Zhou Lin

The day after Jessed Newman and hundreds of federal agents were killed in the line of duty, Gebze, a city east of Istanbul.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, in the cafeteria of a certain hotel, Lance, who was dressed elegantly and seemed to be a promising young man, came to Shi Sanwen.

"Can I sit down?" When Lance asked this question, he had already pulled out the chair opposite Shi Sanwen... Obviously, he was just being polite.

"Are you that kid named Lance?" Shi Sanwen didn't say any nonsense like "Sit down", but asked while looking at Lance's face while he sat down.

"Exactly." Lance sat down grandly and crossed his legs.

"What's going on?" Shi Sanwen has a basic understanding of the situation of these members of the Anti-Cross, because his boss Tianyi has ordered that Shi Sanwen... the organization does not need to keep any secrets, so what Lao Shi wants to know, as long as Just ask, Zhang San will answer.

"Let's exchange some information." Lance said.

"What else?" Lao Shi asked knowingly.

If it is just to "exchange information", just make a phone call or send a message, there is no need to send someone specially.

"The other thing is to tell you some things in person that are not convenient to convey through communication equipment." Lance replied.

"What's the inconvenience? Just ask Zhang San to help erase the data traces that may have been left by the communication." Shi Sanwen asked again.

Unexpectedly, Lance's next sentence was: "How much do you know about Zhang San...?"

Hearing this, Shi Sanwen's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean? Do you want to say that he is an undercover agent?"

"I didn't say that." Lance smiled.

Shi Sanwen took a sip of the drink on the table, thought for a few seconds, and then said: "I have known Zhang San for some years. Tianyi first introduced him to me. If he is an undercover agent, I hope you can make it clear. tell me."

"Zhang San is not an undercover agent." Lance replied. After a second's pause, he added, "Zhang San is not Zhang San at all."

"Speak in human terms." Shi Sanwen asked the other party to explain clearly.

Lance shrugged and continued: "Zhang San's real name is Jiqi. He is Juizun's only son. It can also be said that he is the only weakness of Juizun."

After hearing this, Shi Sanwen thought for a while and said, "I just asked why this boy's name is so casual... However, there are still a few things that don't make sense..." He then questioned, "Even if Zhang San himself is The rebellious phase lasted a little longer, and he was forced to stay in an organization that was hostile to his father, but his father... was not the kind of person who would let his weakness be in the hands of others." He After a pause, "To take a step back, these two are father and son anyway. Are you really sure he is not here to be an undercover agent?"

"Sure." Lance replied, "Because Jue Zun doesn't know that Zhang San is Jiqi, and even Zhang San himself doesn't know that he is Jiqi."

As soon as he said this, Shi Sanwen reacted for a few seconds and then said: "Did you let 'Vagabond' change his memory?"

"It's not 'us', it's Boss Tian alone." Lance said, "I was still a child when this happened, and Zhang San was only a teenager at the time."

"Hey... that guy with bad taste..." Shi Sanwen spat thoughtfully.

"I think this is a very clever move." Lance continued, "After capturing an important hostage, most people think about how to 'hide' them. However, that kind of indefinite hostage Imprisonment often results in only three outcomes - the hostage escapes, the hostage commits suicide, or the hostage is found and rescued.

"But Boss Tian's approach is to make the best use of the hostages and put them on the table as chess pieces to drive.

"'Zhang San' is indeed a very good chess piece. Although his memory has been adjusted, Zhang San's intelligence has not been affected. Even if he does not participate in any combat work, he has made great contributions to the reverse cross in these years. Their contribution is much greater than that of our younger generations.”

Shi Sanwen snorted coldly: "Aren't you afraid that Zhang San will encounter an accident someday? For example, be killed by people from the Federation, or simply be killed by Juezun's men?"

"Hahaha..." Lance couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "If that's the case, I guess Boss Tian will run to Juizun himself and tell him with a happy face... 'You ordered your men to kill you before. That one is actually your son,' and then savor the expression on Juezun's face at that moment like sucking plum blossoms."

"It seems that you and your boss have some similarities in personality." Shi Sanwen looked at Lance with disgust and muttered.

"Excellent." Lance said this from the bottom of his heart, "Boss Tian and Mr. Shi are still beyond my reach."

"Living like us is not something to be envied." Shi Sanwen said with a sideways glance.

"I'm not envious, I just express my sincere admiration." Lance responded.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Shi Sanwen didn't want to talk about this aspect anymore, so he brought the topic back.

Lance nodded and said in a concluding tone: "To sum up, I came here specially this time just to tell you this information about Zhang San in person. I hope you can find out more about it in the next few weeks." Protect his personal safety."

"He has been 'Zhang San' for decades and does not need protection, but now he needs to be protected..." Shi Sanwen continued, "So... something will happen in the next few weeks."

Lance said in a very relaxed tone: "Did you read this morning's newspaper?"

"I don't watch the news." Shi Sanwen replied.

Lance took out a piece of that day's morning newspaper from his pocket and photographed the front page headline on the table in front of Shi Sanwen.

Shi Sanwen just glanced at it and saw a large, majestic propaganda photo of the federal army, as well as the title of the large text - the war on terrorism may be victorious before the end of this month.

"What's the disadvantage? 'Anti-terrorism'?" Shi Sanwen asked.

"The trouble is..." Lance replied, "While they are issuing such a press release, they are withdrawing troops from the front line."

