Chapter Seventy-Seven: Welcome to the Mannerheim Line (19)
"I don't understand, why create another one when there is already one? In order to...... That child's marksmanship, she can be a hero, why borrow an irrelevant identity again. ”
"Not one." The female doctor took another drag on her cigar.
"What?" Zhang Heng frowned.
"Simon was not the one who was created, they found four people, all of them were masters, three of them were snipers, one was a guy who played with a submachine gun, and four people covered their faces and acted with the same identity, so it was equivalent to four insurances, and together they achieved the greatest sniper in human history - the legend of Simon."
He is omnipresent, a ghost wandering the battlefield, the most reliable comrade-in-arms, the white Grim Reaper as the Soviets talk about it, and the undefeatable legend of the battlefield, inspiring millions of Finnish people and soldiers...... Well, but to be more precise, Simon actually only had three people, because one of them died not long after the war began, and there is not much to do with him in the lore, and one was killed by the Soviets last month. ”
"And what about the real Simon, does he know these things?"
"It doesn't matter anymore, he responded to the call to join the army in October last year, and pounced on a grenade to protect his comrades during training, if it weren't for this, there would be no plan, but ......" Maggie repeatedly flicked the lighter in her hand, and she could see that she was also a little anxious, "Now that the war is over, there are still two Simons left in the world." ”
"The people who made this plan in the first place probably wouldn't have foreseen this situation." Zhang Hengdao.
"Yes, there would have been a fair chance to leave the rest after the war, at least ...... They can decide their final fate with the guns in their hands, but now something is wrong. ”
"What's the situation?"
"The last two people left, the kid and the submachine gunner, who was hit by a dummmy during a raid the day before yesterday, miraculously survived the operation, but it is not known who leaked the news, after which journalists from various countries rushed to the hospital, where he announced his identity."
The female doctor's face showed a look of helplessness, "I can actually understand why he made such a choice, that child's strength was originally the strongest of the four, and he was so seriously injured, there is almost no chance of victory if the two face each other." ”
"So you're going to abandon her now?"
"We have no other choice, and at this point, we can only cooperate with that guy to play this scene, and even help him fill the loopholes in his lies."
Zhang Heng looked at Maggie for half a minute.
"To convince me of what you are saying, you should first explain why a British volunteer in a partisan detachment would have access to such obviously highly classified things, right?"
This time it was Maggie's turn to be silent, "I lied to you before, I did grow up in England, but my father is Finnish, and he is also a high-ranking member of the military, this plan was originally proposed by me, I personally recruited them, I want to witness the birth of the legend, so I came here together, and Aki was sent by the military to protect me." ”
Maggie also looked a little irritated, she stood in front of the window, in the same posture as when the two first met, with her arms folded and looking out the window.
Zhang Heng suddenly understood what she was anxious about at that time, she should have found it difficult to maintain the same feelings for the four of them in her relationship with Simon, which also made it impossible for her to remain objective and neutral.
"After all, we are all mortals, I do care about that child, and even once had the idea of finding someone to secretly kill other candidates, but at that time the war was not over, I didn't know if she could survive, in my position, I couldn't take risks easily, especially after the death of the second person, not to mention that the final rules were indeed beneficial to the child, but what happened later was something I didn't expect."
"Now you find that you can't do anything, so you want to use my power to solve this problem for you?" Zhang Heng's gaze fell on the pistol on the table, "But why don't you let her go, you know that child, you should know that she doesn't care if she can become a hero." ”
"I'm the one who came up with the plan, but not the one who executed it." Maggie held her cigar until the ash fell on her pajamas and she didn't notice it, "I do have a certain say in this matter, but not all, strictly speaking, my work will end after completing the recruitment, and the rest of the matter is my private behavior, I can't change what has happened, and I can't change the final decision from above." ”
She paused and continued, "That child believes in you, so I decided to tell you these things, and you will give her a ride yourself, this is the last thing I can do for her, I heard that there is a beautiful lake in the northwest, and maybe when everything is over we can go fishing there." ”
The female doctor finally finished what she was going to say tonight.
"I don't have a choice in this matter, do I?" Zhang Heng didn't hesitate much, and grabbed the pistol on the table.
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Maggie turned her back to him and remained silent.
Zhang Heng didn't stay any longer, he had already finished asking all the questions he wanted to ask, and then got up and walked out of the bearded ensign's residence, and walked towards Simon's cabin, but before going out, he still said "thank you" to the female doctor.
The partisan camp was unusually quiet tonight, except for Ojedo, who liked to lean against the kitchen door and look at the stars, but the whole camp was brightly lit, and kerosene lamps hung from the outside of almost every cabin.
Zhang Heng didn't turn his head to look in the direction of the forest in the distance, he put the pistol into his sleeve and knocked on the door with his other hand.
Maybe it's because the female doctor has always disliked bringing keys, Simon was not surprised that someone came to visit so late, until he opened the door and saw Zhang Heng standing outside.
And then she was grabbed by someone by the collar and pressed to the ground, and the two fell into the hut together, but Simon didn't resist for the first time, just lay on the ground and looked at Zhang Heng quietly, his face flushed.
Everything is just like what the female doctor said, if the so-called trust can be quantified, then Simon's trust in Zhang Heng must be full value.
Zhang Heng sighed, at this time, as long as he took out the pistol hidden in his cuff and shot the girl's heart, he could completely end all this.
But he didn't do it, Zhang Heng searched his barren Finnish vocabulary, but he didn't find out how to say the word betrayal, and finally could only look into Simon's eyes and say, "Trust me." ”
After speaking, Zhang Heng took his eyes off the girl's chest and quickly looked at the room, Zhang Heng believed that with Maggie's IQ and means, since she had hinted at this level, it was impossible for her to be unprepared.
Eventually, his eyes fell on the female doctor's bed, which and the cabinet were the only places where it was possible to hide something.