“…… Regarding the unexpected retention of National Security Adviser Xia Xun, the outside world generally believes that it is President Francis's move, on the one hand, this can appease other departments after the big change, on the other hand, the emerging technology and military-industrial complex represented by Xia Xun, such as the Rommons Group, can also be a good way to weaken the Kronos Group, which is over-inflated because of the events in Washington and Paris, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, but with such an obvious unloading of the mill and killing the donkey, will the Romans Group serve this strong woman president with all its heart......

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Ling Yu knew that many people's eyes fell on him.

On the alliance side, there are at least three forces: the cabinet, the military and Kronos, if before the explosion in Greenland, Ling Yu was just an insignificant out-of-the-box hero, then after the explosion, Ling Yu was once again pushed to the center of the whirlpool.

Ling Yu has now insisted that Char is a greater threat than the ACA, so he does not believe that his choice in Greenland is wrong, and this view has led almost the entire cabinet to question whether Ling Yu is in his right mind to continue to serve the League - he has sabotaged a meeting that would have almost brought about a truce in South America, and believes that what he is doing is right and can save more people, which is obviously unacceptable to the entire Allied government and the military.

But the military and the government are not monolithic, with national security adviser Xia Xun – one of the few elders of the previous administration – and representatives of the military's young faction. Ling Yu's old friend, General Yang Chengze, gave Ling Yu a second option - to prove himself right without support.

Needless to say, Yang Song-taek has been the dominant figure in the "Char threat theory," and it is said that he did not hesitate to change his image as a good man in the military in order to emphasize this point. offended many people, and of course some people said that this was a means for Yang Chengze, who had made great achievements in the war after Washington, to protect himself.

And Xia Xun's secret conversation was beyond Ling Yu's expectations.

"On October 6, 1973, no one in the entire Israeli government was aware of the Egyptian attack, and a sound government must take into account the views of the minority, even if the minority views are absurd, and must have a definite reason to prove it, and I believe that you are not pursuing Char solely out of personal vendettas. I think the president has a similar idea. ”

Xia Xun's words were very tempting, but Ling Yu was not stupid enough to believe a politician's promise, but since he had promised. Ling Yu can also take advantage of it, which is not a bad thing.

Therefore, Ling Yu chose to become a wanted criminal, this identity has no meaning, and the alliance has no energy to arrest Ling Yu and put him in prison. This status is mainly an account for opponents in the military and cabinet. By the way, he blocked all of Ling Yu's supplies and backups.

The military thinks that as long as Ling Yu doesn't squander their resources anymore, the cabinet also has an explanation for the explosion, Ling Yu has lost the cooperation of the allied military, but intelligence sharing is still possible, and there is such a huge arms empire as Kronos, blocking supplies is a joke.

Now, apart from the fact that Ling Yu couldn't call for support when necessary, and couldn't move around the alliance area, he didn't have any actual losses. As for fame or something, it is not necessary for a fighter at all.

So Ling Yu pulled up such a team that was almost all wanted criminals-Bruce. Payne. The former cavalry captain disobeyed the military order and seriously injured his colleague who spoke ruly to Jesse, and then defected; Arya. Sinel, the former squad leader of the Kronos military unit, disobeyed military orders, concealed important information, and fled after being dismissed; Vivian. Ennig, who defected to the real yàn body, also stole the alliance's black technology equipment with his hands, and injured the guards and other things are simply not worth mentioning.

There were many people who were not at ease with this team, so Ling Yu, who was at the center of the storm, also understood that there were many pairs of eyes falling on him, and among them, there were definitely more malicious ones than well-intentioned ones.

Much more.

But everyone in this squad knows they're doing the right thing.

"If there's anything you want to say, hurry up, we're busy packing."

Ling Yu lightly tapped his fingers on the table, "We are indeed a little ostentatious this time, and there is still a lot of follow-up work." ”

"First of all, to celebrate this perfect cooperation of ours, I have a free message for you."

Muhammad first brought up something else, "According to my intelligence, your old friend Logan. Craig will probably arrive in Tehran tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Thanks, but we're not here anymore."

Ling Yu's tone did not fluctuate any emotion, nodded lightly, and gave a flat answer.

"It's really heartless." Muhammad shook his head with a wry smile, but the expression on his face was more of regret that the prank had not succeeded, and he took a deep puff of the hookah in his hand, then placed the hookah on the table next to him, and went straight to the point.

"If you haven't decided where to go next, I've got an idea.

"Tell me about it." Ling Yu replied expressionlessly.

"There are a lot of ACA people who have come to Tehran, but few of them are so interested in the black gold real yàn room, or rather, as interested as you."

Muhammad leaned back on the large bed, reached out and gently stroked his beardless chin, "The people of the ACA came here, either they knew that the black gold was stored in the room, or they were people who didn't have the authority, didn't know and didn't care, so this guy made me a little concerned, so I paid a little attention to him." ”

It's not normal, indeed.

Ling Yu rolled his eyes slightly, saw the electronic board in the hand of Arya standing across the table, and already had some judgment in his heart, and looked at Muhammad again, "So you can come to me at this time to prove that you know something?" ”

"I'm not the Secret Agents or the Kronos Intelligence Agency," Mohammed smiled lightly. "So I am not responsible for the veracity of the following words."

