Jiang Sheng sat in the inconspicuous corner of the banquet hall drinking beer alone, watching the people in the hall talking and laughing, he didn't have the slightest idea of wanting to participate. It's an end-of-year reception, set in an overarching old manor house in England.

That's right, Jiang Sheng is also a member of the killer organization, and he is the best among them. Top killer in the organization.

Since Jiang Sheng began to independently lead the team on missions. A total of 43 missions have been carried out, and 32 words have been assassinated in 32 words. Among them were twenty-seven assassinations, all of which were successful. Mercenaries five times, tasked with disrupting the enemy's chain of command and gaining a local battle formation advantage for the employer. All successful. Eleven security missions, all successful. It can be described as a brilliant record. It can be said to be a signboard in the organization.

But Jiang Sheng is now considering retirement. By the end of this year, he will be thirty-seven years old. Recently, I feel that my form is declining faster and faster. This is not good news for him, it all tells him that his peak is over. Jiang Sheng has always relied on his super physical fitness when performing tasks. In high-risk missions, he is always the backbone of the team. With his keen intuition and careful thinking, he quickly found a breakthrough. After that, he took the lead, relying on his super quality and rich combat experience, and fought hard. Just one person led the whole team to fight in all directions. also made him famous in the killer world. His opponents gave him a lot of nicknames, some called him 'Brown Bear', saying that he was strong. Others called him 'Cheetah' and praised her speed. But he prefers the term 'hyena', he's an opportunist. More often like a hyena. Only when the enemy leaks a flaw and has the opportunity to take advantage of it, will he transform into a 'brown bear' or a 'cheetah'.

All this is inseparable from his super physical fitness. But now, all this is gradually moving away from him. Although he still has the wisdom to win thousands of miles away, he prefers to appear in hearty battles. If he can't, he will choose to leave.

He decided to retire. A formal application to this effect has been made to the organization and is awaiting approval from the organization. This time next year, he won't be in this place again.

Just as Jiang Sheng was drinking alone, the sound of high heels hitting the floor came from far and near. Jiang Sheng sensed someone coming, and looked up to see that it was Lola Hill, known as the 'mandala', walking over with a wine glass.

Lola, a standard Western face. is much younger than Jiang Sheng, twenty-five years old this year, but he has been in the organization for at least fifteen years, one of the few female incumbents in the organization, and even rarer is that Laura is still a hot beauty. In fact, being too beautiful or too ugly is not very suitable for this profession, and being too beautiful or too ugly will attract more attention and impress, which is an obstacle to the development of the career. It's not easy to mix like Lola. Being able to mix well is also related to the direction of development she chooses. The most she does is the task of preservation and hiring. She is also a well-known bounty hunter. She can do so well, in the final analysis, she is still strong enough.

Lola, who was wearing a red low-chested evening dress, put her arms around Jiang Sheng's neck as soon as she came over and sat next to him: "Hey, Jiang, you are hiding here to drink again, on such a pleasant occasion, don't you invite me to dance?" Laura's warm invitation, Jiang Sheng was not interested at all. Girls aren't good people. Although Lola behaves as bohemian and uninhibited, passion is like fire. But Jiang Sheng knew through understanding that no one had really tasted the sweetness of her.

This is not the first time that Lola has teased Jiang Sheng, what she wants to do to him Jiang Sheng doesn't know, and she doesn't want to know. Jiang Sheng pinched the arm around his neck and put it back on her master's body.

"I'm not coming, my old arms and legs can't jump. If you're looking for a dance partner, the guys over there are waiting in line for you to dance with you. Jiang Sheng, who took off Lola's arm from his neck, took the beer bottle and touched Lola.

"Hey, Jiang, why are you always so cold to me, I took the initiative to invite you to dance, don't you give you a chance at all?" Lola pretended to be angry and said coquettishly to Jiang Sheng.

Looking at Laura's coquettishness, Jiang Sheng's expression didn't change, and he said with a lack of interest: "Hey, girl, you're not my thing." ”

Laura was about to say something when someone came over.

