We headed east after leaving the city, and a day later, Paul received a phone call. The call was from Nicky, the postman. Said he was waiting for us at a gas station not far in front of us. Nikki was the one who met us on the border between Chechnya and Georgia. The reason why he is called a postman is because he always helps people pick up and deliver goods. Most of these goods are forbidden things, and of course people.

About ten minutes later, we drove into the gas station. As soon as I entered the gas station, I saw Nicky through the car window. He was still like that, with a polite attitude, wearing a black trench coat and black gloves, with a clean shaved beard on his round face, and a smile that he almost kept smiling, making people think that he was a very cultured person.

The car pulled up next to him, he pulled the car door, let us out of the car and hugged us one by one. As he hugged me, he said, "I heard you've made a big deal and you're already mixed up in Colombia." I'm just ready to grow my business with there, can you help me? ”

"You know what? What you say is far from what you look like. I laughed.

Nicky looked down at himself and said, "What do I look like?" ”

"Like a gentleman, a well-educated man." I said.

"yes." Nicky nodded, "I always have." I'm well educated, but that doesn't stop me from doing business. ”

"Hey! Nicky, I've already spoken to the gypsies. I'm going to start talking about business in Colombia with them, so don't mess with it. Grandet interjected.

Nicky looked at Grandet and said, "Don't you need someone to help you with those businesses?" Are you sure you have what it takes to ship things to Colombia? ”

"Uhhh I'll think about that. Grandet clearly hadn't expected that, and then he suddenly changed his face and put his arm around Nicky, "Why don't we talk first?" ”

After a brief break, we changed buses and switched into a minibus that Nicky had prepared for us. It's much more comfortable on the minibus. I don't feel crowded anymore and I can finally straighten my legs.

On the way, Nicky sat in the row in front of me, and looking at him reminded me of the man named Zhao Yi I met on that trip to the south. I patted Nicky and said, "How's your business lately?" ”

Nicky, apparently pleased with the recent business, smiled and said, "Not bad. It's just that I'm a little busy, and sometimes I want to divide myself into two people. ”

"Then you're not going to be wanted by the police of many countries?" I asked.

"No, it won't. We only do things through networking. The goods are not ours, we are very careful, the police can only know who sent the goods, but we who are responsible for the delivery do not know much. Nicky looked at me and whispered, "Actually, some people want people like us to exist. It saves them a lot of trouble, you know? ”

I kind of understood what he meant, and I guess it's the kind of thing that is not recognized by the government that uses someone like Nicky. I glanced at it and said, "Are you doing something for the seventeenth game?" ”

Nicky laughed and said, "Of course." What is Seventeen Innings? I think you already know. I will save a lot of trouble doing things for them. Now the west wants to expand eastward, and the Russians want to expand westward, but the Russians don't have that ability yet, but they still have the ability to prevent them from causing chaos on the other side. I'll be able to work for the Seventeenth Bureau all around Russia, and I'll get their help when I go west, which will also save me a lot of trouble. ”

"I see. And the seventeenth game that you introduced to Paul? I asked.

"How could it be that I introduced it to Paul, he introduced it to me." Nicky glanced at Paul and continued: "The ambitions of the Russians are not small, and soon after the start of the seventeenth inning, it is the time when people are needed, and if Paul goes well at this time, he will definitely be very powerful in the future." ”

"You mean it's going to be reused?" I asked.

Nicky nodded, "That's what it means." You should know that Paulgan is not for money, but for ideals. He's ambitious and ambitious, it's just that." Nicky shrugged as he spoke, "You know what I mean. ”

"Yes. The country is gone, and there is no ambition to talk about. I said and looked at Paul and continued: "I guess this is the reason why he went to Chechnya to fight, to vent his anger in his heart, to harm others and himself." ”

"The same cannot be said. Some of the people Paul recruited were for money and unhappy with the Russians. Some of them just go to earn money. You don't understand what it looks like after disintegration. It's not just that everyone divided the land and property, but for ordinary people, life has entered a situation of poverty, many people have gone bankrupt, and it is said that the average life expectancy of people at that time has been greatly reduced. Nicky said with a sigh and continued, "At that time, the economy collapsed, and it wasn't like you had a chance to work hard. The unemployment rate is very high, and the people who follow Paul have no other skills except for fighting, so Paul actually provides them with opportunities, at least I think that if Paul doesn't take them, they are likely to do other illegal things, and the end may not be better than going to Chechnya. In my opinion, they are at least more secure with Paul. ”

I nodded in understanding, and Paul was really good for me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back to help him. Seeing that I was no longer talking, Nicky said, "Can you contact anyone from Colombia?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "I guess it works." Do you really want to do business with the people there? ”

Nicky nodded, "Of course." South America is a great place to be. ”

"Okay. I'll get in touch as soon as I get home. But I'm only in charge of liaison, and you have to negotiate your own business. I said.

"Understood." Nicky smiled and said yes when he saw that I agreed.

Two days later we returned to Ukraine, and my injuries had not healed and I couldn't go home yet, or I would have to show my stuff, so Milk stayed at Paul's sister's house to recuperate. Paul's sister, Natasha, has signed a contract with the Russians, and the business has begun with great fanfare. The Ukrainian who made trouble before didn't do anything more, and the man's backer didn't move.

There was nothing to do during the recuperation period, just to support each other with Milk to cook and eat. Mainly he was busy, I was responsible for helping him to get his hands and move, Italian food, French food, and finally evolved into a cooking competition, Valery, Grandet, and Milk took turns on the stage while saying that what they made was delicious, and asked me to eat it. After half a month of eating, my weight has increased significantly.

Just as I was about to leave for home after my injuries had healed, one day Paul returned to Natasha's house with a man in his arms. Not only did I know this man, but more importantly, I recognized him at first sight, and I immediately felt the urge to draw my gun.

The man who came was Berezov, nicknamed the dwarf, a former comrade-in-arms of Paul in the GRU, with whom we fought head-on in Grozny, and Grandet's finger was lost in the battle with them, and I almost lost my life.

When Paul saw the expressions on my face with Grandet and Milk, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Calm down." He's not here to trouble us. Now he's a friend. And most likely to be one of their own. ”

Berezov smiled and said, "Wrong. Not his own people, I should say to become comrades-in-arms. ”