"Just say yours." Ling Yu shook his head, "Don't forget, this is the reward you said. ”

"Of course. Tehran's Muhammad never owed a debt and did not pay it. Muhammad grinned, "This man, who is very interested in the black gold room, went to Madrid. ”

"Madrid?" Ling Yu's eyebrows jumped slightly, "What about the evidence?" ”

"There's no evidence, so I'm not responsible for the authenticity, it's just that one of my subordinates accidentally overheard their conversation, and this kind of accident always happens, doesn't it?"

Muhammad was still smiling. But Ling Yu fell silent.

Payne and Arya exchanged a look, apparently frowning as well.

Not to mention where these people came from, even a kindergarten-level "privy blade" is unlikely to make such a mistake. How this sounds like a bad joke.

Or rather, a trap.

"What are the characteristics of this person?" Ling Yu was silent for a moment before speaking.

"The trash fish has no characteristics, and the leader is an 18-year-old boy. It's a bit childish. Aqua blue hair. ”

Muhammad narrowed his eyes and seemed to tell Ling Yu with his eyes, "You know. ”

"We're clear." Ling Yu nodded, and gently tapped the table with his fingers again, "How?" ”

"I'd love to, Oriental." Muhammad smiled and nodded, and Ling Yu stretched out his hand, interrupting the communication.

Ling Yu raised his head. He glanced at everyone in the room, then spoke in a flat tone.

"Let's go to Madrid."

***

Meanwhile. On the top of a hill in northern Tehran, Xia Fengyan stopped his motorcycle, took off his goggles and hung them around his neck, and turned his head to look at Tehran, whose lights were cut off.

The lights in the north are split in two by the interception wall, and there is no trace of light in the south - not that there is no electricity at all, but it seems that because of some tacit understanding, even if someone can use electricity in the south area, they will block every cranny of the house, as if darkness is their best disguise.

Xia Fengyan turned around, took out a suitcase from the rear storage rack of the motorcycle, pressed it a few times, and threw it on the ground next to him, and the suitcase that had been erased from any symbol opened by itself, and an antenna stretched out.

This is the latest portable quantum communication system developed by the Alliance, but in fact, the Special Investigation Bureau is not equipped with this kind of communication device that is still being tested, and it is obvious that Xia Fengyan is not a "Special Investigation Bureau agent" on the surface.

"'Vesta' calls 'Zeus.'"

"This is 'Zeus', please."

Xia Fengyan took a headset and completed the communication connection with her boss somewhere on the earth, she turned over and got off the motorcycle, her eyes still staying in the brightly lit northern district of Tehran.

"Although there were some troubles, the mission was basically successful, and no evidence of collusion between Kronos and the ACA was found."

"Roger, no evidence found."

The voice on the other side was still untouched.

"The next location of the target is not yet known, but there is about a 60 percent chance of going to Madrid, a 20 percent chance of staying in Cairo, and a 20 percent chance of going to another city."

"Understood."

Xia Fengyan listened to the indifferent voice on the other side, frowned, and felt as if she was talking to a cold machine person who made her feel a little uncomfortable, and she took a breath.

"'Vesta' requests further instructions."

"'Vesta', you immediately return to Russia along plan No. 4, and the rest of the work will be taken over by 'Kaone', is there any problem?"

"'Vesta' received, immediately retreat, over."

Xia Fengyan turned off the communication device with her backhand, and took off her headset a little distraught, she looked down on the whole of Tehran, she had lived here for three years, and she didn't have any feelings or anything to hate.

Don't have any feelings? She frowned, a familiar face appeared in front of her, and she shook her head, trying to banish it from her brain.

"I don't want to be like her." Xia Fengyan pursed his mouth, a little unhappy, then took a deep breath, took off the goggles from his neck, put them on his eyes, turned around and put away the communication device that had been automatically folded, put it back into the slot on the back of the motorcycle, and stepped onto the motorcycle.

To the north, ride the dust.

***

Fifteen minutes later, in Icarus, just as morning dawned, a visitor arrived in the Rotunda of the President's Office of the Confederate Presidential Palace, commonly known as the 'Hall of Freedom'.

"Madam President."

The Alliance's National Security Adviser, Xia Xun walked into the room softly and looked at the 57-year-old female president sitting behind the president's desk, thoughtful, and the first female president in the history of the Alliance. Francis.

The new government of the League has been running for more than a year, and with President Harold leaving office, most of the officials have been replaced, which is not a political struggle, but a normal unspoken rule, so as not to hold the president hostage by the cabinet.

It's just that the former national security adviser, Xia Xun, was retained by President Francis, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Edward Edward. Charles, there are rumors among the people that this old Englishman who was born in the British Army and later joined the Allied Army played an extremely important role in Britain's entry into the League, and his retention is the president's praise for him.

Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, at least there is a reason for the retention of Charles, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the reason why this Xia Xun was retained seems to be only because of "the president's appreciation"?

But in any case, over the past year, President Francis has demonstrated her trust in the national security adviser.

Francis naturally knew Ha Xun's intention, so she turned around and pressed the button on the desktop.

"Closed office, executor, Deborah. Francis. (To be continued......)