Yes.
In fact, sometimes, too high a security level is not a good thing.
The information needed for handling a case can be obtained by relying on the security level, and there is no need to hack. However, when it is necessary to hack, for example, Stark's server or Hydra's server, relying on a few technicians at a distance is simply a dream.
so...
Lake really hadn't seen much of how hackers broke in.
"Area 51?"
"Um."
Skye blinked. "Are there aliens in Area 51?"
Lake shrugged: "Who knows."
Skye: "…"
Lake looked at the expression on Skye's face, laughed, and then said, "I mean, I have the security clearance to find out what's inside Area 51, but I don't know."
Although Lake's current status is ranked within the top 300, his security level is definitely in the top 20, basically, the same level as the Secretary of State.
First, Lake is a military man.
Second, Lake has a clear background and clean assets, and because of Karen's identity, he is a natural ruling class.
Skye listened to Lake's answer, shook her head, and refocused her attention on her computer.
Lake watched.
I don't understand it at all.
But according to Skye, the system of the Child Welfare Administration was a piece of crap, and she could hack into it while talking to Lake.
Lake didn't know what to make of it. After watching it for a while, he felt it was boring and returned to his seat. "Why are you hacking this thing? Is this a task assigned by your master to test whether you are qualified to become a master?"
Skye shook her head: "I want to find my information and see who my biological parents are."
Lake paused slightly in holding the wine glass.
Skye on the opposite side seemed to have thought of something, and looked up at Lake and said, "I'm sorry, Lake, I'm not saying that I'm unhappy living with you, I just..."
Lake came back to his senses, looked at the somewhat panicked Skye, smiled and said, "I understand. It's only natural for you to want to know about your biological parents."
Skye breathed a sigh of relief.
She was afraid that Lake would think too much. In fact, Skye was very grateful and was still grateful until now that Lake adopted her. If it weren't for Lake, Skye didn't know if she could escape from the darkness where there was no way out. Perhaps, it would only be the end when her body appeared in a corner one day.
"That's right."
Skye looked at Lake cautiously and asked, "Lake, do you know that you..."
Lake knew what Skye wanted to ask and simply shook his head: "No."
"Not at all?"
"No ideas, no interest, no action."
"…"
Lake sipped his drink and said, "To me, they are just strangers. They can't cause any disturbance in my heart. Besides, I have family, Karen."
Giving birth but not raising the child will result in the loss of a finger as retribution.
Having children and raising them is a reward, but being beheaded is a reward.
Without giving birth to a child, yet raising him, I have nothing to repay him with.
This is also the reason why when Lake was ten years old, even though he knew there was a fifty percent chance that he would be killed by the Sorcerer Supreme, he still called out and threatened the Sorcerer Supreme to change the timeline to keep Karen safe.
Of course.
This is Lake's own opinion. He doesn't like to impose his opinions on others. At least, he won't impose this opinion on Skye.
It is normal for Skye to want to know who his biological parents are. It is also human nature. After all, every orphan probably has a question in his mind, that is, why did they abandon him.
so...
Lake picked up his glass and walked upstairs: "Call me when the pizza is ready."
Skye said "oh".
Return to the study.
Lake rubbed his brow.
Skye's biological parents did not abandon Skye. Skye was stolen by people from S.H.I.E.L.D., so this is why Lake did not stop Skye from finding out her background.
But Lake knew Skye's background, but he didn't intend to tell Skye.
reason?
It's protection.
Skye can't actually be considered a human. She is an Inhuman. What's more, Skye is only fifteen years old. Telling Skye that her mother was sliced into pieces and her father is crazy is a big deal.
This is considered psychological abuse of a minor.
never mind.
Lake shook his head and thought about it. If Sky was still looking before graduating from college, then after graduation, when Sky was 21 years old and could drink, he would tell Sky about his life experience.
Spoil the plot?
Lake never cared.
Three days later.
National Operations Center.
"How about it?"
"Nothing was found."
"No movement at all."
"Yes."
Jack pointed at the footage being transmitted back on the big screen and said, "For the past three days, our agents have been keeping a 24/7 eye on John Wick, but his movements have been normal. He doesn't seem to be affected by his brother's tragic death. He just called us to ask when we can return the four bodies of his missing brother."
Lake touched his chin and looked at the big screen. John Wick walked out of his own door and sipped his cup of coffee and said, "Call him and give him the body."
