Chapter 289: Helpless
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Before arriving in Washington, Stokes prepared a press release. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the way from the airport to the vice president's residence, Stokes and the secretary of state reviewed the speech again and revised some of its language.
However, the problem is not over yet.
Before he returned to the vice president's residence, the director of the FBI rushed over and waited for more than half an hour.
"Is there anything important?"
"The news I just received has some eyebrows about Liu Wei's investigation."
"He's still alive?"
"No, it will take ten hours for the Navy ships to arrive, and we have received information from other sources."
"What's the news?"
"Some intelligence from the British Mi5."
Stokes was stunned for a moment and asked the FBI director to sit down. Obviously, this is a relatively long topic, and it is certainly not appropriate to say it on a stand-up.
"Before that, we have found out whether Liu Wei is an honorary citizen of the United Kingdom, or a British knight conferred by Prince Philip himself."
"It shouldn't be a secret."
The director of the FBI smiled and said, "It's just that what we don't know is that during the trip to the UK, Liu Wei was already engaged to Princess Anne. ”
"Princess Anne?"
"The eldest daughter of the Duke of York, the eldest granddaughter of the Queen, and the seventh in line to the British royal family."
"It's not small."
"Because of this incident, mi5 has been secretly investigating Liu Wei."
"In other words, Mi5 realized that Liu Wei was not a simple character before we did."
"I can't say the same, after all, Princess Anne is the eldest granddaughter of the Queen." The director of the FBI was a little embarrassed, after all, the vice president's words made him feel very shameless. "In fact, the MI5 investigation did not go very well, Liu Wei hid it so well that even we did not suspect him, and it was even more difficult for MI5 to obtain favorable evidence. It was only in recent months that the mi5 gained more and learned more about Liu Wei. ”
"What do you know?"
"Sierra Leone."
"What do you mean?" Stokes immediately frowned.
"Srehom, who just won the general election, was actually secretly supported by Liu Wei, and without Liu Wei's help, he would not have been able to become president, or even return to Sierra Leone." The director of the FBI paused for a moment, and then said, "According to the information we have, after Srehom left Sierra Leone, he once started a mercenary company in South Africa, specializing in handling some difficult things for others. If the intelligence is not wrong, then this company is controlled by Liu Wei behind the scenes, and most of the bodyguards he hired in Las Vegas are from this company. Subsequently, Liu Wei supported Srehom and led a mercenary army back to Sierra Leone, killing four warlords in just two days and completing the formal unification. During this period, Liu Wei must have used Srehom's connections to buy large quantities of guns and ammunition from the international arms market, some of which were destined for Colombia and some of which were used to attack Manhattan. ”
"Columbia?"
"After getting rid of Harris, the big drug lord who had been working with Harris before was killed. Obviously, this must be Liu Wei's masterpiece. He has since teamed up with Colombia's second-largest drug lord to trade arms for drugs in order to maintain his drug market in the southwestern region. According to conservative estimates, he has earned at least more than $100 billion in the drug market over the past year or so, more than half of which has been used to form the Rehabilitation Corps. ”
"What about the rest?"
"There's no doubt about it, it's in his hands."
"That is, he is very rich now, at least tens of billions of dollars."
"There's certainly more to it than that, the casinos in Las Vegas and Reno alone have provided him with tens of billions of dollars, in addition to the proceeds from the sale of his shares, and the extraordinary income from other sources. Now, we still have a very big case in our hands that has not been solved, and maybe it has something to do with him. ”
"What case?"
"Credit card theft."
Stokes frowned and let the FBI director continue.
"This is the largest high-tech theft ever recorded, and it is now known that at least 10 million credit cards have been stolen, involving at least more than $20 billion."
"So much?"
"To do something like this, you have to have a very good hacker. In fact, it was preceded by an attack on a federal prison that took away a Russian drug chemistry expert, as well as a cyber hacker. Liu Wei mentioned in the conversation that he was selling synthetic drugs, not cocaine, so it can be concluded that he attacked the prison. That is, he must have taken the hacker with him. ”
"If that's the case, this case must be related to him."
The director of the FBI smiled bitterly and said, "Anyway, we at least know who did it." ”
"Well, now I want to know, how much money does he have."
"It's definitely a lot more than we think, even if it's not 100 billion dollars, it's not a lot less."
"What does this mean?"
