"Hello, Armanskij." "I've been traveling." "Blomkvist has called at least once a month and asked about you." "I put you down as my partner." "But I live somewhere else." "I know a number of prominent clients." "We are sticking our necks out with the story." "I have stumbled across a gangster called Zala." "Dag?" "The murder weapon belongs to Nils Erik Bjurman." "We identified two fingerprints." "Does she have a name?" "" " Lisbeth Salander." "This is a police investigation from 1993." "" " I have it in the country." "Guess who her guardian is." "Attorney Nils Bjurman." "It's something you ought to see." "" " Not a bad murder motive." "We will publish the names of a number of people who do not want to get noticed." "Who is Zala?" "Should not we give the list to the police?" "Paolo, I need to contact Lisbeth's friend Miriam Wu." "I did not shoot Dag and Mia." "If you want to help me search for Zala." "I can take and give hits." "But this was no ordinary man." "What did he look like?" "" " Like a blonde armor-piercing missile." "He was just muscles." "" " You have never seen him?" "Never." "He moved like a boxer." "He held up his hands." "But he was gone." "What do you mean gone, Was he stoned?" "" " No, and it was very weird." "I could hit him whenever I wanted." "It was as if he had trained as a boxer but never listened to what the coach said." "And something else was pretty damn weird." "What then?" "I hit him really hard." "Probably a hundred times in the face." "Nothing happened." "As if he didn't feel a thing." "Hello, Section 1B?" "" " It's further down." "Jan Bublanski." "How are you?" "" " Great." "I'll find another room where we can talk privately." "What about Miriam Wu?" "" " She's still being examined?" "She looks like me." "They were not looking for her." "It was Lisbeth Salander." "The whole story has to do with a man named Zala." "Dag Svensson linked him to a murder of a prostitute named Irina." "And Bjurman?" "Let's get off the reason why Dag was silenced." "Let's look at who killed Salander's manager?" "I do not have all the pieces." "But the only reasonable solution is a link between Zala and Bjurman." "You lied to me last time I was here." "Did I do that?" "You and Bjurman worked for the the security police in the 70's." "You pretended not to know him." "I have no reason to get into who I worked with." "Do you know who Zala is?" "You know who that is?" "" " That I am not saying." "What are you looking for?" "He is on one of Dag's list, one of those that interested him." "If I know anything about Zala what is it worth to you?" "It depends on what you know." "Can you imagine leaving me out of your story?" "Okay, what do you have then?" "Half." "200,000 cash." "All right." "I don't have the money here, but we can go and pick it up." "When?" "" " Now, this instant." "I'll go and get it." "How did it go?" "" " With what?" "What do you mean?" "Bjurman's summerhouse that you were supposed to burn down." "We,we were just about to." "We have not had time yet, actually." "Not had time?" "We'll go and torch it right now." "Then we will go get your money." "We will leave in a minute." "All right?" "I'll wait here." "(Motorcycles)" "What the hell?" "It's that little Salander bitch." "Damn, we've been looking for you." "Not even your flat mate knew where you were." "At least, that's what she said." "" " Isn't that right, Magge?" "Sure enough." "Right." "I think she needs some cock." "Come on." "Move over you damn freak." "Damn!" "What are you doing?" "Damn." "Our first task for the day is to identify the blond-burly guy." "Baldy and his companion who kidnapped Miriam Wu." "Today's second task is to go through the "john" list that were on the murdered journalist Dag's computer." "Sonja, you lead the work and Niklas assist." "A third task is to focus on the one yet unknown man who is called Zala." "That is your task, Faste." "Get assistance from the investigation team." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "What are you doing?" "" " What the hell are you doing?" "The focus should be on Lisbeth Salander." "" " We must check all sides." "Do you think the psychiatric investigation of Lisbeth Salander is a joke?" "She is linked to the murder weapon." "" " Don't interrupt, me." "She's a hooker like Wu." "She is being hidden by a lesbian sex cult." "You're obsessed with that." "It is not professional." "But to ignore the fact that Salander is a mental case is professional?" "What the hell?" "" " Enough!" "Do you have anything more?" "Then with Paolo Roberto, we don't know much." "We don't want the media to find out." "All right." "Which one of you leaked this?" "Who?" "Journalist