"Stop, Mr. Igouanka."

Iguanka, who was getting better at speaking, was abruptly interrupted by Babette. He looked at each other suspiciously, as Babette whispered to the soldiers beside him, and looked west from time to time. After a few words, Babette turned off the camera.

"I just got the news, Mr. Igouanka, that a gang of police officers have found your daughter. I've got to say you're quite bold. Unfortunately, they failed. But now we are very suspicious of your attitude, so the speech should be suspended. ”

Igouanka was stunned for a moment, and when she looked back, she saw that Carola and Rimien were talking to each other in the back. Corolla sighed, and Rimien also pounded his head with his hands, swearing in his mouth.

It's over, what the other party said is true.

"Wait a minute! It was all the idea of the police, I didn't know about it at all! Please don't take my daughter! ”

Eager to prove his innocence, he couldn't help but step forward and grab Babette, who was about to leave, and fell to his knees with a thud. Barbett broke away from Igouanka's hand, and a soldier came over and pushed Igouanka away.

"Don't worry, Mr. Igouanka, we didn't say it would end here. Please go back first and we will contact you again. I hope you can persuade those police officers to stop making unnecessary efforts. ”

This is the end of the first speech. Barbett led his men and retreated unhurriedly into the shadows of the woods. They walked so naturally that no one even faced the police and retreated with a little vigilance, but all of them turned their backs to the police and withdrew like no one else. Carola and Rimien are holding their breath and anxious, letting go of the enemy here will only make them more and more passive.

Rolov, who was in the back, also learned about the happening, and he walked to the front and watched the Predators leave. Once again, Carola asked to be sent to follow, but Rolov again refused.

"But Mayor, we can't just let them go. If we don't limit their movements, we may not have a chance at all. ”

"Akeya has failed, which means that the hostages are not under our control and cannot act rashly."

"But ......"

"Remember, Captain Corolla, all actions are in my charge."

"If you're responsible, then you're responsible!"

Back in the middle of the police, Iguanka desperately poured her anger on Rolov, and his fingertips were about to be pressed against Rolov's forehead.

"Who are you sending? What kind of plan is this? Do you want to save my daughter!? ”

However, as if he had not heard, Rolov told the police to close the line and go back to the highway first. He himself looked around as if looking for something. Then pick up your phone and tell Leo to come and assemble here.

*****

Leo didn't expect that what he was waiting for was a group of dejected policemen and an injured Akeya. The only thing that gave him some relief was that Andora was safe.

"I don't think I'm hurt."

"It's just that there are a bunch of red marks on the body from the rope, which can be regarded as an injury."

"Really, why were you arrested too?"

"Oh, bad luck."

Andora answered Leo's question. Instead, Luna helps Akya into a police car and examines his injuries. The police found their cars, and Akeya ordered them to go ahead and join up with Corolla and the others.

"There was a blow to the jaw and there was no damage to the bones."

Luna carefully examined Akeya's skin, then pressed her hand to the top of his stomach and asked if it hurt. Akeya just nodded or shook her head, not saying a word.

"It's okay, everyone is out of shape, right?"

Luna convinces Akeya, and Andora and Leo next to her notice. Akeya's appearance, even if it is frustrated because of the failure of the mission, is too much.

"Well, at least I'm saved, thank you."

Andora echoed and patted Akeya on the shoulder, but Luna quickly stopped her, angrily scolding Andora for not touching the wounded casually. Leo watched from the side, and since there was nothing to do, he told everyone to get in the car and set off for the rendezvous at once, but he was too late and had to be counted down by Roloff.

The more others persuaded him, the more Akeya couldn't let go. After thinking about it, I still made up my mind to tell everyone the truth. Since it was you who caused the plan to fail, you must have a clear explanation for everyone.

"Please wait a minute."

The other three all stood and looked back at him.

"I want to talk to you about something."

*****

"That is, you were injured by your former comrades?"

