Chapter 308: The Stranger
On the way home, Barbara didn't like to speak first as much as she used to, and Phoebe didn't take the initiative to talk to her, which made Barbara feel a little lost in her heart.
Although Barbara is already an adult, she also has work experience in the field of diplomacy and has been in contact with many people, but after more than four months of contact, Phoebe has successfully established a figure in her psychology that although she doesn't talk much and treats others enthusiastically, she will find that Phoebe is very empathetic, and except for a few things, Phoebe did not hide it from Barbara, which makes Barbara mistakenly think that Phoebe is really very close to herself because of the experience of being an orphan.
But this morning's experience in Titan told Sù Barbara that there is more of a capitalist side of Phoebe's personality than she thinks, and that she is very similar to the group of people at the end of the food chain in modern society, and she was only too well disguised before.
This discovery made Barbara a little confused and a little painful, and she told Barbara reason, at least Phoebe, the wolf, was very good to herself.
Phoebe ignores Barbara's inner struggles and is still operating her laptop in the car as usual, and from Barbara's feelings, she knows that Barbara herself is actually adjusting her mindset the way she wants it to be—which is very much in line with Phoebe's expectations.
Although Phoebe often used the development of things to stimulate Barbara by the way, Barbara's position has fallen to herself, but what Phoebe needs is actually Barbara's complete surrender, Barbara is actually the eyes of Langley Company by her side, it is precisely because of Barbara's deposit that Langley Company will support Phoebe when B comes to find trouble before, so Phoebe attaches great importance to fighting for Barbara to completely fall to herself.
But this qiē must be "figured" and understood by Barbara herself, and Barbara herself must "decide" to follow Phoebe, so as not to leave hidden dangers.
Of course, if Barbara does not comply this time, Phoebe will continue to give Barbara the opportunity to "take the initiative" to invest in her in the future.
Barbara was driving while expecting that Phoebe would say something diǎn first, so as to prove that her previous opinion of Phoebe was not wrong, but along the way, Phoebe was the same as usual, which made Barbara extremely depressed, and at this moment, Barbara saw that the color of the dashboard of the cab had changed, which indicated that the security guard following behind had noticed something unusual......
Barbara immediately cleaned up her mood and glanced at Phoebe, who also noticed the situation, and then heard Phoebe press a button in front of the co-pilot and say, "What's wrong?"
The voice of the bodyguard following behind came from the radio: "Your Highness, there is a car following you all the time." ”
Phoebe and Barbara looked at each other and asked, "B?"
The radio station reported: "No, it's always been a car, and there are no other vehicles to replace it on the way." ”
Barbara glanced in the rearview mirror and found that the car seemed to be following amateurishly, especially because of the car in which the bodyguard was riding behind, and the car that followed was farther away from him. Barbara recognized it a little and said, "I don't look like a professional, the other party should be the only one." ”
Phoebe actually has no experience in this regard, so she prefers to trust Barbara's judgment, after all, although the two are in conflict, Phoebe believes that Barbara will completely stand on her side sooner or later. So Phoebe diǎn diǎn diǎn head to the radio station said: "Victoria, try to see if you can get a picture of the driver, by the way, check the vehicle information, you continue to drive normally, Traver is ready to activate the lost if necessary." Let's lead him to no one's place first. You guys keep up. ”
"Your Highness, could it be that this was arranged on purpose again?" prompted a voice over the radio.
Phoebe glanced at Barbara, Barbara shook her head, so Phoebe said: "It seems unlikely now, and the other party's methods are a little too low-level, it can be ruled out that it is a government agent." ”
"Understood, Your Highness. ”
After the call, Phoebe gave Barbara a place name, which made Barbara hesitate, although Barbara also wanted to know who was following Phoebe, but felt that Phoebe's place was too problematic, and some places on the south bank of the Charles River were a little remote, but they were not a nobody's place.
As if she knew Barbara's doubts, Phoebe said, "After stopping someone, no one can see the lost person when you open the car." ”
Barbara suddenly diǎn diǎn head, she really is not used to the application of the lost.
Immediately after, Phoebe began to fiddle with her computer again, and Barbara glanced at Phoebe, who continued to work on her laptop as if nothing had happened, and couldn't help but be secretly angry - is it worth it to be angry with such a big heart?!
So Barbara couldn't help but sigh slightly, Phoebe glanced at her slightly, Barbara couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw this, put her previous depression behind her, and started to drive intently.
The result was not as smooth as Phoebe and the others thought, when they were about to enter the riverbank road, the car behind them did not follow, but from the time she was notified by the bodyguard, Phoebe began to feel the love of the person in the car, she knew that the person was indeed targeting her own car, but she didn't know why she gave up following, maybe the person found out her own attempt?
