The boy let out a frightened gasp, his features suddenly becoming indistinct, his muscles wriggling beneath his skin—the noose around his neck tightened suddenly, blood rushing into his skull, and a dull, hot darkness once again hung over his head.

"Don't kill me." This time he pleaded with his eyes, which were black when he became a woman, but blue when he became a little boy.

"Then leave it as it is," Anthony said. Hopkins said.

"Do as he says." Father Peter said that he had seen Chegalle with his own eyes. Bisandi turned into a mass of melted plasticine, and Toto said that he was possessed by a demon, but Peter felt that Chegalle was possessed by a demon. Bisandi is still the same Chegalle who he has delivered loyalty and trust. Bisandi's inhuman form gave him chills, and this guy who shifted between men, women, and children reminded him of a slippery octopus - he never ate an octopus, he just liked to roast it over the fire.

Father Peter tightened the noose and got up from the ground, not too fast or slow, but very steady, and he stood taller than the little boy, who had to desperately lift his chin and tiptoe to accommodate the hand that controlled his life.

In fact, Father Peter didn't necessarily need to be so careful, Sasha and Beelzebub stood at opposite ends of the kitchen, carrying guns, and Dr. Hopkins at the table.

"I'm just a small person," said the little boy pitifully, "if you want the diamond—and since you've found it, take it—but please don't hurt me, and don't kill me, for I don't matter, and I don't want to report or expose you, because you took the diamonds, and if I don't want to die, I'll have to run away, and you can see that I've got what I can do." I was able to escape, run away without a trace, no one could find me. ”

"No matter who you are, you can't be a small person if you can relate to a person who is related to 650 million." Beelzebub sneered: "You say this precisely because you have no fear, you are stalling for time—you have raised the alarm and informed your accomplices. ”

The little boy looked innocent, although the noose was still tied around his neck, making him look like a puppy that had been led out for walk: "Why don't you say I'm Konstantin. Cloven's people? Maybe Elena was a front from the beginning. ”

"There are many men in this world who are happy to share their lovers or wives with others and regard it as an honor, but Konstantin is definitely not included, especially since he is also the heir of the Clovin family, and the shame that Yelena brought to him will not be washed away in another twenty years, if you are his subordinate. He won't open his heart with Yelena - he'll really rip out your heart. ”

The little boy didn't respond, but the twinkle in his eyes showed that Sasha was not wrong, and he looked around: "Well, you're not enemies—since you don't want diamonds, can you be gracious?" Take the ornament around my neck with you? It was so tight that I couldn't breathe. ”

"How do you think anyone would be indifferent to 650 million diamonds?"

"If so, then you can just strangle me with a rope, take the diamond and fly away."

"We want to do this," said Father Peter, "but someone is calling him Mrs. Cloven's man...... How, are you lying? If yes, we'll strangle you right away and run away with the diamonds. Your accomplices can't stop us, do you want to bet? The priest said happily: "Bet a dollar." ”

"Give you a dollar," the little boy sighed, "I admit I lost." ”

"Then you admit that you are Madame Cloven's man?"

"He is."

A voice said outside the window.

They were not surprised, and a few minutes earlier, all four of them, except for Father Peter, had heard the sound of cars sliding on the mud and human footsteps.

"I'm Alixey. Mrs. Cloven's health care doctor," the man's head shook outside the kitchen window, he was a modest fellow, "please open the back door and let me come in and talk." That's rude. ”

Beelzebub opened the back door, and Alixai entered, and like everyone else, his feet were covered in mud, he was short, thin, and yellow-faced, and it was easy to think that he had been malnourished or abused as a teenager.

The little boy writhed uneasily.

"It doesn't matter," said Alexei, kindly reassuring, "that anyone would do everything they could when it comes to their lives—would Madame Cloven be angry that her name sheltered someone she loved and trusted?" No, and she'd be glad to—" He bowed slightly, Beelzebub, "Your respect for her, even if you don't know whether it's true or not, you left this little guy alive." ”

"Hosts are generous, but guests are humble." Father Peter said a local proverb that the noose, which had always threatened the life of the "little boy", had disappeared without even realizing it.

