Shade retreated a little and saw an old man wearing a white wig, brown pajamas, and round-frame reading glasses opening the door.

He looked up and down at Shade suspiciously:

"who are you?"

This seemed to be an ordinary citizen of Tobesk City. He might have been reading a book in the living room with a cup of hot tea.

"I'm here to sell pens."

Shade took out the pen from his pocket.

The old man behind the door lowered his head slightly and looked at the pen from above his reading glasses:

"Why did you come here? I've been waiting for several days. Isn't the appointment day Wednesday?"

Shade breathed a sigh of relief:

"Sir, you have to understand me. There are so many buyers who want this pen. I can't just let others know that I have this pen in my hand."

"You're right, I thought you failed."

He did not take the pen, but turned around and returned to the house. Shade stood at the door and did not push open the half-open door.

It seems that the "Grey Eagle" is really good at camouflage and hiding, but this contact person actually doesn't know the real "Grey Eagle".

"Negotiate the price."

Not long after, the old man inside the door handed Shade a suitcase. When Shade handed the pen to him, the old man pointed at the suitcase:

"You did a great job this time. In addition to the negotiated price, there is also a letter from your hometown. Don't forget to read it."

"Old sir, do you think I just started this business?"

Shade said calmly, nodded politely as a farewell, turned around with his hat in his hand, and walked into the long night again.

The old gentleman at No. 1 Vic Street curled his lips, watched Shade's figure disappear at the street corner, and then closed the door:

"This guy is so cautious."

After returning home, Shade couldn't wait to open the box. Inside were stacks of five-pound banknotes, and all of them were old banknotes with no serial numbers. There were no conspicuous marks on the banknotes.

Shade put the suitcase under the gas lamp on the desk, and he and Mia the cat admired the spectacular sight of a box of banknotes.

But the letter was not found in the box. Shade thought for a while, and after tearing apart the box bit by bit, he thought of using Priest August's visible potion to treat the cloth lining the box.

Sure enough, a long series of numbers appeared on the cloth. After interpreting the codes corresponding to the three novels, the general meaning is that this time the "Grey Eagle" was riskyly mobilized for intelligence, so for the sake of safety, all the original contacts

All methods are invalid. "Grey-Headed Eagle" once again enters a long-term latent state. When it is necessary to carry out a mission, the next special letter will be sent.

"Don't contact me again. The Gray Eagle's final mission has been completed."

Shade whispered and burned the piece of cloth with the password written on it. After confirming that the probing cat was not interested in the brazier, he turned the banknotes into toys and stuffed them into the locked drawer on the top of the desk:

"The grey-headed eagle is dead. Please don't come to me for trouble! I already have enough things on my hands."
Chapter completed!