Arasaka Tower.

Susan Ebnathy, who had just finished the upper meeting, was riding the elevator to get back to her superintendent's office.

She asked the secretary beside her in a deep voice: "How is the progress on Caitlin's side, I asked her to report the results before nine and ten o'clock, why has there been no movement until now?" ”

The female secretary next to her cautiously reported: "Director, Caitlin has not replied to the on-site message since the mission, and there has just been a message from the trauma team that Caitlin's platinum member's biophysical test is abnormal, and there is a high probability that something has happened..."

Susan Abernathy frowned, she knew that Caitlyn would never be silent for so long if there was good news, and thought for a moment: "It should be something wrong, immediately find out what happened to Carter Smith's side"

The secretary immediately began to contact the head of the Special Operations Department to connect with Carter Smith, and after hearing the news, the secretary's face changed suddenly, and he faintly felt that the situation was a little serious, and immediately reported to Director Abnadisi.

"Director, Carter Smith did not personally lead the team to the scene, only arranged a special service team of the counterintelligence department, saying that it was to cooperate with us on the mission, Carter himself has gone home from work, I am afraid that he got the news and fled"

"Did the Secret Service team return to Arasaka Tower?"

"Not yet"

Abnadisi was silent, and she quickly realized that a storm was coming.

Caitlin didn't reply to the message, which means that the mission is not going well, and Carter Smith may have been preparing to escape in advance, fearing that the leak would be exposed.

All kinds of circumstances indicate that the mission has failed, and even Caitlin may have suffered a misfortune.

Who would have dared to openly attack the Arasaka Special Service, the first thing that came to mind was military technology, but he was not sure for the time being, the only thing he was sure of was that there must be Arthur Jenkins' handiwork in it.

And her top priority is to try to avoid this storm blowing into her eyes.

"Hmph, it's not that I'm afraid, Carter Smith must have escaped"

"He's a time bomb on our heads now, and if he is caught by the counterintelligence services, you can think of the consequences..."

The meaning of Director Ebernasi's words is already obvious.

If you don't get rid of Carter Smith, they're the ones who get rid of them.

The secretary immediately contacted the head of the Special Operations Department.

"Immediately arrange for all the agents on standby to go out and search Carter Smith, and deal with it as soon as it is discovered, Director Albernasi will wait for news tonight"

After arranging for his subordinates to go out, the secretary dialed the contact number of the animal gang again.

"Come to life, this time the target object, Carter Smith, his relevant information has been sent to you!"

"It's very likely that he came home to pick up his mother, you go to his house to look for it, and remember that both people and things are going to disappear!"

"Go now!"

The king of the animal gang: "Of course it's no problem, but it's troublesome to pay the gratuity first, not much, 50,000 euros to ensure that it will be dealt with"

The secretary's face was displeased, 50,000 euros was not a small amount, and Carter Smith was not the kind of hard bone to gnaw.

This price is indeed too high, but at this time, the situation is urgent, and it is not the time to care about money, so I can only admit it if I am slaughtered.

The secretary directly paid 50,000 euros remotely, and after getting the honorarium, the animal gang contact person readily agreed to act.

It wasn't until everything was arranged that the secretary breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no information about the disappearance of a deputy minister in the course of his mission, and presumably the three special service teams are also unlucky.

Although I don't know the specific situation at the scene, the situation is already very serious, and once the responsibility is pursued, I am afraid that my boss, Director Ebernacy, will be implicated.

So now the grass must be cut and eradicated.

But before confirmation, the secretary did not dare to speculate: "Director, the specific reason for the failure of the mission, I have not yet received reliable information, and the signal should be blocked on the spot."

The elevator had already reached the director's office floor, and Susan Abernathy walked out: "They want to bring me down, but Jenkins is still a little tender, how to clean him up then, how to clean him up this time!" ”

"This time we underestimated Jenkins, and no one but him would set me up for this game"

The secretary hurried to keep up with his boss.

Suddenly, she received another message from the trauma team.

It's bad news,

The secretary suppressed the shock in his heart, slowed down for a few seconds, and said in a trembling voice.

"Director Abernathy, the trauma team that arrived at the scene has confirmed Caitlyn's death"

"And the three Special Operations Department special service teams brought out by Caitlin were all killed, and the specific cause of death is under investigation..."

Susan Abernathy paused, not as calm as she had just been, realizing that things were more tricky than she had imagined.

It's not a big deal if it's just the failure of an operation, after all, no mission plan can guarantee 100% success.

But a deputy minister was killed in three special service teams, and this matter has become a big problem.

This is a declaration of war on Arasaka.

No matter who it is.

Once found out, they will face the death of Arasaka.

Who is so bold as to openly attack the Arasaka Special Service in Night City?

Is it military technology?

The stakes are high, and Susan Abernathan cannot shift the blame to military technology without absolute evidence.

Arasaka has no plans to go to war with military technology in Night City.

Susan Ebernathan didn't have time to think about the more distant things, worrying about who would be responsible for the failure.

If you really want to be held accountable strictly, even she, the director, can't even think about it.

"You quickly prepared the documents related to this operation, and I will now send a report of the action to the board members"

"If you're one step behind Jenkins, that's going to be a problem..."

Susan Abernathan was keenly aware that if she didn't report this matter to her superiors as soon as possible, that is, her immediate boss was in charge of the vice president.

It will definitely lead to your faction being passive on the board, and things will go in a worse direction.

She must seek the support and understanding of the majority of the board of directors to the greatest extent possible, and turn the big things into small things.

"Jenkins must not be allowed to succeed..."

Pressing matter.

First of all, he had to put the main responsibility for the matter on Caitlin, and then he took the initiative to take on a secondary responsibility for lax management, and applied for a salary deduction and interest rate reduction to calm the anger.

At least the basic market will not be affected too much.

If Jenkins preempts it, shake out the Carter affair and further expand the situation to leak collusion.

The anger on the president's side was enough for her to drink a pot, not to mention the opinion of the board members, who would certainly be one-sided in favor of the counterintelligence department.

Thereupon.

Susan Ebnathan immediately turned back and took advantage of the fact that the superiors who had just dismissed had not yet left, and hurried to report it.