By the time Neo and Cancer drove to the outskirts of Rongshan City, it was already early in the morning.

Cancer is still holding a huge cigar, but he doesn't smoke it, he just plays with it in his hand.

"Isn't there any news from Ivan?"

"Not yet." Neo made a phone call to Ivan, and the signal was still being blocked, which meant that Ivan should still be moving, at least not dead.

"You're such a person who doesn't easily underestimate your opponents." Cancer didn't know whether to praise or sarcastically Neo, "Anthony's technique may not be anything to Su Xiaoqing, but Ivan's direct blow will definitely have an effect." ”

Neo began to slow down the car: "I want to see Su Xiaoqing's counterattack, she has always shown strength in the business world and technology, if there is no ability to directly resist the blow, I can only say that the company's senior management overestimates her." ”

"So if Ivan succeeds, it's good for you, but if you fail, it's nothing." Cancer understands Neo's self-centered thinking, "Albert probably wants you to succeed, right?" His madman behavior has succeeded again, and I am afraid that the direct actions in the AUU will have to change the style in the future. ”

Neo said, "That's why I'm going to kill Albert, and if he does this, our lives will be messed up in the future." ”

"I'm behind you from this." Cancer put the cigar under his nose and sniffed deeply, "Kill Albert, I'm afraid some people will be happy and some people will be upset." Can you tell me your real reason, though? ”

Neo parked his car on the side of the road, which was still quite far from the target city of Donglin, not empty but quite quiet, and the road was lined with the kind of small restaurants for long-distance freight. There are a few small run-down inns around, leaving only a few neon signs that look ghostly at night.

"What are you suspecting?" Neo looked at his old friend, "Of course I killed Albert for many reasons, such as someone wanting him to die. ”

"No, that's not the main reason." Cancer didn't even look at Neo, and his tone was full of sighs, "We're all old, so let's stop playing the tricks of young people." ”

Neo looked at Cancer, and although the other party seemed very distracted, this person must be the one who knows himself best among the people who are currently alive.

In the face of Cancer, Neo also had to be honest.

"Okay......" Neo sighed and replied seriously, "I think Albert's death is not only meant by the top of the company, but also by the Americans." ”

"Americans?" Cancer didn't think of this, "For what?" ”

"Create chaos for AUU, and make AUU completely hostile to Su Xiaoqing, at least temporarily." "Actually, I'm an FBI guy now, can you understand that?" ”

Although Cancer was surprised, he didn't show much shock, nodded thoughtfully and said, "You have been wanted by the United States for so many years, you either die or cooperate, don't you?" ”

"Almost." Neo didn't think this kind of double agent was too embarrassing, and laughed at himself, "The Americans always have a lot of methods, and there are many departments that are not directly under the government, whether it's the way to deal with me or to leave me a position, it's easy for them." ”

Hearing Neo say this, Cancer was relieved. Just as he is used to living in this country, the best way for Neo to live truly comfortably in the United States is actually to go to the authorities.

It's a great way to do it throughout the ages.

Whoever does it is done, sometimes it is not only women who think so, but men who also think so.

"The United States will not officially recognize your existence?" Cancer is actually a little pitiful Neo, who was a great hero back then, but now what he does has basically become cannon fodder and a cold bench man, "If you want to live well, you still have to find a country that no one cares about." ”

"The U.S. government froze most of my funds, and there was simply not enough money left at the Bank of Zurich." Neo glanced at the small inn next to him, "Let's go rest for a while, and then hit the road in three hours." ”

Cancer laughed and scolded: "Get out, Lao Tzu won't open a room with a man!" ”

Neo also smiled: "I will definitely open two rooms for you, this kind of small hotel usually has nice women, do you want to try it?" ”

"Save your strength and talk about it after killing Albert." Cancer doesn't stand unmoved for more than three seconds, "Well, if it's really good enough, I'll try." ”

Two old enough men smiled at each other, parked and walked into the hotel.

Cancer didn't ask Neo why he suddenly had to stop on the way, he knew that it was because Neo wanted to wait for Ivan's results.

The cashier on duty at the inn was a not-so-pretty girl, curled up behind the cash register with a thin blanket and squinting at the computer. I didn't show much excitement when I saw two foreigners walking in, rubbed my sleepy eyes, and opened a room for the two.

Because it was two old men who came to open the room, it was a little strange, and the cashier girl couldn't tell whether the fake passports of the two were valid, so she casually used two of the stacks of ID cards to open an hourly room for the two of them, and then lay back and continued to watch the online TV series. Both Neo and Cancer know that the less you talk on such occasions, the better, and go upstairs with the key.

