I’m In Charge of SCP

Ten minutes later, Zhang Jue returned from the same road and heard Yang Xue and McDowell talking.

"Turkmenistan has the most fingerprints on the map. It is possible that Dr. Acheson pointed to the location on the map while looking at the map with a magnifying glass. Many people have this habit, but we are not completely sure that he went there. , Several surrounding countries have to send people to search.”

"No, I've already confirmed with you that Dr. Acheson went to Turkmenistan." Zhang Jue stepped into the room and said, "I even know that after he went to Turkmenistan, the first place he stayed It's a small town called Sakura."

Yang Xue and McDowell looked at Zhang Jue at the same time, both a little surprised, not knowing where he got this information from.

He had only been gone for ten minutes.

"Consultant Zhang, how do you know?" McDowell asked.

"Hey, Brother McDowell, don't you know that our country C has a technology called five elements and eight diagrams, which can be used to deduce what happened in the past and the future through calculations. Have you heard of the push back map? It is a prediction of thousands of times. What will happen in the next year. The younger brother is not talented, and he was given the nickname Zhang Daxian. Although he has only grasped some superficial information, when I come here, I can deduce the location of Dr. Acheson based on the surrounding terrain. Hey, It’s ashamed to say, if I can be a little more powerful, I can locate his exact location—”

After Zhang Jue finished speaking, McDowell was dumbfounded.

Of course he had heard of such a famous thing as Tuibeitu, but he didn't know that this consultant Zhang was also proficient in this technique.

In fact, he didn't have a good impression of Zhang Jue, thinking that his words were frivolous. However, now that he thinks about it, there are no worthless people under his reputation. It must be extraordinary for Consultant Zhang to gain a foothold in a place full of talents like the Administration Bureau. McDowell felt that he should correct his previous judgment on him.

McDowell praised: "The culture of country C is really extensive and profound. Consultant Zhang doesn't have to be humble. You are already very good at knowing the teacher's specific foothold. This not only saves a lot of manpower and material resources, but also saves us a lot of time. , Consultant Zhang, I apologize for belittling you before."

Zhang Jue laughed loudly and said, "Hey, Brother McDowell, it's a shame to say that, I have something to learn from you, hahahaha——"

If Zhang Jue had shown such an attitude before, McDowell would have frowned in disgust, but now his perception of Zhang Jue has changed. Hearing this laughter, he would only feel that Mr. Complain with him, and have no airs, approachable.

Zhang Jue smiled and winked at Yang Xue, who shook her head and chuckled, feeling a little helpless.

others do not know,

Didn't she know that Zhang Jue would gossip about the five elements and gossip, saying that he would be fooling around?

He must have gotten the news from nowhere, and then used this excuse to say it. Poor McDowell believed it.

Yang Xue sighed, and came to Zhang Jue's side while McDowell was contacting other staff to prepare for the trip to Turkmenistan.

"How do you know that Professor Acheson has indeed gone to Turkmenistan?" she asked softly.

Zhang Jue snorted: "Didn't I say it, I figured it out—oh, take it easy, I said I said—"

Zhang Jue rubbed his waist, turned sideways and whispered in Yang Xue's ear: "I met a snake head outside just now, and it was he who sent Dr. Acheson to Turkmenistan. The reason why Dr. Acheson is here Staying here for a day and a night is also because they are waiting for the right opportunity."

"Snake head?" Yang Xue frowned slightly, "They can do anything for money, so what they say may not be credible."

"Dr. Yang, I don't need you to teach me." Zhang Jue laughed and said, "In addition to money, I also used another special method to ensure that he would not lie to me."

I don't know what "special means" Zhang Jue used, but Yang Xue knew that she was indeed inferior to Zhang Jue in this regard.

Wicked people still need to be grinded by wicked people. With Zhang Jue as a big gangster, how could those little guys be his opponents.

Zhang Jue said again: "Of course, in order to prevent that person from preferring death to surrender, I have already tied him up and thrown him into a nearby warehouse. The people from the management bureau will be here in a while. Let him go back and have a sip of tea first. He lied to me, hum, I'll let him know how powerful I am."

