The imprint of the universe and the return of all things

Section 2. Helpless concession.

Located in the presidential bedroom on the second floor of the White House, there is a spacious room specially transformed into an indoor simulated golf course. Since the current President of the United States, Andrew Herbert, loves to play golf, he spent more than 100,000 US dollars out of his own pocket to buy a room-sized indoor golf simulator so that he could simulate golf simulators around the world. Golf on the course.

The current president of the United States, Andrew Herbert, is a man in his sixties, with white hair and a big belly. He was standing on the lawn in front of the big screen, holding a cigar in his mouth and carefully waving the golf club in his hand, slowly pushing the virtual golf ball on the screen into the hole.

Andrew Herbert has been studying golf for many years and can be considered an amateur master. He usually scores around 80 strokes. But he was a little restless today and his performance was poor. He shot a full 103 strokes before completing 18 holes.

He sighed deeply, threw the golf club on the lawn without any interest, then sat down in the lawn chair and continued to smoke his cigar thoughtfully.

After a while, his cell phone rang. Chief of Staff Donald Kennedy called to inform him that CIA Director Audrey Casey had arrived at the White House and was waiting for him.

After hearing this, Andrew Herbert quickly changed his clothes and hurried to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House.

In the Oval Office, Chief of Staff Kennedy and Audrey Casey were sitting on the sofa in front of their desks, whispering to each other, and having a heated discussion.

As soon as Andrew Herbert entered the door, he said to Audrey Casey:"Kathy, I hope you brought me good news this time. Have you thought of bringing Galen Scott and How do I catch Kenichi Ito from the United States?"

Audrey Casey said solemnly:"I'm sorry, Mr. President. We have discussed it for several weeks and discussed many action plans with certain practicality. But after repeated research, Later, it was found that the probability of successful implementation of these plans was very low, very, very low, generally less than 20%, and once the action failed, it may cause serious political, public opinion and foreign affairs risks. After all, Geneva is a special place. Considering these huge risks, it is difficult for us to find a suitable plan to carry out this operation."

Andrew Herbert heard this and said angrily:"What? Is this the conclusion you came to after discussing it for so many days?"

Audrey Casey said with a slightly helpless tone:"We have tried our best, but unfortunately, yes, this is the conclusion. I have to say, Hill, you know, is that Galen... Kurt, he made a good move. He gave up his identity as an American citizen, so that we can no longer publicly arrest him on suspicion of endangering national security and bring him back to the United States. Even if we use other means to pressure Switzerland, Switzerland The government will never hand him over. Because there is no legitimate reason for this matter, once they cooperate with us in doing so, they themselves will be under great pressure from public opinion. At the same time, Hill chose an arms dealer and philanthropist By doing this, Luka Federer, as his partner in Switzerland, not only gained Luka Federer's strong security, but also made people less suspicious of his actions, and also easily established a good reputation in the local area. By With these arrangements, he is now in a state of high security in terms of security, law, and public opinion. With the current situation, we can't do anything to him."

Andrew Herbert was very angry and said angrily:"Bullshit, bullshit , it’s all bullshit. I believe you time and time again, but you mess it up time and time again. Now, that guy Hill is sunbathing on the edge of Lake Geneva, drinking coffee, and enjoying himself leisurely And here we are, and you're telling me there's nothing we can do about him. Oh my God, I've had Congress send the CIA money every year since I took office.、FBI、The Department of Defense increased its budget so much just to hear your bullshit answer? Are you kidding me? Audrey

Casey said with a sullen face:"Mr. President, I understand your anger and I'm sorry to disappoint you." But we did try our best. It's just that our opponent Hill is not an ordinary person, he is really……"

Andrew Herbert interrupted:"That's enough, stop talking...please go out."

After Audrey Casey hesitated, she stayed on the sofa without moving.

Andrew Herbert said:"I said, Casey, please get out. I still have to discuss with Donald what to do next."

Audrey Casey said:"Actually, Mr. President, I still have to discuss the next step." I have worse news to tell you."

Andrew Herbert shook his head and said:"Spare me. Worse? Isn't the current situation bad enough? Tell me quickly, before I have a heart attack. Tell me."

Audrey Casey said:"The CIA's informant in Fort Lumiga (the headquarters of"Black Flame Punishment") recently provided us with important intelligence, saying that he saw an important figure in the Xingri Society. Tamron had a meeting with the leaders of Black Flame Retribution. Meanwhile, this week, our European allies provided us with the latest batch of shared intelligence. Among these shared intelligence, one of them mentioned , they discovered that in the past half month, a large number of"Black Fire Punishment" fighters and members of the Xingri Society had sneaked into countries surrounding Switzerland. These people tried to sneak in from those countries via remote Alpine border mountain roads. Swiss border. At present, most of the stowaways have been intercepted and arrested by the border police/police of those countries, but there are still a small number of people who have successfully smuggled into Switzerland. For this reason, they remind European countries and us to pay attention to guard against these potential threats.