Mrs. Merry, President of the Organization.

Mrs. Merry has been in the Order since he joined the Order. She was still a trustee at the time, and Mrs. Merry was in her forties. Now she is fifty-five in her sixties, and her position has been made to the chairman. Recently, as she has grown older, Mrs. Merry has rarely dealt with specific matters in the past two years, and now that she has come to her, it seems that the organization is still very concerned about her own stay. Mrs. Merry showed up.

Jiang Sheng stood up and greeted Mrs. Merry's arrival. Mrs. Merry arrived. The big man appeared, and the small character was conscious of his childhood, and when Jiang Sheng stood up, Laura flashed to the side, bowed to Mrs. Merry, and hurriedly flashed.

"You don't see that girl really has something to say to you. If you could, I suggested you try it. Mrs. Merry came up and teased Jiang Sheng.

"I don't think so, she's too fine, I can see it at all, I think she's like a beautiful snake, I'll be eaten by her if I'm not careful. I don't want to be just a piece of poop. Jiang Sheng pouted. He really didn't see what Lola meant to him, and he was afraid it was an accident.

"Well, let's not talk about that. I think you know that the organization still asked me to come over and persuade you, after all, you are one of the few gold medal killers in the organization, and I want to know why you have to leave. Your career isn't over. Is there something you don't like about the organization? "Mrs. Merry has watched Jiang Sheng grow up all the way to the present, and Mrs. Merry and his husband have no children. She treated Jiang Sheng like her own child, a child who was about to be thirty-seven years old.

"No, the organization has been very good to me and I am honored to be here. Retirement is purely for personal reasons, and after working hard in this circle for so many years, I am a little tired. And lately I've felt like I've been in a lot of shape, and I'm probably not fit to fight and kill anymore. It just so happened that I also wanted to live a life that I had never lived before, and to experience a different living environment. Jiang Sheng took a sip of wine, he was a person who knew the times very well. The erosion of the years has made him no longer young, and he has been carrying out high-intensity, high-intensity frontal hunting missions. And not the mission of assassination. Jiang Sheng felt that it was too disgraceful. It's not easy to fight until now. Recently, when he was on a mission, Jiang Sheng already felt a little overwhelmed. He didn't want to force himself, it was time to leave.

"It's not easy for you to make a name for yourself in this circle for so many years, and your years of struggle have all been in vain. You are worthless except for this circle. You can also change to a management position, train new people or handle affairs, which are not physically demanding. You can think about it. Mrs. Merry is still persuading Jiang Sheng, hoping that he will change his mind.

Jiang Sheng shook his head. "I can't fight heartily, nothing else appeals to me. That's not what I want to be. Jiang Sheng said to Mrs. Merry very seriously.

After listening to Jiang Sheng's words, Mrs. Merry also understood that nothing could be done. and no longer persuaded. I can't keep it.

Mrs. Merry stood up, and Jiang Sheng followed suit. Mrs. Merry hugged Jiang Sheng, and Jiang Sheng also bent down and gently hugged Mrs. Merry. hugged this person who had been taking care of herself like her own mother. Mrs. Merry lost her chance to be a mother because of her injuries. Mrs. Merry hugged Jiang Sheng, and her eyes couldn't help but be a little sour. This boy who has watched him grow up all the way is finally going to separate.

The two hugged for a while, and after parting, Mrs. Merry gently stroked Jiang Sheng's head: "I don't know that you are already so old, you will be good in the future, come and see me if you are fine." ”

Jiang Sheng held Mrs. Merry's hand: "Okay, when I settle down, I will come to see you from time to time." ”

"Well, it's okay to come back more, with me, this is your home. I agree to your matter, and I will help you deal with it as soon as possible. Mrs. Merry patted Jiang Sheng on the shoulder. Turn around and wipe the tears from the corners of your eyes. Then he got up and left.

