The night was uneventful, a situation that Rajer did not expect.

He slept soundly all night last night, and didn't wake up until dawn. Even in his sleep, Rajel was fully sure that he could handle any situation, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

Did I miscalculate, or was the information I got wrong?, Rajel thought as he sat at his desk, sipping his coffee.

"Commander, this is the report from Matthew, the acting commander-in-chief of the entire line, today. Jack pushed the door open and walked in briskly.

Rajer pulled his mind back to reality, and instead of dwelling on the trouble of not being able to get an answer, it was better for me to do what needed to be done first.

"Didn't the Legion of Hell attack today?" Rajer asked, reading the report.

"On the whole, there is no position for the enemy to attack. Jack has always spoken cautiously, "but it cannot be ruled out that it may have been a strategic offensive of confusion, or it may be a trap of illusion." ”

"Then I'll draw up an order, and you can take it and inform the front. Rajer thought for a moment and then spoke, "Convey the order to the acting commander-in-chief Matthew, the enemy may want to confuse us to relax our vigilance, so we must arrange more observation posts to monitor it, and at the same time, we must ensure that the communication between the front line and the headquarters is always unimpeded." ”

"Are you done?" asked Rajer, as he waved his pen to record orders.

"It's been written down. Jack put the cap on his pen and read the order carefully from beginning to end. "I don't think there's anything missing, that's what we say I should or the only thing I can do at the moment. ”

"How's the arrangement of the ships that sent out the rescue X. Team?" he asked, which was also a very important thing at the moment.

"The Knight has departed from the port of Lisbon and should be almost at its destination now, but I don't know what is going on with Shore?"

"There's nothing to worry about. Rajel confidently replied, "Since I believe in them, they will certainly live up to my hopes and those of humanity, and they will definitely stand out from the encirclement." ”

"Yes, I trust your judgment as well. ”

Finally, it was time for Rajer to ask the question that Rajer had to ask, though he least wanted to bring it up. "I saw what you did last night, how did you go, Jack?" he asked.

"Is it for me to spy on Val?" Jack frowned, and Rajer caught the tiny expression on his face at once.

"If you don't do a good job, you can tell me. Rajer subconsciously thought that Jack's mission might have failed.

"Not really, Commander. Jack began, "Yesterday I kept a covert spy on Val all night, but strangely enough, I didn't find anything suspicious about him. On the contrary, his behavior is simply normal and could not be more normal. ”

"What did he do?" Rajer asked.

Jack crossed his fingers and looked at Rajer one by one, explaining, "It's all the most common things, he left the conference room and went straight to his bedroom, then he asked for a hot cup of tea for the night, and then he went to sleep, there was nothing to doubt at all." ”

"There really isn't anything suspicious about it. Rajer sat down, but he knew in his heart that it might just be a disguise, and if all he had guessed was true, then the betrayer in the BPRD headquarters was undoubtedly Val.

"Keep watching. Rajel sighed softly, after all, he had been a close friend of Vaal for many years, and he didn't want to do it unless he had to, but now he had to continue to send someone to keep an eye on him.

"Understood, then, to be on the safe side, I'd suggest more surveillance, and I don't think you'd object to it, right?" said Jack tentatively.

"I'll leave it to you, it's up to you. Rajer waved his hand, he just wanted to rest now, the contents of his mind were almost crumpled into a pulp. "It is possible to increase the number of people appropriately, but the premise is that it must be secretive. ”

"Got it, then I'll arrange it. Jack bowed to Rajer, then turned and left the command room.

"What's going on in your head, Val?" Rajer felt like he had never felt so tired as he sat in his chair, "I really don't want to admit it sometimes, but why you?

At this time, Val was sitting in the bedroom with his eyes closed. "Why didn't you act last night?" Val asked softly as he opened his eyes, though he knew that even if he didn't speak out to the unknown, he could read his thoughts.

