War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1768 Gunner

"Mr. First"

The rickshaw driver didn't stammer until he started running with Wei Ran, "I, I ...

"What do you mean?" Wei Ran deliberately made his attitude much worse, "Run."

Hearing this, the rickshaw driver immediately shut up and started running.

However, they didn't expect that before their rickshaw had run 500 meters, a person on a cyclist suddenly jumped out from an alley next to them!

"Bang! Bang!"

The two sudden gunshots, one of which extinguished the lantern hanging on the handlebar of the rickshaw, and the other shot opened two holes in the shed.

After these two sudden shots, the rickshaw driver subconsciously wanted to run away, but soon he stopped and lay on the ground.

"Grandpa, please spare me! Don't shoot at my rickshaw! My family depends on this rickshaw for a living!" The rickshaw driver lay on the ground and begged loudly.

"Is the person in the car dead?" asked a man riding a bicycle and hiding at the entrance of the alley in the distance.

The rickshaw driver lying on the ground looked at the ornate pistol in Wei Ran's hand with fear, and then shouted in panic, "Dead! Dead!"

"Leave him behind and run for your life!"

After the man at the entrance of the alley finished speaking, he turned his bicycle around and once again went into the alley and disappeared without a trace amid the shouts of the Japanese in the distance.

"well done"

Wei Ran whispered to the driver in Chinese, "Just lie down here and don't move."

"Hey! I won't move! I won't move!" The rickshaw driver suppressed the regret in his tone and lay obediently on the ground.

At the same time, Wei Ran sighed secretly. He knew that the two shots were fired by the gunman, and the purpose of these two shots was most likely to clear himself of suspicion.

"Mr. Matsui, are you okay?"

After a while, the Japanese police who had just interrogated him also came over.

"It's okay, I'm okay!"

Wei Ran got up in panic, pointed at the driver and said in Japanese, "He saved me. If he hadn't deceived the gunman, I would have been dead."

As he spoke, he first carefully glanced at the entrance of the alley that was being fired upon by the Japanese police, then he crouched down and carefully came to the driver's side and pulled him up, then, while the other party was in confusion, he took out a wad of French francs from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.

"Mr. Matsui, I'm sorry this happened. Please let us take you back to your hotel." The Japanese policeman said respectfully.

"Then thank you for your help," Wei Ran responded in a controlled manner.

Under the escort of these Japanese policemen, Wei Ran got back on the rickshaw and safely returned to the hotel entrance.

Finally, he thanked the Japanese policeman who sent him back, and patted the rickshaw driver on the shoulder arrogantly. Wei Ran once again put on his arrogant look on his face, first casually bought a pack of cigarettes and a box of matches at the door, then entered the hotel, took the elevator back to the fifth floor, and returned to the door of his room.

After taking a careful look at the faintly visible thread and the inconspicuous hair in the keyhole, he opened the door and went in as usual, then closed the door and locked it, then put his eyes behind the peephole and observed carefully.

He waited patiently for a full ten minutes, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that everything outside the door was normal.

Only then was he certain that he had been cleared of all suspicion in the recent shooting incident because of the two extra bullets fired by the gunman.

So could this matter be related to Clermont?

Wei Ran pondered secretly, with that ancestor's character, he would not easily let himself meet an insignificant person, so would that person know Clement and the others?

While thinking this, Wei Ran took off his windbreaker and lay down on the bed, patiently waiting for the meeting in the evening.

However, less than an hour later, he heard the sound of the elevator door opening and closing outside the room.

He instantly got up and tiptoed to the door. Wei Ran put his eyes to the peephole, and just in time he saw a man in a tweed coat and a top hat walking to the door of Room 505 diagonally across the corridor.

It's him?

Wei Ran recognized the man just by looking at the fact that he kept unlocking and opening the door with one hand. This man must be the gunman.

So he really has a relationship with Clemont and the others?

While Wei Ran muttered to himself, he watched the other party go into the room that belonged to Clement and slam the door shut.

