News from Hammelburg

Damn it. Hardly had Boris and Sergey and I have done a good train at the blonde as verreckte, midway between Freiberg and Buschhhausen, a tire.

While it is the customer that the Russians when he has no more fuel, just pees in the tank.

I do not trust Russians, of course, in principle, that they pee just as easily in a tire to him afloat again. After all, in only about ten-fold power, along with English, who you know, understand what war, Amis, Franzen, Ichweißnichtwemnoch won the last war against us, though tedious, but in the end but, undoubtedly.

It was fortunately not my car, so I introduced myself just stupid, so-called further on my beers.

The damn spare wheel might show itself as not inflated herewith as useless as the plates, and an air pump was not on board. Not even clean pee was still trying. For tires that does not seem to be working. (Special training, no doubt, both. Obviously you knew their limits.)

Fortunately, I can hardly Russian. This does not even translate the curses that fell now. It is said that the Russians almost as bad to curse like knew of Ungar. So this is probably a good thing.

Of course I knew that it would not last more than ten minutes to that one of the trucks weighing will come in which I would find a drive to Busch Hausen with security. Just waving, the driver probably already knowing, and if not so easy as the Magnus reported.

Since I had not had a chance together unquestionably against Boris and Sergei, anyway not to fights with angry Russians or anybody else ausbin, I bit back my grin as good as possible.

After three or four minutes later the truck, I'm prompted to good südschwitzerisch to stop. In the desert you can help yourself.

And, indeed, as fate would have it, Egon, whose son I had just brought through Abi, was driving.

"Magnus, with what losers are you traveling today? Should I also take about? "

Boris seemed to be on the verge of his Makarov or else get a -off on this announcement out, but changed his mind. Russians can, at least, if I have to be very reasonable.

"Oh, Egon, now Carry no persons Geschieß, take us just simply with, and let's pick up the Gammel their carts at another time."

"Well," said Egon, "the two figures because I see not very trustworthy, but if they are your buddies, then they of course also have room on the cot. Not but that they start there to fumble decent Südschwitzerinnen, or something. Can you guarantee me that? "

Reeves at Sergei forehead burst a vein, but he restrained himself.

"Egon, the two are as it were under my protection. They have just issued me a cold beer. Although they seem a bit strange, but were otherwise previously Habbar. "

Although Egon furrowed brow a little, but then gave us all sit with one angle.

After between the usual boxes of building material and the other party (it was not the night celebration trucks) were sat five minutes in silence, Boris said to me: "Why did I not you just killed?"

"Well, dear Boris, that may well be that you would not have survived here in Südschwitz itself determines long."

"Magnus is right," Sergei said finally pensive, and we drank our beer together.

So surprised the box until after Busch Hausen, and I had but with a little envy notice how pretty friendly looks on Boris and Sergei threw in the remaining half hour of some of the passengers inside instead of on me. This perceiving, it was them again but still clearly better. The car had not even paid out of pocket.

"So, guys, I tell you now one times. Freiberg is one. Buschhausen is something else. There you will learn to behave yourselves. I am fully aware (the dubious heavy box and the rest of the luggage had been taken without objection) that you both did so about 23 Dan in Karate, probably smoked Bruce Lee in the Hash Pipe, back there drinne possibly Ichweißnichtwas. Nevertheless, I advise to you to behave yourselves in the bush camp. Until Stalin organ and Kalashnikov and Abtschüssulski with you are, you are in doubt namely still long all. Have you understood this clearly? "

You only nodded. But that was at least something. Russians are, apart from their basic kindness, fortunately usually also not stupid.

I was almost glad of the tire. Now I can clearly make them much easier that you prefer not to bind with the Hintlingen over the measure. Not even as a Russian.

Then, already so good at driving, I pressed them pure nor that Mr. Fong is a quite acceptable contemporary, wofern you know how to take it properly, and that I had since received very well what kind of care he is clean German lege, so respect for the local culture.

That was enough for them then. We arrived, and I gave Sergei and Boris first district.

Then we went into the blonde gazelle. Where else. It was still well before midnight.

Of what then was going on there, is told in the next chapter.

After the rather unproductive meeting with Hart Holtz I went to Didi's Café, for there is not only an excellent coffee, but he also leads, as promptly as possible, genuine national and international newspapers to browse, and also has a small adjoining room, in the guests at six places, no one disturbing, can dig in the world network.

To the desired rest and relaxation and possibly some research but was not initially think; because Boris and Sergei sat at the entrance to a small table, munching on beers salt almonds and pistachios and me first affording no escape.

"Magnus! Age Freind! Come, we miss again thank you! "Said Sergei, that you could hear it all over the place, and I saw myself willy-nilly errusst to sit down.

