When the church staff returned to their offices, they called Susan.
"Hey, Barry, do you have a problem with me?" Susan asked.
"There is a task that you need to handle. One of our sleeper agents was killed in Brussels, Belgium. I recommended you to Director Willis to handle this matter," Barry said.
Susan, who was being delayed by the church again on the grounds that there was no evidence, had no intention of caring about the murder of the latent personnel. However, before she could refuse, she heard Barry say, "I advise you not to refuse. I just threatened you."
Director Leith saw a retirement report,
Your name is on it. If you want to retire, don't do it. But if you don't want to retire completely so soon, just take over this mission. With your experience, it shouldn't be too troublesome to investigate a murder case. The bosses take this matter very seriously.
You should understand."
'Hell.' When she heard that Willis wanted her to retire, Susan, who was originally afraid that she would have nothing to do after retirement, immediately held back her refusal and said, "I can take over if you want, but I need to bring my familiar action team with me."
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"No problem, I know Dave, connect him now so I don't have to say it again later."
"Okay, wait a minute, Barry."
A minute later, three people appeared on the computer monitor. As soon as Dave got online, he said hello to Barry and Susan, "Good morning, Director Barry, Director Susan."
"Good morning, Dave, everyone is here. Let's talk about business. At 11 o'clock in the evening in Brussels, Belgium, a senior C1A special agent Culbert was killed at home.
Also killed was his wife. The preliminary investigation result of the Belgian police is that Culbert killed his wife and then committed suicide.
But we don’t believe that Culbert will commit suicide. He is a senior lurker. He also underwent a secret psychological test last month. There is no possibility of suicide at all, so the bureau asked you to take over the investigation of this matter.
Dave, you have been working with Susan before. This time you will be Susan's deputy and lead your team to help Susan investigate while protecting her safety."
"Understood, sir." Although Dave didn't show anything on his face, he cursed in his heart. Damn it, Culbert, the senior sleeper agent, was the one Ali and the three had just killed.
Bastard, how could such a coincidence happen? Dave couldn't help but doubt the person who issued the task on the dark web, but he definitely didn't dare to say it. He could only talk about it after the incident was over.
Dave had a sad look on his face and said, "Sir, can you confirm that Culbert is really one of ours?"
"Of course, Culbert's identity has been confirmed," Barry picked up a document and continued, "This is a Belgian police report. There are traces of gun lubricant in Culbert's mouth, and there is a 9mm pistol at his feet.
No fingerprints were found except those of Culbert and his wife. The gun was registered to Culbert himself, so the Belgian police concluded that he committed suicide.
These are the temporary clues. The Belgian police were very perfunctory when they learned that Culbert was one of ours, so I need you to investigate the cause of Culbert's death. The plane is waiting at the airport and can take off at any time."
"Thanks, Barry, I'll call you if I have any questions," Susan said.
"OK Bye Bye".
When Barry got off the line, Susan said to Dave, "Tell our people in Belgium to assist the police in sealing off the scene. No one will be allowed in until I arrive."
"Okay, sir," Dave hesitated for a moment and said, "I just checked in the database and couldn't find any information about this man named Culbert. When did he join the Secret Service, what did he do, and when was he deployed?
Lurking, are you sure Culbert is really one of ours?"
"I don't know," Susan said helplessly, putting her hand on her neck. "There are a lot of people like this in the bureau. In every country, there are always a few special agents with low positions but in key positions. Even in England, there are some."
There are many such people”.
"Well, it seems that my confidentiality level is too low. God, I still have a lot of messy things waiting to be dealt with on my desk."
"Haha, stop complaining, get ready to go, go see the scene, maybe you can come back soon," Susan said with a smile.
"The only thing I'm looking forward to is Belgian chocolate," Dave said with a smile. "You know the only thing people remember about Belgium is probably its chocolate."
"Well, chocolate, that's not bad, let's try it."
An hour later, Susan saw Dave, who had been waiting for a long time, at the airport. When she met, she saw Dave alone. Susan asked, "Where are Ali and the others?"
"They were on a mission in the Netherlands, and I asked the three of them to go directly to Brussels to wait for us," Dave said with a smile.
"Well, let's go then."
It was normal for the Secret Service to go on a mission, so Susan didn't think much about it.
Seven hours later, in Brussels, Belgium, Susan and Dave were picked up by the Belgian secret service as soon as they got off the plane and went directly to Culbert's home.
At Culbert's house, Susan became silent after carefully exploring inside and outside. However, the Belgian police were indeed very uncooperative. Seeing Susan find the clues on the table, the police chief shrugged, "Sorry, we still have the rest of the report."
I didn’t have to send it to you urgently, you are here now, and I will have the latest report sent to your hotel later.”
Dave looked at his watch and said to Susan: "Susan, the time agreed to meet with the staff of the foreign embassy is coming soon. They know the specific situation best now."
These words woke up Susan who was deep in thought, "ok, let's go", walked to Dave and took back her bag and coat from him.
Dave looked at Susan with a gloomy face, feeling very flustered and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, let's go." After saying this, Susan took her coat and walked sideways past Dave. She didn't know if it was a sense of crisis, but she thought that Culbert was the one who did it and walked away from Dave.
Susan's steps seemed a little hasty at this time.
This made Dave, who had been working with Susan for more than ten years, instinctively know that something was wrong. Susan might have guessed that they were responsible for this case, so he became extremely vigilant and stood there thinking about the arrangements before coming to Belgium.
"Dave, we have to go," Susan called.
"Okay, I'll come right away."
After walking out of Culbert's house, the two of them got into the car talking and laughing, without showing any signs of abnormality during the process. They returned to the hotel and saw off the people from the Belgian Secret Service. After meeting the staff of the foreign embassy, Dave lowered his voice.
He said to Susan, "Let's go, let's check in first, I'll tell you as we go."
"Yeah", Susan nodded.
"There is nothing wrong with Culbert's bank records, and there are no problems after checking his cell phone, phone number, and email. He is in good marital status, has no affairs, has no boyfriend, and has not even said anything inappropriate to his colleagues."
"Wait, boyfriend, Culbert?" Susan stopped and asked in surprise.
Dave shrugged, "Come on, Susan, it's not like we haven't seen this kind of thing around us, not to mention that this is Western Europe, so this kind of situation is even more common."
"Okay, I'm the one making the fuss."
The two of them completed the check-in procedures and walked to the elevator. As soon as they arrived at the elevator, Susan's cell phone suddenly rang.