The exchange of hostages was uneventful, there was no fighting, after having the previous foundation, the two sides did not contact each other, each released people, and soon all the captured people returned, for the outside world, this is indeed a good news, for them, although it is worth celebrating, but it is really not happy, the reason is very simple, that is, the rescue operation is subject to Carol is a complete failure, but on the premise that Carol has achieved the goal, these people are released, so far, they have captured several heavyweights in the early stage are all lost, whether it's a hamster who is unconscious, or Wade, who can provide valuable clues and can be used to blackmail Bane, and Remo Galli, who can be used to blackmail Bane, are all brought back by Carroll.

At this point, they finally really understood how difficult Carol is to deal with, this is a devil-like existence, and the first confrontation has completely calculated their body.

"One Carol has made us so embarrassed, and the entire 'clock tower' doesn't know how many people like him, the number of direct trainees that can be confirmed at present is nearly 700 people, according to common sense, there must be a commander-in-chief among these people, Carol is still like this, then this commander-in-chief is probably more difficult to deal with, in short, our pressure is not ordinary." 03 expressed deep concern about the situation they were about to face.

"It's a big deal, if we can release them, we can get them back." The ghost pretended to be relaxed.

"Why would Carol let people go so easily? It stands to reason that he is not that kind of person, which is not normal. Heavy Fist said with a frown.

"He's already achieved what he wanted, what tricks can he play?" Ghost Shadow felt that he was thinking too much about Heavy Punch, "It can be said that this time the confrontation, he is a complete victory, what else do you expect?" Let's think about the next step! ”

"The key problem is that at the moment our investigation is making no progress, and from all indications, the 'Clock Tower' is gradually cutting off their contact with the outside world, and it is clear that they do not want to break out a large-scale conflict with us, and if they are so powerful, why are they so suspicious of us?" Worm always figured this out.

"I said he didn't care about us." 03 said.

"Of course, a small organization like ours may not be as good as they are." The ghost said rather unconvinced.

"You know I'm just us." 03 said.

"You mean...... They also didn't take the CIA in their eyes? Heavy Punch frowned, as if he understood what he meant.

"Judging from Carol's performance during this time, there may really be such a possibility, of course, from the point that they began to cut off contact with the outside world, it may also be blindly tolerating and compromising, not wanting to provoke this ~ intelligence situation! It's a bit paradoxical and doesn't make sense. 03 did have some apprehension on his face.

"Aren't they distressed by the loss of so many industries? Or is their true strength to the point where they can ignore this loss? You must know that the losses we have caused them are too much for a medium-sized country to bear. "I can't figure it out at all.

"Who knows? I'm afraid we won't know the reason for it until we make a new breakthrough. 03 said, "I'm flying to London tonight, the medic has moved the headquarters there to start a new job, and in view of the fact that we have suffered a series of heavy losses recently, their superiors have begun to doubt his ability, and have sent someone of higher rank to take control of the situation, he has changed from the chief to the deputy, so it may be more difficult for us to carry out our work in the future." ”

After hearing the news, everyone's hearts sank, everyone knows the role of the status of the military doctor on them, if the entire investigation agency is completely decided by the military doctor and 03, then how can they get freedom of action to the greatest extent, but now that there is a emperor, their future actions will definitely be controlled by others, and there is even a danger of being controlled and used, although to some extent now, they are also being used, but there are military doctors in it as a buffer is in the middle ~ It is impossible for the intelligence bureau to put them to death, and his situation is different now, 03 It's time to re-polish the relationship between the two parties.

In short, things are changing in a direction they don't want, but it's completely out of their control.

After Natasha was rescued, she was arranged by the ghost to recuperate in Germany, no one saw her, but you can imagine what kind of encounter she might have encountered, HK was also transferred back to recuperate by the military doctor, I am afraid it will take a period of recuperation to resume work, in short, the resolution of this matter, as smooth as they expected, but on the whole, it has achieved its goal, but this process is not under their control at all, it can be said that Carol is the biggest winner in this confrontation, They can even be said to be defeated, but the people have all got it back, in the words of the ghost, whatever? They also won a consolation prize.

After the new leader took office, the military doctor made a big adjustment, 03 was marginalized again, at least in a short period of time, it was no longer able to affect the military doctor and his subordinates as before, and the run-in communication between the two sides may have to start again, it seems to be regrouping, but in 03's opinion, this is a waste of time.

"We're working, but they're adjusting internally, and it's not too much to say they're not doing their jobs, right?" The ghost said with some resentment.

