The situation in front of them made everyone scratch their heads, and for a moment they didn't know how to proceed next, but the investigation couldn't end there, after all, they hadn't figured out what was going on, although they suspected that the CIA had created this crisis, but it did lack enough evidence, and although all the marginal information pointed to the CIA, those things lacked enough convincing power to be used as evidence.

Lin Xiao's advice to them was to wait for the news of 03, in fact, Lin Xiao was also quite helpless about the predicament they were facing now, and he really couldn't think of any good way, and the consequences of moving a retired high-level CIA can be imagined.

But two days passed, and Si Yunfei didn't respond, which made several people waiting quite impatient.

"03Why is there no news at all? He's hiding again? The ghost grumbled.

"Hopefully he's just busy." Worm's words have two meanings, which seem to include her worries and suspicions about 03, one is that he is worried about 03's safety, and the other is that he suspects him of fooling around with other women.

"There's no doubt about it, he's never been idle." Heavy punch asked Alpha to list all the available information and study it repeatedly, hoping to get some inspiration to solve the current problem.

"It's just that little, it's all on my back, what's the use of looking at it?" The ghost thinks he's wasting his time.

"There's nothing else to do anyway, so it's better to get this thing thorough, maybe there's some windfall." As he spoke, he listed all the things that had happened and the names of the people who had appeared since the beginning of the matter, from the knights who fought them first to the recent Steppenwolf, which included the tigerfish's right-hand man, terrorists, mercenaries, tipsters, killers, gangsters and spies, these seemingly unrelated people were all connected because of Reuben, but he couldn't find the inevitable connection between these people and the Zero Project, but there was a relationship between them and the chaos of the relationship, There are some necessary links that are lacking, and they may only be able to get these key links from Steppenwolf, but they can't get them from here right now.

From this picture, it seems that everyone is a chess piece, and the entire zero plan is the black hand behind the control of these chess pieces, and Ruben plays a crucial role as the most critical link. Clint manipulated Ruben to carry out the zero plan, but killed himself in the subway tunnel, and the heavy punch caused the clue to be interrupted, and then Haydem, who sold information. Hemmer, who was killed after revealing limited information, was the crux of the matter, but none of them were still alive.

"Isn't it a little strange that all the key people died for one reason or another?" Heavy Punch looked at the character relationship chart he listed, "This is a little too abnormal, every time the key person dies when we are about to get important information." ”

"It's doubtful to say this, but don't forget that Ruben died of drowning, Bane. Clint was a suicide and only Haydem. Hemmer was killed by him, and it would be too far-fetched to blame all this on a conspiracy. "The ghost doesn't seem to see any suspicion in this.

"But the key question is why do accidents happen when we're about to get valuable information?" Heavy Punch has never figured this out, and perhaps in the eyes of others, it shouldn't be a problem.

"What are you trying to express?" Worm didn't want to continue guessing with him.

"Who attacked us in Japan? What is their purpose? Who did the trap of the black market in Iraqi weapons? Is it really the CIA? If they want to stir up a wedge between us and the tiger fish, they don't have to do it themselves, right? Wouldn't that be an extra move? They used Ruben as bait to ensure that we would definitely appear there, although we can naturally blame the tiger fish for this incident, but later we found some clues that that the incident had little to do with him, although we can't rule out suspicion of him, but I believe that it should not be his doing, that is not his style of doing things, I suspect that it is another planting, if we kill us and successfully blame the tiger fish, the grudge between the two sides will feel deeper...... If it's the CIA, or the tiger is in action, there is no need to shoot the ground forces to deal with us, a missile can move the entire weapons black market to the ground, we can't run at all, this makes sense......" Speaking of this, he stopped, "Later, after we found out that the problem was wrong, we immediately turned our attention to Reuben, and only a little bit of Shun Teng found out until now, but in the end we found that this seems to be an unsolvable dead end, and we can't provoke another bigger disaster in order to calm a trouble, How to continue is the biggest problem I faced. ”

"I don't think so, the CIA's job is so leaky, we don't know where to start?" Worm seemed to understand what he meant, but she still felt that it was just part of the CIA's conspiracy.

Heavy Fist shook his head and nodded again: "I can't tell, I just think there are too many doubts, but I can't figure out what the problem is?" ”

"I don't understand what the hell you're thinking?" The ghost looked at him and thought he was a little strange.

Heavy Punch scratched his head and his expression was a little strange, as if he had thought of something, but he couldn't say it, and after a long time, he sighed: "Forget it, let's talk about it when I figure it out!" ”

"You're too entangled in this question, I advise you to take a break." The worm seemed to see what was wrong with him, "Sleep and think again." ”

"It's fine." Heavy Punch nodded, "Do you want to sleep together?" ”

"Okay." The worm's reaction was surprisingly calm, and there was no immediate outburst that the heavy punch expected, so he didn't know how to continue.

