War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1859 Found it

Watching Hoshino Hayato leave this retro Japanese-style garden, Wei Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief but also began to wonder what kind of policeman the other party was.

However, he was not in a hurry to explore this issue. Instead, he put away the seal and then locked the gate of the courtyard. He still had to meet up with Sui Sui and others. After all, an excuse was just an excuse.

It's like even though they hadn't discussed it in advance, Suo Suo, who had clearly left first in the car, actually just stopped the car at a nearby intersection, waited patiently for him to come out, and then immediately called him on WeChat.

"Go to the left, we're waiting for you at the intersection." Sui Sui didn't give Wei Ran a chance to speak after he connected the voice call.

He subconsciously turned his head to look over there, and sure enough, the car was waiting for him with its double flashes on. The person in the driver's seat even flashed their headlights when they saw him looking over there.

"I see. I'll be right there."

After saying this, Wei Ran hung up the phone and quickened his pace, while Sui Sui, who was sitting in the car, opened the door early.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting"

Wei Ran said as he got into the car. At this time, in addition to the sisters Sui Sui and Kajianka, there were also Chihiro and Chizuru sitting in the driver and co-pilot seats. The twins, Marta and Lu Xinda were in another car.

"It's okay, let's go, boss." Chihiro said as she started the car.

"What did you just say, Boss?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously.

"Just now, Her Majesty the Queen bought the He girl and Chihiro sister at a price that we had no chance of refusing."

Chizuru, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, said happily, "From now on, we are all the Queen's running dogs."

"Which one do you want to buy?" Wei Ran asked with a smile. Of course he could hear the joking in Qianhe's words.

“I plan to set up a company”

Sui Sui said, "Qianxun will be the representative and will participate in the management. The details have not been decided yet, but they have agreed."

"We have no reason to refuse such generous conditions," Chizuru said in a low voice.

"So are we going to that Rice Lotus Temple or find some other place to celebrate next?" Wei Ran asked jokingly.

"What Rice Lotus Temple?" Qianhe was unable to react for a moment.

"Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine"

Qianxun stepped on the accelerator while speaking, "There aren't that many tourists at this time, we still have time."

Whether it was Wei Ran or Sui Sui, they would naturally follow the host's lead and go wherever he pleased. However, it was inevitable that these two little foxes in their respective fields would switch to Russian, which only the Kajianka sisters, whom they trusted enough, could understand, and they would chat in a low voice from time to time.

After a conversation, Suo Su asked about the purpose of Hoshino Hayato looking for Wei Ran, and Wei Ran also learned about Suo Su's plan.

Contrary to his expectations, although the idea of ​​the Zhao'anhe girl was indeed first thought up by Su Su, this time, all the plans were actually the result of communication between the sisters Marta and Kajianka.

Wei Ran even suspected that this matter was mainly because the Kajianka sisters were tempted.

When he realized this, he had actually guessed their purpose.

Whether it is Hela or the succubus, they have enough, or even an endless supply of manpower.

These girls, who are already beautiful enough, come from all over the world. It is not difficult at all to select some of the more outstanding ones to train into idols. Even their targeted placement is not a problem.

On the other hand, even for an 18th-tier little star, there are enough vacant positions for the surrounding staff to be provided to Hela or the Succubus, no, especially Hela!
Moreover, celebrities are destined to fly around, which is a perfect match for Hela, just like sheathing a sword.

Perhaps it was because of this consideration that Marta planned from the very beginning to make the company to be established in Zhaohe independent from the two film and television companies headed by Sui Sui in the name of "reasonable tax avoidance".

She even found someone who at least seemed unrelated to serve as an investor to downplay the direct connection between the new company and Sui Sui.

Sui Sui seemed to have the same plan, so she gave the job to the Kajianka sisters with special trust.

"What do you think this company will be called in the future?" Sui Sui asked Wei Ran in Chinese.

"What are your plans?" Wei Ran threw the question back.

"I think the name He Shoujo itself is good."

Sui Sui said as she stretched out her fist and shook it, "Especially the women in this country, right?"

"Then let's call it this," Wei Ran responded indifferently. It didn't matter what it was called.

"This is also a test for Marta. I plan to throw all the related work to her." Sui Sui said without disguising, "Of course, there is also Chihiro."

"Don't worry, boss!" Qianxun responded confidently with the arduous spirit that is unique to nuclear recruiters.

