Chapter 109 - SVD

— It's empty. Eight corpses. — leaving the building, Revie said, knitting her eyebrows — We were late.

Balalaika and Coco exchanged glances.

— Interesting. Sophie wondered, putting her finger to her cheek

Revie grimaced—And don't you want to ask if Jack is among the corpses?

Coco smiled — If such a thing had happened, we would have immediately understood it from your face.

Revie sighed—Who could work them like that?

Eda calmly got out of the car, followed by Shenhua — Apparently, there will be no postrelushki.

With a yawn, Eda replied, reaching for the sun — Aha.

— It looks like Jack really just went for a walk. — squinting, said Balalaika — He would not have had time to do this. We reacted quickly, were in cars, and found only corpses.

Chiquita came out of the hotel — Well done. Apparently, the Italians did not even have time to return fire. It's like they were shot at the wall, without a chance of pardon.

Coco stared thoughtfully at the cobblestones— Could he have gotten here so quickly and managed to pull this off?

Sophie sighed—Very unlikely. Of course, he is developing by leaps and bounds, but a month ago, Jack was just a timid chubby boy who lost his memory. What Chiquita is talking about, it is difficult to create even a special group of well-trained soldiers. One can pull off such a thing - on the verge of fiction.

Revie pursed her lips—He's not like that anymore. Ruanapur is a tough teacher. How many messes has he been through?

Balalaika looked at her — But this hole doesn't cook superheroes. More likely rapists, maniacs, junkies and other rabble. Jack isn't a comic book superhero, but it's enough for me that he's just a nice, compassionate guy.

The walkie—talkie in Coco's hand came to life - have you checked everything?

The girl brought the device to her mouth — Revi, Chikita, Valmet and the Balalaika people checked everything. No one but the corpses.

— I wouldn't say that. — Lam replied, carefully inspecting the area through the optics of a sniper rifle — There was movement on the second floor when you arrived. I barely had time to see something, since I myself had just arrived at the place, but there was movement. Be careful. Maybe the killer is still around.

The ladies tensed.

Each of them instantly focused and looked around.

— By the way. — Lam added with a thin smile — thanks a lot to Mrs. Balalaika for the rifle, she didn't have to go for her own, but the SVD is already the last century. More advanced sniper rifles have been released into the world for a relatively long time.

Coco grinned, Balalaika snorted — This rifle, despite the years, is still relevant and will be so for the same number of years. Combat characteristics are not much inferior to the new devices, but the price is ten times less.

— As you say. — Lam shrugged his shoulders, continuing to observe through the optics with a thin smile

Sophie calmly moved inside the hostel — We need to take a better look at everything.

All the other women shared Balalaika's thoughts, and therefore followed her.

Two corpses were immediately noticed at the entrance.

Chiquita squatted down and examined the bodies- Wow. One was broken in the back of the head with something, more or less, soft, and the other... they also broke the back of the skull, but already about this corner. Interesting.

But Chiquita kept some of the conclusions to herself.

Looking at the corner in the blood, she squinted — "It is high. This is a sucker, a head shorter, which means... the killer was tall enough and strong enough to pick him up and hit his head hard against him. Oh, here are the marks on the neck. Ha, from one hand. This heron weighs seventy kilograms, so the killer was able to lift such a carcass with one hand. ''Very strong.' If it's not Jack, then who is it?"

Grinning, she got up and, throwing her hands behind her head, went to catch up with the women who had already entered the hotel.

She decided to keep the information to herself, as she was not one hundred percent sure of her conclusions.

Besides... this information can bring her a few bonuses, the next time she meets a guy.

Of course, she was also worried that Jack seemed to have gone alone to a group of armed people, but!

There is one small "but".

The way it worked, she was pleasantly surprised and, without any guile, impressed.

If a guy is capable of such a thing, then it was not worth worrying too much, although it would be necessary to scold, because luck will not always be on his side.

But she will have time to scold.

Myself.

When they're alone.

Soon the ladies found themselves on the stairs, where they met Valmet, who was squatting by the corpse.

— Valmet, be careful. — Coco immediately said, attracting the woman's attention — Lam said he saw movement on the second floor when we arrived. Maybe the killer is still here.

— Coco! Valmet cried out in alarm, quickly getting up and approaching her — Why did you come here then?!

The girl turned her head around, looking at the soldiers Sophie, Chiquita, Revie, Ed, Balalaika and Valmet herself — I think I have nothing to worry about. Besides, I'll definitely be safer with you than alone in the car.

Valmet, broke into a sweet, satisfied smile and rushed to hug her boss — Coco! I will protect you from all misfortunes in this world!

— Oh, Valmet, not so much!

— Oh, hey, just don't get sucked in here in front of us. Eda grinned

Shenhua, using her kukri as a mirror, added — Listen, why Jack, if you are already, apparently, good together?

Shenhua>

Valmet frowned at such a hit, clenching her fists to a crunch, but Coco did not let her answer — Because it's even better. It makes sense, doesn't it? Why settle for what you have when you can get more?

— Indeed. Shenhua grinned as she sheathed her machete

Then her eyes caught on the knife in the chest of the dead man — Oh, interesting.

Bending down, she calmly pulled the blade out of her chest and examined it with a squint — This knife was removed.

- yes. — twitching her nose, Valmet replied, realizing that there was no point in being angry at the Chinese woman for saying that she was a great knife, it's strange that the owner left it here.

Sophie calmly went to the second floor — Nothing strange. If it didn't seem to our sniper, then the owner of the knife was successfully scared off by us.

While the girls were climbing after the Balalaika, Shenhua looked at the blade with a twinkle in her eyes.

