Chapter 1054 Conclusion after summarizing the clues

Chapter 1054 Conclusion after summarizing the clues

There are many types of bananas in Africa. In addition to the varieties that can be eaten raw, there are also rice bananas that must be fried and cooked before they can be eaten. The taste is somewhat similar to sweet potatoes.

Bananas are one of the main sources of food calories for the locals, and due to their extremely high yield, excess bananas are used to make wine.

Due to the high pectin content in bananas, it is very easy to produce methanol during the brewing process. Fortunately, the locals are not very proficient in distillation technology, so even if they drink to their full capacity, it is difficult to cause methanol poisoning.

Foreign tourists generally rarely drink this local wine called banana beer, because unlike wine that is stepped on by the beautiful feet of European and American girls, the person responsible for stepping on bananas is either a black uncle or a black aunt.

On the road that Jack and Hannah just passed, more than 100 Odebiaos roared past on the strong and durable 28 bars every day.

On average, each 28-pound truck carries nearly 400 kilograms of bananas. Adding in the weight of a person, the load basically exceeds 500 kilograms.

Tanzania does not have as many mountains as Burundi, and naturally there are not so many downhill roads for the Odebiaos to enjoy the thrill of speed.

However, because the economy here is relatively good, although the round trip distance is close to 200 kilometers a day, the money earned is much more. On good days, you can even earn an income equivalent to 10-15 US dollars.

Most of the people who work in this industry are young people around 20 years old. The income they earn from a hard day's work is enough to support a family of several people, but usually they will work hard to save money and try to buy a second-hand motorcycle as soon as possible.

Bananas are destined to be out of stock in a certain market today, because an American tycoon came and summoned all the Odebiao people who were traveling on this road for $50 a person.

So not only those Odebiaos who had just loaded the bananas came to join in the fun, but even the guys who had already run halfway were called back.

Old Muto and his militia members maintained order on the scene very well. Generally speaking, these Odebiao people, who were all black and had glistening sweat on their skin, were relatively honest types.

After scattering the coins, Jack quickly got the news he wanted. The morning before yesterday, someone did indeed see a group of foreign tourists boarding a bus on the roadside. They were all wearing uniform red T-shirts, and It was also confirmed that there was a seven or eight-year-old white child among them.

Although none of the Oldboys knew how to count and could not tell how many people there were, Jack still figured out from the fussy gestures of several of them that it was a long-nosed car that could seat at least 30 people. Yellow bus.

At this time, I have to thank Tanzania for its poor infrastructure. After all, there are only a few good roads.

Unless the bus could run on the grassland like an off-road Jeep, Jack would only need to judge based on the last sighting location that they were heading towards Lake Victoria.

"Are they planning to leave the country by water?" Jack looked at the map and fell into thought.

Tanzania owns about half of Lake Victoria, with the remaining part belonging to Kenya and part to Uganda.

"Anyway, this is good news. You'd better report it as soon as possible. I heard that someone above can't wait to send out the army and special forces to conduct a large-scale search."

Old Muto reminded slightly worriedly.

Just when Jack and Hannah were hesitating whether to continue tracking along the discovered route, a satellite phone call came from Jubal.

They and Detective Bolino successfully captured Pastor Toomer Makani in a small village and have completed the preliminary interrogation.

Strictly speaking, this priest is somewhat unworthy of his name. In Jubal's view, Toumer Makani is more like a religious leader. His title of priest is also self-proclaimed and belongs to neither Catholicism nor Protestantism.

Tanzania is a multi-religious country. Except for Zanzibar, which is dominated by Y believers, the rest of the places either believe in JD or local primitive fetishism.

With the introduction of foreign religions, these primitive local religions have also kept pace with the times, gradually giving rise to some strange hybrid products.

Some of the more radical teachings are regarded as extremist religions. Of course, this is an implicit statement. To be more direct, they are similar to some cults.

Toomer Makani is a typical example. He is a good communicator who uses his proficiency in several languages ​​to play the trick of eating both ends.

In the eyes of foreign philanthropists, Tumo Makani is a highly respected pastor with many followers, and they will feel confident to hand over some of the aid supplies to him.

After obtaining these aid supplies, this "kind" pastor will sell most of them and exchange them for cash to buy various guns and ammunition to arm his followers.

The remaining small amount of supplies will be used to win people's hearts, force the poor people in nearby villages to believe in the nonsense so-called doctrines he made up, and then brainwash them.

It has to be said that this "pastor" is also a talented person. If given time, he may really be able to form an extremist religious armed force.

It is a pity that he suffered a big loss not long ago, and the "heaven on earth" he dreamed of establishing suffered a major setback.

Toomer Macanni did receive a shipment of aid from Jacob Bruce and engulfed a large portion of it, but before he could carry it all away, most of his followers suddenly deserted him. , and took away most of the supplies.

So when Detective Pollino led a group of police officers and Jubal and others to find him, the unfortunate "pastor" was not able to put up any decent resistance and was captured alive along with his remaining two confidants.

Tumer Makani temporarily got rid of the suspicion of kidnapper. Of course, the Tanzanian authorities should not let this liar and cult leader go, but his mysteriously missing followers entered the field of vision of the FBI.

Jubal believed that this "pastor" might have encountered a higher-level player and was "backdoor listed".

While there was progress in Africa, Rossi and Jiejie who stayed in New York also made their own new discoveries.

Jiejie found a common point after talking with the families of all ten missing women. These women were victims of domestic violence and later chose certain beliefs as their spiritual sustenance.

Rossi met Sarah, the wife of Jacob Bruce, who was confirmed to be dead.

The couple was not just separating. According to Sarah, their divorce agreement was sent to Jacob Bruce a year ago.

The latter refused to sign the divorce agreement because he did not want to break his vows as his wedding vows included an oath to God.

When Rossi asked her about the Brunswick Mission, she found that her emotions were a little off, especially when she mentioned Elijah Ward.

After some persuasion, Sarah told the truth. Jacob Bruce and Elijah Ward were not just partners on the surface, but more like master and servant.

Jacob Bruce privately worshipped the latter and called him a "loyal agent."

"So they are not the partners or partnerships we originally thought. Elijah is the real leader, and we should focus on him." Rossi suggested.

Combining the clues in New York with the findings of Jubal and others, Jack easily came to a conclusion.

"So we got it wrong before. For those women, it was indeed a kidnapping, but for others, it was actually a long-planned extreme religious act."

"All the men were accomplices, so they had very little carry-on luggage and never used social accounts." Hannah suddenly realized.

"Elijah pried away the followers of the "pastor" and turned them into his own team in Africa, pretending to be a kidnapper and hijacked everyone on the train.

All the men present were insiders. With their cooperation, the women did not dare to resist and obeyed obediently. This is a disguised obedience test, a common method used by cults."