Chapter 81 Negotiations with the CIA

But the accident really happened.

Kevin had just taken over Madeline's job, and the next day he received a notice from Edgar, asking him to meet with Susan Renner, the deputy director of the CIA.

It was said that Susan had some evidence that was quite unfavorable to the Water Group, and Kevin needed to deal with it.

Kevin knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Perhaps Butcher saw that Madeline could not get any useful information here, so he chose to tell Susan some things.

Susan had a bargaining chip, so she planned to meet with the "vice president" of the Water Group.

So Edgar sent Kevin, the "acting vice president", to negotiate with Susan.

This was another test for Kevin from Edgar. If this test could be passed smoothly, Kevin would enter the management of the Water Group, and there would be no more obstacles.

Kevin, who had been prepared for this, changed his hero uniform, put on a decent suit, and went to the CIA in person.

Then here, Kevin met Susan, the deputy director of the CIA.

A blonde woman who looks nearly 40 years old and still has charm.

"What a surprise! I didn't expect that Deep Sea is now in charge of the hero department of Vought Group."

Susan expressed her surprise at seeing Kevin as soon as they met.

She thought that Vought Group would send a difficult character, but she never thought that Vought Group would choose to let superhumans intervene in their work affairs.

Since the establishment of Vought Group, it seems that there have been few superhumans entering the group's senior management.

Including the Homelander of the Seven.

However, thinking of some things Butcher had said to her, Susan didn't find it strange anymore.

Facing Susan's sigh, Kevin responded calmly with a smile:

"I didn't expect that my first task after taking over Ms. Madeline's job would be to negotiate with the CIA. Ms. Reina, why did you ask me to come here today?"

"Well, you are very direct. Good. I like direct people. Let's get to the point."

After the deputy director of the CIA finished speaking, he asked his subordinates to bring an envelope.

She opened the envelope in front of Kevin, took out a tube of blue medicine from it, and placed it in front of Kevin.

Kevin pretended not to know:

"What is this...?"

"Come on, Mr. Moskowitz, you should know what this is better than me. This is Compound No. 5, which is what gives you superhumans superpowers. You have seen it with Butcher, right?"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Reiner." Kevin looked confused: "I don't know any Butcher, and I have never seen this kind of thing. I think you may have made a mistake."

"Hmm? So you want to play dumb with us? Okay."

Susan Reiner saw that Kevin was not interested, so she leaned forward slightly and said to Kevin:

"In that case, I guess you won't mind if we publish this thing in the newspaper.

"Human experiment, injecting illegal drugs into babies, guess how long you will stay in prison? Ten years? Twenty years? Or a hundred years? "

Susan asked softly, as if she had Kevin in her grasp.

But Kevin did not come here without any preparation. He looked at Susan innocently:

"Wait a minute, Ms. Reina, I just took over the job of our Ms. Madeline, and I really don't know anything about what you said, such as human experiments, illegal injections... Isn't this a bit too serious?"

"If you don't know, go and ask your superiors! We don't have time to argue with you here! "

Kevin's attitude made Susan a little angry.

Before this, Butcher had explained everything to her, including why he kidnapped Madeline and the "deal" with Deep Sea.

Susan understood that the man in front of her was the cause of everything.

Even Madeline's death was planned by this man.

Just to sit in Madeline's position like now.

He carefully planned this kidnapping and replaced Madeline's position in the Water Group, and suddenly went from a small transparent person in the Seven Team to the president.

How could such a scheming guy be like what he said, a person who knows nothing. Little white fish?

Susan can be sure that Shenhai definitely knows this, and knows it better than anyone else.

So she won't beat around the bush with Shenhai here. Either agree to her request today, or make public what Susan knows now.

The Water Group has no other choice!

Taking the sample of compound No. 5 from Susan, Kevin looked at it over and over for a while, and suddenly said:

"Okay, Ms. Reina, I will ask the higher-ups about this matter. Let's talk about the terms now. You found so many... "evidence" that doesn't exist at all. It's impossible that you are here to scold us, right?"

"Haha, it doesn't exist..."

Susan was amused by Kevin's words. She took a while to calm down before continuing:

"Okay, let's talk about the conditions. Our conditions are very simple, that is, to revoke the bill that allows your shitty superhumans to enter the Ministry of Defense! Our troops will never let any superhumans enter! Do you understand?"

Susan finally stated her purpose.

She came here for the new bill proposed by the Vought Group, in order to prevent the superhumans of the Vought Group from interfering with the government and the army.

In comparison, the things against the Vought Group had to be put aside, even if Butcher had told her all the evidence.

Although she stated the conditions, Susan was ready to argue with the other party.

She had already seen that Shenhai was not as...'stupid' as he was shown in TV and movies. In fact, his mind was deeper than anyone else.

Facing such a guy, Susan didn't think she could easily convince the other party.

That's what she originally thought.

However-

"Okay."

"Even if you don't agree...what?"

