"Yes." The men around Ashraf immediately chased after him in agreement, and after a few moments, the pursuers leaned towards the river, and after continuing to push forward, driving the people in front of him away, the guy named Vitaly took the flashlight and moved along the route that the other party had taken.

"I asked, but no one heard." Achraf's men reported.

Ashraf nodded and said, "You bring five people." Look back and see if there are any places on the way where we can hide people. ”

"Yes!" The man said yes and ran back with the man. And Ashraf looked around and walked out with two people following the guy named Vitaly.

"How? How many of them are there? Ashraf asked.

This Vitaly took a flashlight and shone it around the ground: "There are very few of them. And it's very divided. As he spoke, he shone his flashlight at a place, only to see a clear footprint there, and a bullet casing next to the footprint.

"It's a firing point, but it's strange that there are no other footprints around him, and behind him are the same man." Vitaly said and took a picture behind him, "This person may not have very good legs, so the depth of the footprints is different." I think there should be only three or four of them, all men. ”

"Isn't that less than what you found when you were by the river?" Ashraf immediately asked.

"It's really less." Vitaly said as he continued to check.

"We've been tricked." After scolding, Ashraf continued: "Follow me, let's turn back, the person we are going to arrest may have run away long ago." ”

"What about the people in front?" Someone asked.

"Let them chase them. Ahead were nothing more than a few mercenaries luring us into chasing. We were fooled. Keep letting them drive them away. Let's go, go back and find it. They shouldn't be able to run far. Ashraf said as he walked back quickly.

Just as Ashraf realized that he might have been tricked, he was in the post office in Slonim. Bordachev, who had been brought here by Ivan, was eating dinner. He ate deliciously, and there was nothing to feel depressed or sad, not even nervous. It was very quiet and very focused eating the dinner that Ivan had prepared, as if it was not him who was caught today.

Ivan stood in the doorway, and after glancing at Bordachev, he turned to look at a man in his forties, dressed in a suit and tie, wearing a pair of glasses, and his hair was a little little, but neatly combed. After Ivan turned his head, he said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Let's talk first." Ivan looked at the man: "Get your men ready, Antonov." You may have to arrest quite a few people tonight. ”

The man named Antonlov smiled and said, "Isn't it the same where you are?" ”

"I hope there won't be too much of a thrilling plot." Ivan pursed his lips and said, "Look at this man's appearance, as if everything that happens here has nothing to do with him." He's not easy to deal with. ”

"If you don't think it's going to work, you can leave it to me." Antonov immediately said.

Ivan sneered and said, "Don't worry, you will get what you want." And it's definitely worth the money. ”

"I hope so." After Antonov finished speaking, he gestured to Bordashev and said, "He seems to have eaten well." ”

Ivan turned his head to look over, only to see Bordashev pick up a napkin on the side, wipe his mouth, then look at the door, and say, "Can you give me a cup of coffee?" ”

"Of course. Mr. Bordachev. Ivan gestured to his subordinates as he spoke, then looked at Antonlov and said, "Let's go, let's meet him together?" ”

"There you go." Antonov said: "The woman and the child have not been found. I don't think you're going to get anything until then. I'd better let my people work with the people you're doing outside to find them as quickly as possible. ”

Ivan nodded and said, "Then I'll go talk to him." ”

"Good luck." Antonov glanced at Bordachev in the room, then turned around and left with the people.

And Ivan, after waiting for his men to bring the coffee, walked into the room with the cup of coffee and put it in front of Bordachev.

"Thank you." After thanking him, Bordachev took a sip of his coffee. Ivan looked at him and said, "How is our dinner okay?" ”

"Of course. Very good. In very authentic Russian, Baldachev said: "Thank you." Is there anything you'd like to say? I think it's totally good to start now. ”

Ivan smiled and said, "Can you know your real name and when you came to Russia?" ”

"Evgeny Vatrow Kurbarov." "This is my Russian name, and if I was a child in Russia, I would have called it that," said Baldachev. ”

"What about in the United States?" Ivan asked, "What name do you use in the United States?" ”

"Fabian Best. But you call me Baldachev. It's just old things, and it doesn't have much to do with me anymore. Bordachev said.

"Okay, so what about time?" Ivan continued to ask.

"Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union." "I'm in Moscow," Bordachev said. I used to be an international student, then the society was in turmoil, there was chaos, the whole Russian economy collapsed, I changed my identity and became Bordachev, and then until now, almost 20 years. ”

"What was your status when you entered the Soviet Union?" Ivan asked.

"Evgeny Vatrow Kurbarov. I am half Russian. This is my Russian name, as if it were a fake. Bordashev said.

Ivan nodded, agreeing with him. "And what about your mission?"

"Originally, I was just an inconspicuous person. I was sent to the Soviet Union at that time to participate in some peripheral activities, to make trouble, or something. The aim was to watch the Soviet Union fall and fall apart, and at the same time to further destroy the Soviet Union from all sides. so that he can never turn over again. I think you should understand what I mean. ”

Ivan looked at Bordachev, and of course he understood this. I only heard him say: "Stir up contradictions between the CIS, plot against important personnel in various fields, steal state secrets, further divide Russia, prop up puppet political parties, and vainly attempt to seize state power." ”

Baldachev smiled and said, "The last point is too... Too idealistic. There is still a group of people in Russia who are not willing to give in. At that time, our goal was not so ambitious, at most it was just a-stirring stick, and it was not clear how long the-stirring stick would last. ”

"Isn't everything else right?" Ivan asked.

