On the 19th, it was sunny, and it was advisable to start drilling, set up volumes, avoid moving, entering the house, and rushing to the south of the horse.

Early that morning, the head of the FCPS European headquarters, Mr. Frederick Wilhelm Graff, accompanied by only three members of his entourage, arrived in a basement in a slum in Berlin.

"This is it?" As soon as Chief Graff stepped into the basement, a look of displeasure appeared on his face, and his tone of voice was palpable in disgust when he asked the question.

"Yes, sir." Carmen, who had come in with him, remained calm and replied immediately.

"The smell here reminds me of the public toilets in train stations." Graff said as he glanced at the contents of the room.

At this time, a male agent next to Carmen reported: "This is a special safe house provided by the Federal Police Headquarters for Project Paperclip, and the conditions are ...... It's really a little worse than the resources we have. ”

"'Some'?" Graff repeated the words sarcastically, and moved a folding stool to himself, and sat down as soon as he turned.

"I'm sorry, sir......" the male agent wiped the sweat from his forehead, "but for your safety, there is no way to do it." ”

"Molano." Graff ignored him, but looked at Carmen and asked, "Are you sure this is a good idea?" It's just a murderous maniac with a bit of an anti-federal leaning, to the point of this? ”

"Trust my judgment, sir." Carmen replied without humility or arrogance, "This time the opponent is probably tougher than any criminal we've ever faced before. ”

Similar conversations, and even arguments, have taken place many times in the past few days.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, just half an hour after the end of the "trial show", Carmen wrote a report and sent it to her boss; But Graff didn't open the "urgent" email until the next day, dismissing its contents.

Graff is fifty-five years old, from a well-known family, and was a well-known princeling in his youth; Relying on his family connections, he rose to his current position at the age of forty-two without having been to the front line.

Someone like him, no doubt...... has long been accustomed to all sorts of "death threats"; From the civilians who desperately searched for him, to the assassins of the rebel group, from the assassination that went deep into the bed, to the onslaught of the army...... Regardless of the motives, there are more people who want to kill Graff, but he is not alive and well?

From the time he was a teenager, whenever he appeared in public, he was bound to be surrounded and protected by others; And the one who protects him...... Not only are there many people, but there are also many elites who are known for their "force" under the command of the Federation.

Countless examples have proven that it is difficult to kill Graf......

Therefore, when Carmen offered to leave his job, leave the mansion where he lived, and move from the light to the dark to "take refuge", Graff was dismissive; As he said...... He felt in his heart that the "judge" was just a murderer who was sensationalizing on the dark web, and he Graff was the "minister of the European headquarters of the Federal Public Safety Council", and he couldn't even move the role of the resistance group, you murderer actually said that he wanted to capture me alive?

But Carmen is also a person with a "background" after all, plus she is indeed very good, and Graff cannot completely ignore her opinion; At Carmen's repeated requests, Graff could only perfunctorily say that he was willing to go home for a "half-month vacation" and strengthen the guards inside and outside the mansion.

Unexpectedly, Carmen rejected the proposal of her immediate boss on the spot, and justified the demand that Graff must live in a safe house, and ...... It can't be their FCPS own safe house yet, because she feels that the judge is familiar with the intelligence inside their FCPS, and it is not safe to go.

So, after several days of discussion and mediation, Graff finally failed to defeat Carmen and was forced to go to this safe house provided by the federal police for the use of ordinary undercover officers.

The so-called "Paperclip Project" mentioned by the male agent was a program initiated by the first Federal Security Service (the predecessor of the Federal Security Service (the predecessor of the FCPS, which later merged with the Federal Department of Defense to form the FCPS) in the early days of the federal government, aiming to provide long-term effective and safe logistical support for undercover agents in various federal departments.

The project uses a special encryption mode to compile the coordinates of countless "safe houses" into part of a chain of information, and according to the rules of the password, the official rotation of these locations is used/renovated in a circular manner according to the rules of the code. Once a safe house enters the "freezing period" of no one to use, its relevant data will be deleted from the database and the information chain, until the next time it is decrypted, even the official itself will not be able to find the record of this coordinate; In other words, unless someone who actually used this safe house informed, even if you have the ability to hack all the data of the Federation, it is impossible to find out the information of these locations.

However, about half a century later, in the year the FCPS was officially established, the new president decided that Project Paperclip was an "outdated plan" and handed it over to the police, and he re-established a new safe house network.

Today, although FCPS has many safe houses around the world that are well-equipped, well-stocked, and can even be described as "overly comfortable", they have really done a good job of "confidentiality"; These safe houses are discovered and breached every year, and once they do...... Often, this means direct loss of people and economy.

Carmen took into account the high chance that the coordinates of the safe house within their organization would be known to the judge, so they got his chief to this place that only the police's grassroots undercover agents would use.