While chatting about this topic, the two cars drove to the foot of the so-called Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine one after another.

Since they failed to catch up with the first group going up the mountain, Chihiro and the three little ones simply took Susu and the others to find a small shop to fill their stomachs, and then they began to climb to the top of the mountain while introducing the group.

Objectively speaking, those big red door frames were indeed quite beautiful, but at this moment Wei Ran was not focusing on the scenery along the way.

"Your plan?"

Wei Ran, who deliberately fell behind, looked at Anfisa who was always beside Sui Sui in front of him, and asked in a low voice in Italian as if talking to himself.

"That's right"

Anfia obviously knew what he was asking. "Because of the continuous replenishment before, Hela will usher in a blowout development. We have enough manpower to use. Boss, there is no better opportunity than this."

“Then let’s get started.”

Wei Ran said to himself, "Just don't implicate those girls and their families. It's not easy to recruit such a family."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Anfia made a promise in a low voice.

"Who will be the investor?" Wei Ran asked a new question.

"We already have a candidate," Anfia responded. "Before that, do you have any special requirements for investors?"

"Let's find an American," Wei Ran said, "Let the Americans do this kind of thing."

"What do you think of Ania?" Anfia gave Wei Ran a candidate that he was unprepared for.

"She?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "Why her?"

“She likes pretty girls”

Anfia said as a matter of course, “And he’s an American and a member of the Golden Fleece.

And she has an equally beautiful girlfriend, so even if she uses a lot of female workers, it wouldn't seem wrong, especially in this industry.

Of course, we will still recruit some men for some dispensable peripheral positions to balance the gender ratio.”

"As long as she agrees. Forget it. This is just like throwing a quarter horse into the women's bathroom to act as a shower head. I really can't think of any reason why she would refuse."

Wei Ran shook his head and said, "You guys go and talk to them yourselves."

Anfia smiled and said, "I can't think of any reason why she would refuse."

"Try to find out what kind of policeman the father of the twins is," Wei Ran whispered, changing the subject, "Try to be as friendly as possible."

"I'll give you an answer as soon as possible," Anfia said, quickening her pace and walking on the other side of Sui Sui again.

Wei Ran and the girls walked and stopped along the way among the crowd of tourists. When they finally climbed to the top of the mountain, it was around ten o'clock in the morning.

After taking a short rest and asking Wei Ran to help take a few group photos, everyone immediately went down the mountain and, led by Qianxun and others, went straight to the Jin Market which was filled with various stalls and continued to shop while filling their stomachs with various expensive but not amazing snacks.

While they were busy with their day trip to Kyoto, Edelweiss Clara's brother, Mr. Kurt Holle from Austria, showed up at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France before dawn.

With many friends bidding farewell to him, Mr. Holler, pulling a carry-on suitcase, was led by an Asian-looking man to board a flight that would stop in Munich and eventually fly to Kansai Airport.

"Is this Mr. Holler's first time recruiting nuclear weapons?"

In the relatively comfortable business class, the Asian-looking man looked at the layout of the business class with curiosity and asked in French with a strange accent.

It was obvious that this was his first time flying in business class, so he felt a little awkward for a moment.

"yes"

The non-stop running around in the past two days has made it difficult for Holler to conceal his fatigue in his expression and words. After all, he is not young anymore, but he still insists on doing these things himself.

“I haven’t been back for many years.”

The accompanying man took off his slightly worn-out French army-issued boots and put on slippers while saying, "This time it's all thanks to Mr. Holler."

"No need to say that," Holler waved his hand, "How is life in MSF?"

“It’s better than being outside the law, but it’s also worse than being outside the law,” the Asian man said. “But I like this kind of life.”

"When is your wedding with her?" Holler asked a new question.

"Maybe in the spring," the Asian man requested, "Can we hold the wedding at your auto repair shop then?"

"certainly"

Holler nodded, "That's her home, of course you can hold the wedding there."

After nearly 18 hours of travel, during which they chatted intermittently and slept soundly, Holler and his companions finally landed at Kansai Airport the next morning.

With the Asian man accompanying them communicating in Japanese with a strong Hokkaido accent, the two quickly got into the car they had rented in advance and drove straight to the address that Wei Ran had left behind.

"Mr. Holler can contact your friend now. We will be on the road for about an hour and a half." The man driving said, "Then you can take a rest." "Thank you"

Mr. Holler said gratefully, then yawned, took out his cell phone and called Wei Ran who was already nearby.

