It was only when almost all of his harassers had left that Duncan finally remembered that he should immediately have the bodyguards call the Pentagon and tell Qin Lang and O'Connor, as well as Rachel, that he could not attend today's meeting, and that he would not be able to attend any meetings for the next two or three weeks—the call should have been made to the Pentagon forty minutes ago, so that they wouldn't have to wait for him all the time, and then get angry about it—no doubt, at least Rachel, who must have been furious by now. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Poor Yi Shui......" he muttered, shaking his head sadly, and after a few seconds of silence for Yi Shui, he raised his head and made a gesture to the bodyguard standing by the bed.

The bodyguard immediately took a step forward. "What do you command, Mr. Sandy?"

"Jimmy, immediately give the Pentagon a call and inform the Board that I have been in a serious traffic accident and cannot attend today's meeting......"

"We've already called, sir." The bodyguard replied, "You don't have to worry. ”

Duncan was stunned for a few seconds. "When?"

He didn't think anything of it was going to see any of the bodyguards leave—Jimmy was saying "we," so it might have been any of his four bodyguards calling, if they had actually made that call—but, in his sense, they were either staying in the room or standing in the doorway where he could see it, scanning everyone who walked into the room with alert, threatening eyes, as if no one had ever left.

But that's just how he feels.

Jimmy glanced at the wall clock on the wall. "About twenty minutes ago, sir." "You were in the emergency room and there were eight doctors and twenty nurses around ......you," he reminded.

"yes, I remember." Duncan's brow furrowed—he felt uncomfortable thinking about the eight doctors and twenty nurses huddled around him. Of course, the reason is simple, firstly, his condition is not bad enough to need so many doctors and nurses; Secondly, it is a waste of medical resources to let them serve him alone, which will delay the treatment of other patients; In the end, even with his toes, he could imagine why he received such a warm "hospitality".

Now, Duncan argues, a new accusation should be added to the hospital's practice: he failed to detect the bodyguards' actions because the doctors and nurses were taking up all of his energy. Of course, they called the Pentagon before he remembered, and that's a good thing; But what they said to the Pentagon on the phone, that's another matter of concern.

From what he knew of the Home Office secret service, they probably described an ordinary traffic accident more like a deliberate attack - though they did not intend to create such a feeling - which was not Duncan's pleasure in seeing.

Describing an ordinary traffic accident as a deliberate attack would have caused Qin Lang to react unnecessarily, and in San Diego, as well as in California, or even the entire West Coast, his overreaction would have been enough to trigger a small earthquake.

Then, there will be people who are unlucky for inexplicable reasons that they themselves do not understand.

Duncan didn't want an innocent person to be unlucky because of the traffic accident he had encountered, but now, now that the bodyguards had called, all he could do was figure out what they were saying and think about how to make amends.

He took a breath. "What did you say, on the phone?"

"Nothing, sir." Jimmy said lightly, "Just tell the Pentagon that a high-speed car hit your car from the side, and you were injured, but not life-threatening, and you are being treated in the hospital." ”

"Sounds like ......," Duncan's eyebrows furrowed even more, "...... You told the Pentagon that someone was going to kill me in a car accident. Am I right? ”

"Of course not, sir." "We just told the Pentagon that there was a speeding car that hit your car from the side and you were injured, but not life-threatening, and you're being treated in the hospital," Jimmy said in a positive vein. These are all facts. ”

"But these inappropriately described facts can give the Pentagon some kind of delusion!"

An accusation, yes, yet Jimmy appeared indifferent. "Sir, we are your bodyguards, and our duty requires us to report the events in full and detail. As for what conclusions our report will draw for the Pentagon, that's not something we need to be concerned about. ”

"That's not ...... Hell, I know! Duncan groaned. The uncomfortable feeling returned, and this time it had nothing to do with the doctors and nurses, it was all the fault of Jimmy's impersonal "do the rules" mechanical attitude. Unfortunately, Duncan was well aware that no matter how hard he tried, the situation would not change at all, because the whole world was.

Although not all of them are like this.