Tony Scala says he has received information from the police about Miriam Wu." "That can't be." "The article describes the source as a "she"." "The journalists want to know Paolo Roberto's role in the investigation." "It wasn't me." "Sonja, I can not prove it was you." "I don't trust you." "She says she didn't leak it.." "You are off the case immediately." "" " She is an experienced investigator." "Take the rest of the week off." "You will get a new assignment on Monday." "Sonja." "Until further notice, you are still on the investigation under my command." "Go down to Millennium and have a another chat with Mikael Blomkvist." "Have him walk you through Dag Svensson's hard drive." "I have not talked to Niklas." "" " I'll take care of it." "Well, then." "Yes." "The fire is out now." "They brought in a specially trained police dog in case there would be someone among the ruins." "Find anything?" "" " No, but when we took a break to let the dog rest." "The dog and the handler found something." "We dug and found a corpse which was cut in five of six parts." "With a chainsaw?" "Was it dismembered with a chainsaw." "Paolo Roberto said that Miriam Wu was threatened with a chainsaw." "I have not looked to closely." "We have just started excavating the site." "I'll send Niklas." "You need to secure it." "Niklas?" "(Mobile phone)" "Hey, Niklas." "Tony here." "Just checkking if you have something more." "Tony Scala?" "" " What?" "I was going to start with those which Dag did not have time to confront." "We should start there." "Stone Falström." "Clear, he is done." "Carl Pettersson finished." "Per-Åke Sandström." "He did speak with Dag so we will hang on to him." "He was the security police then?" "Björck?" "Could he be a link with attorney Bjurman?" "I'm not quite done with Björk." "Millenium, Mikael Blomkvist " " You never rang." "What do you want?" "Tomorrow is my press conference about the murders of Dag and Mia." "I will describe the details of our series of articles on sex trafficking." "The only "john" I will hang out is you." "You promised to give me time." "" " Yes, but I regretted it." "If you hold that press conference you will never know anything about Zala." "Then it is not my problem anymore." "Then you talk to the police and the rest of the media." "Wait a minute now." "I wanted to arrest and prosecute Niklas but Ekstrom did not want to." "What will happen to him?" "" " We kicked him out." "He said he did it for money." "He had a tough time financially." "" " He's renovating his house." "He called Tony Scala five minutes after the morning meeting." "Shortly after calling Scala it was all put online." "You are formally back on the investigation, Sonja." "But do not expect an apology from Prosecutor Ekstrom." "I do not want to talk shit about managers, but you know where he can go." "His name is really Zalachenko." "They called him Zala." "Who is he?" "How do you know him?" "He is not a person you want to find." "" " I want to find him." "Actually he does not exist." "" " What do you mean, doesn't exist?" "What I am telling you is classified information." "I hope you understand why you must guarantee my confidentiallity." "I have already done that." "Zalachenko was born in 1940 in the former Soviet Union." "Both his parents died in the war." "I guess you know what the GRU was." "Yes, military intelligence." "He made a career there." "Speaking six languages fluently." "He is an expert in camouflage and survival." "And he was allowed to stay?" "Never before had a chief operating officer for one of the GRU's elite command ever defected to Sweden." "And Bjurman?" "How did he come into the picture?" "We were young then." "What were we?" "25?" "30?" "Actually completely unqualified to take care of one like Zalachenko." "He came to us on election day 1976." "There was hardly anyone at the police station." "All were on vacation or on guard with tasks for the election." "I was on duty alone and thought it was an ordinary refugee case." "So, I took Bjurman on as one of the administrators." "It was pure coincidence that Bjurman became involved in the Zalachenko affair." "Chance?" "" " Yes, indeed." "Morning Glory." "Huh?" "" " That's what it is called." "Where is Zalachenko today?" "" " I do not know." "I was his supervisor until 1985, then I got another job." "You gave him a new identity and a Swedish name." "What is it?" "I am not saying " " I won't tell you." "You wanted to know who Zala was." "You get more when I know you are keeping your part." "I think Zalachenko has committed the murders and the police are chasing the wrong person." "Why can't Salander be the killer?" "" " I think Zalachenko