Chapter 132: The Second Team
Speaking of Androdia, it is the largest business group in Silivara, which controls most of the meat market in the country, and is also one of the few companies in Silivara, which can have a place in the international market.
It has been more than 30 years since its establishment, and it has been calm, but not long ago, it has undergone a great change. People who are dissatisfied with the current chairman are trying to get him out of office through the board of directors. This led to a series of egregious incidents, which even escalated to the level of violence.
The worst thing is that someone secretly colludes with the mafia and wants to use the chairman's two daughters and a son to threaten him. And of course, Maria.
Half a month ago, Maria was kidnapped on her way home, and the bodyguards around her desperately rescued her. But the attackers did not give up and chased her into the wilderness.
After a shootout, the bodyguards were killed and wounded, and Maria was shot in the back. When everyone is about to be wiped out, Maria unexpectedly meets her friend.
Or rather, the Laining people who created this ice coffin.
Maria and her party took refuge in a small town not far from Vladik, and with the guarantee of a friend, they were safely admitted to the hospital for treatment. Maria's bullet was removed and there was no major problem, but one of the bodyguards died of serious injuries and died in the hospital.
There was no time to mourn for the faithful bodyguards, as the attackers were still searching outside the town, and it was only a matter of time before they could find out if Maria was alive or not. And the group left too many traces in the town that it was impossible not to be discovered.
At this time, Maria thought of a way out of the predicament. Since the attacker's purpose was not to kill her, but to kidnap her as a bargaining chip with her father. Then their own death is not what they want to see.
She asked bodyguards to come forward and bribed several doctors with a large sum of money, asking them to fake the death records of the hospital, and write the dead person as herself.
Then, she changed into the clothes of a dead bodyguard and, together with the others, drove the hearse with great fanfare and left the hospital.
Some of the attackers heard the news that Maria was dead, but they were skeptical. They were all trained killers, and no one remembered hitting Maria in the vital spot, and it was unlikely that she would die from blood loss, after all, there was a hospital in the town.
So the attackers quietly followed, wanting to see what tricks these men were up to. But after entering a mountain forest, he lost it.
It was all Maria's friend's arrangement, the terrain was very complicated and few people visited, but her friend was familiar with it. With a guide, the crowd walked safely through the mountains and forests, and shook off the attackers.
However, if you want to return to Androdi's headquarters safely, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no accidents along the way. Maria consulted with her friends and decided to let herself die completely
A friend built an ice coffin for her, carried out EXP artificial freezing, and then the bodyguards transported the ice coffin to Vladik, contacted Androdi's headquarters, and sent someone to pick it up. On the way, let Maria's friends follow, wait until they reach the headquarters, and then secretly thaw.
How did Maria not expect that after opening her eyes, she would actually come to the Arctic Kingdom thousands of miles away.
"I don't know what happened after freezing. Probably something happened during the transportation. ”
She ended with this sentence and lowered her head in some frustration, her long blonde hair hanging down, her eyes through her hair, cautiously watching the reactions of the others.
"It's so unfortunate." Andora said sympathetically, "But it's good to be alive." ”
"That's right, let's think about it slowly in the future." Tarini comforted, "But who is that friend?" ACTUALLY EXP CRYONICS, AND THERE ARE NOT MANY IN THE WORLD. ”
"The so-called master is in the people, that's what it means." Kane said admiringly, too.
Leo didn't react at all, only snorting twice once in a while to indicate that he was listening. Luna, on the other hand, was more worried about Maria's back if the wound was open. On this day, she was so focused on thawing that she completely forgot to check Maria for any external injuries.
Only Akeya, behind her calm expression, was thinking quickly.
"These words have been cut too much, right?"
Maria didn't answer, just looked at Akeya, and Akya continued his speech.
"Since the site of the attack is not far from Vladik, why not go and hide in Vladik? It's a port, and you can escape by boat if necessary, so why bother? And ......"
"Akeya, as I just said, here we only talk about what can be said, and what can't be said, don't ask in detail."
Rolov interrupted Akeya's questioning, and Akya immediately said yes and asked no more. Rolov looked at the others again.
"Is there anything you don't understand?"
No one answered, and Rolov nodded and stood up.
"In that case, Leo, I have a task for you."
"Huh?"
"Or maybe it's Miss Maria's commission, and she wants you to escort her back to the headquarters of the Androdi Group."
Leo looked at Maria suspiciously, and Maria only nodded slightly.
"It's been more than half a month since I frozen, and I don't know what happened to my family. I have to go back. But I don't know if my family thinks I'm dead or alive, and the mafia that is watching me may still be there, so I'd like to ask you to escort me back. ”
"But, why us?" Leo also tried to get off the hook.
