An interesting little girl.
Lake glanced at the note in his hand, then rolled it up and put it in his pocket.
only...
In New York, no one can escape from my grasp.
Although Lake did not ask the New York Police Department to issue a notice to its police officers, patrol officers and school police, he still contacted the New York Rescue Center.
Although Lake couldn't do anything, with his current status, it was still possible for him to ask the rescue center to find a good foster family for Skye when she went there again.
As for the others?
Lake was powerless to do anything.
After all, Lake is not married yet, and it always feels weird to have a little loli around him suddenly.
Ten days later.
Lake arrived at Washington Airport by plane.
This trip back to Washington, D.C., was mainly for two reasons. First, Lake had promised Karen that he would be home for Independence Day. As for the second thing...
Let me put it this way.
Megan Walsh disappeared from the CIA holding cell.
That's good.
I reminded you, but you didn't cherish it.
so...
Don't say I didn't warn you!
"elder brother!"
"This way."
Lake walked out of the airport with a backpack and looked in the direction of the voice. He immediately saw Betty standing next to a black sports car and waving at him.
Lake walked over and asked: "Are you on vacation?"
Betty opened the trunk and said, "Of course, I took some time off just to pick you up."
Lake put his backpack into the trunk, glanced at Betty, and said mercilessly, "You are deliberately looking for time to delay your graduation."
Betty is currently writing her thesis, and as long as it meets the requirements, she will get her doctorate.
but...
Getting a Ph.D. means going to work in a military biological laboratory. Betty tried hard to fight for it, but unfortunately, even Karen did not stand on Betty's side.
So Betty adopted a passive-aggressive approach.
I won't write a thesis. If you ask me to go to a military laboratory, I won't graduate.
Betty chuckled and said, "Brother, I'm your sister, you should help me."
Lake fastened his seatbelt, started the car, and glanced at Betty: "Help you, but I can't help you. I said I was discharged from the army, but in the end, my file is still with the military."
Betty finally understood: "That's right."
Then.
Betty sighed, "We have a dictator in our family."
Lake laughed.
Thaddeus Ross does look a bit like a dictator, but after all, he is a general and one of the three giants of the military.
Arlington County.
Lake hugged Karen who was waiting for him at the door, and then handed her the gift he had prepared.
Karen opened it.
Inside the exquisite box, there is a necklace, a necklace that looks like a cross emblem.
Karen glanced at it, exclaimed in admiration, and said to Lake, "Thank you, I like it very much."
Lake smiled.
He himself is immortal, so there is no point in keeping this cross emblem with the ability of one-time resurrection. After all, among the people he cares about, it seems that only Karen needs it.
After all, the chances of a federal prosecutor being killed are pretty good.
Bah. Bah. Bah.
In the evening.
Thaddeus also rushed back from Quantico to have dinner.
Karen was very happy.
After all, throughout the year, the family only gets together for dinner a few times a day. Thaddeus likes to stay at the base, and Betty likes to stay in her own rented apartment.
Lake?
Not to mention Lake. Since he was sixteen, he has been, in Karen's words, a wild horse that has broken free from its reins. This year is still better, but in the years before that, he would never go home unless he was heartbroken.
After dinner.
Betty drove herself to the city to go shopping with her little sisters.
After Lake and Thaddeus helped Karen clean up the kitchen, they went to the study to drink and smoke cigars.
"I heard that you and Langley had some unpleasantness?"
"If you're saying Langley robbed my suspect, then yes."
Thaddeus thought for a moment and looked at Lake: "Langley has never gotten any favors from you."
Lake shrugged.
Can you blame him for this?
He originally wanted to live in peace and enjoy himself, but unexpectedly, the tree wanted to be still but the wind did not stop.
This time too.
Thaddeus said, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Lake smiled and said, "Thank you, I can handle it."
A man's words are only a few.
Thaddeus knew Lake's character well, and it was obvious that Lake was going to attack Langley again.
Poor Langley.
This has happened twice in his hands, why hasn't he learned his lesson yet? If he continues to clean it up, my goodness, does Langley still have any agents?
Thaddeus thought so as he looked at Lake who was sitting on the sofa beside him with a smile on his face.
the next day.
Lake went downstairs and saw Betty covering her head at the dining table. He walked over and asked, "Hangover?"
Betty looked at Lake with an uncomfortable expression, then nodded.
Lake walked into the kitchen, took out a bottle of ice-cold beer from the refrigerator, placed it in front of Betty, and said, "I'll tell you in secret, drink this and you'll recover immediately. This is my exclusive secret recipe."
