Riding into the truck with two cigarettes with special contents, Lynn finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now he began to figure out how to connect with Tanze and Titchmel. When they parted before, Lynn agreed with them to have a special contact method, which was to write a code on the lost and found sign at the north exit of Albuquerque Railway Station. In this way, there is no need to worry about Tanze and Titchmel changing temporary accommodations frequently, just go to the train station once a day in the morning and in the afternoon, see the code, and wait there at 6 o'clock in the evening to meet up.

When this method was first agreed, Lynn felt that her idea was clever and safe, and that it would minimize the chances of Tanze and Titchmel being noticed, but now it seems that this is not the case at all. Uncle Oppenheimer said that he would leave early in the morning and come back in the evening, and that there would be someone to take care of him all the way on the way, and even if he could find an excuse to write a code on the hapless lost and found sign, it would be difficult to meet his brothers at 6 p.m. and teach him face-to-face!

What to do?

Just as Lynn struggled with a new problem, a familiar man—an American captain with a face somewhat similar to that of his brother Company Commander Winston—sat down beside him. Every time I saw this old man before, he was always neat, but today he rarely wore a shirt and trousers, his hair was combed back naked, his beard was extremely clean, and he had a folded white handkerchief in his breast pocket.

"Sir, it's such a coincidence that you're going to Albuquerque?" I didn't see the captain when I was in line before, so Lynn hurriedly took the initiative to say hello.

"Qiao?" The captain pursed his lips, barely smiling.

Seeing the other party's reluctant look, Lynn immediately guessed the truth. It's just that he really didn't expect that the base would send such a middle-level officer to "take care" of his humble auxiliary researcher.

"Where is that jewelry store in the city?" The captain asked straight to the point.

Before following Saul. Pamarot changed trains at Albuquiqui, and Lynn just walked around the train station while waiting for the train, and they didn't even see the shadow of the jewelry store. However, this did not bother Lynn, and he took out the words that were originally intended to prevaricate Oppenheim but were not useful: "It's not far from the train station, and its name is Ka...... Cass...... Profound...... Well, it seems to be Casoli or Casor, anyway, when I get to the train station, I can know the way. ”

More than half a month had passed since the first meeting, and instead of asking questions as before, the captain said in a half-teasing and half-warning tone: "Do you think you can escape here by train?" ”

"Huh?" Lynn immediately put on a posture of sincere fear. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about slipping away before, and in the most depressed days, he even wanted to do it immediately, just thinking calmly, running away at this stage is tantamount to startling the snake. In case the wealthy American political axe makes a big relocation out of security considerations, the information he has worked hard to collect in the sheepfold will be in vain!

"Just kidding!" The captain lifted his already neat tie, "It shouldn't take long for you to pick something!" ”

"There shouldn't be a ......" At this moment, Lynn finally figured out a different meaning from the other party's demeanor and words, today I originally wanted to do official and private affairs together! Look like this, you should be going to meet a lover, right?

After receiving a rough confirmation from Lynn, the captain stopped talking, and when the last few men came up, the truck rumbled into action. There were 24 people seated in the huge carriage, and the seats were relatively spacious, because everyone was wearing civilian clothes, and it was difficult for Lynn to tell at a glance which were soldiers and which were technicians—not every expert and technician in the huge base he had ever seen.

From this atomic bomb test base to Albuquerke, Lynn initially estimated that it was about 150 to 200 kilometers, after all, the wind speed is not constant when riding a hot air balloon, and this ride is just a practical correction. Although the road is driven in the desert area, the asphalt road is relatively flat, and the eight-wheeled Dodge truck has a high chassis and weight, which is quite smooth after driving. After a while, most of the early risers closed their eyes and took a nap, watching the scenery backwards through the gap in the tarpaulin, and Lynn estimated that the speed of the truck was around 50 to 60 kilometers, and it took two and a half hours to reach the city of Albuquerke, which seemed to be closer to 150 kilometers in a straight line.

After entering the city, the truck made two turns and drove into a yard with walls on all sides. After getting out of the car, Lynn noticed that it looked like a military supply depot, with not only other military trucks parked, but also a small oil depot and auto repair depot, and American soldiers with guns at the door. Then there was no governor to tell everyone when to assemble, and the people who came by truck dispersed in twos and threes, like a group of tourists who had come purely for vacation.

The only exception was probably Lynn, who was barely able to leave the captain in civilian clothes from the moment he got out of the car, or rather, Lynn had to follow him. Once out of the house, the captain reached out and hailed a taxi, which, unlike the taxis with yellow top plates in Boston, looked more like antique-looking private cars, with no prominent signs other than the huge "Albuquerque - Welcome" on the door.

