Chapter 12: A Strange Phone Call

What Pang Jindong didn't expect was that as soon as he dealt with these things, Agent House actually called and asked very nervously, "Where are you?"

Faced with this Agent House, who had just sent someone to murder him, and in the blink of an eye he pretended to be nothing, Pang Jindong felt very helpless. As the saying goes, "If you don't have a face, you are invincible", and Agent House is the only one of the invincible. Pang Jindong took a deep breath and asked rhetorically, "Do you think I will sue you?"

Agent House put on a concerned look and told Pang Jindong: "I care about your safety!"

Pang Jindong was almost about to be scolded, but considering that Agent House couldn't understand it at all, he could only turn around and say: "Then thank you! It's just that the next time you send someone to kill me, you must pick someone with good eyesight!"

"Jerry, my phone was tapped, I didn't expect anything like this!"

"Yes, you're unlucky!"

"When my men arrived at the scene, they happened to see the hapless Asian man lying on the ground. He's been looking around for a long time, but he hasn't seen you. ”

Pang Jindong patiently asked, "Then who sent the killer?"

"I really don't know......" After a moment of silence, Agent House continued: "Presumably Director Anderson crossed me and gave the order directly!"

"You are Director Anderson's most loyal lackey, and if you say these words, you are suspected of betraying him!"

Agent House felt very uncomfortable with this evaluation given by Pang Jindong. But he didn't have a seizure, just said, "I'm loyal to Director Anderson, and that's why I hope Director Anderson can go down the right path." ”

Pang Jindong asked strangely: "What do you mean by this?"

"Director Anderson's desire to sit on the presidency is a lifelong wish, and it should even be said that this is the ideal that any man should have. ”

"What the hell do you want to say?" Pang Jindong became more and more strange about Agent House's attitude.

Agent House sighed and asked slowly, "Jerry, can I believe it?"

"Of course you can! Because at least I won't send someone to kill you!" Pang Jindong said this, thinking in his heart: "Not now, to be exact!"

In the face of such obvious sarcasm, Agent House seemed unconcerned, as if the killer really had nothing to do with him. He continued his conversation: "But in order to achieve this purpose, Director Anderson has changed a lot. He was faithful and trustworthy in the past, but he began to learn to betray. And ruthless, showing no mercy to anyone who might stand in his way. ”

Pang Jindong sneered: "Congratulations on finding a good teacher!"

Agent House still didn't mind Pang Jindong's attitude, and said worriedly: "I know that Director Anderson may point the finger at me one day, but as a subordinate who has followed him for so many years, I still sincerely hope that he can fulfill his dream and return to the former Director Anderson." ”

Pang Jindong thought for a moment and told Agent SΓΉhouse: "There are some roads that there is no way back!"

"I know!" said Agent House, sighing helplessly.

Pang Jindong asked, "Are you okay?"

"I hope I can keep you safe!"

Pang Jindong categorically refused: "No need! I'm very good now, but with your protection, it's even more troublesome!"

Agent House smiled wryly and said, "Then I can only wish you good luck!"

Pang Jindong asked, "It's so simple?"

"As soon as it is confirmed that Senator Revy is dead, I will release your brethren immediately. After a pause, Agent House added, "Even if Director Anderson doesn't agree, I will definitely keep my promise!"

After hanging up Agent House's phone, Pang Jindong was very confused.

Agent House's call was obviously not for the sake of chatting, let alone an unnecessary expression of concern for Pang Jindong. He will have two purposes: one is to understand where Pang Jindong is now, and the other is to try to explain that the killer was not sent by himself. But as long as Agent House wasn't a, he knew that neither of those goals would work. As for the former, Pang Jindong could not say at all, and for the latter, Pang Jindong did not have enough reason to believe it.

"So what is the purpose of Agent House?" Pang Jindong asked in his heart.

Pang Jindong didn't have a chance to think more, and another call came in, this time it was Xiao Aisen.

"I hope you have good news to tell me!" Pang Jindong sighed and told the other party.

Little Eisen said with a slightly excited tone: "Your luck is good, I really brought good news." The man you asked me to find has already been found. ”

Pang Jindong said impatiently: "Sue me quickly!"

According to the clues provided by Pang Jindong, little Eisentong GuΓ² had many ways to finally learn about Benjamin's whereabouts.

A few years ago, Benjamin suddenly became obsessed with stock speculation. I don't know why, he was sure that an insurance stock could rise sharply, so he invested all his family property in it, and also raised usury. But then the 911 incident broke out, and not only did the stock market plummet, but many insurance companies went bankrupt, including the stock that Benjamin bought.

Benjamin was left with nothing in an instant, cashed out to the boxing club to pay off his debts, and himself ended up on the streets. Now wandering a small street in Brooklyn, sheltering on the roof of a nearby abandoned building.

Pang Jindong said: "You have done too much for me, thank you!"

"It's nothing. After a pause, little Eisen asked, "Are you going to find him?"

"Yes!"

Little Eisen hesitated for a moment before saying, "I hope ......"

Pang Jindong interrupted Xiao Aisen's words and told him: "I know my current situation very well, and I will definitely not cause trouble." ”

"So you're just visiting an old friend?"

Pang Jindong nodded: "Yes!"

After putting down Little Eisen's phone, Pang Jindong immediately rushed to where Benjamin was.

Little Eisen offers a very remote location, a very dilapidated building with only a few residents in it. To be able to live in such a place, you can imagine that they are all poor. But despite this, residents don't want their heads to become a safe haven for homeless people. Benjamin's ability to live here may indicate that he still has some prestige in this neighborhood.

When there was no news from Benjamin, Pang Jindong was extremely eager to see him, but when it was close, Pang Jindong was a little hesitant.

