Half an hour later.

Lake said goodbye to Secretary Kelly and left the Homeland Security Building.

Get in the car.

"Hello."

Lake dialed the number that sent the text message just now and said directly: "Are you sure that a copy of the USB flash drive has been copied?"

"yes."

"Then be careful, Langley has sent their ace agent."

"I know, and that person is not Langley's either."

"Um?"

“IMF, have you heard of it?”

Lake frowned: "Impossible Mission Intelligence Agency?"

Seffer on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "I knew, you know no less than me."

Lake laughed.

He didn't know much. In this universe, in addition to the ancient priest with a bug, he also has such spoiler ability.

IMF.

Like S.H.I.E.L.D., which doesn't even deserve a name, this is also an institution that does not exist, but the IMF enjoys even higher treatment than S.H.E.L.D.

Let's say so.

S.H.I.E.L.D. was jointly founded by the five overlords, while the IMF was contracted by the federal government. The president knew, Congress knew, and even the federal court knew the existence of the IMF.

"Then be careful."

"Don't worry, IMF didn't come for me, they are directing and acting."

The Secret Service Commissioner did copy a copy of the information on the USB flash drive, and it was indeed sold to an executive in Langley. Even the executive was responsible for this tour.

As for what he wanted to do and what he did, Lake was not interested in, he was only interested in one of the things.

"How did you know."

"You have a wire report, so do I, my lover."

"...Okay, be careful."

"good."

Lake hung up the phone, shook his head, and drove back to Arlington County.

In the next few days.

All kinds of big news broke out.

First, under the joint statement of Washington and the Ghost Island Kingdom, the Japanese Island Kingdom handed over the full authority to the military base station on the island and sent federal agents to conduct full investigations in this Washington terrorist attack.

The federal father was very angry, and Hijima's son naturally had to receive education.

The Japanese islands were polarized by their president's decision. The Japanese people from the Japanese islands clapped and welcomed the federal investigation team to enter, while the extremists believed that this was a loss of power and humiliation.

pity.

Under the iron fist of the federal father, these extremists from the Japanese island country directly attracted the doomsday, and one after another, the federal troops stationed were pulled back to the military base for investigation and inquiry.

As for whether they can still get out alive, it is still unknown.

By the way.

This time SHIELD took the blame again.

Well.

This time, SHIELD felt that she had been wronged. Alexander Pierce found the president, but Alexander directly criticized Alexander for saying nothing in one sentence.

One sentence.

What is your responsibility for SHIELD?

To stop terrorist attacks, we must stop them before the terrorist attacks occur. This time, has SHIELD stopped them? No, so this is not considered unfairly accusing SHIELD.

After all, the one in the White Palace was very angry. If there was no report from the Sun, the President might not be angry and could put things within a controllable range, but if the report came out, how could it be controlled?

But leaker Lake Edwin has been dealt with by the Department of Homeland Security on his own, removing the position of the headquarters' operations director and keeping the position of the deputy director of the New York State Department of Homeland Security unchanged.

Um.

Still promoted.

I have to say that Secretary Kelly is still very powerful. Lake used to be the deputy director of New York State Operations, but now he is the deputy director of New York State. The word "action" is missing, but his functions have been greatly improved.

Of course.

The President doesn't know the whole story, and a temporary worker doesn't need to know these. In short, Lake has been dealt with by himself, so there is no doubt that SHIELD also needs to take the blame.

As for what kind of accountability S.H.I.E.D. has been under no utmost importance.

And Langley's side.

It is said that the traitor who stole the intelligence has been found.

It was the senior Langley agent Ethan Hunter who was sent to assist the IMF. They set up a plan to successfully find the insider. And while the inquiry was conducted, Ethan Hunter ran away. Now, Langley is arresting Ethan Hunter all over the world.

But these things have nothing to do with Lake.

He was about to take Skye back to New York.

Schools in the Midtown University are about to start, and Lake is also going to prepare for a trip to Europe from February to June this year.

This is a convention.

Although Lake has learned many habits of the Federation, it still has not learned the unreliable family connection of the Federation. Since the first year, Lake has taken time to go to Europe to accompany his children every year. Although the company of four months a year does not represent anything, at least he can watch the vampire children not become crooked or have no impression of him.

This day.

Lake woke up from Rachel's apartment, just like yesterday or the day before yesterday, after a morning warmth and washing up, Lake said, "I'm back to New York today."

Rachel, who was making pancakes in the kitchen, looked up at Lake: "So quickly."

Lake tidied up his cuffs, sat on the barrest, nodded, and said, "There's no way, the boss told me to go back to work quickly."

Rachel also has her own informant in Washington, so she naturally knows what her report has brought to Lake. Although she has said it several times yesterday and even the day before yesterday, she still said sorry: "I'm sorry."

Lake smiled and said, "It's okay, I always think New York is better than Washington."

The same sentence.

He made the decision in New York, Washington, he offended too many institutions, and stayed here, it was completely uncomfortable.

Rachel tilted her head and looked at Lake: "So, can we meet again?"

Lake walked into the kitchen and kissed Rachel: "Of course, unless, you don't want to see me."

No promises, no worries.

Lake figured it out.

It is much better to just fall in love than to determine the relationship. If you only fall in love and have no relationship, you will not have so many troubles, and you can get out of here when you leave.

Say...

Why do I understand this until now?

Lake was a little puzzled.

At noon.

Lake took Skye to New York Kennedy Airport by plane from Washington International Airport.

On the plane.

Skye looked at Lake sideways.

Lake, who was resting with his eyes closed, was too lazy to open his eyelids: "What are you doing?"

"nothing."

“…”

Skye shook her head first, then frowned: "I was thinking, since you have a girlfriend, then, does that mean that you will go back to Washington?"

Lake opened his eyes and looked at Skye, curious: "Who said I have a girlfriend."

Skye's eyes widened slightly: "Didn't you sleep at your girlfriend's house these days? Betty told me that she was a beautiful reporter."

Lake nodded and said, "I slept at Rachel's house, but why should I move back to Washington?"

Skye frowned and said, "Are you planning to separate from each other?"

This should be very unfavorable to the cultivation of feelings.

"Bang!"
To be continued...