"If he uses the money to buy weapons, he can buy at least a hundred nuclear warheads. In fact, as long as he has a sufficient base, he is even able to create nuclear weapons on his own. Of course, he has proven by his actions that he is not a murderer, so it is unlikely that he will engage in nuclear weapons. ”
"That doesn't mean he's going to do good with the money."
"The biggest possibility is that he will form a larger transformation army."
"What do you mean?"
"If he hadn't lied when he talked to the president and spent about $50 billion to build a 500-strong Reformed Army, then he would have had the money to transform at least a thousand soldiers. Because of the large-scale transformation, the cost will definitely be greatly reduced, so this number is likely to be a little larger. ”
Stokes was taken aback, and looked at the FBI director in disbelief/.
"If that's the case, Liu Wei will have enough strength to retaliate against us."
"The problem is, he didn't do it, he intended to reconcile with us."
"If he had a higher purpose, he would naturally not be at war with us."
"For what purpose?"
"Like building a nation."
"What do you mean?"
"Obviously, so far, Liu Wei has not done anything meaningless, and his active support for Srehom's return to China to seize power is certainly not a joke. With such a large investment, there must be huge profit requirements. That is, there is a good chance that he will turn Sierra Leone into the country he wants. ”
"You're saying he's the ruler of Sierra Leone?"
"That's right."
"So he wants to reconcile with us so that we don't interfere in Sierra Leone's internal affairs?"
The director of the FBI nodded and said, "There is no better explanation than that. ”
"The question is, now that Mi5 has found Sierra Leone, do you think we can still sit idly by?"
"In fact, it's very likely that this is the main reason why he attacked Air Force One and used Scott's death as a warning to us."
"What do you mean?"
"If he realizes that his layout in Sierra Leone has been discovered by Mi5, it won't be long before we turn our eyes and he will take action. If he were an ordinary person, he might have left Sierra Leone or compromised with us in some other way. It's a pity that he is not an ordinary person. A guy with superior strength like him only believes in strength, so he has to prove it to us with his actions, let us know that if we go against him, it will not be the common people who will be unlucky first, but those of us who make decisions. ”
"That is, he is warning us?"
"Very clear warning signs."
Stokes sighed and looked down in thought.
"Actually, that's not what we need to worry about." The director of the FBI hesitated for a moment, waited until the vice president turned his gaze, and then said, "Anyway, as long as we don't provoke him, he won't be much of a threat to us in the short term." ”
"So what do you think we should be worried about?"
"His long-term purpose."
"Long-term purpose?"
"If he's going to make a big deal in Sierra Leone and even have a showdown with us for it, then he definitely has a long-term purpose."
Stokes was stunned for a moment, and his expression immediately changed.
"Obviously, if it's just for the individual, he'll buy an island and do what he wants. Controlling a country is clearly not for the sake of individuals. ”
"You mean, he's in the service of a certain country?"
The director of the FBI nodded and said, "This is the only reasonable explanation, and this country is definitely not North Korea, nor will it be some ordinary country." ”
"Continental?"
"Is there a more plausible explanation?"
Stokes' expression became very solemn.
"It's a pity that we can't prove it, or even fight back." The director of the FBI sighed and said, "There is enough evidence that he must be serving the mainland, such as handing over the engines and fighter jets he obtained to the mainland, secretly providing intelligence for Russia, and triggering a conflict between Russia and Russia." As a matter of fact, he came forward to destroy the FPF experimental base in Yuben, attacked the 'Future Soldier' experimental base, and stole our strategic gold reserves, and the real benefit is still from the mainland, and the benefits he personally gets from it are very limited. If it is just for the individual, he will make money with peace of mind and use the money to do what he wants. It is only for the sake of a certain country that there is an incentive to do such a thing. ”
"You're right, it's a real problem."
"In that case, we have to be concerned about the use of troops."
"You mean ......"
"If these are all planned by Liu Wei, then he must want to see us send troops to attack North Korea, thus dragging us into the quagmire of war."
"What is the benefit of this to the mainland?"
"In our current situation, can we win a war with the great powers?"
"But ......," Stokes said after a slight pause, "if we don't use troops against North Korea, but against Iran, we won't be able to convince anyone else, even if we know what to do." What's more, the initiative is not in our hands. If it is really like what you said, this is Liu Wei's purpose, and we are not starting a war against North Korea. Do you think that with his ability, he will give up? If something like Manhattan were to happen again, not to mention attacking North Korea, even attacking Iran would make it difficult for us to extricate ourselves. ”
The director of the FBI sighed and said nothing more.
(To be continued)