Chapter 923 The value of an "R·E·D"
Just like in the original drama, Anna is planning to seduce the CIA director and her direct superior at the FSB, the man who recruited her in the first place. .
Jack really felt that this girl was a little pitiful. Judging from her past experience, Anna was not the type to surrender to herself. Even though she was in a desperate situation, her approach was to send her resume everywhere, hoping to use some help. job to get out of a bad situation.
To be able to push such a determined girl to the point where she can only use her own body to make a last-ditch effort, it can only be said that both the FSB and the CIA are quite inhumane.
"Their level is not enough." Frank did not evaluate the actual feasibility of Anna's plan, but pointed out the key point.
"Even if you can take advantage of the opportunity of going to bed, get some secrets from their computers and use them as threats, and assuming both parties accept your threats, their authority will not be able to help you get out of your current situation."
At this time, Jack's mind was racing. The current plot had not yet reached the point where the CIA had to explain to Anna the real reason for instigating her rebellion. The plot that truly defied nature and made the girl despair had not yet unfolded.
The background of the original play was set in 1990. At that time, the FSB had a more terrifying name, KGB, which is the KGB. And Vasilev was not a senior official of the FSB, but Director of the KGB.
Then the unexpected happened. The CIA actually forced Anna to assassinate Vasilev, the number one figure in the KGB. Not only did the girl succeed, she even managed to break out of the siege. The responding car disappeared from sight.
Jack didn’t understand that if Anna had such ability, why would she worry about being controlled and hunted down? He could just shave his head bald and tattoo a QR code on the back of his head to be 47’s partner.
But this also confirms what Frank said before. As an "abandoned child", Anna obviously cannot have access to any FSB intelligence. The CIA's attitude towards her is actually no different from the FSB's.
Frank raised his hand to signal Anna, whose eyes were red again, to calm down and turned to look at Jack.
“How far do you want me to go, dead or alive?”
Jack said without thinking, “Of course I want them all.”
I saw a few people’s expressions. Surprised, he continued to explain, "Deleting Anna's information from the FSB archives is just a means to regain her freedom, but what is real freedom?"
As he spoke, he looked at Anna, "Have you ever considered what you will do after you get rid of the control of the FSB and CIA? Describe what the free life you have longed for countless times will be like?"
"In I have my own cabin on the beach." Anna suddenly got stuck mid-sentence, her red lips slightly opened, but she couldn't continue.
"It seems that we need to have a good talk, but this can be done after you are free. I hope that by that time, you have already thought of the answer, because it concerns you"
No After Jack finished speaking, Anna blurted out, "I am willing to sacrifice everything for freedom. My body, my life, everything is yours."
Jack was quite speechless by this girl's directness, "I don't lack women, and I'm not a black-hearted capitalist. And if your life is mine, then where is your freedom?
What I mean is that you need to figure out what you want as soon as possible, because it is related to your future work. ”
Anna’s IQ is very high. After all, even a fool would not survive in this industry. But at this time, she was stunned by Jack. What he said seems to be right. No matter she uses her body or life to repay him, , it all means that you will lose your freedom again.
To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to replacing the FSB and CIA that are oppressing you with Jack. This is nothing like a wage earner changing his job in another company. The difference is just that I hope the new boss will be more merciful.
“I do want to recruit you, or provide you with a job. After all, freedom comes at a price, and it requires a lot of money to support, such as. You want that cabin on the beach, but I would rather you take the job proactively and voluntarily. "
Jack looks like a start-up company boss who is trying to make a big deal for new employees, "I don't need you to kill people for me, nor do I need you to sell your remaining dignity and body, let alone change. become a stumbling block in your pursuit of freedom.
There is no absolute freedom in this world, and everyone pursues different freedoms. When you figure out what you really want, we will continue this topic.
Before that, we will first help you get rid of the control of the FSB and CIA, eliminate your files, and create a new identity so that you can live freely under the sun.
When all this is completed, if you are still interested in my proposal, you can contact me, or you can choose to disappear from now on. What do you think? ”
Looking at Jack’s sincere eyes, Anna was a little at a loss because his proposal sounded so like pie in the sky.
In her miserable life of more than 20 years , apart from my parents in my childhood, I have never felt such pure kindness from a stranger.
Of course, Jack is not here to do charity, but there are countless examples of favors turning into enmity and even deep friendships turning into enmity. Stories that expect to gain a loyal subordinate just by giving favors will only happen to those who write behind closed doors. The novel is written by a literary writer.
He is neither an evil behind-the-scenes BOSS, nor does he have any desire for control. The fact that he has to work hard to maintain the loyalty of his subordinates is too tiring.
And Anna is different from other "familiar" characters he knows. Their contact time is too short. In terms of her previous "career", she wants to build trust in a short time. It's almost impossible.
So Jack chose to be more Buddhist, just like he often does in the vegetable garden, loosen the soil, fertilize, sprinkle the seeds, and let nature take its course.
After he said these words, not to mention Anna was confused, even Frank and Brian looked surprised, not knowing which song this guy was singing.
Frank was the oldest and the most knowledgeable of the three. He was the first to react and looked at Jack with a meaningful look in his eyes.
"Wait a moment, I'm going to contact some old friends." After saying that, he stood up and took away the last bottle of good wine left on the table.
Brian stood up and shook hands with Jack solemnly, "I have a hunch that maybe you will be the best boss I have ever seen."
"I thought we were already friends. "Jack deliberately made a regretful expression, causing Brian to laugh. His old face, which was full of wrinkles and seemed to always have an expression of bitter hatred, also relaxed a lot.
"I seem to have missed something interesting." At this time Cassel came down from the attic.
"Are the girls okay?" Jack turned to ask.
