('') Bad money wants to assassinate someone

Today, the Trisolaran-related intelligence department of the PDC Planetary Defense Directorate, that is, the Earth Defense and Security Department, received a piece of top-secret information from within the ETO Earth Trisolaran organization, saying that the Trisolaran high-level officials were preparing to issue a certain order to ETO.

An assassination order requiring them to kill a target at all costs?

As for who the target is, no specific information can be returned from the hidden line within ETO.

Because the confidentiality level of the information is very high, the names, photos and other information of the assassination target are not known. All we know is that ETO needs to make arrangements in N City based on the real-time information Sophon will deliver at that time, and will wait until the assassination is about to begin.

Pass the relevant information of the assassinated target to the hands of ETO operators who are executing the assassination plan on the spot?

Therefore, in view of the importance of intelligence, several people, including a head of the Earth Defense and Security Department, started a secret mission in a specially-made room in the conference room of the PDC Planetary Defense Council and the Earth Defense and Security Department, which was said to be able to effectively shield Sophon prying eyes.

Emergency consultations on the information obtained.

At this time, in the somewhat small, dark and dull room, the lights were focused on the center of the long conference table, and the words 'Emergency Meeting' were flashing on the big screen. Below was a real-time satellite image of N City. Each building,

Every street is almost visible under the surveillance of high-precision satellites.

However, several high-level officials of the Earth Defense and Security Department who were present at this time had their brows furrowed, and the conference room was filled with a depressing and urgent atmosphere. Everyone's emotions and expressions seemed a little solemn.

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As the meeting officially began, several people were silent for a while, making sure that all the participants had read the paper information placed on their desks. Finally, a man wearing a general's military uniform, who could be identified by his skin color and military uniform, was a certain person.

Senior leaders from major Asian countries stationed at the PDC spoke first:

"Everyone!"

"We have just received this piece of information. I think everyone should be aware of its seriousness. It is self-evident, so I won't explain it further."

"This is an assassination order circulated within ETO. It is directly directed at an unknown target that obviously poses a threat to the Trisolaris."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, glanced at everyone present, his eyes showed unquestionable determination, and he pondered for a while before continuing:

"But the current problem is..."

"Similar to the remnants of ETO who are preparing to carry out the assassination, we currently do not know any information about the target who is about to be assassinated!"

"Listen clearly, it's anything!"

“We don’t know whether the other person is a boy or a girl, old or young, we don’t know the other person’s name, last name, or any other information that we might be able to find any clues about, let alone why the other person was affected by Trisolaris.

Consider it a thorn in the flesh!"

"There's not even a blurry photo of the other person!"

"so……"

“Everyone, let’s talk about it!”

"What should we do this time?"

After saying that, the leader stopped and looked at the people present, as if he wanted to see if anyone had any good ideas.

"Well..."

At this time, another senior female official from the Ministry of Defense and Security of the Earth, whose face was covered with age spots but had a calm face and a hooked nose. She pondered for a while, then tapped her fingers on the table and nodded.

He sighed and said:

"really!"

"Mr. Chang made it very clear just now. The ambiguity of the intelligence this time has made us quite passive."

"Since the last time we launched an operation to deal a serious blow to ETO and obtained a lot of their information and information, the Trisolarans have become more cautious, and they have become a lot more honest recently."

"And this time they suddenly contacted ETO and prepared to carry out an assassination, does it prove that the target is indeed very important, at least it is a threat to them?"

"But the problem is..."

"We don't have any information about the assassinated target, no photos, and we don't even have a clear execution time and place. This is almost a headless defense."

“N City is so big, I don’t know what to do!”

"If we implement comprehensive control, it will require too much manpower and material resources. Moreover, the key is that we don't know who to protect!"

After saying that, the woman had a hint of helplessness in her tone, then shook her head and sighed, indicating that she had a clear understanding of the difficulty of this mission and felt that it would definitely not go well by then.

"Whoever he (she) is!"

Soon, another senior executive also spoke. The other person slapped the table and said loudly in a bold and loud voice:

"We can't sit still and wait for death!"

"Since the Trisolarans attach so much importance to that goal, then the other party must have information or technology that is crucial to us."

"Or at least the other party has technology or intelligence that makes the Trisolarans afraid!"

