263 A Taboo Killer Is Much Better Than a Righteous Soldier (6000 words, Order~)
Hearing the secret that came out of Du Wei's mouth, Bob's heart trembled violently.
He kept telling himself in his heart that this was false, this was false, and he didn't believe any *** words that he confided.
Besides, a lie can be woven with a mouth, as long as the red mouth and white teeth touch it.
So far, he has not seen any empirical evidence to prove this.
The secrets he had never heard of were more like conspiracy theories used by conspirators to exaggerate official terror.
It's not enough to brainwash him with that alone, he's a staunch patriot!
But soon Uncle Punishment shattered his illusions with his hoarse voice.
I saw Uncle Punishment put a mediocre disc on the table, pushed the shell of the disc with his fingers to Bob's hand, and said:
"The footage in this disc is proof.
The video inside chronicles our interrogation of a high-value target somewhere in Kandahar.
The above content is enough to subvert your beautiful imagination of this country.
It won't be long before William Rollins, the CIA's head of the Special Operations Department in charge of Operation Hellfire, will also be in the defendant's seat.
I will also be a witness to the trial at that court-martial.
Just to avoid damage to the image of the beautiful country and my personal exemption, this trial will not be open to the public.
But I don't think your comrades-in-arms are like my comrades-in-arms who have been buried under the dirt, so you have a way to verify the truth of my words."
Uncle Punishment said a lot of rare words, because he didn't want to see this excellent sniper who was about the same as him in sniper talent being sacrificed for some political reasons.
Really good soldiers should not die in the conspiracy of political struggle, they should die on the battlefield or sleep in a stable bed after they are 100 years old.
This is where they deserve, and this is where they deserve.
And Bob, who saw Uncle Punishment on the other side of the table and take out physical evidence, finally shook his firm heart.
Before there is evidence, he can still say empty words to himself.
But when this disc that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds appeared in front of him, all self-comfort seemed pale and weak.
What Du Wei just said was no longer empty, but like nails, one word at a time, it was nailed into his heart.
The country he swore eternal loyalty to really seems to have its dark side.
But Bob still has a hint of luck in his heart, maybe what happened to Uncle Punishment is just a special case?
Maybe that's just William, the head of the CIA's Special Operations Department, himself?
Maybe the same thing won't happen to him?
With the last glimmer of hope, Bob said to Uncle Punishment a little weakly:
"I can understand your thoughts, if my country betrayed me, I would be so angry and probably retaliate for it.
But I believe that this is not always the case, otherwise the head of the CIA's Special Operations Department, as you call it, would not have been brought to court for justice.
So the object of my loyalty will always be that country that is above board."
"Above board?"
Du Wei repeated Bob's words, a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
"You don't think Johnson is really giving you a chance to get a medal by letting you find T. Sorotov's possible assassination of the president, do you?
Don't you know that the more you do, the more you resemble the man who assassinated the president?
You are the best scapegoat for someone like you who doesn't know how to use audio and video recording equipment to preserve evidence."
Bob was shocked when he heard this.
Could he, a retired soldier who is absolutely loyal to his country, be accused of assassinating the president?
He has always regarded himself as an upright soldier, but he never thought that the mock assassination he was doing was problematic.
But if it's a perspective
How about a change of perspective, from the perspective of a killer?
It's unimaginable!
What he did was preparing for the assassination of the president!
Is this really possible?
When he recalled the details of his previous contact with his former boss, Wilson, Bob was even more terrified.
A few days ago, his former boss, Johnson, approached him in seclusion on the seashore and told him that only he could protect the president from assassination.
Because T. Sorotov, the world's top foreign killer who is famous for his accurate killing skills at a distance of kilometers, borrowed the corpse of a secret service agent to send a letter of war to the president of the beautiful country.
He said that he would assassinate the president of the beautiful country at the meeting of the allies the day after tomorrow.
Naturally, President Walker will not let such a threat stop him from canceling his planned open-air speech on the first day of the allied conference.
After all, if the trip is canceled only because of the threat, then President Walker will not even be able to get out of the white walls.
So the pressure came to the side of the Secret Service in charge of security, and the only solution Johnson could think of was to bring back Bob, who was as skilled as Sogerrov in sniping, to compete with him.
The instrument that could reinstate Bob was not ratified.