Betty's eyes twinkled: "Really?"
Lake nodded.
Karen came over and patted Lake: "I'm not teasing your sister. She's feeling very uncomfortable."
Lake laughed.
Betty, knowing that she was being teased, immediately pursed her lips and looked at Lake with a speechless and helpless expression.
Half an hour later.
Lake drove out.
Washington, D.C., is the political center of the federal government. Naturally, there are many newspapers here that were born out of politics. If newspapers in Los Angeles rely on celebrity gossip to make a living, and newspapers in New York rely on gossip about the rich to make a living, then newspapers in Washington, D.C. rely on political gossip to make a living.
Washington reporters despise New York reporters who despise Los Angeles reporters.
This is a chain of contempt.
Among the many newspapers in Washington, there is one that is considered the most famous.
The Sun.
The Sun has always been known for its criticism. The Watergate scandal was first disclosed by the Sun, and its sales skyrocketed instantly. After that, the Sun seemed to have found its own way to make money and became famous for its focus on digging out black spots.
Rachel Armstrong is a well-known reporter for The Sun. She writes a column in the news section of the newspaper every week. The 28-year-old Rachel Armstrong is at the rising stage of her career.
Her husband, Ray Armstrong, is a good family husband who wholeheartedly supports Rachel's career.
The reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Lake, wearing sunglasses, admired the scenery around him.
soon.
A woman who looked like a famous female vampire warrior came over and sat on the bench with her back to Lake.
"Professor X?"
"Rachel Armstrong?"
Rachel, who was sitting with her back to Lake, whispered, "You said you want to provide me with information?"
Lake said, "Yes."
If S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't play by the rules, then there's no need for Lake to follow the rules.
Lake used his gloved right hand to pull the transfer order from a document bag and handed it to the Sun reporter: "It involves Langley, which should be of interest to you."
As a journalist active in Washington, D.C., I naturally know what Langley represents.
only...
After Rachel took over, she looked at the transfer order in her hand and frowned, "I don't quite understand."
Lake, using his nickname Professor X, said, "About twenty days ago, the New York Department of Homeland Security arrested a woman suspected of illegal immigration."
Lake told Rachel in concise language the meaning of this transfer order. That is, when the Department of Homeland Security was about to obtain from the suspect a killer base that had trained a group of orphans since childhood to become killers, and when the suspect agreed to cooperate, Langley swooped down and snatched the case away with this transfer order.
Rachel Armstrong looked at the name on the transfer order: "Megan Walsh?"
Lake said, "You can confirm the arrest with your counterparts in New York. If you go to Midtown High School, you'll find that they do have an exchange student named Megan Walsh missing."
This is a big problem.
only...
Rachel looked at the transfer order in her hand and shook her head, "This transfer order doesn't mean anything."
Lake said, "You also know the Langley agent who picked up this suspect."
Rachel was stunned: "Me?"
Lake nodded. "This agent's daughter went to the same elementary school as your daughter, Van Doren, but she goes by the name Erica. Can you confirm this? I can also give you the personal phone number of the Deputy Director of Operations at the Department of Homeland Security who was in charge of the case at the time. He's also in Washington now."
Said.
Lake stood up and threw the note with his phone number to Rachel: "There's no need to keep my secret for the sake of so-called principles. They can't find out who I am."
Finished.
Lake walked out of the park. When he passed by a surveillance camera in the park, he looked up, took a look at the camera, and then turned and left.
He knew the character of the Federation too well.
Once this news is published, the federal government will not choose to solve the problem, but will choose to deal with the person who raised the problem.
Lake just wanted to spread the news and had no intention of tricking the reporter.
After all, these days, there are very few journalists who dare to speak the truth, even in the federal government.
Rachel Armstrong sat on the bench and frowned as she looked at the transfer order and the note with the phone number written on it.
Three days later.
The Sun headquarters.
Bonnie, the African-American federal who served as the newspaper's news director, looked at the transfer order in his hand, then looked up at Rachel. He then looked at the report Rachel had written and was silent for a moment before saying, "We'll definitely put it on the front page tomorrow. It's going to be a big news story."
It's no secret that Langley is a hot commodity in the media.
Especially if this is true, then Langley has a secret killer training base outside the Federation, and he selects orphans to train them from a young age. This news is simply too shocking.
Rachel also said excitedly: "This is indeed explosive news. I mean, this is comparable to the Watergate scandal, Bonnie."
Bonnie said bluntly, "But this will embarrass the white building."
Rachel: "…"
PS: Rachel Armstrong - from the modified version of "Above the Truth"!
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