Pass Analyzing the intelligence mentioned above, we speculate that"Black Flame Punishment" and Xingrihui have most likely reached some kind of cooperative relationship and are currently planning an operation against Hill's team in Geneva."

Andrew Herbert endured. Feeling angry, he took a deep breath and said to Audrey Casey:"They won't succeed, right? Didn't you just tell me that Hill is in a state of high security?"

Audrey Lee Casey said:"It is indeed unlikely that they will succeed, but this possibility cannot be completely ruled out. In comparison, their probability of success in catching Hill's team is greater than ours, because they do not have as many people as we do." You can do whatever you want without scruples."

After hearing this, Andrew Herbert couldn't help but said loudly:"This is great, our two most troublesome enemies are joining forces to rob the world's most valuable asset. Horrible weapons, and maybe they actually succeed, and we, we can only sit here and stare, unable to do anything. This is simply ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!"

Audrey Kay After Xi was silent for a while, he said solemnly:"With all due respect, Mr. President, when things have come to this point, I personally think that we may give up forcing the Hill team to hand over the wormhole transmission technology to the military and peacefully It would be a better choice to persuade them to return to the United States and agree to allow them to use this technology purely for commercialization and civilian use."

Andrew Herbert was stunned when he heard Audrey Casey's suggestion. one time. He thought for a moment, then turned to Chief of Staff Kennedy for advice.

Chief of Staff Kennedy nodded and said:"What Casey said makes sense. Once our enemies are lucky enough to seize the wormhole transmission technology, the United States will undoubtedly suffer a disaster. Rather than letting this uncontrollable danger exist, we should It is better to give up forcing Hill and others now and let them return to the United States. If we do this, we will indeed lose a great opportunity for strategic leadership, but on the other hand, at least the country will be safer. What's more, the wormhole transmission technology Commercialization will also bring huge improvements to the country's economy and technology."

Andrew Herbert remained silent, leisurely lit a cigar and started smoking. After he smoked for a while, he slowly said:"You know, I have been suffering from insomnia in the past two years. Sometimes I even wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall back to sleep until dawn. Because I am very worried and worried about many things. Huaxia's scientific and technological strength is rising rapidly. It is said that many of their weapons have surpassed ours. We are no longer confident enough to suppress their development. The Romanov State, which has always been hostile to us, is in On the one hand, they are watching eagerly, looking for opportunities to attack us, and want to settle old scores with us. On the other hand, our allies around the world, especially those in Europe, are increasingly divided internally, and there are more and more anti-American forces. He came to power through elections and is drifting away from us, even parting ways. There is also Japan. The Japanese political arena is controlled by a group of annoying right-wing guys who are ready to move and wait for an opportunity to deal with us. The docile hunting dogs in the past now want to Bite us back……"

Andrew Herbert paused, took a deep breath from his cigar, exhaled a long puff of smoke, and then said:"If the situation continues like this, the United States may lose all its advantages and start to go downhill. It may happen in the near future. , we will face an unprecedented severe dilemma, and it might happen on my watch.

So, to tell you the truth, I really want to seize this opportunity. I really want to obtain the wormhole transmission technology weapon. , I want to use this super technology to reverse the current decline and tell the world that the United States is still the original United States, and we have not completely declined!"

Chief of Staff Kennedy listened to Andrew Herbert's thoughts and spoke profoundly. Said:"As your chief of staff and a friend for many years, of course I understand your thoughts. But do you still remember that on the night of your 30th birthday, we made an appointment to go gambling in Las Vegas and ended up losing everything? ? You had won enough that night, and you could have left the venue with the"trophies". But you insisted on playing the last hand of Texas Hold'em, and you ALLINed even though the odds of winning were not high. As a result, we were in the big game. On winter nights, I have to sleep on the street.

I think the current situation is just like the last Texas Hold'em poker that night, not worth seeing. It's time to let go, brother."

Andrew Herbert slowly let go Holding the cigar in his hand, he sighed and said:"Of course I know it's time to let it go. I'm not an impulsive young man in my 30s. I just... I'm just unwilling... Oh, that's it, that's it, that's it." He turned his head and said to Audrey Casey with a very reluctant expression:"Kathy, I will sign a written commitment later, promising not to force those bastards on Hill to hand over wormhole transmission technology to the military. At the same time, we will try our best to help Congress pass a bill to ensure that this technology is only used for commercial purposes. You are responsible for selecting a suitable person, and let this person go to Switzerland with this written commitment to persuade those bastards on Hill to come back."

Audrey Casey said:"Okay, I will get it done."

Andrew Herbert said:"Also, to be on the safe side, you contact the Special Forces Command and ask McRaven to dispatch another Special Forces team. Switzerland secretly protects those bastards. Remember, you must keep a low profile and don't cause me any more trouble."

Audrey Casey said:"I understand."

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