"It's getting dark again!"
Walking out of the portal, Colin sighed slightly as he watched the sky turn dark again.
Since there is a time difference of about eight hours between Dubai and Washington, it is still dark in Washington even though it is early morning in Dubai.
"Tsk! Okay."
He muttered to himself, then walked out of Skye's house and onto the street outside.
What he was going to do next was not easy to do during the day.
"Let me see the map... About ten kilometers? That's not far."
He turned off the navigation software on his phone, took a step, and in an instant he appeared on top of a street lamp and disappeared into the night.
…
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, District of Columbia.
Colin stood on the top of an ornamental tree, looking down at the huge building covering an area of 73,000 square meters below.
"The security is not as tight as I imagined. It doesn't reflect that this is the residence of the head of state at all... Hmm, is it because the main protection is inside?"
"Forget it, I have to go in and take a look..."
He looked down for a while, took light steps, and with the sound of branches shaking, the figure suddenly disappeared.
…
"Is it very windy outside today?"
In the security room, a person in charge of the outer security of the White House looked at the falling leaves outside the window and asked in confusion.
"No, it's even smaller than yesterday. Why do you ask?"
The soldier who had just changed guard asked in confusion.
"Look there, there are a lot of leaves fallen."
The guard in the house pointed to a spot outside the window and said, "It's true. It's just a few fallen leaves. There's no need to make a fuss. Maybe there was a gust of wind blowing them over."
"makes sense."
The person on duty smiled.
Indeed, it was just some fallen leaves, nothing to worry about.
But maybe there is someone hiding in the tree
He looked up and out the window, and soon he was amused by the sudden thought that came to his mind.
How is that possible? Since he took office, he has never seen any bold and stupid thief dare to come to the White House to steal things.
This idea suddenly came to him probably because he really didn't feel any passion for this job.
"Thinking of something happy?"
The soldier next to him looked at his companion who suddenly laughed and asked.
"No... Well, you could say that, it's my turn to go out next."
He reached out and patted his companion on the shoulder, put on his equipment, and walked out.
"Why is it so weird?"
The companion in the room murmured something, but soon he gave up thinking about it, poured a cup of hot water, leaned back in a chair and enjoyed his leisure time.
…
"There aren't many people here. Is the defense so lax?"
"Well, that's not quite right. There are still a lot of surveillance cameras installed. It's basically impossible for ordinary people to sneak in without being discovered."
"But it's only enough to deal with ordinary people."
Inside the White House, Colin swaggered down the empty corridor, tilting his head to look around at this white house full of legends.
"Let me see... According to the description I found on Sogou Encyclopedia, after entering through the main entrance, I should be at the state banquet. Do you want to go to the president's residence... on the second floor?"
"This is too brief. It is difficult to find this information directly on the Internet, especially in 2011..."
"Forget it. I'm already prepared."
He looked around, found a place that was out of reach of the surveillance camera, took out a small box with a button from his backpack, and pressed it.
Suddenly, an imperceptible ripple swept across the entire White House. At the same time, an illusory blue light rose up, constructing a three-dimensional image of the entire room.
Colin took a look at it, memorized it in his mind, and then closed it.
He is now wearing a prop that can make a person optically invisible. He can walk around the White House without fear of being discovered, but the 3D map constructed by the prop cannot be made invisible.
But it didn't matter. After practicing to his current level, having a photographic memory was already a basic skill. Unless he saw something that contained special supernatural powers, it would be difficult for him to forget it under normal circumstances.
"To get to the second floor, you need to go through seven corridors and open four doors... Tsk, I hope I won't be discovered, otherwise it will be much more difficult to get the stuff."
He muttered to himself, took a step forward, and walked towards the second floor.
When he encountered a place where he needed to open a door on the way, he used a prop that could make the technological items within a certain range fail for a very short period of time to affect the surrounding surveillance, and at this time he quickly opened the door and walked in.
When he successfully reached the room on the second floor, the surveillance video on the screen in the monitoring room flashed several times.
"what happened?"
A man in a suit, who looked like an elite, walked in and asked.
He rushed over as soon as he received the report.
"It's not clear yet, sir. We haven't found any problems yet. The image fluctuation just now may just be caused by a temporary voltage instability."
The person in charge of the inspection looked up and reported to the elite man who walked in.
The man called the chief listened but did not let his guard down. He picked up the intercom and asked the outer security team. After receiving a series of replies without any abnormalities, he relaxed a little.
"Has a similar situation occurred before?" He asked, looking at the surveillance cameras where problems occurred.
"There have been short-term fluctuations, but this is the first time they have occurred in succession like this." Another person in the monitoring room replied.
The officer did not respond. He watched the problematic surveillance footage several times, took out his intercom, and gave an order: "Team One, take your men to the White House **** location and check carefully for signs of outsiders sneaking in."
"Got it. Do you need to contact the president?" A steady middle-aged man's voice came from the intercom.
"Not for now, but if you find anything unusual, protect the president's safety immediately."
After that, the elite man gave another order: "Team Two, send someone to ask the outer guards to inquire again in detail whether there are any abnormalities nearby. Don't miss even the slightest abnormality. Report to me after the inquiry."
"Received." A man's voice echoed again from the intercom.
After hearing this, the elite man put down the intercom and said to the people in the monitoring room: "Watch the surveillance carefully. If you find anything unusual, report to me immediately."
"Yes, sir."
Everyone in the monitoring room responded in unison. The elite man looked at them, nodded, looked at the problematic surveillance camera again, and walked out.
