Chapter 22: Rescue

The investigation has entered an impasse, and Chen Chong has been busy since the incident, and Chen Zhong is a little tired and rests on the sofa in the living room of Kassel.

Cassel's mobile phone on the table, which was resting on the chair, rang, and the police information expert who was guarding next to him turned on the device and asked, "Mr. Cassel, have you asked someone to video chat with you?" ”

Kassel took his phone and said to the expert: "No, I don't know the number. ”

Seeing that the expert made a ready gesture, Kassel connected to the video.

Alexis appears in the video, crying softly, "Daddy? Thank goodness I finally got in touch with you, I wanted to call the police but couldn't get through. ”

Cassel said with concern, "Baby, are you alright?" Where are you? ”

"I didn't know, the phone I found was running out of battery, we were locked in a room, and we escaped, all I knew was in a building."

"There? What building? Do you see if there are any signs outside the window? ”

"No, I can't see, the windows are blocked. They came after them, and they must have noticed that we had run away. ”

A man's faint voice could be heard coming from the phone, and Cassel shouted eagerly: "Baby, run, run, run, run!" ”

Alexis ran out, and the phone was supposed to be out of battery and disconnected.

The people in the room were standing next to the information specialists, waiting for the results to be tracked.

A few minutes later, the busy information specialist stood up and said, "It has been confirmed that the signal is coming from the signal station in Paris, France." ”

Everyone was amazed at the location he said, "Paris? ”

The information specialist looked at the results on the computer and confirmed: "Paris, France." ”

…….

Soon after, the kidnappers called the Irma couple, who claimed to be an opposition group to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Irma needs to trade 10 million euros for Sarah in three hours later in the lower reaches of the Seine in Paris. Irma, and don't call the police, or they'll tear up the ticket.

At Anva's insistence, the ransom was raised to 15 million euros while the two girls were exchanged for return.

Hearing Elva's words, Cassel hugged him gratefully, "I am grateful for everything you have done, I owe you ......"

Anva interrupted Cassel, "You don't owe me anything, Alexis had an accident because he was with Sarah, and that's what I'm supposed to do." ”

When agents sent by the FBI tried to organize the deal, and they were involved in rescuing the hostages, an enraged Anwa firmly objected, "I don't care about the money, I just want my daughter back!" They said that if they call the police, they will tear up the ticket, and I will not risk my daughter's life. ”

Fast forward to the three hours, and Anva's brother-in-law, who lives in Paris, gets the money and goes to the designated exchange location, and everyone uses the surveillance near the Seine to watch the scene.

In the real-time footage, Anwa's brother-in-law, Ahmed, can be seen driving a black Audi waiting at the exchange site, and a white pickup van slowly drove in the distance, and five masked kidnappers with weapons got out of the car.

Ahmet placed the large bag full of ransom money in front of him, and one of the kidnappers kicked him down and took the bag, and Ahmet fell to his knees and shouted.

The kidnappers covered each other and retreated to the car, pushing a girl out of the car and driving away, Ahmed ran forward, pulled the girl on the ground and walked back to his car, which can be seen on the screen as Sarah. Irma.

Mr. and Mrs. Irma wept and hugged each other to celebrate their daughter's safe return.

Cassel said blankly, "What about Alexis?" ”

Beckett contacted the Parisian side and came to Cassel's side and told him: "The FBI agents in Paris questioned Sarah, and she said that they had been separated since that escape, and that was the last time she saw Alexis. ”

Cassel slowly stood up and said to Beckett, "They have got the ransom, Alexis is worthless, I am going home to tell my mother Martha the news." ”

Chen Zhong came to Kassel's side and said, "I also want to go see Martha, let's go together." ”

After Cassel and Chen left, Beckett summoned the police to continue the investigation, believing that the mastermind of the kidnapping case was suspicious in interrogating and torturing Roger, who worked for them, and that she should use this as a breakthrough to find out who was behind it.

After Beckett investigated for a day, he came to Kassel's house to comfort him, but Martha asked strangely, "Didn't Cassel investigate the case with you at the police station?" ”

Beckett said suspiciously, "We didn't... Didn't he come back a long time ago? ”

Seeing Beckett's reaction, Martha quickly understood, opened Cassel's desk drawer, and found that his passport was missing, "Oh my God, this idiot, he must have gone to Paris." ”

Beckett also said angrily: "He thought he was Liam from "Hurricane Rescue". Neeson? He even connected Eilish in "Suspect Tracking". Guardian can't compare. ”

……

On the streets of Paris, Cassel looked at Chen Zhong strangely and said to him, "Chen, why did you come to take the risk?" ”

"Alexis is my colleague and my friend, and at the same time, you are my friend and I love helping friends."

"Are you sure there is nothing else?" Cassel continued.

Chen Zhong hesitated for a moment and said to him, "No, I'm just eager to help." ”

Seeing that Chen Chong was reluctant to continue the topic, Cassel asked something else, "Chen, do you really have a way to find Alexis?" ”

Chen nodded heavily, took out his mobile phone and dialed the Jefferson Institute, "Angela, what did you research on that video I sent you?" ”

Kassel said disappointedly: "Everyone has seen that video, and there is nothing in it for us to follow. ”

Angela on the other end of the phone heard Cassel's words and said confidently: "You see and hear with your own eyes and ears, and we use scientific means." First of all, we analyzed the church bells from the sound, according to the bell analysis, the place where they were hiding was 6-8 blocks away from the church, and there was also the sound of a commercial-grade ventilation system inside, which could determine that there was a restaurant in the building where they were located. The ceiling and wall decorations shown in the video look like an office building, and after our precise calculations, now I'm sending you a coordinate. ”

Chen Chong and Kassel soon arrived at their destination, an unoccupied office building.

Kassel saw that Chen Chong took out an ancient long knife out of nowhere, Chen Chong held the knife in front, Kassel followed him, and the two slowly searched the floor.

The two quickly found the room where Alexis and they connected to the video, it was just a simple office, and they searched for a long time, but no trace of Alexis was found, and the entire building was empty.

Chen Chong, who has a keen vision, found that under the wallpaper on the wall, there was a small protrusion, lifted the yarn chopper and drew a circle around the bulge, and after removing the wallpaper, he saw a small eavesdropping device underneath.

Cassel looked at the bugging device strangely, and Chen Zhong explained to him in a low voice: "This group of people is very cautious, they are listening here, so that even if the police find out about this place, they will take the first step." ”

Cassel also whispered, "Who do you think they will be?" ”

"We can ask."

Chen Chong walked near the wall and said into the bug: "I know you are listening, we are not police, we are not interested in your reasons, doctrines, and laws, we just need that girl." You've been ransom, so this girl doesn't mean anything to you, but she's important to us. So if you're smart, call here, let's talk about the conditions, and if you're stupid, I'll tear you apart one by one, trust me, I'm not talking about adjectives. ”

As soon as Chen Chong's words fell, the phone rang under the dilapidated desk in the room, and Kassel looked down to see a mobile phone glued under the desk, and Kassel answered the phone.

"In the forest of Fontainebleau, tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, bring 3 million euros, just the two of you."