Chapter 1448: An Unusual Disappearance Case

It's half past one.

Zhao Yu and the others finally arrived at the base of the exploration team, which was a barren wasteland. The mission of the geological prospecting team is to help Tarstan find mineral deposits on this wasteland.

The base was built on the side of a huge rock. Although it was leeward, the near-zero temperature made Zhao Yu feel the cold of winter in advance.

While walking, people's breathing 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.

The commander sent by the Chinese side is named Lu Kaixuan, who has been in charge of the Central Asia region of the Secret Service. Since he was attending a meeting in nearby Kazakhstan when the incident happened, he arrived a full day earlier than Zhao Yu.

Moreover, due to the different ranks, Lu Kaixuan flew directly from the capital of Tarstan by military helicopter, which naturally saved more time than Zhao Yu.

To Zhao Yu's surprise, the commander of Tarstan turned out to be a female officer in her forties, named Anar.

This woman has the characteristics of a typical Central Asian woman, tall and long-legged, with a strong physique. She has thick eyebrows, long eyelashes and big eyes, and she is also very beautiful.

Although from the army, the funny smile makes people feel very sweet.

"Thank you, Police Officer Zhao!" After Zhao Yu entered the room to meet everyone, Lu Kaixuan shook hands with Zhao Yu first and said hello, "Actually, when we were in Fengping last time, we met once. However, I was sitting behind the Director..."

"Oh..." Zhao Yu recalled it carefully, and seemed to have a little impression, and opened his mouth to ask, "You seem to be wearing glasses last time, right?"

"Yes," Lu Kaixuan nodded, "As expected of a detective, you have a really good memory! I'm getting old and my eyesight is blurry, so I need to wear fancy glasses to read documents.

"That time, the officers all praised Superintendent Zhao very much!" Lu Kaixuan complimented, "A talent like you, both civil and military, is really rare.

"This time, it's great that you can help me!

"Come on, let me introduce you," said Lu Kaixuan, pointing to the měinǚ officer, and said, "This is the commander of Tarstan, Anar!"

While speaking, the female officer took the initiative to reach out her hand and shook it with Zhao Yu.

"I have admired you for a long time," Anar said in authentic Chinese, "You can just call me Ana! Our detection level in Tarstan is really limited, and I hope that Officer Zhao can give us more guidance!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome..."

In fact, although Zhao Yu could be eloquent, he was very resistant to these official interactions, so after a few simple greetings with the two commanders, he directly entered the topic and discussed the case with them.

"During the day, we have checked the surroundings of the exploration team," Lu Kaixuan introduced, "and found no suspicious traces.

"The ground here is hard, and the climate is dry and windy all year round. For ordinary vehicles, it is difficult to save traces, which is very unfavorable for our investigation!"

"We can only initially suspect that someone took advantage of the deep sleep in the middle of the night to control and arrest 12 exploration team members, and then took them away.

"But..." Ana pointed to the map hanging on the wall and said, "They may have fled in any direction. The Tawuz Wilderness is vast and extending in all directions. It is also very difficult to find them."

"What about monitoring?" Zhao Yu asked, "Didn't the exploration team monitor?"

"No," Lu Kaixuan replied bluntly, "They are all simple mobile homes, and there is no need for monitoring at ordinary times."

"Our plateau highway equipment is also very simple," Ana added, "There are only a few checkpoints with surveillance, and I have already 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 doubtfully, "We didn't find any signs of fighting in the base,

The room where everyone rests looks normal.

"Their personal belongings such as mobile phones and wallets have not been touched. It is obvious that they are targeting people!"

"Yes," Ana said, "I have dealt with several armed hijackings in China, and the scene generally looks very chaotic, but all valuables will be taken away together, it shouldn't be like this!

"The sleeping bag is open, and the clothes are gone, giving people the feeling..." Ana frowned, "It's as if they put on their clothes and went out!"

"I suspect..." Lu Kaixuan said, "This hijacking was done by a professional team, and someone hired a master! After all, we have four experienced security personnel among them. If there is a hijacking, at least something should be left behind." The clues are right..."

"A master?" Zhao Yu thought quickly and earnestly. Is Lu Kaixuan's thinking correct?

"We were still discussing this issue just now," Ana said bluntly, "I also agree with Chief Lu's conjecture that it may not be difficult to take 12 hostages, but it is not so easy to do it quietly! "

"Talstan's general election is imminent, and there are turmoil and undercurrents," Lu Kaixuan said again, "I think there must be someone who wants to use the disappearance of the exploration team to achieve their own goals!"

"There are so many Chinese citizens missing in our country," Ana said, "this will inevitably embarrass the ruling faction and be criticized, causing them to lose in the general election!

"So, our goal now is to find out who is the biggest beneficiary after the ruling faction steps down. Look..." Ana pointed the cards on the table to Zhao Yu, "These are the most important cards in the country. There are powerful opposition factions, we plan to use our intelligence agencies to find clues from these factions!"

"Wow... are there 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 as many as 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 and Ana's introduction, what Zhao Yu was thinking in his heart was completely in another direction.

He always felt that the disappearance of the exploration team seemed to have nothing to do with pàixìdǒuzhēng!

Because, using 12 exploration team members as a bargaining chip to threaten the general election seems reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is not suitable for such a chaotic situation in Tarstan.

Just imagine, if the incident was really done by a certain faction in the opposition, then they may use this incident to get the ruling faction to step down, but how can they guarantee that they will come to power?

Moreover, the bǎngjià Chinese are no small matter. Once the incident is revealed, it is bound to be destroyed at once, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, Zhao Yu is more inclined to say kǒngbùfēnzǐ. Perhaps, this case is just some kǒngbùfēnzǐ wanting to take advantage of the general election to blackmail the authorities and hit the authorities hard!

But... If kǒngbùfēnzǐ did it, why hasn't anyone called for extortion?

Moreover, the level of kǒngbùfēnzǐ is limited, could it be done so cleanly and silently? Also, they are all poor people, so they don't even take their mobile phones and wallets?

tsk tsk...

Suddenly, Zhao Yu remembered Captain Si Rui's words. It seems that this investigation team's crime is really not that simple!

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