After listening to Akeya's story, Leo and Andora understood the reason for Arca's decadence. Only Luna wasn't sure, she hadn't heard of Akeya's previous experience, so she asked more.

"It's him." Akya replied.

"But why did he become a kidnapper?" Luna was still puzzled. "And rightly so."

"He used to be a ...... People with a strong sense of justice, the Predator preaches 'sacrificing small righteousness for the sake of the great', and Tokar probably agrees with this. ”

"But he's not right!"

Luna's tone was a little anxious, as if she was worried that Akya would have the same thoughts as Tokar. Akya hurriedly waved her hand.

"Of course not, it's just ...... I don't know how to refute it. ”

He clenched his hands into fists, and Leo threw him a bottle of mineral water, which immediately released and caught the bottle.

"Let's go first." Leo said.

Andora drives, Luna sits in the front, and Leo and Akya sit in the back. On the way, Leo repeated Rolov's request. The Predator has the intention of continuing, indicating that there is still an opportunity, and now the police are reformulating their plans.

"If we mess it up again this time, it's really over. Akya, can you participate? ”

Akya immediately replied, "I can." Give me the task and I will definitely ......"

Leo's outstretched palm stopped in front of Akeya and interrupted him.

"Stop, I'm not talking about the mission, I'm talking about the Tokar. He's on par with you, and the police won't be able to stop him. What if he gets in the way of rescuing the hostages? Can you fight him? ”

Can you fight Tokar? Akya didn't have an accurate judgment in his heart, and he was speechless for a while.

"Of course, if you can't, I can do it for you." Leo continued.

"I ......"

Akya didn't want to fight Tokar, but somewhere in his heart, he didn't want to let someone else do it. The sense of responsibility of a soldier is still in his heart.

“…… Yes, just ......"

"Just what?"

"Even if you can't win, at least you can hold him back and buy time for everyone."

"Please, you used to be an organization, why are you so unconfident?"

"Tokar is right, I'm too far behind him in terms of enlightenment."

The more Akya thought about it, the more she felt like she was in a bag. He had little doubt about the colonel's orders. Before the appearance of the "Viper", he had already killed countless enemies. Akya did not know the target of the killing, but the colonel told him that these people must die, and he would use all kinds of effective means to put them to death. As for the identities of those people, they are all "terrorists" without exception.

Before he knew it, Akeya realized that he had become a killing machine, and it wasn't until the "Viper" incident happened and he watched Lily and Sareta die that he realized that he had never thought about it.

"Come to think of it, I don't have a reason to keep fighting like Tokar."

"Why do you have to find a reason? Don't you think it's right? ”

"But ......"

"A comrade-in-arms is already in the past tense, and now he is an enemy, so you can't treat him as an enemy?"

Leo's words faintly irritated Arkya again. Others aside, how can the person in front of him be qualified to instigate himself and fight to the death with his past comrades?

"Captain, I'm afraid I don't have the courage of you to kill my relatives and friends."

This time it was Leo's turn to be irritated, and he looked at Andora with some angry eyes. Andora was stunned and looked at the road ahead. Luna, who was next to her, was so shocked that she turned around to continue listening, but Andora hurriedly told her to sit down.

"Andora told you, right?" He asked in a low voice, and shouted again, "Ah yes, I did it, what's wrong?" Isn't it possible? ”

"But how can you ......?"

"Because they deserve to die, if they don't kill them, I can't live, it's as simple as that."

"No way, there must be a reason!"

Feeling unable to speak, Akya briefly asked what he wanted to ask the most, but Leo didn't say it explicitly.

"Of course, there is, and you can't understand it. I just made a simple choice, a choice between dead and alive. ”

Akeya probably understood the reason, it was nothing more than being betrayed, or like herself, her former friends parted ways and met again, so she had to fight to the death.

"Even if that......"

"Listen, Akeya."

Leo leaned over and clamped his hands on Akya's shoulders.

