"Okay! Good! I made a note of it. Don't move, keep an eye on me. Yes, I have other people to deal with these people. That's it. The fat man hung up the phone.

"What did you find? Cars? I asked.

Pryalko quickly wrote a string of words on the paper the old guy gave him, and then handed it to the old guy. "It was found near a small hotel."

The old guy looked excited when he heard that it was a truck, and he looked at Pryanko and said, "You said it was near a small hotel?" ”

Pryalko nodded and said, "Yes." It says the address. It is indeed a small hostel. ”

The old guy looked at Ivan and me, "Looks like we were right." When the gang lost contact with Kutcher, they moved where they were hiding, and actually stayed in these humble inns. ”

Ivan nodded and said, "That's how it should be." But there's a question, can the guy we're looking for stay in a small hotel like this? ”

I looked at the old fellow, who heard Ivan's words as if he had been poured cold water. He was silent for a moment with a cold face and then looked at Pryako, "Mr. Pryalko, you did a good job. Have any of your men investigated the people staying at this small inn? ”

"Not yet. I was afraid of alarming them, so I didn't let them go. Do you want to investigate? I'll arrange for them to go right away. Pryanko said as if he had made a mistake.

The old guy was very satisfied with Pryanko's attitude. He waved his hand and said, "Don't be so nervous, my friend. You're doing the right thing. Those people are not easy to deal with, and I am satisfied that you can be careful not to act rashly. I'm just wondering if the innkeeper will cooperate with you if you want to ask? I'm talking about cooperation, not the kind of fight over a few issues, someone being beaten into the hospital, the whole hotel going into a dilapidated state overnight, and so on. ”

"No, it won't. Of course not. Pryalko immediately shook his head and said, "Such an inn doesn't need that kind of means at all. I'm looking for someone who is perfectly capable of making the other person very cooperative. And it's guaranteed to be the kind of situation that doesn't require hands-on or threats. ”

"Good!" The old guy nodded, "Mr. Pryalko, I have always admired your professionalism. I don't think it will disappoint me this time. The old guy glanced at the address after speaking, "Is that business car still looking for it?" ”

"Of course! Of course it continues. You don't seem to say stop, do you? Pryalko asked rhetorically.

"No, no, no. No, of course not. I'm just asking. You've done a great job. Keep looking, be sure to keep looking. The old guy said and looked at Ivan and me, "Come on." Let's go to my room and talk again. ”

When the old guy and Yahin came to the room, the old guy closed the door and said, "What do you think we should do?" ”

Ivan looked at me and said directly: "I just said, will the guy we are going to deal with be in that small hotel?" It seems to me that it is completely impossible. At most, there was a bunch of hired people who didn't know who the commander was and what he looked like, just like the guy we caught earlier. ”

The old guy took the note written by Pryako and looked at it again, and after a moment he sighed and said, "I admit it, what you said makes sense. But I still want to try. ”

"Try?" I was a little happy when I heard the first half of the old guy's sentence, after all, I think he was sober again, but this latter sentence...

"Yes." The old guy nodded affirmatively, "You heard me right. Just go for it. ”

"But Ivan has already said that if your target is Krzhakov, then you can't attack anyone else. There's a saying in my hometown that scares snakes, understand? These people are nothing more than a bunch of dead grass, and the snake you want to catch will run away and disappear into the grass as soon as you move the dead grass. ”

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bsp; The old fellow nodded, and instead of refuting my words, he said in the affirmative, "You're right. My dear student, I am not wrong at all. And your hometown dialect is also very reasonable. But what if I'm just going to alarm this snake? He was hiding in the grass and I couldn't find him. If he moves on his own, will I see him? ”

Well? Ivan and I looked at each other. This is indeed a method, deliberately intimidating the subject to move on their own so that we can spot him. It's like playing a game of peek-a-boo as a child, and the person who didn't see it deliberately shouted that he saw it and let the other person come out. And now the old guy is ready to let us do something to these people who have found it, so as to make Krzhakov scared and choose to leave himself?

"If he wants to escape. How can I get out? The old guy said and looked at us, "The train station? Airport? Or do you want to drive out of here by yourself? ”

"Driving should be impossible. The departure was too slow. I think the plane is the most likely. I said.

"But the airport and the train station will be relatively large relative to the target." Ivan said, "It's a little slower, but it's very difficult to guard. Because you can't be sure which way he's going to leave. As for the future, he can choose other means of transportation after going to other cities. You know, without here, it's hard for us to find them again. At least it's hard to find for a short time. ”

"So even if we alarm him and get him moving, it's still hard to catch him, isn't it?" I asked.

Ivan glanced at the old guy and nodded, "That's true." ”

"No, no, no. You don't understand some of the details. The old guy paused, picked up the picture and looked at it, "We'll be trapped tomorrow, and after that I think this guy will probably leave." At that time, we were all faced with the same problem that we had just discussed. How long is it between now and tomorrow? At this time, we can't find it at all with our current resource capacity, not to mention that I, a member of the team back then, am still an excellent spy officer. What's more, although tomorrow is a trap that we have preset, there are too many prey coming in at once, and the variables are also very large. So let's put aside my former team member, and let's put the whole situation this time on, we should also start first. ”

"Wait." I waved my hand, "What do you mean now ... Can you let go of that former member of your team first? ”

"It's not that it doesn't matter. It's that I don't have the ability to sit down and catch him with great confidence right now. The old guy said.

I nodded and said, "Then before we... Why the argument? ”

The old guy smiled and said, "Can you give your lovely teacher, dear leader, a little face?" And don't think I'm giving up, the plan is always being made. He said, gesturing to his brain.