He took out his pocket watch and checked the time. It was still several hours before nine o'clock in the evening. He just didn't know if the other party's injuries could last that long.

Just when he was wondering whether he should go to help or at least tip off, the elevator door opened again, and Armani in a dress also walked down. Even through the peephole, Wei Ran could clearly see that some coffee seemed to be splashed on her clothes.

Obviously, since Armani, who was playing the piano on the eighth floor, knew that the gunman came to the fifth floor, it could only mean that they still had people in the hotel.

Who is the one

While Wei Ran was secretly pondering, he opened the door with a "click", looked at the other party, and then raised his chin towards Room 505 inconspicuously.

Amani looked around the corridor, then glanced at Wei Ran, and then walked to the door of room 505 and stepped into the opened door without hesitation.

Almost at the same time as the hem of her evening gown was pulled in, the door was closed silently by the person inside.

Seeing this, Wei Ran did not close the door. Instead, he stood at the door of the room, lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly.

Almost at the same time as a cigarette burned out, the door of Room 505 opened, and the gunman who had met Wei Ran once in the alley also cautiously poked his head out to look.

When their eyes met, Wei Ran clearly saw a strong murderous intent in the other's eyes.

Fortunately, at this moment, Armani looked out from inside, and after nodding to Wei Ran, he pushed the gunman out and whispered in French, "Go away."

"bang"

The door of Room 505 closed almost on the gunman's heel, and the only people left in the corridor were Wei Ran, who was leaning against the door frame smoking, and the gunman who hurried into the stairwell.

After finishing his cigarette, he did not close the door. Instead, he went back to the room, crushed the cigarette butt, took out his harmonica, sat on the sofa, and played Haydn's serenade.

As the music played, Armani, who had changed his clothes, hurriedly left the room and walked into the elevator. The elevator went up and stopped on the eighth floor.

After slowly finishing the piece of music, Wei Ran closed the door, relit a cigarette, and from time to time, took out his pocket watch to look at it.

In the torment of time, it slowly passed until nine o'clock in the evening. He returned to the door and looked outside through the peephole.

At 505:, the elevator door opened and Clement and Amanda came out, talking and laughing, chatting in French as they walked towards Room .

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately opened the door and asked in Spanish, "Mr. Clement, is there any coffee available at this time?"

"I'm sorry, sir, the restaurant on the eighth floor has stopped operating."

Clemont stopped and bowed slightly, saying, "If you would like a cup of coffee, if you don't mind, I can make you a cup of coffee for myself later. Of course, it's free of charge."

"I'll wait for you in the room," Wei Ran said, and he imitated the Japanese and bowed neatly.

Without closing the door, Wei Ran turned around and went back to the room.

A moment later, Clemont and Amanda, who had changed into casual clothes, walked into the room and gently closed the door. "We finally meet again."

Clemont and Wei Ran gave each other a warm bear hug, and then asked in a suppressed voice, "You're finally here, I thought I had no chance to see you!"

"Of course I'll come"

Wei Ran said confidently, "What about you? What's your situation now? And the gunman from this afternoon."

"We are now helping to pass on some intelligence and collect medicines."

Amani replied, "The gunman this afternoon was a classmate of Comrade Yu Yanlin when he was studying in Germany and France. His name is Huang Youze, and he is now our superior."

"Online?"

Wei Ran frowned and subconsciously began to doubt the other party.

"Don't worry, he is also a party member."

As Clemont spoke, he had already opened the horsehair backpack that Wei Ran was very familiar with, and began to make the coffee that they had drunk in the trenches.

"How did you two know each other?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"After we arrived in China, we went to Yu Yanlin's home according to the address in his letter."

“But it was a ruin, and we listened to a woman who said she could lead us to her family,” Clemont explained.

Just when she and her companions were about to rob us, Huang Youze showed up. He not only saved us, but also told us about Yu Yanlin's family and that he had photos of him and Yu Yanlin taken in Germany and France.

