"The problem is whether to stop the task or not is no longer the decision. We are not the only ones staring at this place. At the latest, what happened in Zagreb will be on the director's desk tonight, and tomorrow the handling plan for this matter will be transmitted from Washington to us." Tom, in charge of logistics equipment, did not seem too anxious, because even if the superiors held accountable for this matter, he would have the least responsibility.

Everyone here knows Tom's thoughts very well, but it doesn't say it clearly that it would be great if the other party could sit here and think of a solution instead of locking up in the office and writing a report to it.

"That is to say, there are less than twenty-four hours left for us." Peter, who was in charge of various operation groups, looked extremely gloomy. Among the five, Rogers seemed to have the greatest guilt, but as the head of the operation group, he would be no less guilty than Rogers at all, and he seemed particularly anxious.

"Actually, this is not a completely bad thing." Just when everyone was feeling a headache about the current situation, Benjamin, who was in charge of liaison affairs, suddenly said something, which made everyone stunned. Seeing that everyone was shocked by his words, Benjamin did not show his face, but was very proud. After all, in the past, he had the least power and the least conspicuous among the various supervisors of the department. It was difficult to speak at the meeting, and the chance of attracting attention was very small. Now this feeling of becoming the focus of everyone makes him very satisfied.

"Old guy, if you have a solution, just say it. Didn't you see that we are all anxious here?" Tom and Benjamin came from the same period and worked together in various departments for more than ten years. They knew the habits and thoughts of this colleague, so they asked straightforwardly.

Benjamin looked at Tom with some dissatisfaction, but did not keep it in hiding his thoughts, "Didn't you always say that Washington doesn't attach enough importance to us? Haven't you been complaining that the funds have begun to tend toward Latin America and South America? Now is an opportunity to get Washington to pay attention."

"Ben, why can't I understand what you said?" Peter's mind was a little confused now. He didn't hear what Benjamin said at all. Instead, the other three showed thoughtful expressions on their faces.

"This operation did fail, but it was not just our responsibility. The strength of the opponent was beyond expectations. We could not mobilize the Nine-level agents, etc., were all the reasons for the failure of this operation. Therefore, our responsibility seems to be very large, but it is not as heavy as we imagined." Benjamin said confidently: "Think about it, now we have heavy losses, and personnel losses will take more than ten years to recover. Most plans will have variables and even cancelled, so now all the affairs of the CIA in Europe must be stable. Among the supervisors in Europe, we are the people who are the most familiar with various affairs and the most suitable people to stabilize the situation. Once we are transferred away, sending people directly from Washington, or promoting the lower-level clerks will make the situation worse, so..."

"So we will be held accountable, but the actual authority will not change." As Benjamin expressed his thoughts, Peter's confused mind gradually recovered and followed the thinking of his colleagues and said.

"Yes, I'm sure we won't be demoted or transferred back to China this time, but we will also be particularly valued." Benjamin nodded, then looked at Powell, who is the director of the European headquarters, and said: "The question is how to write this report submitted to Washington to make our responsibility lightest and the greatest benefits."

"You can exaggerate the enemy's strength as much as possible." Peter immediately gave an idea.

"No need to exaggerate. Now the strength shown by the target person is enough to make Washington worry. We just need to summarize the information in our hands and write it out truthfully. Adding too many unnecessary things will make Washington feel a problem." Experienced director Powell denied Peter's proposal and gave the most secure plan, saying: "The report can emphasize the changes in the personal strength and threats of the target person. The Oliver family's evaluation level must also be upgraded to the alpha level. The Soviet Union's research on human-specific abilities technology has made substantial achievements and has begun to be put into the actual combat stage to write it into the report. In addition, the losses in Europe must also be written in a practical way. It can be exaggerated in an appropriate manner. I believe that these contents are enough to make Washington pay attention to it."

After hearing Powell's proposal, everyone else agreed and finally handed over the task of writing the report to Benjamin, who mainly focused on copywriting.

"What should we do now for the target person? Are we just waiting like that?" Rogers asked again.