Casel nodded, the sadness he had felt for many days had long since disappeared from his brows, "Alexis is the bravest and strongest girl I have ever met. She will be fine, Kim. It's great, but they told me that they never want to come to Paris in this life. "It seems that someone is going to miss my Christmas vacation," Jack teased with a smile before he realized the seriousness of the matter.
Casel made a face, "She said she wanted to go to Hawaii."
Jack's smile suddenly froze on his face. In the past few years, his " "Uncle Danny" urged him to visit relatives in Hawaii many times, but he was delayed due to various things.
One time, he even booked a Christmas vacation, but because of Emily's incident, his home was bombed, so naturally he couldn't make the trip.
But deep down in his heart, Jack is actually somewhat resistant to the family affection attributed to the original person. After all, he does not inherit the memory of the original owner like some time travellers, and he does not know what should be done. How to respond to this strange family affection.
Fortunately, he has always adhered to the attitude of letting nature take its course. Some things will have to be faced sooner or later. Blindly avoiding them will not solve the problem, but he will not be too entangled in it.
Seeing the wine bottles on the table, Cassell showed a hint of surprise on his face, "I also need a good sleep. Maybe some alcohol can relax my nerves more."
Then he discovered to his dismay that all the bottles on the table were empty wine bottles.
Jack smiled and pointed to the entrance of the wine cellar. When Frank returned to the small living room after making a phone call, he saw a few more empty wine bottles on the table, and they were all the oldest and most expensive wine bottles. My silly son has fallen asleep on the sofa.
"Do you know Kataya Petrovna?" Frank shook his head speechlessly and asked Anna.
The latter blinked his big eyes in confusion, with a hint of awe on his face, "You mean General Petrovna? She is a legend among us."
Frank was stunned, "She's already a general? OK, that's not important. Starting tomorrow, you will be temporarily assigned to her name. She and you, some people within the FSB, and the CIA, you all have A common enemy. "
A look of surprise appeared on Anna's face, but it was immediately replaced by doubt. She didn't understand who the common enemy the old CIA was talking about.
"Vasilev?" Jack asked tentatively. He didn't rely entirely on guessing. After all, in the original play, this was the person Anna wanted to assassinate in the end.
"Yes, Vasilev, since he took the position he is in now, there are a lot of people who are extremely dissatisfied with him, both externally and internally."
Jack gave Frank a cup Filled the glass with whiskey, and pushed the glass in his direction, "Continue."
"I may use this safe house in the future, there is no need to store the wine below at once Drink it." Frank complained, stretched out his hand to pull a blanket, and covered Cassel who was sleeping soundly.
He sat down at his son's feet and pointed at Anna, "I don't know why you have so many assassination missions now, but we were not like this at the beginning, eavesdropping, spying, bribery, stealing, of course. It is more about collecting and organizing information from public sources
Paris, East and West Berlin, London, Vienna and Budapest, these are our battlefields, battlefields without gunpowder.
Spies often reveal their identities and are secretly interrogated after being arrested, but all of this is maintained under a tacit understanding of the rules of the game.
That is, assassination is a last resort, usually only used on traitors to deter those who are not firm in their hearts, rather than targeting spies from other countries. ”
Jack listened with great interest on the sidelines, but a certain genuine writer who should be most interested in this was sleeping soundly at this time, not knowing what he had missed.
Frank He continued, "From the Cold War to the present, the CIA, MI6 and even Mossad have always maintained some kind of communication mechanism with the KGB. It is not friendly, but they respect each other. After all, we are all peers in a sense.
Just like in the movie "Bridge of Spies," we would have some regular communication and exchange captured intelligence agents instead of just executing them or sending them to Siberia or Guantanamo. "
"But after Vasilev came to power, he broke this tacit understanding. Brian sighed quietly on the side, "Before I retired, I heard that Moscow secretly captured 9 Western intelligence agents in one day and executed them all." "
Frank turned the cup and sighed, "That was five or six years ago. He broke the tacit understanding that had always been there, and this situation has continued to this day.
Assassinations seemed to become a norm overnight. All intelligence officers realized a terrible thing. Exposure meant losing their lives. "
Jack probably understood, "You mean, it's not just the CIA that doesn't want to see this kind of situation again, but even within the FSB, there are people who want to restore the previous order? ”
"At least some of my friends think so." Frank continued to look at Anna, "Kataya Petrovna can only provide you with short-term asylum, ensuring that no one will be watching you during this period.
< br>But only Vasilev or his successor has the authority to delete your information from the FSB archives. "
At this time, Jack really understood a "R.E.D." As a retired CIA veteran, Frank could easily reach an agreement with a certain faction within the FSB through a few secret phone calls in less than an hour.
It is incredible to help another faction rise to power by killing the leader of another faction.
Anna's little face lost color instantly, and a fear from the bottom of her heart made her involuntarily curl up her legs, "You want me to assassinate Vasilev?"
Frank looked at her with a half-smile, "Can you blow his head off at a distance of more than two kilometers?"
Anna shook her head stupidly, not understanding what he meant. Listen to Frank continue.
“There will be a chance in three days. We are sure that he will appear in Paris, but now we need a sniper who is proficient in ultra-long-range shooting to shoot him at a distance of more than two kilometers.
< br>Snipers like this are hard to find, and most of them are on the list. Although I know one, she hasn’t made a move in 20 years. I don’t know if she can still do it now.”
Jack probably guessed who Frank was talking about. She should be the MI6 old lady in "Red Flame Battlefield" who was good at flower arrangement and part-time killer.
"Does it have to be through long-range sniping?" He asked, "Would it be more reliable to use remote-controlled bombs or suicide drones?"
(End of Chapter)