"Hmm......" Graff sighed through his nose in displeasure, "so...... I'm going to stay here until the first day of the next month? ”

"To be precise, stay until the morning of the second year of junior high school." Carmen replied, "Because it's only at twenty o'clock in the morning that you're out of the most dangerous period, when you're ...... It cannot be ruled out that the Judge still has the intention to arrest you, but the probability is at least much lower than the probability that he will do so within these fifteen days. ”

"Anyway......," Graff said with his hands crossed over his chest, "and I'm going to have to be locked up here for ten days because of the intimidation of a murderer......"

At this point, he paused, his gaze wandering from top to bottom and bottom to top, over Carmen's body.

It's a hot day, but in order to keep a low profile, Carmen is still dressed conservatively - a dark short-sleeved T-shirt with a pair of jeans and a peaked cap, looking like a tomboy from a distance. But even so, when you look closely...... Her pale skin and delicate figure will still make people dry and imaginative.

Graff naturally likes beautiful women, and has moved Carmen's brain more than once, but because of the latter's identity, Graff can only stay at the stage of obscenity; Not to mention physical harassment, he didn't even dare to mess around with language...... Because he had heard that many years ago, an instructor who did not know the height of the sky had used Carmen's brains, but not only did he not take advantage of the goods, but he was also subdued and seriously injured by Carmen on the spot...... Then, the goods were carried horizontally into the infirmary, and in less than half an hour, they were carried out horizontally and sent directly to the "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of the FCPS, after which they disappeared from the world.

Graff's family, though a little powerful, allowed a person within the federal system to disappear without leaving a trace like this...... He couldn't do it.

Therefore, a woman like Carmen, unless she wants to, or has some kind of influence in the hands of Graff, can only be an object of sexual affection.

But that lyric is well written...... What you can't get is always in turmoil; The more such a woman, the more irresistible Graff is, and you can imagine how uncomfortable Graff is to watch such a delicious meal that you can't eat in your mouth dangling in front of you every day.

"Molano." Graff's gaze finally stayed on Carmen's face, "I asked you to take over the 'Xuduloshan' case because of your ability to work, but on the day you took over, in the live broadcast watched by thousands of people, in the capacity of the deputy director of the European headquarters of the FCPS, he made remarks such as 'let the hostages die', and also seriously violated a number of regulations, including the highest security and confidentiality code, and then made so many rude demands on me, the minister, so that I can cooperate with your actions......" He pouted, "And, You'd better understand that I'm still here for a violation of the normal procedure and a number of rules, and if you don't catch the judge within the time limit......"

"When the time comes, I will take responsibility accordingly." Carmen knew what the other party was going to say, so she interrupted directly.

"Hmph......" Graff snorted, "Responsibility......" he muttered in a strange way, "maybe...... But we all know that in your capacity ......"

"I don't need special treatment." Carmen interrupted her boss again, "If this operation fails, how to punish my mistakes is up to you, sir." ”

"Oh?" Graff raised an eyebrow and said, "Let me arrange it?" He laughed twice, "Huh...... I hope you're not just talking about it. ”

"I understand what you mean by that, sir." Carmen said coldly, "Don't worry, I'll mean what I say." ”

When the two of them were talking, the two detectives, a man and a woman, turned around very "interestingly" and pretended to be looking at the scenery; Plainly...... As for Graff's thoughts, who in the headquarters didn't know, there were not a few female detectives who had been harassed by him, but everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak; Anyway, those who refuse him are put in small shoes, and those who let him taste the sweetness rise quickly, which is also well known.

But in any case, even if Graff had said something a little more explicit today, wouldn't those of them who were agents under him have to pretend they didn't hear?

…………

Ten minutes later, Carmen and the two agents had left the safe house a few blocks away.

Together, they returned to an SUV parked in the corner of the parking lot; This...... It is a standard field vehicle of FCPS, in this era when various precision instruments and power plants can be made super miniaturized, their car is almost like a mobile fortress, not only has a variety of equipment and functions, but can also accommodate seven agents to work in it at the same time.

"Send me to Rosenthal Square first, and then you can go back to headquarters." As soon as she got into the passenger seat and took off her cap, Carmen gave orders to the driver who had been on call for a long time.

"Yes, sir." The driver answered and started the engine.

An agent sitting in the back of the car asked again: "Sir, what set of attendance equipment do you need, and what ...... is used for the tracking configuration?"

"Neither." Carmen didn't wait for the other party to finish asking, and then rushed to say, "I'm going to do a private matter." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the car stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Carmen.

Even the driver turned his face ninety degrees in a daze......

"0955, watch the road." In the next second, Carmen reminded in time.

The driver then looked ahead again, avoiding driving towards the fence.

"Sir...... You're going to ......" A female detective's gossip heart burned at this time, you know...... In the eyes of her, and most of her colleagues, Carmen gives the impression of "a robot who has no life except work"; But at this moment, this robot is actually in the situation of the entire headquarters, and it is during its own attendance time...... Proposed to do something "private"? What's going on?