"I heard Mr. Rolov say that you are a special group under his command, and you are very capable, which is why I came up with this idea. Rest assured, the pay will never be less. ”
Leo scratched his nose and glanced at Rolov. In the room just now, it must have been Maria who first said that she had the idea of going back, and then Rolov recommended a special detachment. I don't understand what this old man is going to do, is it because he lacks money to spend?
Rolov saw Leo's thoughts, and also persuaded: "Don't worry, as long as you don't make too much of a show and hide Miss Maria, you will be fine." Send it to the place and come back, this time it will be a tour, and there is still money to earn, why not? ”
"But that's too far away......"
"Otherwise, how about I don't want a penny for how much Miss Maria pays?"
Leo's eyes began to wander, and Rolov knew he was tempted. Also, this kid missed a few days of work in May, and his salary will be discounted a lot, and now there is an opportunity to make a lot of money without effort, and he will not miss it.
"Well, well."
Rolov smiled, patted his head, and asked the others.
"Since it's tourism, everyone goes, everyone goes."
Luna and Tarini cheered, and Andora was in high spirits. He had only been to Silivara, and the majestic mountains and scenery made him linger.
"Gotta go back and get ready." He said.
"Then prepare well and leave when Maria is almost recovered." Rolov said, "That's right, Akeya. ”
"Yes, Lord Mayor."
"This time, you're not going."
Akeya's lips opened slightly in surprise, but she immediately understood why.
"But I'm ......"
"EXP residue is not a trivial matter, you have to pay attention to it, in case you leave sequelae, it is too late to regret it. Listen to me. ”
Seeing that Rolov resolutely disagreed, Akeya could only give up. Rolloff tells Luna and Tarini to stay and continue to care for Maria, and Kane stays as a matter of course. Others went back to their homes.
*****
"You're back, Lord Rolov, is the girl okay?"
The driver, Christie, hadn't moved since he got out of the car from Rolov, and kept scrolling through the news on his phone. When Rolov got into the car, she put down her phone and asked.
"Well, in good spirits, this harvest is really not small."
Roloff lowered the window, lit a cigarette, and told Maria's words to Christie.
Christie started the car: "Then I'll prepare the ticket right away." ”
"No, Silivara's international airport is only in Moshak, where there are too many people, and the eldest lady is worried about being exposed. You'll be booking tickets for the Mermaid next week, and you'll need six. ”
"But Lord Rolov, the Mermaid has been blown up."
Rolov almost choked and coughed.
"Blown up?"
"It has spread on the Internet, and there are reports on major websites, and it seems to be the * dry."
"Is there such a thing?"
While holding the cigarette in his mouth, Rolov flipped through the pages of his mobile phone, and sure enough, the message of "the mermaid was blown up" could be seen everywhere. It was almost six o'clock, and the passengers who escaped from the ship posted the incident on the Internet.
It's almost eight o'clock now, and the news has spread quickly. Many anxious media outlets got these crude videos and unconfirmed texts and hurriedly sent them.
"So suddenly, something isn't right."
Rolov groaned, frowning, puffing lightly on the smoke ring. Based on the information of various families, he felt that this matter was not so simple.
Before the Mermaid exploded, the passengers were notified and then guided onto the lifeboat, and not long after leaving, the Mermaid exploded. Although it has not sunk right away, smoke is coming from everywhere, and it is a matter of time before it sinks.
And what made Rolov feel that the biggest problem was that the passengers, all of whom survived.
Although most of the passengers suspect that * did it, if that is the case, they will not let the passengers escape smoothly and will definitely try their best to hinder it. After all, the more people who make trouble, the happier they are.
Judging from the description of the passengers, the evacuation was in order, so what was the purpose of the people who housed *? Is it just that you can't get along with the Mermaid itself? Or do they fear for their own safety and set a long time to detonate, or do they wait until they get on the lifeboat?
It sounds unrealistic, but Rolov always felt that someone was deliberately trying to blow up the Mermaid and not hurt the passengers.
To do this, it takes a lot of organization and execution. Putting down the phone, Rolov slowly smoked a cigarette, his expression becoming more and more serious.
It seems that Maria is not lying. Those words that were not told to the special detachment, Rolov did not believe at first, but now he is convinced.
Something big was happening in Silivara, and the special detachment was coaxed there, not for a tour, of course, but to push them into the fire pit.
But only in this way can Leo fully understand his current identity and responsibilities, and can he achieve the purpose of training him.
In the past few events, both Dimiit and Akya have played a crucial role, and now that Dimmite is gone, Akya stays behind to look after the house, and without these two helpers, Leo must make his own decisions and lead everyone back alive.
However, Rolov is not the kind of person who does not think about the consequences, although the lion will push the children off the cliff in order to train them, but he will always lay a mat under the cliff.
He picked up his phone again and opened the memo, which contained an encrypted file with a string of numbers, or rather a special phone number.