"There's nothing fun in teasing me, is it? Disappointed, right? "However, I need to warn you that I don't always have such a good temper, and if you're unlucky, I might just kick your eggs if something doesn't go my way." ”

The worm's words were calm, his tone was calm, and his eyes were cold and made his heavy fists tremble, thinking that he could make a joke to relieve his tense nerves, but this joke didn't start, but the purpose of relaxation was achieved, and for a while he forgot about the messy questions he had just considered, and sometimes went back to the house with a smile on his face.

"You didn't have a seizure, admiration admiration." The ghost also felt that the bug's performance today was a little different.

"Isn't that a trick up his sleeve?" The insect glanced at the ghost, "I know you want to see me angry, no way." ”

"Actually, I think it's fun to be angry, at least you can adjust the atmosphere." The ghost said.

"Don't come to this set, no one can stop me from initiating a rush." The worm turned to look at him.

Si Yunfei contacted them that night, not surprisingly, he also opposed directly dealing with Steppenwolf, the stakes were too high to be too hasty to carry out the action, and he didn't like to break the current balance between the two sides, now the CIA is just messing behind the scenes, there is no head-on conflict, they can't bear the charge of destroying the balance, let alone set up an enemy that must be confronted head-on before the matter on the tiger fish's side has not subsided.

"You should know what the consequences will be if Steppenwolf makes a move, and it is likely that the CIA will directly deal with us, but they have an overwhelming advantage, and we have no chance of winning." Si Yunfei knew very well that it was impossible for them to get information from Steppenwolf's mouth peacefully, once they tore their faces, the two sides would enter another state, it was not just a simple secret confrontation, it was likely to be a large-scale head-on conflict, no one could afford this crime of destroying the balance, not to mention that it was not them who benefited the most, but the Russians represented by the tiger fish, they couldn't do such a stupid thing.

"All the information I have now is directed at him, and we can't skip him for the next step of the investigation, let alone how to start in other directions." The ghost spread his hands, "If we do a little bit of skill, maybe we can get him out and ask him clearly, as long as we have the evidence, there is no suspicion of provoking conflict, I don't believe they still have the face to question us." ”

"Steppenwolf's business is put aside for the time being, I'll follow this line, and don't think about getting any information from him until we come up with a peaceful solution to this problem." Si Yunfei said in an unquestionable tone, "This kind of thing can't be left to chance, your idea is very dangerous, you are not completely sure that you can tie him up, and you can't be sure that what he knows can become evidence of being used by us, the risk is too great, so it will not be accepted." ”

"Well, what else can we do?" Heavy Punch knew very well that once Si Yunfei made a decision, it was impossible to change it, and it was pointless to continue arguing about this issue.

"Your work has been very hard lately, since there is no new direction of investigation to continue, then you can take a vacation, from now on, enter vacation mode, when it will end until further notice." Si Yunfei said to them.

"Vacation?" Worm was a little surprised, "Everyone is busy, it's not appropriate for us to take a vacation, right?" ”

"Everyone has their own scope of work, and it's true that everyone is busy, but you don't need to help people just yet, so take a vacation! Of course, other people's missions may need your support at any time, but there is no sign of that yet. Si Yunfei thought for a moment and continued, "However, before you go on vacation, you will sort out all the results of all the recent investigations, including your opinions, inferences and some rumors on this matter, and form a detailed report and send them to me." ”

"Didn't Alpha already put the content on everyone?" The worms found it strange that they hadn't had to do these things for a long time.

"Listen to my request, what I want is your analysis and inference, these are things that Alpha can't do, and computers still can't replace the human brain, so it's your holiday homework, okay, it's almost time, so let's get here first." After finishing speaking, Si Yunfei ended the communication without saying anything.

The room was quiet, none of the three of them spoke, this sudden vacation made them feel a little uncomfortable, it was not that they didn't want to take a vacation, but they felt that this work had no beginning or end, and now they were not sure about taking a vacation.

"Alpha, give me what 03 needs." Heavy punch was the first to break the silence, he knew what Si Yunfei wanted, he only needed to further improve it on the basis of the alpha formation document, there was no need to do it himself, it would be too wasteful of time.

"The holiday came too suddenly, and I don't know what to do?" Worm sat there with his chin propped up, a little confused.

