Chapter 293: Aramis (63)
Compared to my mood at the moment, the old wolf is really depressed to the extreme. At first, he was reluctant to accept the reality when he first escaped, struggling and even crying in the back seat. Later, when his emotions gradually calmed down, he became silent, as if he had suddenly lost his soul.
It's a little scary that he's in this state, but I can understand it. After all, he was just an ordinary person, and even some special experiences couldn't compare to tonight's. Losing too many people close to you overnight is unacceptable to anyone. Not to mention that he probably didn't expect such an experience, all of which was beyond his imagination.
We just drove aimlessly on the highway. I didn't know where to go, and I didn't know what to do next. The only thing I can think of is to contact the old guy Eunice, I have to tell him about the situation, especially since the phone used to contact him during the operation has been lost, and I must inform him as soon as possible.
I took the phone of Christovich, who was in the same car, and dialed it to the old guy. The old guy on the other end of the phone was quickly connected, and it felt like he had been waiting for news from us. And when he heard my voice, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Maybe it was due to my own weakness or some other negative psychological factors, but I didn't wait for the old guy to ask myself, and I just recounted everything that happened tonight in detail as much as I could, especially the loss of the phone, which I especially emphasized from time to time.
To my surprise, the old guy just listened quietly during my narration, and even after I finished the narration, he didn't go as crazy as I expected. He calmly asked me about some details, especially about the time, and then he asked about the old wolf's condition.
After I had answered in detail and truthfully, I then asked him if he should evacuate Bordeaux immediately. The old guy told me that if he had just noticed something was wrong but didn't make any real contact, he would let us evacuate for a while to avoid the limelight and find an opportunity to sneak back to Bordeaux. Now, there's no need.
His reasoning was that since we had had a very bitter encounter, and that we had lost and only a few men had escaped, and that we had been walking along the highway from Bordeaux when we were leaving, the other side would have assumed that the man they were about to capture had either died or had fled Bordeaux. At this time, it is undoubtedly safer if you can quickly and covertly return to the city.
I understand what the old guy meant, he's playing backwards. Regardless of what the other party thought, from the psychology of me when I first rushed out, I really wanted to escape from Bordeaux directly, and leave here first, no matter where it is. After all, not only was the nest served this time, but also so many corpses were left behind, and everyone would have to be frightened. And the other party will not only think about what I think, but also think for me that the whole operation is likely to be terminated due to the heavy losses of the team members. After all, it was impossible for them to know for a while that those corpses were all old wolves, and even if they figured out their identities, it was impossible to quickly know that Ah Kan and they had not shouldered a specific task until they were killed, and the people who were really doing things were still retained and continued to act.
The old guy instructed me to find a place to stay, so that everyone could rest and wait for new instructions and get ready for action. But you can't ask for help from local gangs or individuals, or even end contact with them temporarily. Because since the other party has found our foothold, they must know about the existence of the old wolf, and can quickly gather all the relevant information to know his role in the whole thing. Then the people he has come into contact with or may be in contact with will not be let go. So someone like Samara might find him soon, and he is the kind of person who Samara can't say "no". Just as Brand threatened Durin, Samara will most likely be forced to cooperate with the other party and betray the old wolf. Therefore, any contact with them after that is dangerous, and it is difficult to rely on the help of local snakes.
It made me feel embarrassed. Because if we cut off contact with these people, we will be blind and deaf in Bordeaux, and in turn we will be pursued by these people. This does not mean that we will be struggling in Bordeaux or even losing the point of staying there.
But the old guy didn't think so, he said that sometimes it is also very important to wait quietly and do nothing, and wait for the right moment. This makes me think that the old guy must have something else to do, because we should have been on the side that we couldn't afford to wait from the beginning, after all, in a sense, we can be considered in an enemy country.
As for the arrangement, the old guy doesn't say, and I don't need to ask. The only way to sneak back to Bordeaux and find a safe place to hide. The old fellow suggested that I ask the old wolf. The reason is simple, the old wolf is the only one of us who is familiar with the local area and has an industry, which can be regarded as a half-land snake. There can't be only one place for such a person. Of course, I understand what my hometown is referring to, according to our words, it is the "three holes of the cunning rabbit". But now the state of the old wolf... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look back at the old wolf who was still pressed in the back seat by Christovich.
Towards the end of the call, the old guy told me that we would be out of touch for a while. Because I lost my phone, he needed to deactivate and replace all the previous contact numbers related to my phone number for the sake of insurance. But at the same time, the old guy gave me a number, and at the same time we were asked to find a way to make ourselves a clean, safe and temporary phone and send him my number only. However, the old guy and I stressed that if it is not a very urgent matter, we must not try to contact it. He will contact me when necessary.
After ending the communication, I asked everyone to turn off the phone and throw it out of the car. After continuing to make a big circle, just as it was about to dawn, I asked Lukevich to drive into a gas station on the side of the road. It doesn't matter if the car is refueled or not, the important thing is that we are tired and tired and hungry, so we have to let everyone take a breath and deal with the injuries on our bodies, although they are not fatal, but we can't leave them there and ignore them completely. More importantly, I have to talk to the old wolf, after all, it's up to him to keep us in Bordeaux.
The gas station is not very large, but it is actually small compared to the rest areas with parking lots and various facilities, with only one convenience store that is open all day. After filling the car's fuel tank, we parked the car in the backlit part of the gas station, and only asked Ah Liang to get out of the car and go to the convenience store to buy some food. The others hurried to rest, of course, the rest did not include me and the old wolf, in fact, he couldn't rest now if the old wolf rested.
(End of chapter)