Susan thought the other party was saying no, and only realized halfway through that the other party seemed to agree to her conditions easily.

Even Shenhai was afraid that she didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again very considerately:

"I said yes. In fact, I also think it's too stupid for superhumans to join the army. I will find a way to withdraw this proposal, Ms. Reina."

"..."

Shenhai agreed to Susan's request very decisively, which made Susan feel uncomfortable as if she had punched cotton.

Obviously, so much preparation was made and so much evidence was collected, but in the end... the other side agreed to their conditions so easily.

This gap even made Susan feel a little unreal.

When did the Vought Group become so easy to talk to?

"Do you have any other conditions, Ms. Reina?"

Susan didn't react for a while. Kevin on the other side waited for a while, and seeing that Susan didn't respond, he couldn't help asking.

Susan came back to her senses.

She stared at Kevin for a long time before taking a deep breath and saying:

"There is indeed another condition, but it was not proposed by me, but by Butcher."

"Sorry, Ms. Reina, I don't know any Butcher."

"...Okay, if you don't know her, then please investigate Rebecca Butcher, the former department support of your Water Group. We want to know if she is still alive. You should be able to do this, right?"

"I can only try my best. After all, I have never heard of this name before."

Kevin played dumb as usual, but Susan couldn't do anything with Kevin.

Because Kevin really just sat in this position, he really didn't know anything and shouldn't know.

But anyway, her main purpose had been achieved, and Susan was too lazy to continue to talk to Kevin.

"Whether you know it or not is your business. Our conditions are these two. Sign this contract and you can leave."

Susan took out the prepared contract and motioned Kevin to sign.

But Kevin didn't pick up the pen, just looked at the contract and said:

"I won't sign it before I figure out the specific content of the contract, Ms. Reina, this needs our lawyer to review, and..."

When Kevin said this, he suddenly laughed:

"Although I promised you to revoke the bill, if the Ministry of Defense took the initiative to bring up this bill, it has nothing to do with us, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could the Ministry of Defense..."

Before Susan finished her words, a subordinate hurriedly came up and whispered something in Susan's ear.

Susan's expression suddenly became ugly. She looked at Kevin in disbelief, and then hurriedly followed his subordinates away.

Kevin was not in a hurry, sitting here drinking coffee and waiting for Susan.

It was not until more than ten minutes later that Susan came back with an unwilling look on her face and said to Kevin:

"You can go now..."

Kevin did not ask her what happened. He stood up, straightened the wrinkles on his suit, and smiled:

"We had a pleasant conversation this time, Ms. Reina. I look forward to our next meeting."

After that, Kevin turned around and left without caring about Susan's ugly expression as if she had eaten a cockroach.

It was quite normal for Kevin to let Kevin go and not even raise any conditions afterwards.

There were many reasons for this.

On the one hand, the previous things were all done by Madeline, and Kevin really didn't know anything. On the other hand... the "super criminal" plan of the Homelanders should have been underway.

During this period, the Homelanders and the Locomotive transported Compound No. 5 all over the world, especially to war-torn areas like the Middle East.

They specifically selected those terrorists and injected Compound No. 5 into them, trying to cultivate super criminals.

Kimiko and her brother were two of the successful test subjects.

In addition to Kimiko and her brother, there are many successful people like them.

These people will not be as obedient as Kimiko, or if it weren't for Kevin, Kimiko would have been released long ago and treated as a super criminal.

Criminals with super powers will soon emerge, and this time will not be too long. Kevin knew this and dared to agree to Susan's conditions.

After all, once super criminals appear, the people who will be anxious will not be the Vought Group, but the people in Congress.

The Vought Group only needs to remove itself from it to turn from passive to active.

Just like now.

As soon as he came out of the CIA, Kevin took out his mobile phone to report the situation to Edgar.

After listening to the whole process of the negotiation, Edgar suddenly asked:

"Have you guessed what the Homelanders are doing?"

"It's not hard to guess, is it? After all, the Homelanders like Madeline so much, but it's a pity that all the things he did for Madeline are now cheap for me."

"Very good, then there is one last question left. What do you plan to do with the No. 5 compound that the CIA knows about?"

Edgar asked Kevin again.

Kevin, who had already thought of a solution, said without any hesitation:

"Boss, the dead can't talk."

"Oh? So what you mean is..."

"All this was done by Madeline, what does it have to do with us?"

Frame-up and smearing are also what the Water Group often does.

Madeline is dead, and she once held a high position, so throwing all the dirty water on the dead is obviously the best choice.

Edgar must have thought of this method, or he probably thought about what to do from the moment Madeline died.

Asking Kevin now is just a final test for him.

Obviously, Kevin passed the final test.

"Haha, you're right."

Edgar laughed heartily on the other side of the phone and changed the subject:

"I will go to your meeting room in person tomorrow and be ready to take over the position of vice president, Kevin."

So far, the power transfer of the hero management department of the Water Group has been completed.