Chapter 17: The Blade of the Traitor
"It seems that you are indeed extraordinary. Caitlyn smiled faintly, "Unfortunately, I'm not the traitor you want." ”
"Oh, then, how did you tell that this rogue detective was the target of the killers who followed?" In fact, Chiko was very reluctant to see that Caitlyn would become the "Judas". If she were, then she and Eric would be in a terrible situation, after all, not only was she alone now, but she didn't even know whether Hans and Reilly, who were traveling with her, were friends or foes. But when you think about it, if even the director of the CIA can be a pawn of those people, then even a mere head of the action team is not a problem.
Catelyn didn't answer, she slowly turned her gun toward Chiko. Chiko stared at Caitlin with full vigilance, N ways to strain flashed through her mind, but in this small space, the probability of success was almost zero.
"Sherlock Holmes once had a piece of advice that if all impossibilities are eliminated, the only possibility remains. Eric inexplicably gave Caitlyn a cynical smirk.
"Oh?" Caitlyn's gun was aimed at Chiko at this point, "Interesting. So what is impossible, and what is the only possibility?"
This stupid detective, at this time, is still in the mood to play dumb riddles. Chiko couldn't help but glare fiercely at Eric, who was sitting beside him.
"It was a complete coincidence that I would come to Lenkenshire, and since the CIA had just gone through civil unrest, even with the undercover agents of the Smiley Legion, it was wisest to remain silent at this time under Thompson's scrutiny. And Thompson himself is a thorn in the side of the Laughing Legion, and naturally he will not be a mutineer. As for the innocent agent of the Thousand Sons next to me, it is even more impossible, otherwise I would not even be able to reach Lenkenshire. Besides, we don't know what you're going to do next. Therefore, it is not possible that the people on our side who leaked our whereabouts and brought in these killers could not be on our side. ”
Caitlyn still smiled faintly: "Since you all have such a full impossibility, then the only possibility is us? Just because I am the leader of this operation? ”
"I never thought you were our Judas, but~ you already knew that someone in your operation group had defected, so ......" Eric narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed that the British female agent in front of him was not only graceful, but also courageous.
According to Eric's reasoning, if Catelyn knew that her agents had become traitors, but still carried out the mission as usual, it meant that Catelyn was most likely taking their lives as bait.
Caitlin didn't argue. Her index finger pressed the trigger guard of the pistol, and the muzzle of the gun that was originally aimed at Chiko was biased downward, and handed the * to Chiko. Chiko took Catelyn's pistol with a gloomy face, but she didn't show the slightest gratitude, after all, the seemingly decent female agent in front of her was actually playing with her own life and Eric's life in a breezy manner.
"Looks like you've found our traitor here. Caitlin inexplicably developed a subtle affection for the blue-nosed and swollen detective in front of her.
"It's not that hard. If you want to kill someone under the nose of an action group, you need two basic conditions, one is to ensure that you can participate in the operation, and the other is to contact the target person. The latter four motorcycle killers seem to be fierce, but at this point, they still use this brutal way to successfully kill any of us under the noses of the Special Intelligence Six, not only is it impossible, but they even have to risk a lot of capture. Eric looked at the car, the two sides were still fighting fiercely, and the four killers on Harley-Davidson bikes were charging at him alternately, "So I think they're just four suicidal*, using this kind of deadly ruthlessness to put pressure on us and distract the action team, and the real sharp knives are in the middle of us." ”
"So according to your previous conditions, participate in the operation, contact the target, and this traitor is mixed in our car?" Chiko looked inside the car, counting himself and Eric, there were only Hans in charge of the guard, Reilly, the driver, and Caitlin in charge of the operation.
Chiko looked at the three of them carefully. Reilly has been in charge of driving and has not taken a step out of the car from beginning to end, could it be that he took the opportunity to do something in the car, after all, the communication equipment in the car was cut off by interference at a critical moment. But it was he who was the first to discover the container truck that harbored the four killers. But according to Eric, if these four killers were just used to pressure and distract them, would he be creating opportunities for himself by reminding them like this?
Look at Hans again, he was sitting next to Eric, and his chances and position were far superior to Reilly and Caitlin. Could it be this taciturn man?" Chiko looked at Hans secretly, while carefully reviewing his every move.
