This term immediately came to everyone's mind at Omega.
So who is framing Irving?
Owen has many enemies, but at this juncture, everyone's first reaction is Solomon Lane. The two sides just had a big battle, and Solomon Lane was almost killed. Although framing does not seem like the Syndicate's style of doing things.
, but the hatred between the two parties has become so strong that it will never end, no matter what method Ryan uses, it is possible.
Owen suddenly became a wanted criminal. Becky opened the computer and started to search. After searching, her face became darker and darker the more she searched.
It turns out that Irving is not only wanted by the Austrian police and Interpol, but the underground world is also looking for traces of Irving everywhere. The reason is that just yesterday, Prince Khalid of the United Arab Emirates issued a huge sum of money to Steve Irwin and Solomon Lane.
A reward of one million U.S. dollars is offered for providing valid information, and the reward is 20 million U.S. dollars for each person captured alive and delivered to Prince Khalid.
Looking at the announcement of the underground world, Owen felt bitter in his heart. This was the second time that he had been offered a bounty. The last time was the $2 million bounty offered to him by the drug lord Montel family. In the end, they killed the Montel family.
The reward automatically expires. Unexpectedly, this time it has increased tenfold. The person offering the reward is still a rich man from the Middle East. Does he still have to kill the rich man from the Middle East?
…
At the same time, the White House
"Your Excellency, this is the call from the President of Austria..."
The White House Secretariat asked President Jonathan for instructions, and the President nodded: "Come in."
When the call was connected, President Jonathan spoke first: "Your Excellency, President Olivier, I deeply sympathize with the accident that happened to your Prime Minister..."
"Your Excellency, we have found out that the person who assassinated our Prime Minister was your country's former CTU agent Steve Irwin. Your country must give our country an explanation for this matter..."
"President Olivi, this agent did once work in TU, but my predecessor, President David Palmer, had already disbanded the department during his administration. This matter is purely his personal behavior..."
President Jonathan tried to defend, but was immediately interrupted by the Austrian President: "But as far as I know, a few days ago, this man also worked with your country's TU to prevent the robbery of the New York Federal Reserve's vault. Now you are saying that he has nothing to do with your country.
It's hard for me to believe..."
"No, no, no, President Olivier, this is just a coincidence..."
Jonathan firmly denied Irving's identity, but had no way to refute it. Almost all the American people knew about the robbery of the Federal Reserve Treasury. After all, the media reported it extensively at the time. Although Omega gave the credit to TU, there was always a camera that caught it.
One and a half stars.
"I solemnly inform your country that until the case comes to light, Austria will carefully handle its relations with the United States..."
President Olivi said a tough word and hung up the phone. President Jonathan looked very bad. Originally, he did not need to give any face to a small country like Austria, but the current situation is very bad.
Just when the phone was hung up, the secretariat's phone rang again: "Your Excellency, the British Prime Minister wants to speak to you. In addition, the President of the United Arab Emirates is also online. He seems to be in a bad mood..."
The call from the Secretariat made Jonathan feel dizzy. He knew exactly why the heads of state of the two countries were looking for him. Now he hated Omega and Owen in his heart. They were obviously the ones who caused the big trouble but he needed to handle it all by himself.
It took Jonathan a full hour to appease the presidents of the two countries. He repeatedly stated that this incident was a personal behavior and had nothing to do with the United States. His words were dry, but the presidents of the two countries did not believe it at all. They called
Mainly to express indignation, and also to protest against the United States' espionage activities in their country.
After hanging up the phone, Jonathan felt a headache, but he still summoned the newly appointed CIA head, Director Walter Abbott.
Albert entered the office and sat down, looking shrewd behind the glass lenses.
"Albert, I want to know what exactly Owen got from England?"
He roughly knew the process of what Irving or Omega had done in the UK and Abu Dhabi. The CIA had a detailed report, but he knew nothing about what they had obtained from the British vault. The British side was very taboo about this.
Their intelligence officers couldn't get any inside information.
"Sorry, Mr. President, we don't know about this either, but according to limited intelligence analysis, Irving's actions should be related to Solomon Lane, and he should be coerced..."
The president waved his hand tiredly, and Albert stood up and left. In any case, President Jonathan was not prepared to get involved in this matter. He was prepared to wait and see what would happen.
Albert returned to his office in the White House. Although he was the director of CIA, he worked in the White House most of the time. His power came from here. He would only return to Langley under special circumstances. He usually used the phone to remotely control Langley.
everything.
