At 5:42 pm on November 15, the lights in the basement finally came on. Teachers Culp and Dalia, as well as a curious-looking Jima, walked in one after another.
While Culp and Dalia were inspecting the weapons on the table that Wei Ran had worked hard to assemble, the latter finally saw clearly what the thing that scared him half to death was. It turned out to be strips of different sizes.
But the toy snakes are exquisitely made and lifelike. The most deceiving thing is that one end of these toy snakes is actually connected to a few slowly crawling turtles that are only about the size of a palm!
In addition to a few toy snakes mixed in these parts, there are also many realistic spiders and a few chubby hamsters, as well as a large number of metal parts that are not used in firearms at all. These gadgets are not missing for Wei.
Adding trouble.
Ji Ma picked up a crushed hamster and said, "I heard that you were so frightened by this thing that you cried like a ghost and howled like a wolf?"
"Get out!"
Wei Ran gave him the middle finger angrily. Culp's little tricks really scared him, and they also knocked over many parts on the table. Otherwise, he would not have wasted so much time.
After checking the weapons on the table one by one and emptying the dummy bullets in the chambers, Teacher Dalia and Culp looked at each other and then said, "Okay, you can leave. But Victor, go back
Later, remember to teach yourself one of your Chinese musical instruments."
"Musical instrument?" Wei Ran, who was about to walk out, asked in surprise, "Why are you learning an instrument?"
"Do you have any objections to the Christmas party performance?" Culp asked, holding a struggling little hamster in his hand.
"No, no objection! Let's go first. Happy holidays, two teachers!" Wei Ran quickly shook his head after realizing it, and ran out of the room with Ji Ma in no particular order.
"Finally made it out alive..."
Wei Ran stood at the door of the hall, squinting his eyes and looking at the sunset at the edge of the forest in the distance. When the cold northwest wind blew over, he realized that a layer of cold sweat had broken out on his back.
"Is that room in the basement really that scary?" Ji Ma looked at Wei Ran suspiciously.
"You will know when you have a chance to try it." Wei Ran, who had been locked in a dark room for several hours, didn't even bother to explain. The sound of those shocking and scary music was still lingering in his ears.
Returning to the small village in the northwest of Kazan by car, Wei Ran had a surprisingly caloric dinner at Jima's house, and then got into the bedroom drunk. During this sleep, his nightmares could be described as one after another.
When he climbed out, he was swallowed by a python, but it was rare that he didn't dream about Marco's tragic death and the corpses all over Berlin like he had in the previous few days.
In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, the two of them drove to the airport and flew to Belgorod, a border city in Russia.
Before he even came out of the airport, Jima asked anxiously, "Victor, where should we go next? A bar or..."
“Going to a shitty bar in broad daylight”
Wei Ran stopped a taxi with his hand, waited for Jima to negotiate the price skillfully, and then got in and said, "Let's go to Gongqing Town to investigate some clues. If everything goes smoothly, we will take the flight to Kiev tomorrow morning."
"Since we're going to Kiev, let's not go to the bar for the time being!" Although Jima's tone was serious, the look in his wretched eyes showed that he knew what he was planning.
I took a taxi and drove southwest from Belgorod for nearly an hour, finally stopping in a town surrounded by vast farmland.
Following the detailed address provided in the leather book, they inquired all the way around the town, and finally the two stopped at the door of an old house. However, to Wei Ran's disappointment, the owner of this house had no idea that this place had ever been here.
A World War II veteran named Mikhail lived there. Even when they bought the house, it was already after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As for the original owner of the house, they had long lost contact with him.
Not to mention disappointed, Wei Ran urged Jima to get into the taxi that was still waiting for them, turned around and headed back towards the airport.
"Victor, what are you investigating?" Jima finally couldn't help asking halfway, and at the same time, he was secretly worried that when he arrived in Kiev, he would end up in a place like Komsomolsk Town.
Wei Ran explained perfunctorily, "A World War II veteran."
"Can I help you with anything?"
Ji Ma originally just said it unintentionally, but Wei Ran's eyes lit up. It seemed that this kind of "technically difficult" investigation work could really be left to him. Although it would require some extra costs, at least he wouldn't have to waste time.
running in and out.
Thinking about it, didn't Professor Alexey pull him into the studio to help for the same reason? But thinking about Jima's unreliable virtue, Wei Ran thought for a moment and said, "Jima,
Are you interested in finding a job?"
"What job?" Ji Ma asked puzzledly.