"Of course we can't just do nothing like this." Powell shook his head and frowned: "It's just that the target person has extraordinary power. And according to the information, at least three or more of the people around her are also capable people. As the people under our current staff cannot cause any harm to them, they will expose us to the obvious discernment. Therefore, we can't do anything before Washington comes out to deal with it." As he said that, he looked at the four colleagues with a slightly depressed expression, changed the subject and said: "But we can't let the target person be idle, we must cause some trouble for her."

"We can start with the Oliver family. We have had contact with some people in the Oliver family. Although they have no interest in joining our country, they also do not like people from the Soviet Union. So as long as we stir up their emotions a little, and express our full efforts to join the Elders' Parliament, I believe that we can cause some trouble for the target person." Powell deserves his reputation as the director of the CIA's European Headquarters. He immediately came to the point and quickly gave a feasible solution.

Peter also added: "In addition, we can reveal a little about the news from our side to the Alpha group. The leader of the Alpha group has proposed several times to go out of our European General Administration and establish a separate department. If they know the situation here, they will definitely think this is an opportunity. Send people or even bring people to deal with the target person in person. No matter what the result is, it will be more beneficial than disadvantages to us."

"We can't be idle either," Rogers took a photo from the file on the table and pointed at a person in the photo, saying: "We must at least investigate the identity of this person before Washington can give a clear solution."

The person Rogers' fingers changed into Xu Changqing, who looked like a white gentleman.

"Isn't he a Soviet agent?" Tom, who has been working in the Logistics and Equipment Department, knows little about intelligence and other matters.

"Of course not." Rogers said in a deep voice: "Based on the intelligence we collected in the Temple of Wealth, this person participated in an underground auction held by the Temple of Wealth, and exchanged a stone tablet that was said to be able to see the origin of the world and the evidence of the existence of the gods, so his identity could never be a Soviet agent."

"Temple of Wealth?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this name. They all knew that the Temple of Wealth was one of the mysterious organizations in the world that the CIA wanted to penetrate the most, but in the end they could only come into contact with some superficial things. According to existing information, all those who could participate in the underground auction of the Temple of Wealth were big figures who were not rich or noble, and even the director of the CIA might not dare to offend such big figures.

"Just investigate him. Since there is such a good target to divert attention, it would be a pity not to use it." Powell immediately made a decision and said, "In addition, this person should be mentioned in the report."

"I understand." Everyone nodded and responded.

Just as the CIA's European headquarters was having a headache about Vera's series of actions in Zagreb and was discussing countermeasures, the same meeting was held in the manor where a branch of the Oliver family lived, and the number was just like five.

"Now stop all actions against Vera immediately. All industries under Vera's name will be sealed up and accepted after she comes back and officially inherits the elder's seat." In a secret room in the villa, five people sat at a round table one by one, one of whom had white hair and white eyebrows, and looked very majestic, and the old man tapped the table with his fingers and said in a deep voice.

The middle-aged man sitting on the old man's right hand immediately raised objections as soon as the old man finished speaking: "Father, can we give up like this? That's a high-quality asset of 5 billion, we..."

"Do you want to die?" Before his son finished speaking, the old man glared over with an extremely cold look and said, "Don't think that I don't know your little moves. In the past, you were indulging you just because your little moves did not cause harm to the family, but you are doing too much now. Who gave you the right to send the God Guard to intercept the family members? Do you know that the life card of the God Guard left in the temple was broken? An extremely precious God Guard died in the battle to defend the family, but died in the assassination of the family members. If I hadn't suppressed this matter and had not been reviewed in the elders' Council, would you think you could still sit here and talk to me?"

The old man's series of quarrels forced middle-aged people to bow their heads. In addition to humiliation and resentment, their faces were more fear and worry. Other middle-aged men and women of similar ages around the round table seemed very calm. Although there was no abnormal expression on their faces, the expression in their eyes was filled with a hint of gloating. It was obvious that the loss of power among middle-aged people represents their interests.
Chapter completed!