"The time is not yet ripe. The voice of the nameless man sounded in his head. "Although Rajel is an old man, I could clearly feel his strength in the conference room last night, even if he is old, I am afraid it is not easy to deal with. ”

"Are you afraid?" Val sneered, "You are usually a martial artist, why are you afraid of an old man today?"

"Not fear, but caution. The nameless man said, "I won't do anything without 100% certainty, not to mention that your identity seems to have been known to him, and I'm afraid he already knows about the matter attached to you." ”

"Rajer is a terrible guy. Val bit his lip, "Not only might he already know that I was the betrayer, but even the reason why I was the way I did, he would always have to be many steps better than me." ”

"So we can only surprise. The Nameless Man laughed, "Since he already thinks you are a traitor, then we will hide it." In this way, he will surely wonder why you are not taking action, and if he focuses too much on you, then he will ignore other important things. ”

"So, did you deliberately attach your Splinter to the teacup I sent out yesterday for the next step?" Val asked.

The nameless man's voice replied in his head like a ghost, "That's right, that's an important part of my next plan, and you'll soon understand what the point of this is, soon." ”

"Then believe you, and hopefully I'll soon see the truth of your plan. Val closed his eyes again, and since the guy had decided to stay in this usual state all the time, he could only stay here for now.

Some people feel very bad today, too, and David Jones, who was the sentry in the Vaal room last night, felt that something was wrong.

As soon as he got up today, David found that a black stain appeared in the palm of his hand, and he frowned, could it be that he accidentally got some stain on the teacup when he helped Val serve tea last night?

Although David washed it several times with hand sanitizer, the stains could not be washed off. And to his surprise, the black stain seemed to have seeped into the skin and was moving down the veins towards his arm.

"Why do you look so bad, David?" asked Paul Orr, the sentinel who was traveling with him, with concern. "Could it be that I didn't get enough sleep because I was on duty too late last night?"

"No, it's just a little unwell. David subconsciously decided to avoid the topic, he didn't want to worry everyone too much because of this trivial matter on his arm.

"If you don't feel well, you should go to the medical office. Paul reminded him, "Don't stay unwell, or a small problem can become a big problem." ”

"Got it, got it. David prevaricated, and although he felt that this should not be a big problem, Paul's words still made him a little alarmed. Maybe he really needs to go to the infirmary, after all, it's safer.

But he didn't have time to go to the infirmary, and as soon as he returned to his room after his morning round, he felt dizzy, and when he looked down at his arm again, he was horrified to find that every vein in his arm had faintly revealed black.

Damn! Looks like I can't go to the infirmary. David immediately wanted to run towards the infirmary, but his legs couldn't move like lead. The black substance began to spread throughout his body through the blood vessels, and as the substance spread, the meaning of David himself was gradually disappearing.

"Help!" Davy cried out in pain, but the voice was so faint that no one could hear it. Eventually, Davy couldn't make a sound in his throat, and the black substance had flowed through his veins all over his body, and after the final convulsions, he lay quietly on the ground.

However, after only a few minutes, David, who was already unconscious, slowly stood up again, but the man named David was no longer there.

"What a good body!" "David" moved his muscles and looked himself carefully in the mirror from head to toe. "I'll lend me this body, I'm afraid I'll need a lot of it if I want to complete the plan. ”

The black substance that had spread throughout the body gradually dissipated from the blood vessels and skin surfaces, and they all gathered into "David's" brain, and had completely transformed this body into its own.

"That way, you're guaranteed nothing to lose. "David" looked at his current appearance in the mirror again, and nodded with satisfaction. "Then let's go out and see if this body is any better. ”

He stretched out his hand and unscrewed the door of the room, and the sentries who passed by greeted him, and "David" returned the salute one by one, even those who had been close friends with David did not notice anything unusual about David today.

In this seemingly ordinary tranquility, the conspiracy in the dark began to quietly turn the gears.