A pleased, slightly insidious grin played on her face—"Here's my ticket for the night with you, Jackie. A beautiful, purely private, "performance", with a place in the front rows."

When she came to her senses, the Chinese woman, with a light movement, wiped all the blood on the dead man's clothes and hid the blade under her dress, next to a whole ribbon of throwing knives.

Climbing to the second floor, Shenhua raised her eyebrows slightly in surprise, looking at the corpses.

— Shot in the back. Balalaika said thoughtfully, bending over the corpses — Quite strange.

Coco echoed — Judging by the direction in which the bodies fell and the bullet holes in this wall... the fire was opened from the windows.

Valmet, looking out of the windows, thoughtfully tilted her head to the side — This is not possible. The neighboring building is only one floor high and there are no taller buildings, as well as trees.

— Very interesting. — Coco smiled, and in her eyes there was a thirst for a solution

With these eyes, she noticed the shards of glass on the floor.

At first glance - nothing surprising.

If the killer really shot through the windows, then they naturally broke.

But there were too many pieces on the floor, from one of the windows.

For example, the window that Lam shot at was not completely broken.

The same window frame was almost devoid of glass, as if it had been knocked out, not shot.

A strange guess became even more plausible when Coco noticed that some of the glass fragments on the floor were damaged even more than the surrounding ones.

These more damaged areas of glass were located from each other, approximately, at the same distance, stretching towards the corpses.

- "These are the footprints of someone quite heavy." - Coco's eyes lit up, and she quickly went to the first floor

Valmet immediately rushed after her, with some anxiety— Coco!

— Let's go look at the territory next to the house! — the girl said quickly

Soon, Coco was under that very window.

It didn't take ten seconds to find one cartridge case.

— "...5.7×28 mm." — Coco quickly determined the type of cartridge

Still, she's an arms dealer, and she knew about all the new products on the market.

— "A very rare type of cartridge. Just recently released." — she reflected, remembering that Jack had a new pistol, just for such a cartridge—"Did you climb the wall, grab the frame and fire on the spot with one hand? Not bad. Caught me by surprise. They couldn't have expected this."

Like Chiquita and Shenhua, Coco decided to keep this information to herself in order to get some benefit from its presence.

Maybe they all got used to sharing Jack, but no one said that they stopped being rivals.

Meanwhile, Revie took out her phone and started dialing.

Sophie was nearby, so she asked — Who are you calling?

— Jack. — Revi shook her head — I want to find out where he is.

— Hmm, it would be nice to know. Balalaika squinted

— Alo? Where are you? — Revi pursed her lips when she heard the guy's voice — In Ishtar? Clear. Why are you breathing so often? Training? Do you want to exhaust yourself? I understand. I'll drop by soon, wait.

—In Ishtar?" Sophie raised an eyebrow

- yes. I decided not to walk, so as not to find problems on the ass.

— Wise. — Balalaika nodded — Okay. Go to him, and I'll take care of the Italians for now.

— Okay. Revie answered quickly, walking down the stairs without hesitation

Sophie shook her head, with a wry smile, and then waved her hand, letting the subordinates know that they were done here.

...

— I didn't seem to suspect anything. — throwing the phone away, Jack said, lying on the couch

He had never run so fast before.

— "I hope the knife won't be found..."

- "Hope." — O'Dim chuckled with amusement

— "Don't gurgle." — Jack closed his eyes, exhaling — "How did they guess what I would do?"

"You know, your actions are pretty easy to read."

- "Says the demon in my head."

— "In the shower. And yes, for them, too, since they all snapped together and almost caught you in the act."

Jack sighed, but didn't answer Gunther.

Instead, he just rested, catching his breath.

For about ten minutes he calmly contemplated the ceiling, floating in a stream of thoughts.

— "You have interesting thoughts."

"Really?"

"Have you finally realized that being a small fry, it's hard to change this city for the better? Of course I hate your goal, but I like the idea of power."

Jack pursed his lips — "The fact that I walked through the alleys, killing a few bastards, will change very little. Whether I am... the mayor of the city, the head of the police department or... As the boss of the largest and strongest group, it would be much easier to change Ruanapur."

- "What plans." — O'Dim broke into a smile

- "No plans. Just thoughts."

"Of course, of course," Gunther said quickly, with a teasing look

Jack turned abruptly toward the opening door.

Cautiously entering the room, Revie went to him — How are you?

— Lousy. — lying down, Jack shrugged with a languid smile

— Not surprising. — the girl sighed, looking at the floor — Something came... can you change your mind?

Jack frowned—What are you talking about?

Revie pursed her lips — I'm talking about your fucking insane desire to take revenge on the triad. You just recently got out of the hospital. He got out of the other world.

— That's what you mean... — Jack narrowed his eyes a little — I'm sorry, Revie, but I won't change my mind. I won't be able to calm down while that bastard is trampling the ground.

— Jack... bitch, this is crazy. — she covered her face with her hand — I got some information and it's fucked up. He is under house arrest, and in a couple of days he will leave Ruanapur altogether. The only chance to take revenge is to walk over the corpses of hundreds of people. Needless to say, it's a little fucking hard to do it together.

Jack slowly sat down, swinging his legs off the sofa— Roar...

Licking her lips, the Two—armed Woman said with a hidden hope - Yes?

"You don't have to come with me. Jack said calmly, smiling gently

Goosebumps ran down Revi's back when her eyes saw such a smile combined with burning honey eyes — This is my revenge, my desire, and dragging you with me is too selfish.

— Won't you change your mind? Revie bit her lip

- no.

"Then I have no choice. I'm coming with you. — she sighed and grinned sharply — Together we will have a better chance of survival.

Jack thought for a moment, and then smiled sweetly — Yes.