Although from Bain. Clint had access to a lot of information, but they didn't have any idea what the so-called Zero Project was all about, and they didn't know where to start investigating.

For a while, the three of them could only act separately and carry out their own investigation work from different directions, but it was unlikely that this kind of thing would be found from the channel, but they did not have any internal connections that could be used, although they had been working hard, but the progress of the matter was quite slow, but the information sent out by Bruce did play a certain role, attracting the attention of the CIA's European Intelligence Center and began to track down the source of the information.

"Even if we get their attention, it won't help us, we can't find a breakthrough." The ghost grumbled in the apartment.

"At least it shows that this matter has nothing to do with him, and at least it shows that Bane is not talking nonsense." Worm is optimistic.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, this sentence still makes sense, and it may be smoother after this paragraph." Heavy punches are actually a headache for this kind of investigation without a specific direction.

"I'll go to the intelligence black market tomorrow to take a look, the information about Bruce's walk in the past two days should have spread in the intelligence community, if anyone is interested in money, they will probably take relevant clues, and maybe they can find a few insiders." The ghost said.

"I'm going to meet an intelligence dealer in the evening, and it's said that he might know something about it." Worm said as he drank his coffee.

Heavy Punch nodded: "The ghost will go with you!" The CIA may follow up on any leads that are relevant to them, and if they target them, it will be troublesome, so be careful. ”

"I can handle it myself." Worm feels like he doesn't need someone to take care of him.

"I didn't want to go." The ghost was a little upset to see her react so violently.

"Try not to act alone, it's not who takes care of whom, just in case, don't forget who our opponent is?" "Don't forget that we're still a combat team, and we need to work together, not be mavericks. ”

Heavy punch reorganized the information he currently has, and then handed it over to Alpha Storage, and none of the information he has now has anything to do with the zero plan.

That night, Worm and Ghost went to meet the intelligence trafficker, and Punch monitored the process of their meeting through a remote device, Worm's body camera was on the collar opening, very secret, but the effect was very good, from the limited information, this person was a rookie in the intelligence community, according to the intermediary, it was a fired CIA agent, which was a major reason why Worm planned to interview this guy.

"Hello, Haydem. Mr. Hemmer. Worm greeted the man across the table.

"Hello, Ms. Michael." The other party got up and greeted politely, "I didn't expect you to be so young." ”

"Or else? Am I supposed to be an old woman in my sixties and seventies? Worm sat down, Michael was her disguised identity, and her name was weird and a bit like a man, but she didn't care in the slightest.

"Of course not, I just didn't expect it." Haydem sat down, "I heard from a friend that you have an intelligence need, is there anything I can do to help?" ”

Worm took out a slender cigarette and dropped it on his mouth, picked up Haydem's lighter casually, and took a slow puff: "You don't beat around the bush." ”

"What we need in this work is efficiency, time is not wasted, you can say what you need, if it is within the scope of your ability, you must tell the truth." Heidem said.

Bugs fiddled with the lighter as if to make a decision: "Well, you're pretty good." ”

"I'm talking about Iraq, U.S.-European relations, Asia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Congressional policy adjustments toward Africa, economic aid programs, ......," Haydem began to sell his special merchandise.

Worm didn't interrupt him, but waited for him to finish and then pushed the lighter back to him and asked bluntly, "How much do you know about Project Zero?" ”

Haydem was stunned, he looked at the worm for a long time: "I don't know anything about this. ”

"Your eyes tell me you're lying." Worm smoked, "You must know what to order, say, how much does it cost?" ”

Haydem looked around to make sure no one noticed him, then lowered his voice and said, "How do you know the name?" ”

"God gave me a dream." The insect flicked the ashes of his cigarette, "You should know the rules, don't ask around, just say it!" ”

"That's not a low price." "Although I know very little, it can also be counted as an exclusive report, how much money are you going to pay?" ”

"This kid is a good businessman." The ghost said in the headphones.

"I don't believe he knows much of value." Heavy punch is not optimistic about this guy, "Beware of being fooled." ”

"It depends on how much you know something is worth?" Worm wasn't stupid, she could see that Haydem didn't know how to quote at all, so she wanted her to speak first, and then add more.

"This is unique information, you need some blood." Haydem continued to make ambiguous offers, testing how much the bugs could make.

"Don't go around in circles, if your intelligence is valuable, I will add 10% to 30% to you on the basis of the market price, but in the final analysis, it still depends on the value of your intelligence itself, which situation is not unique? Otherwise it's worthless. The insect said quietly.

Heidem seemed to have made up his mind: "Okay! For Baron Connery's sake, I'll make this deal. ”

"To the point, I don't like people who sell guanzi." Worm said expressionlessly.

