Chapter 1,140 Strange Peace
The United States finally couldn't sit still.
When the death toll of CIA agents in Japan reached fifty-one, the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand found Jiang Chen. At this time, the number of casualties among the agents of the New National Security Bureau was just over forty, which was still far from the red line of one hundred people drawn by Jiang Chen.
In the office on the top floor of the Future Man Building, Jiang Chen met with the American ambassador named Holman. Since it was not an official visit and Holman was the only one here, Jiang Chen did not prepare a separate conference room.
Without any unnecessary politeness or pleasantries, as soon as the middle-aged man with a hooked nose sat down, he stared into Jiang Chen's eyes and got straight to the point.
"What do you want?"
"Clean the back garden." Jiang Chen shrugged and said with a smile.
Jiang Chen's understatement made Holman pause slightly, and the aggressive expression suddenly froze on his face, and the anger gradually burned from his heart and lungs to his forehead.
Cleaning the back garden?
What a great job cleaning the back garden!
When did America’s bridgehead in Asia become your back garden? You even clean and tidy up, how dare you treat more than 50 lives like rubbish here?
However, when he met Jiang Chen's half-smiling gaze, the anger burning in Holman's heart gradually receded.
As a diplomat, even if he is angry, he will not show it on his face. And his intuition told him that the man in front of him seemed to be deliberately irritating him? Although he couldn't figure out why, Holman didn't intend to let him get his wish.
"It makes no sense for both of us to continue this stupid war. I come to negotiate with you for the purpose of peace, and I hope Mr. Jiang can cooperate a little." Holman looked straight into Jiang Chen's eyes, and then He said, "I'll get straight to the point and ask, what are your conditions?"
"Our conditions?" Jiang Chen smiled and said unceremoniously, "Let your people pack their bags and leave my territory, and this war will naturally end."
No matter how well-mannered Holman was, he was really angry at this moment.
His face gradually darkened, and the American with a hooked nose snorted coldly and said in a bad tone.
"Do you think that the fact that we have made the choice to avoid war in the Western Pacific means that we will always be humble to the end? Do you take yourselves too seriously?"
Holman's wording is clever;
Giving way to the combined fleet without leaving a trace was described as an "option to avoid war." Although this cannot change the fact that they have retreated from their hegemony, it can add a bit of momentum to him sitting at the negotiating table.
It's a pity that Jiang Chen didn't pay attention to the threat implicit in his words.
"It's not that we take ourselves too seriously," Jiang Chen said unceremoniously as he looked at Holman with a smile, "it's that you overestimate yourselves too much. My conditions have been set here. If you If you want to stop the war, just withdraw your people from Japan."
After a pause, Jiang Chen looked at him with a half-smile, then continued.
"Of course, if you think my proposal is unreasonable, we might as well continue the fight and decide the winner."
The negotiations broke up.
Rather, Jiang Chen had no hope of resolving this issue through negotiation from the beginning.
Japan is the bridgehead of the United States in East Asia. As one of the core strategic cores of the United States in Asia, they will never let go easily. What's more, Jiang Chen is not in a hurry to negotiate with them. Miraite Heavy Industries is now cooperating with the Sumitomo Group to lay maglev highways. When the entire Tokyo road network is included in the backdoor surveillance of Star Circle Trading, CIA agents will wish themselves well.
Seeing Holman get up and leave, Jiang Chen touched his chin and said thoughtfully.
"It's strange that if the Americans really wanted to negotiate with us, they wouldn't appoint an ambassador to the new country."
As the office door closed, Ayesha's figure appeared next to him, where she had been standing from the beginning. Before Holman came here, he was discussing with Jiang Chen the issue of sending more ghost agents to Japan.
"Should they send the Secretary of State?" Aisha asked, tilting her head.
"That's right." Jiang Chen touched his chin and fell into deep thought, "This is very abnormal."
It was not Kerry who came, but Holman, whose name he had never heard of.
Let alone negotiation, is he qualified to negotiate trade terms with Star Circle on behalf of the United States?
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Just three days after the negotiations with Holman broke up, the situation in Japan suddenly changed strangely.
The CIA agents who were originally active in Tokyo seemed to have received some kind of signal and suddenly stopped their aggressive counterattack and completely stopped. Not only has it suspended contact with right-wing political parties and some pro-American left-wing congressmen, it has even suspended its tracking of agents from the New National Intelligence Service.
In contrast, the clues in the hands of the New National Intelligence Agency have also been broken.
As if overnight, CIA agents had retreated from the sun into the shadows.
In this way, the peace eerily lasted for three days.
The Japanese National Police Agency finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they don't know how long this calmness can last, it is a good start after all. Every time they drag the body of a "foreign friend" out of a dark alley, they worry about the aftermath...
In the villa in the north of Coro Island, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, but the lights in the study were still on.
Looking at the battle report handed over by Aisha, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and suddenly said.
"Is there something going on in Washington?"
Sitting quietly on Jiang Chen's lap, Ayesha lowered her head slightly and said with a somewhat ashamed expression.
"We...have not received any special news for the time being. I'm sorry..."
The new intelligence agency's penetration into Washington is very low. Although ghost agents can come and go freely in the United States, it is difficult to penetrate into the US government. I have to admit that the United States does have its own counterintelligence capabilities.
"Don't blame yourself too much. It's not your fault," Jiang Chen reached out and gently lifted up the pretty face that was as smooth as a porcelain doll. Jiang Chen said comfortingly, "In a few days, the future heavy industry shipyard will be completed. I will go to Star Ring." I’ll stay in the city for a while and take a trip to the lunar colony. Would you like to accompany me?”
Those sapphire-like eyes suddenly brightened, but soon dimmed again.
Regret was written all over his face. Ayesha pursed her lips and whispered.
"I can't get away from here."
Although the CIA's operations in Japan have ceased, no one can guarantee that this strange peace can last forever. As the chief instructor of the ghost agents, she must stay in Koro City and take command.
"That's right," Jiang Chen looked at Aisha with a slightly apologetic look, gently stroked her hair, and said regretfully, "I will give you a souvenir back. Is there anything you want? "
Ayesha didn't speak, she just blinked her big talking eyes and looked straight at him.
The charming atmosphere gradually dispersed the tranquility, lingering between the two of them.
After understanding the true meaning hidden in the sapphire eyes, Jiang Chen immediately understood that what she wanted was not a "souvenir" at all, but a "symbol". So he smiled slightly, consciously opened the holographic screen of his watch, and pressed the button to turn off the lights.
The last light in the villa went out, and the night spread.
The bright moonlight passes over the window eaves and shines on the mutton-fat jade entangled like a work of art.
The fragrant sweat wetted the desk, chairs, and the wooden floor, adding a touch of less solemn color to the study room full of scholarly atmosphere...
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Did you guys have a happy Christmas Eve? Did you eat an apple? Are you divorced? Have you ever had sex with someone? Haha, if it weren’t for me, I would feel more balanced, because it was the keyboard that accompanied me yesterday...T.T
Ahem, just kidding, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Christmas is over and there is New Year’s Day. Try to find your partner before New Year’s Day to spend the New Year with you~) (To be continued.)