Chapter 66: Determination
This attack made John more sure of his estimates, and shortly after the exchange of fire in the rear, he again weakened the forces on the hillside to strengthen his men advancing southwestward. This made the weasel and raccoon, which had been completely suppressed on the hillside, feel less stressed, and soon became evenly matched with the Yankees who were still shooting at them.
When Ashraf saw the situation on the hillside, he immediately said to the people behind him: "Contact the meerkats, let them slowly make way for the Yankees to leave." But don't stop shooting, instead shoot as often as you can. Saying that, he sighed and said, "Just send them off." ”
Just when John and Ashraf were cheating. Pete dragged Eric to the edge of the woods. However, he was not in a hurry to drag Eric out, in order to ensure safety, he first put Eric under a tree, and slowly walked out of the woods to prepare for a reconnaissance first.
As soon as he came out of the woods, he saw an open meadow, and there was a house made of wood on the grass.
"House?" Seeing the house in this place was very unexpected to Pete. He quickly looked to the sides, and when he was sure there was no one, he slowly walked out of the woods and cautiously towards the house. At the moment he desperately needed a place to rest, he was exhausted, hungry and thirsty. But he couldn't determine whether the people in the house were friend or foe. After all, this is a civil war in this country, and who knows which side the owner of the house is on? But if you think about it, none of this matters, even if you don't have a weapon, you have no problem facing one or a few ordinary Georgians or Ossetians.
So Pete didn't rush in when he came to the outside of the wooden house, but looked around the house first. The wooden house had windows on it, but they were closed and curtains were drawn inside. So you can't see through the window at all. And judging from the situation around the house, there is no sign of human activity here.
So Pete slowly came to the side of the door of the house. On this side, there is a well not far from the door. The well was covered with a wooden plank with a stone pressed against it, and a bucket of water without any water stains was thrown on the side of the well. There was also no sign of human activity in the grass around the well.
Pete withdrew his gaze and slowly walked to the door, looking down at the ground in front of the door. There were no footprints, and there was no sign of the grass being crushed. He looked up at the handle on the door, and there was no sign of frequent touching.
Seeing this, Pete can be sure that there is no one here. After glancing around again, he reached out and grabbed the doorknob, trying to open it.
The door was unlocked at all, and it opened with a push. It was as if something was against the door, and when I looked down, I saw that someone inside the door had used a chair against the door lock.
Pete pushed hard, and after a clatter of chair legs rubbing against the floor inside the room, the door was pushed open completely. As soon as the indoor and outdoor air began to convection, a musty smell rushed in.
Pete walked into the room with his feet raised and took a quick look around. The furnishings here are simple, just tables and chairs, and some cabinets. There are also some tools and cutlery in the cupboard. There were still some plastic bags and paper wrappers on the floor, and on a wooden bed in the house were still a broken sleeping bag, a book with unknown contents, and a drawing board with a pencil between them. It looks like a place where a family comes to camp in the summer. However, it seems that I left in a hurry, so there was no cleaning at all, and I didn't take all my things with me. It is probably because the situation is not good, although this war has only been fought for more than a day, but the previous friction has been going on for a while, and it is getting more and more intense until the war officially breaks out.
So Pete immediately went out of the room, washed himself with water from the well next to the house, and poured a few sips of water, and after making himself feel better, he returned to the woods and dragged Eric all the way into the cabin.
Pete looked at Eric lying against the wall and was not idle, because he was still playing with Eric's secret idea. He's actually made up his mind to find out. After all, this is a rare opportunity, and this guy probably won't wake up for a while. What if he woke up suddenly? Then don't do it and keep him shut up forever. Anyway, this barren mountain is a time of war again, and it has just been chased by the Russians with no way out, what's so strange about dying, and then this story can only be told by yourself?
However, Pete didn't want to make up a story, and this was only a good idea to kill Eric. Because this story is not easy to make up if you think about it carefully, it involves a lot of details and uncertainties. If there is a flaw in the description of these details, it is easy to arouse suspicion, after all, Eric is with him in the end, and he will definitely not escape some questioning. And it's not a simple inquiry, and those people aren't easy to fool.
So Pete didn't rush to do it, but after thinking back and forth and even doing another ideological struggle, he really made up his mind to take a look at Eric's secret.
So he quickly circled around the house, and after making sure that there was still no danger, he returned to the cabin. After slowly closing the door, he quickly removed the black bag from Eric's body. After unzipping it, I first took out the notebook inside. Then I searched the bag again, and finally found the card reader and the memory card in a small plastic box in a small pocket inside the bag.
Pete took out these two things, looked at Eric who was still unconscious, and after making sure that this guy was still not moving, he did not rush to grab the memory card on the card reader, but picked up the notebook. When Pete discovers that it's a memory card, he decides that if he can't read the information here, he'll give up and restore everything and continue to get out of here with Eric as if nothing had happened. Therefore, making sure that the notebook can be used is the most important thing at this moment.
After opening the notebook, things are a little bad. Because the screen of the laptop seems to be broken. Pete reached for the power switch and stared nervously at the screen, the hard drive light on his laptop flashing after two clicks. Then the screen lit up, but because of the damage, the screen was not completely displayed, as if some places were covered.