Hello?"
"…"
No one answered the phone.
Just as Maureen was frowning and about to close the door, his eyes fell on the entrance of the restaurant, on a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a well-fitting black suit.
Lake came over, and a hotel waiter came over with a chair very attentively.
"You're following me?"
"No."
Lake first nodded to Natasha as a greeting, and then said to Maureen: "Half an hour ago, I was sleeping at home, but I received a call."
Maureen said nothing.
Lake smiled and said, "The person who called me said something to me. He wanted to know the truth of everything. Frankly speaking, I wanted to know, and then I came here. So, Maureen, tell me, why?"
Obviously, the simplest and most direct method can be used.
Why use such a stupid method?
Obviously, half a year is enough time for you to understand my personality. Asking directly is much better than this stupid method. At least, asking directly does not require you to risk your life.
Natasha on the other side said, "Edwin..."
Lake looked at Natasha, narrowed his eyes, and interrupted directly: "Natasha Romanov, am I right?"
Natasha frowned.
Does this person know us?
Natasha thought so and then looked directly at Morin.
Seeing this, Lake smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I know nothing about you, but my friend helped me find out."
"That killer, the Black King!"
"I prefer to call him the Just Lawful One."
"Oh!"
Natasha laughed sarcastically. "If you knew that the so-called Lawful Justice you mentioned had taken the lives of twelve innocent people in the three years since he appeared in the assassin world, would you still think he was a Lawful Justice?"
Lake said: "There are always some beasts that cannot be brought to justice by the law, especially those who make the laws."
It's no surprise that SHIELD knows about the Dark King.
After all, in these two assassinations, the Black King was straightforward and unconcealed.
After saying this, Lake laughed and looked at Natasha: "Isn't your behavior this time the same? The law has no way to deal with you."
have a look.
Scheming against others and attempting to cause their social death, what kind of crime is this? This is enough to ruin a person's life, and it is the kind that makes them unable to live or die.
But Natasha disagreed. After all, in her eyes, this was just a mission. Moreover, they might even think that recruiting Lake was for his own good.
This is exactly what Lake said before.
They talk a lot about morality, but they are actually thieves and prostitutes!
Finished.
Lake looked at Maureen and took a deep breath: "Then, Maureen, give me an answer."
Morin looked directly at Lake: "Do you really need it?"
Lake nodded.
"Why?"
"After all, the story is almost over. Leaving it with a suspenseful ending is not a good one."
"…"
The murderous intent has arisen, and no one can stop it.
Lake really wanted to say, after all, it was just a relationship, so forget it.
but...
Lake couldn't do it in his heart.
If Maureen was just an accomplice, Lake could convince himself, but what Maureen had just said to Natasha had been heard clearly by his clone sitting not far away.
This matter... was led by Morin.
So Lake couldn't convince himself.
Morin laughed and said, "If I tell you that we want to recruit you, will you agree?"
Lake shrugged: "You can try."
Although it is equally impossible, the ending would not be like this, where even life is lost.
What would others say if this matter got out?
Love? The kind that kills you. If you want it, go find Lake Edwin. He'll give you that kind of love.
Jesus Christ.
What did I do to offend anyone?
Morin shook his head and looked at Lake: "What if I told you that I have tried, and you clearly refused."
Lake came back to his senses: "That's not a good reason. Since I refused, then you should know that I won't choose to join for any other reason."
Morin nodded, indicating his agreement with Lake's words, but still said, "But, you have to give it a try. With your skills, staying in the New York Police Department will only bury you."
Natasha also said, "I've read your information. I know you very well. You graduated with honors at the age of sixteen and joined the Navy directly after graduation. Six months later, you joined the Marine Corps. During your time in the Marine Corps, you served three overseas combat missions, all with excellent grades. After returning from the third mission, you were promoted to Lieutenant and later joined the Navy SEAL Squadron as commander. During your tenure, you participated in five overseas missions. At the age of twenty-two, you suddenly resigned from the army and applied to study art at Yale University. It only took you two years to graduate early and then joined the New York Police Department. Now you are thirty years old. Can you tell me why you left the army so suddenly?"
Lekha smiled and looked at Natasha: "It seems that you don't know much about my information."
Natasha frowned.
Incomplete?
This is impossible, SHIELD would never have such a thing.
Lake said, "Then do you know that I am an orphan?"
Natasha nodded.
Lake continued, "I joined the army simply because I wanted to go to college without taking an entrance exam or paying tuition after I was discharged. So, don't say you know me well. You don't even know who I am."
It was for this reason that he joined the army.
This is also the reason why Lake was appreciated by a general at the time and resolutely left the army.
He just wanted to go to college for free. Now that he has achieved his goal, why should he stay in the army?
and...
Who said he has retired?
Oh!
Natasha frowned.
This reason...
Natasha thought it was nonsense, but looking at the expression on Lake's face, she had an inexplicable feeling that this man was telling the truth. He joined the army just to go to college.
...Natasha no longer knew what to say or think.
Lake ignored Natasha, looked at the watch on his hand, and then said to Maureen: "Maureen, do you remember what I was thinking when I saw you for the first time?"
Mo Lin frowned: "Does it make sense to say this now?"
"Maybe..."
"Perhaps, whenever all stories reach their end, we can't help but think of their beginning."
Lake's gaze fell on Morin's face with some nostalgia, and he said, "At that time, you gave me the feeling that I received an Easter egg that day. What about you?"
Mo Lin had a blank expression on his face: "It's just business."
"Just business?"
"right!"
"Understood, thank you!"
Lake stood up, his gaze returning from lingering to normal, and finally to his usual calmness. He said to Maureen, "No... No, never see you again, Maureen Hand."
Finished.
Lake turned around.
Natasha, who was sitting opposite Morin, seemed to have noticed something. Her eyes narrowed and she stood up and was about to pounce on Morin.
but!
Bang!
A bullet from two thousand meters away pierced through the space and instantly pierced through the restaurant window. Then, at the moment Natasha pounced on Morin, it blasted in...
puff!
Lake turned around and closed his eyes slightly.
Then...
Walked away without any regrets.
…
Happy New Year to one and all!