"Should we issue a notice?"
"Send it."
Lake looked at his assistant Tiffany and said, "Send a copy to local police stations, customs, airports, the FBI, and the Coast Guard. I want to inform the whole country about this Will Wick."
Tiffany nodded.
Paused.
Lake said, "Wait a minute, change the content of the notice and directly designate this Will Wick as a suspect. Issue a wanted notice and have law enforcement agencies from all regions capture him alive. I want him alive."
Tiffany nodded: "Anything else?"
Lake thought about it and shook his head: "No more."
Assistant Tiffany then turned around and went out to send this notice to law enforcement agencies across the federal government.
soon.
John Wick on the big screen took action after hanging up the phone. It seemed that he kissed his wife goodbye and drove over to receive the body.
"Want to follow?"
"No."
Lake said: "Where's the satellite!"
"Coming online."
"alright."
Lake looked at the satellite that had come online, nodded, and said, "Let the agents on surveillance move around and conduct a search."
Jack said, "We also applied for a search warrant!"
Lake said, "We're just going in to inquire about the situation. This isn't a search."
Going in and rummaging through drawers requires a search warrant.
but...
Come in and have some coffee and talk about the case and what warrant this requires.
Ten minutes later.
The two surveillance agents were politely escorted to the door by John Wick's new wife.
Get in the car.
The two detectives said, "Sir, nothing seems out of the ordinary. His wife doesn't know much about Will Wick, so it's unlikely someone is hiding in his house."
Lake touched his chin and asked, "Has the data from the power company been transmitted?"
"Coming."
"Let it out and see."
"yes."
Lake looked at the electricity usage data of John Wick's family transmitted by the power company. The electricity consumption in the past month has been very regular, without any obvious fluctuations.
"Where's the phone?"
"Everyone is under surveillance."
"Condition?"
"No."
Lake shook his head. "He must have made another call, asking the information department to re-establish a surveillance team. After John Wick takes the body away, they will monitor any signal source coming from this room."
Just then.
Lake's phone rang.
Take out the phone.
Lake took a look, looked up, told Jack who was here, then walked out, took the elevator, returned to his office, and then made a call.
"Emilia!"
Lake said to Emilia who had just called, "What's wrong?"
Emilia, standing in her bedroom, said suspiciously, "Someone just came to see me and said they want to give us the Cartier Group, the tenth largest company in Europe by market value, and the Gevonne Group, the twelfth largest."
Cartier?
Jeffro?
The former is in the jewelry industry, and the latter... seems to be a pharmaceutical group.
"Why."
"He said he wanted to ask you for a small favor."
"What's the matter?"
"Revoke your protection of Lake Edwin!"
"...ha?"
Lake laughed in disbelief. Let him cancel his protection?
Next second.
Lake raised his eyebrows and came back to his senses: "Someone from Hydra?"
Emilia on the other side hummed: "So, do you want to refuse?"
Lake's eyes flickered.
Good job.
Hydra is probably going to use some tricks again this time, and I'm afraid it's going to attack Lake Edwin.
very good.
Don't say that I fought without declaring war. This time you brought it to my door. Don't ask me why foolishly when the time comes to wipe out your entire family.
"Why refuse?"
"What?"
Lake came back to his senses, laughed, and said, "This time, after you fully took over the VAM Consortium and renamed it the Immortal Consortium, the construction of those two headquarters towns must have cost a lot of money."
Why not take the money that comes to your door?
He wants money.
but...
This doesn't delay his life either.
The Black King takes the money, Lake takes the life.
Emilia frowned: "Have you thought it through?"
Lake smiled and said, "Go ahead. Tell him what the Black King said. When these two assets are merged into the Immortal Consortium, the agreement to cancel the protection will take effect."
Emilia responded, and when she was about to hang up, she asked curiously, "What are you doing in New York again?"
Lake shrugged. "I didn't cause any trouble. Obviously, they did too, but it would be stupid to try to preempt me."
Emilia shook her head: "Be careful."
Lake hummed and hung up the phone.
Emilia's side.
In the hall of the Immortal Castle.
Emilia said expressionlessly to the messenger who called himself Daniel Whitehorse, "The moment the assets are merged into the Immortal Consortium, the Black King's protection of Lake Edwin will cease to exist."
The messenger's face was filled with joy.
…