"What you wanted to say thank you? You have issued me two beers, just that I have accompanied you in a pub. Since you can get away with worse. "

Meanwhile, I looked in daylight by no means hard muscle laden, the stringy-stähleneren bodies of the two that would have made any Hintling honor.

"Magnus, we wirden like to meet all Sidschwitz. They told us that you almost every know here. Even with the - how to say yet? -. Hintlingen "So Boris came straight to the point.

"Well, I'm currently quite busy, so did not have time to drive around with you. But I can give you of course two or three good addresses. "

"Watch me, Sergei, poor Magnus must always work. What a pity fir. Probably he is preparing right now alongside lessons in head before. "

"Yes, Magnus looks a bit erholungsbedirftig. Why do not you come with us to Heite evening Buschhausen? We know the place yet, have rented car, you could ride and take us by Golden Gazelle. " (more ...)

In Freiberg identify the hostel a Chinese, was expected to be no great art. I left a message at his hotel with Ollis number he wants to call him, could probably already expect the evening to an invitation to the wines.

About two I called in the Military Command, asked to speak to Colonel Hart Holtz. I was immediately put through.

"Mr. Goeller, what do you want?", "About me today ventilated good afternoon drink a beer?"

"I think one thing I do this", I said yes.

"At three?"

"Three."

Two minutes before three, I stood at the gate on time to pop in Hartholtzens room service.

The glasses were pre-cooled, ready, plop plop, we gave a us. Depending on a good train, and we set off first.

"And, Mr. Goeller, again a bit in contemplation? Ms. Nagel told me its part of not inconsiderable impertinence. And with the phone calls was probably the last. Are you that stupid, or do you just pretending? Would you rather go back to MAD? "

"At least, the MAD, as he still seemed genuine, though maybe bugged my phone, but he has never tried to recruit me, somehow threatened me even latent. Since I have contributed my mite at Shoo quite ... "

"That's old news," he interrupted me, "first I would like to know what you have discussed with the Chinese and the Russians."

Oha. I had not noticed that you had followed me, but that was probably also have been necessary not necessarily. No pub finally in Freiberg, anyway. Visited by me, Friday night would not be sitting a soldier or anyone else who kennte me Hard Holtz took it carefully.

I decided not to immediately whether his impertinence to criticize him, pick up the ball calmly.

"The Chinese said he was something like a botanist, he was doing to farming in arid areas. And he asked where it then give a decent wine here. I told him that he would find the given, fall here with you or when Olli, he wofern accordingly benähme, and since I could invite him badly here, I put in a good word for him with Olli. (It was clear that Hart Holtz it mitbekäme eh, when Mr. Fong to drink aufschlüge at Olli.) Keeping in mind the international complications that could cost it Südschwitz when an officer would have to be rescued by the Ministry of Agriculture with a helicopter of the Red Chinese army from dying of thirst, because of the hard-hearted location commander of the Bundeswehr did not want to save him before, I thought this was urgently called for. "

Hard Holtz was little amused if my remarks, but only growled softly: "And the Russians?"

"Well, the Russians. As leisure travelers they did not look. Rather a bit like you. "

"What do you mean?" Thundered hard Holtz.

"Well, I'm not the expert, but ..."

"Do not Labern, Goeller!" (more ...)

It took the other day - almost as expected - only up against three clock until Ariane nail phoned me at school.

"Well, Magnus (damn, I had her at some point that you offer), have you thought about it you?"

"Uh, well, there would be still much to be resolved."

"Then tonight with me."

"Uh, well, I'm invited to dinner with Zenzi. (That was true happiness.)

"Then tomorrow."

"Uh, well ..."

"Tomorrow."

"Ariane is love, you ever noticed that I have not served?"

"That's the problem with people like you."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"Morning," she said, a bit annoyed.

"Well, tomorrow. At eight? "

"At eight."

So I had to know how I'm going to actually approach until tomorrow evening. So I just had to make wind. Say, I would now searching the net for spezialiserten security companies in Germany before, of which call for two or three directly on my phone, sometimes without any obligation to ask if a coordinator is asked with the best local knowledge and connections in Südschwitz. Let's see how that mattered. Whether you probably already bugged my phone?

The first company I got a Fritzen of the string, so something Bräsiges I have rarely experienced. Mr. Hill, as he called himself, but eventually inquired about my options but muttered something about that you will contact me if needed.

The second company was a Mr. Lau, who not only asked me how I had just come on for his company? You have not yet Südschwitz particularly in the field of view, but register as appropriate for me.