Ivan's side is still unreachable, which is very worrying. But Neo only thinks Ivan is dead, and takes a few cans of beer from the car to drink with Cancer.

Just a small amount of beer is nothing to the two of them, and the shabby little hotel is not very well equipped, reminiscent of the nostalgic 90s of the last century. Countless fragrant stories have happened in countless motels, which are the common memories of old men.

Neo took only six cans of beer, and when the two of them were about to finish drinking, his phone finally rang.

The caller number was a disposable cell phone that Ivan was using, and Neo glanced at Cancer and answered the call.

"It's a little bit tricky." Ivan said straight to the point, "Hamza is dead, and we have completed the task." ”

Neo was stunned for a moment, he did think about the possibility that Ivan would be able to complete the task successfully, but in his estimation this possibility was almost zero. According to Neo's plan, the 60 million US dollars for Ivan, who applied from Albert, should not continue to pay except for the half of the advance payment, and the rest should flow into his pocket. I didn't expect Ivan, this kid, to succeed, is he going to turn around and go back to Binhai City now?

All thoughts flashed through his mind for a split second, and Neo was quick to make a judgment.

"With a goal, go to Donglin City to meet me." Neo said, "Since there is a loss of mission, I will consider giving you more compensation." ”

At this point, Neo felt that since Ivan had got the biggest card, it would be better for him to take the opportunity to kill Albert now, on the one hand, to ask the Americans for credit, and on the other hand, to use Su Xiaoqing to blackmail the British.

That's what we do.

Cancer saw Neo's thoughts, and he drank the last can of beer, and didn't speak, just looked at Neo.

Ivan returned to his usual lazy style on the phone, and said lazily: "The delivery business has to be paid separately, anyway, if a person dies, our denominator has become smaller, it's not a bad thing." ”

"Money is not an issue." "You have to keep the cargo intact, not a single hair is missing." ”

"I know the rules." Ivan said nonchalantly on the other end of the phone, "I also know how important the cargo is to you. Now I'm going to double it, $120 million. ”

Neo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the lion's big ask, this is the shameless quality that a mercenary captain should have, otherwise Neo thought that Ivan had failed to complete the task, and just wanted to quickly cheat the rest of the money.

Neo also heard about Ivan's desire to go back to his hometown to get married, which was one of the reasons why he chose Ivan's team. This kind of person who hopes to say goodbye to the mercenary career will not have more strange thoughts, and if he changes to another powerful mercenary group, maybe he is already in contact with the major consortia to see if he can sell Su Xiaoqing at a good price.

"I can't call the shots when it comes to money." Neo said this not perfunctory, but with a little sincerity, "I can help you apply for 100 million US dollars, more can only depend on whether the funder is willing or not." ”

Ivan whistled happily: "No problem, I think you will agree when you see the goods, she is such a beautiful little princess." ”

After the two parties agreed on the code and approximate time of the meeting, Neo put down the phone and turned his head to look at the Cancer with a complicated look on his face.

"It went so well." Cancer said.

"I think so." Neo agreed, "But Ivan raised the price to $120 million, and I think he should have succeeded." ”

Cancer looks at his old friend and smiles: "Do you feel lost?" ”

"Of course,!" Neo scolded hatefully, "We should do it ourselves!" ”

"It's just a sum of money, you have more money to take." Cancer comforted Neo and asked, "Or are you going to kill Albert?" ”

The smile on Neo's face reappeared in his usual habit of showing people: "Of course, have you ever seen me stop in the middle of something?" ”

"So you're going back to American territory in the end, right?" Cancer, a little sadly, put down the empty beer can, "Hawaii? Or Miami? We'll probably not have a chance to drink together in the future. ”

Neo drank the rest of his beer: "No one can say what will happen in the future, let's live the present first." ”

"You're going to kill Albert to prove yourself?" Cancer stared at Neo and asked, "We're living more and more without courage, and you want to prove it?" ”

Neo didn't deny or admit it, put away the beer cans in a plastic bag, turned around and turned off the TV switch: "Maybe, our hearts are not brave anymore." ”

Cancer Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "Never been brave, right? ”

"Yes." "At a time when we still believed we could change the world. ”

Two old men drank all their beers, threw away the trash, and walked out of the shabby little hotel. There are endless temptations and challenges ahead of them, and they are still determined to move forward, wanting to regain the heart of those brave people who belonged to their youth. But I don't know that when the human heart has fallen into the whirlpool of interests, that heart has also become sunk and no longer radiates luster.