Alexei glanced meaningfully at the priceless little transparent stones.

"Just a whim for the kids," said another doctor, Anthony. Hopkins said mildly and hypocritically, "We were surprised, too. ”

"It's really frustrating, isn't it?" Alexei calmly responded: "He's not even as good as two children." ”

"A few hours ago, Konstantin. "Clovin is only a stone's throw away from this pile of treasures," said Hopkins, "and how do you know that he won't kick everyone out in a fit of rage and rummage through the world?" ”

"Konstantin was a stubborn man," said Alexei, "believing in his own ways, but not knowing that even the best tricks could not be played again and again." ”

"Ah, I think I saw it," said Dr. Hopkins, "and his men with a few cute little instruments had sneaked around the Native Ones, but they couldn't find anything—didn't he think that there was always a way to disable them?" He opened the small, unremarkable-looking box, and pulled out a pair of glittering, simple pebble-shaped earrings, the size of an apricot, of the highest quality, each with two carats of diamonds covering its entire surface, a complete set of diamond jewellery that Konstantin had specifically marked to be given to the arms broker "Sir Raul" in its entirety.

"Or," Dr. Hopkins continued, "he thought that no one could guess the tricks of the world's smartest man, for example, what he really wanted to give away was not only the diamond worth 200 million dollars, but also the ...... that was given by Sir Raul, the broker of the sale," he estimated: "About 100 grams of polonium, this metal is silvery-white, although the density is more than double that of platinum, and the hardness is only half that of platinum, and the luster is also a little different, but as long as it is plated with a layer of platinum and set with diamonds, It's hard for a layman to see the secret. ”

"You're a real expert," said Alexe, "so you've discovered the secret." ”

"But it doesn't have much to do with me," Hopkins said, "and I'm silent about it." ”

"You cannot be blamed for this," said Alexe, "that you are a well-behaved guest, and Madame has asked me to thank you on my behalf—but I hope you will remain silent if you may." ”

Anthony. Hopkins made a "please explain" gesture.

"Think of this as a little prank by an old mother at heart," said Alexei calmly, "and to-morrow after 12 noon, her son will be held accountable by the Presbyterian Church—the Jews are his subordinates, and Jelena is his mistress, and even the bad idea is his—and he will have to take all the responsibility." ”

"Why after 12 o'clock?"

Alikse rolled his eyes slightly, and saw that it was the big black-haired boy who asked the question, the heir of the Bisandi family, and he nodded respectfully: "Because the airport can only be blocked until 12 o'clock tomorrow morning at most, and after 12 o'clock, all the planes will take off in turn and fly to all parts of the world, and the passengers on the plane, almost all of them carry more or less diamonds and diamond blanks, so as long as the planes fly together, it means that most of these diamonds may never be recovered- As for the vault, no insurance company had ever taken over its business, for Constantine proudly believed that no one would dare or be able to steal a diamond from this well-guarded, well-equipped vault until he himself had opened the most important door.

Those who can do business in Orrosa will not really have nothing to do with the Clovin family and the family elders, and the owners of the stolen diamonds have contacted their "old friends" through various channels to complain to them for grievances and claims.

"After 12 o'clock," he said, "if the diamond has not been recovered, then Konstantin . . . Clovin is responsible for compensating the owner for the loss in advance. ”

"God bless him." Father Peter hypocritically said that the knife would have hurt Konstantin's vitality.

"And what about these poloniums?" Anthony. Hopkins asked.

"Give it to Sir Raul." Alexei smiled slightly: "By the way, I attach Mrs. Clowen's greetings." ”

That is, it's business as usual, it's just that "those people" will no longer face Konstantin . Clowen, but Mrs. Cloven.

Constantine was defeated in this short war, losing his mistress, his loyal subordinates, his 650 million worth of diamonds, the trust of the Presbyterians, and the esteem of his "friends", Sasha thought, though he did not know where Madame Clovin had captured her adopted son, Constantine. Cloven's glimmer of thought set a trap for this, but the old man, who could almost be a great-grandmother, was both rough and direct—like a young man of twenty-eight years old living in his heart.

She's hell she succeeded.

(To be continued)