Getting rid of accountability is actually just a small problem, and the real struggle is yet to come.
Serif attracted so much international attention that the story of his fall spread throughout the inner circles of the world almost as soon as it happened.
It is no exaggeration to say that the letter combination "Seripher" is definitely a sensitive triggering word that can be ranked as a key concern in any country with a little knowledge.
The whole world... no, but at least more than ten countries have sent congratulatory messages, congratulating Country C on its economic development, diplomatic development, agricultural development, and resource development in the past ten years... And after more or less nonsense greetings, there are also some Maybe he got straight to the point, and eventually moved the real topic to Serif.
"Gentleman?" The current leader of the Ministry of National Security was confused: "Who is that kid? Why are so many countries mentioning him today?"
The document clerk wiped his sweat and said: "He is a very famous thief... Well, he has been very popular in recent years anyway. I heard that he has stolen a lot of things without being caught, so everyone is also having a headache. I heard that he was arrested in our country, so I immediately called him and asked."
"Well done! I feel proud!" The leader raised his eyebrows and patted the table, nodding his head with great satisfaction: "Who did it? Write it down and look back. If you really have the ability, you can focus on cultivating it."
The data clerk wiped his sweat again: "It's not from our National Security Bureau. I heard that it was the Shanlin City Traffic Police Brigade who caught the person..." Fortunately, he had already retrieved the data before, otherwise he would have been stuck now.
After all, who would have thought that Serif would stumble in a place like this.
The leader was silent for half a minute: "... Forget it, but let Shanlin City detain the person for a few more days. We will study the sentencing carefully. As for extradition, we can also look at the conditions first."
If there is a threat, it will be nipped in its infancy. If there is no threat, it can be used to make deals with other countries.
The document clerk was so sweaty that he simply stopped wiping it off and said tremblingly: "It's already private."
"Oh, then... wait, what did you say?!" The leader's eyes suddenly widened.
The document clerk felt urgent to urinate: "I heard that the owner of the stolen car had already said hello and said it was just a misunderstanding. Then Brother Han also called and said hello, saying that this person is useful..."
The leader was speechless.
"Boss." The little information clerk was very frightened: "If you think something is wrong, how about we send someone to check the water meter? I have left the address..."
Leader: "..." Check your sister!
…
After dinner, before he had time to discuss today's events, Han Chu went to the balcony to answer a phone call.
Then after he came back, he stared at Serif on the sofa in silence for five minutes.
Serifu went from calm to confused to uncomfortable. After a while, he finally couldn't help but move his body to a different sitting position and coughed: "Is there a problem?"
Han Chu nodded lightly and calmly reported a list of country names, and then concluded under Serif's puzzled eyes: "These are all the countries that called our national security department today."
“…”
Serif understood instantly.
Brother Shuang just finished washing the dishes and came out. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up below his elbows, revealing a slender forearm. Because of the temperature and the steam from the work, the collar that was originally buttoned strictly to the top became too restrictive, so Brother Shuang casually raised his hand to loosen the collar button to make himself more comfortable... With the slender and clean The fingers flexibly unbuttoned the collar, revealing the delicate collarbone and the faint muscle lines under the shirt. The whole person looked particularly tempting and delicious.
... It was okay that the other people present were all men, but Su Zheng, who was attending the dinner party on behalf of the Great Celestial Thieves Group, was obviously not strong enough in willpower. She stared at Brother Shuang for a long time with a red face, without saying anything. The eyes are also amazingly bright, and the expression on his face that he wants to pounce on him and "lick him" is simply unbearable to look at.
You have good looks, good cooking skills, and yet you are so at home!
It was indeed the wisest decision of her life to switch jobs and join this team! none of them! !
"Are you in trouble?" Brother Shuang unbuttoned two collar buttons and sat casually on the side of the sofa. He raised his hand to drink water, only to realize that he didn't have his own cup.
Then before "he" could stand up, the attentive Su Zheng had already happily pushed the entire kettle over with his non-existent tail wagging.
Ye Shuang: "..."
Han Chu's attention shifted and he glanced at Su Zheng speechlessly, who was begging for praise. He then looked at Brother Shuang, whose hormones were exuding indiscriminately. He looked away lightly and said "hmm", and then changed the topic: "I hope There should be no bloody incidents caused by emotional disputes in my subordinate team."
"???"
Brother Shuang felt a pain in his knee for no reason. He thought about it for a while and decided not to think about it.