"The early zeroing plan is a huge plan of action formulated by the European intelligence branch of the CIA to clean up the hidden personnel, the number of intelligence officers in the European intelligence center in recent years has been translated and calculated, and information leakage incidents have become more and more frequent, resulting in heavy losses to the intelligence center, that is, there are no insiders available, and the collection capacity is zero, so it becomes the zero plan, but later over time, the plan also incorporated some other tasks, including cleaning up potential threats, increasing the difficulty of the work of non-allied intelligence agencies, and prompting or instigating intelligence struggles between potential threat countries, but the specific content is only known to the upper echelons, and I am afraid that there is only so much I know, I have a detailed information that I can hand over to you. Haydem said.

After hearing this, the worm did not say anything: "You should be aware of the consequences of lying. ”

Heidem smiled: "Don't worry, I have a high reputation in the intelligence community. ”

Worm watched him take out his checkbook and write a check to him: "I believe this amount should satisfy you." ”

Hyde glanced at the results: "It exceeded my expectations, thank you very much, and look forward to the next cooperation." Then he took out a storage device and placed it on the table, "Everything is here." ”

"Next time? Perhaps. Worm picked up something on the table and stood up, "I don't want anyone else to know about this for at least two months." ”

"I can guarantee that I won't sell to anyone else for a month at most." Haydem said.

"In a word, if I find out that you trade related information again within a month, I will kill you." Worm said as he walked.

"How much did you give him?" Heavy punch didn't see the kind on the check.

"Fifty thousand dollars." Worm said as he walked.

"So little?" The ghost also felt a little unexpected.

"Originally, I wanted to give him 30,000 yuan, but then I thought about it and reduced it a little, if it weren't for his agent background, I wouldn't have seen him as an inappropriate intelligence dealer." Worm was very conceited and said, "This is a small person, a small character, he just mastered a little valuable thing at the right time, I have given a lot, this situation is rarely bought by anyone, of course, it may be more valuable after a while, after all, we have released the news before; In addition, there are still some doubts about his identity. ”

"Well, although I have obtained some information, the value of this thing does not seem to be too great, it is too specious, in fact, as an intelligence agency, doing this is a normal scope of work, but it is a bit far-fetched to say that this has nothing to do with us." The ghosts never saw any connection between this incident and them.

"Don't worry, the investigation has just begun." Heavy punch said.

"By the way, I put a bug in his lighter, I don't feel at ease with this guy, maybe he knows more, he just didn't say it, and the origin is unknown."

"Well done, Alpha, tracking eavesdropping." Heavy punch said.

"Make a copy of this." After getting into the car, I dropped my bag in the glove box.

"Wireless transmission has been carried out through your portable device, viruses have been found, sterilization is being carried out, Trojan horses have been discovered, login backdoors have been discovered...... Alpha has detected a series of problems in that memory.

"This guy is really dishonest." The ghost said as he drove the car, "I've done so much. ”

"We don't trust him, and he doesn't trust us, and I suspect he's not some fired agent." Worm said.

"Well, it's possible that I came to you on purpose to get in touch with someone to investigate this?" The ghost thought of this as well.

"It's very likely." "We'll have to be careful, you're probably already being targeted, make sure you're clean before you go home." ”

"Cut; Hear anything valuable? "The worm seems to be disdainful of the heavy punch.

"He was driving and didn't say a word." Heavy Punch kept an eye on that person's movements through Alpha.

After going around the outside for a long time, and confirming that no one was following them, the two returned to the heavy-handed apartment.

"This guy is really not simple." Punch sat on the couch and stared at the message from Alpha, which showed that Haydem was actually less than five kilometers away from where they were.

Soon, Alpha detected that Haydem was sending a message through the network, the content was quite simple, and the bait had been released, waiting to be closed.

"We're the fish he's going to catch?" The ghost didn't quite understand what he meant.

"On the face of it, that's how it should be." Heavy fist scratched his head, "It seems that we are in the right direction this time, at least he knows something, but we were accidentally fished by him." ”

"After Bruce released the news before, the CIA may have taken similar actions, and they must have been eager to find out who is investigating the Zero program, so they played such a game, this guy is not famous in the intelligence community, why did he pop up when we suddenly need relevant information? This is clearly for us. Worm said while removing her makeup, this time she put a lot of effort into changing her appearance, trying to make herself look a lot older, whether it is hair color or skin color, she has retouched it to make her look more like a noblewoman.