has done it." "You are wrong." "Zala has not shot anyone." "He is 69 years old and severely handicapped." "Walks around only with a cane, he hasn't been running around shooting anyone." "He could kill someone by ordering it." "I hope I do not have see my name in the paper now." "So you are trying to tell me that Lisbeth Salander showed up here by herself and kicked ass on these two from Svavelsjö MC?" "Yes." "She trained with Paolo Roberto." "Magnus' Magge "Lundin, the one with the gunshot wound in the foot, injuries to his face, a broken nose and two teeth knocked-out." "Moreover, he seems to have sharp pains in the abdomen." "And the second, Nieminen?" "" " He seems completely unharmed." "But according to the witness who alerted us, he was laying unconscious on the ground." "Magge Lundin has a big gut and is bald." "The one who kidnapped Miriam Wu was both bald and had a beer belly." "Mm." "You haven't been sleeping, that's for sure." "" " No." "I have just met Gunnar Björck." "Is he ready?" "Can we use him?" "No, not this time." "" " What do you mean?" "I'll tell you later." "" " When are you coming in, Sonja Modig is here." "She wants us to help them to go through all the materials." "I will be there after I meet with someone." "No, he's not a john." "He agrees to meet with you." "If he does not like you he will throw you out head first." "You may not interview him or write about it in the media." "Who are you to say that you are friend of Lisbeth Salander?" "My name is Mikael Blomkvist." "I know you have been bothered by other journalists and I'm not going to interview you." "I am here for Lisbeth's sake." "I do not think Lisbeth Salander had anything to do with the killings." "I believe that a man named Zalachenko is behind it." "Sit down." "Zalachenko." "Alexander Zalachenko." "" " You know who that is?" "He is Lisbeth's father." "I think it is important giving the child treatment." "Thank you for the letter." "I completely agree with you about what to do." "The medical assessment results in the child's psychiatric illness." "The less risk that she creates problems for us." "I suggest care and institunationalization at St. Stephen." "And do not worry about how long." "I have full responsibility." "Best regards Peter Teleborian." "Uppsala, March 11, 1993." "Lisbeth's mother's name was" "Agneta Sjölander." "She was only 17 when Zalachenko met her." "But they never married." "But when Lisbeth was born she changed her maiden name from Sjölander to Salander." "It was like a marker that they belonged together." "What do you mean?" "Zala." "Salander." "Amen, what the hell." "Zalachenko was rarely at home." "They hardly knew where he went." "He always showed up at their apartment on Lundagatan." "But every time this happened, he would get drunk and abuse her mother." "Force himself sexually on her and then disappear." "There were dozens of occasions." "Social Welfare should have intervened but nothing ever happened." "Not until 1993." "What happened then?" "Please, sit down." "Yes, yes." "Lisbeth was under twelve years old then." "Zalachenko was on his way and" "Lisbeth was terrified that her mother would get hurt." "She played hookey from school." "Zalachenko laughed when Lisbeth found her mother lying unconscious on the kitchen floor." "He sat in his car" "and Lisbeth ran after him." "She threw a milk carton filled with gasoline into the car." "And then a burning match." "A match stick." "A man sitting in car will burn like a torch." "This time there were consequences." "Lisbeth was sent to St. Stephens." "She's had been treated in the hospital for several years." "She was never herself again." "There she was mentally abused by Peter Teleborian." "That's right, Peter Teleborian." "He got into her psyche." "It's time for dinner now, Holger." "Yes, I will help here." "Michael." "We can at least be consistent about one thing." "Lisbeth is no ordinary girl." "" " No." "Have you played chess with her?" "" " No." "She has a photographic memory." "" " Yes, I know." "There's one thing you do not know." "" " What?" "In Reine." "Violent and sudden death." "Starring in "Eftersnack"." "A 35-year-old man was shot today at a cottage area outside Strangnas." "He was wounded by a bullet and is in the hospital." "His condition is not critical." "Police say only that this is put in context with the murders in the suburb of Enskede and in the drill field a week ago." "Police will hold a press conference later tonight." "We will return to this in our late reports." "We have traffic reports from Radio Stockholm." "Urgent emergency vehicles are running from Södertälje to Svavelsjö." "If you travel down that