Chapter 42: Tracking
The chief took a few steps up and grabbed Elder Mopti, who was about to flee back to the house, and threw him to the ground with a single flick.
Elder Mopty was about to get up when the chief's pistol was already on his head.
"Stop!" The leader of Baburu shouted angrily, "Are you crazy, Laeri! It's not Elder Mopty's fault! ”
"Leader Baburu!" The chief said, "Mopti is not worthy to be an elder, he has betrayed us!" ”
"What did you say?" Baburu looked at the chief suspiciously: "What betrayal?" ”
"He gave the militia information!" The chief replied: "So the militia knows everything about us, so we came as soon as we left the militia!" ”
"No, that's not true!" Elder Mupti argued, "Chief, Laeri has gone mad, we all know that he betrayed us, and he stands with the white man......"
"Shut up!" Enraged, the chief pistoled Elder Mopti with a pistol.
Elder Mopti snorted in pain.
"Stop, Laeri!" The leader of Baburu stopped, "Your accusations need to be proven, especially against a respected elder!" ”
This is the rule of the tribe, and if there is any internal dispute, the chief or the elder will be judged.
Of course, they needed to provide some food and expenses for the judges, and the elders and chiefs lived on it.
Hearing this, the chief couldn't help but be stunned, and then turned his gaze to Qin Tian.
"Cellphone, Laeri!" Qin Tian reminded: "He needs a mobile phone to contact the militia!" ”
As soon as Qin Tian reminded him like this, the chief immediately knew what to do.
In a sign of justice, the chief led several men, including the leader of Baburu, into the house of Elder Mopty to search.
Originally, Qin Tian thought that there would be results soon, because the thatched hut was so big, and it wouldn't take long to search every corner.
But they still didn't come out for a long time, only heard the sound of rummaging through the cabinets in the hut, and then there was silence for a while, so Qin Tian knew that the chief's search was difficult.
Sure enough, after a while, he saw the chief walking out dejectedly, and then shook his head at Qin Tian in embarrassment.
"Leader Baburu!" At this time, Elder Mopti had confidence, he got up from the ground, pretended to be calm and said to Baburu: "I believe that it is now clear who the traitor is, and I hope that the leader will give me justice!" ”
Baburu turned his gaze to the chief.
"Chief!" Qin Tian interjected: "Can you let me search ......?"
"Of course!" Bablu nodded.
The group re-entered the hut, and because the roof was made of thatch, it was not as dark as expected, because the roof was not sealed well.
It's just that the ground is littered with bottles and cans that have been broken by the chieftain, which adds a lot of difficulty to the search.
"I've searched them all!" The chief whispered, "Even the ground has been carefully searched, and there is nothing abnormal!" ”
Qin Tian knew what the chief meant by looking carefully on the ground, that is, he had used military thorns to interview on the ground like a thunderbolt, and if there was a loose layer of soil or something buried, it would definitely be discovered.
However, all this was difficult for Qin Tian, the quantum chip only scanned it once, and then quickly analyzed which were normal places that should be excluded, and finally locked the wooden stakes used to support the thatched hut......
In order not to make himself too abrupt, Qin Tian said, "Laeri, I believe you still have a place you haven't searched!" ”
"Where?" The chief looked at Qin Tian suspiciously.
"Stake!"
The chief couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned on the flashlight to search the stakes one after another, and when he found the third, he felt a little different pattern in his hand, and broke it hard......
A piece of the stake came out, and it was vacuum, stuffed with something wrapped in linen, and when I took it out, it was clearly a mobile phone and two spare batteries.
Look at Elder Mopti who came in with him, he was already paralyzed on the ground and couldn't get up anymore.
It makes sense that Elder Mopti was frightened like this, and the punishment of traitors by African tribes was primitive and cruel.
The most commonly used is stoning:
First of all, when they were escorted away, they would be thrown with stones by a group of villagers.
It's just foreplay, and then it's a big rock...... Of course, it will not be stoned to death at once, but the limbs will be smashed piece by piece.
As a result, Qin Tian and the other mercenaries heard a scream and a sound like dry firewood breaking in the village.
Although the mercenaries were all murderous, they still felt their bones itch when they heard this voice, and their hearts were chilled.
"Why didn't they just shoot him!" Ben said.
"Tribes have their own rules!" Bertrand replied.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Ben asked, "Is it just here to see what they do with the traitors?" ”
At this time, there was a last scream in the direction of the execution ground, and then everything was no longer heard.
"Get in the car!" Qin Tian said.
"Where are you going?" Bertrand asked with some surprise: "Are you going back to Kismayo?" ”
Bertrand's surprise was due to the fact that the biggest obstacle to the original plan, namely Elder Mupti, had already proven to be a traitor, and it was not even difficult to guess...... Elder Mopty was thinking from the militia's point of view, which is why he blocked the original plan.
Now, now that this roadblock has been kicked out, the original plan should have been carried out smoothly, that is, the "S" troops should stay there.
"Like you said!" Qin Tian replied: "The militia may launch a retaliatory attack on several of our places at any time, so ...... Why don't we destroy them before they attack? ”
"Of course it's a good idea!" Bertrand said: "But how can we find them? ”
"You don't need to know how to find it!" Qin Tian said, "You just need to follow me!" ”
As he spoke, the group jumped on the pickup and chased in the direction where the militia had fled.
The reason why Qin Tian was so confident was because he found that he also had a new skill...... Trace.
Tracking is quite difficult for humans, especially in the desert, where it only takes a few hours for the tire marks from a car to be covered by dust and nothing left.
The other is interference from other vehicles...... There was a lot of traffic on the road, and no one could tell which wheel prints were left behind by the target.
But these are just small things for Qin Tian: the quantum chip can easily memorize the characteristics of the tires of the target vehicle, such as the degree of wear, etc., and then compare them with the tire prints one by one, so that even if the tire prints of hundreds of cars are mixed together, it can accurately distinguish them in a few seconds.
This is also the reason why Qin Tian let those two pickup trucks escape, and they will take Qin Tian and his party to their lair.