the next day.
Lake wiped the water droplets from his hair as he walked down the stairs and greeted Skye who was opening a takeout box at the bar.
Skye looked up and replied.
Lake walked over and sat on the high stool: "What do you want to eat?"
Skye smiled mysteriously and took out a takeaway box...
Two cups of soy milk.
Two fried dough sticks.
Two sesame balls.
...What the hell?
Lake looked at the breakfast that was very characteristic of a certain country, blinked, and looked at Skye: "Wait, how long have I slept?"
Skye was a little curious: "What do you mean."
Lake pointed at the breakfast on the bar: "Where did this come from?"
"Downstairs."
Skye threw the package into the trash can nearby and said, "It used to be a pizza place at the intersection of this street. But when Alexis and I came back from our morning run this morning, we ended up at this place. Alexis and I bought the same pizza."
Lake grabbed a cup of soy milk and took a sip.
smell...
I can't say it tastes exactly like what I remember, but it's not too different either. It's just barely acceptable.
But Skye?
After Skye took a sip, his expression instantly became strange. He retched twice and looked at the soy milk: "What the hell, what kind of drink is this? It tastes so..."
Lake smiled and said, "There's sugar in the kitchen. Add some and try it."
Skye looked up suspiciously and asked, "Have you drunk it?"
Lake shrugged, then asked curiously, "You've never had it, so why did you think of eating this today?"
Skye shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe, because I'm half Eastern, I think this is my food, and I've never eaten it before, so I bought it and tried it."
Lake nodded.
This reason is impeccable.
After a while.
Skye took a sip of the soy milk with five spoonfuls of sugar added, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Lake: "It's drinkable this time."
Lake smiled and said, "If you don't like it, don't drink it. Why force yourself? We don't lack the money for a cup of soy milk."
Skye lowered his head and drank the soy milk in his cup with five spoonfuls of sugar in it without saying a word.
Lake didn't say anything else.
Skye's thoughts were easy to guess. Only those who had truly experienced hunger knew the value of food. Only such people would not throw away food even if it did not suit their taste.
This is a good quality.
"That's right."
Skye bit the sesame ball that Lake had given up and said to Lake, who had already stretched his claws to the wine cabinet, "Aren't you going to call your friend?"
Lake was slightly stunned.
Skye shrugged. "That's the friend you chatted with Cassel last night after getting drunk. He said, give your friend a call and see if he has any advanced technology or something."
Lake raised an eyebrow.
The memory of drinking last night was retransmitted into his mind. It seemed that after finishing the third bottle of wine, Lake and Cassell talked to Owen and asked them to think of a way to see if their resources could help them find a pharmaceutical company or something else that was researching some special medicine.
After Lake remembered, he thanked Skye, locked the wine cabinet again, and walked towards the door: "I'm going to work. Remember to call me if you need anything."
Skye said hello to Lake who was grabbing his coat and going out, then he quickly finished the sesame ball in his hand, packed up quickly, and prepared to go back to his room.
A few days ago, she found a teacher on the Internet who was very skilled and willing to teach her computer skills for free.
New York Landmark Building.
Lake's official position was promoted, and naturally, the location of his office also changed.
"Sir."
"Happy New Year, Tiffany."
After saying hello to Tiffany, his junior from Yale and his assistant, Lake walked into his office. He turned on his computer, took out a satellite phone sold by the Continental Hotel, and directly called his old friend Lister.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Lister."
"...Happy New Year, Mr. Black King."
After Lake and Lister exchanged their blessings, he got straight to the point and said, "Well, Mr. Lister, I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with a lung tumor. He asked me to inquire about any treatment options. Then, I immediately thought of Mr. Lister's organization."
friend?
Liszt was a little confused: "Mr. Black King, I think this matter is not difficult for you."
You are the king of the immortal royal family. The immortal queen has given birth to two children for you. You have eternal life. How can a mere lung cancer harm you?
Lake smiled and said, "Mr. Lister, my friend is a close friend, and there is still some difference in our vision. This is the last resort, but not a necessary one."
Liszt understood: "Okay, Mr. Black King, let me inquire about it. As soon as I have any news, I will tell you immediately, okay?"
Lake said thank you.
Hang up the phone.
