The director thought for a long time, then picked up the phone and dialed. After a while, there was a knock on the door.

After getting the answer, Danny Zorn pushed the door open.

"Your Excellency, Director, this is the recording I got..."

Danny Zorn respectfully placed a recording pen on the table, glanced at the director, turned around and exited.

After Danny left, Director Martin took the recorder and pressed the switch.

The conversation between Conklin and Albert echoed in the office...

Listen up, the director already knows the whole story.

Two guys, Albert and Conklin, actually dared to use the "stumbling block" for their own personal gain, and what they did was murder.

If this matter gets out, it will definitely be another major scandal in the history of the CIA.

Director Martin pressed the call button on the desk: "Ask Noah Watson to come to my office..."

After a while, a mean-looking man with glasses knocked on the door and entered the office.

"From today on, you will be responsible for the 'stumbling block'..."

The director looked at Noah Watson, "But first, you have to do a good job handover."

……

At night, an abandoned construction site in Langley is brightly lit by several cars.

A man in gray clothes drove a hook machine to dig a large rectangular hole in the ground, while another man in gray clothes opened the trunk of the car next to him and dragged out a person.

Walter Abbott's hands and feet were tied up, his whole body was in a state of embarrassment, and he was twisting and struggling.

The man in gray dragged Albert to the pit, and then kicked him down.

"No, I shed blood for the party and the country...^_^"

Albert was still struggling, and the man in gray on the other side pulled down the switch of the mixer truck next to him.

Tons of cement were poured into the pit, filling everything up instantly.

……

At the same time, Conklin's house

Several men controlled Conklin's hands and head, and no matter how hard he struggled, he still couldn't move.

A man pinched Conklin's mouth open and stuffed a bottle of wine inside.

The drink rushed to his throat, and Conklin could only swallow it forcefully. Within a few seconds, his face turned red.

The man who drank wine looked at his watch and seemed to feel that the time was almost up. He put down his drink and took out a syringe.

Seeing the needle, Conklin struggled even more fiercely, but he was held down by several strong hands, which was of no avail.

Seeing the needle getting closer and closer, Conklin's eyes showed fear.

"No, No, No..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a pain between his fingers. Conklin's struggle became weaker and weaker, and his body had a slight spasm.

The other men let go of their control over him, and Conklin fell to the ground helplessly, twitching, and then motionless...

……

The next day, early morning

In the director's office, the secretary starts work half an hour early.

When she arrived, she first organized the files on the table, then cleaned the desktop, cleaned the dust on the computer monitor, and then made coffee.

Fifteen minutes later, the secretary looked at the clock, took a cup of steaming coffee in a cleaned coffee cup and placed it in the most convenient place, then skillfully took out a newspaper from the bag and placed it on the director's desk.

The newspaper is "The Guardian", which Director Martin reads every day.

Half an hour later, the director came to the office.

Turning over the headlines on the front page, there was a short message published in the social news section - CIA senior director Ward Abbott was missing. Officials revealed that he was suspected of corruption and suspected that he had fled overseas.

Turning over to the other side, another short message was published in the inconspicuous corner of the "Current News" column - Last night, the University of Southern California Hospital rescued a patient who had a myocardial infarction due to alcoholism. In the end, the rescue was ineffective and he was pronounced dead.

The patient's name is Alexander Conklin.

Putting down the newspaper, Director Martin took out the "Tripstone" operation file from the safe. The names of Ward Albert and Alexander Conklin were printed on the leader directory page.

The director took out his seal and stamped the two names with the word "Dead" with his own hands, replacing them with a new leader list page---the combination of Noah Watson and Danny Zorn.
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……

Capitol Building

Nominally, the CIA reports directly to the president. Its organization, personnel, funding and activities are all strictly confidential, and even Congress has no right to interfere.

But in fact, Congress has the power to supervise financial appropriations, and if the CIA wants money, it will inevitably have to bypass Congress.

Especially some special projects often require additional appropriations from Congress. How can they agree if the big bosses don’t know where the money is being spent?

But the CIA also has its own way of dealing with it.

In a small conference room, an internal hearing was taking place. Only a few core members of Congress and the CIA participated in the hearing.

Noah Walton spoke.

"Operation 'Tripstone' has actually been terminated. Our original intention was to design it as an advanced action plan, and we hope to turn it into an excellent training platform.

But the effect, to be honest, is that the price is too high for a purely theoretical training, and the project has been completely terminated."

"Okay, what about the next item?"

The congressman felt sleepy after listening to it. The guy who explained it was very vague. He didn't understand it after listening for a long time. He only knew that a very expensive project had been stopped.

"OK, the next project is called the 'Black Rose' project. It is actually a communications project jointly implemented with the Ministry of Defense. We find this project very attractive and it has a high probability of success..."

Noah Wharton's serious nonsense...

Congress has very strict supervision over funds. This is their responsibility and the origin of their power. Mastering money means mastering resources, so that they can exchange with other forces with weight.

But they only review the whereabouts of the funds, and don’t care much about the specific usage after the review.

The CIA is making a fuss based on this point. They are selling sheep over dogs. The name of the project is true, but the content is completely inconsistent. The "Black Rose" project is nominally a communications project in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, but in fact it is a "stumbling block"

'The continuation of the plan.

The 'Stumbling Block' project was not shut down at all, it just continued to exist under a different name.

……

A bar

This is the place where IMF spends time in the evening, and it is also the beginning of countless fun parties. The game of hunter and prey is played out every night. As for who is the hunter and who is the prey, I am afraid only the person involved knows.

Marshal Ethan Hunt occasionally comes here to fish when he is bored. He thinks he is a hunter, but most of the time, I am afraid women will only regard him as prey.

Beside the bar, Ethan was slowly sipping a glass of whiskey, and a figure sat next to him.

It's Pamela.

Ethan shrugged. He wouldn't mind having a friendly match with his colleagues, but Pamela was obviously not his type.

"You will help me, right?"

After Pamela ordered a glass of rum, she turned to look at Ethan next to her.

Ethan did not answer in a hurry, but drank the remaining wine in the glass in one gulp. He also turned to look at Pamela and made an apologetic expression.

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't."

His friendship with Pamela is actually average, and this time he acted just to return a favor. Now that the favor has been repaid, there is no need for him to get involved in the grudge between Pamela and 'Stumbling Block'.
Chapter completed!