"So it's likely that we've been in contact with the CIA in advance, and it's still worth keeping an eye on this guy." Heavy punches don't mind that the CIA knows that someone is investigating, and this kind of private mutual investigation is also a way to obtain information, this is completely a kind of intellectual confrontation, there is no complicated layout, just according to the form of the move or guide the other party's actions, through similar means to induce the other party to reveal flaws, and then open a breakthrough, but heavy punches They don't plan to expose their identities too early, at least they won't let the other party figure out who they are until things are clear, this is not just for safety, It is also a means of confusing the enemy, the less the enemy understands them, the more they will value them, they will put more energy into them, and if the other party knows that there are only three of them, there is a good chance that they will not take them seriously.

"Do you believe what the kid says?" The ghost asked as he rummaged through the kitchen and ate something.

"There's nothing I don't believe, let's take him as nonsense for the time being, I don't believe any purchase information until it is confirmed, at most as a reference." Heavy punch said.

"Alpha, what's the data analysis?" Worm asked as he came out of the bathroom and wiped his face.

"The hidden program of the memory has been cracked, and a large number of Trojans and backdoors have been detected, and the specific content is similar to what he described, all of which are edged and do not have much valuable content." Alpha said.

"Can you use these hidden programs to track down the whereabouts of the information?" The ghost asked.

"In theory, it can, but in practice it's not that easy, I can try, but there are likely to be unpredictable consequences." Alpha said.

"Try within certain limits, as long as it doesn't hurt your system and doesn't reveal our secrets, it's up to you." "If you need technical support, go directly to the doctor." ”

"Okay, I'll try or get more information." Alpha said.

"If the other party is the CIA, we have to find a few more places to stay, and I always feel that it is not safe." Worm said.

"Go to the 15th floor of the apartment building opposite, where it can also be used." He said without raising his fist.

"That's your house too?" Worm looked from the window now, and it seemed to be a building of the same structure, and there was not much difference on the surface.

"No, I'm not that rich, those houses are ghostly, except for the larger area, there is not much difference from here, he doesn't live very much, now borrow it and use it!" Heavy punch said!

"Can you get into his house?" The ghost doesn't think it's reliable.

"The code is the same as mine." Heavy punch smiled bitterly, "Use it casually, as long as you don't tear down the house, it's no problem." ”

"And do you think he's going to be upset?" Worm asked.

"He's going to be quite upset." "But he won't mind if I use it." ”

According to Alpha's surveillance, it was finally confirmed that Hydemu had not been out since she returned, and she had not met anyone, and the content of the eavesdropping was quite limited, and he had not seen anyone except the delivery person.

"This is a typical otaku!" The insects are a little impatient.

"He may be the real bait, don't worry, calm down." Heavy punch said.

In order to be safer and safer, the three of them acted completely separately, the ghost was responsible for monitoring Haydem, but he did not get too close to Hydem's residence, and the purpose of his surveillance was not simply to keep an eye on Haydem's movements, but also to monitor the situation nearby, look for potential other threats, and observe if there were other people or organizations operating in the vicinity, to determine if it was a trap.

Heavy Punch and Worm went to live in an apartment each, and they could also monitor each other's apartments to see if anyone was watching, and if an unexpected situation occurred on one side, they could rescue in time, or get out directly on their own, to ensure that they would not be caught by potential enemies.

This time, they were much more cautious than before, after all, the opponent was the CIA, and they could not be careless in the slightest.

After getting the information from the worm, Bruce immediately verified it through the channel, and soon there was new information, through some internal relationships, he did find out that some content was similar to the description of this Heider, but from the information summarized from all sides, no one can be sure that these really belong to the zero plan, according to professional speculation, even if it is true, this content is at most a very small part of the entire plan, and the entire plan will definitely not be as simple as he said.

"In other words, the part he described was indeed part of a plan that they were implementing, but it wasn't possible to determine if it was part of the zeroing plan that we were looking at, and it didn't have much to do with us." Heavy punch said.

Bruce said: "That's right, through contact with Hydem, you are likely to have been exposed, the CIA has probably started a reverse investigation, you need to be careful, I will closely monitor their movements, and if there are any clues related to you, I will notify you in time." ”

Heavy Punch nodded and asked, "Well, have you found out the identity of this Haydem?" ”

Bruce shook his head: "Not yet, he only appeared in the intelligence community recently, there was no such person before, there is very little information about him, it is likely that he was made up temporarily, he is a CIA agent, try to avoid further contact with him before determining his true identity, in case he falls into a trap." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a trap, at least it proves that we're in the right direction, and at least that our investigation has alerted the CIA." Heavy Punch really hopes that this Haydem is a CIA guy.

After ending the call, he sorted out the current situation, but finally found that there were actually very few valuable things, and just as he was about to send the reorganized content to the channel for investigation, the bug suddenly reported that Haydem took the initiative to contact her through the relationship, and she said that there was new information related to the zero plan......

(End of chapter)