The two cars shuttled on the wasteland road, a high hill next to the road quickly moved back in front of them, the trees on the mountain were already dead and tall under the baptism of winter, the winter sky was shining, the air outside was still freezing cold, close to noon, the Camaro in front of him led the GMCSierra1500 into the town, here is a country town smaller than the town of Amses, the town after Christmas is full of more vitality, Many of the houses are made of original timber and have the smell of the forest, and everything here expresses gratitude for the gifts of nature.

Resley stopped in front of a wooden house, the town's restaurant, full of local residents, hunters, workers, lumberjacks, and craftsmen, the fat woman who shuttled between the tables and the strong man who wiped his glass in the bar, and was very happy to see Resley come in, and raised his hand to greet her.

"Hey, look at the guys, see who's coming." The fat woman shouted in a loud voice, making everyone in the audience watch, and everyone's voices suddenly rose to the top of their voices, and the sounds of greetings and ridicule came to Resley, which made Resley a little embarrassed.

"Lady Rothdil, you're going to make fun of me again." Resley, visibly blushing and shy, waved cheerfully to everyone, and she and Thomas found a table to sit down.

"Little beauty, I heard you had a great time out for Christmas? Is it true? ”

"Huh? The person who said this must have been a dentist......"

This caused Mrs. Rothdier to smile, "Baby, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'd better keep it simple, Thomas, what about you."

"Oh......" exclaimed Mrs. Rothdeer, "God, it's a handsome guy, are you Risley's boyfriend?" How did you meet? On the go? Or on a romantic train ride? I bet you must have met at Christmas......" The Rosdyer woman hurriedly reached out to Thomas, who was smiling and blushing with a barrage of questions.

"No, Mrs. Rothdeer, you listen to me......"

"Our lovely 'Little Cliff', very nice, you have such a good eye, how did you meet, chance encounter or love at first sight, did you meet at Christmas? And where did you spend Christmas? The Rothdier woman's question was fired at Thomas like a cannon, and Resley covered her face with one hand.

"Cliff? Your name is Cliff? Thomas asked curiously, which caused Mrs. Rosedill to laugh and Risery laughed helplessly, and she shook her head with one hand on her forehead.

"No, Cliff Chipmunks, we also call them 'Chipmunks on the edge of the cliff,' that's not an exaggeration to describe Risley, isn't it?" Mrs. Rosedill looked at Risery, who just kept shaking her head, and then she said to Thomas, "All right, handsome, it's your turn." ”

"Uh, this, we were on the road by accident...... Christmas...... Maybe it's not as ...... as you think So romantic, but a little, a little that. "Thomas was a bit speechless and didn't know how to express it.

"Oh my God, Christmas, a chance encounter, I know, young people now...... It's so romantic. Mrs. Rothdier said enviously.

"Mrs. Rosetier......" Resley interrupted her harshly, her voice was so loud that everyone focused on them, Resley felt embarrassed, smiled helplessly, lowered her voice, and said in an exaggerated tone, "Mrs. Rosetier, I'm dying of hunger." ”

"Oh, well," said the Lady Rothdil, in her little book, and whispered to Thomas as she was leaving, "this girl is good, not to be a little fierce at all times, but in fact she is very gentle, very kind, and unforgiving in her mouth, but a melting pot in her heart." Before leaving, he winked at Thomas, who smiled and shook his head at Resley.

"Please hurry, Lady Rothdil." Resley looked at the woman with a pleading gaze. The Rosdyer woman walked happily backstage.

"Ha, the heart is a melting pot, I mean ......." Thomas emphasized.

"Shut up, Thomas." Resley was embarrassed and secretly watched the reactions of the people around her.

"She's a nice person, she's very hospitable, she's willing to help others, everyone loves her, and there's been no stranger here for a long time, so she's passionate......"

Thomas nodded, "Of course, I can see that Mrs. Rosdyer is very interesting. Then Thomas stood up, "I'll go get something in the car, I'll be right here." Resley watched as Thomas walked out the door.

Thomas came to the car, turned on the satellite phone, dialed Nils's number, then waited for the tone, left a message in the voice, slipped the phone into his coat pocket, turned around and went back to the house.

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Nils, who was on patrol, vibrated with his mobile phone in his pocket, took out his phone and showed an unread email, opened it to see that it was a spam email, an advertisement for fitness equipment and provided a URL and verification code, hoping that he could sign up online.

Nils knew in his heart that it was Thomas's call, and the content of the email and the URL was meaningless advertising, the key was that the verification code was the key, and the verification code was the password to open the voicemail, and Nils now thought to himself that at least now Thomas was not caught, which is not a bad thing.

Nils drove home after the shift change, and as soon as he got home, he heard the sound of the doorbell, Nils came to the door and opened the curtains to watch, two men in suits and leather shoes stood at the door of the house, and they looked like the police, not for anything else that must have been Thomas's case, this was not their first visit, they had been following Nils.

Nils opened the door, and the two policemen, one with a slightly older beard and a messy hair in his suit, looked like a novice.

"Hello, Nils, remember me? I'm Andy. The two men showed them their police IDs to Nils.

"Yes. I recognize you, do you have any questions? Nils wasn't so polite.

"Can we go in and talk? My colleague and I thought about it again to understand what to do about Thomas. A few things about Barrico"

"I don't mind if you have a search warrant, and if not, hopefully we'll make a long story short." Nils went out and closed the door casually, standing outside the door with his hands crossed over his chest, like a Spartan warrior defending the territory.

