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"Wait a minute, there is a message on the display screen... I have no mouth but can speak, no wings but can fly, what am I?"

The air froze for a moment. Peggy looked at the display screen on the password column and suddenly a few words appeared. Peggy read out the words.

Remus didn't quite understand: "What?! What question are you asking?"

"This is a riddle. I guess this thing is voice-controlled," Peggy said hurriedly, "It wants me to tell you the answer. ... I can fly without wings? ... It's an echo! Correct answer!!"

Peggy was excited when she saw the dial on the code column turn automatically, but then another question appeared on the screen.

"Okay, new question... Are you afraid of death?"

Peggy was speechless when she saw the words displayed on it: "What kind of riddle is this?"

"This is not a riddle, this is a psychometric test..."

Remus came back to his senses, his expression a little serious: "The more you answer, the more it understands you."

"Fuck, are you afraid of death? No!!"

"Didi didi~,"

Peggy had just finished answering when she heard a siren sound. She was speechless: "It can actually see through my lies?"

Remus sighed, "Then tell it the truth, quickly!"

Peggy said excitedly: "Are you afraid of death? Nonsense! Who isn't afraid?!"

"Kaka~"

As Peggy finished her words, a dial on the code column automatically turned again.

"What keeps getting closer but never arrives?"

Looking at the next question, Peggy was a little confused and asked hurriedly: "Remus, do you know what it is? Hurry up, the hour hand is still moving, and there is almost no time."

"What's always approaching but never arriving? Wait, I seem to have heard this question somewhere before... but I forgot. Guessing riddles is not my strong point, and it's no use for you to urge me."

Remus read it several times, but he still had some vague impression in his mind but couldn't remember it: "Wait, let me ask Hunter."

Then he connected to Hunter's communication channel: "Excuse me, Hunter, do you know what is always approaching but never arriving?"

"What keeps approaching but never arrives?"

Hunter was somewhat confused by Remus's nonsensical question and frowned: "What is this?"

"tomorrow!"

Grace, the female thief who had just been caught, turned her head and glanced at Hunter: "Something is always approaching but never arrives. The answer is tomorrow."

Hearing the answer from Remus, Peggy hurriedly shouted, "Tomorrow!!"

"Didi~,"

"yeah!"

Seeing another dial on the code column turn, Peggy clapped her hands excitedly: "Okay, okay! Next question. Who or what is most important to you?...,"

After hearing Peggy's hesitation, Remus said, "Tell it! We have no choice, tell it!"

"My friends! ... How abominable!"

"boom!"

After hesitating for a while and looking at the time on the monitor, Peggy finally gave the answer. Looking at the rotating code column, Peggy slammed the table hard.

After calming down, Peggy looked at the monitor and read: "Okay, next question, what is the thing that gets bigger the more you take away?"

“It’s a trap!”

"It's a trap! Yes, you are so smart!"

Peggy shouted out the answer and watched the turntable spin again. Her anxiety eased a little. She saw that there was no more problem on the monitor, but there was still a combination lock that was not opened. She panicked:
"There are no more questions, but there is still one turntable left? ... How can I give an answer when there are no questions? ! ! There are only 45 seconds left!"

"Remus, I'm surrounded and I need a way out. Where should I go?"

At this moment, Remus heard Hunter's anxious voice, but Remus' mind was blank and he had no time to pay attention to Hunter's questions.

After a while without a reply, Hunter realized something was wrong and asked, "Remus, what happened?"

Coming back to his senses, Remus said, "There is a more serious problem, Hunter... maybe no one can leave here today!"

"What?"

Hunter was stunned, and a bad feeling surged in his heart: "What do you mean?"

"There's a bomb at the baggage carousel. It's a small nuclear bomb..."

Remus said slowly: "The question I asked you just now is the code needed to defuse the bomb..."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"

After hearing what Remus said, Hunter's head suddenly buzzed, and he couldn't accept it for a moment: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"…You have enough to deal with and we don't want to bother you."