According to Johnson, the demobilization process on the civilian side is too cumbersome, and he should not care about this and work first.
This matter did not seem to be a problem to Bob, who had trusted Johnson, but now he felt that something was wrong after Du Wei woke up.
In terms of identity, he is no longer a soldier, and he can't even be considered a serious agent.
In terms of equipment, his former boss Johnson asked him to buy it on his own, and then he would be reimbursed together.
Therefore, now all the equipment is at his own expense, and the same sniper rifle as Sorotov was modified by himself.
In order to perfectly replicate Sorotov's assassination of the president, he first customized firearms and optical sights, and then purchased a point 388 of Lapmagnum bullets.
Then I went to the stepping point to measure the wind speed and calculate the distance of the earth's rotation, and finally found a suitable shooting place.
If you look at these actions from another angle, they are clearly preparing for the assassination of the president!
The person in front of him is right, he is indeed a suitable being to be used as a scapegoat!
It's just that...... Did that old boss Johnson really plan to do so?
Or is it simply that he thinks too much when he is misled?
Bob's face changed several times as he had countless thoughts in his mind, and now he couldn't confirm who was lying and who was really helping him.
So much so that his earliest belief that the person in front of him was *** began to waver.
No *** would want a legendary sniper to be whitewashed.
What they would rather be for Bob to be framed as a sniper for the assassination of the president so that they can bring Bob into the gang.
So the person in front of him is more like a kind-hearted reminder not to fall into the trap!
Bob rubbed his temples with his fingers with a bit of a headache, he needed to be quiet and take care of the situation.
He then began to adjust his breathing, just as he had done countless times before shooting in a sniper mission.
Soon his mind slowly calmed down, and after removing all distractions, he was finally able to think about the whole thing as a spectator.
But this thought made Bob more and more believe that what Du Wei said was the truth of the matter.
After all, what retired Marine would have the leisure to do all this assassination-related stuff?
None of the documents that proved that he was preparing to protect the president reached him.
In this case, if the president is really dead, then he really can't wash himself.
Because what he did seemed to onlookers was clearly a preparation for the assassination of the president, not a plan to prevent the president from being assassinated.
Even the plan he made is very likely to be used for Sorotov
Use it as a solution!
As a foreigner, Sorotov's movement in the sensitive area of Washington, D.C., was not easy.
But Bob doesn't have this concern, it's tantamount to him making a plan for the enemy!
Bob, realizing this possibility, couldn't help but gasp.
Could it be that his former Marine Corps boss, now Senior Secret Service Agent Johnson, has defected to the enemy?!
Bob finally knew why Dewey was laughing.
It turns out that his loyalty is indeed a bargaining chip in the eyes of some people.
Anyway, when the time comes, he will be portrayed by various media as an all-evil presidential killer, and no one will believe his words by then.
And just like Du Wei said, he really can't get any evidence in his hands that can prove his innocence.
And in this case he will be marked as extremely dangerous.
Then, judging from his experience, the official order issued to him to hunt him down must be to kill him if he resists!
Of course, the most real situation is that even if he does not resist, he will be killed.
Because only the dead have no way to open their mouths to avenge themselves!
In order to avoid Bob's words giving space for those who care to think, then he must not be able to live to the day of the normal trial!
But if he dies, what will happen to his wife, Julie? What about his young daughter?
Did the people who designed him to frame him think about this?
Don't they know how much discrimination the wife and daughter of a person who killed the president will suffer in this society?
Or is their plan to cut down the grass and eradicate nothing?
Bob thought of this, and there was a deep anger in his eyes.
Fuck loyalty!
He shouldn't have this damn sense of honor and took on a mission that would kill him!
Immediately after the anger, a deep layer of despair appeared on Bob's face.
This is a look that Bob has never shown before, even in Kandahar in the face of two hundred *** elements, he has never despaired.
Because he was so confident in his own strength that he was so confident that he didn't sleep for those 46 hours, kept moving, kept shooting, and finally took out 51 people and made the opponent have to retreat!
But now in the face of this invisible dirty water, he doesn't know what to do at all, which is not his field at all.
The only solution he could think of was for him to kill himself right now.
Otherwise, according to the level of preparation he has made now, as long as the president dies, then he will not be able to escape the fate of being framed.
