Gu Tie lowered the muzzle of his gun and stared sharply at the three bullet holes cracked in the glass window. There was no hit. His intuition told him that no matter whether the person snooping outside was friend or foe, he was a difficult guy to deal with.
Natalia heard the gunfire, called Gu Tie's name and pushed open the bathroom door, "Tie, are you okay!" There was a small pistol in her hand, her index finger was on the trigger, the safety was turned on, and she was ready at any time.
Fire.
Gu Tie shook his head: "Maybe it's just an illusion. Let's go out." He put the pistol in his trouser pocket and signaled the hostess not to be so nervous. At this time, there was a knock on the door, "dong dong dong" in groups of three, knocking three times.
Group.
"Who?" Natalia walked slowly through the living room, pointing the gun at the door.
"Friend of Shiva, madam." A man's voice answered politely, speaking in English.
Gu Tie raised his finger and made a "wait a minute" gesture.
He turned around and ran back to the bedroom in two steps, grabbed the heavy Russian-made phased array satellite antenna, quickly connected to the satellite link, half-closed his eyes, and logged into the Genesis terminal.
It took a few seconds, and with a power of 3ppm, Gu Tie found an idle "Quickbird" low-Earth orbit civilian satellite and passed on the location coordinates. Immediately, thousands of satellite photos flowed through his sea of consciousness like snowflakes.
It took a few seconds to write a simple program to identify the suspicious objects in the photos. Soon, the results appeared in the black sky of the "Pure Land": Taking this mountain farm 45 kilometers away from Mozyr City as the center of the circle, 10 kilometers
Within the radius, there are no flying objects, armored vehicles, or small teams of more than two people. As can be seen from the infrared photos, apart from the hostess, Gu Tie, a dog, and dozens of sheep, there are only
A lone visitor.
"Open the door, Natasha. Be careful." Gu Tie opened his eyes and said. It took him a total of fifty-five seconds to complete all this.
Natalia hid the pistol behind her and opened a crack in the door, "Please identify yourself."
The visitor smiled and said: "There are only two kinds of people who can be found here, madam, friends and enemies. The enemies will not ask you to open the door, they will knock on the door with bullets - just like the person just did."
The hostess turned back to look at Gu Tie, and after receiving a look of approval, she opened the door.
Standing at the door was a medium-sized Asian, wearing a beige windbreaker, with short hair, in his thirties or forties, with deep crow's feet around his eyes. "Hello, madam, this is the first time we meet, please take care of me. Hello, Gu Tie
Sir, I am Hasegawa Bensaka." The visitor bowed in a half-bow unique to Japan.
"Hello,...Hasegawa?" Gu Tie nodded in greeting and unconsciously picked up an apple on the dining table and threw it around, "I seem to have heard of your name. When did it happen..."
"Two years ago, in Beijing, Mr. Balvendra was the introducer. You helped me obtain a batch of very important purification equipment. Our underground facilities in Algeria would not have been successfully completed without your assistance, Gu Tie
Sir." Hasegawa Bensaka replied with a smile, his eyes narrowed into a straight line, looking like a gentle and harmless grocery store clerk.
Gu Tie slapped his forehead: "I'm telling you! You are 'Crazy' Hasegawa! I didn't see you in person last time, so I didn't expect you to look like this. It's so deceptive!"
Hasegawa Bensaka laughed and came over to shake hands with Gu Tie warmly.
Natalia looked at the familiar faces of the two men and expressed hesitation: "Breakfast is going to be cold."
Gu Tie put his arm around the Japanese's shoulders affectionately: "Natasha, this guy is a real legend! Even though he is Japanese, there is no other meaning."
"I'm always proud of my one-quarter Chinese ancestry," Hasegawa Bensaka said with a nonchalant smile.
"The most radical of the many radical organizations in the IPU is called 'One Hundred Million Jade Broken'. You can tell from the name that it was formed by the Japanese. This guy is the leader of the IPU, 'Crazy' Hasegawa. Natasha, what do you want?"
I can't finish talking about this guy's crazy experiences in one night. In the past few years, GTC turned the Middle East and Africa upside down in order to find him." Gu Tie opened the dining chair and asked Hasegawa to sit down.
We sat across from each other and poured a glass of hot milk for each other and ourselves.
