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Barbara pulled out the car and said to Phoebe, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Satellite infrared photos show that they started to take quarantine measures after they collapsed about 80 people. According to preliminary estimates, the infection rate is about 40 percent, but they are locked down very quickly, and the outbreak is in the remote military facility construction site, so the infection rate may be quite skewed. ”

Phoebe nodded and said, "Well, it doesn't matter, there is a preliminary estimate that can be evaluated, what does the Pentagon say?"

Barbara shrugged her shoulders and said, "The Pentagon wants us to keep the communication open, and to be honest, they didn't expect the plan to succeed, and the virus will be inactivated and killed in a dry and cold climate for more than three months." ”

Phoebe was puzzled: "But didn't we prepare a plan for them?

"Well, the Pentagon is now worried that the aid is coming too quickly, too much, to give the impression that we are doing it covertly. Barbara shrugged.

Phoebe suddenly shook her head and said: "I used to do a lot of bad things, but now no matter what happens, others will think that the United States did it, so there is no way." ”

Barbara suddenly laughed: "But this time it was really the Americans who did it." ”

Phoebe spread her hands and said, "I mean, you can't even pretend you didn't do it." ”

Barbara laughed again before she said, "Phoebe, actually, there was a problem with the plan. ”

Phoebe frowned, "What's the problem?"

Barbara said depressedly, "Isn't there a World Health Organization investigation team that follows monkeypox? They should have changed their mission to investigate the medical situation in their northern neighbors as agreed in the previous round of North Korean nuclear talks, and it would be best for them to make the news public, but the problem now is that the Pentagon messed up, and the task of that team is still to track monkeypox, and it is still in Thailand. ”

"God......" Phoebe shook her head and said, "I found that whatever is entrusted to the Pentagon, no matter what it is, it will always be messed up." ”

Barbara nodded, "So they're asking us to keep the communication open, and they're trying to figure out how to fix it, but it's likely that they need your advice more." ”

Phoebe didn't speak, just shook her head.

Barbara glanced at Phoebe and said with a smile: "Busy ~ ditch ~ , the Pentagon has become a laughing stock this time, and the diplomatic bloc and Langley are also watching their jokes, but you have to hurry up and come up with a remedy, don't let the northern neighbor dispose of all those quarantined people before we 'discover' the news of the virus outbreak, right, no matter how stupid an ally is, at least an ally, you can't just look at jokes, right?"

Phoebe sighed and said, "I think this aspect of American thinking is really annoying. I really hate allies who know they're stupid and still go their own way, no wonder the British said the Americans were Italians on our side. ”

"You don't need to say it, we've been saying that for a long time, but we're talking about the Pentagon, and they've never been smart. Barbara laughed.

Phoebe knew that she was referring to people from the intelligence and diplomatic groups, so she could only shake her head helplessly.

Barbara glanced at her with a smile and said, "Don't be angry, I've never seen you get angry about your plans being disrupted, come up with a good solution, and then let the Pentagon understand that we are better than them, that's the best thing you should do now, right?"

Phoebe shook her head and said, "If the Pentagon asks me if I have any remedies, you just tell them that I'm very angry." By the way, if they do something unplanned at this time, they will definitely be discovered by everyone, and it is the United States that has gone to the northern neighbor to do something that caused the outbreak of the smallpox virus there. ”

After speaking, Phoebe said: "I remember that I made it very clear in the plan that the medical team with a majority of Asian Americans is the weakest link in the real plan, and it must be implemented that they went to the northern neighboring country, and the Pentagon people can't read the plan or what's going on?"

Instead of answering the question, Barbara asked, "Do you want to convey this to them too?"

Phoebe nodded, and said, "Also, tell the Pentagon not to send the aid that is on standby in Japan to the northern neighbor, but to transport it to the deep sea area and throw it all into the sea...... No one should be allowed to know that drugs for the support treatment of smallpox had been sent to Japan in advance. ”

Barbara nodded, knowing that Phoebe's suggestion meant that the smallpox virus outbreak in the northern neighboring country would kill many people, but Barbara also understood that Phoebe's decision was the right one.

Phoebe said: "Well, there are also many countries that can 'see' satellites that can 'see' satellites, as long as we occupy this space channel, other countries' orbit change satellites will not come easily." ”

"Shhh......hhh ”

Phoebe added: "Tell the Pentagon that the plan stops, and tell Langley and the Foreign Affairs Committee that the plan stops." This time there is no way. After speaking, he deliberately shook his head.

Barbara frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the Pentagon won't let go of such an opportunity to enter the northern neighbor, you know, they let us keep our communications open, and now I'm afraid they are also discussing a remedy." ”

Phoebe shook her head and said: "There is no remedy, unless the northern neighbor breaks the news on its own, but since the other party has begun to carry out quarantine and control, they will not tell the international community about this, and I am afraid that they will find a way to keep the virus sample as a new member of their arsenal." ”

Barbara nodded and said, "It is estimated that the Pentagon is also in a hurry because of this." ”

Phoebe said: "I'm really convinced by the Pentagon, haven't I done comparative experiments before? The original large smallpox we made were all controlled ......."

Halfway through speaking, Phoebe stopped, tilted her head and thought, "Damn...... The Pentagon is probably worried that we will take advantage of the opportunity and seek benefits. ”

Barbara frowned suddenly, glanced at Phoebe, and when she saw Phoebe nodding to herself, she asked, "What's the benefit?"