Just as Bob was disheartened and ready to find a place to get to know himself to avoid the worst for his wife and daughter, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the disc in his hand.
This made him realize that it seemed that he was not completely helpless, and Uncle Punishment could rely on this disc to turn the tables and punish the final mastermind behind the scenes, so he couldn't help it!
Bob jerked his head up at the smiling Dewey across from him.
Now that they have found themselves and know what they are going to do, they must have a solution!
Sure enough, Dewey, who noticed Bob's gaze, placed a button-sized eavesdropping video device on the table.
Then with a slight force on his fingers, he let it slide into Bob's hand, and then said with a smile:
"I guess you know how to do it, right?"
Bob nodded, and took the "button" without hesitation, of course he knew what to do.
He has already stepped on a good point, and he has already had no way to retreat.
His only hope is to be on hand to communicate with Johnson when the day after tomorrow comes.
Only this crucial audio and video can save yourself and your family in the future!
But there was still a problem in Bob's mind.
"If I'm the scapegoat, who is the one who is really going to kill the president?"
"T-Sorotov, of course.
I don't think it's necessary to say more about which is better, a killer with no taboos or a righteous soldier who follows dogma?"
Bob smiled bitterly, he never imagined that one day his justice would become a trait that others disliked.
This made his heart tired of everything in this world for no reason.
It is said that he first lived in seclusion on the seashore to avoid this, but he didn't expect to end up getting involved.
It can only be said that as long as he is in this river and lake, he can't be alone.
When the tide hits, not a single wave can escape.
Bob, who sighed softly, continued to ask:
"So Sorotov would be in the sweet spot in my plan, right?"
Du Wei shook his head and said meaningfully:
"No, he doesn't need to be in the sweet spot in your plan.
The optimal position that you deduce in your plan will only appear to you."
Faced with Du Wei's implicit words, Bob was stunned for a moment, and then reacted after a little taste.
Since there is a problem with the secret services responsible for protecting the president.
Then the security of the secret service will naturally have loopholes deliberately left for Solotov.
In such a situation, Bob's shooting plan based on Perfect Security was naturally useless.
Sorotov will appear in any position that could fatal the president!
This position is known only to the personnel in charge of the security of the Secret Service!
And Wilson, his former boss, who knew his character very well, naturally understood that Bob would be tempted to be there on the day of the Allied meeting.
Because he wants to make sure that his plan is correct, he wants to see Sorotov arrested, and this kind of confrontation is in a sense a kind of competition between two top snipers.
So when Bob found out that Sorotov didn't have the best shooting position in his plan, he couldn't help but go to the second best position to check it out.
At that point, he fell into the trap!
Predictably, when the gun goes off, someone will witness him appear in a position where he can only theoretically shoot the president.
And then there's the endless Wanted!
Thinking of this, Bob had to sigh at the good ways of his former boss Wilson, who simply didn't give him any way to live.
If it weren't for the sudden arrival of Du Wei and the others, he would really be planted in it this time.
Bob took a heavy deep breath, then looked at Du Wei in front of him again and said:
"I want to know who you are and why are you helping me?
I don't believe there is help for no reason, so what do you need me to do?"
Du Wei smiled and did not say his identity, but only answered the second question:
"Is it possible that my enemy is the Secret Service?
So as long as you can expose the Secret Service's conspiracy, that's the benefit I want?"
Hearing this, Bob's gaze instantly became solemn.
Even if he had evidence that Wilson had tricked him, he wouldn't have time to find out where Sorotov was.
In other words, Sorotov's assassination will definitely succeed, and the president will definitely die.
But Du Wei didn't care about the president's life at all, and only said that his enemy was the secret service.
Is it possible that the president will die, and Du Wei will also be one of the beneficiaries?
Bob, who realizes this, has a deep headache, and it seems that this is another bigger vortex of trouble.
No wonder the other party doesn't tell his name, the more he knows about it, the harder it is to get out.
If he doesn't want to get into more trouble, it's better to pretend he doesn't know.
Bob, who had made his decision, didn't ask any more questions, and politely asked Du Wei and the others to stay for lunch.
Of course, Du Wei will not really stay here, and his time is very precious now.
He's still waiting to go back and watch the live stream of the mint robbery.
So Du Wei just made an excuse casually, and Bob said goodbye to Du Wei along the way.
