I'll sue you." The griffin snorted away, and he could see that if he continued to grind, the guy would really shoot.
"Go call the police and call the police to clean them up." The griffon whispered to the others as she walked.
"Right away." Someone said in the headphones.
The griffon drove the sheep to another clearing at the edge of the woods, which was not far from them, but when the men saw that he was not near, they did not inquire any more, and the griffin chattered angrily, and scolded them for taking over the forest.
"If you can't get by, how are the others? Are there any new discoveries? The griffon asked in the headset.
"The focus of their defense is in the woods, not the town, so it is unlikely that they will hide in the town." It was reported.
"Their blockade is complete, I go out of town from the north to see if I can get around it? It may take more time to walk on the other side. Another said.
"Be careful, don't force yourself." The griffon admonished.
"There are also their people in the town, who seem to be observing the situation just like us." It was said.
"Keep an eye on them and keep an eye on them." Griffin said.
After initial investigation, there are at least 20 people in and out of the town, and this is only what they have confirmed, and it is likely that there are more hidden in the shadows and have not been discovered.
On the other side, the military doctor is also rushing to this side, and it is estimated that it will take at least half an hour to arrive, and the griffin has already reminded some people to make a good disguise before coming in, in this case, it is absolutely impossible to startle the snake.
After a while, the people who went to call the police finally replied, and to their surprise, the police did not show too much surprise at these, but rather calmly said that they had received orders from above, and this was an officially sanctioned operation......