The third company was a woman Müller, who just said: "Südschwitz? What is it there to get? Do you have about themselves a problem? "" No, I have no problem, "I lied. "It might well happen eventually problems. Therefore I speak to you. "" Soso "said Ms. Müller," we will analyze the. I wish you a sunny day. "

So I had initially, as expected, achieved little, but I had moved me.

The next day, at the Nagelin, I knew immediately that she was in the picture. She put on a Lower Saxon Eisblick, and her German military was cutting. She did not hesitate.

"Magnus, you're not really out of your mind? What are you doing? "

"What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean!"

"No, I do not know."

"How can you call to offer your services in the Reich? Do you have a crack in the bowl? "

"I thought I would just see what the market will bear, perhaps so. And if this one has a crack in the bowl, so this is you, if you admit openly to have to listen to my phone. I think it will beep at you probably mighty in the upper story. "

She took up powerful.

"Pah, with one as you should be able to work? Negligence until you're more and then also play mimosa? "

"I did not ask on behalf of Gehrig & Partner - probably black - to work. Your Honour, together with Buhl wore this to me. "

The 'plus Buhl' she answered completely in a rage. The child was now eh already fallen into the well. It only asked whether and how they wanted to pull it out again now.

"It's about national security," she gasped as her face flushed slightly.

"Oh no, I would never have guessed," I replied.

"You Save your sarcasm."

"Spare me your gossip you. Please where his mouth is, so to say it with you in lowland Saxony. "

"I can not say what it is about you."

"Well fine. Also, it would never have occurred. "

She was at the boiling point.

"So you put yourself against us, do you mean that?" She snapped.

"No, how could I do."

"So what?"

"I could not stand against 'you', even if I wanted to. I do not know who 'you' are and what 'it' actually like. "

"I can damn you, again, do not tell."

"Well, thanks, that thou hast brought me to a well lucrative business idea. Perhaps I will pay even a company only 5000 a month, but I know who I work for. Namely for a reputable company. "

"You want me but not as threatening?"

"Nope, how should I do. To give Zenzi a fur coat would be here in Südschwitz probably not the charm. If we could afford to but sometimes a nice winter vacation in the Reich, they would take a well too. DC in Munich there are good business. And I get a brief Gamsbockslederhose that you can wear even for here. Very sturdy, these things. "

"You think I'm not around for a traitor? Are you crazy? "

"As a good patriot südschwitzer you do not go by me so anyway. You know probably not the unwritten law here. Anyway, not really. In addition, it could very well be that your client you nasführen, you do not know yourself what you can vernutzen you. It's a shame a beautiful young woman who only just found her happiness in love. "

Now she blurted. "Magnus, you're absolutely perfidious, loose asshole!"

I gave me three seconds. "Yes, most of my students - especially German school students - see the same way. They say it usually just not as open and honest as you. Called me one time word fascist. The was an oral one for it. This my known qualities seem to have 'you' but not deterred, to get me into the boat to seek. Rather the contrary, one would logically deduce, suggest at least anyway. "

"Asshole!"

"You can also say again asshole, that changes nothing."

She trembled, but caught himself.

"I must consult. You hold your mouth for the time being to the north-Doof, is that clear? "

"Well, for the time being I think the mouth to the north-Goofy. Gest certificate you me, meanwhile, once to talk with your Buhl and patron, wife Maxima Securitate? I learned also like your boss at Gehrig know & Partners; perhaps the most competent and compatible than you in terms of füglichen internal corporate communications. "

"You will do the devil and call at Gehrig & Partner in Germany proper. Now that you have who knows how many horses made shy! That's an order! "She cried.

"What is it? Do I have a request heard? No, to me it seems not so. Maybe I can hear poor. "

"Well, please," she gasped.

"Three days," I said coolly.

"What, are you crazy?"

"If you are not able in three days to bring more about when listen to the phone of a village schoolmaster, you lack essential necessary powers and resources. Then the thing one or two or even three sizes too big for you. And, in the case of your Buhl maybe. "

"Give Heinz not my Buhl, you ..."

"Asshole," I added. "Civilian asshole. What are you so sensitive? I had not originally recognized that their ... "

"Shut up. Retaining fucking mouth. "

"Yes, that says something like, your Heinz Anyway back to me. Only that he not on speaking terms with me. So far, at least not. "

"I know now, finally, why he always warns me before you. He says you were a potentially beyond measure intolerable, dangerous gossips. A abgezockter Zivilistenhundsfott before the Lord. "

"Oh, he says that? 'Zivilistenhundsfott before the Lord': I am happy in my Hartholtzsche collection, especially from the lips of his ... "

"SHUT UP !!!," she thundered.

