My own war game

Chapter 36 Constantine's "Treasure"

A thick tome "Neurosurgery" was taken down from a high place by a pair of small hands, and then fell on the table in a standard parabola with a dull thud. The long-accumulated dust in the room rose up in a whoosh.

"Ahem! Lola, don't treat grandpa's books so roughly. There are manuscripts from the last century in them. He will be unhappy if you damage them." Lisa said, covering her nose with her hand, while she held several booklets in her other hand.

"Pah, pah, one book at a time. We have to work until tomorrow morning at least. By the time we finish searching the house thoroughly, it will probably be over by your 18th birthday." Laura, who was standing on a ladder to get books down from high up, complained.

The two sisters are clearing the bookshelves in Constantine's study, checking one by one to see if there are any suspicious items.
On the way, He Chi and Lisa analyzed that there might be something that someone in the house wanted to search for, so they started a "treasure hunt". The plan was to search all the places in the villa where things could be stored to confirm.

This is a big project. The entire villa is about 800 square meters, not including the yard outside. If the "treasure" that Constantine left at home is just a small thing, then there are too many places to hide it.

"Hey, Lisa, if it was a treasure, what would you hope it was?" asked Lola, who was standing on a high place.

"It's best if it's related to money, such as gold, diamonds, or other jewelry." Lisa, who was doing a detailed search below, responded.

"So straightforward? I thought you would have some more imaginative requests, but I didn't expect you to talk about money directly." Laura curled her lips.

"This is not straightforward, but pragmatic. If the hidden things are gems, then it will be the least troublesome thing for us." He Chi walked into the house, took the things from Lisa's hand and put them aside.

"Why?" Laura turned and looked at He Chi.

"If it's jewelry and gold, it doesn't matter even if the quantity is as much as the Federal Reserve warehouse. Because the other party's purpose is at most money. Once you transfer your property to a safe place, such as a bank vault, the other party loses the meaning of coming to your door to cause trouble." He Chi spread his hands to explain to Lola.

"If it's something else, it'll be very troublesome," Lisa added. "Once it involves some hidden information, such as important technical data, who knows what the other party will do to keep it secret."

The few people found nothing throughout the day.

At night, He Chi got up from his bed, walked to the living room alone, spread out his palm, and took out the last copper coin.

A flash of light passed by, and the copper coin disappeared in He Chi's palm. A 3D tactical map of the villa area appeared in his right eye again.

Napoleon, who had been adopted, lay on the blanket, looked up at him, yawned, flicked his tail and went back to sleep.

He Chi did not search for the so-called treasure carefully during the day because he had his own better way.

Through the perspective stereogram, He Chi looked for suspicious places one by one, and finally made a discovery in a corner of the kitchen.

When he opened a hidden cabinet door, a foul smell rushed into He Chi's nose, forcing him to hold his breath temporarily.

There was no corpse inside, but a round jar of cheese.

Freshly made cheese has a slight fishy smell. In many parts of Europe, people have the habit of fermenting it again to produce mycelium before eating it. However, a very small number of people have a special "heavy taste" and are willing to eat "stinky cheese" that has been fermented for many years.

This thing is similar to the stinky tofu in China. Both have a great impact on human sense of smell. It is very niche abroad and few people can accept it.

Coincidentally, Constantine was one of them. He Chi saw the green mold inside, which felt like leftovers that had been left outdoors for a week in the summer. He resisted the nausea and reached his hand in. He felt something hard under the sticky touch.

He Chi rotated gently, click!
A hollow space was revealed at the bottom of the jar, and He Chi pulled out something wrapped in oilcloth from it.

"Huh~, if I didn't have 3D vision I definitely wouldn't reach my hand in here to look for something." He Chi muttered, then picked up the oilcloth bag in his hand and carefully opened it.

It was a thread-bound book, quite heavy, similar in size to a large booklet for looking up telephone numbers.

The first page is the table of contents, sorted by the first letter of ABCD.

He Chi randomly opened a page and saw the information about Clavelle Diallo. The name seemed familiar. Upon closer thought, he realized that this person was the chief of the local police station.

What follows is the explosive material, a full page of black material on his acceptance of bribes and private transactions with gangs. Not only does it have clear time and place, it also lists the participants and indirect evidence.

Looking further down, He Chi also knew Dorothea Enders, a rising Hollywood actress who had starred in several blockbuster movies with hundreds of millions of box office revenue. And behind her was a long list of people who had had romantic dealings with him, from directors to wealthy businessmen.

Nix Bourque, politician and state legislator, has a lot of political dirt on him.

The more He Chi read, the more frightened he became. According to the list in the catalog, the number of people who had been caught had exceeded three hundred. Almost all of these people were upper class Americans. Once this information flowed into society, the impact would be equivalent to detonating a nuclear bomb in San Diego.

Recalling the suspicious attitude of the insurance company, He Chi searched the directory and soon found Steve Kaufman. This person had more scandals. He joined hands with local gangs to persecute insurance beneficiaries and pocketed the large sums of money that should have been paid to the policyholders. Some people even committed suicide due to long-term threats.

"No wonder they paid 400 million for this. If I were that bald guy, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I didn't get this thing."

He Chi remembered that Constantine said that he and the local police maintained a tacit understanding not to interfere with each other, and the secret of making the beautiful policewoman, who emptied her magazine at the slightest disagreement, compromise was probably this.

As long as they are not absolutely sure that they can destroy it, all the people listed in the book will be afraid of the "doctor".

However, Constantine's disappearance has broken this delicate balance, and some people involved may take risks.

"I seem to be involved in a big incident." Looking at the things in his hand, He Chi didn't know what to do with it for a moment.

There is no doubt that he has been involved in it. If he tells the other party that he is just passing by, I guess those people will not let him go.

Just as He Chi was thinking about how to respond, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated and a message popped up.

"Come out, the lawyer wants to see you."

The sender was Rosa Sandra and the note was neighbor.

(End of this chapter)