"Listen to me, you should tell me immediately if you find a nuclear bomb. How much time do we have?"

Listening to Peggy's reasons, Hunter suddenly felt tired. Can't she tell the priorities of things?

"Twenty seconds left..."

"…………,"

Tired, destroy it!

Hunter didn't want to talk anymore. Twenty seconds...where could he run to?
Listening to Peggy's countdown in the headset, Hunter closed his eyes.

"Oh my god!"

After a while, without hearing any unusual noises, Hunter opened his eyes again: "What's wrong?"

"It's empty..."

"What do you mean by empty?"

"There's nothing in there..."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Hunter was speechless in the end.

Thinking of his current mission, Hunter turned around, only to find that Grace had disappeared. He felt his pocket and was shocked. He said in a lost voice, "She stole the key!"

"what?"

"That female thief, she stole our real key. Remus, find her quickly!"

Hunter hurriedly looked around, trying to find any trace of Grace, but what made things worse was that Custer and his group were searching towards him.

But suddenly he found a figure turning around and smiling at him. When he saw the figure clearly, it suddenly disappeared from his sight.

"This is impossible!!"

Hunter was shocked and took off his glasses in a hurry. He looked around and saw the same scene, as if it was just an illusion. Knowing that something was wrong, Hunter hurriedly shouted:
"Remus, Peggy, stop the operation! Go!" Remus' heart skipped a beat: "Where should we meet up?"

Hunter gritted his teeth and said, "We can't join up! This mission is completely over! Get out of here quickly!!!"

As soon as Hunter finished speaking, the two men, knowing that something was wrong, quickly packed up their things without saying anything else.

...............

In a secret base under Washington, the air is heavy and quiet, with only occasional whispers and keyboard tapping breaking the silence. This is the core of the Intelligence Agency, a forbidden area that only the highest-level intelligence personnel can set foot in. The decoration inside the agency is old, as if every wall carries the weight of history.

Diego noticed Haas's gaze, smiled slightly, and slowed down his explanation:

"The equipment you see here is a legacy from before the digital age. It uses shortwave wireless technology for communication, battery-powered audio recording devices to save information, and cathode ray tube displays to process data. It no longer relies on computers, but is an offline safe house that runs entirely on analog signals. It can defend against digitally powered intelligence."

Haas stopped and focused his eyes on a huge device flashing blue light: "No longer relying on computers? How do you transmit the signal?"

Diego nodded. "With the Corona spy satellites from the Cold War."

Haas shook his head. “I didn’t know we were still using those antiques.”

"It has been unused for a long time. We gave it to the National Weather Service 20 years ago." Diego smiled and said, "It is the last one that can still be used."

Haas looked at Diego: "Can this thing help us find your mysterious agent?"

"I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about that, sir."

Diego pointed to the woman's head on the big screen: "But it can help us monitor this woman. We found that the two of them had contact at the Abu Dhabi airport."

"Who is she? Where is she now?"

…………

Italy is located in southern Europe, on the tip of the Apennine Peninsula.

Rome, an ancient and vibrant city, is known as the "Eternal City". It is not only the political center of Italy, but also a famous cultural city with unparalleled works of art and relics, such as the Colosseum, Vatican City, Trevi Fountain...

There were many beautiful sights, but Hunter was not in the mood to visit.

Following Grace's footsteps all the way, I finally caught her here.

"Thank you, officers! Please wait outside for a moment, thank you!"

In the police station, looking at Grace being escorted by two police officers, Hunter smiled and pointed: "Sit down!"

Looking at Hunter, Grace was a little surprised, but not surprised: "It's you?! You hurt me?"

"I called the police, but I didn't tell them about your wonderful past." Hunter spread his hands: "Blame yourself..."

Looking at Grace, Hunter said, "Before you were arrested, you put the key in another passenger's pocket. You left your contact information and agreed to meet later. Now there is an unsuspecting person outside keeping the key for you. An unsuspecting courier is the perfect accomplice. I guess he is a man, a middle-aged man, the kind of man who wants to be noticed by a beauty like you all his life."