road use extra caution." "There must have been some agreement between Teleborian and Björck." "Some co-operation." "Why did you not act in all these years?" "When I became the trustee for Lisbeth, she was just another in a long series among the other boys and girls who had problems." "Teleborian explained that Lisbeth was psychotic and would get the best possible care at St. Stephen's." "I believed him, of course." "And Björk?" "He wanted her locked up." "I fought for her." "I did not want to see her locked up in an institution all her life." "The compromise was that it was minor guardianship for her and I became her manager." "Do not blame yourself, you are among the few who have stood up for her." "One can understand why she has difficulty's with the authorities and psychologists." "It has just become worse and worse." "When you had your stroke." "Do you think it was a coincidence that Bjurman became her manager?" "No." "" " No, neither do I." "It has been speculated wildly in the media on Paolo Roberto's involvement." "We shall certainly ask lots of questions on the links here and there." "Therefore we must focus on Lisbeth Salander and the search for her." "We have asked for tips from the public where Salander is so we can break this deadlock sometime." "Hello." "Alexander Zalachenko." "The name mean something to you?" "No, we have news conference shortly." "" " He is also called Zala." "Alexander Zalachenko is Lisbeth Salander's father." "She attacked him with an fire bomb in 1993." "It was investigated not by the open police, but by the security police." "Why?" "" " Alexander Zalachenko worked for SAPO." "He officially does not exist." "He is not in the registry office." "" " Where did you get that then?" "You can find the police investigation and it is in there somewhere." "I think it can lead us to Zalachenko." "I'm sure that has Zalachenko has something to do with the murders in Enskede." "Probably also the murder of the lawyer Bjurman." "Unlike Lisbeth Salander?" "Her fingerprints are on the murder weapon." "" " Yes, I know it sounds strange." "It sounds damn strange." "What have you confused with Lisbeth Salander?" "Why doesn't she come forward?" "Because Lisbeth is." "She is a very private person." "I don't like that you are trying to get the police to track in the mud." "We have problems enough and we will solve it without the help of an amateur private investigator." "Is there a link between the gunfire at the cabin area?" "Paolo Roberto and the kidnapping of Miriam Wu?" "No, there is no indication at this stage." "But Salander was mentioned at the kidnapping attempt of Miriam Wu." "Yes?" "Is Lisbeth is still a danger to the public." "She has shot three people and she is armed." "We want to get hold of her." "Do you know who is behind kidnapping of Miriam Wu?" "I will pass that issue over to the investigation leader Jan Bublanski." "The man involved in the morning shootout, may have driven the van in the kidnapping attempt last week." "Was he the one who was shot?" "" " That I will not comment on." "As for the assault on Miriam Wu and Paolo Roberto." "We have no real leads." "Do you have any descriptions?" "We have developed a sketch image of the man based on the testimony." "He is a large adult muscular man between 35-40 years old." "Muscular with short blonde hair." "The image is available for you after the press conference." "(Phone rings)" "Auto Express, Södertälje." "My name is Gunilla Hansson and my dog has been hit." "Yes." "According to the registration number, the asshole that hit him rented a car from you." "I want to get the name of that idiot." "Have you filed a police report it?" "" " No." "I can not disclose the name if you do not have a police report." "He ran over my dog." "Sorry." "You must notify the police and call back, okay?" "Damn it!" "The police also said that they have not managed to arrest the 28-year-old woman after the shooting at the cabin area." "She left Strangnas on a motorcycle." "Evidence suggests that it was a settlement in the underworld." "They have not listened to shit!" "Bublanski will not listen." "They are locked down on a single track." "If the police get to Lisbeth anything the fuck can happen." "Where are you going?" "" " Home." "Should I come over?" "" " No, I'm no fun at parties." "You do not need to be a fun companion." "Lisbeth, I know who Zalachenko is." "I've talked to Palmgren and understand Teleborians role." "And why it was so important to lock you up in a mental ward." "I think I know who killed Dag and Mia." "But I do not understand Bjurman's role." "Please let me know, we can solve this." "It's me, okay?" "Okay?" "Is that