I took a sip of water, nibbled on a few bites of bread, looked at Ivan and said, "First of all, there is a question. The gang that came over last night, who are they? I mean, is that the level of the other side? ”

"What do you mean?" Ivan looked at me, "The other party's level?" Do you think those people who came last night can't do it? ”

"Yes." I nodded, "Those guys have a problem with their abilities. This is quite different from what I know about the Yankee mercenaries and the ability of those who attacked us in Serbia. I think you can imagine that we shouldn't have much chance that night. ”

Ivan frowned when he heard me say this, and thought about it, "I really didn't bother to understand this." According to you, it wasn't someone from NATO who came last night? ”

"Yes. I don't think so. If it were NATO, we would have been finished. I said and thought for a while: "I don't know anything else, but I still know a lot about Paul." If it was the level of those guys last night, it's really hard to imagine being able to beat Paul and them like that. I said.

"Are you sure?" Ivan looked at me, "I mean, maybe the other side is clever in tactics?" ”

I shook my head and said, "That can't be. No matter how clever the tactics are, they have to be executed by people, and if they can't do it, they can't do it, in fact, the more clever the tactics, the more they need good hands to execute, so that they will be effective. This has a lot to do with experience and ability. It's not just a matter of pulling a bunch of people to give them some clever tactics. So I don't think it's possible, at least in my opinion. ”

"I see what you mean. That is, in your opinion, this time it was not carried out by people under the direct command of NATO, but by another group of people? Ivan asked.

"yes, that's what it means." I nodded, "Before I came here, the guy I mentioned earlier who met in Chechnya and then recruited me to Colombia, that Yankee came to warn me, and what he meant was that he had recruited a lot of good players to deal with someone in the seventeenth round. And in my opinion, the one who can be called a good hand by that Yankee definitely shouldn't be at the level of last night. This man Pinto and the oil bottle are also known. ”

"It's possible, but there are actually quite a few people here who want to arrest us. But there aren't many people who have guns and know exactly where we're hiding. Ivan said as he thought.

"That's right. At night, when I was cut off, I ambushed them. I felt like I hit someone who was more important to them. This man was so important that all of them gave up the pursuit and came to the rescue of the man. I said.

"I see. That's why they didn't keep chasing behind. Pyatov on the side spoke.

Ivan nodded, "Are you sure?" Did you see the man's appearance? ”

"I didn't see it clearly. It was dark and it was impossible to see. But I'm sure they're coming to the rescue. Because they neither continued to chase me nor immediately attack me, but surrounded a car that I had hit and rushed out of control down the road, and I saw that they opened the back door of the car and should have dragged someone out of the car. I said.

Ivan nodded, took out a notebook and a pen, and I noticed that there were words written on the pages of his notebook, and although I couldn't understand what was written, those words were very distorted. And Ivan obviously paused when he saw those words, and then he turned to a blank page, and said as he wrote, "There are people, there are guns, and they know the specific location of the family... Lack of capacity. Someone important has been injured ... He looked at me, "Can you be sure that the man is injured?" ”

I thought about it and nodded, "The injury is for sure, because the man was dragged out of the car." Either he was knocked unconscious by a severe blow or he was hit by me. ”

"Hmm. I understand. As he spoke, he looked at what he had written, drawing a line under the passage repeatedly, and after a moment he said, "I'll look for what you say." And the car, the car that you ambushed and washed off the road, did they drive away? ”

"Nope. What I saw this morning was a quilt

A rescue vehicle towed away. But there were no other bodies left at the scene, and the gang should have taken them with them when they left. I said.

"It's a lot easier. You're right, these people don't seem to be very professional. Or maybe they're a little too fearless. The car was left where it was and towed away by the rescue vehicle. After saying that, Ivan sneered, "So the next question?" ”

I took another sip of water and nibbled on a few bites of bread, "The second question, which is very important, is why did those people find us?" How did they find there? ”

Ivan nodded, "I'm more concerned about this issue." Based on what you said, I suspect that these people are locals, or Ukrainians. ”

"Who could it be? The guy Paul dealt with before? I asked.

"It's entirely possible. What's that guy's name? Ogier? Ivan said.

"It seems ... I don't remember exactly. ”

Ivan sneered again, "That guy is a snake here. There are forces, but to say that they are armed to this extent to gather so many gunmen to do this ... I'm a little skeptical. ”

"Didn't you say a lot of people were dealing with us?" I asked.

Ivan smiled when he heard me say this, "You finally said 'we'." ”

"yes. Weird, isn't it? I've done everything I had to do. I took a hard bite of bread and said, "Is it safe here?" Will the presence of so many unfamiliar faces here attract the attention of others? ”

"It's not a big problem. It's all tenants, and they're all outsiders. It's a big Ukrainian city with a lot of immigrants. Ivan said and looked at Pyatov, "You go and ask Russol to prepare some guns and ammunition in a moment." After saying that, he looked at me, "Is there anything you need in particular?" Or a weapon that is particularly needed? ”

"Just have more magazines. Pistols, long forget it. And give me two more phones. I said.

"Yes. Still have questions? Ivan asked.

I shook my head, "The old one is gone." But now that we're here, how are we going to retreat if something happens? Jumping from the third floor? ”

Ivan shook his head, "You won't be here for long. I'll move you somewhere else in two days. I'll have to look at the situation outside before making a decision. But if something really went wrong before the transfer, I have already made arrangements and let Pyatov tell you in a moment. After saying that, he put away his pen and looked at the crooked lines on the notebook again, closed the notebook, stood up, came to old Ivan's side, squatted down and kissed old Ivan on the cheek.

"It's time for me to go. I should be able to know very quickly who found us last night. Ivan stood up and said as he walked to the door.

"Then you don't have anything to know from me? I mean, you said you wanted to talk to me? I asked.

Ivan shrugged, "Everything I want to know is in the question you asked." What I want to know is pretty much the same as your question. I was already clear, and more fully than I thought. He looked again at the room where old Ivan was placed, "I'll come and pick him up in the evening." ”

I nodded, "Stay safe." ”

Ivan smiled reluctantly and hugged me, "I will." Be careful here. ”