Half past one in the evening.
Zhao Yu and others finally arrived at the location of the exploration team's base, which was a barren wasteland. The task of the geological exploration team is to help Talstan search for mineral deposits in this wasteland.
The base was built on the side of a huge rock. Although it was leeward, the near-zero temperature still made Zhao Yu feel the cold of winter in advance.
While walking, people's breath can form a cloud of white mist...
Under the leadership of Bian Dong, Zhao Yu went straight to the simple room of the exploration team and met with the commanders of both sides of the Central Tower.
The commander sent by China is named Lu Kaixuan, who has been the head of the Central Asia region of the Secret Service. Since he was attending a meeting in neighboring Kazakhstan at the time of the incident, he arrived a full day earlier than Zhao Yu.
Moreover, due to the different levels, Lu Kaixuan flew directly from the capital of Tarstan in a military helicopter, which naturally saved more time than Zhao Yu.
What surprised Zhao Yu was that the commander of Talstan turned out to be a female officer in her forties named Anal.
This woman has typical Central Asian female characteristics, tall, long legs, and strong physique. She has thick eyebrows, long eyelashes and big eyes, and she is very beautiful.
Although he comes from the military, his smile makes people feel very sweet.
"Thank you for your hard work, Officer Zhao!" When Zhao Yu entered the room to meet everyone, Lu Kaixuan was the first to shake hands with Zhao Yu and say hello, "Actually, we met once when we were in Fengping last time. It's just that. However, I was sitting behind the director..."
"Oh..." Zhao Yu recalled carefully and seemed to have some impression. He opened his mouth and asked, "You seemed to have been wearing glasses last time, right?"
"Yes," Lu Kaixuan nodded, "As expected of a detective, his memory is really good! As he gets older, he has some eyesight, so he needs to wear spectacles when reading documents.
"That time, the officers all praised you very much, Detective Zhao!" Lu Kaixuan complimented, "With both civil and military skills, talents like you are really rare.
"It's great that you can help me this time!
"Here, let me introduce you," Lu Kaixuan pointed at the beautiful officer and said, "This is the commander of Talstan, Anal!"
While speaking, the female officer took the initiative to reach out her hand and shake it with Zhao Yu.
"I have long admired your name," Ana'er said in authentic Chinese, "Just call me Ana! Our detection level in Talstan is really limited, and we hope that Officer Zhao can give us more guidance!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome..."
In fact, despite Zhao Yu's eloquence, he was very resistant to these official interactions, so after a few brief greetings with the two commanders, he went straight to the topic and discussed the case with them.
"During the day, we have checked the environment near the exploration team," Lu Kaixuan said, "We did not find any suspicious traces.
"The ground here is hard, the climate is dry and windy all year round. It is difficult for ordinary vehicles to preserve traces, which is very detrimental to our investigation!"
"We can only initially suspect that someone controlled and kidnapped 12 exploration team members while they were sleeping late at night, and then took them away.
"But..." Ana said, pointing to the map hanging on the wall, "They may have fled in any direction. The Taouz Wasteland is vast and extends in all directions, so it is difficult to find them."
"Where's the surveillance?" Zhao Yu asked, "Isn't there any surveillance by the exploration team?"
"No," Lu Kaixuan replied simply, "They are all simple mobile homes, and there is no need to monitor them at all."
"Our plateau highway equipment is also very rudimentary," Ana added. "There are only a few checkpoints with surveillance. I have sent people to retrieve all the surveillance videos I can find!"
"To tell you the truth, this case is indeed a bit weird!" Lu Kaixuan said with confusion, "We didn't find any traces of fighting in the base, and the rooms where everyone rested looked normal.
"No one has touched their mobile phones, wallets and other personal belongings. It's obvious that they are here for people!"
"Yes," Ana said, "I have dealt with several armed hijackings in China. The scene usually looks very chaotic, and all valuable property will be taken away. It shouldn't be like this!
"The sleeping bag is open and the clothes are missing. It feels like..." Ana frowned, "It's like they put on their clothes and went out!"
"I suspect..." Lu Kaixuan said, "This hijacking was carried out by a professional team. Someone hired experts! After all, we have four experienced security personnel among them. If we encounter a hijacking, we should at least leave some clues. That’s right…”
"Master?" Zhao Yu thought quickly and seriously. Is Lu Kaixuan's idea correct
"We were still discussing this issue just now," Ana said bluntly, "I also agree with Commander Lu's speculation. It may not be difficult to take 12 hostages, but it is not so easy to do it quietly! "
"The general election in Talstan is about to take place, and the undercurrent is surging," Lu Kaixuan added, "I think there must be someone who wants to use the disappearance of the exploration team to achieve their own goals!"
“With so many Chinese citizens missing in our country,” Ana said, “This will definitely embarrass the ruling party and be criticized, causing them to lose the election!
"So, our current goal is to start with who is the biggest beneficiary after the ruling faction steps down. Look..." Ana pointed out several cards on the table to Zhao Yu, "These are the most powerful cards in the country currently. The powerful opposition factions, we plan to use our intelligence agencies to find clues from these factions!"
"Wow... so many?" Zhao Yu picked up the card and looked at it. Although he couldn't read the words, he could see the number clearly, there were six.
"Among them, these three factions are currently the most popular," Ana pulled out three cards and said, "This is also our primary investigation target now..."
After listening to Lu Kaixuan's and Ana's introduction, Zhao Yu was thinking in a completely different direction.
He always felt that the disappearance of the exploration team had nothing to do with any factional struggle!
Because using 12 exploration team members as bargaining chips to threaten the election seems reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is not appropriate for a multi-faction struggle situation like Talstan.
Just imagine, if this incident was really carried out by an opposition faction, then they might be able to use this incident to force the ruling faction to step down, but how can they guarantee that they will come to power
Moreover, kidnapping Chinese people is not a trivial matter. Once the incident comes to light, it will inevitably be destroyed and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Therefore, Zhao Yu is more inclined to think of terrorists. Perhaps, this case is just a case of some terrorists who want to take advantage of the election to kidnap and extort, and give the authorities a huge blow!
But... if it was done by terrorists, why hasn't anyone made a blackmail call yet
Moreover, the level of terrorists is limited. Is it possible for them to do so cleanly and quietly? Also, they are all poor people, why don’t they even take their mobile phones and wallets
Tsk tsk…
Suddenly, Zhao Yu remembered what Captain Si Rui said. It seemed that this kidnapping case about the exploration team was really not that simple!
(End of chapter)