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When enough of the argument was enough, Stokes stepped in to end the controversy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You're all right, the president's sacrifice has to be worthwhile, we have to do something to prevent it from happening again, and we have to take strong measures against our enemies. Only before that, we have to deal with the people at home first. ”

"If we're going to fight back against the attacks, we need to get to the root cause of the incident, and at least let the people know that the president didn't die in an accidental plane crash."

"In this case, we must identify the opponent, and at least we must steer public opinion in our favor."

Speaking of which, the question is clear, that is, to create an opponent. Although there is no reason for the federal government to release the exact results of the investigation until the investigation is concluded, and it is impossible to tell the public who actually carried out the attack, as long as the information is released to the outside world, it must take into account the direction of public opinion.

Stokes paused for a moment before saying, "Obviously, we have to identify an opponent. If there is a need to wash away the humiliation we have just suffered with a war, then we need to agree here on whom to point our guns in order to make the president's sacrifice worthwhile. ”

Obviously, this is a very serious topic.

After Stokes finished speaking, no one was in a hurry to speak.

"There is no doubt that North Korea is the best option." Stokes didn't let the atmosphere cool down. "Before that, we had reached a consensus on the issue of foreign wars, and even if the president had not died, we would use a war in a few months to avenge the death of our compatriots in Manhattan."

"The problem is, it has now been proven that the attack on Manhattan had nothing to do with North Korea." The Secretary of State said.

"Maybe not." The director of the FBI took over the topic and said, "Among the information revealed by Liu Wei, there is a very important point, that is, the source of funds he needs to transform himself before forming a transformation corps. Although Liu Wei is not clear, Iran and North Korea are both suspicious, maybe he is just distracting us, and it may be related to other countries, but in Iran and North Korea, North Korea is more suspicious. ”

"Why?"

"As Liu Wei said, both Iran and North Korea have large assets frozen by us, and most of the assets belonging to Iran are left by the Pahlavi dynasty. North Korea's problem is not so complicated, and most of the billions of assets in our hands belong to North Korea's top leaders, not North Korea's state property, so it is difficult for us to use domestic laws to freeze those assets. What's more, the flow of these assets has been not very transparent, and we still don't have a full grasp of it. To put it simply, if North Korea is willing to support Liu Wei, there must be a way to provide him with billions of dollars in renovation costs. ”

"Even then, North Korea has no way to provide Liu Wei with a scientist who is smart enough."

"North Korea doesn't have it, but we do."

"We?" The Secretary of State looked surprised.

"Shortly after Liu Wei and his team arrived in the United States, the Department of Defense computing center was attacked, and Professor Beard disappeared. He is the best genetic engineer in our country and has the highest authority in the field of nervous systems. Although Liu Wei did not mention Beard in the conversation, we have enough reason to believe that it was he who kidnapped Beard and then asked Beard to genetically modify him. ”

"Beard is just a scientist in neural engineering, and his research in other areas is not outstanding."

"But until then, Beard had been working for the Future Soldier project, and had access to our top-secret materials, as well as access to experts who were well versed in genetic engineering. Liu Wei deliberately didn't mention him, obviously protecting him and not wanting us to think about it. ”

The Secretary sighed and said nothing more.

"Since this is the case, we can assume for the time being that Liu Wei is indeed cooperating with and even serving North Korea, then our purpose is very clear." Stokes glanced at the secretary of state and said, "Obviously, what happened in Manhattan must have something to do with North Korea, and we have a reason to start a war." ”

"Even so, we still lack evidence."

"The attack on Air Force One is the best proof of this."

"Could it be that the outside world would believe that North Korean spies killed Air Force One?"

"Whether the outside world believes it or not depends on what kind of evidence we can obtain in the investigation."

Hearing the Vice President say this, the Secretary of State sighed again. Obviously, it is not the military men who are actively advocating war here.

"There is no doubt that I believe we will be able to find the evidence we need in the wreckage of Air Force One." Stokes glanced at the big screen showing the heads of the officials, and then said, "Now, we have to determine another problem, that is, how to deal with Liu Wei. ”

"Now that the president has been killed, we can't let the killer go."