As the phone rang, Wei Ran, who was still sleeping soundly with Sui Sui in his arms, was instantly awakened and fumbled to find his cell phone.

"Who's here so early?" Suo Suo, who was woken up, asked with a yawn.

"Is it Mr. Holler?" Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then said, "You go to sleep first, he is my friend."

As he said that, he quietly got up, walked out of the guest room and called back.

"It seems that I disturbed Mr. Victor's sweet dream"

As soon as the call was connected, Holler on the other end said with a smile, but there was no apology in his tone.

“Now is the time to get up.”

Wei Ran said with a smile as he walked downstairs, "Does Mr. Holler have any good news?"

“Good news indeed”

Mr. Holler looked at the scenery outside the window and said, "There is news about the person you are looking for. In addition, I have already landed to recruit nuclear weapons. It will only take about an hour and a half to get to the address you left for Yashar. If you are there..."

"Are you here to recruit?" Wei Ran exclaimed.

"That's right"

Mr. Holler joked, "Victor, I brought all the news about Kentaro Musashi. If you are still at the address you left for Yashar, you can prepare to thank me."

"How did you get here? Do you need me to pick you up?" Wei Ran immediately lost his sleepiness.

"Not really. There was a young man who came with me. He used to recruit nuclear personnel. We rented a car ourselves."

Holler couldn't help but yawn when he said this, "If it's convenient, why don't you help us arrange a place to stay?

I called you right after I got off the plane, and thank God I was able to get through this time."

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it right away." Wei Ran paused, "Also, I'm very grateful for your help."

"We are friends"

Holler smiled and said, "Okay, Victor, let's talk when we meet. I'm going to take a nap on the way."

"See you later, Mr. Holler."

Wei Ran hung up the phone gratefully, then raised his voice and said, "Ladies, you must get up now."

"What happened?" The first to respond were the Kajianka sisters who shared a room with them.

Without waiting for Wei Ran to answer, the other girls also walked out of the room with sleepy eyes. Yesterday they climbed the mountain in the morning, visited the market at noon, went shopping in the mall in the afternoon, and even went to Mao's bar to drink cocktails in the evening. Not to mention that they had to rush to Gunma Prefecture hundreds of kilometers away to prepare for a performance at noon today. Generally speaking, it was a morning that required a late sleep.

"Is Mrs. Mao at home?" Wei Ran did not explain, but asked Chihiro and Chizuru who lived in the same room.

"I gonna go see"

Qianxun scratched her messy hair and walked to the next room. After knocking symbolically, she opened the door directly, then turned her head and said, "She is at home, but she is drunk."

"Try to wake her up."

Wei Ran said, "I found her father, Kentaro Musashi, and in about an hour and a half, a friend of mine will come to visit with news about him."

As Wei Ran explained, Chihiro and Chizuru's eyes opened wider and wider, and then the two sisters began to divide the work tacitly.

"Wake up Shion and Hanane to help first!" Chihiro said hurriedly, "We have to at least clean the room and the courtyard!"

"Breakfast, there's still breakfast!" Chizuru added, "The guests must not have had breakfast yet since they came so early."

"It's too late to make it yourself. Go buy it later. Now go and run the bath water. We have to wake up mom first!"

Chihiro is indeed Mao's biological daughter, "Give her a cold bath!"

"She'll catch a cold!" Chizuru's eyes widened.

"Just prepare cold medicine in advance!"

During this increasingly outrageous communication, Chihiro ran into the bathroom and started running the bath water, while Chizuru woke up the twins who were still in the room and were not awakened at all.

Immediately afterwards, the four girls skillfully worked together to carry the still hungover Musashi Mao into the bathroom. Then Wei Ran and others who had blocked their ears in advance heard the pig-slaughtering scream as they wished - Musashi Mao, the forced startup was successful.

"I think, why don't we help too?" Su Su said as she turned and walked towards the room, "I'm going to change my clothes."

“This method works well”

Anfisa said deliberately, "We can also use this method to wake up anyone who stays in bed in the future."

"Yes, and it's very healthy and good for the body."

Anfia deliberately responded loudly, and followed her sister back to the room, leaving only Sui Sui and Lu Xinda shivering one after another.

As for Marta, she would never stay in bed. Not only that, she was even kind enough to translate the Russian of the Kajianka sisters into English that Lucinda could understand.