So the group drove the car to Phoebe's house again, and on the way, Victoria in the bodyguard car gave Phoebe the result of the inquiry: "Your Highness, it is too dark to see clearly, but the thermal imaging shows that there is only one driver in the car, a white male, and the vehicle inquiry results show that it is a stolen car, and the owner reported the crime in New York three days ago." ”
Barbara frowned when she heard the news, she knew that the person who usually tracked the stolen vehicle was definitely not a decent person, and B, who had a home field advantage in the country, would not do such a thing, it was more like the modus operandi of foreign intelligence agencies or gangsters.
So Barbara frowned, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I can't rule out some possibilities, Phoebe, I have to report this matter for support." ”
Fei Bi diǎn diǎn head, first used the radio to say to the rear car: "Okay, I know, you guys should be careful when you go back." ”
Then Phoebe thought for a while and said to Barbara, "Is it possible that this method is the method of a private detective?"
Barbara was stunned for a moment, then diǎn diǎn head and said, "There is indeed this possibility." "Barbara has always been in contact with a relatively harsh struggle environment, and after taking over the task of protecting Phoebe, she has been in contact with some things that are easy to appear conspirators behind her back, and even Phoebe's recent work in food aid has the flavor of conspirators, so Barbara has completely ignored the possibility of private tracking of Phoebe, if it wasn't for Phoebe to mention it, she really wouldn't have thought of this diǎn.
Whatever the reason, Barbara is going to turn to Langley for help, knowing that Phoebe is very important to many people, so she prefers to speculate on the other party's purpose with the worst guess outcome, so that the pressure can be passed on to her superiors.
Phoebe didn't mean to stop Barbara, she straightened out her recent work, and found that after temporarily reconciling with B, except for the two B employees who suddenly appeared in the airport that day, B really didn't have any trouble with herself, and even in terms of network, whether it was Knowles' Light or Titan, she had not been attacked by similar attack methods as B's cybersecurity experts, and the frequency of attacks was greatly reduced.
After all, now Titan and B have formed a tacit understanding on the cooperation of deploying the lost man system, and B also realizes that the Titan led by Phoebe actually has no intention of doing anything with them, so he has also helped Titanus a lot in many things, such as the construction progress in Detroit, because B's legal department is in the middle to help, so that many procedures have been accelerated, otherwise Phoebe will not have advanced the food assistance program that was supposed to start next year to this year.
After all, it can directly arrange people to the front line of the surveillance area, and it will not be seen by ordinary people, and at the same time, it will not affect combat readiness and attack, which is much easier for B to the security and surveillance work of important departments than before.
Phoebe was also personally involved in the disposal of the six nuclear-contaminated bodies, and at that time Phoebe determined that this was a framing of Titan by B, but neither side mentioned it in the subsequent negotiations, which made Phoebe know that B also hoped that this matter would pass and not cause any more trouble.
Phoebe actually knows that there must be a small number of people inside B who are a little angry about the matter with the six corpses, but in the current environment, no one will tear their faces, Phoebe is also happy, she even guessed that the B employee who ran to the airport to make a fuss last time was because of this incident, but this Qiē is not important, because once such a scandal is leaked, it is absolutely unacceptable to B, and maybe there are insiders in B who are glad that Titan has the ability to deal with such a corpse.
So after excluding B, Phoebe thought about it again, and now Titan is seeking to become a defense contractor, that is, to move the lost to land combat platforms and low-altitude platforms, of course, including naval platforms, if you consider it from the aspect of money alone, this is definitely an exclusive big deal, because the NSA and B do a very good job of keeping the lost system secret, so only a very small number of large defense contractors know that Titan has a very wide range of additional systems, but it is not clear what it is for.
At the same time, the main role of the Boston branch of Titan is not production, but business and the protection of Phoebe in the United States, even if someone infiltrates the Boston branch, it is useless, because the real place where the labyrinth unit is actually produced is actually the very exclusive German town, that is, where the headquarters of Titan is located.
Moreover, defense contractors will only send commercial spies to companies, and will not do anything against the company's managers, which is already a self-evident practice in the entire industry after the DuPont family tragedy.
In addition, although the stalker's methods are somewhat clever among ordinary people, in fact, trained people can easily see that the other party is very layman, so Phoebe guesses that the other party is more likely to be stalking her for personal purposes.
This kind of situation is the last thing Phoebe wants to face, just like she usually doesn't want to have too much contact with strangers, people have too many ideas, and it's too easy to change, it's better to have a special organization tracking her, which makes her feel better to deal with.
Moreover, following oneself for personal reasons can easily evolve into an opportunity for other forces to take action against oneself.
Phoebe once again affirmed a principle in her heart - to have less contact with strangers, otherwise they will turn into trouble one day.