162. Major decisions
If it were just what happened in Eastern Europe, Mycroft wouldn't be so worried, where he had already inserted/infiltrated a group of elite agents, and as long as things didn't break the day, Mycroft could still deal with it.
However, it turned out that the sudden changes in Eastern Europe had led to reports of collusion between the top government leaders and the reactionary/revolutionary forces in Eastern Europe, and the most important thing was that the two people in power who seemed to have nothing to do with each other were involved in the whirlpool. They were in the same vein as Mycroft, and in some ways influenced not only the functioning of the British government, but also McCroft Holmes.
Mycroft thinks that there may be a factional war here, and the people on his side, Mycroft, are all monitoring, these people who appear to be McCroft's bosses, they are normal in terms of background and income and expenditure, even if they collude, it is impossible to be with the side of Eastern Europe.
So this time he is going to personally stabilize the situation in Eastern Europe.
By the way, Mycroft suspects that this incident is directed at him, and now the two accused people have already handed over the power in their hands, and for the time being, there is nothing left in their hands. The only thing to be thankful for is that they don't have much distrust of this faction or the most powerful underground in the British government, and only he can complete this task, so the cabinet acquiesces in his actions.
Sitting on the plane to the Eastern European countries, Mycroft knocked on the handle of the chair with one hand, and Ancia sat opposite her, her face was not very good, it had been eighteen hours since she and Lestrade, and for eighteen hours Mycroft had not closed her eyes, and had been looking at all kinds of texts, and finding out where the two had been framed by others.
Because it was a factional relationship, Mycroft couldn't get the inside information, in order to avoid suspicion.
"The meaning of the old friend is very clear, if there is really a big crisis this time, it is likely to affect him as well."
Mycroft's old friend speaks for itself, Ancia raised her eyebrows, it happened too suddenly, and Mycroft asked them to stay still, so Ancia didn't go out of her way to find those Wen Jiàn, and now she just sent Mycroft to Eastern Europe, and then returned to the UK to monitor the situation there, but gave Mycroft as an eye.
"Boss, all of a sudden, I think there might be something wrong with this."
Although Mycroft was not a good man, it was also true that he had always protected the British Empire, and those who were in his lineage were selected as people who would not do any harm to the huge empire.
However, people's hearts are always changing, and their hearts remain the same, in fact, it does not mean that others do not change.
"The country is in turmoil, and if someone has a heart, they will definitely attack the people around me, so it's not just about Mommy and my father, but also about Lestrade...... I was worried that it would affect him. ”
Mycroft lowered his eyelids, his relationship with Lestrade has not been hidden, it was okay when this crisis did not break out before, who knows if Lestrade will become everyone's target after the outbreak, he is too conspicuous Even if there is Sherlock and Little Lestrade by his side, Mycroft is very uneasy.
"Don't worry, I'll arrange it, and I'll let you know."
Ancia knew what McCroft was worried about, the Sherlock Holmes had always been living in the vicinity of many protective agents, and both of them were unusually smart and hadn't paid their attention for so many years. But Lestrade is different, he is exactly like a moving target, and everyone will think that he is the most important person in Mycroft, not only important but also easy to catch.
With Sherlock's help, Anthea thinks there is some security.
Mycroft nodded, although it is not his character to ask for help from Sherlock, but it is uncertain whether this time the matter can end peacefully, that is to say, the omnipotent McCroft is not sure whether this matter will involve Lestrade and them.
"I'll try to solve it within a week, and the domestic affairs are that you help me keep an eye on them, especially the old foxes who keep an eye on me." Mycroft took a pen and grabbed it in his hand, and drew a few names, he didn't think that this matter was on his side, and such a frame did not appear out of thin air, there must have been someone colluding with people from Eastern Europe. "All of them."
Ancia nodded sternly, as the first secretary under McCroft, she will always be on the same side as Mycroft, she has still seen McCroft's methods, if she has any thoughts of betrayal, Mycroft may make her disappear into this world silently.
As a member of Mycroft's ship, and someone who was trusted by Mycroft, Anthea didn't want to live up to that trust.
