Rolov, who was off work, was watching TV and enjoying dinner at home when he was interrupted by a phone call from Deputy Chief of Police Brune Ford about what had happened to Igouanka. The old mayor put down his knife, put on a casual dress and went out.

He drove on the phone, one after the other, non-stop. After the car drove into the police yard, he also got out of the car on the phone. After a few words, I went straight to room 406 on the fourth floor.

This room is the recording studio of Interpol Team 4, with Team 4's Captain Carola Van and Deputy Captain Rimien Hagrid, and Deputy Chief Brunn in the middle. Everyone was staring at Eguka's phone on the coffee table, and when Rolov walked in, Brune looked up and greeted him.

Rolov glanced at his watch, it was just after 7 o'clock, and the time was almost up.

"How's it going?"

"We're still waiting for ......"

Before Brune could finish speaking, Igouanka, who was sitting with her head in her hands, heard Rolov's voice, suddenly sprang up, pounced on Rolov's collar, and roared desperately, the sound of which was deafening in the small room.

"Rolov! It's something that happened in your place! You've got to take responsibility for me! If Sylvie had three long and two short, I would ......."

"What am I? Stop, sit down! ”

Rolov pressed Iguka in the face and pushed him hard, and Carola and Rimian hurriedly helped him. Rolov pointed to Igouanka's nose and counted it.

"You came here all of a sudden, and it was only two days before something happened, don't you understand why? You've been targeted for a long time, and these people hate you to the core! This is retribution! ”

A word left Iguanka speechless, and the anger and resentment that had nowhere to vent almost made him fall to his knees.

"I, please...... Save, save Sylvie......"

"I don't need you to say it! But now we are very passive, and we can only wait for the other party to call and see what they want, and then find a way. ”

Silence returned to the room, and everyone stood or sat and waited. After more than ten minutes, the voice they were expecting, Iguoanka's mobile phone rang.

Igouanka picked up his phone, but there was no number on it, and he looked blankly at the people around him. Corolla and Rimien immediately sat down in front of the two monitors, put on their headphones, and nodded at Brune.

"Turn on hands-free." Brune said.

Iguanka turned her phone to speakerphone and carefully "hey".

"Mr. Councillor, are you ready?"

This voice was the person who had called before, and thinking that Sylvie was still by this person's side, Iguanka couldn't help but ask about Sylvie's condition. Rolov glared at him, and he pursed his lips to hold back his words. The other party asked again, and he replied calmly.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?"

"It's simple, we'll send you an address for your phone later. Within an hour, you'll be there, and our people will pick you up. If not, then I won't be able to guarantee your daughter's safety. ”

"What do you want me to do?"

"Make a speech, we'll record it, and that's it."

"Speeches? What speech? ”

"Well, I want you to talk about a lot of things, but time is limited. Please tell me how you got into Parliament by bribing your election and eventually became a member of Parliament. ”

"What do you say? Sling the bull! ”

Igouanka shouted, but the other party turned a deaf ear.

"Also, you have control over the shares of the shipping company in Derbia; Three years ago, Councillor Marianne died unexpectedly, and you were involved in the part; Two years ago, a freighter in the Arctic Nation broke down and was sunk by pirates, you know the part. Let's start with that. ”

Iguanka understood the other party's intentions, this was to expose his old bottom.

"You, you are all this, what are you, what are you talking ......about?"

He seemed to have lost his soul, and his mouth retorted weakly. The other party hung up the phone, and he was still muttering to himself. Rolov snatched his phone and saw that there was a newly received message in it, a link to the map software, which opened and showed a location - somewhere in the southern suburbs of Akiyama City. He sent the link to his phone.

"Can you find the source of the message?" Rolov turned to Corolla.

Corolla took off her headphones and thought for a moment with her chin on her chin chin chunch. Rimian next to him rushed to answer.

"It's a bit difficult, they have signal interference when they make a call, and it's impossible to locate it accurately. To clear out the distractions, you may have to wait for the next call. ”

"What now, Mayor?" Brune asked.

"I had to do what they said first. Brunn, you deploy your men and follow the Councillor to that place. I've got arrangements for the hostages, and I'll let you know when they're ready. ”

As soon as he heard this, Igouanka couldn't sit still again.

"Rolov, can you think of something useful? Why don't you let the police save my daughter? ”

"Huh, what? Know that when the speech is over, your status is over? Isn't your daughter as important as your career? ”

"No, but ......"

"What's the but! Who knows where your daughter is hidden? All you have to do now is keep your mouth shut and organize your language well! ”

Ignoring Igouanka's nagging, Rolov left the house and walked briskly downstairs into room 106 on the first floor.

This unused room, which used to be a small conference room, now has only a few chairs around a table, and there is nothing on the wall except a map of Akiyama City. Leo, Akeya, and Luna are summoned here by Rolov.