When he just returned to his private office, his phone suddenly received a call from an unknown number.
Looking at the messy number on the caller ID, Albert knew that the caller used encryption, which was not common. He wondered who would call him. After hesitating for a few seconds, he pressed the answer button.
"Walt Abbott, I'm Solomon Lane."
The content on the phone made his pupils shrink.
"How do you prove your identity?"
With a background in intelligence work, Albert acted extremely cautiously and was not someone who would just believe what the other party said.
"You can ask MI6 to compare my voice clips, but I don't recommend you do this. Recording this call will only cause you trouble..."
"Oh, I would like to hear the details."
Albert didn't think the other party could threaten him in any way. The reason why the conversation continued was that he was also curious about what the other party wanted when he called him.
"Steve Owen assassinated the Austrian Prime Minister. His existence is a great threat to national security. I suggest that the CIA use its own power to eliminate hidden dangers."
"Haha, Mr. Lane, whether you are really Solomon Lane or not, I think you have made one mistake. The CIA is an intelligence agency and is not responsible for assassinations. If you hire assassins, you should go to the Continental Hotel..."
"Director Abbott, what is the responsibility of the Syndicate? You must know by now that it is a tool for the British government to use physical means to solve external threats. This tool is not only available in the UK. As far as I know, the United States also has a stumbling block.
plan……"
"I don't understand what you are talking about..."
The cunning Albert still did not admit it, but Solomon Lane knew that the name Stumbling Block had already frightened him...
"Don't be surprised. I know far more than you think. Martin, Sheffield, I think you understand what I'm talking about. My request is very simple. I want Owen to die. I think you know what you should do?"
Ryan hung up the phone, but Albert's heart was filled with huge waves.
How did this guy know the relationship between the three of them? Did he also know about the White Mask? Albert felt that Ryan was blowing him up, but the other party accurately named the two names Martin and Sheffield.
It's not like that either.
Albert locked himself in the office. When his secretary came in to report, he was scolded by him. He was like a volcano that was about to erupt at any time. He thought about the pros and cons of everything with a gloomy face.
No one would have thought that behind the scenes of the famous White Mask were three senior officials of the United States. This was originally just a coincidence. The White Mask was originally created by him, Martin, the former director of the Presidential Secret Service, and Lieutenant Colonel Sheffield of the military.
A small organization will be created whose role is only to get what everyone needs.
At that time, Abbott was only the deputy director of the CIA. He needed political achievements. Sheffield was a radical in the military. After David Palmer came to power, he had been working on cutting military expenditures and withdrawing troops from war zones. Sheffield hoped to rely on
The external force of the White Mask forced the hawkish forces in the United States to rise. It was the same reason for Martin. His son died fighting abroad, but David Palmer's withdrawal made his son's death meaningless. He believed
This is America's weakness.
It was in this environment that the White Masks were established. This organization did many great things and seemed to be wreaking havoc on the United States, but all three of them thought they were helping the United States stand up.
But then Martin failed, and Sheffield also realized that relying on external forces could not achieve his goals. He launched more radical actions, but ultimately failed.
After the two failed one after another, White Mask also suffered a heavy blow. Albert took the opportunity to let himself go. At this time, White Mask could no longer provide any help, but would drag him into the abyss.
Albert allowed the White Mask to disintegrate and collapse, with its internal members absorbed by other radical organizations, and he even personally attacked it.
He originally thought that no one would know this secret after the two of them died, but he didn't expect that Solomon Lane would reveal it.
After pondering for a long time, Albert finally felt that he couldn't take the risk, so he reached for the phone and dialed Conklin's number.
"Boss?"
Conklin is his most capable subordinate. Conklin knows many things about him, including those that are shady.
"Activate the Falcon and issue an assassination mission on Steve Irwin and Solomon Lane."
"……OK."
Conklin was a little frightened, but in the end he didn't ask anything. This is the basic quality of a qualified subordinate, and it is also the reason why he can survive until now.
Since the establishment of the Treadstone Project, many important figures have been successfully assassinated, and this is not the first time it has targeted secret service personnel.
Conklin put down the phone. Both the names Steve Irwin and Solomon Lane were familiar to him. He even briefly cooperated with Steve Irwin in the operation to capture Medusa Avril Berman, but these were all
It's not important anymore.
After calling his assistant Danny Zorn and whispering a few instructions, Danny Zorn took the order and left.
Plan Treadstone was launched, Falcon was activated, and the assassination team of the world's largest intelligence agency was activated. Owen didn't know that a greater danger was approaching.