“…… This insurgency within the ACA resulted in the direct deaths of at least 8,000 people, while at least 12,000 more had burns of different strokes, according to the joint statistics of the Cavalry Rescue Team and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The High Knight of Payne said that it is likely that there are still a large number of dead buried under the rubble that cannot be counted...... In addition, there is information that the attack was not carried out by defector Helis as claimed by the ACA side. Ivanova single-handedly made ...... News link: '20,000 civilians and Major General Ivanova who fell victim to the ACA's infighting': an interview with Andorra, a candidate for mayor of Lyon and a former senior official of the 'Eyes of Unity'? Jericho. ”

- "Alliance Weekend"

***

Although it is still cold and windy in Moscow at the end of March, the temperature is far from "cold" for those who live here, especially the sunny days, which are already the best harbingers of winter's pass.

Behind a small church in the southwestern suburbs of Moscow is a cemetery that is no longer ordinary, and most of the people buried here are people from the nearby community, who have not achieved much in their lives, but who are able to live a peaceful and happy life as ordinary people, perhaps the best place for most of them to be.

At dawn, an Oriental man in a black suit appeared at the entrance of the cemetery, and after greeting the old grave keeper, the young man held a white lily and walked through the rows of tombstones of different shapes to a tombstone engraved with the insignia of the Union and the symbol of the Russian double-headed eagle.

The person who was able to engrave these two signs on the tombstone apparently had a different life than the owner of the tombstone around him, although the insignia of the alliance was clearly engraved later. Even the dates of birth and death below the two names on the tombstone have obvious traces of artificial modification.

The black-clothed young man gently inhaled the cold air, shivered slightly, and then placed the flowers in his hand in front of the tombstone.

"Ivan? Andreevich? Ivanov, 2110-2151 (2157)"

"Susanna? Andreevich? Ivanov, 2110-2151 (2152)"

The young man in black stretched out his hand and gently touched the two names, then closed his eyes with relief and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"It's all over, Uncle Ivanov, there is no one again. Left in that steel grave. ”

"Your father. It's his colleague, right? ”

A voice came from behind, and the young man in the black suit did not look back, but lowered his head and gently hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Yes. It's a pity that I didn't accompany them to the end. The young man stood up. Look up at the sky. "However, it was a little late, but it was finally over."

"Is that your real name? Although it looks incredible. But I feel like that's your real name. The young man in the jacket put his hands in his pockets, stepped forward, and stared down at the inscription on the tombstone, "Ren Xiu." ”

"It's my real name, otherwise how would you have found here." Ren Xiu tightened the tie of his shirt, "Fortunately, you didn't disappoint me, Ling Yu." ”

"I have a lot of questions." Ling Yu closed his eyes, "For you, there shouldn't be anything to hide." ”

"Nope." Ren Xiu smiled apologetically, "Let's change to a warmer place, I'm an ordinary person, not as hardy as you." ”

"After all, it's a long story."

***

The café not far from the cemetery is fully heated, and together with the hot coffee, the floor-to-ceiling windows covered with advertisements in Russian are covered in a faint layer of mist.

"Where to start?" Ren Xiu picked up the coffee and took a shallow sip, "I know everything." ”

"Let's start by introducing ourselves," Ling Yu held the teacup in both hands, but didn't drink it, he used tweezers to pick up a sugar cube and put it into the green tea, "The Secret Service doesn't have you on file." ”

"The Global Strategic Defense Alliance, the Military Intelligence Special Service and Operations Bureau, what a tongue-twisting name, I won't serve such an organization, the name is not cool at all." Ren Xiu squinted his eyes and shook his hand half-jokingly, "I'm an agent of the CIA." ”

"CIA, that's a name that's even stranger to me." Ling Yu shrugged.

"The Secret Service was later integrated, and in my time, the organization I joined was still the CIA." Ren Xiu emphasized again, but did not continue to dwell, "I was sent to South America under the orders of the CIA. ”

"What's your mission?"

"I don't have a clear mission, I'm just an ordinary sleeper spy," Ren Xiu shrugged, "The intelligence agencies will send spies to the target location first, and then activate them when needed." ”

"But you're accomplished enough to be on par with Canaris." Ling Yu nodded

"Do you also like history? I like people who love history and always understand what they have to do. Ren Xiu smiled lightly, paused, and Ren Xiu took the initiative to say the reason, "As for the reason why I did this...... In fact, it was just a son fulfilling his father's wish. ”

"Your father?"

"Yes, my father, a colleague of the head of the Ivanov research group, did not stay at that time, but chose to leave, which became the most regrettable thing in his life...... I also changed my life because of him. ”

"Sounds cruel."

"Like you to become a TF, I also volunteered, we are both Orientals, at least I am proud of filial piety, and the parental relationship of Westerners is still a little indifferent in my opinion."

"So, for your father's wishes, you became a spy?"

