"We wanted to go outside the tent to see what had happened, but there was intermittent gunfire outside the whole time, and the blizzard was incredibly fierce. You could barely see anything two or three meters away. We were worried about being hit by stray bullets, so we could only stay inside the tent. It was an awful feeling, especially since we had no idea what kind of people or creatures were fighting those retired soldiers.
"The doctor and I could only make wild guesses inside the tent. Fortunately, the battle did not last long. About two minutes later, I noticed that the dogs in the tent had quieted down, and the gunfire outside had stopped. Strangely enough, the blizzard also weakened afterward. As the howling wind faded away, I heard people talking. So Doctor Beck and I came out of the tent as well.
"We discovered that the people speaking were the two retired soldiers who had shared our tent. When they saw us, they shut their mouths and returned to their previous expressionless state.
"We tried talking to them, but they refused to say anything, so we had no choice but to look for the others. We had set up six tents in total to weather the blizzard. Five of them were completely intact, but one tent had vanished without a trace.
"I was quite shocked at the time, because as the guide, I was certainly responsible for something like this. But after the tents had been set up, I had personally inspected every one of them. Any that did not seem secure, I set up again and reinforced with ice blocks. By all rights, this should not have happened.
"The missing tent belonged to the biologist. He had originally been staying with the geologist, but because of