Akya sat still, and Luna sat beside her. It was the first time she had been summoned by Rolov, nervous and excited. The suitcase that she always carried with her was placed on the table, and Luna checked the contents of the suitcase, and watched Leo walk around in front of her from time to time.

"Let's sit back and wait."

"Forget it, I can't be still."

"It's a good day, boy."

Rolov pushed the door open, and Leo, who was pacing, immediately met him.

"What the hell is going on, old man?"

"Someone has been kidnapped."

*****

Leo had just arrived, and Roloof asked him on the phone to inform Luna and Andora to assemble, but Andora's phone turned off, much to Leo's surprise, after all, Andora often slept with her phone on.

He called Andora's parents, and the two elderly said that Andora had not come home. He asked his security colleagues again and said that he had seen Andora leaving the school with a girl. Listening to Rolov talk about Sylvie's kidnapping, Leo's bad premonition grew stronger and stronger.

"Could it be that he's been caught up?"

"It's very likely, or it's too coincidental." Rolov said, "Since Andora is likely to be kidnapped together, you won't sit idly by, will you?" ”

"Don't be long-winded, old man. Say, what do you want us to do? ”

"Don't be in such a hurry, the opponent this time may not be as easy to deal with as an ordinary kidnapper."

Rolov said this to everyone very seriously, and the three people in front of him waited with bated breath for the following.

"They deliberately waited for such a long time to show that they didn't care that the police knew, and even deliberately asked Iguanka to call the police. Coupled with this strange request, I am afraid there is only one possibility. ”

Leo asked, "What is possible?" ”

"Predator."

"Predator?"

Leo and Luna asked in unison, only Akeya was unconfused, it was a name he was familiar with.

"Is that the Predator of the Government?"

Rolov nodded and asked Akeya to introduce him, and Akya told him what he knew.

Predator, one of the most influential terrorist organizations in the world, preaches a "world full of justice" and conducts "government oversight". It has sophisticated weaponry and well-trained soldiers. Each time it appears, it has a small number of people, but its combat effectiveness is good, and it is a highly threatening terrorist organization recognized by various countries, especially the countries of the Anzhou continent.

Three years ago, the Predators made their debut in the Arctic Nation's neighbor Fra, kidnapping the son of an official, threatening the official to tell him about his crimes, making them public, and finally imposing "just sanctions" on the official – killing him on the spot.

They call this "damnation."

"So, what about the hostages?" Luna asked.

"After killing the official, he let him go. In three years, they have created 9 such incidents in 8 countries, and this is only what has been made public. There are many more assassinations that are also believed to be linked to them. They are targeted by government dignitaries or business magnates, who have more or less unclean experiences. Now, our opponent may well be this Predator. ”

Luna shook her head in disbelief, "What's the point?" ”

"They believe that in order to sanction people outside the law, it is necessary to use extralegal means. Now they have gradually become known to the general public, and some people welcome them as heroes who punish adultery and eliminate evil, while others oppose it, believing that the so-called self-statements obtained under that circumstances are a helpless act after being coerced. ”

"Whatever the reason, a kidnapping is a kidnapping, and we have to find a way to keep Iguanka safe and rescue the hostages."

After Akeya's explanation, Rolov concluded. He stood under the map on the wall, and compared it to the map on his phone, pointing to a location in the southern suburbs.

"This is where they are going to get to Bianka, and there is a wooden hut used by the foresters nearby, and I don't know if the hostages are there. It's not possible to track their location from incoming calls yet, but we'll have to find the hostages before Igouanka's speech begins, or we'll be increasingly passive. ”

"How is that possible? The wooded area is so big, who knows where they are hiding? And it doesn't have to be in the woods, but what if it's in the city? ”

Leo grumbled. Rolov glanced at him and turned his gaze to Akya.

"Akya, tell me what you think."

Akya stood in front of the map, pressing her finger to the map and swiping back and forth a few times. He drew a circle around the place of negotiation pointed out by Rolov, slowly moved some distance to the left, and finally landed on the sign of one house, that is, another wooden house.

"I think the hostages should be in this cabin."

Rolov looked at the two wooden houses two kilometers apart, holding his arms.

"Tell me why."

"I think they acted hastily and unprepared. Because Councillor Igouanka came here on a whim and without prior notice. This can greatly affect their plans. ”

"Specifically?"

"If you want to plan such a kidnapping, you need to consider the location of the negotiation, the location of the hostages, the staffing, the method and time of communication with the police, the evacuation plan, and some contingency plans. However, the location was changed to Akiyama, which meant that the old plan was almost completely abandoned.

"It's only been two days since Iguanka came, and it's impossible to reconnoiter the terrain in two days, and it's impossible to do all the above conditions, I guess they may not be able to figure out Iguanka's next itinerary, and they're worried that the night will be long and dreamy, so they can only meet the basic conditions of the operation first and start as soon as possible."