"Don't always define this narrowly as my father's wish," Ren Xiu squinted, propped his hands on the table, and then closed his eyes softly, sighing, "It's also for Herris." ”

"For Herris?" Ling Yu raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I've met Helis and I even have an impression of her, when I was very young. We were all in that real room. ”

"How old are you?"

"Twenty-nine."

"The Secret Service, no, it should be said that the CIA is really good-looking," Ling Yu made a joke to ease the atmosphere, "You look similar to me." ”

"Should I say thank you," Ren Xiu smiled as well, and then continued the conversation, "So I joined the CIA when I was 12 years old, and I took the initiative to accept the assignment to go to Buenos Aires when I was 18 years old. ”

"And then you met Helis?"

"No, what happened to me first. It is forgotten. Ren Xiu still squinted. "Soon after I arrived at my destination, the CIA was reorganized into a secret service, and my file was lost in the chaos. And my upline also died in a car accident. ”

"Was it really a simple car accident?" Ling Yu was a little incredulous.

"Yes. I looked it up. Ren Xiu nodded. It was really a simple car accident. ”

"Then you're really unlucky." Ling Yu smiled bitterly, "If you change to an ordinary person, you probably will give up the task." ”

"Tasks can be abandoned. But my father's long-cherished wish can't," Ren Xiu shook his head, "I will never forget him in the hospital bed, and when he was dying, he grabbed my hand and said, 'Xiu, bring your sister back'." ”

"Sister...... Ling Yu was stunned for a moment, "Wait, from just now, you seem to have a ...... for Heris Strange attitude? ”

"Oh? What's weird? ”

"Why do you say that your father's departure from the real room was a 'huge mistake'? Why did you bring Herris out at all costs? She's a successful weapon, yes, but from that point of view, why would you have to disguise your own death and give her to me? ”

"Let's take a look at this first." Ren Xiu was silent for a moment, took out an old diary from his arms, and handed it to Ling Yu.

Ling Yu silently opened the diary, and then he was stunned, he slowly and heavily read the entire diary, and then raised his head suddenly.

"Why don't you tell Sù Helis about this? Let Helis know the person she remembers...... Father...... Not a delusion of your own? Ling Yu frowned and asked directly.

"The 'father' in her memory is an illusion, researcher Ivanov from the beginning, it is not Helis who loves, but the daughter who died young, Helis is a substitute, no matter how much you don't want to admit it, this is a fact." Ren Xiu shook his head slightly, his expression looked very cold, even a little indifferent, "This diary doesn't prove anything, if you want, I can disguise her identity, but like you, I don't want to lie to children." ”

"So, instead of lying, I decided to hide it." Ren Xiu summed up softly, "Moreover, this diary is an undead. ”

"You mean...... Will it tie up Helis? Ling Yu's expression also became calm, and he gradually began to understand Ren Xiu's thoughts.

"As the old saying goes, if you don't break it, you can't stand it, and instead of letting Herris worry about who she is, it's better to make her the person she wants to be."

"I ...... I see. Ling Yu stretched out his hand and handed the diary back to Ren Xiu, "So, tell me how you did this." ”

"It's not complicated," Ren Xiu paused and continued, "So I first found out the location of the real yàn room, and then faked a construction accident and dug out the real yàn room, and sure enough, this attracted the attention of the ACA high-level management, and then, Helis woke up smoothly, and I naturally became her henchman." ”

"But she joined the ACA Army."

"I can't help it, I can't drag it any longer, I detected that the power in the culture chamber may not be enough, I can't take any risks." Ren Xiu still only shook his head slightly, "I thought that maybe we would continue to lurk, but you appeared. ”

"Looks like I'm really important."

"It's not you, it's Her Royal Highness the princess, or someone else, I can always find the right person," Ren Xiu curled the corners of his mouth, "But in the end, you didn't disappoint me." ”

"You've been eyeing me since then."

"Rio de Janeiro," Ren changed his sitting position, resting his elbows on the armrests and propping his head on his side, "you've been my number one target ever since." ”

"Do you know where we are?" Ling Yu frowned,

"I know everything," Ren Xiu nodded, "Remember that in Rio de Janeiro, Helis hacked the arm of Her Royal Highness the princess?" Actually, there has always been a back door that hasn't been cleared, and I've hidden it from Helis. I've left it for myself, so I can know where you are—don't underestimate Helis, her nickname isn't for nothing. ”

"Isn't there a 'digital princess' who has no secrets to hide in front of her?" Ling Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But you still lied to her." ”

"No system is safe, the reason for this sentence is not because of how skilled we are, but because any system will eventually return to people." Ren Xiu still kept smiling, "She trusts me, that's all." ”

"Tell us about what's happening in Buenos Aires. How much do you know? Ling Yu sighed. He didn't really like Ren Xiu's style.

"All know, gang clashes, plans to attack Helis, and cloudbursts." Ren Xiu calmly stated a slightly terrifying fact. "I planned a lot of them."