He was a little distraught, however, as if he had deliberately poured another bucket of oil on the fire, Jimmy continued in the tone of the understatement he had just had: "In fact, sir, no matter what we report, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will immediately begin to investigate the details of the perpetrators on the basis of the clues already in their possession......"

"In God's name!" Duncan called, "How can the Home Office do that?" ”

"Actually, I think the Home Office can do that, sir." Jimmy went on to deny in the affirmative, "The law doesn't prohibit this kind of action, and we don't do it entirely ourselves, many local police departments ......"

"Of course I do, Jimmy!" He did know, and he always knew that the Home Office was secretly conducting investigations against American citizens and citizens of other countries. But investigating someone's background on suspicion of being a spy and investigating the background of the perpetrator because of an ordinary traffic accident are definitely two different levels of issue, the former of which can at least be justified by the interests of the company and the United States, and the latter, which does not make sense at all.

"I shouldn't have to find out all the details of someone just because they hit my car." He said angrily, "Although that stupid crazy boy did drive the car too fast and almost killed both of us." ”

"Here's the program."

It's still a mechanical answer of "do what you do". Duncan thought about it and decided to change the breakthrough. "I remember you used to be a police officer."

Unfortunately, it still didn't work, because he chose the wrong direction of the breakthrough and met strong resistance. "Sir, you should know that there are quite a few people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who have been policemen, and Mr. Fisborne was also a policeman, but none of them have opposed the procedures formulated by Mr. Qin."

"I think ......"

"I'm sorry, sir."

The words were a bit abrupt, and Duncan became confused. "What?"

"I'm really sorry," he meant, "I've said too much, sir." ”

"You want to end this topic? No, man, that's not the end of the conversation. Duncan shouted. However, both his expression and tone of voice gave a hint of helplessness - not because Jimmy had ended the conversation, but because of the procedures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What could he do with it? Basically, nothing can be done. If this set of procedures really existed, it must have been formulated by Qin Lang, and it was supported by Rachel and O'Connor, and even Yi Shui. It is by no means a system that he himself can overthrow.

There is only one thing he can do: criticize it.

But, at the very least, he had to have an audience to continue to criticize Qin Lang's program, otherwise his long speech in pain would be meaningless, but Jimmy was reluctant to play that role, so now, he no longer had any audience - although there were two bodyguards in the room, and one outside the door, but they obviously had no intention of getting involved, not in the first place - so Duncan felt, and this feeling was very clear, he was quickly losing the motivation to criticize.

After a while, it disappeared without a trace.

Then his attention was drawn to his physical condition. The situation was a bit bad, the car accident had broken one of his arms and one of his lower legs, and his whole body was covered with all kinds of wounds, so now his arms and calves were immobilized by plaster casts and planks, and his body was covered with bandages, and he could only lie on the bed, and he couldn't even move, but even so, the pain from everywhere was still intense, as if the doctor had forgotten to give him painkillers.

In Duncan's memory, this seemed to be the first time since birth. He had thought that he would never suffer such a serious accident, and even in the days when he was wandering around, he only felt that he would be killed by a bullet, but not as painful and unspeakably uncomfortable as he was now.

He began to hate the traffic accident he had encountered.

"Jimmy." Duncan began to speak again.

"Mr. Sandy?" Jimmy blinked, "Are you going to continue the conversation?" ”

"No, what I'm trying to say is that I'm going to make a recommendation to the San Diego City Council and the California State Council that cars be limited to twenty miles per hour." Thinking about it again, he made a small modification, "No, fifteen miles per hour, and of course it's better to be a little lower than that." ”

"Sir." Jimmy looked at him confused, "What do you want to do?" ”

"It's obvious, man, I'm going to reduce the speed of the car to a safe range that won't cause a serious accident." Duncan raised his voice and announced, "At least in San Diego, this must be achieved—"

A snarky taunt entered his ears at this time. "It seems that the doctor only noticed the problem with your arms and lower legs, and did not notice that your brain was also damaged. Fifteen miles per hour? Duncan, why don't you suggest that the City Council ban cars from the city? ”

The voice was familiar to him, and it belonged to only one person.

Rachel.

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