Pang Jindong walked up the steps step by step, and the concrete directly exposed outside made a "rustling" sound under his feet, and Pang Jindong's heartbeat continued to accelerate.

This qiΔ“ stems from Pang Jindong's inability to know what Benjamin will tell him.

In the past ten years, Pang Jindong has become accustomed to accepting the reality that his parents unfortunately died in a car accident, and he embarked on the road of mercenary in order to pay off his debts. Pang Jindong has also become accustomed to this kind of life created by reality. If today, Benjamin told himself that there was something else hidden in this qiΔ“, Pang Jindong didn't know how he should face it.

Pang Jindong didn't have much time to prepare mentally, and soon walked to the roof. In an instant, Pang Jindong suddenly prayed that Benjamin was not at home, or that little Eisen's information was wrong.

A simple shack was built on the roof of the building with cardboard boxes and wooden planks, exuding a stench, and in the eyes of ordinary people, such a dwelling was no different from a kennel. On the side of the shack lay an old man, sipping a sip of wine. The clothes are very shabby, and the whole body is dirty.

Pang Jindong looked carefully for a long time before he realized that the other party was the Benjamin he was looking for. In the space of ten years, Benjamin has changed as if half a century had passed. The whole person has lost weight several times, his face is full of gray beard, his eye sockets are deep, his cheekbones are high, and his expression is extremely haggard. The shrewd, capable, and respected retired veteran became such an old man.

"Uncle!" Pang Jindong walked up to Benjamin and greeted him softly.

Benjamin slowly raised his head and looked at Pang Jindong, his cloudy eyes without a trace of brilliance. After a long time, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you ...... Jerry?"

"Uncle, it's me!" Pang Jindong said, squatting down.

"Jerry, it's really you!" Benjamin sat up and hugged Pang Jindong tightly.

This hug made Pang Jindong more aware that the tough Uncle Benjamin at the beginning has become so weak now.

"I haven't seen you for years!" Pang Jindong sighed.

Benjamin held Pang Jindong's cheeks with both hands and looked at them carefully. After a while, he stroked Pang Jindong's blond hair and asked strangely, "How did you become what you are now?"

Pang Jindong smiled and replied, "I think it's cool!"

Benjamin nodded slightly: "You have grown up and become more handsome!"

"I also became an excellent mercenary!" The reunion after a long absence made Pang Jindong's smile mixed with a lot of emotion. "And this is all thanks to you, it is the devilish training you have carried out on me, so that my combat skills and experience have reached the level that others can only achieve in a few years in one year! As a result, many people are surprised, why I am so good as soon as I debut!"

When Pang Jindong said the word "mercenary", Benjamin was suddenly stunned, then smiled awkwardly and lowered his head.

Pang Jindong looked at Benjamin's current home and asked with emotion: "Why did Uncle become like this?"

Benjamin let out a long sigh and replied slowly: "Because I always have an insatiable pursuit of money......"

Pang Jindong shrugged his shoulders: "Everyone has a desire for money, and it is this desire that pushes us forward, but Uncle obviously chose the wrong direction." ”

"I listened to a bastard broker and risked all my family assets in the securities market, but I didn't expect that the 911 ...... happened"

"I can help you!"

Hearing this, Benjamin looked up at Pang Jindong and looked a little excited. However, after a long time, he shook his head weakly and refused: "Thank you, but there is no need for it......"

Pang Jindong asked, "Why?"

"I heard that you Chinese believe in fate, and now I believe in it too. My life was meant to be like this, and no matter how hard I tried, it didn't help. And now that I'm older, I've wasted a lot of time chasing wealth in the past, and now I don't want to continue to waste my limited life on the same thing. ”

"But......" looked at Benjamin's shack, and Pang Jindong stopped talking.

"I'm fine now!" Benjamin noticed Pang Jindong's gaze, looked at his current home proudly, and then smiled and said, "Although it is a little shabby, it is also a place to live." Even if you live in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, you only need such a large area to sleep. You can also enjoy life here with the beautiful moonlight, do whatever you want, and enjoy life to the fullest. ”

Pang Jindong insisted: "But I have the ability to make your life better now!"

Benjamin looked at Pang Jindong and was silent for a long time before he said gloomily: "I don't want you to help me!"

"Why?" Pang Jindong suddenly felt that Benjamin would say something he didn't know next.

"Because I'm not qualified to accept it!"

"You helped me before!"

"Jerry, you didn't need my help!"

"What do you mean?" asked Pang Jindong with some excitement.

Benjamin noticed the change in Pang Jindong's feelings, thought for a moment, and plucked up the courage to say: "Because I have made you live in a conspiracy for the past ten years. ”

"Haha!" Pang Jindong laughed, but there was a little pathos in it.

Benjamin shook his head and asked in a low voice, "Is it funny?"

"So, my parents didn't die in an accident!"

"Yes!"

Pang Jindong smiled and asked word by word: "Who did it?"

"After all these years, it is my duty to tell you the whole truth!" Benjamin took a sip of wine, and then said slowly, "But this matter has to start from the beginning......"

Pang Jindong suppressed his nervousness and said indifferently: "I'll listen!"

"After I retired from the military, I joined the CIA. It's not a full member, it's just a 'stepping stone'. The so-called 'stepping stones' are the kind of people who are employed by the CIA and do everything according to the CIA's instructions. But it's just some of the most basic work, the most subtle aspects of a plan. There is no right or opportunity to learn more about the situation. ”

"Some kind of police informant?"

"Yes!" Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and continued: "If you know too much, you can easily be killed, and if you know too little, you may be used as cannon fodder, I didn't want to be such a lackey, but probably because I used to be an excellent special forces, they gave me a generous treatment, so I couldn't refuse ......"

"And then?"

"Once, the CIA gave me instructions to help you in trouble, and then help you become a mercenary. ”