It's not that Lake doesn't consider Cassell and Irving as real friends, but sometimes, leading them into a world they are not familiar with is not a good thing.
Just as Lake said, directly turning them into vampires is a permanent solution, but it is not the only option. At the very least, leading them into another world, can emotions still be so simple and unpretentious?
After a while.
Assistant Tiffany knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, the meeting time has arrived."
Lake nodded, stood up and left the office.
Operations Center.
When Lake and his assistant Tiffany walked in, the director of the New York State Department of Homeland Security and his assistant had already come over. After seeing Lake come in, they nodded and said directly, "Let's get started."
The Homeland Security agent at the control console connected directly to Langley. The large screen instantly lit up, but the scene behind it wasn't Langley headquarters, but a military base in the Middle East.
A female Langley agent appeared on the big screen.
"Good morning, Agent Noel."
"Good morning, Director Carmen, Assistant Director Edwin."
Lake was flipping through the documents in his hand, and the conversation was conducted by Manager Carmen next to him.
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for homeland security. Anything that may threaten federal security falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security. Of course, it is better to prevent terrorist attacks from happening in the federal territory than to let them happen.
So the Department of Homeland Security is cooperating with Langley, which is collecting and operating information abroad.
Just like now.
Noel, a Langley female agent who has been in charge of intelligence acquisition at a military base in the Middle East for many years, intercepted a terrorist message that might be launched against New York.
To be precise.
This news came out before Lake was promoted. However, it was just a rumor at the time. Over the past year, the New York State Department of Homeland Security has been cooperating with Agent Noel to analyze this news.
The so-called terrorist actions do not mean that you can do them immediately just because you say so.
Do you really think that so many federal law enforcement agencies are vegetarians?
Although some explosives can be purchased in the Federation, they are all under control. Even those explosives on the black market are under surveillance.
If you use it to rob a bank or something, that's fine. That's the business of the local police and the FBI.
But what if you use these explosives to carry out terrorist acts?
hehe.
Feel sorry.
The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the Bureau of Firearms and Explosives will definitely swoop in and catch you the day before you buy your stuff and are ready to act.
Therefore, explosives intended to launch terrorist attacks against the Federation can only be smuggled in from outside.
This alone has blocked 98 percent of terrorists. If you want to transport explosives in, especially to New York, even the Kingpin, the leader of Hell's Kitchen, will sink your body to the bottom of the Hudson River.
After the September incident in 2001, even the evil Kingpin cooperated with the angry New York law enforcement community to hunt down the terrorists hiding all over New York.
To put it bluntly, capable terrorists have become extinct in New York today. If you are a Middle Eastern terrorist, haha, you can buy a gun on the black market and be reported by the police.
Not reporting to the NYPD, but reporting to Kingpin.
It has to be admitted that Kingpin has absolute control over the dark world of New York. Otherwise, when Lake was in the New York Police Department, he would not have been busy with George and Beckett for so long without finding an opportunity to eliminate Kingpin.
Now?
Lake just let it go. Even if Kingpin was eliminated, a second Kingpin would emerge in the huge vacant market. There was no need for that. To eliminate harm for the people, one must consider the circumstances.
That's getting off topic.
Back to the topic.
Agent Noel on the big screen took the information handed to him by the person next to him and said excitedly to Director Carmen and Lake, "We made substantial progress in last night's operation and arrested Hassan Raham!"
Lake said to Director Carmen next to him: "Where did this Hassan Raham come from?"
Carmen, now fifty, said directly, "They captured it while you were on leave in the Special Zone. Agent Noel will tell you the details."
Lake looked at Agent Noel on the big screen, who seemed to be listening attentively.
Agent Noel nodded and said, "Assistant Director Edwin, we've been hearing about this Hassan Raham for almost five months before we finally tracked him down. Before that, we knew nothing about him. His true identity is the sixth in command of [Freedom and Glory]."
Lake suddenly realized.
Freedom and Glory is a subordinate organization of a certain country. After more than a year of investigation, it was found that the organization was planning to carry out terrorist acts against New York.
Can...
Sixth in command?
This position is too low. What is his responsibility in that organization? Is it logistics work?
But no matter what you think, the sixth in command is still a big fish.
Lake said directly: "How long will it take to pry open his mouth?"
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