Chapter 211: The Lone Wolf (50)
The three men immediately followed Ullman again as before, heading east toward the more crowded area. I continued to hang behind them, and I almost lost them a few times because I had to be careful to get too far away. Fortunately, they didn't go fast, and they didn't deliberately hide their tracks, so I was re-targeted several times.
From the direction Ullman was traveling, the old guy looked like he was going shopping after a meal. After walking a block, he entered a large supermarket. Naturally, I couldn't follow it anymore, so I could only watch the five of them enter the supermarket from across the street, and it was only after about half an hour that the old guy reappeared in sight with a cane in one hand and a bottle of drink in the other. The bodyguard behind him was carrying a large plastic bag, which was supposed to be all kinds of things he bought.
When Ullman came out, he headed northwest, apparently preparing to return to his residence. As soon as he left the supermarket on the front foot, the three guys followed one after another, and the order remained the same, with the two in front and the third person behind.
I watched them go away before I followed them again and followed them all the way back to Marcus Street. Approaching the intersection into Marcus Street, I didn't follow along, but stopped on the side of the road and watched as the few of them entered Marcus Street and headed for the river.
I don't think I can go any further, because from previous observations, when Ullman returns home, the third man will return to the inn not far east of this junction. The two men would linger around 120 for a while, and one of them would start patrolling the area. If I had followed them, I would probably have bumped into the two men who were trying to get back to the inn, or who had already started their rounds. So I can't move, I'm just here watching. In addition to this, I would like to confirm my own judgment, and I would like to confirm whether the pattern of this third man's actions was determined by the old fellow Ullman. That is, he will definitely appear when the old guy appears, and when the old guy returns to his residence from outside, it is a signal that he is ready to return to his hotel.
But this time the wait was longer than I expected, and the third person reappeared near the intersection after about an hour and walked towards the hotel without a smile, as I had seen him in the café before.
I didn't move, but after the man had walked some distance through the intersection, I came out of the corner and turned to look at the third man's back and walked towards his inn.
As soon as the figure of this guy disappeared from view, I immediately turned around and walked back the way I came. I wanted to go around the river from the other side and continue to observe 120 Marcus Street. As I walked, I reached for the gun I had always carried, not because I was in any danger, but because I had a plan, or rather an idea of how to do something to the old fellow Ullman. Because judging from the actions of this third person just now, it is completely in line with my expectations, although it is a bit long for me to wait, but it should not be wrong. In addition to the fact that this man would come around 120 every once in a while as if to inspect his work, he would also be there and accompany the old fellow when he left the house. And that's what I want. As long as he can do that consistently, then even if I have control over his whereabouts, it won't be so difficult to take him out the way I want while the plan is going on.
Soon I was back at the river, and near the junction of Marcus Street I first saw one of the two men standing at the junction. As I walked forward, I kept an eye out for another person, but I didn't see another person when I came to the bench near the intersection, so I guess I was looking around again.
I fell straight on the bench and began to pretend to be asleep, and the man standing there looked at me as I approached the intersection, but when he saw me sitting on the bench, he looked in other directions as if he was customary. As soon as I lay down, I looked above No. 120, and saw a light coming out of the balcony, and the figure of the old guy wandered around the balcony from time to time, listening to the sound as if he was calling someone.
I watched silently, and after about twenty minutes, the other of the two reappeared in view. The man looked at the balcony and walked towards his companion. The two men went to the river again after meeting and smoked cigarettes together, and then walked out together in the direction of their hotel as they had done last night.
Not long after the two men left, the lights went out on the balcony. This old guy went to bed quite early, could it be that he has a habit of waking up early. I kept an eye on the movement around me as I continued to think about the plan I was going to implement. The problem is the pattern of the old fellow's movements. From the current point of view, there is no pattern or trajectory for this old guy to follow. He's more like doing what he wants. Maybe it's because I've not had enough time to observe that I haven't noticed, but at least for now, I can't tell you about his pattern.
But do I have to spend this time today discovering this pattern? Won't you have long nights and dreams? Not to mention the pressures and dangers that D is facing, just talk about this Ullman, who knows if his vacation will end soon? Is it really a know-how to wait like this?
What if the old guy Eunice was in him? As I thought about it, I thought of Eunice, who had been unlucky again, and had not heard from him. I suddenly realized that although I had never admitted that I was the old guy's most proud student, I didn't consciously think of him when I faced such a problem alone.
What will the old guy do? Maybe hands-on. No... I think it's definitely going to be hands-on. I thought as I looked at the balcony at number 120. The old guy will look for an opportunity to make a move when he is not sure of the pattern of this Ullman's activities. Getting everything clear and making it clear was not the old guy Eunice's style of doing things at all, and although he had always tried to keep himself in control, he never did. In fact, this state of being in control is also unrealistic, after all, many times we are the weak side, the lonely side, and if we want to defeat the strong, we must also dare to take risks. For example, I am now facing five people on my own, not to mention the risks I have to face when I do it, it is very difficult to observe and monitor for a long time and limitedly. So, maybe I shouldn't think about it like D, and I should think about it like the old guy Eunice. Thinking of this, I suddenly understood why the old fellow Eunice not only didn't mind at all when I said that he was "drunk and cowardly", but had a look of deep disapproval. Maybe this sentence is really a true portrayal of his heart, because he was also lonely for a long time, he was also afraid, and he also knew that he was taking risks, so he needed guts, he needed something to give him courage.
So how do I take the risk? After all, taking risks is not brute force, and although it is risky, it can only be implemented with a certain degree of certainty.