Chapter 36: Traces
“…… Now that the Collective Defense Act has come into effect, we can see that the streets of New York have entered a state of yellow alert, and looking in the direction behind me, the soldiers of the National Guard are scanning every pedestrian passing by with DNA testing devices on the south side of Times Square, and these soldiers are now directly under the command of the Joint Defense Command, and now every civilian, officer, police, soldier and TF in New York State is directly and unconditionally under the command of the Joint Defense Command, and the unlimited search power and the unlimited detention power have been delegated, the Allied Military Police may conduct a house search without any notice and detain any person deemed a 'potential threat'......"
-- Star TV.
"No problem? Good, then we can move on. ”
"Based on the above points, we need a separate communications and command network that can be wiretapped by the Alliance, Arya, you are responsible for the architecture of the overall network, Heris, you are responsible for the security content."
"Okay."
Got it.
"The problem, then, is that our main purpose, or goal, is to find this man, who is our only hope now."
Ling Yu raised his hand and pulled out a holographic screen on the map table that had been initialized, and then pressed his left hand from his temple, and a light blue number text flew out of his hollow eyes, and began to upload it directly to Herris.
"This is the DNA sample of the target TF, which will be immediately invaded into the tripartite jù library for comparison, and the focus will be compared with the ACA."
Ling Yu's high fit allowed him to use the Hollow Eye more easily and skillfully without any side effects. For Meinuo, eye projection will bring a lot of physical burden, and many times it will also need the assistance of a brilliant robotic arm, which is not necessary for Ling Yu, after two years. He could already command this mechanical eye like an arm.
Give me a moment.
Ling Yu, who had received the reply, nodded, he turned his head and continued to speak to the others.
"If this person does have a relationship with the ACA, then he will more or less bring us some information about the ACA or Char."
This is incomparably precious, Ling Yu didn't say it, but everyone knows it. Their existing leads were all interrupted in Madrid, and it was not known when new ones would be available.
"Then, the next step is the three elements of action, purpose, plan, and scale."
Arya felt that the air in the entire safe house had frozen to freezing point, and she could clearly see Vivien's tightly knit brow and her hands trembling from coldness, so she spoke directly to add, leading the conversation from pre-battle mobilization to tactical details.
Ling Yu's whole person exuded a mixture of resentment at this time. The aura of hatred and anger was almost unbearable for those around him.
What would it be? I think that's the most unclear part of the whole thing. ”
Payne nodded, agreeing with Arya's point of view, and Arya breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the atmosphere had eased slightly, and thanked Uncle Black Knight in her heart, before continuing to speak.
"There is no reason for the ACA to attack New York. Nor is there any relevant intelligence to show why they were attacking New York, if their target was New York. So why make such a low-level mistake? Swaggering through the airport? ”
No, the low-level mistakes they made are not here, but in the customs clearance procedure.
Herris's text was displayed directly on the screen, and she had a transcendent status in the team, which even Vivien would recognize.
"That's right, Helis got to the point."
Ling Yu stretched out his hand. Gently stroking his chin, he continued, "The low-level mistake they made was not to enter from the airport, but to the fact that the airport was abandoned halfway. ”
"Think about the entry process at the airport. What is before the customs inspection? It was a TF genetic scan, and if this TF was not found in the scan, it proved that he was prepared, and that he had equipment or internal equipment to help him get through the scan, but since he had already passed the genetic scan that he had to spend a lot of effort to deceive, why would he be, or how could he show his feet in things like passport documents and fingerprint scans? In terms of technology, fingerprint, iris and facial scans are far less difficult to camouflage than genetic scans. ”
Exactly, besides, I have just checked the customs entry and exit records for a month, and there are no obvious problems, I am not trying to say that no one has sneaked in, but I want to say that if this person is not the first, then his companion has already come in.
Helis duly summarized and then added another piece of evidence.
"Sure, he might be the first, but what about that box of smoke?"
Ling Yu smiled coldly, and used a rhetorical question to directly deny the possibility of chance.
"I see what you mean, if he hadn't been prepared, I mean, he wouldn't have loaded his suitcase with a large dose of smoke material - by the way, speaking of which, Herris, do you have any information about smoke materials, how does this stuff get through security, do they have an internal response in Cuba or among the flight attendants?"
Arya finally found an opportunity to make a summary, while Ling Yu looked at the pattern of 0 and 1 on the screen, and gently hooked the corners of her mouth.
It's just that this action made Vivian tremble again, and the girl raised her head and looked at the combination of 0 and 1 representing Helis with complicated eyes, and then looked at Ling Yu, who was thoughtful, but with a faint smile on her face, she suddenly felt a depression in her chest.
She wanted to join the topic, but found that she couldn't keep up with the pace of everyone's discussion, she could only watch other people express their opinions like a wooden man, especially when Ling Yu and Helis were perfect, they could accurately guess each other's thoughts from hundreds of kilometers in the middle of the screen, and then perfectly cooperate with the reasoning, the girl didn't know the taste in her chest, whether it was jealousy or envy.
I opened my mouth, but I still couldn't make a sound.
"So, in fact, the answer is coming." Payne, who was also thinking, summed it up as usual, or rather, at this time, most people didn't notice Vivien's knot.
"It's a bait operation. The action itself is meant to divert attention. ”
Suddenly, Vivien's opening attracted everyone's attention, and the blonde-haired girl raised her head with her hands behind her back and looked at Ling Yu with a smile, "Right." My dear? ”
"That's right."
