There was once a great philosopher who said that it is a question of whether to die or not to die.

Now, the receiver of the phone is in Eric's hands, he is not a philosopher, but he knows that whether to hang up or not is a question for him.

Durin is not a good person, Eric who has become a middle-level member of the Military Intelligence Department understands this truth very well, he doesn't know the situation on the side of the Security Committee, whether he has also investigated Durin, just because the Military Intelligence Department has files about Durin, he specially used a room of about 20 square meters to place it.

It was filled with a dozen cabinets in chronological order, and it was said that a considerable number of documents had been deposited into the Secret Bureau, and those would have required a larger room to fit them all.

Du Lin is not a good person, a good person cannot have so many black materials in the Military Intelligence Department, you must know that the cases that the Military Intelligence Department is responsible for are basically cases that can cause great damage and impact on the country and society, and if it is really an ordinary bad guy who fights and kills, it is not enough to be qualified to set up a special task force in the Military Intelligence Department.

He even heard from his boss that the Knights of the Rose had also investigated Durin, which was the highest-ranking secret service in the empire, and they didn't let Doolin go, which showed how bad Doolin was.

After having access to these secrets, Eric's awe of Durin gradually dissipated, after all, with a room full of black materials in his hands, Eric did not feel that Durin could be any danger to him.

Just take a copy and go out to find a substitute for the dead ghost to blow up the foreign media, Du Lin is finished, and he may be able to block the media's exposure of his black materials at home, but he doesn't have so much power abroad, once this kind of person loses power, he is nothing.

So Eric was about to forget that he had ever feared a man and made a choice in the shadow of others to his advantage, until Dürin's voice rang in his ears.

As long as he hung up the phone, he would be able to prove that he was not afraid of Doolin.

As long as he hung up the call, he could make the Doolin fool understand that he was threatening an important member of the internal intelligence agency who lived in the dark and held the power of life and death.

As long as he hangs up the phone, but ...... There is no need!

Eric quickly gave himself a good reason, I was able to hang up the call to prove that I wasn't afraid of Doolin, he was just a bastard who looked strong but weak on the inside, but there was no need for that.

There is no need to make a joke because everyone can't get over it in the end, there is no need to cause unpredictable consequences because of a momentary battle of will, he glanced at the two young men who were smiling and put their hands behind their backs, listening to the slight sound of bullets being loaded, and suddenly laughed loudly, "Okay, Mr. Dulin, our greetings should be over, is there anything I need help with?"

Du Lin on the other end of the phone also smiled at the right time, his laughter was not so exaggerated, very casual, peaceful, as if he was really just greeting just now, "A friend of mine told me that no matter how close the relationship between friends is, as long as they don't contact each other for a long time, they will be wary of each other like strangers, and we are like this, we haven't been in touch for a long time." ”

"I'm a nostalgic person, and I know you may not remember my phone number, so I remind you that we are friends!"

Eric didn't speak, he knew very well that he had lost the moment he diverted from the subject, although he didn't think he had lost, this concession was just a sign of maturity, no one would be hurt if war broke out because of vindictiveness, and the world would be as peaceful as ever after the sun fell tomorrow morning.

It's a sign of maturity and he didn't lose!

After a pause for a few seconds, Durin continued, "I've heard that someone has been investigating me recently, Knights of the Rose, do you know these people?"

Durin said that he was not being investigated by fabrication, and that someone was indeed investigating him, but it was not him who was being investigated, but the city of Turnier, including the town of Alfalfa.

Turner City has had a lot of new faces in the past two years, but after the regenerated faces appear a few times on the streets of this small city, they will be figured out and quickly integrated into the city.

But the new faces that have appeared in the last year are very special, and their messages are very "perfect", so perfect that people can't find any surprises in them.

If it was an ordinary person, it was very likely that they would miss the information of these people, but after several local people in Turner who specialized in buying and selling intelligence got the information of these people, they could see at a glance that there was a problem with the identity of these people.

They have dealt with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of pieces of intelligence information, and they can see what is true and what is false.

These people were investigating something, they were investigating corruption in the police department, and some people had gone around Alfalfa Town a few times, and the whereabouts of these people were collected and passed on to Durin's ears, and his first thought was that someone wanted to mess with him.

It's not a whimshit, it's just a trick that successful politicians must master – to prepare for the worst without understanding the cause and purpose, and not being able to guess the outcome.

It is possible that these people are not there to investigate Durin and his family, but Durin thinks that these people are here to investigate himself and then respond to it for the sake of safety.

If it's wrong, then I'm sorry, some people may get hurt as a result, but these people will be compensated well, at least many times more than they suffered.

If it is right, then it is gratifying, and another crisis that could suddenly erupt has been avoided.