"Everyone knows that the data shows that the social structure of the Trisolarans is a purely technological society. They cannot understand concepts such as emotions and morality."

"Of course, that's not important!"

"The key is that the thinking of the Trisolarans is highly transparent. They don't play any conspiracies. And since they have decided to kill someone, that person must be very dangerous to them?"

"In this case, we must find him and protect him at all costs."

"Anyway!"

"Those who are opposed by Trisolaris and ETO must be supported unconditionally, and those who are assassinated by Trisolaris and ETO must be protected unconditionally!"

"That's right!"

"Anyway, we have no other better way!"

After saying that, the senior executive stood up, put his hands on the table, spoke fiercely with firm eyes and gritted teeth, as if he was ready to fight ETO at any time.

"Ha ha!"

"I totally agree!"

The man had just finished shouting, and on the other side, a middle-aged white man wearing glasses, who looked very wise and elegant, chuckled and spoke:

"Congressman Abdul's point just now is correct."

"But there is one thing I want to add."

"I think we can't act too blindly. First of all, we need to analyze the way the Sophons transmit information, at least through insiders to know how they will transmit the assassination information."

"Although we are really helpless with sophons and can't see or touch them, is it possible that we still can't crack the communication equipment of ETO personnel?"

"Find and target their operators, then crack and intercept their communication equipment, and ensure that when they receive the target information, we can also receive it at the same time."

"By then, I believe we should be able to take more initiative?"

"besides!"

"By monitoring the opponent's operators, we can predict the operational areas where ETO may launch assassinations to reduce the pressure on our protection."

"Finally, we will also strengthen the monitoring of N City at the same time to ensure that any abnormalities can be detected as soon as possible."

While he was explaining, he was still making gestures with his fingers in the air, and his words and eyes revealed his excellent analytical skills and thoughtfulness. Then, while explaining, he did not forget to remind you clearly and clearly that it would be necessary at that time.

Noticed some small details.

"There is one more thing that needs special attention!"

"We can't just rely on passive monitoring and defense, we must also prepare a set of contingency plans, just in case our predictions are wrong, or if ETO takes unexpected actions, can we make some remedies?

"If possible, once the target is identified, I suggest that we take action in advance to directly protect it and evacuate it from the urban area of ​​N city!"

In this way, under the gaze of everyone, he expressed his opinions and certain opinions.

"how……"

"Well..."

"feasible……"

"Anything you need to add?"

"No……"

"If not, then let's do this!"

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"..."

After the middle-aged white man wearing glasses finished speaking, the other people at the meeting began to discuss in low voices among each other, and finally nodded to each other, feeling that what everyone had just said had been very clear and comprehensive, and there was nothing more.

After they had something to add, they all stopped and looked at the general officer named 'Mr. Chang' from the Earth Defense and Security Department who was the first to speak.

"Okay!"

Upon seeing this, Mr. Chang, who was wearing an officer's uniform, saw that everyone had reached a consensus and had nothing to add, he nodded and finally concluded:

"Now that the discussion is over, let's do what you just discussed!"

"We need to act immediately and prepare separately."

"Departments responsible for intelligence analysis must hurry up and dig out as many clues as possible from ETO's legacy information."

"As for operational deployment, that's up to me!"

"These things are my old profession. I will ensure that our team can intervene at critical moments and formulate emergency plans. You can come here to view the specific plans by yourself."

"at last……"

"Colleagues, do you have anything else to add?"

Then, he began to look around, wanting to see what the representatives from various countries attending the meeting had to say.

"No!"

At this time, the man wearing glasses spoke again:

"That's your territory, Lao Chang, and it should be left to you, but..."

"Are you okay?"

“If you need support, just ask!”

“If you need equipment or people, we’ll give you everything we have!”

It can be seen that this person seems to be serious, and he directly guarantees it. It seems that he really only wants to successfully complete the protection and anti-assassination plan with unclear objectives.

"Need not!"

"We may not have a good way to deal with the Trisolarans, which is too disappointing, but..."

"snort!"

"If it's just ETO bugs, there won't be any problem!"

That 'Mr. Chang' sneered, and his sneer was full of thick and undisguised murderous intent.

"alright!"

"Now that everyone has reached a consensus..."