Patting Su Zheng on the head and smiling to express his gratitude, Ye Shuang returned to the topic seriously: "Actually, as long as Serif is in country C, he will be in trouble sooner or later. After all, everyone has been paying attention to his whereabouts... Now I think these things are more important. It’s not important, as long as we solve the problem between us quickly.”
After speaking for a moment, Ye Shuang suddenly frowned and looked at Serifu with some hesitation: "...I suddenly remembered that you are actually of no use to us?"
This person came purely for Antonis and had no formal agreement or cooperative relationship with anyone at all.
Having said that, she went out of her way to fish the person out, just to make trouble for herself.
Hearing what Ye Shuang said, Serifu's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
But Han Chu wanted to add fuel to the fire. Unknowingly or unknowingly, his colleague switched to English and said calmly without blinking: "It's really of no use. Do you want to release it? Or give it to Yao Zhixing as a meeting gift."
Everyone present turned their attention to Serifu, and even Su Zheng, who didn't understand the foreign language, followed suit and followed the crowd anyway.
Serif suddenly felt the pressure, blinked and turned to Antonis, looking forward to it: "...Antonis?"
"We're not familiar with each other, buddy." Antonis spread his hands and happily assumed the attitude of watching the fire from the other side.
"Ignore me again!" Su Zheng, who had no translation, was very angry. She felt that it was time for fun, but the sad thing was that she couldn't understand a word.
"Anyway." Ye Shuang sighed and turned to Antonis: "Tony, please talk to Serif first. If it gets in the way, we'll find a way to get him away. Anyway, there's a ready-made case record, and it's hard to turn it over. easy."
Serif sighed: "Actually, I just want to meet Antonis, but it seems that he is not very popular..." At this point, he raised his eyes with some disappointment: "Antonis, you really don't remember that time. Holy dance?"
"Well... Frankly speaking, I really have no impression of you." Anthony bluntly attacked Han Chu and others: "But I did check the 'gentleman' by the way. This Serif is famous. He’s quite a magician, and his grades in science and engineering are pretty good. I’ve studied his theft records, and it doesn’t seem to be out of material pursuits… maybe it’s some kind of spiritual sense of accomplishment?”
"Show me the information." Han Chu unceremoniously asked Antonis for Serif's personal file.
After Han Chu got it, Ye Shuang naturally leaned over to look at it. Antonis was left to continue to question Serif: "So starting from the premise of personal pursuit, you came to me because you encountered some bad things at the Halloween dance you said, and these things It was brought by me, so you want to come to me to hold you accountable?”
"It's not like that." Han Chu browsed ten lines of information at a glance, selecting key points and skipping to read. In particular, he first paid attention to Serif's investigation status three years ago, and interrupted lightly: "If it is because of personal spiritual pursuits, Then when he encounters an embarrassing moment because of you, it should be a normal reaction to challenge you and win back the game. However, judging from Xiaoshuang's report and your previous phone call, he does not seem to be hostile to you... Although this cannot be What kind of conclusion does it represent, but at least it can be judged that Serifu does not have an excessive ambition to win, so he can not mind what happened before."
"I mind!" Serif corrected him seriously, but then he sighed helplessly: "But you are right, I didn't steal just because I wanted to show off my abilities, so let's talk about it more Not for spiritual pursuits... To be honest, I just want Antonis to do me a favor."
Han Chu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said a calm "hmm", lowered his eyelids again and said calmly: "Pay the money and line up."
"Please don't refuse yet, listen to me... huh?" Serifu choked.
Han Chu closed the computer and put it aside for the time being: "I mean, we are not interested in any reason you have to find Tony, but if you want to entrust Antonis to use his ability to do something for you, then sign an agency contract according to the procedures. .As for whether to accept it or not, or how much remuneration you need to pay next? This is what we will do after we evaluate the difficulty of the entrusted task."
Don’t think that just because you are a celebrity with international attention, you can make a free offer. If you want to ask someone for help, of course you have to pay first.
In fact, Antonis is not as noble and cool as others think, and is difficult to impress. He usually does not help, firstly because he has no obligation to help others, and secondly, it is difficult for others to find Antonis himself... so Serifu really overthought it. In fact, it didn’t matter even if he didn’t come to country C, he just needed to make an appointment directly with Sister Shuang...
Serif was simply shocked by the unfolding of the plot, which was particularly clear between public and private. He was stunned for a while before slowly regaining his ability to speak: "Uh... do you mean you are willing to help me?"