"That's an internal matter, we can't ask, let's do the work at hand first, we have to find a chance to win back a game, otherwise we will be flattened by Carol." Heavy punch said.

"When did you start thinking about it from this perspective? Everything you do is for him? Worm felt that what he said was too unpleasant.

"You're right, but in any case, being despised by the enemy is the greatest shame for a warrior, we have to prove ourselves, we don't need high-sounding reasons, let's live simply." Heavy punch said.

"We don't even have a specific direction now, the few lines we tracked before are all broken, the property of the 'Clock Tower' is no longer under our trace, Bane and Carol are missing, Sandro is gone, Wade and the hamster who were put back have completely disappeared, and all clues are broken." The ghost shadow said dejectedly, "There is still one Lines left, this guy is useless to them at all, we can also use him as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the CIA, in fact, he has no practical value." ”

"Anyway? The investigation will continue, the 'Clock Tower' is a global organization, and some of their actions in the early stage have touched our industry, even including some assets of overseas Chinese and state-owned overseas investment, and even affected the country's overseas policy, and their investment intervention in some countries has led to the failure of our investment policy, which is a great threat to our small organization and the country. 03 said, "If before we only wanted to find out the truth and eliminate potential threats, now we are really fighting under the premise of facing a new type of terrorism." ”

"Isn't it a bit quick to go from the investigation of a mysterious organization directly to the level of counter-terrorism?" Worm said.

"This is not something we can decide, the strength of the enemy is too strong, it has reached a level that we cannot estimate, as the investigation deepens, the 'clock tower' is not only a threat to us, but also our overseas industries, as well as some foreign policy and international relations, an organization dares to shout at us like this, we have to make him pay, I have reported this matter in detail, it has been determined that this is a huge potential threat, and the purpose of our existence is to eliminate these potential threats." 03 said, "Your vacation is officially over, return to work, the investigation has gathered information, from now on we will not take military action lightly, unless necessary, we will not take action." ”

"We have so little to find out right now." The ghost said helplessly, "I'm afraid that the investigation alone will not make much progress." ”

"But without investigation, we won't have a chance to make new progress." Worm said.

Two days later, 03 flew to London, where he was his home turf, and he had to continue to balance and coordinate the relationship between the two sides, but he also knew very well what kind of difficulties he would face this time, and he could not avoid it.

All of a sudden, there were three of them left here, there was time, they really didn't know what to do, they thought of everything they could, they tried the direction they could investigate, and all the channels that could be enabled were also enabled, and the rest of them could only wait for news, although they were unwilling to wait to solve the problem, but judging from the current situation, this was not a question of waiting at all, except waiting, they really couldn't do anything else.

The ghost and the griffin have not been idle, using their old mobile phone information, the ghost has even activated some official channels, including the official agencies of some countries he has invested and cooperated, in short, everyone is doing their best to investigate the 'clock tower'.

Time passed, but things still didn't go any way, all clues related to the 'clock tower' were broken, and both the military doctor and other channels were facing the same problem.

Originally, they had already mastered those clues, almost all of them were broken, including some of the 'Clock Tower' properties have also been confiscated, and the rest were all sold on their own, or declared bankruptcy, as the previous questioners speculated, the 'Clock Tower' diagnosis and the outside world's connection, demeanor of their investigation channels, in order to achieve the purpose of protecting themselves.

"It's not going to go on like this! If we don't have a new direction, we won't be able to do this job. "The ghost is a little anxious.

"But we really don't have a new direction, all the clues are broken, and they cut off contact with the outside world at all costs just to keep themselves from being discovered, and in this case, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to make new progress." "Unless we can find a new breakthrough, there is no point in us going on like this." ”

"That's not something we can decide." "Now we don't even have a direction. ”

"Don't you think it's strange? Carol didn't shy away from making such a big move last time, and the live broadcast was seen by almost the whole world, and he didn't even cover his face, since he was arrogant to that point, why bother so much to hide the 'clock tower'? ”

"Carol is a madman, you can't use common sense to understand his behavior." The griffon pushed the door open and walked in, followed by the ghost.

"Why did you come here so suddenly? Don't say hello either. The ghost said.

"This is my house, do you still need to say hello?" The ghost author frowned as he looked at the mess on the table, "Why don't you ask someone to clean it up?" ”

"It's just a matter of cleaning up once a day, and besides, we're not as particular about rich people like you." In front of the ghost shadow was the hot pot that had just been eaten.

"What? Any new discoveries? "Heavy Punch is most concerned about this issue.

