Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, is also one of the famous tourist destinations.

According to Roberts' information, the young man named Uberto Bruni was originally born in Italy, but because of the early death of his father, he came to the Netherlands with his mother's remarriage, and later his mother also died, and he lived alone.

In the eyes of many who knew him, he was a wooden and withdrawn honest child, with average academic performance, no friends, and no one could see what his preferences were, but no one would have thought that he would become a "terrorist".

"He is really a very kind child, and he often comes to see me, an old woman who no one cares about, but he is withdrawn, and I used to be a little worried, but I still didn't expect it...... Alas, it must have been taught bad by people on the Internet, he is still young, so he will go astray......"

In a wooden house next to Bruni's former home, in front of Roberts and the others, an old woman sitting by the fireplace wiped her tears and sighed.

Officially, Bruni is a terrorist lurking in the Netherlands, and Roberts is also an ignorant in the capacity of a tabloid reporter this time.

And looking at the grandmother in front of her, Wendy also expressed deep regret at the right time, while trying to get more information, her teary eyes were swaying, her eyes were red, and those who didn't know would definitely think that she was overflowing with emotions, but only Roberts knew that this was just her disguise.

The partnership between the two has always been Wendy's handling of interpersonal and intelligence issues, while Roberts deals with combat issues, and while Wendy is trying to pull out more information, Roberts is looking through the window at the original site of Brunie's house not far away......

A ruined wooden house in ruins with burn marks everywhere, supposedly caused by a violent explosion in the basement, which was the size of a football field, was found with a large amount of electronic parts destroyed, and it seems that a huge server vault once existed in the basement.

From a few months ago to the present, it has been tightly sealed by the police, and there are even soldiers with real guns and ammunition there to guard it, and in the eyes of Roberts and some well-intentioned people, this level of force has far exceeded the level of "responding to a terrorist attack", and it is more like trying to hide some deep secret......

"It's not an easy task. ”

In Roberts's mind, the idea was suddenly born, from the strange orders of the monasticism, to the tension at the national level, and even the unusual atmosphere revealed in all the details, all the time warning Roberts that this matter was not ordinary.

He began to wonder if he had inadvertently been involved in some important vortex......

......

After searching Amsterdam for several days, the two still found nothing, except vaguely aware that a hacker named Brunie had ended up in the Americas across the ocean. It just so happens that food is also running out at this time, and Wendy decides to go to the supermarket with Roberts to buy some food.

"If Bruni had gone to America, where do you think he would be hiding?"

Wendy pushes the cart and casually tosses the items from the shelves into the cart, then asks Roberts behind him.

Roberts looked at the canned beef in front of him, groaned for a moment, put it back on the shelf, and said.

"If I were Brunny, I would choose a remote place to hide, preferably with closed traffic, poor information, and no internet. ”

Both Wendy and Roberts clearly understand how easy it is to steal information in this world, and in the past, they have repeatedly used the Internet, shopping lists, and other information to successfully find the target of the hunt.

TV, Internet, Telephone...... These can all expose your information.

A high degree of informatization not only facilitates people's lives, but also makes the tentacles that peep into every corner, even if you don't use these, but people need to eat, but also need to drink, and as long as you try to go out shopping, then the information about your shopping will be captured.

In this modern society, the only way not to be searched is to go to an extremely isolated and backward place, a place where travel depends on walking, dialogue depends on roaring, and only in such a place can you avoid being discovered to the greatest extent.

"It's true that as a top hacker, Bruni can't fail to understand this, but ...... What if he hadn't?"

Wendy said, inexplicably turning her head to look at Roberts behind her.

Roberts stood still, pondering the possibility, as a top hacker, Bruni should have been aware of the possibility of a leak, but what did it mean if he didn't?

The fear of information leakage is due to the fear of the unknown possibility, what if he is not worried about the unknown......

"Ah, I'm going to go buy something, you can just hang around here first. ”

As if something had suddenly occurred to her, Wendy said to Roberts.

"What are you buying? Can't I go with you?"

Roberts said casually.

Wendy, however, froze for a moment, then smiled inexplicably, then approached her partner and whispered into his ear in a charming voice.

"Some...... Women's own items, how, are you interested in...... Do you want to go with the lady?"

With the faint aroma of the body approaching, the warm exhalation slightly blows Roberts's sideburns, which is inexplicably itchy.

Roberts subconsciously turned his head, but saw Wendy beside him gently brushing his somewhat disheveled long hair with his hand, and was looking at him with a smile on his face, as if the prank had succeeded.

With a frown, looking at Wendy in front of him, Roberts said.

"Then go yourself, go and come back quickly. ”

Wendy, on the other hand, looked at Roberts in front of her carefully, as if she had noticed something, the corners of her mouth were inexplicably hooked, and she became a little proud, and then left with happy steps.

Looking at Wendy in the distance, Roberts muttered.

