Chapter 1052 Division of labor and clues from New York (double last day to ask for monthly tickets)

Everyone was relieved when they saw Jack with a strange expression on his face and Old Muto returning safely.

There was one more Jeep nearby than before, and two local policemen wearing the same uniforms as Detective Bolino were collecting the bodies.

They spread a large tarp on the ground and lowered their heads to carefully examine the remains scattered around.

"Did you find anything on it?" Jubal asked while re-spraying mosquito repellent on his body.

Mosquitoes are the most notorious and deadliest killers on the African continent, transmitting and contracting a range of deadly viruses including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever and West Nile virus.

Tanzania generally has two rainy seasons every year, the light rainy season from November to December, the heavy rainy season from March to May, and the rest is naturally the dry season. In the dry season, there is less rain and relatively fewer mosquitoes.

It's still February, but Jack still requires everyone to wear long-sleeved shirts and tie trousers when going out, and to re-spray mosquito repellent on time.

Malaria is as frequent here as colds. The locals may have gotten used to it and tolerated it for a while, but when outsiders experience malaria for the first time, they may be admitted to the ICU directly due to liver failure.

It is extremely difficult to find an ICU bed in this country.

"It has nothing to do with those people. There are only 12 of them in total. The organization does not have the execution capabilities to carry out such a large-scale kidnapping. There is no space on the hill to hide so many people."

Jack did not describe his experience in detail, but simply gave a conclusion.

It is obvious that Old Muto and his militia are the real controllers of this area. The Somali armed forces, which only have 12 people, half of whom are still half-grown men, seem to be here to take refuge.

In Jack's view, they are somewhat similar to the Naxal (Maoist) armed forces entrenched in Nepal and eastern India, except that they are smaller in scale and less climactic.

Simba, the "Lion King" in Old Muto's mouth, was a young man with a ferocious scar on his forehead. When he received the two of them in the dilapidated "bunker", lying next to him was an adult male with a thick mane and a mighty domineering appearance. African lion.

Apparently his nickname comes from the lion he calls his brother, and his name is inspired by a Disney cartoon.

After a trial full of "smell of gunpowder", Jack finally, through the mediation of Old Muto, exchanged 4 Bayi bars and 1,000 rounds of bullets for a piece of information.

Of course, the actual supplier is Old Muto, and Jack only needs to be responsible for paying the US dollars.

According to a "Lion King" man in charge of sentry duty, there were indeed more than a dozen armed men holding AKs escorting a team wearing red T-shirts passing through the valley below in the early hours of yesterday morning.

They rested for a while on the way. At dawn, several armed men took the two men in red T-shirts who looked like the leaders to the edge of the woods in the distance.

Because he was too far away, the subordinate could not see clearly what happened, but he was very sure that when the few people came back, there would be only one person wearing a red T-shirt, and he didn't seem to be very afraid of those holding on. Gun kidnapper.

"According to the previous pastor in the town, the Brunswick missionary group had a total of two leaders. In addition to the dead Jacob Bruce, there was also a man named Elijah."

Jubal took out the tablet from the car and opened a photo. It was a photo they had received before setting off. Garcia found it from the social account of one of the missing female tourists.

The photo was uploaded at 10pm the day before yesterday, a few hours before the 23 tourists disappeared.

The photo was taken from the middle part of a large group photo. In addition to the uploader himself, there were three people standing in the middle. The local black pastor stood in the middle, with Jacob Bruce and Elijah on both sides.

"Looks like we need to investigate that Elijah," Aubrey suggested, looking at the photo.

"And that pastor, we need to verify his statement and learn more about the relationship between Jacob Bruce and Elijah."

Jubal said and looked at Detective Bolino, who nodded knowingly, "No problem, I'll send someone to the town right away."

"Then what do we do next? Continue to follow the tracks?" Hannah asked.

Jack looked up at the sky, and then looked at Old Muto. The sun was setting. Without him and his militia, Jack had no confidence that he could spend the night safely in this wild land with everyone.

Although he had confidently taken the little girl Isabel on a trek in the Mexican Gobi before, at that time, as long as he had to take care of one person, the most he could do was stay up all night.

The situation in the wilderness of Tanzania is much more complicated than that of the Mexican Gobi. The number and types of wild animals alone are not of the same order of magnitude.

Fortunately, Old Muto took the initiative to take over this chore, "Leave the tracking to my people. I will contact you early tomorrow morning."

So everyone bid farewell to old Muto and his militia and returned to Arusha, where they checked into the most expensive hotel in the area.

The advice on choosing a hotel comes from Rossi, who has been to Africa and was tortured by a local bedbug-like creature.

Facts have proved that if you have money, you can live a comfortable life anywhere, with clean mattresses, 24-hour uninterrupted water and electricity, and food that tastes pretty good.

The staple food of the locals is a kind of corn dough called "Wu Curry". When eating, it is dipped in sauce. The taste is a bit strange but not unacceptable.

Rice is also a common staple food in the local area, but it is seasoned with oil and salt when it is cooked, which makes Jack a little uncomfortable.

After a simple dinner, everyone contacted Alice who stayed in New York and the BAU people who rushed to support. After some communication, they found more suspicious points.

The first is the identity of the 23 kidnapped people. Of course, after receiving the fingerprint photo sent by Jack in New York and confirming that the body belongs to Jacob Bruce, the number of kidnapped people has now been reduced to 22.

Hotchner and Reid flew to Texas and found that the Brunswick Mission headquarters there was deserted. According to their investigation, Jacob Bruce and Elijah Ward were confirmed to be the leaders of this mission.

They contacted Jacob Bruce's estranged wife, who was on a flight to New York at the moment.

Garcia investigated the economic situation of the mission and found that they had raised at least $300,000. Jacob Bruce used all the funds to buy various supplies and sent them to Tanzania in recent months.

"$300,000 in charity supplies? Maybe this is why Jacob Bruce became a target?" Aubrey knew that money could move people.

As soon as he got off the plane, he exchanged some Tanzanian shillings with US dollars to pay for tips, but was surprised to find that the largest denomination of banknotes here was 10,000 shillings, which was equivalent to less than $4.

When he just gave two bills to the hotel waiter who opened the door for everyone, the other party's surprise reaction fully demonstrated the purchasing power of this money in the local area.

"These charity supplies were sent to Tanzania in the name of donations. I found out that the person who signed for this batch of supplies was a local pastor named Tumo Makanni."

Garcia sent a photo. After seeing it, Jubal drew a circle on the previous photo. He was the black pastor standing between Elijah Ward and Jacob Bruce.