him?" "Does that look like him?" "He was a horrible fucking monster." "Damn." "Damn, I'm sorry." "It was you they were after." "You know that, right?" "Have you done any of this?" "Paolo said Mikael Blomkvist contacted him to find you." "What have you two done together?" "" " I must go." "Where are you going?" "" " I am going to finish this." "Damn, Lisbeth!" "There was somebody in here." "Some woman with blonde hair." "I'll get something to help you sleep." "I will be back soon." "I should have done this a long time ago." "In." "In!" "Stop!" "I want to see your records of leased cars." "In here, on the computer." "" " Bring it up." "Come on." "Come on..." "Quiet." "Open the cabinet." "Give me your cell phone." "Get in the cabinet, and I won't have to hurt you!" "Are you all right in there?" "Where is the lease book?" "" " In a red binder on the shelf above the monitor." "I got what I wanted and I'm leaving." "I need to rent a car from you." "The blue Golf." "What does it cost per day?" "345" "I put 10,000 on the desk." "I'll return your car." "Hello?" "" " It is Miriam, Miriam Wu." "Can you come to the hospital?" "She was here, when?" "" " A few hours ago." "Did she say where she going?" "No." "No, she wouldn't say." "If she manages to track down that monster he will kill her." "Here." "She forgot these." "Forgot?" "" " No, dropped." "They fell out of her backpack." "I do not know where she lives, do you?" "How long will you stay here then?" "" " For a few weeks." "Then I'll take a train back to Paris." "I don't want to stay here anymore." "What is it?" "" " It looks like a post office box key." "Okay, get well." "Thanks." "Is this okay?" "" " Yes, thanks." "(Call on)" "(Alarm beeping)" "Hello?" "(Bleeps)" "(The buzzer sounds)" "(Alarm silenced)" "Lisbeth?" "Traffic Radio Gothenburg." "This applies to an accident on Gråbovägen on road 190." "They have released the traffic again and right now it is very slow." "National Board of Biskopsgården seeking money from." "Was it some kind of royalty?" "Sure, the hot apple core?" "Hello." "Hey honey, how have you been?" "Where is Blomkvist?" "" " He's out playing detective." "Would you like coffee?" "" " Yes, please." "This image is 17 years old." "The guy's name is Ronald Niederman." "He was 18 years old when this picture was taken." "So, he is 35 today." "Where did you get this from?" "" " Dynamic in Hamburg." "As I told Micke he was not worth anything as a boxer." "But he circled like a boxer so, somebody must have trained him." "I emailed all the boxing gyms I know around Europe and told them what had happened and tried to describe him." "This guy has a disease." "Congenital analgesia." "What is it?" "" " I looked it up, it's a genetic defect." "Nerve synapses don't link and then you feel no pain." "What a golden opportunity for a boxer." "" " No, quite the opposite." "If you put your hand on a hot plate and burn it." "It hurts like hell." "If you have this disease you won't notice it until you smell the burning flesh." "(Mobile phone)" "Yes?" "" " It's Malin." "Paolo has identified the blonde." "" " Good." "Where are you?" "" " It's hard to say." "You sound weird." "" " What did you say?" "Paolo knows who the blond boxer is." "His name is Ronald Niederman." "" " Good, do you have an address?" "We have just one 17 year old photo from Hamburg, Germany." "Hello, Micke?" "See if you can find him in the register." "Call me on the cell phone." "(Recorded scream)" "Are you?" "If you are nice  Where's me too please." "(Mobile phone)" "It's me Malin, again." "I think I have something now." "No Ronald Niederman is registered in Sweden." "In 1998, he was registered as a CEO to a corporation named" "KAB Import." "Mike?" "" " Yes, go on." "Is everything okay?" "" " No, it's not okay, go ahead." "The Chairman of the Board is named Karl Axel Bodin and he was born in 1941." "The third board member is a person named R. Niederman." "He was born on January 18, 1973." "Do you have an address?" "" " Yes." "Karl Axel Bodin is living in western Sweden and residing at PO Box 612 Goss in Berga." "Men Who Buy Sex." "Nice, damn nice." "" " It was." "Erika." "" " Where have you been?" "Come on." "" " What is it?" "Zala is Lisbeth's father." "An old Soviet assassin from the GRU who defected in 1976." "Now he trafficks women, weapons and drugs full time." "He murdered Dag and Mia?" "" " He probably sent someone." "Maybe Ronald Niederman, the one Malin traced." "We must tell the police." "Bublanski will not listen." "I think that Niederman is somewhere north of Gothenburg." "If Malin can trace him so can Lisbeth." "Lisbeth is in search of Zalachenko." "" " I do not know