Ling Yu was a little surprised at first, then looked at Vivian with an approving smile, and reached out to pat her on the shoulder, "The operation at JFK Airport is obviously a prelude to a large-scale plan, at this time, creating an attack with TF participation in such a key position can mobilize the entire security system around New York on the largest scale, and there will naturally be a lot of gaps." ”
But when the young man raised his head and summed up. He didn't notice that the girl winked at Arya, who secretly gave a thumbs up in response.
What he didn't notice was the sentence that Arya had just sent to Vivien's contact lenses—the summary of the outline.
"So will he be targeting New York? From both perspectives, it is possible. ”
Payne nodded, and the words of the middle-aged man who cherished words like gold were naturally explained by Arya.
Indeed, alerting New York in advance can be seen in a general sense as preparing for an attack on another city. But it is also possible to think the other way around, using the attack to activate New York's own emergency response mechanisms. If they grasp the inherent loopholes in the emergency response mechanism, they risk paralyzing the entire mechanism. ”
The mere paralysis of this mechanism could be devastating to New York, and if the panic gets out of control, the people who are still struggling with the nightmare of Washington are likely to lose control.
It seems that because of the multitasking relationship, Helis, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke again.
"Anyway, that's the end of the target analysis. We can't figure it out here, but we still have two clues, DNA and the materials used to create smoke at the airport, both of which are not big road goods, and should give us some answers. ”
"Hmmm......"
Arya nodded slightly. Although she didn't speak, her thoughts had already moved towards another possibility.
In her opinion, this is unlikely to be the ACA's modus operandi.
This pattern of attacks is too small for the ACA, and from the perspective of the international situation, the ACA has no possibility of attacking New York, the ACA radicals are mainly concentrated in Africa, and the attack on large European cities can alleviate the pressure of public opinion brought about by their defeat on the Spanish side, and the attack on New York will not only not panic the North American people and military who are still immersed in the thrill of revenge for Washington, but will also completely anger them, thereby speeding up their operations in the Caribbean, which is not yet fully integrated for military forces, the conservatives who are also inclined to "sit-down warfare" at the top are obviously bad news.
Although it cannot be ruled out that this may be a means for the radicals to force the contradictions between the conservatives and the allies to intensify, it is too naïve from a political point of view.
I think I've got a clue.
Suddenly, a beep interrupted Arya's train of thought, and she looked up, telling herself not to think too much - after all, no matter what, as long as she could catch that TF, the truth would be revealed, so it was useless to think about it herself.
"Tell me about it."
I analysed the process and characteristics of the smoke from several cameras, and I was sent back the preliminary analysis by the back door of the NYPD's evidence analysis room, confirming my judgment.
Ling Yu nodded, motioning for Helis to continue, as for why it is the evidence analysis room of the New York Police Department and not some high-level laboratory testing agency, it is just because it is close, and after the preliminary laboratory is over, it will be handed over to the military scientific institution for further analysis.
Like the gadgets I gave you, there are no flammable and explosive materials in the whole box, which is why it can pass the guò security check, I found a large number of chemical fibers in the test report, as well as traces of battery burning, and the preliminary analysis result is a lithium battery.
"Lithium batteries? Is this guy an antique collector? Ling Yu raised his eyebrows, since the invention of fusion batteries, lithium batteries have almost completely disappeared in 20 years, and now only some antique enthusiasts and museums can get lithium batteries.
I found the customs declaration, and in fact, he did bring the lithium battery on the plane in the name of an antique collectible, and submitted a safety guarantee that the lithium battery had safety measures in place and would not catch fire.
"In a place like Cuba, it's not easy to get such a guarantee."
Arya shook her head with a wry smile and spoke, "Anyway, it's not the responsibility of airport security to get the guarantee, and if something happens, go to find the one who opens the guarantee...... What a ......."
"Go on, Helis, you're not done yet," Ling Yu nodded, "Lithium batteries won't burn out so much smoke, even if the box of clothes he brought is flammable chemical fibers, even if it can be burned, the smoke won't cover the entire space so quickly, it's like a large smoke bomb." ”
You're right, apparently the New York security guards are aware of this as well, and they've specifically tested several fumes for their ingredients, and guess what was found in the test report? Abnormal chlorine levels.
"High Chlorine Plastic...... Payne frowned, as if remembering something, "The suitcase itself is made of high chlorine plastic. ”
"As a military chemical raw material, there is a tracking system, and the formula ingredients of each one are different, if you get a sample, you should be able to find which raw material is produced, and the raw materials for later finishing are only available to a few designated processing plants, and you should be able to trace until the buyer." Arya straightened her bangs and continued to push the clue forward.
"And no one would make a suitcase out of high-chlorine plastic, and if he doesn't know it, he's the connector."
The corners of Payne's mouth curled.
"If you say...... What are you talking about...... High...... If high-chlorine plastic is flammable, it can't be mailed. Does that mean it might have been done in New York? ”
Unexpectedly, this time, without Arya's help, Vivien suddenly interjected.
"Good idea." Ling Yu didn't hesitate to praise the girl, "Then I'll leave it to you, Helis, with New York as the center, I want to know where this box is made and who the buyer is." ”
"Hey, hey." Vivian smiled contentedly, grabbed Ling Yu's arm and rubbed it, and then immediately resumed her face.
Give me fifteen minutes.
When the relevant agencies of the alliance just began to investigate, several princesses had already sentenced the TF who made a fuss at the Kennedy airport to death. (To be continued......)