"My wife always says that I, even if the good Lord had given me four hands for it, probably not still hinbrächte."

She dropped into a chair, took out a bottle of Talisker from the side table, poured himself a good twice - I got not even offered a drink, where it remained - struck her legs, and thought.

"You are probably aware that is dangerous, what are you doing."

"This is very much clear to me. Nevertheless, I know that I would rather know which sharks swim in a pool before I take a bath in it. And you can not even offer me a whiskey, speaks for a people of culture could also volumes. "

She pushed me to the bottle and a glass. "Pouring you probably already own."

I poured myself an inch one sipped and said, "Yes, you can learn even in civilian life. even the village school teacher ... "

"Shut up!"

"Well," I replied, "you're repeating yourself. In the German essay ... "

I had let the unopened set itself up in the air, calmly took my tobacco from his breast pocket, I began to turn a.

"You go now," she said softly, "there can pollute the air."

"Yes, a good idea," I replied and drank the whiskey, "in the fresh air free of tobacco Südschwitz liked better anyway, as in a booth that smells badly after sour, however half-baked cabal."

"Get lost."

"Three days."

"I'm not deaf."

"Fine, I'll find out myself."

That was, unexpectedly, to a quite an unseemly or, at any rate not planned tour de force escalated my hand. What I had achieved was unclear. Olli had to be immediately informed about the state of things. I would probably catch me a lot to blame, that I had gone spontaneously so far ...

When I got to him, Olli was not the best mood. So you see him rarely. He put those rough country Portuguese wine on the table, he maintains, "not that we like the wine too good" to accompany the award, even if hard work is pending.

"Do you know what these assholes?", He put the same going on. "The go forth and try to recruit my people. Behind my back. That's not nice. "

I told him about my meeting with my stubborn head-in-law, and his face lit up again on something.

"Magnus, I would have never before come so briskly answer it, but that was just right. If want to play us dizzy, they should see who still understand some of it in Südschwitz. You are not going to just flip. Probably not, anyway. Now certainly not. We have to create it so that none gets the idea to want no matter who, even seriously threaten us. "

He finished with a large part of the crude water glass from which we are accustomed to drink the Portuguese on such occasions.

"What do we do?"

"I just see if we want to defend ourselves open-hidden, so that they remember it exactly, but not quite the same Südschwitz, first three possible lines of development. I have to go outside three days the feet still hold, so far nothing decisive, incisive changes that reputation. Meanwhile, I can but hard Holtz get on your nerves, I look like I tickle him. You must not keep silent, can provide a bit more confusion. I dedicate Zenzi one, perhaps simulate even a small marital row, then draw this weekend slightly disheveled, a little chatty, but not too much, by thy pubs and those of the competition in Freiberg, actual or the other side probably some experiencing, can you at any time for coffee meet so that we can continue to dispose at any time. It would be to think about it, that I, shortening the time limit, it's Friday to two days, such aggravates, Ariane to say that the Leuteanwerben behind your back performing such Kommentverstoß that such should be punished accordingly, so only time to Sunday. "

"It would be premature now. You do not know well at least that I know that they come to make my people. And even if, it would like to show some nervousness, now press ahead in such a way. We can shorten still. What we need is as much information in the field, and some even in the chaos oriented. So you pull through the bars of Freiberg and make your way the area unsafe, and I'm going tomorrow night, because I hold semi-annual round of drinks with my plant managers, a selected südschwitzerisch-patriotic speech, which the proven loyalty to the old Reich in conjunction with the highly successful self-organization of Südschwitzer picked out sweeps positive not only in economic but also in security issues, including fine emphasis on the second component of the speech portion. The then dresses in the progress made with respect to the südschwitzerischen infrastructure, in the distribution of agricultural products like especially since in education, which is yes, in the context of the given options, now could be proud especially in Buschhausen what estimated especially in our Hintlingen which will now not taken the sole backbone of südschwitzerischen economy, but more and more flywheel with great joy and encouragement undsoweiterundsofortundderdeibelwas. "

"Olli, where you can simply something?" I asked, yet again amazed.

"Dear Magnus, thank laurel, but I already have when I was twelve, mitausgeschenkt beer in the old East, in Leipzig. Before that I was only allowed to take it. But since I have already taken care of. "

"What I say hard Holtz?"