Hans seemed to see Chiko's suspicions: "Well—maybe I need to explain. In fact, I was not the only person in charge of guarding this detective before the operation, Clarke, who was sitting in the back car, was supposed to perform this mission at the same time as me, but because Miss Chiko insisted on going with this detective, it was originally scheduled that the two of us would be temporarily one person in the escort operation of this car, so I would be alone in this car There is a big chance factor. ”
Hearing Hans's explanation, Chiko's doubts about him were reduced by more than half. That's right, Hans was only a bodyguard for the operation, and since he insisted on accompanying him, he couldn't decide which car he would be assigned to. At this time, Chiko thought about it, then the only person here who could flexibly arrange for himself and Eric to sit in the same car was no one else, only the person in charge of this operation - Caitlin. But if it was her, why did she give herself a gun? Was it to lower her vigilance?
At this moment, there was a screeching sound of friction behind the car. Chiko saw that the Porsche behind him was already scarred, swaying left and right at high speed, while the four killers behind him were still tirelessly pounced on the target. Originally, Hans and Caitlin, or herself, could have reached out to reverse the decline, but because of this traitor, they had to guard against each other. Thinking of this, Chiko felt very sad about the current situation.
"You didn't show up in this car by accident, Agent Hansted. Eric broke the tense deadlock in the car. Caitlyn and Chiko looked at Eric in unison, and even Reilly, who had been driving, couldn't help but glance in the rearview mirror.
Hans hurriedly explained: "How is this possible, this operation is not my responsibility, this Caitlin team leader knows best, it is impossible for me to decide which car I will be assigned to. As he spoke, Hans cast a earnest glance at Caitlin. However, to his disappointment, Caitlyn did not express any affirmative or negative response.
"That's right, Chiko is a big variable, and you really don't have the authority to arrange which car you appear in, but you are smart and you found a way to remedy it in time. Let's recall where you each stood at the exit of the passage when Chiko and I arrived at our destination. Eric tried to bring back memories for everyone. At the exit of the airport, Caitlin came to contact on behalf of the Special Intelligence Division of Country E, so she stood at the front of the group, Hans and Clark stood on the left and right behind Caitlin respectively, while Reilly and Cook, who was in the other car, never got out of the car from beginning to end.
"What does this mean?" Hans looked incomprehensible, Chiko was also puzzled, and Caitlin was still flat and could not see any reaction.
Eric continued to peel off this seemingly clueless "line group": "If we look at the location of the two cars, it is easy to understand, on the right is Reilly's Porsche, on the left is Cook's car, at that time Agent Clark has already begun to walk towards our car, but standing on the backhand side, you instead rushed in front of Clark who was on the side of the hand, and enthusiastically opened the door of Reilly's car for us, this is not the demeanor that you E people should have." Because as you know, Caitlin was a Porsche with Reilly, and as the commander, she would have been in the same car as us. ”
Chiko thought back to the scene again, and it was indeed as Eric said. A Porsche has a total of 5 seats, and excluding Reilly, Eric, Caitlin and herself, there is only one seat left. Hans took the lead in opening the car door for himself and Eric, undoubtedly "gently" seizing the last position in the car in action, and Clarke, as a colleague, naturally couldn't afford to worry about Hans or ask Caitlin for such a trivial matter. But if Hans did it on purpose, it was indeed a very appropriate psychological trick. However, this evidence alone still seems to be lacking.
Caitlin also voiced Chiko's doubts: "Mr. Detective, this alone is not convincing enough, maybe our Agent Hanst is so hospitable." With that, Hans nodded in agreement and looked at Caitlyn gratefully.
"That's not enough, so let's take a look at Agent Hansted's nose. Eric pointed to the tip of Hans's nose, which was clearly red, "I don't think Agent Hansturt is sitting here comfortably. ”
"My~ What's wrong with my nose?" Hans looked a little nervous.
"I think Agent Hanst is allergic to pollen. When I was still at the airport, there was a flower garden at the exit with a tulip in it, and I noticed that Agent Hansted's nose had been twitching slightly, and by the time we got in the car, you already had mild allergies on the tip of your nose. Eric smiled knowingly.
"Well—I remember Hans did have a little pollen allergy. Reilly provides strong evidence for Eric.
"Well, how about that. What does this have to do with my pollen allergies. Hans was a little panicked.
"This is not the first time I have done it with you, don't you know that in order to get rid of the smell of Reilly's cigars in the car, I will spray some perfume on the car, these perfumes contain pollen extract, you have already suffered this when you first transferred to my action team, is your memory too bad? By this time, Caitlin had already turned her gun on Hans.
"That's right, when I got into the car, I noticed some soot in front of the driver's seat of Reilly, but there was a smell in the car. You'd rather be allergic than squeeze into this car, and in addition to hospitality, shouldn't you be given another dedicated label?Agent Hansted—" Eric squinted at Hans, who looked panicked.