2nd Round: Outwitting Capitol Hill (4) - Best Recruiter

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Lavent never wanted to be a combat hero, he just wanted to use his strength to serve his country. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info looked at his teammates who were killed by him, and his mind became confused for a while, he covered his face with his hands, and then began to tear his hair hard.

The shots rang out, and he jerked his head up.

George had already shot the teammate who called himself a "demon".

Lavent looked at George and stammered, "Why...... What?"

George walked over and examined the body to make sure it was out of breath before turning back and saying, "You killed your teammates, and I killed my teammates, aren't we in the same boat?"

Lavent didn't understand what George was trying to say, and for a moment he didn't know what to answer.

"I'm not going to risk letting your business be known, you know, not everyone can accept such power!" George sighed, "This can only be regarded as a necessary sacrifice, if you let the situation get out of control, have you ever thought about your own fate?"

Lavent shook his head blankly.

George glanced at Lavent, who was full of frustration, and said to himself: he can't completely control this force. But what a powerful weapon it will be once it can be mastered? A sharp weapon is always a double-edged sword, depending on whose hands it holds. He secretly made a decision in his heart to do everything in his power to protect this honest and somewhat clumsy big man. Not just because he saved his own life, but because he is the most valuable asset of the country.

He walked up to Lavent, and was relieved to see that he was not as bad as he feared, and he asked very seriously: "Lavent, I am willing to help you, do you believe me?"

Lavent stood in place, thought for a moment, and said, "I believe in you!"

"Well, listen to me, first of all, let's just say that when we were scouting the enemy camp tonight, we were discovered by the enemy and were blocked by heavy fire, and everyone fought desperately to take this position, but we suffered heavy losses, and only the two of us remained. Do you understand? Don't say the rest of the word. ”

"I understand. ”

Second, don't use your abilities in front of others in the future. Even if it's my own, unless I say yes!"

Finally, Lavent nodded heavily.

The two didn't say a word more. They climbed out of the trenches and returned to their units.

And their deeds of this night, which were described with great vinegar by the German soldiers who had fled back, immediately spread the word, and the Germans exclaimed that they had seen a "magic dog" from purgatory covered in green blood in the Beolet Forest. The Germans never expected to face such a ferocious enemy, and for a time they were talking about dog changes.

In the US military camp, because of George's low-key handling, no one knows what the "magic dog" in the mouth of the German army means. Then, as the 82nd Airborne Division regrouped, George and Lavent quickly returned and were soon transferred elsewhere, leaving the Forest of Belleo.

However, the method that George came up with to cut the shotgun short was imitated by later American soldiers, who used it to sneak up on the Germans in the forest. The Germans were overwhelmed and exhausted, and gradually, the American soldiers armed with short-barreled shotguns were called "magic dogs" by the Germans, but they did not know that the real unsung hero had disappeared into the crowd at this time. In the end, the Germans could not resist and were expelled from the Bereau Forest.

In the next two battles, George continued to develop Lavent's "abilities", but never let anyone discover it.

After the victory in World War I, the 82nd Infantry Division was converted into a reserve division. When George returned home, he quit his job in New York and returned to his hometown of Pittsburgh with Lavent. The following year, he integrated all the relationships and resources at his disposal and established Triumph Company in his hometown. In the early stage, his main business was war financing, and he traveled everywhere to pull business, take over business, and buy and sell, more hard than before, and unscrupulous. In just four years, he made the company's original accumulation quickly complete, and established extremely close ties with the military and political circles. On May 22, 1923, the company was officially announced, and the addition of George's younger brother, Carlton Ketchum, brought another life to the company. This is exactly what George wants, and with a solid financial reserve, he needs a positive, good company image. The company quickly made a name for itself in the advertising world, quickly taking over the entire Pittsburgh market. And in the second half of his life, George persistently searched for someone like Lavent.

"The Triumph Pioneer PR firm founded by George was the predecessor of the Green Camp. Lan Shien continued. "Triumph's business is going well, but it's not so easy to find superpowers. ”

Desperate to find a second Lavent, George Ketchum recruited the best team of researchers to study Lavent's body in hopes of finding out what gave him such abilities. First of all, Lavent was not born with special abilities, but acquired them on a hunting trip at the age of fifteen. Second, George discovers that only in the most critical moments can Lavent bring out the fullest potential of his body, as he saw in the Forest of Valeo, where he transforms into a roaring beast and ruthlessly tears his enemies to pieces.

"The research team was also unable to find a 'companion' for Lavent. "However, George remembered Wolfe Messing, Europe's most famous master of special functions! He personally went to see Messing's 'telepathy' show around the world, and after the two of them had dinner together, no one knows what they said." However, it is certain that from this night onwards, George had a new idea of his 'career'. ”

"Wolf Messing......" Zhou Jia muttered. She also knew that history, many people studied him, and many questioned him, and then Wolf Messing was wanted by the German army, fled to the Soviet Union, and finally died there. Stalin wanted another "Messing", and he had several special functional research centers set up to create super "spiritual warriors". Then, in the Cold War period, the Americans also learned to engage in this system, and they had to compete with the Soviets in all aspects.

Lan Shien shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "When I was at Stanford University, the Institute of Special Functions on campus had been abandoned, and like several other similar institutes, they were just a product of the Cold War era, a joke. ”

Through the mention of her mentor, Zhou Jia remembered the information that Pierre gave her last night, unlike other companies in the United States, the relationship between Triumph Company and Russia has always been unusual. In 1934, Triumph's Public Relations Department was established, and its European subsidiary, GPlus, reached a certain cooperation mechanism with the former Soviet Union through the Public Relations Department. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian government continued to privately inject large sums of money into Triumph.