In fact, the above has also suppressed Mycroft's forces, but the people that Mycroft can use are not the people on the surface, and a man who has been trained before hiding Mycroft in the dark allows her to deploy.
"Finally, if you really need it, you can go to the little Lestrades for help, I think...... They can help you during my absence. ”
This is the last choice, if Anthea really needs it, in addition to Sherlock can help, the only ones who can be trusted are the little Lestrades, each of these children adopted by his lover is a jade, and it only needs a little polish to bloom with a different brilliance.
No one can trust anyone in this form, except for their true cronies.
"No one should take it lightly, Anthea, sometimes you can see their horses and feet if you are stupid in disguise."
Before Mycroft and Anthea parted, he told Anthea one last point that no one should trust, including their allies.
When bidding farewell to Mycroft, Ancia always had a bad feeling that this time Mycroft's trip to Eastern Europe was like a huge trap, or the whole incident was like a huge trap.
Lestrade didn't know what was going on at all, but recently he thought that there were more people around him, although he knew that it was Mycroft's agents, but suddenly these people were on guard, which always gave Lestrade a bad premonition.
There was no news of Mycroft, and he didn't know where he went, or Sherlock didn't know very well. But Mycroft's Anthea seems to have been looking for Sherlock, and he has recently started to come home on time and on time, and I don't know what that means.
It's always been the recent atmosphere that makes Lestrade a little nervous as well.
Half a month after McCroft left, Ancia came to Lestrade's house, she was not as calm as usual, but a panicked face, and Lestrade's heart was raised without knowing what.
Ancia gave him the heavy news that Mycroft had disappeared near Italy in Eastern Europe.
He had disappeared two days earlier, and agents near Eastern Europe had not found him, suspecting that Mycroft might have been accused and then hidden. But because the two have not yet contacted them, or announced the death of Mycroft Holmes, it proves that he is still alive, as a hostage or something.
Sherlock stood up when he heard the news, and after two circles around the room, he finally stopped, "The dead fat man's vitality is very strong, and I suspect that he fell into the trap of himself." ”
Anthea glanced at Lestrade, according to what she knew about Mycroft, if it was the same Mycroft who didn't have much emotion before, she would have taken a risk, after all, finding the enemy and pretending to be caught/caught by them can get a lot of useful clues, but now...... Ancia was skeptical that Mycroft wouldn't be doing that.
Did McCroft do this?
Yes, he found the extremist group in Eastern Europe as Sherlock thought, and by the way, he dangled in front of them and was captured. He looked at the chains that locked him and pouted, even if it had been so many years, it was still such an old-fashioned way to extract confessions, couldn't it be changed?
Mycroft wanted to solve this matter, and he had been out for half a month, which meant that he hadn't called Lestrade for half a month, let alone seen him. In order to uproot the forces that threatened the relations between Eastern European countries and Britain, Mycroft was also desperate. However, he was not unprepared, there was a miniature launcher hidden on his body, and he made the decision to use it as bait after calculating that these people would not kill him.
However, it is a pity that he was locked up when he first arrived at this secret base, and faced a lot of questioning.
They want to cooperate in order to get more profits, and they want to indirectly control the diplomacy of the two countries, but they also lose the idea of this group of crazy people.
However, it can be seen that he is also doing it behind his partner's back, and the group of old foxes who are far away in London will not let them catch him and kill him immediately.
Well, it's another round, can they use anything other than beatings?
Mycroft felt the swelling/swelling of his body, and he promised that by the time he returned to see Lestrade, his lover might not recognize him, and that he was probably a full fat.
Mycroft still maintained his optimism, and now things are still in his control, at least these people want him to live, they know who they are, and they know that they are of great use to them, so although they are beaten and locked here, they still give him a meal a day, proper water, and access to the bathroom.
The optimistic Mycroft thinks that's enough.
He was about to dig out a lot of secrets.
Mycroft didn't expect Ancia to ask Lestrade to help her when she disappeared.
When Lestrade heard that Mycroft was missing, his mind was blank, many thoughts came flooding out, and his hands trembled unconsciously, a sign of fear. Hannibal stepped forward and took Lestrade's right hand, and although the man looked calm, his small gestures had completely betrayed him.
