Chapter 1 The Conference Room

Inside the conference room, Gwen lit a cigar and calmly surveyed the people present, waiting silently. His probe this time was timed perfectly. From spreading the news to receiving people, it wouldn't exceed two hours. If there was a mole among them, that person would definitely call to inquire about the news.

Now, it was a game of patience. He couldn't rush it...

Beside him, Liu Cong, a plump association executive, turned to look at the middle-aged man on his left, and said in a low voice, with a hint of schadenfreude, "Hehe, there's going to be a show today."

The middle-aged man scratched his nose and replied with a smile, "The ideal outcome would be for the people from the Southern Branch to be the ghosts, so we wouldn't have to compete."

Liu Cong raised his head and glanced at Liu He's side, "Then let's wish them all a miserable death."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

...

On the edge of downtown Manchester, two business vehicles were parked below an apartment building.

Su Tianbei sat in the car and looked back at the quiet and empty street, "Don't panic, get out of the car normally."

"Yes," the driver nodded.

"Clatter!"

Su Tianbei opened the car door and was the first to step out. He turned his head to look at the road they had come from, and didn't see anything unusual.

"We're in the city. They're not following too closely," an intelligence officer got out of the car and said in a low voice, "But our route is easy to predict. I estimate Fifth Bureau has already arranged surveillance here."

Su Tianbei nodded slightly, "Get the luggage."

"Yes!"

The intelligence soldiers from both vehicles got out of the car, took out the luggage with the driver, and then walked towards the apartment building.

The residential buildings in this neighborhood were all old, some didn't even have elevators, and the stairwells were filled with a faint smell of urine.

The group arrived at the sixth floor, and the driver opened the door with a key.

This was the hiding place arranged by the Chinese Workers' Association. There were four rooms and two living rooms inside, enough for everyone to live in.

Su Tianbei entered the room, walked to the window, and said, "Check it out."

"There shouldn't be any problems, I checked when I left," the driver came over and said in a low voice.

"You left a few hours ago, who knows if anyone has been here since then," Su Tianbei turned to look at him, "You're crucial, relax."

"Okay!" The driver nodded with a serious expression.

Inside, the brothers used simple detection equipment to search the room. Su Tianbei stood at the window, opened the curtains, and scanned the street below.

After a while, a car appeared on the north side and slowly stopped at the street corner.

Su Tianbei took out a cigarette case, his brain working rapidly.

About ten minutes later, an intelligence soldier from the General Administration of Land Reclamation walked over and whispered to Su Tianbei, "No abnormalities in the room."

Su Tianbei nodded.

"Ding-dong!!"

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Two intelligence officers standing next to Su Tianbei reached for their waists at the first moment.

"Don't move!"

Su Tianbei waved his hand, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. He paused for a moment and said, "Don't panic, just do what you're supposed to do."

Everyone looked at each other and immediately dispersed.

Su Tianbei glanced at the driver, "You go open the door!"

"Yes!"

After speaking, Su Tianbei walked to the sofa and sat down.

The driver went to the door and whispered, "Who is it?"

"Old Yuan, there's a soccer game tomorrow, want to bet?" the person outside the door replied.

"Bet on the Iron Hammers, did you bring the wine?"

"I brought it, the white stuff, open the door," the other party replied.

The driver turned his head and nodded to Su Tianbei, then reached out and opened the door.

Outside the door, Mai You appeared with two men, his expression serious as he scanned the corridor before stepping inside.

Su Tianbei smiled at him and greeted softly, "Are you Group Leader Mai from the Chinese Workers' Association? Hello!"

Mai You extended his hand and shook hands with Su Tianbei, "Hello, we ran into some trouble on the way, so we're a little late."

The two sat down facing each other, Su Tianbei looked at him, "What happened?"

"I don't know why, but the number of Fifth Bureau's lackeys has increased these past two days. Some places even have checkpoints on the road," Mai You said calmly, "It might be related to the upcoming meeting, so we avoided it."

When Mai You was interrogated by the Fifth Bureau, he was subjected to drug-induced confessions. He didn't have many external injuries, and they were concentrated on his wounds and ribs. The surface of his skin looked normal.

Su Tianbei picked up a cigarette case and offered him one, "Have the other two groups arrived?"

Mai You smoothly took it, "No, I don't know why, but our people and the An family's people suddenly changed their routes."

"Changed? What do you mean?!" Su Tianbei showed a surprised expression, "Did you encounter any problems?"

"I don't know," Mai You shook his head, staring at Su Tianbei and asking, "Didn't the higher-ups call you?"

"No, we all entered the port according to normal procedures," Su Tianbei shook his head.

"Oh!" Mai You withdrew his gaze, "It's okay, they'll contact me when they enter the city. Do you need anything?"

And so, the two old foxes sat on the sofa and chatted, each sentence carrying a subtle probe.

During his conversation with the other party, Su Tianbei concluded that as long as he didn't make any mistakes for the time being, and the people outside were still active, then the Fifth Bureau probably wouldn't rush to make a move on him, and would most likely choose to let the line run.

...

In the rest room of Panama City, An Qiqi came back with the phone, bent down and sat on the sofa, and said to Huang Peishan, "You can call now."

Huang Peishan picked up the phone and lowered his head to dial a number.

"Wait a minute!"

Just then, Lao Hei walked in from outside, stood next to Su Tianyu, and put down a piece of paper, "Dial this one!"

"Okay!" Huang Peishan picked up the paper and dialed the number written on it.

...

Fifth Bureau Headquarters in Manchester.

Gwen smoked a cigar and chatted leisurely with several association executives.

"Ring-ling-ling!!"

Suddenly, a phone rang.

The room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked up at the ringing phone on the table.

"Glug!"

Liu He swallowed, and Xun Yang looked up at the countermeasures, also secretly relieved.

"Answer the phone, Mr. Liu Cong!" Gwen said with a smile to the plump man next to him.

Liu Cong was dumbfounded, wondering who would call him at this time? He looked down at his phone, glanced at it, and smiled awkwardly, "It's probably my... it's my girlfriend, she often calls me at this time!"

The captain of the action team drew his gun and stood next to Liu Cong, "Answer it, on speakerphone!"

Liu Cong swallowed and reached out to answer the phone, pressing the speakerphone, "Hello? Lili?...!"

"Mr. Liu, I'm Rou Rou's older brother. She called me tonight and said that the oranges in her hometown are ripe. Would you like to send some to your trading company!"

"What the hell?" Liu Cong's heart spasmed on the spot, "Who the hell is Rou Rou?!"