Looking at the distant backs of Du Wei and the others, Bob clenched the "button" in his hand and had a lot of thoughts.
And Julie, who appeared beside him at some point, said worriedly:
"Bob, I don't know why I'm always a little upset today.
What did the two of them talk about when they came to you?
Does it have anything to do with Wilson looking for you the other day?
Is it about the current President Walker? Or ......"
Seeing that the look on his wife's face was becoming more and more worried, Bob put his arm around his wife's shoulders and hugged her firmly, and then interrupted:
"It's nothing, everything will be fine with me.
I'm just doing what I used to do best.
I'll be a little busy these days, and I'll leave it to you to take care of Mary (Bob's daughter), so you have to work harder."
Thinking of their daughter, a smile appeared on the corner of Julie's mouth, and then a smile lightly punched Bob's chest:
"Well, Mary won't sleep if you don't listen to your bedtime stories.
You don't want to take a long vacation for yourself, you have to come back on time every day to tell your daughter a story!"
Bob, who understood the implicit meaning of his wife's words, nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry, I'll be back.
When this time comes, I promise you that you will never get involved in all this disturbance again!"
"Yes!"
……
In the car leaving Bob's seaside cottage, Uncle Punishment took the rare initiative to speak:
"Dewey, Bob would be a good soldier.
I think he could be our companion."
Regarding Uncle Punishment's initiative to explicitly recruit Bob, Du Wei just shook his head and explained:
"No, he's not like us.
I admit that his sniper talent is amazing.
And the life-and-death tasks we face do require more good companions.
But he can't, he already has a good life.
We don't need to let him go back to that kind of life-and-death crisis.
It's not fair to him.
I guess our original intention is to let all human beings live a good life, not to drag people who are already in a good life into the quagmire, right?"
Uncle Punishment was silent for a moment and then asked:
"What about David?"
"David seems to have a happy family, but his situation is a little more special.
Do you think the CIA will let him go if I let him go back to his normal life?
During his time at the CIA, he used his hacking skills to learn a lot of secrets.
These secrets can deal a serious blow to the national security of beautiful countries in the hands of special people, such as the security network of the national mint.
So David can only maintain a normal life with us, but whenever he finds any job outside, he will be closely monitored.
And if he makes a move that is judged to be likely to cause harm to national security, he will be immediately silenced.
That lucky wallet saved him once, but not twice."
Hearing what Du Wei said, Uncle Punishment thought about it carefully, as if this was indeed the case.
None of the members of the organization called the Salvation can have a truly good life.
Except for Finch, who is living with true love again.
But after having a good life, Finch also quit the organization.
And the rest of the people here are either as carefree in this world as he is, or they have all kinds of problems in real life like David.
For example, Reese, who had no worries, even thought about ending himself, but in the end, the Salvation Organization gave him a goal to live.
For example, 47
As a genetically optimized clone, 47 was originally created to kill, but now that he has his own mind and has been liberated, he is confused, and he needs a goal as the meaning of his life.
This meaning, the Salvation Organization gave him.
Another example is Walter, who is the pillar of the family and is dying, so he needs money, a lot of money.
But in the real world, the way to get money quickly is written in the criminal law, and it is useless for Walter to succeed even if he can succeed for a short time, because whether the final outcome will not affect his family is still up for debate.
What's more, which of these high-risk things is simple? And the Salvation Organization gave him a chance not to take risks.
and so on, Uncle Punishment realized that it was not the salvation organization that needed them, but that they needed the salvation organization.
With it, they have the motivation to live in this world.
With it, they will not be alone on the road with no end in sight and cannot find any of their colleagues.
With it, what they do is given meaning.
So in the face of Bob, who doesn't need to have the meaning of living, Du Wei naturally won't recruit him into the Salvation Alliance.
Because Bob only needs to get through the current crisis, he can continue to live well with his wife and daughter.
Thinking of this, Uncle Punishment couldn't help but look at Du Wei through the rearview mirror in the car, and the corners of his mouth also showed a rare smile.
This kind of Du Wei is a guy worth following.
Du Wei, who was sitting in the back seat, didn't notice Uncle Punishment's micro-expression, and his mind was now all focused on the ongoing National Mint robbery today.
That's where the plan comes in.