"Then let's do it!"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Finally, after the general named Chang announced that the meeting was adjourned and stood up first, the secret meeting of the Ministry of Defense and Security of the Earth officially came to an end.

As for the subsequent relevant information on that kind of target, it is unknown how the anti-assassination protection plan, which does not even have photos, will be formulated and implemented in detail, the time is unknown, the specific implementation method is unknown.

But anyway, they know that the person the Trisolaran and ETO want to kill must be a threat to the Trisolaran, so they must try their best to protect it no matter what!

As for other matters, we will have to wait until we secure them before considering them.

Soon, under the threat of Trisolaris and ETO, the Earth Defense and Security Department of the PDC Planetary Defense Directorate, knowing that the matter was urgent, quickly coordinated and arranged, and completed the entire attack in almost twenty-four hours.

N city was under control, and then began to closely monitor and pay attention to suspected ETO terrorists who came to this city or were originally in this city.

However, what is surprising is...

For several days in a row, there was no big movement in ETO?

And that kind of abnormal situation naturally made the Earth Defense and Security Department, who had been nervous about this, and some soldiers of the field and covert security departments who were monitoring the front line, feel a little confused and impatient.

stand up.

But considering that the intelligence gathered from all aspects shows that ETO does have an assassination plan, and even some terrorists have sneaked into N City, and some of them have been closely monitored, even if they don't know what to expect

time, but they still had to be patient, lurking and vigilant.

And just when PDC and ETO began to compete secretly and battle of wits because they didn't know the goal, and began to compete secretly and wait for the opportunity, a certain troubled little girl was wandering in a certain food street.

That’s right!

That slutty little girl was none other than Anne Bennie!

Originally, in this earth world that was gradually transforming into a military-industrial complex and preparing to mobilize global efforts to resist aliens, she should have had a difficult time without any valid identity information. However, such a small problem would certainly not be a problem.

she!

She was too lazy to do anything too complicated, so she just used some confusing little magic. The money was money exchanged with gold, so she didn't encounter any problems with food, drink and accommodation for several days.

, as for when someone investigates and then asks the hotel front desk why she doesn't have any identity information and how they want to explain it when she checks in, she has nothing to do.

Of course, those things are not important, and she doesn't take them to heart. What matters now is:

Annie discovered that although the world was in turmoil and many businesses were in decline because of the threat from three-body aliens, it was precisely because of the threat from aliens that the people on earth in this world were not interested in enjoying things such as delicious food.

He paid so much attention to the class that Annie actually tasted a lot of delicacies that she had never tasted before?

In comparison, the grilled fish she had eaten a few days ago was a bit ordinary. Apart from being delicious, the taste was just so-so?

Anyway!

After eating and drinking today, Annie started to wander around the streets again, looking at strange things everywhere, especially for a little girl like her who would be energetic after eating. After a few days of shopping, she would be in the neighborhood.

It is not difficult for her to visit all the shops in this city.

However, at this moment, something extremely surprising happened to both PDC and ETO...

Tomoko unexpectedly sent a coordinate and photo to the mobile phone of an ETO sniper who had been in position for several days, and also instructed the other person to immediately locate a chair on the street, dangling his feet and eating.

A bad little girl with ice cream?

"receive!"

"Target found!"

"Preparing to attack!"

The ETO sniper didn't hesitate. He just glanced at the information and photos on his phone. After confirming that the target's coordinates, orientation, and appearance matched, he silently estimated the wind speed and distance, and then began to make final fine-tuning.

, put the crosshair above the head of the little girl who was sitting stupidly, and then licking the ice cream vigorously.

And if someone you know sees the photo this time, it will not be difficult to know that the little girl caught by the sniper's crosshair is not Annie, but who is it?

Almost at the same time!

When ETO's sniper began to make final fine-tuning, the field agents and armed forces of the Earth Defense and Security Department, who also cracked the ETO sniper's mobile phone and obtained the mission target location and photos, were instantly alerted and forced to take action.

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Among them, the channel of a certain operations headquarters was directly in chaos:

"not good!"

"Captain Shi!"

"The target information appeared and was sent to the ETO sniper's mobile phone. We only cracked the mobile phone and were unable to intercept Tomoko's information transmission!"

"Damn it!"

"Hurry! Hurry!" "Have someone kill that sniper!"

"no!"

"Our snipers can't see him!"

"!!"

