CHAPTER XXII

"I lost a teammate and I got a shot myself, is that funny to you?"

Lai Chun looked at him suspiciously.

"Of course not, I'm glad for you." Chen Chaoguang put away his smile. 'You were still able to counter-attack in that situation, and you were lucky compared to your team-mates.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Lai Chun' Lei frowned.

"Why did you let him go?" Chen Chaoguang looked at Lai Chun' Lei. "You know, if he appears in that place, it means that he must know about the hard drive, whether he is friend or foe, you should catch him."

"Catch Ro'mon?" Lai 'Chun' Lei asked Chen Chaoguang rhetorically. "Forget it, maybe you don't know who Luo 'Men' is, and you don't know who we are, so let me tell you, there may be a hundred ways to kill a member of Unit 128, but there is not even half a way to capture him alive."

At that time, the situation was that Lai 'Chun' Lei had already exhausted all the bullets in the submachine gun magazine during the pursuit, and the next thing was to use his pistol without a silencer, and he did not have the grenade he said at that time, this was not in his own country, but in a country that could not be said to be friendly, and what he wanted to avoid was any act that was so 'fierce' that it would attract the attention of others, so he no longer had an advantage in firepower. Catch Ro'mon'? If he hadn't been hurt, he'd have to give it a try.

But he didn't need to tell this person, to be honest, Lai Chun Lei didn't like Chen Chaoguang's smile, didn't like the expression on his face, and didn't like him as a person, but this person was his current superior, so he had to be patient.

Chen Chaoguang sensed this, but he was not worried. Tiger Shark and Viper didn't like Chen Chaoguang when they joined the Tiger Force at that time, but later they both willingly became his subordinates, and as long as Chen Chaoguang was given a little time, he was able to easily convince others.

His gaze rested on the morgue bag that lay aside.

"What do you have to say about your companions?"

Lai Chun Lei looked at Chen Chaoguang in disgust. "Is there anything you have to say?"

Chen Chaoguang sat up straight. "He still has a family, what are you going to say to his family?"

Despite his reluctance, the question touched Lai's 'Chun' Lei.

"He'll get a letter and a pension at home, and I don't have to say anything to him."

"Yes, I used to say that to my comrades, but then I found out that it didn't work." Chen Chaoguang sighed with deep feeling. "Because the longer it passes, the heavier the stone weighs on your heart, and it will make it not so easy for you to even be an ordinary person again. Sometimes, the death of a person can be the same blow to those around him. I've been through this, and not just once, so I know your approach won't work. ”

Lai Chun Lei looked at Chen Chaoguang, and he could see that Chen Chaoguang was also a soldier in the past, and he was also a special soldier engaged in secret missions. Based on his own experience, Lai Chun Lei can understand the helplessness of soldiers on secret missions. Although they have always been asked to join this line of work, they have to give up their own existence, establish nameless feats on the silent front, and be a hero that no one will ever know, but in everyone's heart, at least in his heart, there is always a trace of regret that he cannot make his feat public. In other words, he does not regret himself, but also regrets those comrades who fell by his side. They die in obscurity, and in the eyes of the living, they feel lost in their situation. The dead are relieved, and the living will continue to suffer in this struggle.

Lai Chun Lei can understand the meaning of Chen Chaoguang's words.

"But that's our life, and we can't complain." Chen Chaoguang suddenly smiled and spun his cane in his hand. "We can only be sad for a little while, and then we have to do what we have to do."

Lai 'Chun' Lei also smiled. "It's exactly what you say."

Chen Chaoguang noticed the relaxation of Lai 'Chun' Thunder God's 'color', and knew that his words had aroused the resonance of Lai 'Chun' Lei.

"So, what's going on at home?" Chen Chaoguang's gaze stayed on the body bag. "I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I know that when something happens to someone, his comrades always have to take some responsibility for his family, right? At our time, every family was not rich, so we had to do that, and until now I have taken care of the families of some of my comrades-in-arms, at least to make them have no worries about food and clothing. ”

Lai 'Chun' Lei thought about it. "Crocodile's family is fairly wealthy, and I don't think he needs any financial support."

