He thought that Zhang and his gang were just some influence in Midwood, but before he could think about it, he had moved to Chicago, but he still hadn't escaped their surveillance. This made him feel as if he had eaten insects, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

He asked angrily, "I've already moved to Chicago, and you still pay so much attention to me?" What a bother! ”

As with the last time he talked about this topic at Midwood, Zongheng deliberately put the word "attention" very seriously.

But he opened it, as if he didn't hear the unhappiness of the vertical and horizontal at all. She still ate her fries leisurely and said jokingly: "You are the number one object of protection designated by my uncle himself, of course we must pay attention to your every move 'all the time'!" ”

As she spoke, she suddenly rolled her eyes at Zongheng and said, "I knew from the beginning that I couldn't treat you as an ordinary twelve or thirteen-year-old child. It's just that I never thought you would be so special. It's just a matter of having a high IQ and studying well, but I didn't expect you to be so precocious in the affairs of men and women. ”

When I heard it, how could I not understand that she was talking about him and Sister Lydia? Even if he is mentally old enough and thick-skinned enough, he still has a big red face.

Zongheng said in shame: "So what?!" You're not going to have bugs in my room, are you?! ”

He made up his mind that if he answered "yes", even if he tore his face desperately, he would definitely flip the table on the spot and go crazy.

He grinned, waved his hand, and said, "How is that possible?!" Are we going to really do this, and you won't swallow us alive when you find out? ”

Zongheng stared at Zhang Li, and when he saw her calm expression, his heart relaxed a little.

He asked, "Can you tell me how exactly you are paying attention to me?" ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal." "There are six of us, divided into three groups, and we take turns staring at you with binoculars every day. ”

"You're among them?"

"Of course."

"Since you didn't have any surveillance equipment installed in my room, how do you know......" Zongheng didn't continue, but he was sure that Zhang understood what he meant.

He blushed, took a sip, and said, "Who told you to do that kind of thing and don't know how to close the curtains tightly?" With a slit open, do you deliberately show it to others? ”

Zongheng Lao's face turned red and he stopped making a sound.

Zhang took a sip of Coke, and used the cool air of Coke to suppress the surging shame, and said, "Although you are strong in martial arts, sometimes you are too careless in doing things. It's like Abigail's incident, do you think hiding them in a container is foolproof? Don't take police and FBI agents for idiots. If we hadn't helped you with it in the back, where would you have the chance to sit here and chat with me so calmly? ”

"Really? I said, how could Moretti check for so long and not find a clue to use again! So you guys are helping me. So, what we did later, you also saw it? ”

"Of course. Every time you get into trouble, you have to keep us busy for half a day. Especially the time when Uncle and Cousin Colano, in order to erase the traces of the actions of the three of you, do you know how many resources we used? How much power? That time I was so busy that I didn't sleep for two nights, and my eyes were even more swollen like peaches. Zhang complained.

"Uh...... I'm sorry...... I'm causing you trouble......" Zongheng knew that he owed too much favor, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to say something apologetic.

Zhang didn't care about this, she asked instead, "That's right! You know why I have to talk to you about these things in person, not on the phone. And why just say FBI, and not use its abbreviation? ”

After thinking about it, he asked hesitantly, "Are you afraid that someone will hear it?" ”

Zhang nodded and said, "Do you know the Patriot Act promulgated by President George W. Bush last month?" ”

"I've heard about it in the news, but I don't know much about it. What's wrong? ”

Zhang sighed and said, "If it weren't for us following your ass all day long to deal with the aftermath, with your vigilance, I'm afraid you would have been targeted by the police a long time ago." Listen up! The official name of the USA Patriot Act is 'UnitingandStrengtheningAmericabyProvidingAppropriateToolsRequiredtoInterceptandObstructTerrorismActof2001', which means 'in Chinese. to use appropriate means to deter or prevent terrorism in order to unite and strengthen the laws of the United States', the acronym of the original name is "USAPATRIOTAct", which also means "patriot" in English. This bill expands the powers of the U.S. police for the purpose of preventing terrorism. According to the content of the Act, the police have the right to search for telephone, e-mail, medical, financial and other kinds of records; reducing restrictions on foreign intelligence agencies in the United States; Extend the authority of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to control and regulate financial flows, particularly those related to foreign persons or political entities; and to strengthen the powers of the police and immigration authorities with regard to the residence and expulsion of foreign nationals suspected of being linked to terrorism. The bill also extends the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism and expands the scope of activities that can be managed by the police. Do you know what that means? ”

Zongheng said: "It means that our phone calls may be monitored at any time?" ”

"It's not that you might be spied on, it's that if you accidentally say certain keywords on the phone, your phone will be spied on."