The captain, who was clearly familiar with the city, instructed the driver: "Go to the flower market on Karan Street first, and then to the train station." ”

"Ready to buy a big bouquet of roses?" Lynn asked with a smile, but the captain ignored him.

As New Mexico's largest city, the streets of Albuquerque are quite modern, and it takes nearly ten minutes for a taxi to reach what Captain calls the flower market. In the middle of summer, you can see many young girls in dresses walking back and forth among the buckets of flowers.

From getting off the bus to returning from the bouquet, although it took the captain less than 2 minutes, Lynn has been alone in the taxi for a while. Although he didn't want to instigate the driver to leave this guy behind, Lynn still saw the hope of passing on information from his lax mentality - he had spent almost three months in the "Vault" base and the atomic bomb test base combined, and the "vegetarian" saying was uncomfortable, and the restlessness in his heart surfaced from time to time. Officials like the Empire and experts in the experimental base basically brought their families with them, and ordinary officers like the captain could only endure loneliness like Lynn. So, with such a rare opportunity as today, Lynn didn't believe he could hold himself.

After the captain got into the car, Lynn asked casually, "How long can we stay in the city?" ”

Looking at the bright red rose in his hand, the captain was clearly in a good mood, and he replied: "Seven o'clock, no later than half past seven." ”

"Hah, then you can enjoy a wonderful candlelit dinner!" Lynn graciously suggested.

The candlelight dinner didn't seem to be in the captain's original plan, he raised his head and thought for a moment, a little helpless: "Look again!" Doesn't that still have to be a duty of care to you? ”

Lynn pondered for a moment, and in order not to make the other party feel that she was deliberately instigating, she said in the form of a memory: "I also have a girlfriend in Argentina, an immigrant of Italian origin, and she has a pair of very charming eyes. I always have a lot of fun with her, we often watch movies, have candlelit dinners and dance together, you know, Italian girls dance amazingly! That aspect...... It's also great! ”

"Really?" The captain let his guard down.

Lynn began to progress: "Hey, why don't we do this, whether it's lunch or dinner, you and your sweetheart sit together, and I eat my own at the table next to me, and you pretend not to know me, and I will never leave you more than twenty meters, so that everyone is at ease!" ”

"Nice idea!" The captain held out his hand to Lynn, "Passport." ”

Since he didn't plan to flee the city, Lynn didn't care about the passport, he simply handed the passport and wallet to the captain: "The money will be given to you too, and you will help me pay for gifts and meals later." ”

The captain thought for a moment and pulled out four five-dollar bills from his wallet: "With the cost of that restaurant, a few dollars per person is enough, and besides, we go to the movies in the afternoon, and you follow me to buy the ticket next to me...... Preferably in the next place! ”

"Okay!" Lynn took the dollar bill that belonged to her briskly, and then asked with a smile: "What are you going to do after watching the movie?" ”

"Walk around, go for a walk in the park, you must not leave my sight wherever I go, or ......" The captain deliberately threatened, but it was completely ineffective in Lynn's eyes.

"Good!" Lynn agreed, and smiled slyly, as if she was a weird guy who wanted to spy on the intimate actions of other couples.

After pondering for a while, the captain seemed to feel the same way, and he looked at Lynn with hatred and resentment: "Tsk, why do you have such a big burden on you for a good vacation?" ”

This could not fool Lynn, he smiled and said, "If it weren't for me, you would have to wait for the next official vacation!" ”

Seeing through the other party's face, the captain turned his head and looked at the roses in his hand as if he was admiring their coquettishness.

Lynn smiled, the highest level of appetite is to arouse the other party's ** step by step, but pretend to be stupid on the most critical issues.

The taxi finally arrived at the train station, Lynn asked the driver to turn around near the north exit, and finally found a store with jewelry at a distance of 100 meters, the façade is not very large, and there is still some gap with the jewelry store that people understand normally, but its store name is exactly the beginning of A, Lynn still pretended to be surprised and shouted: "Ah, that's the store!" That's the store! Hey, sir, are you going to buy a piece of jewelry for your sweetheart? ”

"Not interested!" The captain said lazily, telling the driver to stop in front of the shop, and then said to Lynn, "Give you five minutes, I'll be here staring at you, don't try to play any tricks!" ”

Lynn glanced around, saw two shoe-shining children, and said to herself, "Hey, these five minutes may become five minutes that will change American history, wait for regrets!" ”

(To be continued)