"To be precise, we should be willing to accept your commission...if the request is not too much." Brother Shuang corrected with a smile: "So you don't have to use the Halloween dance to make friends. No matter it's bad luck or something, you have to pay It is impossible to discount the commission fee.”
"..." Serif was silent for a while: "I still have to mention that Halloween dance... No, no, no! Please listen to me first!"
Because he was afraid that Han Chu and others would interrupt the relationship again, Serif spoke as fast as pouring beans through a bamboo tube: "Since you already know my information, you should see that I was with my mother and stepfather before I was 1 year old. life. Later they had a car accident... This is an irrelevant detail, so I don’t need to mention it. The point is that before my mother and father divorced, I was still a baby at that time... I also have three sisters who lived with my father, but I have no memory of these relatives as long as I can remember, and it wasn’t until my mother passed away that I was sorting through her belongings and found a diary.”
With his mouth dry and breathless as he spoke, Serif took a glass of water during the intermission before continuing: "I discovered that I actually have other relatives. After that, I have been wanting to find them... Oh, and him. When I was 15 years old, I Instead of going to college, he chose to steal, sometimes for travel expenses, sometimes because of some clues mentioned in his mother's diary. That time in Kansas, one of the men who chased Antonis The man brought a pendant..."
With that said, Serifu took out a leather rope from his collar, and there was a customized dog tag hanging under the rope... Bah! Metal plate.
"Just like this brand." Serifu pinched the metal plate around his neck and tried to look calm, but he could still clearly feel nervous: "Aretha. That should be the name of one of my sisters. This brand is also the same handmade model as mine, so the man must have recognized my sister. But he ran too fast... I just want to know who was chasing Antonis that day?"
It’s hard work to say the least.
Antonis is ranked higher than him on the FBI's attention list, and he became famous earlier than Serifo. In any case, he should be more concerned.
However, due to the special skills of the other party, Serifo still appeared in front of the crime scene camera from time to time, but when it was Antonis's turn, he simply didn't know where to go.
Not to mention the whereabouts records such as entry and exit, it is simply an impossible task to search electronic devices. Unless you search through the forms one by one with the naked eye, there is no way to find any trace of Antonis.
There are also bank cards, driver's license numbers, welfare numbers, and mobile phone numbers... Even if the FBI has all the relevant documents and contact numbers on Anthony's face, they can't even think of breaking through the defense line through any channel.
For example, Antonis took a flight from the United States to country C to play with Han Chu. His immigration record was on file, and his visa also had proper and complete procedures on file. But no matter which files they are, they exist clearly, clearly and legally in the database. They can be retrieved and browsed, but they cannot be searched...
Can't search... Can't search... Can't...
your sister! !
There are so many people applying for visas and flying in the United States every day. If you don't use database instructions, how can you find them from so much data with the naked eye
Which day? Which flight? Which seat
There is no doubt that the FBI are elites, but elites also mean they are rare. Going back from the electronic age of the 21st century to the human document age, if we want to use this kind of manpower to manually search and monitor Antonis's whereabouts, no matter how hard it is, anyone will shed tears and say, "I can't do it."
So sometimes Serif was extremely tired and thought, "Why don't we just go to the FBI and ask them for help?", but after hearing about Antonis' legend from some friends in the industry, this idea was quickly given up. Already…
After Ye Shuang quietly listened to Serif's miserable past, she rested her arms on the armrest of the sofa and pondered for a while: "That's why you insisted on coming over after hearing the exact location of Antonis from my... partner. Do you want to ask Antonis about what happened back then?”
Serif nodded: "Yes, that's it."
"Yes." Ye Shuang nodded: "I can understand your mood. But if you don't mind, I would like to ask... Even if the FBI can't find Antonis, can't they also be able to find your three sisters? I I think it wouldn't be difficult if you put forward this condition and ask them to help you find your relatives, right? With the current reputation of 'Gentleman', it shouldn't be difficult? Suppose you really have the consciousness to join the FBI in exchange for Antonis' whereabouts... "
“!!!!!!”
After Ye Shuang finished speaking casually, he glanced over and glanced at Serif, who was shocked as if he had been struck by lightning. He was stunned: "...Have you really never thought of this method?"
"..." I never thought about it! !
Serif's facial features drifted in a daze: "I only have that brand in my mind, and I am eager to find Antonis and get the answer. This has almost become an obsession, so..."
So the obsession is so deep that you can’t even think about it
Ye Shuang was quite speechless.