"Not only financial support, 'Mustangs,' but others." Chen Chaoguang's expression was very solemn. "He's always got parents at home, right? There is always someone who is sad and sad for him, or there is always someone who he can't rest assured, and I hope to be able to help in this regard. ”

Lai Chun Lei was silent for a while. "He has a very talented 'girlfriend' who wants to do a PhD or something, but their continuation is not enough to support ......"

"That's what we're able to do for our dead comrades." Chen Chaoguang interrupted Lai's 'Chun' Lei's words. "We can help him get his 'girlfriend' to finish his studies, so that when we have the opportunity to stand at his grave, we will be very comfortable and grateful."

Lai Chun Lei looked at Chen Chaoguang with a little surprise. "We have rules that don't allow this. In that case, people will ask, what kind of unit will he belong to have such benefits? That would be contrary to the meaning of clandestine work. ”

"It's completely civil, anonymous, and doesn't even have anything to do with the deceased himself." Chen Chaoguang looked at Lai 'Chun' Lei with emotion. "We just want to give peace of mind to the deceased, and we just want to help our comrades in the best way we can. I know what you said, but I've been doing it for so many years and have never caused any trouble. ”

Lai 'Chun' Lei looked at him. "For so many years?"

Chen Chaoguang nodded. "That's right, I have a fund, and every penny that my comrades and I earn goes to it. The purpose of this fund is to provide help to people like us 'within their means', and anyone, whether related to us or not, as long as we know about it, will provide such help, completely free of charge, completely anonymous. ”

Lai 'Chun' Lei was surprised. "The amount of this fund must be not small, and your income alone cannot support it."

Chen Chaoguang smiled. "My income is as small as yours, and we don't do this job for this money. It's not convenient for me to reveal where the money came from, but I can tell you for sure that the money was not stolen from the bank. ”

It's just a matter of selling his life in exchange, although he doesn't know who he is working for, Chen Chaoguang said this to himself in his heart. However, on the issue of this fund, Chen Chaoguang did not lie. It is true that there is such a fund in operation, and its purpose is indeed to arrange the aftermath of the deceased among colleagues, and if you dig deeper, this is the beginning of Chen Chaoguang's joining the "boss". Chen Chaoguang himself has always been secretive about this, and when he mentioned this past incident today, he suddenly realized that he was doing what the "boss" did back then, although after that, he defined this incident as "buying people's hearts".

He realized his meanness and was suddenly deeply worried about Lai Chun' Lei's reaction, he was worried that his intentions would be seen through by Lai Chun' Lei, if Lai 'Chun' Lei was more careful, he would find that Chen Chaoguang's face had an unusual red 'color', and even Chen Chaoguang himself was surprised to find that he would feel ashamed.

But Lai 'Chun' Lei didn't notice this, and his whole mind was on his dead comrades. As Chen Chaoguang said, if he can do something for his dead comrades, then he will be more calm and relieved when he faces these things in the future.

"If you can provide such help to the 'crocodile', I will personally be very 'excited'."

Lai Chun' Lei expressed it very simply, and he was willing to accept Chen Chaoguang's help. Although he also felt that Chen Chaoguang's kindness came relatively suddenly, he showed that he accepted Chen Chaoguang's gift in his personal name.

"Don't say the words of 'excitement', this is not for a certain person, but for all comrades-in-arms who died in the line of duty, your personal 'excitement' is meaningless."

Chen Chaoguang's gaze fell on the morgue bag on the ground again. Was the young man lying inside really killed "in the line of duty"? I'm afraid that they all died of their personal will, but the personal will of some people is embodied through the so-called "official business", and as for who will be sacrificed, that is not a question for "some" to consider.

Like a tiger shark, he turns his cane. Perhaps, the next one is Ro'mon.