"Hmmm. With which it is now so poisoned at least twice. He holds his hand over it, we do not know why, even if he is fully informed. Then, like the one with his, hehe, is with his mistress, how sensitive he is now just become yet, the old bachelor, as a full-rigged ship as more than just Frollein nail goes with it. How do you assess them? "

"It is not first stupid. Not stupid. But it is still a little more irritable than one would normally expect. You seem to be under a hard pressed. So what it looks like, comes this pressure, at least for them noticeable, not much of hard Holtz. Everything indicates that someone who is higher than hard Holtz, conducted here. There is no reason that this could be a reputable German company personnel protection. We can not exclude that Hartholtzens aunt and hard Holtz work in reality on your own, or in patriotic behalf, against an external, initially not directly abzuwendende threat, we einbegreifend in their stratagems, dear, without already or even to tell us this, depending . "

"Since you say that because you say something. I thought about that again and again. The hard Holtz's not really a ... "" asshole, "I added. "At least not stupid."

"He must still have been clear from the outset entirely about the fact that we would remember something, ask questions, especially with you, that even some naughty mischief will follow to stretch if you wanted us to try here before an unknown carts, in such manner. So he could make us act a certain extent authentic, use in any way of its cover. "

"Yes, love nights of hard Holtz is or not, not stupid."

"Exactly. Maybe you should let him also subtly hinted at your next interview, that this possibility was considered here to Olli and Magnus thoroughly, look at how he reacts. "

"Let's see what's going on."

We were silent for a while.

"Olli, there's just nothing out of ideas, and not the only reason: The duty calls. It is now almost eleven, the thirsty flow with thirst week in the pubs I have on the hard way. Tomorrow morning, at eleven, for breakfast? "

"Tomorrow morning, at eleven."

Drei Dinge waren klar. Es war etwas oberfaul, ich musste sehr behutsam vorgehen, und ich musste noch heute Abend mit Olli reden.

Der Art nach, wie Hartholtz und Ariane Olli ins Spiel gebracht hatten, mussten sie in irgendeiner Weise schon mit ihm geredet haben. Es war alles sehr gezielt darauf angelegt gewesen, Ollis Einverständnis irgendeiner Art zu suggerieren, gleichzeitig ein gewisses Keiletreiben wider ihn, eine Aufstachelung meiner, mir an den Ehrbeutel gehend.

Und: Wie waren Gehrig & Partner und die Bundeswehr wirklich verbunden? Hartholtz war, selbst wenn Ariane ihm noch so eifrig das Bett wärmte, kaum zuzutrauen, dass er darüber seine elementarsten Pflichten als Offizier der Bundeswehr vergessen oder gar aktiv missachten würde. Trotzdem hatte er das merkwürdige Angebot durchaus aktiv gutgeheißen und empfohlen. Hier lief offenkundig ein sehr merkwürdiges Spiel, und es wurde dabei für südschwitzerische Verhältnisse am ganz großen Rad gedreht.

Die Bundeswehr bzw. Hartholtz, seine früher nur dienstlich untergebene Ariane, die neuerdings für eine “Sicherheitsfirma” hier, diese vorgeblich zum Personenschutz, die Taschen voller Geld, ausgerechnet für mich, dabei Olli, als bisher genannten vierten bzw. fünften im undurchsichtigen Bunde. Sie hatten ja nicht gesagt, dass ich ohne Ollis Wissen arbeiten solle. Das heißt normalerweise, dass auch seine Logistik eingebunden werden soll. Klar, täte ich auch so machen.

Olli hat aber nun keinerlei Kohle nötig von denen. Und er ist gern sein eigener Herr, und er ist kein Dummkopf. Kaum ist der MAD weg, kommt eine neue Krätze nach Südschwitz. Ex-MAD-Agentin, gedeckt von der Bundeswehr. Wird Olli erpresst? Oder hält er sie erstmal hin? Oder gibt es etwas so wichtiges, dass er deshalb mitspielt, pro patria sozusagen?

"Sure. Let them. DIE haben doch bezweifelt, dass ich meine Läden im Griff hätte. Das haben sie nun davon. Wetten, dass die mich bald darum bitten, nicht zu übertreiben? Ich werde mich als sturer, beleidigter alter Esel stellen, gekränkt in meiner Olli-Ehre, überhaupt nicht begreifen, weshalb ich mich nicht einer offenkundigen, wenigstens behaupteten Bedrohungslage selbst erwehren könne, dies auch deutlich machen.”

“Gut, so machen wir's, Olli. Die ersten Schritte sind klar. Wir sollten uns zwischenzeitlich zwei oder dreimal die Woche hier bei dir treffen. Das fällt nicht sonderlich auf.”

Wir tranken aus, und ich nahm einen Nachtlaster nach Buschhausen.

Nie hätte ich gedacht, dass Hartholtz einmal derart meiner Hilfe bedürfen werde. Oder gar selbst wissentlich Teil einer üblen Kabale sein könne.

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