"I'm not cold-blooded, and I don't like to kill, but last year's incident made me understand a truth. Even if it is a friend, a loved one, once they go down a different path, it is difficult to turn back. If they see me as an enemy, I will have to retaliate. I'm not the kind of saint who repays grievances with virtue. ”

"But captain, haven't you ever regretted it?"

"It's a lie to say that you don't regret it, but ......"

Leo smiled bitterly, a subtle sadness on his smiling face.

"As long as you live, at least there is time to be sad. If you die, you won't even have a chance to regret it. ”

Looking at Leo's complicated expression, Akeya suddenly noticed that the outline of the person in front of him was gradually becoming clear.

the captain who bowed down in front of Dimmit, begging for mercy and fleeing for his life; When Luna is caught, the captain who responds calmly and helps him create opportunities; And the captain who was desperate and killed his relatives and friends.

It turns out that there is no contradiction between them.

He clenched his fists hard and plucked up courage.

"I see, Captain."

*****

After driving away Akya and the police, Tokar led his men and Sylvie to the cabin south of the speech venue, which was the temporary headquarters of the Predator's operation.

Tokar found a room and asked the two soldiers to take Sylvie in and walk into the other room himself. As soon as the door opened, Barbett immediately received a complaint.

Tokar ...... Captain, could you please explain why we had to withdraw it? ”

"The location of the hostages has been revealed, and we don't know the other party's arrangement, so we can only come back to meet you."

"You didn't understand what I meant, Captain."

Babette, the "captain", called quite reluctantly, and deliberately added a very strange accent.

"I'm asking you, why don't you threaten them back with hostages, it's part of the plan?"

Originally, according to the plan, after the speech, Barbett would meet Tokar and then retreat. If Tokar is attacked during the speech, the hostages are used to confront the police, and then Babette leads the team to annihilate the police. When Barbett received Tokar's contact, he thought he was asking him to go for reinforcements, but he didn't expect it to be an order to retreat temporarily.

"Hostage is the way to go, and I don't want to do that yet."

Barbett really wanted to knock the captain over with one punch, but the relationship between the two men – at least for now – stopped him.

"Well, you're the captain, of course listen to you. But remember, if it affects this operation, I will take whatever I think is necessary, even if it is ultra vires. ”

"I understand."

As Tokar walked out of the room, Babette's eyes narrowed into slits and let out a contemptuous snort. A newcomer who doesn't understand the rules, this is his evaluation of Tokar, since Tokar joined the organization last year, he didn't have a good impression of this hairy boy.

Babette, who has been working for the organization since its birth, has led the team to carry out four "heavenly punishment" operations, without any misses, flawlessly, so that he has a high evaluation in the organization. This time he heard that he was going to assist Tokar, and he was a hundred unwilling. But the leader said that Tokar was very capable, and as long as someone gave him guidance, he would definitely be a blockbuster in the future. The chief's order could not be disobeyed, and he reluctantly accepted it.

"Sure enough, it's still too to find a newcomer to command, Brother Long!"

Longo is the soldier's nickname for Babette, and the people in the house are all Babette's subordinates, everyone has followed Babette to participate in many "Heavenly Punishment" operations, and they also have a grudge against Tokar.

"That's it, he still mixes personal feelings in the mission, and he used to be a soldier!"

"It's better for you to command, Brother Long!"

The soldiers, you say a word, and Babette just waves his hand to calm them down.

"After all, it's the leader's order, everyone does their work well, and it's not too late to go back and be held accountable."

It was almost 9 p.m. at this time.

*****

On the side of the road, police cars are parked in a line along the side of the road, and Rolov calls Carola and Rimian to him, and the three discuss their next course of action. After discussing and discussing, it was finally decided to forcibly take back the hostages. But by whom?

Rolov wanted to continue with Arkya, and Rimian shook his head like a rattle.

"Boss, that kid has messed up, and he still uses him?"

When Rimien was in a hurry, he used to call Rolov "Boss", and Corolla corrected it several times to no avail. Rolov knew what Rimian was thinking, and he also knew that he usually didn't have a good relationship with Akeya.