"What else can you do? You can go shopping! The ghost drank all the coffee in the cup and took out a cigarette, but before he could light it, he was given up by the murderous gaze of the worm, and he could only helplessly drop the cigarette on the table, "When did you develop this rule?" ”

Indeed, Worm had never controlled them to smoke before, but recently he has been extremely reluctant to smoke them, and the two of them are not allowed to smoke as long as Worm is in the room.

"Alpha, is there any progress in the investigation of the killer's employer? How much information can I get from that money transfer account of his? Heavy punches didn't seem to give up on their investigation, asking as they sorted out the information provided by Alpha.

"The account belongs to a Swiss private bank and there is no access to relevant information from it, and the bank is known for protecting the privacy of its guests." "It's almost impossible to find a breakthrough in this area," Alpha said. ”

Heavy punch does have such an idea, as long as the identity of the employer is found, he can continue to investigate, in addition, he also suspects that the murderer is likely to be the CIA, if you analyze it according to this line of thought, then Haydem is likely to really have some information about the zero plan, maybe his appearance has aroused the alarm of the CIA, and feels that his existence is a threat, so he will kill people, but what does the message sent by Haydem mean before? Who's the bait? Who are the fish? And who is the one who is going to fish? Could it be that there is someone else behind this Hyde?

"Did you contact someone recently with the number that received that message?" Heavy Punch asked again.

"The number has been silent, not connected to the communication network, and is likely to be off for a long time, and I have been monitoring it, but I have not found anything more." Alpha said.

It can be said with certainty that all the clues have been broken, and the heavy punch is unwilling to stop the investigation, but there is no other way, and now their work has reached a dead end, although there are still many doubts, but they can no longer investigate.

"Don't think about these problems first, it's better to listen to 03 to take a break first, change your brain, if there are no new clues, as a breakthrough, we continue to toss, it's pointless." Worm seems to have figured it out, just take a holiday, there's nothing to think about, go out to eat and have enough fun, and then say, maybe this vacation, at the beginning, others may need to help transfer them over.

All the efforts can't see the results, it seems that everything is moving away from them, it seems that they really have nothing to do now except for vacation, but the anxiety in their hearts because they can't complete the work has always lingered, they don't have the habit of giving up after only half of the work, but now they have to give up the investigation that has a direction, 03 is right, they can't move Steppenwolf.

And so the holiday began, and they went to the river for coffee, and at the entrance of the cathedral I looked up at the old buildings on the steps, and in a daze in front of the Brandenburg Gate, and repeatedly crossed the worm's favorite boulevard, and everything was dreamlike, without even the slightest sense of reality, at least on the surface they seemed to be extremely laid-back, but in their hearts all this afterwards was boring and completely unrelevant.

"If the vacation was just such a boring hangout, I'd rather go back to work." The heavy punch finally can't stand it, he's not a workaholic, but he doesn't want to go in like this, there's no point in going on.

"In fact, it's not bad to have such a day, we really need to relax when the bullets rain come, but now we can only relax our bodies, but we can't relax our minds." "Actually, we know very well that this is not the holiday we want." ”

"We can't really relax because we care about it in our hearts, but we are unwilling to do half of it." The ghost said.

"But we don't have any other direction to investigate right now." Punch looked at the pigeon flying in the sky, "Except for Steppenwolf, all the clues are broken." ”

"I know what you're thinking, in fact, I also want to arrest him directly and ask him for clarification." The worm's eaten snack bag was thrown into the trash, "but that's impossible." ”

"Actually, who knows if we did it? As long as it's done well, I promise it won't be discovered. "The ghost doesn't seem to be worried about making too much of a mess.

"We can't take any chances, we don't care if we're real mercenaries, but we're not." Heavy punches continued to stare at the pigeon hovering overhead.

"It's no good to worry too much, and you can't be shy about doing things." The ghost felt that the problem of heavy punches was too serious.

"There are some things that have to be considered, our purpose is to eliminate external crises, not to create more trouble, we are not enemies of anyone, and of course we will not tolerate others to provoke trouble, our responsibility is to defuse the crisis and not create it." Heavy fist stood up, "This problem is not considered for the time being, we have to continue our investigation, judging from the current situation, we have no other way but to find another way, let's find more clues and bypass this stumbling block." ”

"Yes, we've checked it all." Worm also stood up, "Where else can I start?" ”

"03 is right, there will always be a solution, and the problem will always be solved one day, but we haven't found the right direction yet." Heavy punch looked at the time, "My vacation is over here, no matter what you think, if you want, you can continue to get away, this is the truth, don't worry about me." ”

The ghost sat there motionless or spoken, just staring blankly at the sky.

At this moment, the phone rang, it was Bruce, he picked it up and listened to it for a moment without saying anything, then hung up and turned to look at the two people: "Steppenwolf has an accident, it seems that I did it......"

(End of chapter)