Steel steam and flame

"But why do you have to go to this point? In the past few days, I have been observing you from the moment I boarded the airship. Maintaining this kind of professional caution is very draining of energy and physical strength. At first, everyone was alert to the surrounding area and ensured all-round surveillance of the target. But just one day later, the high-intensity concentration had side effects, and you had to choose to divide the personnel into two batches. , in order to reduce the unnecessary pressure you put on yourself.”

"After dividing the batches, some effects were achieved, but they were not obvious. The rest time was not enough at all, and it was precisely because of your own high quality and professionalism that it caused negative effects later. Professionalism and quality This makes your self-requirements very high, but as I said just now, making appropriate adjustments according to the environment is the core idea of ​​​​disguise."

Cassia glanced at the middle-aged man next to her at this time, nodded, and showed a kind smile: "In life these days, I am a little less strict about food and alcohol. I think the status of the team members will be better." There has been some improvement.”

"However, what I care more about is the basic information you have in hand from the beginning. Because of your visible professionalism, your analysis of the information will definitely not be bad. But in the past few days, you have indeed demonstrated Professionalism, but this professionalism is completely used in the wrong place.”

Cassia seemed not to notice the man's tense body at all. He and the man walked from the corridor to the side of the cafeteria and put down a small kettle at the boiling water area. When a burst of hot water vapor dispersed around him, he continued to ask questions for which he already had answers.

"Actually, there is not much to say. I just want to tell you that your professionalism makes people feel comfortable. It is like a template in a textbook. Even if it cannot be used as a teaching material for others to learn from, more than 90% of it is It can be achieved. Especially when you consider the safety of the airship itself and specially send your own team members to guard and monitor the steam furnace, you have to admire it."

"But the only thing I don't understand is why you would use this professionalism on me?"

Faced with Cassia's questions, the middle-aged man whose expression became serious never said a word. The fresh breath of the middle-aged man just now disappeared completely. The person who stayed in place now, carrying a small pot to get boiling water, was just a machine that was forced to dare not make the slightest move due to Cassia's invisible pressure.

The small kettle is not big and was filled in less than half a minute. Cassia carried the small pot and went to the entrance of the corridor first, waiting for the man to follow. Seeing that he still had no intention of speaking, she could only finish her own words.

"Actually, after observing you these past few days, I have two unconfirmed guesses. I wonder if you can help me confirm their accuracy?" Cassia said with a smile. He wanted to liven up the stiff atmosphere around him, but when he saw the man became even more silent, his laughter stopped abruptly in the middle.

"Okay." He seemed to have compromised and stopped doing useless things, "The first guess is that the intelligence you got only contains information about the escort team, and apart from that, there is nothing else. So in the execution of the order, you only received the words to monitor the escort team, so you had no idea that I was on the airship."

"The second guess is that there is information about me in the intelligence, but it is definitely not consistent with reality. The description, the data given and the positioning of strength are all suppressed a lot. I am positioned as an insider of the force. Elite members, or other positions? That leads you to think that you can deceive my eyes. In short, I think the second guess is more likely. After all, when facing the escort team, you start by boarding the airship You have shown absolute discipline and professionalism. The strength of the escort team cannot explain the state you have shown."

"Even if it can be explained with caution, you have specific considerations in mind as to where the escort team is on the horizontal line."

While talking, the two of them walked along the corridor to the stairs at the end. Their shoes made a "tapping" sound when they stepped on the stairs made of steel plates. Cassia stopped at the corner in the middle of the stairs. After putting down the small kettle, she sat on the stairs and stared at the middle-aged man's face.

"It's a second guess."

"If you don't speak anymore, I will choose another plan in my heart. You should know that patience is mutual in nature most of the time. So now, what are you going to do?"

"It depends on how many choices you gave us, sir." The man sighed at this time. After putting down the kettle, he leaned on the railing of the stairs. "I probably know the intention of what you said to me, sir. In fact, you are telling me I, all our actions are under your control. And those two conjectures just now are actually not conjectures, right, dear sir."

"You just want to tell me one thing. My superior did not tell us the truth when he issued the order. And there should be only one reason why he did this. That is that this investigation and surveillance mission has huge consequences. Danger, 100% life-threatening, can be seen as, in his eyes, from the moment we boarded the airship, we were already movable corpses. As for how long we will remain frozen, it only depends on how long it takes for you to start taking action, sir. That’s all.”

"For a mission that is 100% fatal, if you tell the truth..." The man still remained calm, at least professionalism had already been engraved on his bones, and Cassia did not put much pressure on him.

Cassia nodded at this time, knowing that the subsequent conversation would be simpler than imagined: "Tomorrow night, the airship will make a docking. Do you have any specific news about this?"

"'There will be members boarding the ship to support you.' This is the only news I got." The man answered very sincerely.

"Send more powerful members to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance on your behalf? Or implement another plan?" Cassia said to herself. After thinking for a while, he said to the man, "Can you convince all the members of your team to cooperate with you? Or, some of them are more difficult and need my help."

The man then raised his head and looked at Cassia.

"You have no choice. For me, this is the solution with the least trouble in the future. Of course, you can believe me, I have no interest in your lives. Things that can be done at any time, without difficulty or obstacles, So I won’t pay too much attention to it.”

"Well..." Cassia calculated the time in her mind, "In the past few days, every time you turned on the water, the longest one was at noon the day before yesterday. It took seven minutes, because at that time you went to buy a few packages. Good food. Now four minutes have passed and you have three minutes to think about it.”

"Don't worry, three minutes is a very long time for your thinking speed. There will be no problem in giving me the answer after thinking carefully."

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"You definitely understand the surveillance around me and the number of eyes around you. This is not the impression I have of you, Hai."

"It's been a few years. I don't know why, but their presence has particularly affected my mood recently. So I hired a few assassins who broke away from the family. For a long time, I accumulated a lot of resources without launching any plans." He's voice was gentle, "Ms. Ye Jielin, I think your situation is not much different from mine. Do you have any intention in this regard? I'm looking forward to the experience of being a middleman. This may bring me many new experiences." idea."