Hannibal was a little worried about his Dad.
"I ......" Lestrade was amazed at how hoarse his voice was when he spat out the first word, and he never thought that a mere piece of news could make him nervously speechless.
Little Lestrade looked at him, and Harry took a step forward to take Lestrade's hand, then looked him in the eye to see if he was okay.
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Lestrade took a few deep breaths before saying this.
Anthea nodded, "I'm not sure if the boss was arrested on purpose, I don't have anyone to trust right now, even a faction of people can stab you in the back at any time, and the boss told me before he left that if there is something to do, I can come to you and Mr. Lestrade Jr. ”
Ancia had no one to trust, not even the cronies McCroft had cultivated herself, who were not sure if they were really loyal to Mycroft alone.
She approached Sherlock and Lestrade Jr., hoping they could help.
If anyone could find Mycroft, it would be Sherlock and the all-powerful little Lestrades.
When Lestrade heard that he might want to ask his bear children to help, he hesitated a little, not because he didn't want to find Mycroft, but because he wanted to let his babies participate in this battlefield without gunpowder, Lestrade couldn't be ruthless.
Hannibal could see Lestrade's hesitation, he had always been a good Dad, he never brought the case home, let alone let them participate in the world of any adults, knowing that they were very capable, but still regarded them as real children.
He was hesitating, fighting his own mind.
Hannibal glanced back at his brothers, and winked at Harry in passing, they both understood what Hannibal was trying to say.
Seeing that his brothers had no objections, Harry suddenly smiled and said to Anthea: "Dear Miss Anthea, we are willing to help, maybe time is not waiting for me, if you want to go to Eastern Europe first, you can help us book a ticket for the tour." ”
Harry is getting smarter and smarter, sometimes Hannibal feels that Harry will grow beyond his imagination, he is a good jade and is slowly showing his light now, he is smart but most of the time he has a very similar discussion like Lestrade, he is a contradiction, Hannibal thinks so.
"Harry?!"
Lestrade didn't expect Harry to make the decision on his behalf, or for his brothers, because Lestrade knew he was going to go.
"Dad, Mr. Mycroft needs our help, maybe you can put aside the idea of not involving us in these cruel things for a while."
Hannibal had grown to appreciate Harry, and he was now very assertive.
"Greg, it's a decision for all of us."
Sherlock had been watching the interactions of the little Lestrades, and they should have known what the outcome would be if they let Lestrade struggle, and he would most likely refuse, and then hand them over to someone, and go to Eastern Europe to find a way to find Mycroft, oh, by the way, there might be a Sherlock list.
But only the two of them, little Lestrade, will not be reassured.
And again......
"Dad, didn't you say that the most important thing for us is family."
Harry is acknowledging that Mycroft is family, and Sherlock wonders how happy McCroft would be if he heard Harry's words say that he was family.
Lestrade knelt on one knee and looked at his eldest son, and he said with a smile: "I always thought you didn't recognize Mycroft as a family member, after all, ......"
After all, Harry was the same spoof of Mycroft as before, wasn't he?
Harry shrugged and smiled lightly, "I just think Mr. McCroft needs to be sharpened, but I'm worried he's not going to be good for you, Dad." But in any case, the word family is still very willing to be placed on McCroft. ”
It is actually a very happy thing to be able to be classified into the ranks of the family members by the little Lestrades, and it is not easy, the most important thing for the little Lestrades is the family, it should be said that family is the core word of their entire family.
"Is there anything I need to do?"
Anthea's previous worries were all gone, and she was still a little worried if Sherlock had done it herself, but now she didn't know why Ancia and her peace of mind.
Sherlock is thinking about one thing, if Mycroft loses power, who can profit the most, although he is very unclear about the political affairs, but Sherlock has a very smart brain, no matter whether Mycroft was deliberately captured or what, this London cannot lack a backbone, and the reason why Mycroft left Ancia is to make her his own eyes to manage things here.
"You can't go for everyone, you need someone to stay, Ancia should have told you to monitor all the people before leaving, now is a good opportunity."
