“…… After careful consideration, and given the potential destructive power of Ling Yu and his teammates, as well as their disobedience to orders and lawless behavior, I believe that it is necessary to put them under arrest, and I admit that I do not know what your so-called 'Char' plan is, but as a president, I cannot tolerate people acting on their own in the territory of the Alliance, putting people's lives at risk, and I hope you can understand......"

-- The current president of the League, Deborah. Francis's secret email to Yang Chengze.

***

"At that time, I didn't expect that little girl to get to where she is today."

Just when Logan met Charlotte, in the cafeteria on the third floor of the theater command, Adrian. Einstein. Feng. Schiller, Rogan's powerful cousin picked up a tissue and gently wiped his mouth, looking at the old man opposite.

"He's the daughter of that Cromwell." The lieutenant general, who was sitting opposite, cut off a small piece of steak and put it in his mouth, then shook his head, "I'm not surprised at all. ”

"I've seen her resume, Murat." Adrian put down his fork and looked at the old man who was slowly chewing the meat, "It's a bit too much to say that she's just going so far for your unfilial son. ”

"She's a Cromwell woman." Murat. Wo Fo Root. Feng. Schiller, Logan's father, swallowed the beef in his mouth slowly, then repeated, "And you don't understand women." ”

"Well, I don't understand women." Adrian shook his head and smiled wryly, he had never been married and could do nothing about Murat's ridicule.

"You know, it's because you have such a poker face when you joke that your son doesn't want to meet you." It seems to have been stimulated by the old man in front of him. Adrian replied with a joke, but instead of dwelling, he continued to sigh, "I don't know if this Charlotte can handle your difficult son." ”

"She's a Cromwell woman." Logan's father replied to his cousin in the same words for the third time, but this time the old man added something for the first time. "My unfilial son has not yet reached the day when he can live on the front line with peace of mind."

Adrian smiled and didn't speak, just picked up the red wine glass on the table and took a sip gently.

***

"The only reason I don't turn around and leave, it's just because it's the president's order."

Logan. Craig walked over to the couch next to him and sat down on the couch, "So you'd better give me a clear explanation of how the president assigned the task, and I'll be ecstatic if there is any deception, because I'm glad I finally don't have to mess with you kraft candy." ”

"I've heard about the last decade or so. You've always been kind to women. As if prepared for Logan's hostility and this definitely not a good opening, Charlotte took out a cloth of glasses from her jacket pocket and gently wiped the black-rimmed glasses in her hand, "It seems that I misunderstood?" ”

"I've met a lot of female TFs who want to kill me, and I don't have any room to be nice to them."

Rogan raised his hand to unbutton his tie and shirt, turned around and opened the refrigerator next to the sofa, "Again, I'm really sorry that I can't be kind to the woman who almost ruined my life." ”

"It's as bad an excuse as it was when I ran away from home." Charlotte reached out and grabbed her long, burgundy hair. Put your glasses back on, "Give me a bottle of ice water." ”

"For the president's sake." Logan hesitated. Took out a bottle of ice water and threw it at Charlotte, and took out a can of milk herself, "Remember to pay when you go." ”

"Britain is officially in the League," Charlotte said, unscrewing the cap and holding the water bottle, "You still like to drink milk." ”

"So you want to make small talk with me. Or are you going to tell me what the president's mission is? ”

Logan held the milk, but did not open it, but looked at Charlotte coldly.

"Okay."

Charlotte re-screwed the ice water she hadn't drunk, placed it on the table, and turned her head to pull out the holographic screen.

January 3, 2180. The Allies, the Cavalry, and ACA conservative officials held a meeting in a secret facility in Greenland, and the meeting was bombed that night, killing 82 senior officials from the three parties. ”

Charlotte paused and looked at Logan, "Can you believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it." Logan shook his head flatly.

"I don't believe it either," Charlotte nodded satisfactorily at the answer, "then I'll tell you the truth of the facts, this is a declassified text authorized by the president." ”

"Listen up." Logan's expression finally became a little kinder.

"That night, there was another man there, Char. Pierre's confidant, former defector of the Order, Roberts. Spencer. Spencer was instructed to sabotage the trilateral talks. ”

"So Ling Yu didn't do the explosion?"

Logan raised an eyebrow and crossed his hands over his chest in the can.

"No, Ling Yu must be responsible for the death of the high-ranking official, there is evidence that he had the opportunity to defuse the bomb, but he chose to pursue Spencer, in order not to startle the snake, Ling Yu did not even inform the security personnel of the alliance." Charlotte shook her head a little sadly, "So, he has to be responsible for this as well." ”

"Very well, the story time is over, and this is the same as the United Kingdom, which was not yet in the Alliance...... What does it have to do with you, an SBS agent? Logan noticed Charlotte's SBS armband, and his tone was still not good.

"More than a year ago, in early July 2179, the island of Valencia, which belongs to Ireland, was attacked by virus weapons, and the British government subsequently blocked a message, but the alliance is still quite concerned about the virus, and after the United Kingdom joins the alliance, as the country that knows the virus best, it will be fully responsible for the search and investigation of this terrorist virus." Charlotte didn't pause this time, and directly threw out the purpose, "And the alliance knows this virus best, it must be Ling Yu, who has been tracking down Marven and Char." ”

"So finding me who has a good relationship with Ling Yu is indeed a normal consideration." Logan closed his eyes and smiled coldly, "But I refuse." ”

"You think Ling Yu can run away and be a wanted criminal. I can't, I've done the alliance enough in the past two years, although I don't want my cousin to be difficult, but you don't have the courage to run again? ”

Logan looked at Charlotte with a sneer, gently snapped the tab of the can of milk in his hand, and did not drink. Instead, he slowly folded it a few times, pulled the tab off, and then placed the milk on the table next to him, "Anyway, I refuse." ”

"yes, you can run, the problem is you can't run forever," Charlotte was obviously not surprised by the answer, she raised her hand and pushed her glasses and looked at Logan with a smile.

