"General, there was a violent explosion at the castle just now."
Captain Linda walked into the temporary small conference room. Major General Green was sitting at the table, holding his chin with his hands and staring at the screen.
"I see……"
Green looked at the screen with a blank expression and said, "I know."
Lieutenant Linda looked at the screens. One of the screens showed a TV screen.
The reporter on the scene in the picture was as excited as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood.
"Oh! There was a violent explosion in the direction of the castle just now... Look, in the northeast corner, according to the relevant architectural drawings, there was the former dark prison..."
As the reporter explained with expressive expressions, the scene of the explosion was replayed again and again. The firelight was squeezed out from a corner of the castle, as brilliant as fireworks in the dark night.
"These TV reporters..." Lieutenant Linda sighed helplessly.
Although I had contacted the Ministry of Information and related media before, asking them to abandon reporting due to the crisis and safety, the helicopters hovering in the sky seemed to have left, but there were still countless reporters in high-rise buildings and on the beach around the island.
With interview vehicles and various advanced filming equipment pointed in the direction of the island, any disturbance will immediately make headlines.
"General, I think you have to see this."
She placed a stack of information in front of General Green.
"Our small drone has been monitoring the situation outside the castle. After the explosion, the camera captured this."
Green lowered his head and glanced at the material in front of him. There was a photo enlarged to the size of an A4 paper.
The photo was obviously taken by a drone and is black and white, but the pixels are still good, so there is no distortion after enlarging it.
The background of the photo is the castle wall, and a man's profile appears in the camera, seemingly looking towards the shore intentionally or unintentionally.
"Who is this person?" General Green looked at his intelligence officer and assistant Linda and said, "Is he someone from the castle?"
"Yes, this is the masked man." Linda said, "Look at the photo below."
Major General Green turned to the second page. The following pictures were all photos. Together they were the entire process of this man taking off his silicone mask.
"This was taken from the outside of the city wall, but not long after, the man entered the castle through a secret door." Linda said: "We scanned his facial features, but nothing was found, so we
I sent the photo to the NATO intelligence exchange platform that we cooperate with, and got a response soon."
"Who is this?" Green knew very well what the value of that platform was. It was an official communication channel between intelligence organizations from various European countries. It was originally established to fight terrorism and facilitate the exchange of intelligence with each other.
Members of this platform include CIA, MI6, Mossad, Deutsche BND, France's DGSE and more than 20 member institutions.
"The person who provided the information was an old friend of mine who works at BND, but he asked me to keep it confidential. He said that this matter is not simple and that we should be careful." Linda said, "According to the information, this person is a digger.
The leader of the tomb bearers is named Ximen."
When Green heard this, his expression changed.
Linda got the information from unofficial channels, which means that she could not get it through formal channels. And someone in the German BND knows the identity of this person, which means that many organizations actually have information about this person, but not
Plan to make it public.
Once this happens, it is commonly known as "ostrich intelligence" in intelligence organizations.
This means that it is like an ostrich that sticks its head in the sand when it is frightened, thinking that others cannot see it, but in fact everyone can see it.
Knowing, not revealing, not making it public, pretending not to know, this is "ostrich intelligence".
Different from the false information commonly known as "catering", this kind of "ostrich information" is usually genuine and hard goods. It's just that for some reason, they don't tell each other and they all pretend to be stupid.
It seems that the origin of the man in the picture is not simple. Only those who have done business with various intelligence agencies and have done dirty work for them will pretend not to know each other. It is better to do less than to do more.
Major General Green has a background in counter-terrorism and intelligence. How could he not know the power of this?
Picking up the photo of the man named Ximen, he suddenly felt that things had become complicated, and questions were rising in his mind again.
Why did Ximen, who had worn the mask for so long, not take it off somewhere but instead took off his mask outside the city wall?
A top assassin who can handle such a powerful security system and can even impersonate a quick reaction team. No, it should be said that this person is simply a master tactician.
A master tactician and top assassin actually took off his mask under such circumstances? Showing his true face to the world?
Doesn't he know that there are several drones flying quietly in the sky around the castle to monitor the castle? Does he really think that the country's military, intelligence organizations, and anti-terrorism departments are just losers or do they have other agendas?
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"General, there is another very important information. I think I should tell you. My old friend told me that Simon is not only the leader of the gravediggers, he also has another identity. He was once the twelfth member of the Holy Cross Brotherhood.
One of the disciples, and ranked first among the twelve disciples, and the top assassin."
"What!?" Major General Green was shocked. He suddenly understood why all the intelligence organizations were pretending to be stupid.
The Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, this legendary organization is of course also on the list monitored by the Counter-Terrorism Agency, but this organization has always had nothing to do with Sweden. Because this country is a neutral country, it is rarely involved in the politics of other countries, let alone
Deal with these top assassination organizations.
However, just because you don’t know how to do it, doesn’t mean that others don’t know how to do it.
If Ximen is really involved in dirty things in the intelligence agencies of various countries, then the situation seems to be somewhat out of control, and the switch to control the flood has been pressed.
The drone can take pictures of the west gate, and maybe the high-end photography equipment on the shore not far away can also do it.
No one can guarantee whether the TV station's gang of crooked reporters will capture this scene. Moreover, Green is even more worried that those reporters with powerful miraculous powers may be able to dig out some inside stories that even the intelligence agencies cannot dig out.
The current situation is still controllable, but once Ximen's true identity is revealed, things will get out of hand.
"Linda, I want you to arrange a video conference immediately and contact the heads of the CIA, MI6, Mossad, Deutsche BND, France and other departments immediately. I want to talk to them."
Major General Greene was born in the military and has been engaged in counter-terrorism work for many years. Of course, he is able to remain calm in the face of changes.
What's more, he now has a bargaining chip in his hand, and that is Ximen.
Since the water is muddy, then those who made it muddy should be held responsible.
Tonight, it seems that the assassination of Charlotte is just a small interlude, just like the hors d'oeuvres before a French meal, it is just the beginning.
Linda said hello, turned around and walked away a few steps, but was stopped by Major General Green.
"Go and notify Rhett immediately that the situation has changed and ask them to stop their actions immediately and not to alert others."
"Colonel Red?" Linda was stunned and felt bad, "They have already started taking action... It was you who approved his action before."
"What!?" Major General Green immediately rushed to the console in the corner of the conference room and grabbed the microphone from a sergeant.
"Red! Red! I am General Green, and I order you to stop your actions immediately!"