Chapter 33: The Twelve Arhats (6)
"Is it possible?" Lukovic looked at Ivan and then at me, "If that's the case, shouldn't we be done here?" β
Ivan stood up and walked back and forth twice with a frown, "It's not going to be that simple. They don't know exactly when we're going to be here, and they don't know exactly how we're going to be here. β
I looked at Ivan and said, "There's one thing I don't understand... It's so easy for us to think that this is a trap? Just because they have enough security to become a trap? Isn't that a bit too mythical for antagonists? β
Semolov shook his head and said, "Not to deify them. It's that I always think it's a little weird. β
"Eccentric? What's weird? Lukovic asked.
Semolov thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Originally, before coming here, when Ivan and we initially explained these circumstances, I thought that this guy, such a shrewd person, was found so quickly?" And it is said that the strength of the east side here is not sufficient, so how can it be completely found out the whereabouts of this guy in such a short time? Semolov said and looked at me and Lukovich, "How long has it been since a few of us survived until the end until we found this guy?" β
Lukovic and I looked at each other, and if that was the case, it didn't seem to be long. Ivan looked at Semolov: "You guys are on the way, do you find anything else besides what you told me?" β
"What discovery? What does that mean, exactly? I asked.
"People. Is there anything else that's watching them other than the five you're staring at? These people may be like passers-by like you, have you noticed? Ivan asked.
A few of us seemed to look at each other and shook our heads, "No." We didn't find any suspicious people. There weren't many people on the road, and if there were, we should have found out. Semolov said.
Ivan nodded, "If that's the case, then maybe the situation is okay." Maybe we're thinking too much. β
"But there's something that I find even more strange. That's what I've felt since I got here, and when I look at the target today. Semolov continued.
"What?"
"It's Vastic's style." Semolov said.
"Pie?" Lukovic looked at him strangely, "What kind of pie?" What do you mean? β
"He's swaggering along the road. It doesn't look like he's being hunted down and killed at all, it's more like a vacation, and I'm spending a pleasant vacation in a vacation destination abroad. Semolov said.
Lukovich smiled and said, "I thought he was on vacation. Isn't it? β
"You mean he's too ostentatious?" I asked.
Semolov nodded, "Isn't it?" What does it mean that he is in and out of public so often? Are you not afraid of death at all? First of all, put aside whether this is a trap and whether they are deliberately doing so. We're from the perspective of Vastich or the American, is that really good? Is this an increase in the chances of someone else going to do something against them? Do you have to go to such a crowded place to watch your personal hobbies, opera, and musical art? "But watching it live is better than listening to a record at home... Coleman said suddenly.
Ivan glanced at Coleman, and that look was clearly a sign that Coleman was starting to lose his tune again. Then he looked at Semolov, "According to you, he is deliberately making people see him?" So that people can come to me? β
"Yes. Even if Vastich himself is brave enough not to be beaten to death in the streets, what about the Yankee here? What is the task of this person? If Vastich is killed, who will be the first to be responsible? If you were this Yankee, you would allow him to be so ostentatious, and that's it
Is this frequent? Semolov asked rhetorically.
Semolov's words made me nod my head. This analysis makes a lot of sense, because if I had been sitting in the position of an American, I would not have allowed Vastic to go out in public places so frequently, and I would have kept everything hidden and low-key, and it would have been best not to be discovered, and until Vastich left here and took office.
"Maybe they know there's no danger in hiding here? Didn't you say before that the east side doesn't have any power here? Lukovic said.
"And where did we come from?" Semolov glanced at Lukovic disdainfully and said, "Are we conjuring up tricks?" After saying that, he looked at Ivan, "Even if there is no team, a few gunmen can still be found." And the key question is his whereabouts, whether his whereabouts are a little too easy to get. β
I nodded and said, "Semolov has a point. But there's one thing I don't understand, and that's what does he mean by this deliberate exposure? Even if it's a trap, it's increasing the danger of him being killed, isn't it? After all, the bait was himself. β
Hearing my words, Semolov frowned and said, "This is also something I haven't figured out... So I've always found it weird. β
"Huh." Ivan smiled, "If you think about it the way you think about it, this matter shouldn't feel weird. Ivan said and looked at us, "It's not hard to explain. First of all, it's doing intimidation. β
"Intimidation? How to intimidate? I asked.
"How to intimidate? We now feel the danger as soon as we see someone with a gun, because what? Because we all know that countless people have fallen under the gun, and what if you take a gun to ancient times? What happens to an ancient man when you point a gun at him? I guess there will be no fear. This distinction is that modern people have a bloody lesson and know to be afraid. And the ancients didn't, they didn't know that you were a devil with that thing in your hand. So guns can often be done nowadays and don't need to really pull the trigger to fire, which is intimidation. So now in front of us, if they do it on purpose, then the intimidation is already underway. That is, to intimidate the people who sent us and all those in the area who know and participate in the Dao operation. Ivan said.
"You're saying that this is how to prevent assassinations or captures from happening?" I asked.
"It's impossible to put an end to it." Semolov shook his head, "But for a while, it should be said that there will be no more for a relatively long time." β
"There's another thing that maybe they value more." Ivan said and looked at Coleman, "That is to take this opportunity to also sweep away the people in the east who have secretly infiltrated or have connections with the east." β
"At that point, the losses will be very large... Semolov whispered, "This area will be completely incapacitated. Even those who remain will not receive new instructions in the short term due to safety considerations, so they will try to minimize their activities and be an ordinary person completely. β
"Then not only will we not have the strength to continue dealing with VastiΔ, but we will all disappear in this large area... Ivan said.