Let me put it this way.
If you knew that Anna, who was wearing a knitted hat, had long silver hair and a figure that looked like a model rather than a killer, was a shabby-looking drug addict living at the bottom of society five years ago, you would be completely shocked.
It only took Anna a year to transform from a drug addict into a killer, and then within five years, she became the top female killer in a small circle.
but...
This is not without cost.
In the world of assassins, your gender doesn't matter, as long as you can kill people.
However, some organizations in the open tend to prefer women as their killer-type agents, because it is very simple, sometimes they not only need to kill people but also need to obtain intelligence.
Frankly speaking, women have an innate advantage in this regard, unless the target is also a woman.
so...
Anna's lightning-fast growth is astonishing, but the price she paid is almost shame.
This is why Lake never gets along with killers for a long time, even though there are fewer women of this type. But, who knows.
Lake came back to his senses and looked at Anna with some suspicion. She had hidden her identity half a year ago but suddenly appeared here. He felt a little curious.
Ever since the news of Anna's faking her death and disappearance by tricking the KGB and CIA spread throughout the assassin world, the assassin world, which had always looked down on such law enforcement agency assassins, chose to protect Anna.
While the KGB and the CIA were searching the world for Anna, basically, people in the assassin world tacitly provided false information to the two organizations one after another. On the one hand, they could tease the two guys, and on the other hand, they had finally caught a chance to make money, so when would they not grab it?
If Anna had not betrayed them, the assassin world would not care, but Anna betrayed them and even played tricks on two major spy organizations, so the assassin world not only sneered at the KGB and CIA, but even helped Anna to hide her whereabouts to a great extent.
so.
How did Anna appear here?
Lake looked at Karen with some curiosity.
Karen Ross.
The wife of Thaddeus Ross, the mother of Betty Ross, the adopted mother of Lake, a woman who was also a rebellious person and came from a large Rockefeller family.
Profession...
Now a federal prosecutor!
Is Karen going to take action against the CIA?
Lake thought about Karen's career, and then associated it with Anna, the killer who had played with the KGB and CIA but now appeared here, and the assassin who had just been in the grove, and came up with this reasonable guess.
If Karen wanted to take action against the CIA, then it would explain why some assassins wanted to attack Karen.
But this is not right.
Langley is so bold. Don't they know how big a shock the assassination of Karen would cause?
Not to mention Karen's identity as a federal prosecutor, Karen's maiden name, Rockefeller, was enough to make Langley think twice before ordering the assassination.
Not to mention that Thaddeus Ross, one of the military giants, is Karen's husband.
Is Langley losing his mind?
If Langley had killed Karen thirty years ago, when Karen and Ross had just gotten married, it might not have had such a big impact. At most, Langley could have settled it privately with Rockefeller.
It is absolutely impossible at the moment.
After all, thirty years ago, Ross was just an officer, at most a promising officer, but now, Ross is one of the military giants, especially ten years ago when Ross showed his high value. Only then did Rockefeller ease his relationship with Ross and re-establish some kind of alliance.
so...
In this case, Langley could take action against Karen if he wanted to, but after being found out, Langley probably wouldn't be able to withstand the military's intervention, let alone the big capitalist Rockefeller.
...etc.
Lake recalled the scene just now, raised his eyebrows, and then looked back at Anna, who was as quiet as a little white rabbit.
Something is wrong.
These people's target was Anna, not Karen. They were exposed the moment Anna came out. If their target was Karen, they would have taken action the moment Karen left the house.
"Lake."
"...Um."
While Lake was brainstorming and analyzing the matter, Karen came out of the safe house and first looked at Lake. After confirming that Lake was not injured, she asked suspiciously, "Lake, how do you know Anna?"
Lake came back to his senses and looked at Karen: "You know, I'm a policeman."
Karen directly exposed Lake: "You are a New York police officer, a regional police officer, and Anna has never been to New York."
Lake's smile remained unchanged: "But I still have a lot of informants, and I have rich social experience."
Karen rolled her eyes at Lake.
From childhood to adulthood, in Karen's memory, Lake has always been a unique and independent child, especially independent and autonomous. He would rather use the benefits of the K-12 system to attend a public school with happy education than use their money to attend a private elite education school.
But it's okay.
Lake, who had been attending a public free school, did not become addicted to narcotic drugs like his peers, but lived a very regular life.
And then.
Karen was very happy when Lake graduated from high school early at the age of sixteen. At that time, Lake had already been admitted to an Ivy League school in advance, but without a scholarship.
Karen didn't care about it. They were not short of money, and Karen had already planned to buy a car as a reward for Lake.
But Lake chose to join the army and choose to go the free-riding route.
Karen was very angry at the time, but later, Lake was promoted to lieutenant as an exception. Although this was due to Ross's relationship, Karen was happy again and said that there would be two generals in the family.
after...
Lake chose to leave the army and go to college.
Karen was numb.
Lake didn't know what Karen was thinking, so he looked at her directly and asked, "Are you going to attack Langley?"
Karen came back to her senses: "How did you know?"
Lake said, "The group of assassins outside chose to commit suicide after failing their mission. Besides, Anna is here too. Apart from the assassins from Langley, the Red House, or Masada Fortress, I can't think of any other organization that would come to kill you."
Langley, as the name suggests, is called Langley because the CIA headquarters is located not far away in Langley.
The Red House, needless to say, the KGB, and the SHIELD agent Black Widow Natasha Romanoff came from the Red House.
Masada fortress?
This is another name for Israel's Mossad.
Because Mossad originated from the last fallen fortress of Masada, Mossad has an alias of Masada fortress.
This is kind of industry jargon.
"Let me guess."
Lake then looked at Anna, who was standing there quietly, like a harmless little white rabbit. He smiled and said to Karen, "Anna, will she be an important witness for you, the prosecutor?"
It was already like this, Karen didn't plan to hide anything, and nodded directly: "Yes."
Lake: "…"
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