Seeing that Zhang Jue had taken everything into consideration, Yang Xue nodded and stopped asking.

She is very clear about her position. In terms of ability, she is definitely not as good as Zhang Jue, but Zhang Jue is sometimes careless, so she has to undertake these tedious tasks of checking for omissions and filling in vacancies.

In the afternoon of that day, the group of them rushed to Turkmenistan on the special plane of the Occult Alliance, and after another day of traveling, they arrived at the small town called Sakula that the smuggler had mentioned in the afternoon.

Sakula is just a transliterated place name, and Zhang Jue doesn't know what the official name of this place is. Yang Xue once told him, but he didn't remember it either.

Sakula is located at the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, and the law and order is not very good. The smugglers pull those who need to smuggle here and send them away. As for whether these people can survive in a foreign country, it all depends on luck.

Dr. Acheson was not short of money, and he could have come to Turkmenistan through regular channels, but he insisted on making such a big detour, probably to deceive others.

Zhang Jue and Yang Xue walked on the street together with several staff members of the Occult Alliance, looking at those refugees who couldn't even eat enough, they felt a little emotional for a while.

I probably noticed that some of them were outsiders, and someone was eager to try and grab their things, but seeing the guns they deliberately exposed, I could only dispel this idea, and went back to the base of the wall to sit.

Country Mei and Country C are both big countries in the world, and there are not no poor people, but it is rare to see such a scene of "frozen bones on the road".

In the land of the Middle East, the war has never subsided, and the war has never stopped. Even if ordinary people want to live and work in peace and contentment, they don’t have such conditions. Someday, even their houses may be bombed.

In this case, it is extremely difficult to find a specific person, because everyone only cares about whether they can see the sun tomorrow.

McDowell looked at Zhang Jue: "Consultant Zhang, can you use your five elements and eight trigrams positioning technique again to see if the teacher is still here."

After McDowell asked, Yang Xue burst out laughing and gave Zhang Jue a blank look.

My heart said to see how you, a dead person, explain it to others.

But what kind of person is Zhang Jue? He brags that he doesn't even need to write a draft. His face is as usual, pretending to be profound.

"Mr. McDowell, you don't know that my positioning technique is an act of leaking secrets, and it will shorten my life. Therefore, when my teacher was teaching me, he once forced me to take a poisonous oath. Within three days It must not be used repeatedly, otherwise it will be condemned by God. Of course, it is not impossible to use it forcibly, but the accuracy will be greatly reduced. As a consultant of the Administration, I, Zhang Jue, am afraid of some curse. Mr. McDowell, please help me I'll find a quieter place, and here's what I'll do—"

Zhang Jue was quick-spoken and babbled a lot before McDowell knew that this skill still had a cooldown time.

He quickly stopped Zhang Jue: "Consultant Zhang, I can understand your feelings, but since repeated use within three days will reduce the accuracy, I don't think it's better to take this risk. Although the current situation is urgent, we can still do it in three days." Wait, besides, maybe in less than three days, we will be able to find the teacher through other means."

Zhang Jue regretted: "Hey, well, Mr. McDowell, I am really ashamed of my uselessness."

"Consultant Zhang is humble, you have already helped us a lot."

The matter was resolved in a few words, Zhang Jue pouted at Yang Xue proudly.

Yang Xue gave him a white look, when will this person stop being so childish.

Zhang Jue's three-day statement was of course just a tactic to delay the attack. He was the best at playing this method. If Dr. Acheson hadn't been found after three days, he would definitely make up another reason to fool McDowell.

But because there was already an approximate scope, Dr. Acheson's trace was quickly locked again under the double search of the Authority and the Occult Alliance.

Of course, he didn't stay in this small town where he couldn't even guarantee his personal safety, but left here by car overnight.

Not much to say about the twists and turns on the way, Dr. Acheson's last stop was a city called Bayakala.

Sitting in the car, Zhang Jue found that there was nothing special about the city itself, but its geographical location was a bit special.