Leo asked, "What are the basic conditions?" ”

"The place of negotiation, the place of hiding and the plan of retreat, these can be acted upon when they are available."

"Then why did the hostages do that? What if it's near the designated location? ”

"In the wooden house near the designated location, as long as the police force who went with Iguanka were assigned a part of the manpower, it would not be too difficult to investigate. If it were me, I wouldn't take the hostages with me, lest I be caught by the police. But it won't be too far, because they are not familiar with the terrain and the distance is too far, and once something happens on either side, they can't respond in time. ”

"But what if they tear up the ticket? Hasn't it been before? ”

"Judging from past event records, it was torn twice, but both times because the target refused to cooperate. As long as we lock the hostage position, even if we can't rescue them immediately, we can put pressure on the other party and regain the initiative. ”

After listening to Akeya's answer, Leo didn't come up with a new question for a while, but he still shook his head. Rolov knew he was worried about Andora's safety, but for now, it was Arkya who was more constructive.

"No decision is 100% effective, so let's give it a go."

Leo also understood that he could not sit still, so he had to keep silent, which was kind of acquiescing to Arkya's opinion. As for Luna, Akeya's analysis is like a movie in her eyes, and she feels like the head is the way.

Rolov informed Brunn of the outcome of the discussion, and Brunn assigned a total of 10 police officers from Team 1 of Interpol Team 4 to Akeya. This time, Akya is in charge of the hostage rescue operation, Leo follows to help, and Luna is the last guarantee of the hostage's life.

At 7:30, each group of police officers of the fourth criminal police team set off separately with their own tasks.

*****

Sylvie, who was gradually sober, was locked up alone in a small room, sitting on a chair, with ropes on her legs and arms, tied to the chair, and a cloth stuffed in her mouth. This cloth was only taken down for a short time when a few people in the house called my father just now, and after shouting a few words, he was gagged again.

The original light in the room was not turned on, and instead it was a portable electric lamp, which was so dim that even the cabin could not be fully illuminated. There are no windows around and the walls are wooden.

The floor was dusty, there were a few empty cardboard boxes, it looked like a warehouse, and no one had been in it. The dust and unspeakable smell alternately pounded Sylvie's nasal passages, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Although it was uncomfortable, Sylvie was not afraid, and even said that she had expected it somewhat. Since elementary school, thanks to her notorious father, she has often experienced all kinds of pranks by her classmates, and some teachers don't like her, and often wear small shoes for her. In junior high school, high school, prejudice continues. When her father forced a passage through an issue, she would also receive a lot of inexplicable threatening letters until she went to college.

Sylvie thought that the liberal environment of the university would make her better, but unfortunately, the son of a former councillor who had been framed by Iguanka happened to be at Langley University. The boy vows to "avenge" his father, struggles with Sylvie at every turn, and encourages his classmates to isolate her. Sylvie couldn't stay any longer, and she didn't want to communicate with her father, so she took advantage of the vacation to quietly go through the transfer procedures and ran to the University of Ceylon.

Although this was the first time the kidnapping had taken place, Sylvie unexpectedly found herself very calm, terrifyingly calm. The feeling of being bullied and being submissive is engraved in my bones. These people must also have a grudge against their father.

I don't know how long later, the man who called before brought two more people into the house. The two men were tall, dressed in dark green camouflage uniforms and carrying guns in their hands. The man's eyes were fixed on Sylvie, and the phone in his hand was pressed to his ear.

“…… The part you know. Let's start with that. ”

After making the call, the man pulled the cloth off Sylvie's mouth.

"You seem to have something to say."

"You're trying to ...... Is it a fool of my dad? ”

"If it's just like that, it's too cheap for him. We want to get this speech to the ears of the world, so that they will see the true face of Igouanka Brin Giangar and then ......"

He crouched down and looked at Sylvie up close, and Sylvie saw a pair of eyes she had never seen before, full of murderous intent.

“…… Sanction him. ”

"Sanctions? What do you mean? ”

The man did not answer, and got up to leave.

"Wait a minute! You want to ...... Do you want to kill my dad? ”

Sylvie shouted anxiously, her bound feet swaying vigorously and the chair creaking. The man stopped.

"Why are you so excited?"

"Answer me!"

"We've been watching you and Igouanka for a while, and you're on a bad relationship. Because of him, you have suffered a lot of suffering. Didn't you have a fight yesterday when he went to look for you? ”

"But, but ......"

"Actually, you ...... in your heart Hate your father and want him to disappear, don't you? ”

Sylvie found that she didn't immediately refute it, and for a moment it seemed to accept the other party's point of view. By the time she could think of the words, she was already gagged, the sound of the door closing, and she was the only one left in the room.