Chapter 34 Section VI

When the footage ends, the two naked men are walking towards the bathroom with an equally naked Cathy Allen. After a snowflake flashed by, another picture appeared on the TV screen.In the master bedroom of the cabin on Blue Mountain Road, Bailanda O'Connon sits in a chair with her hands handcuffed in front of her.Over her head is the powerful 250-watt light.Branda was dripping with sweat, turning her head from time to time to avoid the scorching light of the light.Wu Qida and Leonard Luke stood on either side of her. Leonard said: "If you must know, let me tell you, there are no secrets between me and him."

Branda shook her head at Wu Qida and asked Leonard, "What did he do to him?" Wu Qida said: "I didn't do anything." "Have you already killed him?" "No," Leonard said, "we didn't kill him." "Then you plan to let us go soon?" "Probably not," Leonard said. "No?" Branda asked again, "Do you want to kill us?" "That's up to you, Branda," Leonard said. Bai Landa turned to Wu Qida: "What are you going to do with us? Why are you doing this?" "Because we hate you," Leonard said. "The neighbors around here hate you. We haven't liked you since the first day you moved in. You're a family of assholes, Branda, especially you. Ron Neh isn't too bad, although we don't like him shooting in the yard and dumping drugs, but you are an outrageous bitch, Branda. You are very unfriendly and rude to us, I don't understand why you are treating us like this."

"I'm in a bad mood sometimes, you know, this place is too desolate... If you don't like us, why don't you let us move?" "Oh, yes, you've moved. We've removed you, and we've removed your friend Robin Starley, and we've removed your children." "What do you want to do with my child?" "There was a family down here in Fresno, and they didn't have kids. Now they have." "What do you mean 'now they have'? That's my kid!" "That's better than letting the child die, are you right?" Wu Qida interjected.

"Brenanda," Leonard said, "you have two choices now. Either cooperate with us, that is, stay here honestly, do our bidding, serve us, and make love to us. Of course you Say 'no' and we'll tie you to a bed, rape you, torture you, drag you out and kill you. You decide." "I cooperate." Branda said eagerly, "Are you really going to send my child away?" "Yes. In my personal opinion, you are not a competent mother at all." "Tell me where's Lonnie? Where's Robin?" "They're up the hill behind. We gave them the same options as you. Frankly, for all I know, they're probably dead by now."

Branda said, "Is that why you invited us to dinner?" Leonard said "Hmmm"."It's part of our game," Wu Qida said. After a while, Wu Qida came over with a knife: "Aren't you so hot, I'll cool you off." He cut Bai Landa's T-shirt open with a knife, looked up and down, "Let me see how we What kind of stuff came in." Then he picked up Branda's bra with the tip of the knife. "Please don't cut off my bra," Branda begged. "Your? Nothing is 'yours' anymore, everything 'yours' is 'ours'." Wu Qida cut off the strap on Branda's bra, picked the bra on the tip of the knife and twisted it twice, far away.

"You can cry, or fight, like some other people do," Wu Qida continued, "but I warn you, it's not going to do you any good. We're both—how should I put it?" , let’s call it a heart of stone.” Branda was quickly stripped naked by two men.Before uncuffing her, Leonard took a black leather whip, and Wu Qida put an electronic gun on the table next to her, warning Branda not to act rashly. When Wu Qida and Leonard pushed Branda into the bathroom, she was still begging bitterly not to send her baby away. As per standard operating procedure, the San Francisco Police Department's Missing Section has been ordered to turn over missing persons files related to this case to the Calaboro Police Department's Homicide Section.At present, the biggest headache for Director Claude ElBaradei is manpower and material resources. In his own words: "If you want people, you don't have them, and if you want money, you don't have money."

Of the total 32 people in the Caravoro Police Station, more than half have been "trapped" at the scene on Blue Mountain Road. All the staff who stayed at "home", including secretaries, archivists and the "old, weak, sick and disabled", Go out early and return late every day, even on weekends.The "elite soldiers and strong generals" on the scene are even more busy, working 7 days a week, more than 12 hours a day. "If this continues, my team will be exhausted sooner or later." Director ElBaradei worried.According to the "Labor Law" of the federal and state governments, anyone who works more than 40 hours a week must pay overtime pay at 1.5 times the normal salary. Not to mention the much more expensive costs: sending samples to other places for testing requires money, consulting experts costs money, and inviting experts to the scene costs even more... Fortunately, he doesn’t have to worry about San Francisco Regional investigations and pursuits across borders.

A forest expert was in yesterday and he noticed that a large patch of weeds was growing especially thick on the hillside behind the bunker, but the soil was no wetter there than elsewhere.After careful observation, the expert found that someone had fertilized that area not long ago.Who Fertilizes Weeds?The answer is obvious: what is that person trying to cover up. Administrator ElBaradei again called for help.He called the California Department of Conservation and Forestry in Sacramento, who said they could send him 10 boys in training. Now, the 10 young people were led to the hillside with lush weeds, and the excitement when they first arrived at the "crime scene" was gone.It was a high of 101 degrees Fahrenheit today.Policewoman Erin Brunn told the boys what they were about to do was no fun at all. The 10 people had to lie on the ground with their hands and feet together, pushing aside the weeds and searching the ground inch by inch. "But please remember that what you are about to find is not just a bone, or a random object, but a piece of evidence, a piece of evidence that may help the police determine the fate of a missing person."

"Why do people have to be sure that their relatives or friends are dead?" The favorite and best question of young people in the United States is "Why". Officer Brunn replied: "The so-called 'disappearance' is actually a kind of unknown. The situation of 'no one is alive, no dead body' brings speculation, doubt and fear to the relatives and friends of the victim, even worse than losing relatives and friends." It itself makes them feel even more tormented, because this feeling is long-lasting and lingering. And, please believe me, it is difficult for the dead to rest in peace before the living do not know the truth. This is why the ancient There are so many spiritual rites, why are there open coffins at funerals. Only when we see, when we know, the wounds in our hearts will start to heal."

Leonard Luck has committed suicide in fear of guilt, and the "Cassie/Blanda" video is enough to sentence Wu Qita to death, because the content of the conversation proves that the two criminals have killed at least three people: Michael Carter Rolle, Lonnie Bond and Robin Starley.But the police are still working at the scene on Blue Mountain Road, not so much to collect more evidence, but to find the whereabouts of those missing.