"In terms of ability, I believe he can do it. Well, when he comes back, we'll ask him if he has any other ideas. ”

Carola was silent, and Rimien vented his frustration on the grass on the side of the road, kicking him several times. The crowd waited for a while, and the policeman who was traveling with Akya returned. After another ten minutes, Andor pulled out of the car and pulled up to the three men. Akya was the first to get out of the car and stood in front of Rolov and saluted.

"I'm very sorry, Lord Mayor."

"Forget the apology, tell me what the reason is."

Without waiting for Akeya to answer, Leo, who got out of the car closely, hurriedly told the story, of course, he didn't say anything about the relationship between Tokar and Akeya.

Rolov listened to Leo's report quietly, and his heart was terribly annoyed. Akya saw Rolov's concerns and immediately said that he had no problem, and Rolov was a little relieved.

"Then what can be done next, Akeya?"

"Yes, let's start with the current situation. I think the enemy is in the cabin south of the lecture site......"

"We've just discussed this," Rimian said, "at a glance, you say?" ”

“…… But the hostages were certainly not in the cabin. ”

Akeya didn't hurry to say the second half of the sentence, and everyone present was stunned, waiting for him to say the reason behind it.

"They were suddenly attacked in the wooden house just now, and even if there were more people this time, they didn't dare to put the hostages in the wooden house, after all, the location was on our side. From what I know about that person, he will definitely take a few people and hide the hostages somewhere not far from the wooden house, observe the situation, and wait for an opportunity. So that even if the police raided the wooden house, the speech would not be interrupted. ”

Rolov heard something "unusual" in this passage and smiled and said: "You said 'that person', it seems to be a familiar ...... Enemy? ”

Of course, Akeya didn't say that he leaked his mouth, he wanted to use this way to show his determination.

"The captain of the enemy, it's me...... Former comrades-in-arms. I can guess what he thinks. ”

"No wonder. Your plan will fail, and it has something to do with it, right? ”

"I don't deny it."

Looking at Akeya's sincere eyes, Rolov pondered his words, but Rimianco didn't listen at all.

"Boss, I don't think it's that complicated, don't put such a good bunker in a wooden house, hide outside? How can it be! ”

"Hiding in the house is safe, this is just habitual thinking, and it must be judged comprehensively according to the actual situation."

Arkya calmly retorted to Rimian's words, and Rimian's fire burst out.

"Less! You used to be comrades-in-arms, you know others, but people don't understand you? Didn't you just guess what you thought? ”

"That's just right, he'll think I'm going to quit and be careless."

"Who believes it!"

"Don't make any noise!"

Rolov shouted loudly, and the two of them stepped back, no longer speaking. Rolov added the conversation just now to his mind and made a final judgment.

"Akeya, are you confident that you can find him?"

"The place where the speech was given was only more than 300 meters away from the wooden house, and if you think about it all things, it was about the same."

"But such an operation must be concealed, and since there is no one in the police who can compete with your comrade-in-arms, I am afraid you will have to deal with him alone."

"I know."

Rolov nodded, and the hostage matter was handed over to Akya, so he could rest assured. In order to buy more time for Akya, Rolov ordered Rimian to take some of the police and go around to the west of the hut to stand by and attack the enemy at any time. Reluctantly, Rimian accepted.

Now, with one last question to solve, Rolov turned to Corolla.

"There's something you have to pay attention to after a while, you know?"

Carola understood and said for Rolov: "The enemy has no way out, and in order to escape, they are very likely to hold Iguanka hostage." ”

"It's something to avoid no matter what, is there any good idea?"

"How about attacking before the enemy strikes?"

"Then we have to keep Iguanka safe first."

There was silence in the crowd, but the silence was quickly broken by Arkya.

"I have a way to try, and that place seems to be a meadow, right?"

"Yes." Corolla said.

"Then you can ...... like this"

*****

Andora didn't listen to the discussion of the plan here, after all, it was something he couldn't interject about, and he was going to do what he could do now.

