Chapter 156 Heart Palpitations
The tracking team spread from the city to the wilderness on the outskirts of the city.
The most common things in the suburbs of Nanwei City are wild graves, trees and coyotes.
Once the horses completely enter the wild, it becomes difficult for the horses to move forward. The complex mountainous terrain and dense shrubs will block the horses' hooves and make tracking more difficult.
But unfortunately, they eventually entered the mountains.
This area is like a maze. After an unlucky off-roader gets lost here, it often takes several years before the body is accidentally discovered.
......
After entering the mountainous area, everyone could only dismount at the edge of the jungle.
The good news is that when they arrived, they saw the black horse abandoned by the killer grazing in the field.
“He entered the jungle.”
Old Xion took out the machete from his waist and motioned for everyone to divide into groups.
"This is a killer who is proficient in firearms. Make some noise for me as soon as you find the trace. Don't rush to make meritorious deeds. I hope to see you all in the cafeteria during lunch. Let's go."
Just as they were about to enter the jungle, another group of people rushed to the scene.
They are also law enforcement officers, but they are not affiliated with the Chengnan Law Enforcement Station. They are members of the Chengxi Law Enforcement Station, and the leader is their chief law enforcement officer - Charles Winton.
Among the many unfamiliar faces, Milo also recognized an acquaintance - Colin.
Although people from other law enforcement agencies had indeed been notified to cooperate with the operation, the speed of response from Charles was still a bit surprising.
Because this is not like his usual style.
Normally Charles would not take the lead personally.
However, given the special circumstances today, everyone at the Chengnan Law Enforcement Station did not think about it carefully.
Only Milo and old Theon knew it.
They both knew why Charles was so active.
......
Charles knew what Milo and Old Sheehan were investigating. When he got the news that a student from the Gus Association had been shot, he immediately smelled the clues. , so he immediately brought people over.
This case is related to his missing brother.
……
The two sides looked at each other and nodded. Without any verbal communication, the team quickly divided into groups and entered the jungle.
"You come with me."
Old Theon patted Milo on the shoulder.
Milo kept up with the other party's pace without saying a word.
……
The last time Milo entered this jungle, he and Rebecca searched and rescued the missing Daisy.
The scenes he saw in the abandoned patient shelter at that time were still vivid in his mind, including twisted and piled mummies, countless black shrouds, and decaying wooden houses...
< br>That search and rescue operation took place at night, and the humid jungle was filled with an uncomfortable atmosphere. Although this time it was during the day, the permeating and sneaky atmosphere did not weaken at all.
Milo and Old Xion searched for clues in the dense bushes and vines.
One advantage of this primitive jungle is that as long as someone passes through it, there will definitely be traces left behind.
Trampled fallen leaves and branches scraped by limbs cannot be hidden, and can be easily discovered as long as you have a little more eyes.
Old Theon and Milo kept a distance of about five meters from each other to cover each other's progress.
This can ensure each other's safety. If the killer chooses to fight to the death, hide him on the spot and ambush him. The two of them stand in different directions. Even if one of them is shot, the other can be the first to be there. time to counterattack without standing together and being killed by two shots.
Milo holds the game knife in his left hand and holds the revolver in his right hand. When necessary, he uses the blade to cut off the vines blocking the road.
It is now approaching the beginning of spring. Although the local temperature has not yet risen, the shape of the trees changes completely according to the seasons. They have grown new branches and leaves, and the sky above the entire jungle is covered with these lush green trees. Covered with green leaves, the scarce sunlight cannot shine down. Although it is early morning at this time, if people stay in the depths of the jungle for a long time, they will have the illusion that it is approaching evening.
The surrounding light was not sufficient, and everything within the field of vision had a gray tone. An invisible sense of depression hung over the heads of all law enforcement officers.
Milo was fully focused and did not dare to let down his guard at all.
But I don’t know why, the pace of old Xion, who was full of energy when he was in charge of on-the-spot command a moment ago, began to become heavier.
Milo could tell this just by the sound of the dead wood that the other party stepped on the ground.
Something was wrong with old Theon.
"How did you..."
He was about to ask.
But saw old Xion stopped in place.
His weathered face did not face Milo, but stared at the dense forest to his side and behind, maintaining the action of holding the gun with one hand.
Milo saw old Theon's gunner's thumb slowly pulling the trigger of the flintlock musket.
Behind Old Theon, there was no movement in the dense forest. There were only rotten leaves that they had trampled on when passing by...
Milo did not make a sound and turned around quietly. muzzle.
He found nothing, but his heartbeat was racing crazily.
His intuition told him that Old Xion must have discovered something, and what was hidden in that direction was definitely not the murder just now, otherwise they would have noticed it when they came over.
The piercing heart palpitations that had appeared before appeared again, and Milo felt a little uncomfortable as if he was lacking oxygen.
Cold sweat began to break out on his back.
This is an instinctive fear.
Milo firmly believes that a killer is not enough to cause him such great pressure. Even if the killer is standing in front of him, he will not have such a violent reaction.
Just last night, Milo had just experienced this situation.
At that time, old Xion, holding a flintlock musket, stared at the deserted street corner in a daze.
His prepared look was like facing some extremely dangerous enemy or wild beast.
......
Both of them raised their guns silently, pointing to the side and back of the road they had walked.
There was no slightest sound in the dense bushes, but neither of them relaxed their vigilance.
The only difference was that old Theon seemed to know what he was facing, while Milo had no idea what was on the other side of the bush.
This strange confrontation lasted for more than three minutes.
In the end, it was old Xion who lowered his gun first.
He looked at Milo with a complicated expression:
"What exactly did your kid provoke outside?"
"Hmm...I may have to make a list to answer your question." Milo spread his hands, and the oppressive feeling that penetrated his bones disappeared. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and joked to Old Xion. :
"Why do I feel like you are leading me to fight with the air?"
As soon as I finished speaking, gunshots were heard one after another from another direction deep in the jungle:
< br>“Bang! Bang bang!!!”
“Let’s go!”
The two men turned and ran towards the direction where the gunfire came from.
(End of this chapter)