Shi Sanwen did not ask where the "withdrawal" information came from, but immediately made a guess: "Why? Are they going to use nuclear weapons?"

"That is the worst assumption, but it is not impossible." Lance replied, "Judging from the information we have so far, there is a high probability that we are preparing to launch a batch of bombs into the rebel-occupied areas and some surrounding counties. A super-large air-explosion bomb in the 30,000-pound class.”

"Huh?" Shi San asked, "Forget about bombing the occupied areas, what about bombing other surrounding cities?"

"It's a cover-up." Lance said.

"What kind of cover-up?" Shi Sanwen asked again, "Also, if you do something like this, how will they suppress the public opinion that comes with it?"

"'The extremely vicious rebel armed forces randomly fired all the weapons of mass destruction in the arsenal when they were defeated, ultimately resulting in the sacrifice of a large number of frontline soldiers and countless civilian casualties'..." Lance As he spoke, he made a gesture of quotation marks, "...At this moment, someone from the Federation is already responsible for writing a press release similar to this tone; by the time they actually take action, on the second day after the bombing ends, Within ten minutes, such reports will be spread across all media around the world, and every article will be sharp, well-prepared, sincere, and with irrefutable evidence..."

"Hmm..." Shi Sanwen followed Lance's train of thought and muttered, "I see. In this way, even if the resistance organization issues a statement later denying it, the people have already been shouted at by those thieves issued by the federation. The news was preconceived, and the losses in the public opinion war were almost irreversible; in addition, they bombed not only the areas occupied by the rebels, but also their own surrounding areas, which greatly increased the authenticity of this rhetoric. Spend."

"It's still unknown whether the rebels will issue a statement." Lance added, "As far as I know, several organizations have transferred their leadership from secret strongholds to occupied areas; on the one hand, they It is to do some propaganda and win more ordinary people to join. On the other hand, it is also to command the war more efficiently. Ha...imagine if even the top brass of these resistance forces were killed. Who else will give them a voice?”

"Wait a minute." Shi San asked what was on his mind at this moment, and asked suspiciously, "Didn't the rebels get wind of such a large-scale war and the withdrawal of troops?"

"So what if you get it?" Lance said, "The troops that the Federation withdrew were only a small number of elites and direct descendants. In terms of materials, some important high-end combat weapons were recovered. The remaining half of the ground troops are still stationed on the front line. From the perspective of the rebels, this is a normal phenomenon - it is a signal that the war has entered a stable period, and they do not have intelligence capabilities like ours, so how could they know that the federation was going to carry out such a crazy bombing."

"Heh..." Hearing this, Shi Sanwen also laughed and sneered, "I heard... there seems to be some guys with bad taste in the Federation."

"That's not true." Lance said, "The reason why this 'war' lasted for more than a month is simply because 'he' wanted to catch more fish and take the bait... After this battle, the resistance forces will definitely regain their strength. The federal army was seriously injured, but the losses of the federal army were only the most ordinary grassroots soldiers, and the real elite forces were not injured at all. Relying on the advantage of the public opinion war, the federal army was able to quickly make up for the lost troops from the conscription, and those who enlisted in the army were not injured at all. More than 90% of the new recruits joined because of the hatred caused by the bombing incident, and they are sworn in with the rebels."

"What about the attitude of the reverse cross?" Shi San asked, "Are you planning to watch this happen silently?"

"Haha..." Lance laughed again, "Mr. Shi, have you ever played chess? When playing chess, in order to win, you have to let the opponent advance a few steps or even take a few pieces."

"I understand." Shi Sanwen had already understood the meaning of these words, and there was no need to hear more details. "Anyway, those 'abandoned children' are not yours, so it won't hurt you any more."

Lance didn't answer the question, but changed the subject and said, "Speaking of the chess pieces...how is Hunter Tyrant doing now?"

Shi Sanwen took another sip of his drink and replied: "It's good. I've eaten and drank enough. I'm sleeping in the room. I've been asleep for more than ten hours." He paused for half a second and then said, " Since Newman used abilities on him before his death, he returned to the state he was in a day ago, and his newly awakened abilities were gone. Yesterday, I asked him about the battle process in detail, and it was basically confirmed that the 'fit of death' was already in a state to be activated. , so he doesn’t have to go on a hunger strike or water, he just needs to wait for the next opportunity to activate.”

"Oh?" Lance raised his eyebrows, "Then wouldn't he become very 'useful' now?"

"It's very useful, but this thing is too stupid. You still need to continue with me for a while to learn more." Shi Sanwen continued, "If he takes it out to 'use' it now, even if he awakens another Even those with super abilities will make the same mistake as the previous two times, and they can only show the surface of their abilities and waste their talents.”

"It's okay, we didn't plan to 'use' him now, I was just saying." Lance said, "In short, in the next few weeks, before the federal bombing operation ended, 'Zhang San' and Hunter Ba were still I have to rely on you to take care of me..." At this point, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute." Shi Sanwen stopped him and asked the question he was most concerned about, "Where is my baby?"

Lang paused and replied: "Oh... well, don't worry. Although yesterday's incident was quite big, causing the Orient Express to be temporarily blocked and suspended after arriving in Paris, your small trailer and We have already taken everything on the car out of the parking compartment and kept it properly; you can live here for a few weeks with peace of mind, and wait until one day this place is razed to the ground, traffic is blocked and the Orient Express stops. The luck must have been lifted, and then you can go to Istanbul and catch a train to Paris."