"How is this possible?" Zongheng felt incredible, "No matter how powerful the U.S. government is, it can't mobilize so many manpower to listen to every phone call, right?" ”

Zhang sneered and said, "Are you an old antique living in a primitive society?" Don't you know that there is something in the world called a supercomputer? ”

Of course, he knew about the supercomputer, but he had always felt that such high-tech equipment was far away from his life, and he never imagined that he would one day have something to do with it.

Seeing his ignorant look, he sighed and said, "As far as I know, the supercomputer owned by the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland, can listen to all telephone and network communications in the United States. The NSA has set up a number of keywords, and as long as these keywords are involved, the system will automatically extract the content of this communication and hand it over to the appropriate agents for screening. Now, you know why I have to meet with you, right? To be on the safe side, it's best not to mention the abbreviations or abbreviations of the FBI and NSA during the conversation, so as not to attract the attention of others. ”

Zongheng nodded hurriedly. At the same time, a feeling called fear arose in his heart.

One thing is right, he's really an antique. Although he has made up for a lot of common sense in modern society these days, he really knows too little about modern technology, especially the surveillance methods of modern technology.

Realizing this, the evil feeling of Zhang Zhang's group of people monitoring him suddenly disappeared. Because he understands that with the two strokes he knows, if he hadn't opened them to help him clean up his hands, he would have been arrested by the police a long time ago.

But there is one thing that Zongheng has never understood. He asked, "What do you want me to do for you at such a great cost?" After thinking about it, I don't seem to have any other value to you other than killing people and setting fires. Is it worth it for you to continue to pay such a big price for a murderer? ”

Zhang grinned and said, "Whether it's worth it or not, I don't count, my uncle has the final say." As long as he thinks you can be worth it, it will be worth it. Don't ask me what's going on, I don't know. When you meet my uncle, he'll tell you. ”

Seeing that Zhang couldn't ask anything here, Zongheng had to change the question. He asked, "You said earlier that Kevin Belloc had purchased weapons from you. But if he wants a weapon, as a gangster, he should have many channels, right? ”

Zhang smiled and said: "Although the United States does not ban guns, it only allows civilians to possess semi-automatic weapons." Submachine guns and assault rifles, which can fire continuously, are not allowed to be possessed by ordinary people. Even gangsters like Kevin Belloc would not easily have access to such a gun. ”

Zongheng suddenly lost color and said: "You mean, Kevin Belloc purchased from you all heavy firepower submachine guns?" ”

"He bought five assault rifles, a thousand rounds of ammunition, and ten grenades from us. In addition, there are three anti-infantry mines, as well as an RPG. ”

"How do you have these things?!" Zongheng knew that his face must be ugly. These weapons were enough to arm a small guerrilla force. Since they could easily sell Kevin Belloc so many weapons, it means that they have a lot of similar stocks in their hands. It's horrible.

Zhang said: "There are two things in this world that are very profitable, one is poison @ products, and the other is arms. We don't get involved in drugs @ products, so we have to use our brains from arms. ”

"What do you think Kevin Belloc wants to do when he buys so many heavy firepower weapons?" Zongheng asked this on purpose. Although Zhang Liao has said before that they have not installed any eavesdropping equipment in Zongheng's home, Zongheng is still not very relieved. He tried to test Zhang through this question. If installed, they'll know what Sheng and Lydia had been talking about at the dinner table.

"As weapons merchants, we don't care about the purpose of the buyer's purchase. But because Kevin Belloc has something to do with you, I deliberately arranged for someone to pay attention to his movements. After our investigation, it is likely that his target is James Evans. ”