Phoebe nodded and said: "Just like the stupid French, now when the whole world is currying favor with the Chinese and hoping that the Chinese will help them save the country's economy, the French are so stupid that they have repeatedly discriminated against and insulted the Chinese in the past two years, and their understanding of many things is based on their own subjective assumptions, and there is no objective facts as a basis at all." To be honest, I'm a little reluctant to work with the Pentagon on a deeper level. ”

Barbara glanced at Phoebe and said, "Is this sentence said to me or is it going to be relayed to the Pentagon?"

Phoebe nodded and said, "Tell them, don't think nonsense, the alliance that could have been a good alliance can be easily broken because of their crankiness." When the time comes, we can only congratulate a few more colonels in the American army on the promotion to generals. ”

Barbara paused, then said in surprise, "Is it that serious?"

Phoebe nodded: "Even if it's not that serious, I'm going to make this matter serious, since some of the allies suspect us, then it's better to change someone who won't suspect us, as for those who think that they can take the initiative if they doubt us, let's retire." ”

Barbara nodded, and once again she found that she was really much worse than Phoebe, and when Phoebe encountered a problem, she did not blindly listen to others to think remedially, but thought everything over again from beginning to end, and then chose the solution that was most beneficial to Titan - yes, the plan did fail, but Titan did not lose anything.

And looking back, Phoebe's assessment of the Pentagon's stupidity is not necessarily the same ridicule as her Barbara, but has other meanings.

For example, the Pentagon people are probably blinded by the general in charge of this plan. The reason for being deceived is that the mistake lies on the side of the Pentagon, and in the high-level political field, there are major mistakes that affect the plan in cooperation with allies, and it is obvious that the person in charge is responsible, and it is estimated that a certain general deliberately shirked the responsibility of Titan in order to muddy the waters......

Therefore, Barbara smiled bitterly and said: "I understand, I will inform the Communications Committee and the Secretary of Defense about this matter, so that they can also put pressure on the Joint Chiefs of Staff......"

Phoebe felt Barbara's emotion, and only nodded after hearing her words, and while reaching out to stroke Barbara's shoulder, she put on a smiling face and said, "Well, the person who can understand what I mean so quickly is you, which really saves a lot of trouble." ”

Barbara continued to shake her head: "I know you're comforting me, but I also understand that I'm slow to react and give the other party a lot of time to figure out a way, but it's okay, it's night in the United States, even if they want to do something, they have to wait until someone else gets up during the day." ”

Phoebe smiled and nodded, "Barbara, don't worry, you've done a good job." ”

Barbara also nodded, reached out and patted Phoebe's leg and said, "I know, but every time I encounter something like this that should be dealt with urgently, I don't find ......out about it at the first time," he shook his head again, shrugged his shoulders and said, "What do you say is wrong with me?"

Phoebe comforted again: "Do you know why I dropped out of school in the first place?"

"You said Korea? Didn't you say that you were tricked by your classmates with a tape recorder and made you feel unsafe?" asked Barbara.

"That's why I chose to drop out, yes, but actually, you know, I'm smarter than my peers, but when I was in junior high school, I couldn't grasp the learning level and ability of the classmates around me, so in order to try to appear that I wasn't outstanding enough, I put my score a little low, so the bullying began, of course, because it was the first semester, so many people wouldn't go too far, but I knew that the impression I gave to others was stereotyped, including the teacher's impression of me, in Asian countries, teachers generally don't help students who don't study well。 So in order not to get in trouble, I decided to drop out. ”

Barbara was silent for a while, then nodded, "Well, that means that you have been very good at discerning the future situation since you were in junior high school, is that what you mean?"

Phoebe nodded, "yes, yes." But no matter how good you are at discerning the future situation, if you don't have the right intelligence to base your decisions, you will make the wrong decisions, as I said earlier, because I set my test scores too low, which leads to more problems. And although you are not as good at judging as me, you are much better than me in intelligence gathering, and if you don't need me to make comparisons, your ability to judge the situation is also very strong, so don't feel useless, I'm just a special case, don't forget, I can't remember the face, God has to add something to me after taking some of my things, otherwise God is just a bandit leader. ”

Barbara burst out laughing, then was silent again for a long time before nodding and saying, "You're right." ”

Phoebe patted Barbara's arm again, and Barbara shook Phoebe's hand with her backhand and said, "By the way, you said that the virus can't spread, although I have also seen the experimental data, but I always feel that it is too dangerous to stay in South Korea, why don't you leave for a while and hide? ”

Phoebe patted the back of Barbara's hand with her other hand and said: "Don't worry, even if it is transmitted, we have enough warning time, although the plan has been abandoned, but the precautionary measures on the South Korean side will not be withdrawn......" Speaking of this, Phoebe shook her head and said: "Unless the Pentagon people in charge of this plan have contact with their northern neighbors and let them send the source of infection, there will be no problem at all." ”

Barbara nodded and said, "Well, I'm just worried about your safety." ”

Phoebe asked, "Are you scared?"

Barbara shook her head and said: "I'm afraid that you are in danger, Titan is led by you, just like the news just now, you think more than me and farther than me, if you change to someone else, I don't think anyone can take Titan well, so I don't want you to have an accident." ”

Phoebe sensed Barbara's emotion, nodded, and then, as if flattering, lifted Barbara's hand and rubbed it against her cheek, while Barbara glanced at Phoebe and smiled.

The next second, Phoebe shouted, "To the right!" while reaching out to grab the steering wheel, and Barbara, who was reminded, saw the tail of a container truck getting closer and closer......