To the north are mountains, to the west is the Caspian Sea, and to the south is a desert.

This time, Dr. Acheson did not choose to stay in a hotel or hotel, but settled in a small village on the outskirts of the city.

He found a family, stayed for two nights, and then disappeared on the third day, and has never appeared in anyone's sight since then.

Zhang Jue and the others are going to that family now.

The law and order here is much better than that at the border, but still no one will let strangers stay at home overnight, so Zhang Jue was a little strange before meeting him.

The owners of the house were an old couple who looked to be at least seventy years old.

The husband has a lame leg and the old woman is deaf.

According to them, seeing Dr. Acheson sleeping on a park chair and not looking like a bad guy allowed him to stay at home overnight.

Dr. Acheson lived in the old couple's home for two days, leaving early and returning late every day, each time with a tired face.

And after he went out on the third day, he never came back.

The old couple was very anxious, thinking that something happened to him, they opened the package he left at home to see if there was any contact information of his family, but there was nothing in it except a lot of dollars.

The old couple handed in the US dollars and reported the case.

Coincidentally, people from the Authority and the Occult Alliance just checked here at that time, and a huge amount of U.S. dollars from unknown sources caught their attention, and then they found Dr. Acheson's trace along the way.

Zhang Jue, Yang Xue and others came to the old couple's home and listened to him describe Dr. Acheson's every move in detail.

After hearing that he left early and returned late every day, Zhang Jue interrupted the old lady.

"Do you know what he does every day?"

The old woman didn't know what Zhang Jue and the others were doing, but she was a little scared instinctively, and glanced at her wife.

The old man was a soldier when he was young, and he was discharged because of a leg injury. He could tell at a glance that Zhang Jue and his group were not easy.

He mistakenly thought that Dr. Acheson was probably some kind of spy, which attracted so many people to be arrested across the country.

The old man shook his head and said, "We don't know what he does every day, but I noticed that every time he comes back, there will be some sand on the soles of his shoes."

"Sand?" Zhang Jue frowned, "You mean, he went to the desert in the south?"

The old man nodded: "I guess so, because that kind of sand is very special, only found in that desert."

Zhang Jue nodded and asked, "What's the name of that desert?"

The old man said, "Karakum."

...

As the sun was setting, Zhang Jue sat on a rock and looked at the sky in the distance.

The Occult Alliance has sent people to investigate the desert, and the situation doesn't seem optimistic.

This desert called Karakum is one of the large deserts in Central Asia. It means "black desert" in Turkic. More than 70% of it is in Turkmenistan, covering an area of ​​350,000 square kilometers.

Although the size of the desert is not small, the search technology of the Authority and the Occult Alliance is already very advanced.

There is no shelter in the desert, as long as Dr. Acheson is still here, he will definitely be able to find it.

However, two days have passed.

But there was no trace of Dr. Acheson, whether alive or dead.

Karakum desert.

Zhang Jue said the name in his mouth, and felt a little familiar, probably heard it somewhere.

According to the general urine nature, when he has this feeling, it is usually related to abnormal items.

So it made sense for Dr. Acheson to come here.

But no matter how hard the bureau searched, all they could see was a piece of yellow sand.

Not to mention the Daeva tribe, there is no trace of any living things in this desert.

Yang Xue came over, sat beside him, watched the distant sunset with him, saw that he seemed a little depressed, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Zhang Jue let out a hey: "What can I do, it's just that there are some things I haven't touched for a long time, and I really can't remember them—I want to go to that desert tomorrow to see."

"I'll accompany you." Yang Xue said.

"No, you stay here." Zhang Jue shook his head, "I can sense that there might be danger there."

When Yang Xue thought about the site14 invasion incident, she followed Zhang Jue out of the secret passage regardless of the consequences and almost died.

But now she is not so impulsive.

After getting along for such a long time, she already had unconditional trust in Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue is very strong, very powerful.

As long as she doesn't hold back, no one is his opponent.

Yang Xue looked at Zhang Jue's profile in the setting sun, and leaned forward to kiss him gently.

"Be careful, I'll wait for you to come back."