In fact, Durin has been dealing with these intelligence agencies for a long time, including the violent agencies of the imperial system, and he is getting better and better now, and those who used to say that they were going to send him to prison have never appeared in front of him again.

Both the Military Intelligence Department and the Security Council have stopped investigating him, so he thinks that the people who are still keeping an eye on him are most likely the Knights of the Rose.

He felt that these things could not be caused by himself, but most likely ...... Mr. Kersma caused it, but as a son of man, there are always things that he did not do, and he had to finish it.

Knights of the Rose!

So who knows anything about these people?

There is no doubt that Maggs must know them very well, even better than they know themselves, but Maggs is in a ...... situation right now.

Kubal also knew that Maggs had said more than once that Kubal was a man he could trust, and that this was not actually said to Dorin, but only to himself.

Stupid people can't tell the context of certain words and the meaning behind them, Maggs says that Kubal is a person who can be trusted, in order to tell Doolin that as long as he lives, Kubal will have no problems.

But now that Mags has a problem, whether Kubal can be trusted is another question, not to mention that this is the relationship between Kubal and Maggs, not the relationship between Dolin and Kubal.

So after thinking about it, Durin thought of Eric, who had never been in contact with him, the lieutenant colonel of the Imperial Army's intelligence department, who must know something about the Knights of the Rose.

A phone call solves some other troubles unconsciously, and at the same time can get some help, this phone call is very valuable.

Eric's reaction was swift, and after he asked, "How do you know about the Knights of the Roses?", he immediately realized that Durin was already the governor of the state of Ambiruo, and now he was eligible to access some of the Empire's high-ranking institutions, including those like the Knights of the Roses.

"I know them, but no more than you know, Mr. Doolin. Eric replied cautiously, he didn't want to get himself involved in these dangerous things, but it was clear that Durin didn't think so.

Durin was always very gentle towards his valuable friends, and instead of annoying Eric for his perfunctory answer, he asked another question, "Do you know about some of the recent actions of you and the Security Committee responsible for arresting the high-ranking officials of the Earth God Cult?"

The sudden change of topic made Eric a little unable to keep up with Doolin's rhythm, he thought for a while and nodded as if Doolin could see it, "Yes, I know, this is also one of my jobs, Mr. Doolin, do you have any important news to tell me?"

Du Lin laughed, "Of course, of course, as the defender of the Empire's legal system and morality, I think that I, and even every citizen of the Empire, should have the spirit of dedication and dedication to the Empire, I have captured the Divine Messenger, the number one person of the Earth God Sect, and he is now locked up in the basement at my feet. ”

Eric, whose heartbeat was striking, couldn't help but cover his chest, his scalp tingled for a while, like a wave rushing up from his crotch down his spine to the top of his head, and he was so excited at this moment that he erected a small flagpole!

Yes, if in a stronger one he might spiral up to heaven on the spot!

With the arrest of some of the top leaders of the Tushen Sect, more and more news has revealed an ominous atmosphere: An intelligence agency that has been entrenched in the west for more than 20 years and has begun to infiltrate other places under the guise of a religious organization has bought off a large number of social elites, including many business elites and political leaders, and even people from the military intelligence department have been bribed.

The task of capturing the oracle of the number one person of the Earth God Cult has risen to the first level in history in terms of importance, not because the Military Intelligence Department wants to know how many people have been corrupted, infiltrated, and bought by the Earth God Sect, but because it wants this information to never see the light of day.

If a large number of traitors appear in the middle of the imperial society and are exposed, there is evidence, which will be a fatal blow to the empire and the entire society!

Unlike other people's purpose of trying to catch the oracle, these intelligence organizations of the empire really want to protect the oracle, and want to destroy these materials directly, so as not to give any careerist any chance to create social unrest!

Whether it was Eric, the top officer of MI3's first office, or his boss, the top officer of the Army's Intelligence Operations Division, they were all fantasizing about the dream of catching the oracle with their own hands.

As long as you grab him, your feet standing on the steps have the motivation to lift again.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, contracted his lower abdomen slightly to prevent himself from being rude in front of the two young men, and when he spoke, he realized that his voice was trembling, "Just now...... You say the angel is at your feet?"

"No!", During's denial was very decisive, so decisive that Eric felt that he was not having auditory hallucinations, and would think that Durin had caught someone who even the three major intelligence agencies of the empire could not catch, but his next words made Eric fall into a deep silence, "I just asked you how much you know about the Knights of the Roses." ”

After a long silence, Eric struggled to ask, "How can I trust you?"

There are those who are greedy for wealth, and they are willing to put a price tag on the power that is so noble in the eyes of others in exchange for wealth.

Some people covet power, as if they are willing to give everything for it from the moment they are born to gain higher power, greater power, and trample more people under their feet.

