On the train bound for Kazan, Wei Ran and Nikolay sat opposite each other, listening carefully to the other's recollection of the entire incident in detail.
According to the other party's description, since he knew the truth of the matter, he has been tracking down the intelligence officer codenamed "Ampoule". But unfortunately, the other party seemed to have really disappeared from the world, and no one related to him was found at all. relevant clues.
How can this be investigated? Wei Ran asked tentatively, "Mr. Nicholas, can you tell me why he wanted to kill your family?"
Nicholas was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, "He first worked in a West Berlin hospital. He usually communicated with me through a single radio line. I didn't even meet him a few times. There was no reason for him to kill my wife and me. child."
"Then how did you determine that he was the murderer?"
Faced with Weiran's questioning, Nikolai explained, "It was after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I unexpectedly met an old friend in Berlin who had worked for the Stasi.
I learned from him that the person who killed my family was probably my colleague codenamed "Ampoule", and it was not only my family members who were killed, but also the intelligence agents arranged by the Stasi in West Germany. People died in almost the same way as my family."
"Is this person lying to you?" Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he saw the sarcastic expression on the other person's face.
"Okay, let's change the question." Wei Ran ignored the other party's expression, "When was your family members killed?"
"October 4, 1979" Nicholas replied without hesitation.
"1979?"
Wei Ran muttered to himself and repeated, and then asked, "From 1979 until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, that person was still working for the Soviet Union?"
Nikolay shook his head, "After something happened to my family in 1982, I was transferred to Minsk to take charge of teaching at the beginning of the next year. Shortly after I left East Berlin, Ampoule also followed the instructions and went to the political center of West Germany. En collected information. It was not until 1985 that he lost all contact without warning.
For this reason, kgb even came to me to inquire about his situation. At that time, we all thought that he had been captured by the Americans. The Medal of Lenin you saw before was originally intended to be awarded to him posthumously because of his disappearance, but Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, kgb could not find any clues about him."
Wei Ran closed his eyes and constructed the timeline of the entire incident bit by bit. According to Nikolai's description, in the early 1970s, this intelligence officer code-named Ampoule broke into Western countries controlled by several countries led by the United States. Berlin, and found a job at a West Berlin hospital.
In 1979, Ampoule, who had been working in West Berlin, crossed the Berlin Wall and killed Nikolai's family. From this, the first suspicion emerged: Ampoule and Nikolai had never met several times. , and how did he find Nikolai’s home?
After 1982, Nikolai was transferred back to the Soviet Union, and Ampoule was transferred to Bonn, but he disappeared three years later. So the second question is whether he disappeared "actively" or "passively" of?
If he disappeared actively, why did he choose this time? If he disappeared passively, who was "helping" him disappear?
The more important question is that if someone must be killed, the value of killing Nicholas as an intelligence agent is definitely far greater than his wife and children. In this case, why did Ampoule take the same risk but only killed Lost Nikolai's family?
Weiran could not figure out these confusing problems until the train arrived in Kazan in the evening.
Accompanying Nikolay to leave the train station, the gangster with a mohawk haircut had already been waiting for them on the side of the road in his car. As for Dima, he still stayed in his studio in Volgograd to catch up on his sleep.
, did not follow him back this time.
After riding back to the abandoned school, Nicholas led Wei Ran directly to the iron gate on the other side of the stairs on the second floor and put a key in his hand, "Victor, go in
Let’s take a look. I have moved both Ampoule’s residence in Bonn and his home in his hometown of Ryazan, even the structure of the house is the same.
In addition, behind this door is the apartment I had in East Berlin at that time, and the things in it were also moved back at that time."
He looked at the dusty corridor behind the iron fence in surprise, and then looked pityingly at Nicholas who took a big step back. Wei Ran sighed, picked up the key and opened the slightly rusty door.
Security door.
There was a soft "click" sound, and as the switch was flipped, the dim corridor was illuminated by fluorescent tubes, and the wooden signs hanging on the doors on both sides became clearer.
The paint on these signs has peeled off a little, and their origins are written in neat Russian in the middle.
Gently push open the wooden door marked "Ampoule - Ryazan - Home". The not-so-large room has a strong Tongzilou style. Apart from simple furniture, the only thing that can be considered entertainment supplies is a TV.
Apart from the old-fashioned radio, there was only an accordion that was also covered in dust.
After briefly walking around and returning to the corridor, Wei Ran closed the door, turned around and pushed open the wooden door marked "East Berlin - Home".
Compared to the simple room we just saw, this three-bedroom and two-living room is definitely cozy, whether it’s the accessories and sticky notes attached to it with magnets on the old refrigerator, or the various patterns graffitied by children on the wallpaper,
All make this place full of life.
Gently pushing open the door of a bedroom, on the dusty table, in a dusty photo frame, is a young girl who looks to be about twenty years old, playing the violin. Surrounding the photo frame are some German textbooks and
Russian masterpieces such as "This is How Steel Was Tempered".
I took a step back and opened the door of another bedroom. This room was much messier than the previous room. All kinds of toys were scattered all over the floor, and the surrounding walls were covered with all kinds of weird graffiti.
In addition to a solid wooden bunk bed against the wall, there is also a photo on a small table. In the photo, the two little boys who look to be no more than ten years old are filled with happy smiles, and even
Between the two brothers, there is a German shepherd sticking out a bright red tongue.
Without touching anything, Wei Ran stepped into the third room, and then frowned. On the floor of this room, you could still see the outline of a corpse drawn with white chalk, and on the table by the window
, there was a small brown glass bottle also circled with chalk. On the dusty table, the word "Cyanide" written in chalk could still be clearly seen.
Sighing secretly, Wei Ran exited the room, walked a few steps towards the end of the corridor, and then opened a door marked "Ampoule - Bonn - Home".
Compared with the previous two rooms, this small room with one bedroom and one living room is like a warehouse filled with large and small boxes.
Most of these boxes contained incomprehensible German books and stacks of medical records. The remaining boxes contained various outdoor clothing and some outdated camping equipment and diving equipment.
You shouldn't be able to draw these things in your notebook, right? Wei Ran muttered to himself, and then opened the only bedroom door.
Compared with the living room filled with clutter, this bedroom, which is not too big, is exceptionally simple. There is only an old-fashioned suitcase covered with dust under the bed. Pulling the box out and opening it, there is a
There was a radio transmitter with bullet holes remaining and what appeared to be a driver's license.
This thing might work...
Wei Ran stretched out his fingers to dig at the remaining bullet holes in the transmitter, and then moved his eyes to the tattoo on the tiger's mouth on his left hand.