Mycroft did let her monitor all the people, but for half a month, this group of people was also calm, and they didn't show any horses.
"It's a good opportunity, if they find out that Mycroft is missing, someone will not be able to sit still."
The brains of the Sherlock Holmes brothers are not something that ordinary people can evaluate, and Sherlock knows what Mycroft thinks, just as Mycroft knows what he thinks, and he knows what decisions Mycroft should make at this time.
They can't all leave, by the way, Anthea's goal is a bit huge, as long as she leaves, everyone will know that something has happened, although they want to "tell the world" but not so quickly.
"The dead fat man must not want me to save him, but it is not bad to be able to see his miserable appearance, the inspector needs to go over, as a tour group has a parent is the most convenient, as for the little Reistrades......" Sherlock's eyes only turned around in the little Reistrides, these people can't all go, at least someone needs to stay in the position, play a role as a backup.
Hannibal was also thinking about it, he knew better than Lestrade what his brothers were capable of, and Ancia needed help, so ......
"You don't need too many people here, and it's okay to give your subordinates some trust. I think there is one left between Harold and Tony, and Merlin is more stable in the small ability, and I think he can help a little. Hannibal thinks that there may be more need for people in Eastern Europe, so he plans to leave Ancia with a magical helper and a computer genius who can monitor all of London, whether it's Harold or Tony.
Harold and Tony glanced at each other, Harold said: "I go to Eastern Europe, if you want to use me, it's better for me to be on the spot, as for Tony, he is very familiar with the thinking of the machine and has to operate, I believe there is no problem." ”
This was the first time Ancia had heard the word.
Merlin didn't have any objections, although he couldn't save Mycroft himself, but he also had a big responsibility, didn't he?
Lestrade sighed, his children had grown up and had their own opinions, and they had really made up their minds to take Mycroft home, so no matter what they said, it was useless. In terms of the distribution of personnel, Lestrade doesn't have too many opinions, first of all, Harry and Loki belong to magic, which can bring a lot of convenience, and secondly, Will and Hannibal want to say that even professionally trained adult men may not be able to handle the two of them, and then down is Harold, and Lestrade still knows about his son's hacking ability.
However, there is a slight objection about Will and Raven, if they still have the ability to protect themselves before, he thinks that Will and Raven may not even have the ability to protect themselves, and it is even more dangerous to go.
"Is it necessary for Raven and Will to participate in this event? Maybe it's better to stay in London. ”
Hannibal shook his head, he had thought it through, his little teacup would definitely be useful, his ability to empathize was not simply talking, it would definitely be useful. Raven's words, Hannibal thought of letting her stay in London to help Anthea, but perhaps they might need Raven's ability more.
Little Raven can become another person at any time, and it will be convenient for them to inquire about the news and carry out rescue.
"Dad Raven might be better off with us."
Sherlock turned around and went back to check what he could find about Eastern Europe, and by the way, he was going to temporarily hand over the homeless system he had cultivated to Tony who stayed in London, if there were some places or things that the agents couldn't do, Sherlock believed that the homeless people could help.
Sherlock still agrees with Hannibal's division of labor, Ancia still has a lot of people who can be used, leaving one Tony is actually enough, and leaving Merlin, who can do magic, is just in case of emergency.
"We need a complete vacation plan, and by the way, we won't be in contact with the agents, and we hope that the information about Mycroft's disappearance can be passed on to Harold through a digital version."
Before bidding farewell to Ancia, Hannibal made a final request, they would take leave under the pretext of travel, and by the way, they would enter the vicinity of Eastern Europe and Italy openly, and by the way, they would not arouse the suspicion of others under the pretext of travel.
It's just that Sherlock is in some trouble.
"Harold, can you help Sherlock forge a fake identity for the time being?"
"It's done before you go."
Harold was confident.
Lestrade looked at the bears one last time before they got ready and said, "Are you serious? To be honest, I don't want you to be a part of this adult world, even if I know what you're capable of, my angels. ”
Little Lestrade hugged their dad tightly, they were really serious.
"Dad, we're just going to take Mycroft home."