Summary:
The List continues to expand as Kid and Nikov have to figure out what's next to happen, so they choose to travel to the Ho Chi Minh City to see if Taha Belal Abdallah Al-Shami is there or not. Meanwhile, far away from the largest Vietnamese city, a group of notorious men is planning something or not. Then, a sudden story occurs and this puts Kid and Nikov to face a new risk inside the country that was once the scene of war. Owning that they have the computer of Hassan Benbarki in which they later sell it to keep their own computer, they research other possible figures who have tie to Taha, but it doesn't seem to go in the fair way.
The Mekong river is the largest river in mainland Southeast Asia. The river has been, for years, the source of living standard among local populace. Everyone lives with it and dies with it, happily and peacefully.
When it spreads to Vietnam, it is known by locals as "Nine-Dragon River", because it splits to nine roads. It is the most populous and richest region in Vietnam, and many different ethnic people co-exist.
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But it is not always peaceful as there is something ... about.
That night, a ship transported something to some men. A man, who has long beard, stayed on and called those younger, who wore kufi hats, into there.
"Chính quyền khốn nạn đó ... chúng ta phải đánh bọn khốn đấy cho biết tay." (That damned regime ... we must strike these bastards to give them a lesson.)
"Con cháu chúng ta không được phép quên cuộc thảm sát dân tộc Chăm chúng ta. Chúng ta hiện tại nói ngôn ngữ của chúng, nhưng nhờ có Al-Qaeda và Nhà nước Hồi giáo, chúng ta sẽ phục hưng Tổ quốc." (Our children must not forget the Cham genocide. We are recently speaking their language, but thanked for Al-Qaeda and Islamic State, we will restore our nation.)
"Inshallah."
"Inshallah."
"Allah ..."
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
"Would you like some tea, sirs?"
Kid just woke up from a strange dream after drinking so many alcohols and slept in a local bar close to Hoang Phap Pagoda. Nikov urged him to wake up, after booking a long flight from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City.
"No ... thanks. I am fine." Kid rejected, as he soon paid dollars. Since he didn't have any Vietnamese money, paying dollars was an option. Then, Kid and Nikov left there.
In much of Kid and Nikov's surprise, they still didn't understand why Taha's possible hideout was in there. So, Kid walked into the street, where it was quite free today.
"Ho Chi Minh ... psss ... I prefer the name Saigon."
"(This is the communist regime, man.)"
"Yeah, except being more open, the communist regime in Vietnam is still a repressive, authoritarian regime." Kid spoke on: "I like the people and its food, anyway."
"(Well, let's try to head for the Church, okay?)"
"The Notre-Dame Basilica in Saigon." Kid smiled: "Perhaps, I can feel a breath there a while. Better say better."
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The Lost List
ActionA series full of drama, tense by pressure, two men, who have chosen to disappear for two years, have decided to resurrect again. And they embark for a new journey of their own, to find out the last, and to finally close their chapter. Yet, it turns...