There are also people who are very upright, they never get involved in anything that flies and dogs, but as long as it can highlight their integrity and greatness, they often agree to it more than anyone else.

Everyone in this world has weaknesses, including people who have no desires and no desires, if a person really has no weaknesses, then he will either kill himself when he understands this, or be killed by this society.

Eric also has it, he wants to climb higher, he has seen the pain and helplessness at the bottom in his previous field work, and he is on the verge of death every day.

Working hard, he has to face either professional military training and special military training, spy agents from other countries, or some thugs who are unscrupulous and unafraid of life and death, and the devil knows when he will die in front of his new partner because of some inevitable accident, like his comrades.

If he does not work seriously, or even evades his work, then he will be labeled as suspicious, either in the process of housekeeping, or at the hands of other field personnel.

Spend every day with death and want to get away from it all?

It's simple, climb higher, climb to the point where you are no longer manipulated by others, to the point where you can hold on to your fate and say no to the sky loudly.

It was an opportunity that would allow him to save several years, but it was also a crisis, and once Durin did not cooperate with him, but a different person, perhaps his security and stability would have made him wait another eight years to be promoted to colonel, to be promoted to major general.

If people can't do something for themselves, are they still people?

His heart was beating violently at this time, everything around him became strange, his vision was strangely elongated, accompanied by slight tinnitus, the sharp tinnitus made him a little uncomfortable, his blood pressure continued to rise, and his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

"Eric, everybody knows that I'm a generous person, a person of integrity, and as long as you can do your duty as friends, we're good friends. ”

"For friends, I have always been generous, never stingy, you have needs, and I happen to have them, give it to you!"

Eric's eyes were closed, his face flushed, it was obvious that his blood pressure was a little high right now, he slapped his temples a few times, and asked, "What kind of news do you want?"

Instead of answering directly, Durin invited him to the west, "Come, come to me, bring people back, and by the way, say something I am interested in......"

When the two young men left, Eric's wife walked into the study, looked at Eric who was slumped in a chair and walked over a little nervously, she wiped the sweat beads from Eric's pale face, and asked softly, "Do you want to call the police?"

Eric squeezed out some smiles, "No, not at all, you forgot my dear, I'm a cop." ”

He patted the back of his wife's hand, "I need to think, can you give me some space?"

The woman left with some apprehension, and carefully closed the door gently, Eric tilting his head with his eyes closed, hating himself and excited.

At this time, in the distant city of Turnaire, two young men who already had regular jobs—in their thirties, less than forty years old, had just gotten off work, and they were staying next to a very ordinary inn, and they had coincidentally made some cooked food and placed them on the chairs at the door, and began to enjoy dinner.

The innkeeper also came out with a plate full of wheat cakes, and the two young men, who had been here for almost nine months, were very generous and often bought some cooked meat to share with him.

In order to be able to take advantage of the situation for a long time and not embarrass himself too much, the owner of the inn made a good proposal, he was in charge of staples such as wheat cakes or meal bags, and two other young men were in charge of the evening's dishes, mainly meat and the like.

It was a stupid proposition, but the two young men agreed, and they soon became good friends.

The owner of the inn, who had a delicious meal in the evening, felt that these two months were the happiest time of his life, and he saved a lot of money on food and beverages, so that he helped several young girls who could not afford to wear clothes in the past few days, and also taught them many processes that they will always go through on the road of growth in life.

So he had a good feeling for the two young men, and thought they were very simple and honest children - if someone in Turner said you were honest, unpretentious, and honest, then you could beat him up because he was calling you stupid.

The evening was no different from the past, with the aroma of beef ribs and veal legs, some sour cucumbers that were so sour that they were almost useless, and a small bottle of wine, there was no more satisfying dinner.

The three of them chatted while eating, and while chatting, one of them talked about the hotel run by the boss, "I think every time you come to the hotel, you will register their information, is it required by the police station?"

The boss, who had already drunk some wine, nodded repeatedly, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't want to write about that nonsense." ”

"Anyway, if you lose it when you're done writing it, who cares? It's not like those officials who have the opportunity to bully ordinary people like us with no background?", another young man followed suit.

The boss glared at him and spat out a mouthful of wine, "If you can finish writing, who will write that thing?" These things have to be saved by themselves after they are written, and if they encounter something, they will have to investigate, and it will be bad luck if they can't get it out." ”

"My garage is already full of these things, I don't dare to burn them, I don't dare to burn them, it's too much space to put them, none of these officials have any good things!"

The two young men glanced at each other and said a few words that were appropriate to the situation, and one of them continued to ask tentatively, "I heard that you had a murder here a few years ago, which is quite exciting, do you know what is going on, tell us about it......"

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