This number, in the past ten years, has been called from time to time, and Rolov has never taken the initiative to call it. Today, he's making an exception.
*****
With Shirley's guidance, the Xiaoice boat magically dodged the patrol boat and landed safely under a cliff. It's just that this road basically didn't go in a straight line, and Dimmit consumed a lot of energy just by "driving the boat".
Shirley jumped off the iceboat first, and Dimmit sat and rested for a while before grabbing her backpack and following down. As soon as Shirley lifted the rune, the iceship immediately shattered, turned into ice crystals, and was swallowed by the sea.
Dimmit followed Shirley, and the two walked a short distance along the cliff to find a narrow hole. He looked suspiciously at the dark hole.
"Do you want to go in?"
"There's a ladder inside, it's safe." Shirley pointed to the hole and said to Dimmit.
"Then I'll come first."
Dimmit got in. It's very narrow inside, and one person still has a surplus, and two people will definitely not be able to get in. A ladder leaned against the inner wall, and in the faint light, Dimmit saw that the ladder was nailed up of wood, and that it was quite thin and strong enough.
He grabbed his backpack in one hand and climbed a ladder in the other, climbed about five or six stories high, and finally poked his head out.
"On this day, it's really going to die."
Grumbling in his mouth, Dimmit struggled to crawl out of the hole and drag out of his backpack.
"And then how do you go?" He asked impatiently.
Shirley poked her head out of the hole: "Go straight, you can almost watch." ”
The entrance to the cave was surrounded by sparse trees and dense grass, and the two walked some distance before being stopped by a cliff. At the foot of the cliff stands a wooden house. A fence was built outside, and the yard was enclosed. Shirley put her hand on the fence and said ostentatiously.
"This is my secret base."
Dimitt looked at the wooden house, and like the ladder just now, it was beautifully built, and every log had been carefully handled.
"I can't see that in addition to making ice sculptures, you can also do carpentry."
"No, someone else did it, she left this place for me, and then I don't know where to go."
Shirley took a bundle of wood from the house, put it on the ground, and was about to look for a lighter, when Dimmit shook his finger, and a flame shot into the pyre, turning it into a campfire.
"Thanks." Shirley said with a smile.
"Who is so interested?"
"It's a girl who is similar to me, and she didn't say her name, she looks like someone from the Yugoslav Federation."
Dimeter threw a few sticks of wood into the fire and muttered to himself.
"Yugoslav ......"
"Alright, let's have something to eat."
"What do you still have to eat? It's not going to rot, is it? ”
"Laining people don't let the ingredients rot, some of them are frozen."
There is a small warehouse for frozen vegetables and meat, as well as all kinds of kitchen utensils. Shirley took out a large pile of things from the warehouse, propped up the iron frame on the campfire, prepared pots and pans, a small bag of rice, three ice cubes with frozen meat and vegetables, and fetched some clean water from the warehouse tank, and got busy.
Dimiit took his backpack into the house and took out his mobile phone, but of course there was no signal. But he was curious to know how the news of the mermaid's sinking spread, which was related to his current safety factor.
Putting down his phone, his gaze swept over another room, where there were tables and cabinets, there were a lot of large and small ice sculptures, some people had animals, and some couldn't see what they were, none of them were as good as the unicorn, and there was no luster, it seemed to be a half-finished product.
After looking around for a while, he stepped out of the hut and paced under a tree. The sound of the waves crashing against the beach came regularly, and he leaned against the trees and looked out to the sea in the distance.
"You often stay here?"
"Of course not. Sometimes I don't have inspiration for my creation, but I come here to be quiet and find my feelings. Unicorns are also made here. ”
Shirley thawed the ice, took out the vegetables and meat and washed them, put them in a pot, and cut the meat one by one. In a pot on an iron rack, rice is being cooked. Dimmit walked over and sat down by the campfire and watched quietly.
"Heh, you're more skilled with runes than you."
"Hehe, I'm very skillful."
Chop the vegetables, cut the meat, and Shirley will be done in a while. When the rice is ready, she changes the pot to cook the meat and vegetables. In more than ten minutes, a large pot of meat and vegetable soup came out steaming.
"Let's eat."
Shirley served Dimmit's rice and soup first, and Dimmit took the soup bowl and spooned a little to his mouth.
"How's it taste?" Shirley's eyes flashed.
"It's okay." Dimmit said.
"It's not unpalatable, I'm still researching how to season it."
"It's really not very demanding."
Saying that, Dimmit stuffed a few mouthfuls of meat and rice in a row before chewing slowly.
"Let's study how to get to Tianguan Mountain first."
"There's an exit, over the cliff, and you'll find your way through the woods to the village of Lund, near Vladik."
"Can you get a car?"
Shirley took a sip of the soup and thought carefully.
"Pickup trucks should be able to have."
"Okay."
"By the way, Dimmit, I've always wanted to tell you."