After a pause, Hunter continued, "You are an orphan. You have been very smart and resourceful since you were young. You didn't have good conditions when you were young, so you wanted a better material life and even stole from others. Someone saw your potential, trained you, and brought out your talent. This craft also gave you the life you wanted, custom-made clothes, expensive food, luxurious hotels..., and you have been at large with this craft until today."

Listening to Hunter telling all his information, Grace's eyes flashed and she looked innocent: "I'm just a little girl, just trying to make a living..."

Hunter shook his head. "You don't know what you stole, or you wouldn't have done it."

"How about this, you get me out and I'll take you to find the key." Grace looked at Hunter pitifully.

Hunter smiled and said, "I have a better idea. If you tell me everything honestly, I will consider helping you escape. First, tell me who your employer is. Don't try to lie. I can tell."

Grace shook her head. “I don’t know who the employer is. We basically communicated online.”

"e-mail?"

"Short message!"

"Encrypted?"

"Yes."

“You just said that you basically communicated online,” Hunter looked at Grace.

"There's a secret delivery point in a cafe in Luxembourg," Grace said. "There's an envelope inside."

Hunter's eyes narrowed slightly: "What's in the envelope?"

"Flight to Abu Dhabi, and..."

After a pause, Grace said, "A photo of you, with instructions to follow you at the airport. You will follow a target, and the target has a key and 400 million digital currency. Oh, and the USB drive is empty. I can only get the money if I deliver your key to the client."

Hunter nodded: "That client wants you to deliver the keys?"

Grace looked at the door: "Venice, a party hosted by the Duke's Palace, dinner tomorrow."

Noticing Grace's gaze, "Are you waiting for someone?"

Grace shrugged and said frankly, "Those 'friends' of yours at the airport, I saw them in the corridor a few minutes ago."

Hunter choked up and looked at Grace: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Grace smiled and said, "They are here to find you, not me."

...............

When Hunter took advantage of the gunfight between Custer and a group of militants, he finally found a chance to run away, but let Grace escape in the chaos, and happened to meet Peggy and Remus who came to pick them up. In the car, there was Elizabeth, who had not been seen for a long time, and two familiar beauties who were dressed neatly.

"Olivia, Margaret. This is my friend, Hunter. Olivia is the hero who exposed the shady dealings of Genesis Security a while ago. Margaret is my... friend, a good friend!"

Elizabeth introduced the people to each other.

"I know you……,"

Listening to Elizabeth's introduction, Hunter suddenly understood. After a while of greetings, he told the two girls the whole story. Then Hunter and the others changed several means of transportation and finally arrived at their temporary residence in Venice.

"Well, we know Grace has half the key, and we also know she'll be at the Duke's Mansion tonight at midnight."

In the room, Peggy held a laptop, looked at the information on it and said, "Then we basically know who she wants to meet."

After a pause, he continued, "The person holding the event in Laer is our favorite international black market arms trader, Alona Mitsopolis, also known as the 'White Widow'!"

Remus looked at Hunter and asked, "Does Alona know your true identity? Or does she still think you are the notorious murderer John Lark?"

"Who says I'm not?" Hunter shrugged.

Peggy smiled and said, "Didn't she put a bounty on your head in Paris before?"

Glancing at Hunter, Elizabeth felt a little jealous: "Indeed, but it is said that she and Hunter ended it privately. You don't seem to have mentioned how it ended?"

Looking at the interested eyes of the two beauties next to him, Hunter changed the subject and said, "Shall we continue talking about business?"

Peggy suddenly thought of a question and interrupted their conversation: "So, even if we get the complete key tonight, we still don't know what it is used for, so we have to find someone who knows?"

Remus nodded. "The question is, where can we find it? That bomb wouldn't have grown legs and walked into the airport on its own. Someone must have brought it in."

Margaret said, "So, someone is working for the intelligent body?!"

(End of this chapter)