"It's not that simple."

Stokes' brow jumped a few times, and he turned his gaze to the director of the FBI.

"In fact, what Liu Wei said about the Manhattan attack has the highest credibility."

"Why?"

"First of all, if he had not been involved in the attack, it would not have been possible to know about the Future Soldier experimental base, and it would not have been possible to know so much about the entire attack. In fact, many of the things he said, we haven't figured out, or we're investigating. Secondly, there is already enough evidence that the militants who attacked Manhattan were not very many, not much different from the more than five hundred people he mentioned. Finally, we've found some clues in the Future Warriors experimental base that prove that the attackers are a group of modified warriors. ”

"What clues?" Stokes felt the problem was serious.

"At the time of the attack, the SEAL Team 6 had completed its rehabilitation, with at least a few dozen reformed commandos. However, when attacked, instead of taking advantage of the attackers, they were forced to blow up the underground passages in the experimental base to prevent the attackers from entering the rehabilitation center. As you can imagine, the attackers were much more powerful than they were. In addition, we found the bodies of several commandos, all of whom had been wounded by cold weapons and had been cut in half with a single knife. Obviously, this is beyond the scope of normal people's abilities, and even the most powerful knife masters cannot take out the commandos so easily. ”

"The thing is, it's all circumstantial evidence."

The director of the FBI smiled bitterly and said: "This is also the biggest regret, so far, not only have we not caught a reformed soldier that Liu Wei said, but we have not even found the body of a reformed warrior." It's just that this just shows that Liu Wei didn't lie, because only by reforming the soldiers can it be possible to retreat when the army launches an attack and leave Manhattan without casualties. Besides, even if they weren't reformed fighters and didn't suffer casualties in large-scale battles, they could still pose a serious threat to us. ”

"According to your words, we can only swallow this bitter fruit?" The Secretary of State looked very dissatisfied.

"No matter who you are, you are no match for time. At present, it seems that we really can't do anything about Liu Wei, if he does have five hundred reformed soldiers, then our safety will not be guaranteed. What's more, before that, Liu Wei had transferred all of his assets, with a preliminary estimate of at least $18 billion. If you count the huge amount of money he has earned through various channels in the past year, he has enough capital to buy ten nuclear warheads, and even be able to buy Russia and get some suitcase atomic bombs. ”

"You mean, Liu Wei is really threatening us?"

'There's no doubt that his threat carries a lot of weight. This war, at least for now, we have no chance of winning. He can turn any of our big cities into ruins at any time if he wants to, and we simply can't stop him, or even take revenge on him. ”

"If we compromise with the enemy, security is even less secure."

"The question is, is there any other way for us?" The director of the FBI sighed and said, "In fact, if Liu Wei really planned to attack us, he would not attack Air Force One." With his ability, there must be a way to blow up a few big cities before we know it. The fact that he didn't do so shows that he really doesn't have that idea, or that he doesn't intend to go to war with us. All we can do is calm him down. Maybe in a few decades we will have a chance for revenge, but definitely not now, we must calm down. ”

"Calm does not mean letting the murderer go."

"What else can we do, against a madman, and a madman we have no way to deal with, regardless of the lives of millions, tens of millions of people?"

"But ......"

"I don't think there's any need to argue about it." Stokes stepped in to end the argument, "If Liu Wei dies on the plane, there is no need for us to discuss this." Now we have to think about what we should do if Liu Wei didn't die. In any case, we can't risk so many people. While we won't let the killer go, we're not going to fight an enemy right now. My opinion is to deal with this coldly until we find the appropriate means to deal with it. ”

"How do you cold it?" The Secretary of State hurriedly asked.

"Don't mention him, don't mention anything related to him, let him think, we've acknowledged the facts. As long as he lets his guard down, our chance has come. ”

When the vice president said this, the secretary of state had nothing to say.

"When I arrive in Washington, I will give a speech and then announce the death of the president. I hope to count on your full support to tide over this difficult time during this critical period. I believe that as long as we are united, we can defeat any opponent. ”

After Stokes clapped the board, the meeting ended.

Although this result is not a happy one, it is a reasonable way to deal with it.

(To be continued)