“…… Sounds scary. ”

"That's how spies survive. The best spies will put themselves in the most critical positions that can affect the balance. Not only for the mission, but also for his own survival," Ren Xiuchang breathed a sigh of relief. took a sip of coffee and seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, "To put it simply, gang conflict is something that I can't control as a little shrimp, it's a proxy war between the evolutionists and the conservatives, but Helis was dismissed and reviewed as an opportunity for this matter, and the conservatives saw the bottom line of the evolutionists." ”

“…… I guess in Milan, you were the one who tricked Heris. ”

"Yes, I took advantage of Helice's trust, so I don't deserve to be with her any longer." Ren Xiu looked at the coffee cup, his fingers lightly tapped the coffee tray, and he didn't know if he was avoiding Ling Yu's gaze, "I also planned that Helis was hunted down, I sued the conservative Helis for stealing all of their communication records, Helis can do it, as long as I provide a little guidance, they will rather kill them than let them go." ”

"Why," Ling Yu's hand clenched the teacup, "Helis was dangerous at the time. ”

"If Herris hadn't been desperate for the ACA, would she have gone with you?" Ren Xiu's rhetorical question left Ling Yu speechless, "Heris must be abandoned by the ACA as a political pawn before she can let go of Yiqiē and leave there, as for the danger...... I guide Helis to escape and intersect with your route, and even if you don't meet him, Helis will eventually find that he can't escape, and return to the real room. ”

"To be honest, I changed the established route, so I met her early." Ling Yu shrugged, "Accident, it's just benign." ”

"Accidents always happen, to be honest, I didn't expect you to fight off Oscar," Ren Xiu shook his head slightly, "If you can't get him, I'll let a truck loaded with cloudburst bombs drive towards you in advance." ”

“…… I think I should be able to get an explanation. Ling Yu's eyebrows were already twitching.

"There's no real danger in just letting one truck move and then falsifying some information that might detonate early, and Jesse was on her way at the time, wasn't she?" Ren Xiu didn't have the slightest expression of guilt, and still kept a smile, "You also look at history and understand that there will be countless coincidences behind every successful plan. ”

"It's also the one who failed," Ling Yu sighed, but as a consequentialist, he obviously didn't intend to pursue this matter either, "In the end, you rebelled against a submarine and arranged for us to evacuate." ”

"In ten years, I can do a lot of things," Ren Xiu raised his hand and cut his hair, "but this is also the limit of what I can do alone." ”

"If most of the Secret Service's spies had your abilities, I'm afraid the war would have ended long ago," Ling Yu smiled lightly, "However, it is precisely because you are too capable and your death is too poor that I suspect that you are still alive." ”

"No one is perfect."

"Last question, why are you faking your own death?"

"For Helis, this is the best ending," Ren Xiu tilted his head away, staring at the misty glass, "Do you think that I have lied so much, and it is possible to face her calmly?" ”

"You used to be the only person she trusted, and that's kind of cruel."

"It is more cruel for someone you trust to betray you than for someone you trust to die."

"Hmm......" Ling Yu finally picked up the teacup that was already almost cold, adding too much sugar, it was a little sweet, "What's next, what are your plans?" ”

"If you wear the mask for a long time, you can't take it off," Ren Xiu shrugged, but his expression was not much helpless, "Besides, this is already the whole of my life, and the only thing I am good at." ”

"Will you join the Secret Service? I know the Deputy Commissioner. Ling Yu smiled lightly, "But what I'm interested in is, how did you sneak into the ACA again?" ”

"It's still easy to get the whole look, as for the DNA...... I didn't use my own in the first place," Ren Xiu shrugged, "As for work......"

"I'm not interested in that organization with a big name," Ren Xiu shook his head, "How about working for you?" ”

“…… The last person to say that to me has become a troublemaker. Ling Yu raised his forehead and sighed, thinking of the blue figure again.

"I've already submitted my resume to Kronos, so there should be no problem," Ren Xiu picked up his coffee cup and poured the final coffee into his mouth lightly, "so I don't think I'm wrong." ”

“…… That's right, indeed. Ling Yu was stunned for a long time, revealing a wry smile.

"You shouldn't have a problem, you can pay your share, Director." Ren Xiu took a breath, took out a banknote and pressed it under the coffee tray, turned around and stood up, and walked to the door

“…… It's really ......" Ling Yu looked at Ren Xiu's back and shook his head helplessly, but suddenly remembered something, raised his head and called Ren Xiu, who had already walked to the door, "Do you think, should I send her away, or stay by my side." ”

"Didn't you already have the answer?" Ren Xiu stopped, but didn't turn his head, but waved his hand with his back to Ling Yu, "Those people of the previous generation, or rather, time has carved a wide enough crack in our lives, and next, it should be her life, isn't it?" ”

Ren Xiu pushed open the door, and the bell hanging on the door made a crisp sound.

Ling Yu watched Ren Xiu's back disappear completely, then took a deep breath and took out the banknote and put it on the table.

It's also said that it's better not to be bound too much in the past.

For all. (To be continued......)