"To meet an old friend." Carmen responded calmly, adding, "Don't worry, I already made a leave report last night...... Given that I was the top commander of the FCPS European headquarters for the next 12 days, my leave was undoubtedly in accordance with the regulations and was approved. ”

Although she explained it clearly, it is clear that the matter of "compliance or non-compliance" is not the focus of others.

Of course, no matter how curious they are, these subordinates are not easy to ask deeper, after all...... Carmen didn't know them well, or rather, she didn't know anyone.

If the relationship between colleagues, especially between superiors and subordinates, does not get there, there are some things that cannot be said and cannot be spoken.

It's just that...... This makes people even more curious, Chief Moreno, who is not familiar with anyone, really has a "friend"?

…………

Ten a.m., Rosenthal Square.

A young man wearing sunglasses, a loose-fitting short-sleeved T-shirt and cropped pants walked to a row of public lockers near the subway station.

He seemed to be in a good mood, humming a little tune in his mouth, and walking very briskly.

He quickly typed in the code, opened one of the storage compartments, pulled out a bulging paper bag, closed the cabinet door, and turned to leave.

Just then, a woman's figure appeared in his sight and blocked his way.

He was stunned for two seconds, hooked the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose down a few points with his fingers, and looked at the other party for two seconds with wide eyes before saying, "Carmen?" ”

Carmen looked at him as well, and calmly called out his name, or ...... the two words "probably" were his names: "James Lance (James_Rance)." ”

"Haha, what a coincidence." After confirming that the person in front of him was his old acquaintance, Lance smiled, "I didn't expect to meet ...... here."

"I want to talk to you, do you have time?" Carmen obviously didn't mean to be polite to the other party, and before Lance could finish speaking, she directly made her request.

"Uh......" Lance was asked so suddenly, a little dazed; He thought for a few seconds, and without looking down at his phone to confirm the time, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay...... OK. ”

"Follow me." Carmen received an affirmative answer, and turned to walk, walking quite quickly.

"Oooh......" Lance hurriedly followed, trotting a few steps to the other side, but kept a certain distance from him, and a half-step or so away.

"That...... Carmen......" After walking for a while, Lance suddenly spoke again, "I probably shouldn't have asked, if it's not convenient for you to answer, don't answer well......" He paused and asked, "I heard that you were drafted by the FCPS after graduating from law school?" ”

"Yes." Carmen didn't shy away from saying this message that shouldn't have been revealed to a civilian, "And you...... As far as I know, after being expelled from law school, he left behind a pile of criminal records that until now remain in a state of unclear occupation. She also paused, "By the way, since that's the end of the story, let me ask, what's in the paper bag in your hand at the moment?" ”

"Uh......" Lance's expression looked a little embarrassed.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm not here to arrest you, just ask casually." Carmen glanced at him and continued, "Actually, considering that you are a person who has not had a legal employment record for many years, I can basically think of what you do for a living...... Although I think it's a bit humiliating for you to be a little bit of a thug who can do the job of 'carrying goods for people' (the word 'goods' here generally refers to psychedelics or guns that have not been legally registered), ......"

"Alright...... Lance finally couldn't help but interrupt Carmen, "I'll confess...... It's a hardcore little movie, okay? ...... he sighed, and then said, "You're still the same, and you've convicted people in your heart by talking to yourself, and we've just met this old classmate...... As soon as you say a few words, I almost caught up with 20 years in prison. ”

"Little movie?" Carmen glanced sideways at Lance and asked in a skeptical tone, "In this day and age, there will be people who use physical objects to transfer video materials?" ”

"Don't you hear the word 'heavy taste'?" Lance raised his voice in response.

"Understood." When Carmen heard this, she quickly made a reasoning, "You spent money on the Internet to buy some small movies with a heavy flavor that 'just transmitting them through the Internet may attract the attention of the relevant authorities and trace the source', so you personally and deliberately ...... Come here to pick it up. ”

"Think whatever you like." Lance seemed a little annoyed, and replied in an impatient tone, "I'm too lazy to explain. ”

"You don't have to be so excited, I used to think you were a scumbag, and now this matter will not damage your image in the slightest." As Carmen spoke, she reached the door of a café when she stopped, turned back to Lance, and said, "This is it." ”

"It doesn't matter." Lance said it almost with a sigh, and it seemed that Carmen's poisonous tongue had made him quite depressed.

After a while, a clerk led the two of them to a window seat, which was a very nice position, and they could see the street view outside through the window next to them, of course...... For someone like Carmen, her first reaction was that the location was not very safe, and it was easy to be sniped or raided from outside.

After asking for a cup of coffee and opening the clerk, Carmen looked at Lance and said, "So...... In order to avoid any misunderstanding between your appearance and this invitation, I will ask straight to the point......" She paused for half a second and continued, "Are you a 'judge'?" ”