"Cheers. We felt like old friends at the first sight, brother." Gu Tie picked up the glass.
"Cheers. I feel honored to meet you. You are like a ghost. The entire IPU is said to have such a powerful figure like you, but almost no one has seen you, and no one even knows your name.…
...Excuse me, is Gu Tie your real name?" Hasegawa raised his glass.
Gu Tie took a sip of milk and scratched his head: "Actually, I have never done any secret work deliberately. It is so mysterious. As for, I stay at home all day. If my father hadn't called me, I would have been there for a long time.
Haven’t left home.”
Hasegawa smiled: "Of course, Mr. Tie." He put down the milk glass, and there was no trace of wetness on his lips.
"Don't like drinking milk?" Gu Tie saw this small detail.
"Lactose intolerance. You know, Asians..." Crazy Hasegawa smiled shyly.
The hostess sat on the side of the table and tapped the plate with a fork: "Eat the scrambled eggs before they get cold. I went to a women's university, and my nutrition teacher Yulia Kayankovskava said,
Eating cold food for breakfast will ruin your stomach."
"Okay, let's start the meal." Gu Tie quickly grabbed the toast and spread a thick layer of butter on it, "Natasha, isn't that Kayan Widowka's baby your ethics teacher?"
The hostess glared at him.
Gu Tie buried his head in eating.
Hasegawa leaned on the dining chair with a smile and took out his cigarette case: "I ate before going out. Can I smoke, madam?"
Natalia looked at him, then at Gu Tie, and nodded.
The Japanese lit up the cigarette, took a deep puff, and said with a comfortable expression: "No matter what era, things that are harmful to the body are always the most fascinating."
Gu Tie raised his fork: "I can cite countless elegant people in China's Jin Dynasty who were addicted to the art of yellow and white as examples, but after thinking about it, your country's drug industry seems to be more in line with your description."
Hasegawa smiled bitterly: "That's a very sharp accusation, Mr. Tie."
"I am one of the victims." Gu Tieha was happy and put down his fork, "Wait a minute, how did you know I'm here? Dad told you? Has dad returned to Russia?"
Hasegawa Bensaka took out a delicate silver ashtray, opened it, and carefully knocked the ash into it twice, "I'm dealing with some things in Minsk. The theme convener of IPU in Minsk is similar to a coordinator.
That kind of role - to contact all IPU members who were in Minsk at that time to convey a very important message. I met Mr. Balvendra there. After the meeting, he told me that he had asked the team members to cross the border and return home.
When I arrived in Russia, I still had some finishing work to do. I immediately guessed that the farce at Chernobyl was a good thing done by Shiva."
"Let me guess." Gu Tie swallowed the food in his mouth, "Because everyone asked if it was you who did it, but Dad didn't ask, right?"
Hasegawa smiled and said: "I know Mr. Tie can guess it. I admire Shiva's courage, but I don't quite understand the purpose of doing this. Is it related to the explosion of the East Asia core route in Malaysia? The cooperation between the IPU organizations is very
Rarely, if Shiva is trying to buy time for the other team, then the relationship between the two parties is extraordinary."
Gu Tie didn't say anything, "That's right. What did the old man say?"
"Mr. Balvendra said that he would leave Belarus soon, and also mentioned that you are now in a safe house near Mozyr and may need help. In this way, I took the night train from Minsk to Mozyr. Early this morning
Come here. But it seems that you don't need any help." Hasegawa Bensaka pointed at the hostess secretly with his chin and winked at Gu Tie.
"Okay, okay...where are the members of the 100 Million Jade Broken Team?" Gu Tie asked.
"Four of them are in Minsk, and the others are in their hometowns. The Belarusian government announced that the country has entered a level three alert state due to a fire in Pripyat Park. The fewer people there are, the less trouble there will be." Hasegawa took a puff of his cigarette.
, slowly puffing out smoke, replied.
"How many years have you been smoking?" Gu Tie sniffed and asked.
Hasegawa was stunned, "It's been more than ten years. I still can't quit. The nicotine patch is a big lie."
"You don't smoke too much. It's a good habit and it will cause less harm." Gu Tie picked up the glass.
"Some people hope that I die earlier, and some people hope that I live longer." Hasegawa smiled.
Natalia stood up, removed the remaining food and tableware, made a pot of fragrant black tea, and poured a cup for each of the two men.