"This little girl...... How did I learn this? ”

But I also had an inexplicable feeling that this little girl who used to run around beside her, calling "Brother Roberts" in a milky voice...... It seems that she has really grown up and has her own careful thoughts, and even she is difficult to understand the unknown secrets in her heart.

Shaking his head and ignoring it, Roberts wandered casually, unconsciously walking to an area where televisions were sold.

Looking at the ultra-thin TVs with large screens and projecting TV entertainment, Roberts took a closer look, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Technology is moving so fast. ”

As he spoke, he tried to leave, but suddenly a voice sounded in his ears.

"yes, technology is moving fast. ”

It was a crisp female voice, unusually calm.

An inexplicable danger signal rose high in his body, and he turned his head sharply and looked around, but there was no one. There was no one in the area where the TVs were sold, and the supermarket was close to the end of the day, so no one would come here at all.

Except for the televisions in front of him, and the women in them, there was nothing left in the entire area.

Woman?

Suddenly looked at the dozen or so TVs in front of him, in these TVs were all the same picture, a blonde woman was combing her hair for a long time, and Roberts, who was not familiar with TV programs, could vaguely perceive that it seemed to be the famous entertainment host just now, and her gaze was ...... There is no doubt that he is watching himself.

"What's wrong? Mr. Roberts, haven't you been trying to chase me. ”

On the TV, the blonde woman casually spread her hands and chuckled.

But instead of showing surprise, Roberts was unexpectedly calm, frowning, no one knew what was going on in his heart, and then pulled out a small scanner-like thing from his body and began to scan himself.

"No, you're thinking too much, you don't have a positioning device on you...... There are also no bugging devices...... There's nothing you're looking for on this TV set either...... Give up, there's nowhere to go. ”

It wasn't until Roberts began to try to check the TV that the blonde woman in the TV shook her head and dissuaded Roberts from acting......

"......"

The hand that touched the TV suddenly felt a burst of electric stimulation, and the hand instinctively let go, and with the appearance of the electric current, the image on the TV also shook a little, and the blonde woman in the image shrugged helplessly.

If you had listened to counsel, it wouldn't have been. ”

After making sure he couldn't find anything like a bug, Roberts asked calmly into the image on the TV.

"Who are you?"

"You've guessed it, haven't you? I'm the Uberto Bruni you're looking for. ”

"But the information says you're a man. ”

"It's just a modeling, it's a simple thing. ”

The blonde woman couldn't help but laugh at Roberts's questioning.

As she spoke, the woman on the TV held a cigarette in her mouth, lit it, and then she exhaled a deep string of smoke with a pleasant expression. Then the dark blue pupils glanced at Roberts in front of him and sighed.

"Poor Roberts, you still don't realize what kind of great vortex you're getting involved in. ”

"I'm a mercenary, I just need to complete the mission. ”

Roberts said quietly.

Although he was calm on the surface, he was actually ready to deal with all the contingencies, and he didn't think that the target he was going to hunt suddenly came to him just to talk.

Is he begging for mercy from the Retreat? or is there something else......

In Roberts's mind, there was a lot of weighing and reckoning, and it was estimated that dialogue should be the best interest in the situation at the moment.

"You don't understand anything at all, you are like the soldier in chess who is driven forward by the master and used to lure the opposing knight to attack, a worthless cannon fodder, and you don't realize that you are just a bait. ”

On the TV, the blonde woman sneered and casually extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray.

"But a soldier can become a queen, can't he?"

Roberts calmly responded that in Go, the soldier cannot turn back and can only keep moving forward, but the soldier who goes to the bottom can be promoted to become the most powerful chess piece on the chessboard - the queen.

At the same time, out of sight of the woman on the TV, his hand in his trouser pocket was quietly trying to press something.

"As I said, if you had listened to counsel, it wouldn't have been like that. ”

Looking at Roberts in front of him, the blonde woman on the TV sneered.

Suddenly, Roberts' hand in his trouser pocket felt a sharp pain and he had to pull out his hand, bringing out a small object by the way...... A metal object stimulated by a strong electric current, the outer shell was covered with a layer of black smoke.

"When the discharge limit is lifted, even if it's just a small pager, the current released in an instant is still unexpectedly large, right, Roberts. ”

Looking at Roberts in front of her, the blonde woman said.

Roberts looked at his hand, some subtle arc-shaped wounds, although not serious, made the hand numb for a while, and could no longer exert strength.

"Can a soldier be promoted to a queen? yes, that's why I came to you. ”

Looking at the woman on the TV in front of him, Roberts seemed to be able to feel the calmness and solemnity of the woman's body.

"What is the purpose of looking for me?"

Not caring about his right hand, which was numb at the moment, Roberts asked calmly.

In Roberts' opinion, the Bruni in front of him does have an ability beyond comprehension, although I don't know if it is a supernatural power, but he is obviously not as harmless as the information says.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything towards you, in fact, we should have been companions in my opinion. ”

As she spoke, the blonde woman on the TV looked at the man in front of her and continued.