"Well," Andy didn't feel embarrassed, "we know you're talking to Thomas. Barrico is a good friend, and ......" the detective looked at the notebook, "still comrades, aren't they?" ”

"Yes, we fought together in the Middle East, we fought for our country, I told you last time."

"Very well, then you have a regular relationship with Thomas."

"I've already told your colleagues last time, how to say it, contact me once in a while, that's it."

"What missions have you all carried out?"

"You know, we have all signed confidentiality agreements and sworn oaths with the Ministry of Defense, I have no right or obligation to answer this question, if you have to know, please contact the Ministry of Defense and the military and issue a 'letter of supervision of the rights and inquiry process' issued by the military judge, and then the General Staff will ......"

"Well, well, I didn't ask that question, Mr. Nils." Andy had lost his patience and didn't want to listen to Nils.

"I guess you watched the news a few weeks ago, Thomas. Barrico killed three police officers while escorting him, and then fled, you know. ”

"I've seen the news, and then what?"

"I just want to know, did he come to you?"

"No, I also said last time that he and I were both trained by the army, he knows what to do when something like this happens, he won't contact anyone, and avoiding human risks is the first priority."

The detective nodded, agreeing, "It's a risk to find someone else, but looking for you can reduce that risk, isn't it?" Andy pinpointed Nils's loophole and wanted to catch him off guard.

"Theoretically, but unfortunately he didn't, and I guess our relationship isn't as close as it gets." Nils answered Andy's question without hesitation, without any mood swings, Andy knew that Nils was lying, and the relationship between everyone who participated in the battle and his teammates was certainly not a general friendship.

"Did he have any psychological problems such as anxiety and mania when he was in the army? Let's say PTSD or something. It was the young detective in the back who asked the question.

Nils looked at the young man, and then said to Andy: "No, you know that war can make people crazy, many people can't bear that kind of high-pressure state, there is a special evaluation agency in the army, they will collect the various states of personnel from time to time, if there is a problem they will make the soldier forcibly discharge, and Thomas is not, he is voluntarily discharged, the psychological evaluation is normal, you can call up his information in the military conditioning center or go to his psychiatrist to talk, I can't answer you more." ”

"And when was the last time you saw him?"

"We met at the gym about a week before it happened."

"There's no abnormal expression, I mean, anxious or sullen......"

"Not at all." Nils didn't wait for Andy to finish speaking.

"We're all trained to hide more emotions or whatever, maybe, I mean emotions that you might ignore." Andy wants to guide Nils to follow his train of thought, and he hopes that Nils can inadvertently reveal something.

"We used to be professionally trained, and maybe it worked for others, but it didn't work for me."

"You've been in touch a lot."

"Not really, just the occasional meeting at the gym."

"So what does he usually do? I checked, Thomas served in the army for 9 years, what are his survival skills after retiring? ”

"I don't know about this, I rarely talk to him about my private life."

"Okay. I understand. Andy didn't seem to get what he wanted to know.

That's when Tonis asked, "I want to know what he did to detain him?" I mean, why should he be detained? ”

"This ...... It's related to a street robbery, all I can tell you is that the rest of the police will hold a press conference. "Andy was instead killed by General Nils, and he vaguely explained that everyone knew the official statement." I don't believe he was involved in the robbery, so what was his motive? Retiring has given him a lot of money, and I guess he's not short of money lately. Nils continued to press on.

"I guess he's probably looking for thrills, uh...... We can only find him to know this, so please help us as well, and also help Thomas, so that we can all figure this out. Andy knew that if he continued to ask, he might not be able to get out, but he wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible, and if he wanted to continue, he would have to take control again.

"Also, we know from the side that he has a drug abuse experience and a criminal record in a year." Andy flipped through the pages of the notebook and continued: "There have been two dangerous driving, one drunken injury, and one intentional injury, and the facts show that his mental condition is not as stable as you say, and the person who bails out every time is you, which means that Thomas has no friends to rely on here." ”

Nils pinched his waist with one hand, pointed at Andy with the other and said: "He's fine, every retired soldier has to go through such a period of time, and these are all fucking things that happened in the last few months after retirement, at least in the last few months there is no problem with his mental condition and behavior, I can guarantee it." ”

Nils pointed his finger at the two of them, putting on a warning look, "You should look into the case itself, there must be something else, if Thomas really committed a crime, how could he get rid of the handcuffs during the detention, even if he could get rid of the damn handcuffs, and he had to kill three strong guards, and one of them must be fully armed, I believe that these three guys would definitely not shout the trumpet while applauding to watch Thomas get rid of the handcuffs." Andy couldn't stop nodding, "Besides, the robbery is just a suspicion, he doesn't need to run away at all, and there is no evidence that he must be a robber, there is no need to do this, not to mention that he is still an experienced person, and he will not be stupid enough to kill people and run away for such a situation, you will indeed use so many police forces for a suspected robbery?" ”

Andy listened to Nils's very affirmative words, was silent for a while, and nodded, this time he was completely hit by Nils's serial punches, and he had no way out, but Andy still didn't want to give up the opportunity to find Nils's flaws.

"Yes, I think so too, maybe there is a helper or something, hijacking a prisoner car or something." "Hehe......" Nils shook his head, "I remember the news report that the prisoner car was found on the road, and not on the way to the police station, where are they going to escort him?" The route deviates from the direction of the police station and the detention center, and the focus of your attention is on who killed the three guards and where they are going to take Thomas, and if this happens, according to the normal operation of the military, the prisoner car is to drive away from the scene, as far as possible and not exposed to broad daylight, why don't you check the road surveillance. The latest chapter of "The Ultimate Hunting Claw Book House of the Last Days" is free to read for the first time.