"Then send someone up!"

"Already up!"

"But our people are still half a minute away from him. I'm afraid it's too late!"

"not good!"

"He shot!"

Soon, an agent responsible for observation in the channel exclaimed, and then the originally noisy and chaotic sound in the channel suddenly stopped.

"!!"

Thinking that the target had been killed, Captain Shi was sluggish and silent for a few seconds before finally becoming furious and yelling directly at someone on the walkie-talkie:

"asshole!"

"How do you work?"

"Are you all trash?"

To be honest, he had been preparing for so many days, and the sniper had been monitored for so many days, and finally let the other party shoot him. He didn't know how to judge his useless subordinates.

"No……"

"team leader!"

"The target is not dead, the sniper died first..."

Fortunately, after more than ten seconds, an observer replied weakly, which made Captain Shi's heart suddenly light up and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"ah?"

"The sniper is dead? What happened?"

"Did our people take action?"

"here you go!"

Although he had just finished scolding him, he thought it must be the useless snipers he had deployed in advance, which made Captain Shi couldn't help but cheer with relief.

"no……"

"yes……"

"That ETO sniper exploded..."

"Just now our people rushed up to confirm that the opponent's weapon had indeed exploded, and the metal fragments were shot through the eyeballs. The person burped on the spot."

Captain Na Shi did not wait too long, and the observer quickly explained the situation.

"..."

Although he felt that the explosive chamber of the ETO sniper's weapon was quite mysterious, Captain Shi did not delve too deeply into it. He just hurriedly ordered:

"No matter!"

"Send me the target person's information first!"

"Let our nearest people protect and evacuate it first!"

After all, they are not here to arrest people, protection is their first task. As for those ETOs, other teams will naturally catch them.

"!!"

Soon, Captain Shi received the message sent back by his subordinates, and then he immediately saw the photo of a cute little girl with black hair, black eyes, wearing traditional festive clothes, and holding a stuffed toy in her hand.

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"??"

"No way?"

"A little girl?"

"What kind of international joke are you kidding?!"

Then, of course, he immediately exclaimed, obviously unable to believe why ETO and the Trisolaran Sophon would go crazy to assassinate such a being.

Because, it seems like she is just a seven or eight-year-old girl?

"Tsk!"

"No matter!"

"Attention all units!"

"The target person's photo has been distributed. At any cost, I must protect the target person as soon as possible, and then transport him out of the city as soon as possible!"

After saying that, although he was very puzzled, he still followed the plan in advance, distributed the photos and drove towards the target as soon as possible.

However, what the PDC people and Captain Shi didn't know was that ETO's assassination had just begun...

Isn’t this?

While a troubled little girl was still sitting on the bench on the street, on the top of the tall building above her head, a maintenance man walked to a certain location while holding a pile of bricks while looking at his mobile phone.

, and then threw the brick downward without looking at it?

You know, it is a tall building with more than 50 floors. If you throw a pile of bricks at such a height, as long as someone is standing underneath, they will definitely be dead!

And what a coincidence, Anne was sitting below right now, right under the pile of bricks?

but……

What's even more coincidental is that at the moment when the man dropped the brick, Annie suddenly stood up and ran towards the window glass, as if she had just discovered some rare things in the window behind her, and

Lie on it and watch hard?

"Wow!"

The next second...

Boom——!

The bricks that fell to the ground smashed the public wooden bench behind her like cannonballs, and the flying stones and powder exploded.

But fortunately, a certain little girl who was lying in the window looking strange just now managed to escape by a hair's breadth and was not harmed at all.

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(.)

And when the movement happened behind her, she just pretended to be shocked.

Then he followed the example of the crowd of people around him and looked curiously towards the roof of the building for a while, but he did not continue to point at the same place. He just looked at it for a while and then jumped towards the street in front of him.

And then, it was as if everything just now had nothing to do with her, and she was just an innocent and carefree ignorant little girl.

Drop——!Dip——!

Drop——!Dip——!Dip——!

Before she could go far, another out-of-control construction truck appeared not far away.

The other party didn't know what was going on, but he was looking at his cell phone while gritting his teeth and slamming the accelerator, causing the scary big car to ignore the warnings of other drivers who were scared to avoid and honking their horns frantically.