"Oh? How so? Logan kept a sneer. Reach out for Charlotte to continue.

"I've read your resume, two years ago, you didn't really have a practical reason to help Jesse with Ling Yu, in fact, you knew the risks of your involvement, but you still joined, don't use Linya to refute me, you met Linya after that."

"So what. What does this prove? It only proves that I'm a righteous guy," Logan still had his eyes closed. With an indifferent expression on his face, "If you have any other skills, just use it and see if you can convince me?" ”

"Are you really a righteous guy, then why haven't you gone to look for Ling Yu since you woke up? He has been in extremely dangerous situations several times, and the information in my hand proves that you know. ”

Charlotte turns off the electronic board. Clamping the electronic board under her armpit, the black-rimmed glasses made her gaze not particularly clear, and the girl shook her head lightly and came to a conclusion, "So." You're not here for Ling Yu at all. ”

"Since you know me very well, then you must know better than me why I joined Ling Yu at that time, and now you don't want to have anything to do with Ling Yu, right?" Logan's expression didn't change, he looked directly into Charlotte's turquoise pupils and asked a question.

"Do you remember one thing?"

Hearing Logan's words, Charlotte did not show any frustration, on the contrary, she showed a shallow triumphant smile.

"Eighteen years ago, you ran away from a drinking party and met me in the garden?"

Logan was stunned for a moment, and a sneering expression froze on his face.

"You are a man who will never be satisfied with the status quo, Richter, but your adventurous spirit must be free and not bound by responsibility, you are not like Ling Yu, you will not be an ordinary soldier in the Alps forever, you are always longing for the truth, new experiences and adventures, and a different future......"

Charlotte turned around, leaned back on the conference table, and raised her hand to comb her long fiery red hair,

"But you are afraid of responsibility, you are subconsciously, as long as you go to Ling Yu, you will lose the freedom you want, and you will be overwhelmed by orders and responsibilities, in fact, this is no different from when you ran away from home - you are not afraid of me, but you are afraid of the two behemoths of Cromwell and Schiller, I don't want to say too deeply, your mother and Linya should not be my tools to persuade you at this time."

"So, don't say no, Richter." Logan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Charlotte interrupted him directly, "Think about it, it's not about saving the world, and it has nothing to do with the two families, I'm me, standing in this position, thinking about our next adventure, how about it?" ”

"It's not an adventure, it's an order." Logan had already put away his sneering expression and shook his head, "Orders mean responsibility. ”

"But you can not take on this responsibility, like you ran away, you think I'm the kind of person who follows the rules?" Charlotte smiled mysteriously, "The reason why I sued you about this is because there is nothing more exciting in this world than stopping Char, isn't it, Richter?" ”

"I ......" Logan opened his mouth and uttered a syllable, but could not continue.

Charlotte was all right.

All the while, this step-by-step life made him feel decadent and hopeless, but if decadence and despair were bearable, then responsibility was what he hated the most.

This is also the reason why he didn't go to Ling Yu, he knew Ling Yu, Ling Yu was no longer a person, not even a warrior, he didn't even have a part of his life that belonged to himself, there was only responsibility.

The thing he hated the most.

Logan was silent, he stood up, walked around the conference table, walked to the window, and after a while, finally spoke.

"What are your plans?"

"I don't have a very good plan, because according to my plan, we still have to go to Ling Yu, even if we don't go all the way with him, we at least need to know the progress of his tracking, so that we can find our own entry point, and it doesn't matter if we fail." Charlotte shook her head, "No responsibility, right?" ”

"Just you and me?" Logan crossed his waist with one hand and looked at Charlotte sitting on the table, with her legs folded and her hands sliding through the air screen.

"Just you and me." Charlotte nodded.

"Last question, what do you want from me?" Logan closed his eyes and nodded, then shook his head again, "I know you too." The eldest lady of the Cromwell family, you have a deep scheming. ”

"Poof—" Charlotte suddenly smiled softly, raising her hand to cover her lips before gently pushing her black-rimmed glasses.

"Will ask this question to prove that you don't know me at all."

Charlotte raised her hand to push the air screen in front of her, making her face directly at Logan, and then reached out and pointed at the blonde youth.

"What else would I have for? From that day on, I graduated from Sandhurst, joined SBS, underwent TF transformation, fought the battlefield, and volunteered for this mission, all with one purpose-"

"That is, get you, Richter. Wo Fo Root. Feng. Schiller, that is, Logan. Craig himself—"

"My purpose is you!"

Charlotte's blue pupils stared at Logan, and even inadvertently hooked the corners of her mouth, accompanied by the girl's words, an undoubted momentum echoed in the room.

"Interesting, I've heard of your code name, 'Helwell'...... Valkyrie, right? The power and momentum are quite suitable. ”

Logan looked at Charlotte sitting at the table, suddenly grinned, smiled softly, and then picked up his military hat, turned and walked out of the conference room.

"I'm waiting for news of your departure."

At the same time, the target of the two, Ling Yu, was stopping and looking at the sign of a shisha parlor on the streets of Tehran. (To be continued......)