Roberts was born on April 13, 1961 in London, England. When he was 6 years old, his parents died due to vampire attacks, and he was adopted by the 'John Brothers', a subordinate organization of the Hermitage Order, and became a member of the 'John Brothers' in adulthood with excellent training results. ”

"In June 1986, when I was 25 years old, I met Betty, an Anglo-American, and then fell in love and gave birth to a daughter Joan in 1988, but in the same year, Betty died at the hands of a vampire, and since then she has been in a slump and almost quit 'Brother John', and it took nearly ten years to gradually regain her former fame......"

Listening to those words, Roberts's face remained the same, and it was only when the name "Betty" was mentioned that his eyebrows fluctuated imperceptibly, and all this was seen by the blonde woman on the television.

"Mr. Roberts, I know you have a deep affection for the Ashram, but with all due respect...... Do you really think that the now, present, and present retreats can be trusted?"

When it comes to the monasticism, the blonde woman inexplicably deliberately emphasizes the word "now", as if with some kind of deep meaning.

Roberts frowned, he was guessing what Bruni meant.

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. Roberts, I understand that it is extremely unrealistic for you to trust a person who has just been hunted by you, but please believe in my sincerity, I have no ill will towards you, I have always had great goodwill towards you, and I have always believed that we should be companions with the same interests. You may not understand it now, but you will eventually understand what I mean. ”

On the TV, the blonde woman said earnestly.

Roberts was noncommittal, he was still trying to find where there might be a loophole, and seeing that Roberts in front of him was indifferent, the blonde woman sighed and said.

"Even if you don't think about me, you should think about your daughter Joan. ”

Roberts' face gradually darkened.

"What do you mean? Are you threatening me?"

"No, Mr. Roberts, I didn't mean to threaten you, I just suggested...... For your daughter's sake, you should probably go to Boston to see your daughter now. At last...... Be careful with Wendy and don't trust her. ”

The blonde woman looked at Roberts, who had a gloomy face, and suddenly said with a solemn expression.

Watch out for Wendy?

Before Roberts could react from his stunned moments, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

Roberts...... Why don't you help me pick out these stockings? ”

Not far away, Wendy beckoned to Roberts, her voice deliberately pretending to have some kind of reverie charm, attracting several people not far away to look sideways.

And when Wendy approached, she naturally grabbed Roberts's arm, as if she didn't notice that her plump boobs were squeezing Roberts's hand.

"Did you just find something you want to sell?"

Looking at Wendy smiling beside him, Roberts wanted to tell Wendy what had just happened, but the words changed inexplicably.

"No, nothing was found. ”

Then he glanced at the television set beside him, where the famous entertainment host was doing all sorts of exaggerated performances, trying to make the audience laugh, and everything that had just happened was like a dream.

In addition to the arc-shaped wound on his own hand, and the pager covered with black smoke on the ground...... This is also a rare excuse to explain something like "the pager is broken" and ask Wendy to put a band-aid on Roberts.

......

Somewhere in New York, USA.

Looking at the actions of Wendy and Roberts on the screen in front of him, Bruni subconsciously gnawed his fingers, a habit that represented the tension in his heart.

Before escaping Amsterdam, he had to blow up the oversized computer in his basement and take only the spare mech, so that due to the limitations of computing power, Tiramisu could no longer fully monitor every part of the world as he used to, but it was enough to spy on most important areas.

Within these important areas, Tiramisu was able to use all the networks to spy on all suspicious people, so Bruni was able to rest assured that he was in a situation where he knew what the "agents" and "mercenaries" searching for him were doing, and no one could unknowingly avoid the countless surveillances and come to Bruni's vicinity.

Long before escaping from Amsterdam, Bruni had demarcated the emergency place where he should stay, and Mrs. Melissa here was one of the objects prepared by Bruni, her character and habits had already been calculated by Bruni, Bruni knew that with Mrs. Melissa's character and habits, it was difficult for her to expose her tracks.

But Bruni was still on high alert, because the Retreat was not such an easy thing to deal with......

If that's all there is to it, I'm afraid he'll be discovered sooner or later.

In the network, he is the nameless world ruler who can secretly manipulate the entire world, but in reality, any well-trained soldier can keep him at bay.

And now, he can only rely on Roberts.

"Can a soldier become a queen too......

Looking at the screen in front of him, Bruni muttered.

As Bruni said, he had no ill will towards Roberts, he had dominated the world at one point, he knew the myriad secrets of this world, and he was convinced that Roberts and himself were actually companions with the same interests. It's just that he hides a lot from Roberts, just as he chose Roberts as his companion......

Monastery ......

This nearly 2,000-year-old organization has intertwined tentacles, but Bruni is not without means of fighting them, just as he is desperately hunted down by the Order, because he knows something he shouldn't know......

In his hand was the code Leonardo da Vinci had left behind, the way to unlock the world's key.