At this moment, Ethan's right sticky glove suddenly malfunctioned, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Jie discovered him.
But worse was yet to come; behind Ethan, about dozens of kilometers away, a hazy yellow mist was slowly approaching.
"Shit!"
Zhang Jie had seen this thing before; he, of course, knew what it was: a sandstorm.
At this moment, Zhang Jie and Anna watched the man outside the window with serious expressions, watching him throw away the glove in his hand, and then continue to climb with only his left sticky glove.
And Zhang Jie also began to recall the movie clips he had seen, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible?"
Without a doubt, they should be heading to the central server room on the 130th floor, intending to infiltrate it through hardware to control the hotel's elevators and surveillance.
This was the first predicament Ethan encountered in the hotel: the sticky glove malfunction.
Sure enough, less than a minute later, Ethan suddenly fell, his left hand slamming against the glass, and the magnetic glove held him firmly in mid-air.
"Holy crab!"
Anna and Zhang Jie both cried out in surprise.
Please, this scene is super scary, isn't it? Someone suddenly falling from above and then sticking firmly to the glass in front of you—who wouldn't be scared?
But fortunately, he held on.
Anna and Zhang Jie didn't dare to breathe, just watching him slowly climb back up.
The two exchanged glances.
"He must also be here for that nuclear missile launcher, right?"
Zhang Jie asked.
Anna, of course, knew which organization Ethan belonged to; he was part of the IMF, a mysterious overseas intelligence agency, also directly subordinate to the President.
Anna and he were not from the same organization; although they knew each other, their divisions of labor were different.
"Probably?"
Anna wasn't sure; she went directly to the table, picked up her tablet, and started searching on it.
Unfortunately, because the director of the IMF had already died, and due to the malicious incident in Moscow, the President had already activated the Ghost Protocol, so all IMF intelligence, both internal and external, was untraceable.
"Damn it, I can't find any information about the IMF!" Anna was a bit frantic.
But the problem was, this guy appearing here at this time must be related to the nuclear launcher mission, and her mission was to retrieve that item.
What about the other party?
Could it be the same?
Anna couldn't guarantee whether it was related to her mission, but as a former colleague, seeing Ethan facing such a crisis, she couldn't help but feel worried.
"Don't worry, since he dares to make such a move, it means he still has confidence."
Zhang Jie directly consoled her, because he had already remembered that this guy was indeed here to retrieve the missile launcher, he just encountered some problems, but if they were involved, perhaps this mission would become much easier.
He couldn't tell Anna this directly.
So Zhang Jie thought for a while, then said to Anna, "Perhaps we can cooperate with them."
Hearing Zhang Jie's suggestion, Anna thought for a while, then picked up the tablet and continued to search, and soon she rejected Zhang Jie's suggestion.
"No, Ethan has now been defined as an international terrorist, and cooperating with him is not very safe."
She said this, but Anna still turned off the tablet.
Anna could easily imagine that such a situation would occur, definitely because of the Moscow incident.
Speaking of which, this matter had quite a bit to do with her.
The bomb that detonated the Kremlin, causing the gas pipeline to explode and triggering a chain reaction, was merely to facilitate their escape; she didn't know Ethan was there too.
But it was too late to say anything now; Anna still decided to proceed with her original plan.
But Zhang Jie didn't think so.
Within a few minutes, Zhang Jie saw a figure whooshing down from the window.
"Damn it, he's practically Superman!"
After muttering, Zhang Jie immediately returned to the bed, put on his clothes, then opened the door and walked out.
At the same time, Anna was also ready; she followed closely behind Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie went to the elevator, pressed the button to go down, and Anna went with him.
"Wait a minute, we can only improvise; with Ethan as an added variable, I'm afraid this mission won't go very smoothly."
Anna was still a little worried; she said to Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie just nodded and didn't express an opinion.
The elevator arrived on the first floor, and Zhang Jie continued to walk out.
When he reached the lobby, two men in suits walked in from outside; Zhang Jie brushed past them.
But this scene had already been captured by the camera above the lobby and was synchronized in real-time to the computer in Ethan's room.
"Westlund has arrived at the hotel, but who is that person next to him?"
Carter was a little surprised.
Ethan directly took the computer to Brandt, pushing the screen in front of him to let him see; others might not recognize him, but Brandt definitely would.
"It's Leonid Lysenko, a Polish cryptographer."
Brandt directly gave his answer.
"After the Cold War, he redesigned Russia's nuclear weapons safety system."
As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone present felt a bad premonition; they hadn't expected Westlund's preparations to be so comprehensive.
"He's here to verify the authenticity of the code!" Carter reacted quickly, instantly understanding Westlund's intention.
This was done to prevent someone from giving him a fake code, allowing for immediate on-site verification and refusal of post-sale service.
"Yes, I think we've been exposed." Brandt stood up and looked at Ethan.
"No, we haven't." Ethan directly denied Brandt; in his opinion, this was merely a cautious choice by the other party, but it was not friendly to their mission.
"But as soon as he sees the forged code, we'll be exposed!" Brandt added.
Ethan decided to take a risky move: since you brought an expert to verify the authenticity of the code, I will give you the real code.
And on the first floor, Zhang Jie and the two passed each other; she didn't know that the man she brushed past was Anna's target, but it didn't matter.
Although he couldn't remember what the mission target looked like, he only needed to cooperate.
Before that, he had to go rent a car.
Using the funds Anna gave him.
"If nothing goes wrong, a big accident will happen soon, so I need to prepare in advance."
He probably knew some of the reasons why Anna absolutely didn't want to cooperate with Ethan.
Although they both belonged to American intelligence agencies, the problem was that the two were not from the same organization, and there were some unexpected issues on Ethan's side, so such concerns were normal.
In that case, I'll just try my best to nip all accidents in the bud; that guy named Westlund, you won't get away today.
Soon, Zhang Jie arrived at a car rental agency outside the hotel and rented a BMW i8 sports car.
Zhang Jie was quite confident in his driving skills, after all, he was close to being a professional driver.
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Oh, yes, yes, yes, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible... × N+1
Restoring the original plot, I won't change it here; changing it would be meaningless.
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