In the command car driven by the police, there was a listless Iguanka, who was preparing in full swing outside, as if he had nothing to do with him. This feeling of giving his life to others and not being able to help himself has not been experienced by him for many years.

Andora walked past the window and knocked on it, and Iguanka looked up slightly. As soon as he saw Andora, he immediately came to his senses, got out of the car in a hurry, and took Andora's arm, a little excited.

"You're Sylvie's teacher? I heard they took you away. ”

"yes, but I was rescued." Andora said, smiling awkwardly again, "Abandoned by the kidnappers, to be exact." ”

"You're with Sylvie, aren't you? Is she okay? ”

"When I saw her, she was fine, but there were some bruises on her body."

"Haven't you always been together?"

"We were initially locked in separate rooms and brought together when we watched the live stream."

Igouanka's heart tightened, and one word touched him.

"You say, live ......"

"Well, that's it...... Your, Mr. Giangar. ”

With that, Igouanka was a slap in the face, and she returned to the car groggily, slumped in her chair, and let out a long sigh.

After a while, he asked a question that he wanted to know the most, but he didn't want to know.

"Sylvie...... How so? ”

When he asked, he buried his head in the palm of his hand.

"She cried."

Andora replied dryly, watching as Iguanka maintained that position, her hands slowly tightened and her hands clenched into fists at the place of her eyes. After a while, tears ran down his wrists.

"Thank you, teacher."

*****

A little past 9 o'clock, the second round began.

The team escorting Iguanka resets, and this time Leo joins them, and Andora and Luna, along with several cops, stay in the convoy.

The police were a little surprised. When he first entered the forest area, he walked like stepping on cotton, fluttering, and someone had to mix it from time to time. Now he is holding his head high and striding forward, and the fear and nervousness are gone. Although I don't know what happened, everyone saw Iguanka's appearance, and they also gained some confidence.

Soon, the crowd was back in the open field, and Barbett and his soldiers had been waiting for a long time. Then, as before, Igouanka went alone, standing in front of the camera, and continued his story. The police kept their distance.

"About my investment in Derbia......"

On the side of the convoy, Rolov sat alone in the command car, wearing headphones, waiting for news from all sides. He was able to communicate directly with Arca, Corolla, and Rimian, and once the three were in position, they had to wait for him to give orders before they could act.

When Igouanka spoke of Debia, Rolov turned off the "free intercom" button on the operating table in the car, so that the three people in front of him could only hear Rolov's voice and could not communicate with each other.

Rolov lit a cigarette and looked at the watch in the car from time to time. As the cigarette was about to be finished, Rimian's voice rang in his ears.

"Boss, it's me. The team was already in place, close enough to be seen from the cabin. ”

"Got it, stay put."

“…… That's how I invested in Derbia. ”

Shortly after the Rimian report, Iguanka's self-account of Derbia also ended. At Babette's urging, he began to tell about the pirate attack. Rolov threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, folded his arms, and closed his eyes and listened.

A few minutes later, the report he was most looking forward to came.

"This is Akya, ready to start."

"Standby."

Giving instructions to Akeya, Rolov continued to listen to Igouanka's speech, his hands crossed together, moving his fingers from time to time. More than ten minutes passed like this, and Corolla's voice came.

"Mayor, I can't hear the other two, aren't they in place yet? I feel like Iguanka is almost done talking about pirates. ”

"No, wait, there seems to be something wrong with this console."

Rolov replied casually and listened to the speech for a while.

What Igouanka said was similar to the rumors, that there were indeed ghosts in that pirate attack. He sent someone to manipulate the robbed ship, so that it could not escape in time, and finally became entangled by pirates. As for the rest of the content, that's probably what happened.

Rolov suddenly stood up and grabbed the microphone in the car.

"Attention, let's get moving!"

He pressed the "Free Intercom" button again, then jumped out of the car and quickly disappeared into the woods.