Dimmit's mouth was still eating, and her eyes were glancing at Shirley. Shirley put down the bowl in her hand, she thought about it on the boat, and didn't know how to speak. After thinking about it, I decided to say it directly.
"I want to know my brother's purpose, so I'm going to go to Tianguan Mountain with you."
"Nope."
"But I ......"
"You know what I'm going to do, right?"
Dimmit gobbled up all the meat, vegetables and soup in the bowl, raised his head and looked at Shirley. Shirley nodded earnestly.
"I know."
"Do you think you'll watch me kill your brother?"
"I ...... I have this realization. ”
"Oh, enlightenment, this word is so cheap now, anyone can say it."
Dimmit sneered, put down the bowl, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and Shirley quickly got up.
"I'm serious!"
"I didn't encounter anything, I felt that I was very conscious, and when I really met it, I looked forward and backward, I have seen a lot of such people."
Shirley was still unconvinced: "Then you say, how can I prove it to you?" ”
"That's it, let's fight, no matter what method you use, as long as your attack can touch me, I'll agree."
With that, Dimmit took a few steps back and beckoned to Shirley.
"Do you dare to come?"
Shirley was stunned. Bumped into Dimmit? How is it possible, his own strength is not worth mentioning in front of Dimmit, even if he blows with all his strength, it is impossible for even his light shield to penetrate it.
Still, she raised her hands.
"I see!"
The pale blue cold air condensed in Shirley's hand, gradually concentrating, and was molded into an ice spike. She pushed with both hands, and the ice spike flew towards Dimmit.
Smack-
As soon as Dimmit stretched out his hand, he grabbed the ice spike, took it, and lightly touched it, and then energy surged in his hand, and crushed the ice thorn.
Shirley was stunned again.
"Hey, this ......"
"You won."
"But you didn't want to fight at all, did you?"
Dimmit shook off his hand that crushed the ice spike, rubbed his hands together, and walked slowly past Shirley.
"You know you don't have a chance to win, but you still dare to do it, and that's enough."
"...... so"
"I'm responsible for my own safety, I'm going to sleep."
Unexpectedly, Dimmit could say such a thing, Shirley jumped to her feet in excitement and raised her clenched fists high.
"Okay!"
*****
After a busy day, Dimmit was almost exhausted and just wanted to rest early. Shirley, who had cleaned up the kitchen utensils, also followed into the wooden house.
Then, she noticed a very embarrassing thing.
The previous owner of the wooden house lived here on his own, leaving only a relatively large wooden bed. Shirley was also alone and didn't add another bed.
She was at a loss, and Dimmit understood at a glance what was going on.
"It's okay, I'll just find a place to lie in the warehouse."
"No, anyway, it's just a night...... anyway"
Shirley hurriedly stopped Dimmit, and then squirmed away from him.
"One, it's okay to sleep together."
"That's good."
Dimmit didn't hesitate at all, which caught Shirley off guard, could it be that he wanted to get away with it? No, no, no, probably not, although this person is cold-blooded, he doesn't seem to have much interest in women.
Thinking of this, Shirley didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed, locked the door, just got dressed, and lay down on the bed.
Dimmit was still there, looking around, and then to the corner of the room, and crouching down. "What is this for?" Shirley asked.
"I'm preparing the enchantment of the Sun Crystals," Dimmit said as he placed the Sun Crystals in the corner, "enclose them with a few Sun Crystals, and if anyone enters, I'll know that even if I'm asleep, it will be reflected in my dreams." ”
"Oh, have you slept like this every night for the past six years?"
"The vast majority."
"It's hard to sleep, right?"
"But this enchantment has helped me countless times, so I'm used to it."
Dimmit said, stepping into another corner. Shirley looked at the figure walking in front of her, and suddenly realized that it was very tired.
"I'm safe here, you're tired all day, how about resting tonight?"
"I don't need to."
"I've helped you so much, can't you trust me?"
The cabin fell silent, Dimmit was silent, and Shirley looked straight at him, waiting for his answer.
"That's right."
Dimmit opened his hand, and the sun crystal in the corner of the wall shimmered and flew into his palm. Seeing him listen to his own words, Shirley's heart was full of joy.
"If anyone comes, I'll wake you up."
"Huh."
Dimmit sat down on the bed, and the bed slam creaked. This bed was originally intended for a woman, but now there is one more person, slightly overweight. Ignoring the noise, Dimmit lay down beside Shirley and leaned over to his side.
The bed board shook a few times with his movements, and Shirley's heart also swayed, and she hurriedly lay down in the quilt and turned her back.
Even if you can't see it, body temperature, breathing, all kinds of information are constantly coming from behind. Shirley couldn't calm down, and she now realized that the idea of sharing a bed between the two was not very good.
Tonight, I'm going to lose sleep.