Chapter 1732: Trouble Caused by a Bullet
Xiao Peng, who figured out the whole story, was also helpless.
The Nenets of Yarsare, as the Napo Nenets who benefit most from the Russians' facilities, have excellent relations with the Russian authorities. They are highly cooperative and responsive to Russian policies, for example, sending their children to schools in Noyabrsk to learn Russian. Simply put, they are the Nenets who "take the lead."
Xiao Peng was absolutely right when he said that the two Indians were "kissed by God."
They were discovered by the Yarsarenets who had returned to their village for the reindeer festival the previous night and taken to the chief shaman for treatment. The chief shaman was unable to treat the gunshot wounds and could only stop the bleeding before sending the patients back to Noyabrsk for treatment and allowing the police to investigate the case.
How to get the patient back to Noyabrsk?
The solution is not difficult: because today is the Reindeer Festival in Arsaleh Village, the school in Noyabrsk sent a helicopter to take all the Nenets children in the school to Arsaleh Village to participate in this Nenets Festival.
Children in China go to school by school bus, but the Nenets children here go to school by plane.
The most effective means of transportation in Noyabrsk is the helicopter. In a city with a population of only more than 50,000, there are dozens of helicopters on standby at all times.
And they were almost all Mi-26s. That's the largest and heaviest helicopter still in service in the world. With a maximum range of nearly 2,000 kilometers, it could easily carry a hundred or eighty people at a time.
In fact, this type of helicopter was originally developed specifically for the development of Siberia as an all-weather transport helicopter. Later, it was found to be very useful and was adopted by the military. The characteristic of this helicopter is "all-weather", and it can withstand the general bad weather environment, which is why it is so common here.
When the head of the village of Yalsale contacted the Noyabrsk police about the shooting, they were also shocked.
Russia's ethnic policy towards the Nenets can basically be summed up in one sentence: No matter how small the matter is for the Nenets, it is important.
Although both are ethnic minorities in Russia, Russia's policies towards the Nenets are significantly more favorable than those towards other ethnic minorities. Even among the "panda peoples," they are considered exceptional. (Russia is made up of 194 ethnic groups, 31 of which have populations between 10,000 and 100,000, including the Nenets. Another 80 have populations under 10,000, and 44 have fewer than 1,000. The smallest is the Liv, with a population of around 100. A bout of malaria could wipe out this ethnic group...)
When the two Indians were taken for treatment, they told the police they hadn't intended to rape the girl and had been shot. Instead, they claimed they had been robbed and their clothes had been stolen, and they suspected someone attending the reindeer festival had done the job. When the Indians were returned to Noyabrsk, police discovered the shooter had used military VSS ammunition (the VSS sniper rifle uses the 9x39 round, unlike other 9mm rounds). This alarmed them—if someone had used VSS in a massacre, it would be a serious problem. They called the mayor of Yalzale and asked him to detain all non-Nenets tourists until the police arrived to investigate.
Although there is no mobile phone signal in the village of Arsaleh, it is a former Russian military outpost after all, so they have telephone lines!
Why did the Great Shaman come here? Because the police came and found Ekaterina here and wanted to consult her.
Ekaterina is quite well-known in Noyabrsk - her father, Yazov's grandson, is a senior executive of the "Russian Oil and Gas Company".
The city of Noyabrsk was built around Gazprom. Of the city's 50,000 people, perhaps 40,000 rely on Gazprom for their livelihoods. As the daughter of a Gazprom executive, Ekaterina is known as "Noyabrsk's No. 1 socialite," a source of immense pride.
Since they knew she was here, the police went to look for her first.
After hearing what the police had said, Ekaterina was furious. "Are these Indians shameless? If Xiao Peng and his men hadn't saved her, she and her cousin might have been raped by now!" And she even said she was robbed and shot.
The police certainly believed their story: a helicopter had spotted Ekaterina's car, and inside it, the two Indians' clothes were found—which proved the Indians' claim of being robbed was unfounded. But the police still had a serious question to investigate: who owned the VSS?
The VSS is a gun that only has a military version, not a civilian version. Although the Tula Arsenal in Russia wants to release a civilian version of the VSS, it is a completely different gun from the military version except for its similar appearance: the civilian version does not have a full-auto function or a silencer, and uses different bullets than the military version!
And that gun is so damn expensive! It's simply not something people here can afford!
This matter must be investigated thoroughly!
Ekaterina and Eugenia told the police directly: it was Kashin who fired the shot.
They did not mention Xiao Peng because Russian law prohibits foreigners from purchasing guns. If they mentioned Xiao Peng, it would definitely be illegal. In fact, Kasim's shooting had nothing to do with Xiao Peng.
And it didn't look like there should be anything wrong with Kasim driving a military vehicle.
But the police did not give up the investigation - there were many cases in Russia where soldiers stole weapons and deserted.
When they went to investigate the car in the garage, they were surprised to find a logo of the Nova Scotia Internal Affairs Bureau on it. This investigation led them to Zhenya.
Zhenya also knew Xiao Peng's identity. When he heard how someone had found out about them, he went straight to find his father. Then he gave orders one after another, asking the police not to disturb Xiao Peng and the others' interest and to wait until they came back from playing.
When Zhenya's father found out that his men had held Xiao Peng in the house, he wanted to curse. He had to get back at them. When he found out that the Nenets were guarding Xiao Peng, he called his old friend Dutabehe, the chief shaman, and asked him to come forward and explain to Xiao Peng.
What can Xiao Peng say about this? He supports the police's work and understands the Nenets' actions...
What else could he do? Make a scene?
When Ekaterina and Eugenia returned to Xiao Peng's room with a Nenets girl, they found that both of them were gone. Seeing Dutabekh and his men walking forward, Ekaterina asked, "Great Shaman, where are the two people who came with us?"
Dutabiehe thought their question was a bit strange: "Where could they go? To the reindeer festival, of course!"
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