The order in which the surveillance problems occurred concerned him, but of course, it could also be that he was simply overthinking it.
However, doing this job, it is better to think more and prepare more sometimes, and never be careless about even any abnormality.
Because if anything goes wrong with his work, the consequences will be unbearable.
After taking out his cell phone and sending a warning to the guards responsible for protecting the president's safety at close range, he looked at the night outside the window and let out a long breath.
"I hope there won't be any problems."
…
"Tsk, the decoration is very luxurious."
In the dark room, Colin walked in the darkness.
As the various attributes of his body increased, darkness in the general sense could no longer hinder his vision.
Not to mention, he also has spiritual perception that is different from visual perception.
However, looking at the movements around you, have you noticed anything unusual
But judging from the fact that they were just on guard but did not take any protective action, it was probably just suspicion.
Oh, it doesn’t affect his actions.
He took out a piece of prismatic stone with various fine and hollow holes that could be held in one hand from his backpack, and took a step forward, looking for the president's room on the second floor.
Stone is a prop that can absorb sound. As long as you take the stone out, it can absorb all sounds not exceeding 60 decibels within a three-meter radius centered on the stone, artificially creating an ultra-small soundless area.
This prop, which he named sound-absorbing stone, was specially made in the cave for this operation.
However, the infiltration operation was much simpler than he had imagined. Some props such as avoiding infrared rays and sound wave detection were not used.
He walked openly past the guards who were on guard duty, and after a while, he stopped in front of a door.
"It should be here." Colin thought to himself.
Judging from the layout of the room, this should be the president's residence, and the distribution of guards quietly guarding the room also proves this point from the side.
After looking around and making sure that there was no one around and no surveillance, he put his hand on the door handle and turned it to open the door.
Colin took the opportunity to walk in and closed the door again.
And when all this was done, no sound was heard, nor did it attract the slightest attention from the surrounding security guards.
"Hey!" He laughed silently, came to the bed and took a look. After confirming that the person in front of him was the current President of the United States, he took out a crystal and placed it on the President's head.
As the country's top leader, the US president may not have as much power as some heads of state and is subject to many domestic restrictions.
But because of his identity, there was no intelligence that he could not access.
And this time he took so much effort to come here just for the president's authority.
“I hope it works!”
Looking at the crystal stone emitting fluorescent light, Colin prayed in his heart.
As a necromancer, if he was asked to force someone to reveal some information, that was his forte, but as for completely controlling a person's mind without anyone noticing, there was no way he could do it.
This is an area that only the devil is proficient in, but he is far from it.
However, he did not come here to completely control the president.
In order to achieve his goal, he only needs to implant some thoughts into the president, no, amplify them.
But just like that, relying on his attainments in alchemy, it is somewhat possible.
He concentrated all his thoughts on the crystal, and the crystal transformed Colin's strong thoughts and projected them onto the sleeping president.
After a while, the president's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and suddenly, he opened his eyes and sat up.
Colin also took the crystal back a second before he opened his eyes.
"Is this... done?"
Beside the bed, Colin, who remained invisible, watched the president turn on the light, frowned and thought for a while, then put on his clothes and got ready to walk out, thinking with some uncertainty.
The crystal has no way to control what a person does. It can only implant a strong desire to do something immediately.
If the implanted idea is too different from one's own beliefs, it is very likely to be ignored.
But now seeing that the president took action immediately, the ideas he implanted should have played at least some role.
"Let's follow and see."
The sound-absorbing stone was put away to prevent the president from noticing anything unusual, and Colin followed closely behind him without leaving any trace.
Outside the room.
The sound of the door opening startled the guards who were alerted.
When he rushed over and saw that it was the president coming out, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's the matter?" the president asked in surprise.
Normally, it's not the case that someone would check on him whenever he goes out.
"Just now Chief John said there might be an intruder coming in, and I heard you opening the door, so I came over to take a look." Then the man looked at the well-dressed president and asked, "Are you going out?"
"Go to the office." The president responded with a frown, and asked, "Have you found the intruder?"
"Not yet. At the moment, it's more likely to be a coincidence." The man shook his head.
"Don't let your guard down," the president said and continued walking forward.
The man followed behind him, and the president took a look at him but did not object.
They walked all the way downstairs. This time, with the president leading the way, Colin didn't have to use props to interfere with the surveillance and prevent the door from opening strangely from appearing in the surveillance.
When Colin entered the presidential office in the west wing, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although to be honest, with his abilities, he is more than capable of doing all of this.
But when there is someone who is constantly scanning your body with a vigilant gaze, even if you know you won't be discovered, you will still feel a little bit of pressure.
Now, there were only him and the President in the office, and this Mr. President, there was no evil ********** who was always scanning the surroundings with a vigilant look. When the sound of clicking the phone buttons rang out, the President who came here immediately picked up the phone on the table and made a call.
Colin walked closer and listened.
"Document the location and quantity of our country's atomic weapons storage and submit it to my office!"
As soon as the call was connected, the president spoke.
The man on the other side seemed to be surprised by this sudden request and hesitated, "Now? Why do you suddenly want to know this, President?"
"Yes, right now! As for why... I think the current situation has the potential to start a nuclear war. Any questions?" The president responded in a rather harsh tone.
The other side was silent for a moment before saying, "No, it's okay... I'll deliver the information myself."
"ASAP!"
After saying this again, the president hung up the phone, sat on the chair, and frowned twice.
He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he had a strong sense of insecurity since he woke up. He urgently wanted to know the highest deterrent force the United States had in order to deal with possible wars in the future.
(End of this chapter)