"Almost. If 100 von is a perfect score, you can score ninety. Bordashev said.

"Then apparently you're doing a good job." Ivan continued: "You should have developed a lot of people in that period. I've checked all the records you were able to find in Russia during that time. You work very actively and look like a... It's like the kind of person you just said who is not willing to give in. So after going through a painful period, you are quickly reused. Became a national cadre. ”

Baldachev smiled and didn't gnaw, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. Ivan, on the other hand, said: "The tide rises, and you quickly go from a marginal figure you call a fringe to an important spy." Am I right about someone who wants to be latent for a long time and can play a key role at critical moments? ”

Baldachev spread his hands and said, "That's pretty much it." However, it seems that the important role has not yet begun. ”

"Can you tell me what you want to do in Slonium?" Ivan asked.

Baldachev looked at Ivan and said, "Isn't that place occupied by you?" What should be clear to you. ”

"Actually, we didn't get anything there." Ivan said: "Your people reacted quickly, and before we could do it, they burned and blew up, destroying everything there. The station was already a mess and had no value. ”

"Then I can't say anything? I'm not in charge of the work there. Never asked. Baldachev said: "In fact, neither I nor them can be considered on the same line. ”

"You're not telling the truth." Ivan sneered and said, "You have contact with the people there. If you're not on the same line, how can you still have contact? Isn't that a violation of principles? ”

"Contact doesn't mean I know everything about them," Bordashev said. Would you believe me if I said it was just a liaison station? ”

"I don't believe it." Ivan immediately said: "If it is just a liaison station, how can it be of this scale?" How could someone as important as you be here? ”

Baldachev smiled and said, "Thank you." Thank you for feeling that I am important. But actually... I'm not that important. ”

"No need to be modest, Mr. Baldachev." Ivan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the specific purpose of everything you are doing here, but it's definitely not small. Now that you're here, let's get straight to the point, how can we get you to say what I want to know as soon as possible? ”

Baldachev looked at the surprise, smiled after a moment of silence and said: "To be honest, you don't have anything tempting for me here. I don't have many secrets, and I'm going to be worthless in no time. I'm arrested now, and the news will get out soon, and people who have a relationship with me will receive it soon. Maybe now they're already on their way to escape. But it cannot be denied that even then, our losses are significant. If only in this matter, you win. And for me, that's my last task, which is to buy time for those people. So I'm not going to tell you about those things that interest you. It's not like I'm trying to provoke you or anything. I don't think it would be so easy for you to open your mouth, would you? Wouldn't that be an insult to people like us? ”

"Insults?" Of course, Ivan understood what the other party meant, playing another person in a foreign country alone, working for nearly twenty years and not knowing when it was a head, there was no way to go back, and those relatives had long lived only in their own memories, and they were still the kind of memories that could not be remembered casually. After paying such a price, one day he was caught, and he confessed all the way like pouring beans from a bamboo tube? Don't talk nonsense, then first of all, I'm sorry not for others, but for myself.

"You're right." Ivan spoke: "Those who have been rebelled against or those who have other plans in the first place really can't compare to you. If it weren't for this, I think you'd be doing a good job right now. ”

"It's not bad now." Baldachev said lightly: "I have long been used to it. Actually, I'm usually Russian. It's really rare to be a spy. ”

"And what if it comes at the cost of your wife and children?" Ivan said suddenly.

Hearing this, Bordashev was stunned at first, he did not answer, but wanted to think about something quickly. Seeing that he didn't speak, Ivan continued, "They are important to you. If it weren't for them, I think you would be somewhere abroad by now, right? I guess I shouldn't have a problem exchanging them for your secrets, right? It wouldn't be an insult, would it? ”

Baldashev stared at Ivan for a moment, and suddenly he smiled and said, "You're not wrong. But they're obviously not in your hands. ”

"Oh? Are you so sure? Ivan asked curiously.

"Huh. I'm sure. Baldachev smiled and said, "To be honest, I was really shocked just now. I haven't been scared in years. I mean threats, huh. But just now it did ... I really flinched at that moment. But it didn't happen, they weren't in your hands. As he spoke, he pointed out the window and said, "Just before, did you hear any gunshots?" Gunshots at this time, why? Can you tell me what's going on? ”

Ivan soon realized that there was a problem, and that was why someone had suddenly attacked the men sent by Ashraf to capture Bordachev's wife and children, and rhythmized them. The answer is caused by this guy in front of him, or rather, he made some arrangements in front of the quilt to bring back those Americans who should have fled.

"I know you got those people." Ivan said: "But I want to say that it is not easy to take out the country. It was only a matter of time before they were caught. ”

"Then give it a try. Why don't you wait until you actually catch them before asking me those questions of yours? Bordachev said.

Ivan chuckled and said, "Doesn't that look like a threat?" Is that better way than it is now? ”

"Huh." Baldachev smiled as if surprised: "I know that I can't just leak it to you just because of a dinner and a cup of coffee." I admit defeat, but I have to give me some reason to speak. Why don't we talk about something else first, and then we'll talk about what you care about when your people tell you you've caught them? ”