Jiang Sheng stood and watched Mrs. Merry's departure, not moving for a long time. There is a kind of sadness in my heart that is difficult to be strict. After drying the bottle of wine and putting down the bottle, Jiang Sheng left the party directly.

Inside a secret room in the manor.

Several elderly people sat around the round table, each holding a document in their hands, and they all looked at it carefully. After a while, the old man sitting in the first place put down the document in his hand. said: "I've read it all, tell me what you think." ”

The content of the document is a mission that was communicated by the British intelligence agencies through special channels, and the details of the mission are on the document. The difficulty of the task is really not high, but there is a special requirement, the person who performs the task must be a person with an oriental face. And it is better to have a person with the citizenship of country Z. Everyone read the document carefully, and the more they read it, the more frightened they became, and only three words were seen between the lines of the document: 'I want to do something.' ’

From the requirements, it can be seen that some people want to do things. And the organization is the tool in the hands of those people to do things.

An old man at the round table put down the documents in his hand: "I can do this task, first of all, this is an opportunity for us to ease relations with the government. We can use this mission to show the Government that we are cooperative. Further, we can use this beginning to help governments deal with small problems that they are not convenient to deal with. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he got a response from another old man.

But there are always two sides to the story, and someone said, "What you said is good, but have you ever thought about the consequences of this mission?" This time, it is obvious that we want to create a contradiction between the two countries, and whether we can afford to bear the backlash after the fact. ”

Didn't these questions be raised again in this document? If something unexpected happens, the government will take action. The old man who spoke first spoke.

"Do you believe these nonsense, have you lived in vain at such an age? You also believe the nonsense of those politicians, not to mention that they can't stop it. Let's just say that this document is to be read and then destroyed, and even if they don't destroy it, those people will not admit that they have sent this thing. Do you really think they are willing to cut off from the government of country Z for our sake? How many interests are mixed in with that, do you think we deserve them to give up those interests? Moreover, after doing this time, it means that we have lost this market. ”

"Then what do you say, push off this task, we will be suppressed immediately. Our base camp is here, and there is not much business in country Z at all, so why can't we give it up. ”

Several people divided into two factions and had a heated discussion. One faction advocates seizing the opportunity to completely turn to the government and seek a wider living space, while the other faction advocates keeping a distance from the government and not becoming a vassal of the government.

The two factions fought inextricably, and no one could convince anyone after arguing for a long time. In the end, his mouth was dry, and he looked at the first person sitting in unison. The old man who sat at the top of the table did not speak again except for the first word, and sat there with his hands clasped together and his head on his lean, listening to their quarrel. When the sound in the room died down, he beckoned to a man sitting outside the round table, on a stool against the wall of the room. His gray hair was neatly combed, his figure was slender, and he was wearing a straight dress.

Seeing the old man greet him, he got up and walked behind the old man: "Gentlemen, you seem to have mistaken one thing. After saying half a sentence, the man deliberately paused for a moment, and then continued, "This is a multiple-choice question, yes, but you seem to have made a mistake, now let's not choose whether to do or not to do, we don't have to choose." Over the years, we have developed too rapidly and have been targeted by the government. If you don't do it, you give the government an excuse to suppress it, and if you do, once something happens. We must have been the first to give up, and even worse, the politicians would have betrayed us. Gentlemen, let's still discuss what we can do to minimize the impact on us after the matter is completed, and how to deal with the suppression of our peers and enemies after the organization is attacked in the future. ”

"Why do you say that, who do you think you are? How do you know that those politicians would give up on us so easily. An old man was indignant at his words. As soon as the straight man's voice fell, he opened his mouth to retort.

"Sir, please use your rusty brains, if there is no risk in this, why don't they do it themselves, but let us do it for them. It's just to get rid of the relationship as much as possible. After a pause, he continued.

"Or, behind this matter, it's not the politicians, there are people behind the politicians."

"You mean...", the man who was in opposition to the straight man, followed the straight man's train of thought, and finally thought of a terrible fact.

"Yes, that's what you think. We don't have a choice between what we want to do and what they ask. ”