"No, the information fed back from the channel is of little value." The ghost shook his head, "We came here to see if there was any new progress on your side, but just look at your status." ”

"The investigation is not going well in all aspects, and they are tracing through the list of authorized personnel, hoping that through these clues, the whereabouts of these people can be found, and then their whereabouts can be confirmed." "In addition, the tracing of known industries has not yet ended, but it has not achieved much success. ”

"Now the investigation in all aspects is not satisfactory, and we didn't have so much trouble investigating Martin back then, what is going on this time? ~ The all-round intervention of the CIA has not been able to find anything, which doesn't seem normal, right? Did they deliberately hide something? "The ghost said.

"It's unlikely, with 03 sitting over there, there shouldn't be such a problem." Heavy punch said.

"We still have to be vigilant about them, be careful of being played, the last Martin incident is a lesson, don't make the same mistakes." The ghost reminds him of the punch, who is always haunted by being taken advantage of by Martin.

"We'll be careful." Heavy Punch nodded.

"How's Natasha doing?" Worm asked with concern.

The griffin shook her head, "She's not in a very good state, there are signs of infection in her body, the cause hasn't been found yet, the doctor speculates that it was probably the infection that occurred during the torture." ”

"The captives will be abused to a certain extent, and there may be different degrees of infection, so don't worry too much, treat them quietly, recuperate well, it won't take long to recover, the physical trauma is the easiest to recover, but the psychological trauma is difficult to heal, you must find a better psychiatrist for her, otherwise it is easy to have problems." Heavy punch said.

"It's all set up and she's in much better shape than we expected, but it may take some time to recover." "At least most of them have returned, and it's not bad." ”

"The result is indeed acceptable, but this thunder was completely carried by the military doctor, and the outside world's verbal and written criticism was all directed at them, and these people were regarded as his subordinates, so Lao Mei's public opinion pressure was very great, which was also the main reason why the military doctor's command was lowered and a new leader was sent over." Heavy punch said.

"He's going to be under a lot of pressure, but there's no one to help him at this point, so who's putting him on the cusp?" Griffin said.

"By the way, the military doctor is organizing an online remote meeting to discuss the recent gains and losses, as well as the next course of action, do you participate?" Heavy Punch asked.

"Not interested." The ghost shook his head directly, not even thinking about it.

"It's better that we don't show up, you can discuss this kind of thing!" The griffons have the same attitude.

"Okay, then don't force it, I'll inform you of the situation after the meeting." Heavy Punch nodded.

"Anyway, there is no specific direction now, I suggest you relax, it's not good to be too tight." Griffin said.

"How else are we going to relax? For such a long time, we have been in a semi-idle state, and we have basically done brain-based work, and if we continue to relax like this, it will really be wasted, at least now we should resume training to a certain extent, and have maintained our combat state. The ghost said.

"What he means is that we can completely get out of this and relax, both physically and mentally." The worm understood what the ghost meant.

"There's no need for this kind of relaxation! Now that we are in the most difficult time, even if we can't help, we can share the pressure and let us take a vacation now It doesn't seem appropriate, not to mention, 03 has lifted our vacation and let us get back to work. The ghost said.

"This is your internal matter, I just make a suggestion, although the investigation did not go well, but the more difficult it is, the more it means that our turnaround is about to appear." Griffin said.

"What do you mean?" The ghost didn't understand, "Could it be that you have a better way?" ”

The griffon shook her head, "No, but don't forget, things can't be left blank forever, we have to have faith in ourselves." ”

The ghost and griffin stayed here for a while and left, they had more things to do, and after two days of heavy punches participated in the remote network meeting organized by the military doctor, the bugs and ghosts all left, they didn't want to get involved in this depressing and dull discussion, anyway, the three of them just had a representative there, there was no need to sit there all, so the two of them could hide.

To be precise, the main purpose of this meeting is to analyze the gains and losses of the past, as for the current direction of the investigation and the next action, it is true that there is not much involved, in fact, the reason is very simple, they do not know what to do next, and some of the clues that can be grasped at present do not play a sufficient role, and even cannot support the savings of the investigation.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very dull, and after that, they mentioned a problem, that is, the psychological state and physical state of the rescued people, although the prisoners were all replaced, but basically they were injured to varying degrees, all of them were hospitalized and recuperated, the strange thing is that these people have recently appeared in different degrees of internal infection, at first the doctor only diagnosed the wound infection or the complications caused by it, but later found out that it seems not so simple, It's not normal for so many people to have symptoms of infection one after another......