She blurted out at the moment: "The media say that GPlus is an agency that specializes in recruiting former EU officials, well-known journalists and mercenaries, and it seems that it is also a cover?

George probably never thought his companion wasn't found...... The enemy has appeared!"

"Red Battalion?"

Lan Shien nodded: "Or call them Red Power Awakeners." They are more manic, irritable, aggressive, and equally more destructive. ”

"What is the background of these people?" Zhou Jia asked rhetorically.

"They are all so-called potential aliens recruited by GPlus in Europe. But one day, they launched a surprise attack, and in one day they wiped out Triumph's stronghold in Europe. This was obviously premeditated, and the situation of Triumph was well understood. The other party seemed to fall from the sky, suddenly appeared, and suddenly disappeared. In this way, he was caught off guard by killing Old George, and he didn't even know what the other party was. This was a major blow to him, and their activities in Europe were suspended for a time. But a new turnaround came with the addition of one person, and that person was Rhett Swift. ”

Rhett Swift, a Marine, returned to New York after the Vietnam War. George, frustrated in Europe, put the center of development back in New York. In 1956 and 1958, he set up offices in New York and Washington, D.C., where he was primarily responsible for public relations and advertising services. Red was recommended by a military commander for an interview. George had always liked people with military backgrounds, but he didn't expect to recruit Red to be the biggest surprise of his life.

Red set up his own group and called his former teammates as well. They decided to start with the enemy and start tracking backwards from that European raid, and the so-called "red battalion" gradually surfaced. This time, carefully planned by Red, Lavent personally took action, led by a group of mercenaries, to find a stronghold in Ostrava, a city northeastern Moravia, all of them speaks an Eastern European language. Raven had been in the fight for a long time, but he was excited that night, and seemed to have found a match for him, and his green eyes, bulging muscles, and size impressed Red for the first time in superpower. When a comic strip depicting the superhero "The Hulk" was born a few years later, he decided that the name would be a perfect fit for Lavent.

The opponents who fought with Lavent that night fled with their deaths. However, from this battle, Red found a lot of valuable information. He began by analyzing the differences between his opponent and Lavent, and began to put together a draft of discernment of different abilities. Red began to personally lead the team to excavate these aliens, and in the process of searching, he discovered some common points among the ability awakeners. Like Lavent, they experience auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and some have even been identified as having some sort of mental illness. At the same time, more and more alien hijacking incidents and UFO incidents have been exposed. Many claim to have been kidnapped by aliens and see green glows or green villains. In particular, according to Lavent's recollections, Red was keenly aware that the Awakened of Green Abilities was very consistent with the rhetoric of these people who had been abducted by aliens.

George Ketchum was ecstatic at the discovery, and he used some connections to get Triumph to officially join Area 51.

"Of course, this is just another secret of Area 51. Lan Shien said.

On September 22, 1975, George Ketchum died at the age of eighty-two, and Lavent followed him the following year. Perhaps it was because there were successors, and it is said that they all died peacefully.

"Claire's 'Special Operations Group' is a Sector 51 organization dedicated to overseeing Triumph. Because there is an insurance mechanism that does not allow any secrets to be leaked, they will choose the right time and take the initiative to test whether the other party violates the law. For example, this time, if Claire hadn't discovered the clue and let her test Red, even the current mentor of the Green Camp would not believe that their former best recruiter would betray the organization. Of course, everyone has times when their wills are weak, and when he heard that his little grandson had an incurable disease, Claire had her eyes on him from the day his daughter and grandson moved back to his house. ”

While the two were talking, the sky suddenly became cloudy, and a thin mist lingered around them. Zhou Jia watched from afar as the traffic in the city looked like quicksand, and the area centered on the obelisk had been put under martial law by the police, and the drivers of the air buses had already taken to the streets in an organized manner, starting a strike march according to the established route.

The sudden change in the weather made Zhou Jia feel depressed, but the confusion in her heart made her feel even heavier. Hearing the teacher explain these things so quickly and fluently was obviously prepared, and he seemed to have an ulterior motive in doing so. She thought that only by starting with small things could she connect the threads one by one.

Lan Shien was also observing his apprentice, and saw that her face was still so calm. But she knew that she was analyzing the details she had just said. Her mind always surprises herself.

Zhou Jia thought to himself: The teacher said that there is no green or red kryptonite. So why do the special powers awaken? She couldn't help but ask, "Is it their body's own problem? Is it in the blood or in the genes ......?"

Lan Shien said softly: "You are an expert in this area, I want to ask you to read some information and help analyze it." With that, he took out a small transparent magnetic stripe from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Jia, "You can go back and study it again, after reading it, it will be automatically destroyed, you can use it according to the instructions." ”

Zhou Jia took the magnetic stripe in a daze, she was still thinking in her heart: The green camp and the red camp are like this, so what does it have to do with Chris, but she was really pierced by the "black kryptonite", and after entering the body, some kind of abnormality occurred, she muttered: "Chris...... It's not the same. ”

Lan Shien's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly asked, "You said she disappeared, what was the situation like at that time?"

She just wanted to answer, but she immediately reacted, and hurriedly changed her words: "I can't think about it now, teacher! Maybe I can figure it out after reading the information you gave me." ”

Lan Shien's brows squeezed, and he thought: Throwing bricks but failing to attract jade, this apprentice really refuses to eat at all. Before he could say something more, an agent next to him stepped forward and reminded, "Sir, it's almost time for the Pentagon meeting, we need to get over!" )