At this point, Clemont sighed, "He then sent us to the hotel and helped us find a job. After learning about our purpose, we became allies."

"He even took us to the anti-Japanese base area"

Amani added that his French words were also mixed with the Chinese word "anti-Japanese base area".

With just this sentence, Wei Ran relaxed his guard a little, "So have you told him about Yu Yanlin?"

“I only told him.”

Clemont replied, "He promised to help us find Yu Yanlin's family. What about you? What's your situation now? Are you here to join the battle as well?"

"certainly"

Wei Ran nodded as a matter of course, "My current public identity is a nuclear recruiter, my name is Matsui Ryunosuke, so is there anything I can do to help you?"

"When you have time, come visit the café on the eighth floor more often."

Clemont whispered, "The doorman and elevator driver on the first floor, as well as the waiter on the eighth floor who entertained you today, are all our people. A lot of intelligence is also transmitted through them."

"it is good"

Wei Ran paused and asked curiously, "So you two."

“She is my wife now.”

Clemont said, "No matter in appearance or in reality, we are just poor people who have survived by chance."

"You two are a good match," Wei Ran said with a smile.

"Thanks"

"boom!"

Before Amanda could say thank you, a gunshot was suddenly heard outside the room.

The three of them looked at each other and immediately ran to the door in no particular order. Amanda was the first to put her eyes on the peephole.

"Back off"

As Wei Ran spoke, he gently opened the door. Then, the three of them saw the gunman Huang Youze running out of the stairwell!

'I'm exposed'

Huang Youze stood at the door of the stairwell, pointing his gun at the upper floor, with his back to them outside the stairwell, and said in a very calm and low voice in French, "There is another section chief, Kobayashi Daisuke, in Otomo Corporation who needs to be killed. This is very important. Make sure to pass on this message."

Before Wei Ran and the other two could say anything, Huang Youze had already pulled the trigger at the two men who were chasing them from upstairs and forced them back. Then he quickly fired a bullet at the wall on the side of Wei Ran's room and hurriedly ran downstairs.

But Wei Ran and the other two knew that if he went downstairs directly, he would probably not be able to escape.

Even so, before he could finish, Armani had already run over and stood directly in front of the gunman Huang Youze, "Quick, hold me hostage, maybe there will be a chance."

Before she could finish her words, the two men with guns from upstairs rushed down again.

"Don't hurt her!"

Wei Ran and Clemont immediately pleaded, one in Japanese and the other in French, while also running into the corridor and seemingly unconsciously blocking the shooting range of the two men.

Seeing this, Huang Youze took the opportunity to point the gun at Armani and started walking downstairs, while the two gunmen followed Wei Ran and Clement and started going downstairs.

After looking overhead and seeing that there were no other pursuers, Wei Ran and Clemont looked at each other. The two men pretending to be panicked suddenly hugged the head of one of the pursuers each.

"Boom!"

Clemont pushed the pursuer, who was more than a head shorter than him and standing two steps lower, and slammed his head against the wall.

"Click"

Almost at the same time, Wei Ran also broke another person's neck.

"Upstairs"

Wei Ran and Clemont whispered a reminder at the same time using their mouths.

Hearing this, Huang Youze reacted, immediately let go of A'man and ran upstairs again.

"Cry," Wei Ran reminded in a low voice.

Getting the hint, Clemont and Armani immediately followed back to the stairs on the fifth floor. They sat down on the ground, hugged each other and began to cry and comfort each other after surviving the disaster.

As for Wei Ran, he raised his 1911 pistol and fired several shots at the downstairs. Then he ran downstairs again, changed to a box gun and fired a burst of bullets at the upper floor.

Then he immediately ran back and changed his gun to 1911. While loudly covering Clement and the other two's retreat into the corridor, he fired at the downstairs with the 1911 pistol, as if he had suppressed the "robbers" to the fourth floor.