Antonis tilted his head and thought for a while, and sighed regretfully: "It seems that you have no choice but to go to the FBI. Fortunately, it's not too late... I really can't remember the Halloween dance three years ago."
Han Chu calmly explained: "Generally, wherever Tony is, there will be trouble. As long as he doesn't kill himself, he won't remember such trivial details of the past... Let's contact the FBI!" Han Chu also sympathized. Serif.
Antonis leaned lazily on the back of the sofa and seriously participated in making suggestions: "Otherwise, we should wait for a while. I always feel that this guy's performance today is a bit embarrassing. It might affect the evaluation now."
That's right... Serif, who was originally a little excited, silently retracted his thoughts from the new ideas that had been opened up, and sadly recalled the fact that he had just become famous all over the world during the day... After a long time, Serif was sad and full of final thoughts. Antonis asked expectantly: "Is it true that you can't remember?"
"I have no impression at all. Maybe I can try writing a diary in the future?" Antonis spread his hands completely irresponsibly.
"Ha..." Han Chu sneered: "Others writing diaries is a good memory, but your diary is a criminal record... Besides, what can you write when you hold the computer all day long? Are you writing the formula for a newly developed virus program? "
Antonis curled his lips in dissatisfaction and continued to speak to Serif: "So you see, this is why I don't keep a diary."
No one cares about you! !
…
Serif was hit hard in one day.
First there was the psychological one—being arrested, detained, and bailed out.
Then comes the psychological one - dashed hopes, being shown new ways, then dashed hopes again...
He felt that he was very tired, so tired that he was not in the mood to stay at Ye Shuang's house any longer.
So after a brief absent-minded exchange, Serif finally left the apartment with erratic steps, preparing to go back to the hotel to sort out his emotions.
Su Zheng listened to Brother Shuang, who finally had time to translate for her, finished telling Serif's story. Halfway through, her eyes were already shining. After finally hearing the whole content, she felt deeply sorry for her poor foreign language skills. And he felt regretful for missing such a gossip scene: "What a pity. If I had known, I would have studied English better when I was studying."
Brother Shuang smiled lightly and patted Su Zheng on the head: "It's not too late to start learning now, as long as you insist on memorizing thirty words every day..."
"Brother Han, Brother Han! Can I take Antonis to play with Serif tomorrow?" Su Zheng jumped away impatiently.
Han Chu didn't even raise his head: "Ask your own boss."
The boss, Brother Shuang, smiled and said nothing, staring at the innocent eyes of Su Zheng who was pretending to be stupid for ten seconds: "...how did you get around when you went abroad before?"
"There is Ah K!" Su Zheng said confidently.
As a hacker, English is almost a must-have basic skill. Since the same team already has a translator, wouldn't it be a waste of resources for her to spend more time learning? So when Su Zheng went abroad for the first time, she flipped through the basic English textbook on a whim and gave up three minutes later. Without any psychological burden, she set a goal for herself to continue practicing her hand speed... and went to the streets to practice.
Buying as much clothes as you steal can't be more motivating.
Brother Shuang sighed helplessly: "It's better to learn it if you can, otherwise you will have to tie Ah K to your belt."
Su Zheng blushed, then decisively rushed over to ask for support: "Brother Shuang, Brother Shuang, do you need a leg pendant? I eat very little and it's easy to take care of me!"
Han Chu interrupted casually and brushed away the twisted topic very naturally: "If Serifu didn't lie, then his matters can be put aside for the time being. At present, we have no conflict of positions with him. Under the premise of the principle of influence, if there is an incident that requires help, there is still a chance that Serif will accept it, not to mention that he may also become our customer in the future... "
Having said this, Han Chu glanced at Antonis pointedly.
Antonis quickly raised his hand and asked to speak: "I still have work assigned by Xiaoshuang."
Han Chu chuckled and closed the computer panel: "Now that you are eating, wearing, and using me, what position do you have to tell me this?"
Antonis is not without money, but he rarely thinks of using his own money... Although Morgan Bank has branches all over the world, in country C, how can a global bank, no matter how tall, compare to the industrial, agricultural and commercial banks? It can't even compete with postal savings.
Therefore, Antonis can only feel aggrieved now with a baby face: "What about falling in love as promised?"
"..." Han Chu stared at him calmly for half a minute, then turned to Ye Shuang and asked: "Did you take him to watch soap operas again?"
Ye Shuang: “…” (To be continued)