"Speaking of dying in the line of duty, what are you going to do next?" Chen Chaoguang changed his words and turned the topic to the complicated situation in front of him without a trace. "The ministry sent you here, and you don't want to harvest just one corpse."

"The hard drive has to be found." Lai 'Chun' Lei had completely changed his opinion of Chen Chaoguang at this time. "You can only find out what happened if you find the hard drive, whoever killed the old 'Sophie' for the secret in the hard drive. If we get the hard drive, then the next step is to deal with the enemies that are hiding in the shadows. ”

"Do you have an idea of who wants to get a hard drive?" Chen Chaoguang asked tentatively.

"The only thing that is certain now is that it is not the 'door' of the French counterintelligence department." Lai Chun Lei frowned. "If it were them, we wouldn't have it so easy right now."

"It's certainly not the French counterintelligence service, they're not smart enough to do that." Chen Chaoguang looked at Lai 'Chun' Lei and smiled, but Lai 'Chun' Lei, who had never had a sense of humor, didn't say anything about his ridicule, just looked at him expressionlessly, and Chen Chaoguang had no choice but to continue. "We all know that in the French intelligence system, the Territorial Monitoring Agency and the Intelligence Agency coexist, and they both have counter-espionage capabilities, but they belong to the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior, which causes poor information communication and duplication of work within them, so if it is French, then the whole of Paris will now be 'chicken' and dog jump."

"Either no one will do it, or everyone will rush to do it." Lai 'Chun' Lei thought so.

"So who else can do that?" Chen Chaoguang looked at Lai Chun' Lei. "Except for the Americans and Russians?"

"Speaking of the Americans, I would agree, but what is the Russians here?" Lai Chun Lei was a little suspicious and confused. "Of course, no matter what people say in public, in fact there is never a friendly relationship between countries, but in the current situation, there is no need for the Russians to get involved here, right?"

"This is the capital of 'waves' and freedom, and nothing happens here." Chen Chaoguang 'revealed' a thoughtful expression. "Since that Luo 'Gate' has already appeared here, why don't you discuss it with him?"

"Ro'mon is not the kind of person who wants to talk to people, he is used to being alone, so if he is going to avoid people, it will be difficult to find him." Lai 'Chun' Lei didn't expect that he would admit that Luo 'Men' was difficult to deal with. "But he mentioned that old Sophie had a 'girl', and now that he thinks about it, that's why Rommon is here. Obviously, it was this 'girl' who didn't know where she came from to find Luo 'Gate'. ”

"It's a lie." Chen Chaoguang sneered. "Old Sophie is our man, and no one knows his details better than I do. He has never had a 'daughter', but he did have a son, but he died of a drug overdose a few years ago. You just believed in him like that? ”

"I had no reason not to trust him at the time." Lai' Chun' Lei's expression changed subtly.

Chen Chaoguang was silent for a moment.

"I think it's necessary for you to talk to Romon once. Whatever we do, we're going to see him. ”

It didn't take much time for Lai Chun Lei to agree to Chen Chaoguang's proposal.

He left Mad Dog and Snow Leopard in a secret location to continue the search for the drive, and now he has Porco Rosso and Black Hawk by his side. It was basically difficult to find Ro'mon, and if he left Paris immediately, there would be no way for anyone to find him, but since he had also come for the hard drive, he would not have left Paris until the hard drive had appeared. Importantly, if he came for "business", then there was no reason to hide from Team B. In the oldest form of contact, Porco Rosso would publish prominent contact information in two national "sexual" newspapers, Le Monde and Le Figaro, and this method would never be missed, and the first thing a special operator on an infiltration mission did every day was to find the newspaper of the day.

The Black Hawk will investigate whether the old Sophie has a 'girl', and although this may take a long time and there is a high probability that nothing will come of it, it is a necessary process. Regardless of whether the old "Sophie" has a "girl" or not, there is a fact that the General Staff does not know as much about the spies under him as those in the office think.