Chapter 1312 Pursue (2/2)

After a full day of driving, they set up camp in the evening.

The bodyguards busied themselves in setting up the tents. Li Du took advantage of the moment of privacy to ask Steve hurriedly, ”That friend of mine, Tang Chaoyang. Are you close to him?”

After hearing that, Steve froze for a moment. He did not answer, turning to speak with Andrey instead. ”Have you met any strangers on the island recently? There are very few people on the archipelago, right? If there were strangers, you'd recognize them, right?”

Andrey shook his head. ”No, sir, I've been staying inside the research center…”

”Then go and ask those villagers if they've seen any strangers,” Steve interrupted him.

Andrey started to communicate with the local villagers. After some time, he translated what they told him. ”Around a week ago, someone saw a car that looked like yours. Big and sturdy, fit for terrain, you know. They had appeared around Pioneer Island but never came to Bolshevik Island.

Steve asked, ”What color was the car?”

”Red.”

Steve clapped his hands hard. Then he walked back to talk to Li Du and the Ford brothers. He laughed coolly and said, ”Red Devil Blodwen is here. He arrived here earlier than I did. I'd bet anything the b*stard ganged up with the locals to make trouble for us!”

Li Du was puzzled. ”Red Devil Blodwen? Who is that?”

”A whoreson. Did not expect that he would come here too,” Young Ford said, troubled.

”More details, please. What kind of man is he?” Li Du continued to ask.

Steve answered, ”Red Devil Blodwen. His full name is Bobby Blodwen. Do you know the UK extensive financial wealth group? His family is controlling that one. This is beside the point, however. All you need to know is that the son of a bitch has the same goals as us. He has also come to Severnaya Zemlya to look for meteorites.”

Enlightened, Li Du said, ”Oh, he's a meteorite hunter too?”

”It's very likely that he might have made some discovery. That could be why he and his people wanted to catch us, subdue us or shoo us off,” Steve said with a serious look on his face.

Li Du said cheerfully, ”That's good for us, though. Let's deal with these b*stards and take whatever they found from them. It would save us the trouble and effort of searching, wouldn't it?”

Young Ford started to laugh and patted his shoulder, saying, ”That's right, Li, you and I think alike.”

However, Li Du was still somewhat confused and asked Steve, ”But how did you suddenly think of that guy?”

Steve shook his head and said, ”I've never thought of checking if it might be this guy. You broached the topic of that mysterious friend of yours. He is also an explorer and he could have the same interest in the meteorites of Severnaya Zemlya. That prompted me to consider that perhaps those who targeted us did it for the meteorites.”

That was an important clue. They were no longer mystified regarding the attack on them and everything seemed clearer.

The night fell very soon and they went to their tents to rest. Brother Wolf had organized many teams to patrol the ground and stand guard during the night. He wanted to keep enemies from springing a surprise attack on them.

Thinking back on all that had happened, Li Du was somewhat troubled. The experience of the adventure was truly a new one for him and he had not expected so much adversity.