The vehicle just knocked through several private cars blocking the road, and then directly hit Annie who happened to be passing by the crosswalk of the green light!

"??"

∑(△｀)?!

The huge movement and chaotic whistle naturally attracted Anne's attention, causing her to subconsciously stop and turn her head, standing there in a daze and looking in the direction of the sound.

"oops!"

!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

The next second, when he saw Qing Qing, he was naturally startled, and then subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away.

But in that case, how could it be too late?

Therefore, amid the exclamations and unbearable looks from the ferocious-looking driver and the surrounding drivers and pedestrians, her fate seemed to be doomed.

However……

The accident happened again!

At that moment, just when Annie was hurriedly preparing to run away, she unexpectedly stepped on a banana peel that some unscrupulous guy had left on the sidewalk.

Then……

Then she slipped, and with the help of the banana peel, she fell down with a shovel, and with her small body, she slipped directly under the car of a large construction truck that was roaring by. Not only did it happen

None, not even the ice cream on your hand fell to the ground?

boom--!

But the construction truck was unlucky.

It hit the solid outer wall of a building in front of it, and then the entire front of the car was flattened. The driver inside obviously couldn't survive.

"..."

And just then!

Just as countless drivers and pedestrians got out of their cars or stopped to watch, or wanted to rescue the unfortunate driver, a guy wearing a peaked cap quietly walked up behind Anne among the crowd,

And when Annie was just looking at it, she quietly dropped a drop of unknown liquid onto her ice cream?

"..."

(ω)

Anne seemed completely unaware of this, so she raised her hand to start eating while watching the show.

However……

Snap!

What a coincidence, the ice cream just melted at this time and fell to the ground just before the entrance?

"ah!"

(|||︵.)

"All right……"

(_)

"It's been more than three seconds, it seems like I can't eat it!"

(˙˙)

Although she felt a little pity, after looking at the ice cream that was all piled up on the ground, Annie thought about it and had to sigh, then clapped her hands and prepared to leave.

"!!"

Seeing that situation, the man in the peaked hat who was just about to leave paused, and then his eyes covered by the brim of his hat flashed fiercely, and he took out a knife with a cold light from his cuff, and then

He walked quickly behind Annie.

Obviously!

What he put on Annie's ice cream just now was definitely not a good thing, and just now, after seeing that his plan failed, and after seeing that Yin was not working, it seemed that he was going to do it directly?

But it's a pity...

Plop!

He had just walked behind Annie, and before he had time to wipe his throat, he accidentally stepped on the air and fell directly into the city sewer that was full of industrial wastewater and did not know how deep it was, and then fell tragically.

He didn't even have time to scream and then suddenly became silent?

"oops!"

"not good!"

"Someone fell into the well!"

"Come and save people!"

"careful!"

"No way!"

“The water is so strong, I don’t know where it was swept away!”

"ah?"

"What should we do?"

"What else can I do, cold salad!"

"this……"

"Who stole the manhole cover?"

"No one stole it!"

"The car probably pushed the manhole cover out of position when it rushed past, and the man just stepped on it..."

Just like this, one wave kept coming after another. Before the onlookers could rescue the driver who was knocked down, they had to gather at the entrance of the underground drainage channel with a loose manhole cover, and faced each other.

The dark and turbulent wastewater inside was pointing, discussing and lamenting.

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"..."

"..."

However, just when the crowd was sighing for the traffic accident and the unlucky guy who fell into the sewer, the PDC people and Captain Shi finally rushed to the scene.

"asshole!"

"Where are the people!"

"Where have you gone?"

However, when they rushed out from all directions to maintain order and prepare to evacuate the crowd, they were surprised to find: the little girl who was here just now was missing?

"Hello!"

"The target is missing!"

"You fucking hurry up and find me!"

Then, Captain Na Shi immediately roared angrily in the channel.

There is no doubt that he knows that the series of accidents reported by his subordinates just now are definitely not as simple as accidents!

He felt that it must be Tomoko and ETO's evil hand on the little girl!

only……

I don’t know why, those assassination methods that are enough to make ordinary people die several times have failed due to various coincidences. The little girl’s luck seems to be surprisingly good?

But no matter what, Captain Shi still felt that the little girl should be found as soon as possible and protected. As for other things, that was not what a low-level person like him could care about.

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Chapter completed!