Smalling continued without speaking, just looking at me quietly. I sat back in my chair and loosened his clothes. Although I was anxious, after all, this is a hospital, and in a hospital in the UK, there is not much time for me to spend here with him, but I have to hold on, I can't relax, and I have to hurry up while this guy is not awake, otherwise it will be more difficult for him to speak honestly when he turns back into that sane old spy.

"What is the mission of the Sixth Bureau? Defend the country's scientific researchers and projects, right? It's not too much to say you're a guard stealing, right? I said and looked at him, but the guy still watched me quietly, I didn't have time to wait for him, and then said, "If I don't speak, then I can only change the direction of the investigation." How about checking out your two family members first? ”

"The war is over. The USSR is gone... Smalling said suddenly.

I immediately got up and took a closer look at this guy, his words clearly showed that he had woken up from his previous state of madness. After saying this, he turned his head to look at D, and after seeing D clearly, he turned to English and said, "You are not the Soviet, oh no, you should say not Russians, right?" ”

D and Smalling looked at each other and said in English, "Your English is good." ”

"You're not bad either." Smalling turned to look at me, "And your Russian, a smell of Ukrainian hooh." After saying that, he looked down at himself, "Can you help you untie him?" I'm normal anymore and don't need this thing anymore. ”

D and I looked at each other, and D nodded at me. I reached out and unfastened what he had tied to him like a seat belt. He sat up, looked at the people in the room again, and then turned to the TV. Then he sighed and said, "What do you want to know?" I just want to live quietly. ”

"But your life isn't peaceful, is it?" I continued in Russian.

He raised his hand and waved it at me, saying, "Please don't use Russian." Speak English, if you can. The Russian language really makes me think... ”

"That's fine." I nodded, "I want to know what happened back then." Why did you apostatize, who rebelled against you, who is the contact. ”

He looked at me again and said, "Can I know who you work for?" ”

"Does it matter?" I asked.

"It's important. It's important to me. Smalling nodded.

"Then please answer my question first." I said, "Those issues are important to us as well. ”

Smalling chuckled and said, "Just now you used my brother in Afghanistan to threaten me when I was unconscious, is this considered taking advantage of others?" If I don't cooperate, are you going to do that? ”

"Yes." I nodded and said in affirmation, "He's not in Afghanistan, but he's still in Russia." He has a wife and children, and he is much better off than you, I don't think you want him to live like you, do you? And your sister, who is in Poland and is married to a Pole. I have his address and introduction here, do you want to see it? If you're interested, I can have her arrested right away. No one will find her, can you believe it? ”

Smalling jumped out of bed when I said this, as if he wanted to teach me a good lesson, but he just stood on the edge of the bed, hesitated for a moment, and slowly sat back on the edge of the bed.

"You are a person who values family affection." I looked at him and said, "You can see it in your home and in your life. I'm not talking nonsense, I've seen a few people who are also apostated, and unlike you, they are outsiders. In the United States, life is much better than you. So why did you become like this, I don't think you may have betrayed for the sake of yourself, life, money, it shouldn't be. You're for someone else. In order for others to live well, such as your brother and sister. ”

My words made Smalling look up at me, and though he didn't say anything, the look in his eyes said it all. He looked at me and sighed, "Can I know what happened to those people in the United States?" ”

"Dead. All of them were killed. I said

"Hmph. It's good to die. Smalling replied, "What about their family?" ”

"Let it go." I smiled and said, "Achieving the goal is the key, we are not butchers, and we are mentally and psychologically normal." In that respect, we're much safer than you. ”

"Hehe," Smalling smiled at me, but he quickly put away his smile and said, "You're right. I'm not for myself. After saying that, he reached out and picked up his glasses from the bedside table next to him, put them on, and after looking at me again, he said, "I still want to know who you work for before I explain those things." ”

I shook my head helplessly and said, "You don't know." I don't know if you know Klinger, though. ”

"Klinger?!" Smalling looked at me, "Klinger in the second game?" ”

I laughed and said, "Are you testing me?" I don't know if there was a person named Klinger in the Second Bureau during the Soviet era, but what I am talking about should be the First Directorate. Responsible for foreign affairs reporting. ”

"Huh." Smalling smiled and nodded, "Actually, I don't know what Klinger is. But seeing you say that, it shouldn't be bad, especially your Russian with a Ukrainian accent, which makes me believe that you really work for the Russians. ”

"Can that be said?" I continued to ask.

Smalling looked out the door, "If you want to compare, in fact, Britain is really better than the Soviet Union." We were supposed to be doing well, but alas... But I never really became an Englishman, I was still a Russian. After speaking, he sighed, retracted his gaze and looked at me, and said, "The person who rebelled against me is a person from the first game, he has been working in the United States for a long time, but he will return to China from time to time. ”

I was thrilled to hear him, and it felt like I was about to open the last curtain and see the man standing behind me. But I didn't show it, just quietly waited for his next step.

"His name is Andrei? Dimitri? Rostovsky. He said with certainty, without even thinking about it, "I don't know if you've heard of this person." As you just said, one of the scientific researchers I killed did it to cover him. ”

Heard? I've heard more than that. In order to find this guy, the seventeenth innings went one after another, and those who could die and those who couldn't die were used, and in the end, even the old guy Younis himself got in, isn't it just for this Rostovsky? I suppressed my excitement and tried to say in a calm tone: "Where does this person work?" Where in the United States? ”

"Embassy. The Embassy of the USSR in the United States. Smalling immediately replied, "It's not hard to guess. At that time, the embassy was an intelligence station. It's an open secret. And the only people who can travel between the two countries regularly are the embassy staff. ”

I looked at D, who nodded slightly at me and said, "Tell me about him." You know, anything. How did you know and why were you moved by him. Let's talk about it. ”