intuition, sir."
"intuition?"
"Yes."
Lake took a sip of bourbon and nodded.
Although he guessed what kind of tricks Hydra was going to play, this needed evidence to support it. Moreover, the most crucial point was, why would the people from that organization take the blame for them according to Hydra's method?
In the original plot, it seemed that the Vice President retired and the Russian President came to pay his respects. The organization wanted to assassinate the Russian President in order to provoke a war between the United States and Russia, so they deliberately showed up.
This plan is bullshit.
But it is understandable. After all, this plan is a product of the Red House era, that is, the former Soviet Union. After the disintegration of this organization, the people abandoned it because they did not leave any information.
So they think that neither the United States nor Russia are good people, so it doesn't matter who they kill. Moreover, because of their status, the Russian president, who has left them with no information, seems to be more guilty.
but.
No vice president wants to retire right now, so naturally, there is no need for the Russian president to come to the Federation.
...etc.
Lake looked at Minister Kelly and asked, "Will the Russian president come to the Federation soon?"
Minister Kelly thought for a moment and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Lake rubbed his chin.
If the Russian president didn't come here, why would this deep-seated Russian spy organization show up to take the blame for Hydra?
Lake was curious.
In the afternoon.
In the conference room.
Lake glanced at the empty chair where Sunil should have been sitting, smiled, and said to a Langley agent, "Where's your supervisor, Bakshi?"
The agent said, "Director Bakshi has returned to Langley. This is a Homeland Security case, not our Langley case."
Lake shrugged and smiled, "I've realized that. I suddenly like your Director Bakshi a little bit."
Something is wrong.
Was it abandoned, or was it still part of the plan?
After sitting down, Lake touched his chin and looked at the monitoring room on the big screen.
Short reappeared.
only...
Lake frowned and asked, "How did you get Bucky Barnes' prosthetic limb in there?"
Yes.
When Short walked into the interrogation room again, he was not empty-handed, but brought in the metal prosthetic limb that Bucky Barnes brought with him as evidence.
An agent in the observation room replied, "Sir, Short said this is a tool that can quickly decipher a suspect's conversation. We've checked it out, and it's just an ordinary metal prosthesis. It's not dangerous."
Lake stood up and walked out of the conference room. "A gun in the hands of an ordinary person is no different from a firewood stick, but in the hands of a top assassin, he can snipe and kill someone at 2,000 meters."
bite!
The moment Lake walked out of the elevator on the interrogation room floor.
Boom!
There was a loud bang and a bang. Lake's eyes narrowed and he looked at the broken wall of the interrogation room and the Winter Soldier who walked out of it holding Short's neck.
"Don't move!"
"stop."
"…"
The moment the interrogation room was broken into, the alarm sounded instantly, and the agents in the observation room and on guard nearby pointed their guns at Bucky Barnes, who was holding Short's neck with one hand in the corridor.
Playing with snake skin?
The Winter Soldier, who was holding Salt hostage, twisted his head and looked expressionlessly at the agents who surrounded him from front and back.
Lake walked over.
The Winter Soldier looked at Riker and said in a low voice, "Get out of the way. She lives."
Lake snorted and gave the order directly to the agent: "Fire."
What a sweet dream.
Get out of the way?
If you have the guts, just kill Short and see if I will even blink.
The agents were slightly stunned.
Minister Kelly's voice could also be heard through the headset: "No, no shooting."
Lake's face was expressionless: "Minister, the Federation never negotiates with terrorists."
Kelly said in a deep voice: "I can't say for sure, he must be captured alive."
Lake frowned.
"They want to assassinate the president tomorrow as he's attending his first Homeland Security ceremony," Secretary Kelly said.
Lake raised an eyebrow.
They've changed their tactics. Instead of killing Russians, they're going to kill the federal ones?
Just now.
When Lake was taking the elevator and the signal was interfered with, Shotti, who was in the interrogation room, came over with a metal prosthetic limb to interrogate Bucky Barnes. The latter cooperated very well and made a full confession in Russian.
But the voice was very low.
Short stood up to hear more clearly. Then, Bucky Barnes said, "Our people are ready to assassinate the President of the Federation here tomorrow."
The words fell.
Bucky Barnes, who had been harmless these days, suddenly became angry, leading to the current situation.
"Well..."
Agent Salt, who was held hostage by the Winter Soldier, began to turn red in the face and was about to suffocate from lack of oxygen.
Lake took a deep breath and said, "Get out of the way."
The three agents standing in front of the Winter Soldier relaxed their weapons, allowing the Winter Soldier to pass through.
The Winter Soldier looked expressionlessly at Riker, who was standing at the end: "Get out of the way, she lives!"
Lake sneered and stood aside.
The Winter Soldier moved.
The detective behind him followed closely with a gun.
soon.
The Winter Soldier walked to a place two body lengths away from Lake, then suddenly went berserk, threw the Salt in his hand towards the agent behind him, and then rushed straight towards Lake.
I thought of it a long time ago.
Adrenal glands!
Lake shouted in his heart.
Punch.
Bang!
The punch was so powerful that Lake took a few steps back again, with a little blood appearing at the corner of his mouth, while the Winter Soldier directly hit the elevator door from behind. There was a sound of metal weakening, and the elevator door sank a little inward.
Lake rubbed his shoulders and walked towards the Winter Soldier who stood up with an expressionless face.
All right.
This time, Hydra must either hand over three executives or simply detonate early.
Again and again?
Are you addicted to playing?
boom!
After Lake knocked the Winter Soldier away with a punch, he dusted off his shoulders.
Standing still, leveraging the force, twisting the waist, and kicking out, the shadows of the legs were heavy and the force was as strong as a thousand pounds.
boom!
The Winter Soldier slammed sideways into the wall, saliva oozing from the corners of his mouth. His huge head smashed into the wall, creating a spider-web-like hole, and he fell limply to the ground.
Several agents rushed over to control the unconscious Bucky Barnes.
"Help him up."
"yes."
Lake walked over, stretched out his right hand, and ripped off the metal prosthesis that the Winter Soldier had just put on less than ten minutes ago. He threw it to another agent and said, "Throw it into the boiler and melt it."
The agent caught the metal prosthesis and nodded blankly.
Lake turned his head and glanced at Short, who was holding his neck and coughing while being supported by the agent over there. He narrowed his eyes, and suddenly, his brows furrowed, as if he had thought of something, and said directly: "Control Evelyn Short as well."
Short, who was holding his neck and coughing continuously, was stunned.
The two agents were also stunned.
The Langley agent who remained in the conference room was also dumbfounded.
…