"My studio needs a helper"
Wei Ran paused, and seeing that Ji Ma seemed interested, he explained in detail, "The main thing is to help him go to various places to investigate some things. As long as I find the clues I need, I can get the commission. If I can't find it, at least
You can also go out for a few days for free.”
Jima asked excitedly, "Just like last time we went to Finland?"
"right"
Wei Ran hesitated when he said this. If it was like that in Finland, he might miss some important hidden rewards. Thinking of this, he hurriedly added before the other party spoke, "Of course, it doesn't necessarily need to be done every time.
You help run errands."
"Deal!" Ji Ma agreed without thinking. For him, it was enough to go out and play for free. If he could make money, it would be a windfall. There was nothing else he couldn't agree to.
Wei Ran nodded when he heard this, "Since you are willing to give it a try, don't treat your trip to Kiev this time as a trip. If you can find out anything, I will also pay you some commission."
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Travel and work are not in conflict." Ji Ma proudly rejected Wei Ran's point of view, "Maybe some pretty girl in the bar will know something.
Where are the key clues?”
"I hope so." Wei Ran didn't bother to argue. After winking at Ji Ma, he changed the topic to something else.
The taxi took them to the hotel next to the airport. Before Weiran could pay the fare, Jima had already said hello and disappeared in a hurry.
Ignoring this unreliable thing, Wei Ran took out his tablet after checking in and started thinking about what Chinese musical instrument he should learn. Although he didn't understand why Culp made such a strange request, the other party's arrangement must be
Where are you holding back your misfortune? In order not to be punished by the other party one day in the future, it is undoubtedly the wisest decision to obey the other party's arrangements honestly. But for him, a music idiot, the Huaxia that can be found on the Internet
No musical instrument seems to be easy to learn.
They stayed in Belgorod for one night. Early the next morning, the two boarded the plane on time. After two transfers around Moscow and Poland, they landed at Kiev Airport that night.
"I made it very clear to you on the road."
Wei Ran reminded Jima again while waiting for his luggage, "We need to find as many clues as possible from the home of the World War II Soviet company instructor named Ivan, which is related to..."
"Fifty thousand rubles!"
Jima rubbed his hands before Wei Ran finished speaking and replied, "Don't worry, Victor, for the fifty thousand rubles agreed upon, I will find even the dentures left by Ivan for you! But...
Now, shall we find a place to have something to eat first?”
Wei Ran shook his head helplessly and pointed to the suitcase on the carousel, "Let's go."
"Okay!" Driven by 50,000 rubles, Ji fawningly picked up the suitcase, which was not that big, and left the airport with Wei Ran.
If you ignore the name of the city of Kiev and the occasional mention of Ukraine in the mouths of passers-by on the street, there is really not much difference between this place and Volgograd. The architectural style is the same, the appearance and characteristics of the pedestrians are similar, and even the characteristics unique to the Slavs
His fanaticism is so xenophobic and childish that it seems a bit ridiculous and arrogant, and even the drunkards on the street are exactly the same.
On the other hand, the two cities are also adjacent to a large river, and there is also a huge statue of Motherland on the river bank. The only difference may be that the mother in Kiev has an extra large shield in her hand. However, this
Neither mother could have imagined that the people they had protected with their swords would one day choose to separate and take completely different paths.
Thanks to the fact that many people in this city also speak Russian, and the few accented Ukrainian sentences that Jima learned when exchanging genetic fragments with the Ukrainian girl, the two of them successfully moved into a building with the curtains drawn.
You can see the hotel where the statue was located, and after putting down your luggage, you found a restaurant with a rich butter aroma on a street corner not far from the hotel.
Before the food was even served on the table, Ji Ma opened the vodka he bought on the way and poured wine into the glass while asking, "Victor, where should we go tomorrow?"
"The address I found is in Potili District, which seems to be in the northwest corner of Kiev." As Wei Ran spoke, he handed a piece of paper with the address written in advance to Jima.
After taking the note and glancing at it, Jima put it into his pocket and said, "Leave it to me! Tonight I can find a guide who speaks Eastern Ukrainian and is familiar with Kiev."
Wei Ran picked up the wine glass, "First of all, we have mobile phone navigation. Secondly, the guide you are looking for is to be precise enough to be familiar with the bars in Kiev, and most importantly, beautiful enough, right?"
After being exposed, Ji Ma didn't refute, he poured Wei Ran another glass of wine eagerly, and changed the topic to another direction with a playful smile.
After dinner, Jima couldn't wait to take a taxi and went straight to the bar to find his satisfactory guide. Wei Ran also looked expectantly at the huge statue outside the window, praying that he would find out something about the Soviet company instructor Ivan tomorrow.