if I like that." "Lisbeth is wanted for a triple murder." "The police will call out the National Response Team and then anything can happen." "We should hold the cops off." "We can't withhold information from the police in the middle of a murder investigation." "Of course we won't." "I'm going to ask you a favor now." "This is Björcks investigation from 1993." "It contains elements of Björcks and Teleborians correspondence about Lisbeth." "Can you make a few copies and send the original to Bublanski?" "I am going to Gothenburg." "I must find her before the police do and stand by her side." "Because I owe her that." "God, take care." "Micke." "(Computer bleeps)" "This came for you." "" " Thanks." "Do you think that Dag would have been satisfied with this?" "Do you think so?" "It feels so unfair that he did not get to see this get published." "After all the work that he put into it." "Cheers, to Dag." "Cheers, to Mia." "To Dag and Mia." "" " We need more like them." "Hi, Papa." "(Mobile phone)" "Yes?" "" " Bublanski and Sonja Modig are here." "They have just finished reading the investigation about Salander from 93." "Now they want to get Gunnar Björck's address." "Should I give it to them?" "They can find it themselves." "How hard can it be?" "They're the damn cops." "Let me talk to him." "Blomkvist, it's best you come in and provide a formal statement." "I do not have time." "I'm not in Stockholm." "Where are you?" "I am a simple amateur investigator who doesn't know shit about police work." "Don't be childish." "I'm also doubtful about Salander's guilt." "Let me talk to Erika." "Yes?" "" " Give them Björck's address." "Now, I am turning the mobile off." "" " Bye." "I saw you coming." "Four times." "I thought you wouldn't be afraid to come here." "You triggered every alarm in the yard." "Motion detectors?" "Yes, two in the courtyard and four in the meadow." "You look like shit." "You have my eyes." "Does it hurt?" "No." "I've thought about you over the years." "Just about every time I see myself in a mirror." "You should have left my mother alone." "Your mother." "Your mother was a whore." "No." "She sat at a register in a grocery store and tried to make ends meet." "You can believe whatever the hell you want about your mom." "She was a whore." "Had you let things be." "I would have not bothered you." "I hated you." "But, I have forgiven you." "" " Bullshit." "Bjurman hired you to kill me." "That was a different story." "It was purely a business deal." "You had a movie that he wanted." "And I engaged in a small job." "Did he really rape you?" "Damn, what bad taste he must have had." "I might have to ask Niederman pull one over you." "You need it." "What are you doing here by yourself?" "Sit!" "Sit down or I'll shoot you like a dog." "I shouldn't shoot you." "It would be." "Perverse." "Where did you find that freak?" "" " You haven't figured that out?" "It's said that you are a really good researcher." "Apparently not." "Niederman helped me when I was convalescing after your fire bomb." "Nowadays, he is my business partner." "You haven't figured out who Niederman is?" "He is your brother." "Huh?" "" " Or rather, your half brother." "The result of a diversion long ago in Germany." "Your last." "Niederman killed Bjurman, too?" "Why?" "Bjurman was an idiot and had papers that belonged to me." "And he was one of very few who knew my background." "I could not trust that he would keep quiet." "Not when the journalists began to look around in our business." "It was too much." "Bjurman was stupid enough to tell us that he had a pistol." "A pistol with fingerprints." "Your fingerprints." "You should not have touched that gun, Lisbeth." "You have made too many mistakes." "The police will identify you." "Oh, I am not afraid of that." "No, I have not shot anyone." "They can identify who the hell they want." "I'm just an old damaged cripple." "It was SAPO who imprisoned you in the madhouse." "Not me." "And they won't put all their cards on the table." "You will still be the prime suspect for the murders." "Clear?" "Perhaps I should say something, but I have nothing to say to you." "I have nothing to say to you, either." "Let's get this over with." "The last thing I did was to put you here." "The police are on the way." "Bullshit." "I was waiting for you to bluff." "You came here to kill me." "You haven't talked to anyone." "Can I show you something?" "Everything you said the last hour has gone out on the web." "May I see?" "No, this is not one of those." "Idiot!" "What are you waiting for?" "Hurry up, damn it." "(Rooster)" "(noise, from outside)" "Come here." "It's me." "It's me." "Lisbeth." "Thank you."