On this chaotic morning, the host and guests worked together to clean the inside and outside of the Japanese-style courtyard and even the door as quickly as possible. Chihiro even kept track of the time and took Chizuru to buy enough breakfast to fill everyone's stomach.

Almost at the same time when the breakfast filled the dining table that had been assembled to its maximum size, a car stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

Before the car stopped, Wei Ran had already helped Mr. Holler open the door. "We meet again, Mr. Holler. I'm sorry to trouble you this time."

"We did see each other again, but it didn't cause me any trouble."

Holler gave Wei Ran a warm hug, and then introduced the driver who pushed the door and got out of the car, "This is Mr. Renault, a Frenchman of Japanese descent. He previously served in the French Army and was a teammate of one of our children.

Now he has retired and is working as an assistant and emergency doctor for MSF. He used to be a medic outside the law.”

"Hello, thank you for your help." Wei Ran shook hands with the other party and spoke in French.

"Hello, Mr. Victor, and thank you for your help to Mr. Holle," the Renault responded in French.

"His fiancée is one of our children, a child from Balestan," Holler explained.

"So Mr. Renault joined MSF because of love?" Wei Ran asked almost subconsciously, and then he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He seemed to have asked Hirano Aoi a similar question.

"I joined MSF first, and then I found love." Renault smiled brightly, "We are about to get married."

"Congratulations to you," Wei Ran came back to his senses and said, "Please let me introduce you."

As he spoke, he introduced Mao Musashi, who had completely sobered up, her children, and even Susu.

After some introductions in a mixture of French, Japanese and Chinese, everyone followed Mao Musashi into the room and sat down at the dining table.

"Let Renault tell us what happened. He was involved in all the steps."

As Holler spoke, he picked up the chopsticks a little clumsily and began to enjoy his breakfast eagerly.

"Thanks to the detailed names and photos provided by Mr. Victor, we were able to interview several doctors, 8th Liberation Army fighters and refugees who had survived the war and obtained very crucial information from them."

Renault switched to Japanese to explain, "Through these people, we finally found the grave of Musashi Kentaro's wife, and also found the story about Musashi Kentaro, and his grave."

"Where? Where are they?" Mao Musashi asked subconsciously.

"In the Bekaa Valley, the remote Bekaa Valley, in a cave that was used as a hiding place, we found it."

Renault said, taking out his tablet and pulling out a set of photos and handing them to Musashi Mao.
As the tablet was passed from one person to another, Wei Ran was able to see that in those photos, there was an ordinary-looking cave. There wasn't even a tombstone inside the cave. There were only three lines of Arabic mixed with a Japanese name engraved on the rock wall:

8. Tomb of the Warrior Hana Amir
Tomb of the Internationalist Fighter Kentaro Musashi

They were a pair of lovers, and both died as soldiers at the hands of the Yishelie people.

“The cave was originally covered up.”

When the tablet was returned to Renault, he continued, "The son of an 8th Liberation Army soldier led us to the place. He personally participated in the burial work and heard his mother tell us what happened."

After a pause, Renault explained, "Hana Amir was born in the Balestan refugee camp. She joined the 14th Rebellion at the age of 8, and then met Musashi Kentaro at the age of 19. No, Comrade Musashi Kentaro."

In the quiet restaurant, Renault paused for a moment to give Marta enough time to translate, and waited until she finished translating before continuing, "It was in 1981, Comrade Musashi Kentaro took Hana Amir to the Bekaa Valley and held their wedding there, in the cave in the photo just now."

"Then they went to Beirut?" Mao Musashi asked subconsciously.

"No, they have lived in the Bekaa Valley for a long time."

Renault replied, "According to the survivors' recollections, Musashi Kentaro seemed to be mainly responsible for radio communications, while his wife received several months of medical training during that time. They were sent to Beirut on Labor Day in 1982. At that time, Hana's belly was already very bulging, making her more suitable for intelligence work."

"They are so lucky," Wei Ran sighed after listening to Marta's translation.

"Why do you say that?"

Susu couldn't help but ask, and even Mao Musashi and her children looked over subconsciously.

"On June 1982, 6, the Israelis launched Operation Peace for Galilee."

Wei Ran sighed, "The 8th Jie even formed a rocket scout group at that time. They were lucky to be able to leave, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Wei Ran did not continue to speak, but Musashi Maou could not help but shudder, then took a deep breath and said, "Please continue."