Chapter 461: Secrets of the Past (Part 2)

Kayla stared at Alfred with wide eyes. She had never thought that Alfred was the legendary agent who had the list and played the East Coast intelligence officers around.

"But, from the UK to Moscow, we shouldn't have to go through the East Coast of the United States, right?" Kayla asked with some doubts.

But then, she reacted, slapped her forehead, and said, "Oh, yes, we can't go straight to Moscow, they will definitely intercept us on the way..."

"But even if we have to take a detour, we don't have to go so far, right? From the UK to the East Coast of the United States, and then to the Soviet Union, it's almost around the world..."

"Until today, 30 years later, the whole world is still looking for this list. Haven't you discovered how important it is?"

Hearing Alfred's words, Kayla thought about it carefully. Indeed, it seems that the main function of this list is to smooth over the mistakes made in intelligence work, but now it is almost 30 years later, and this list can't even be said to be invalid. Many people recorded on it may have died.

But if it was 30 years ago, how important a list of important spies from various countries at that time was, it goes without saying.

Alfred took out a piece of deerskin from his pocket and began to wipe the barrel of the shotgun in his hand. He said: "Moscow has given many routes, but without exception, they are all within the sniper range of the CIA."

"In that era, the CIA was omnipresent. It must be said that the American agents at that time were much stronger than they are now."

"Then why... Oh, my God, the most dangerous place is the safest place?! So you went straight to the United States?"

Alfred smiled, as if he was lamenting Kayla's youth. He said: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. This sentence actually makes sense, but it cannot be a decisive factor in an important decision."

"In 1961, Allen Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA, stepped down. He was a very powerful old guy who made the CIA's prestige at home and abroad soar to its peak."

"But after 1961, he His successor was not as good as him. After a year, his work was almost ineffective. It took him a long time to sort out the work left by the previous director. Even the people jokingly called him a greenhorn from the Air Force. Moscow certainly knew it. "

"Moreover, during Allen's tenure, the CIA's functions expanded significantly, even replacing some functions of Congress. He did a great job, so that the CIA's prestige and reputation rose too high."

"So, Congress will definitely restrict them, right?" Kayla asked, and then she said with some disdain: "This group of Americans is like this, and the internal fighting will never end."

"Yes, they deliberately found an incompetent successor to take over Allen's position, messed up the work, and then amended the security bill to further restrict the CIA's functions. In short, the CIA during that period..."

Alfred dragged out a long tone and shook his head, and Kayla understood what he meant.

If the situation was like this as Alfred said, then the mainland of the United States is indeed a very safe place. In order to limit the functions of the CIA, Congress would not allow the CIA to intervene even if they knew that there might be spies running here.

What Americans are best at is to create an agency, then create another agency to limit it, and then create another agency to limit the two of them, and then give them a name called separation of powers.

Whenever these three agencies beat each other's brains out, they call it "the victory of democracy."

And when more agencies beat their brains out for this reason, they will not care about the reduced efficiency, and the absurd accidents of left foot tripping right foot and left hand blocking right hand, they will only think that their supervision mechanism is really successful.

"Besides, Gotham has always been a lawless place. Although the Falcone family had already ruled Gotham at that time, the system of the twelve families had not yet been fully established. In other words, it was the pain period of reform at that time, and there were gangs fighting each other everywhere, which was very suitable for fishing in troubled waters."

"Indeed, this is a very smart method. As long as you lurk in Gotham for a while, and Moscow releases the news that the list has been received by them, then the safety of your return trip will be greatly improved." Kayla nodded and said.

"The original plan was indeed like this, but some accidents occurred..."

Kayla looked at Alfred and asked, "What accidents?"

Alfred sighed rarely, as if he thought of something he was reluctant to recall. He said, "In Gotham City, there has always been a unique force hidden. They wear masks, hide in the dark, monitor everyone, and try to control the city."

"They are called the Court of Owls."

"They are a group of lunatics who will do anything for power and status. One day in March, when I went to the church to pray, I 'accidentally' heard the conversation between Gotham Godfather Falcone and Daniel, the bishop of Gotham Cathedral at the time..."

Kayla heard Alfred put an emphasis on the word "accident", and she understood that Alfred was hinting that he had been paying attention to these two people for a long time and was investigating them, so he heard some information.

"They said that the Court of Owls got a magical egg and seemed to want to put the egg in a special pool under the cathedral..."

"Egg? Egg of what?" Kayla asked in confusion.

Alfred took a deep breath and said:

"A monster's egg."

"What is this? A monster's egg?"

Under the manor, in a wide hall, Lex looked at the thing in the center of the hall with some doubts and asked.

At this time, the state of all members of the underground exploration team was a little strange. Bruce and Lex were surrounded by a wisp of gray fog. They could see the gray fog themselves, but they did not raise any objections. Bruce supported the pale Clark, who was still coughing weakly.

After several people came down from the entrance of the cellar, they found that it was indeed just an ordinary cellar, but soon, the development of things exceeded their imagination.

In the corridor leading to the cellar, the abnormality was not very obvious. It looked like a bunker built by a medieval noble. There was no technological content and no abnormal things. The special mineral that Schiller called did not appear.

But after walking through this corridor, Clark felt abnormal because he began to feel weak.

At the end of the corridor, Lex and Bruce wanted to persuade Clark to retreat, but Clark insisted on making sure that this mineral would not harm ordinary people, so they continued to walk in.

Soon, the green light appeared. At this time, Schiller stopped everyone and said, "Are you planning to go directly there?"

"I have to remind you that this mineral also has radiation to ordinary people, and this is different from the radiation of any mineral on earth. Human radiation protection clothing may not be useful."

Lex and Bruce looked at each other, and they saw the same emotion in each other's eyes, that is, they didn't want to take this risk, but they were curious about it.

I have a way to provide you with protection, but..."

Schiller made a long sound, and then suddenly said: "I heard that the Wayne Group and the Luther Group are the economic lifeline of the Middle East Coast and the mainstay of the US economy."

Bruce was a little confused, not knowing why Schiller suddenly mentioned this, but Lex suddenly understood, and he said:

"A method that can defend against unknown mineral radiation is worth a thousand gold. The Luther Group is certainly willing to pay some price for this technology. Professor, we can talk about the specific figures later, but we will never let you down..."

Bruce looked at the smile Schiller showed, was a little stunned, and then narrowed his eyes, he found something wrong.

When did Schiller become interested in money???

Did he take the wrong medicine???

Seeing that Schiller turned his eyes to him again, Bruce didn't even know how to start for a moment, but soon, he cleared his throat and said: "The price is not important, what's important is the effect? "

Schiller waved his hand, and two wisps of gray mist surrounded the two of them. It was visible to the naked eye that the green light was blocked, and the effect seemed very obvious.

Clark immediately turned his head to Schiller and looked at Schiller with an expectant look, but Schiller seemed to have not seen his eyes and walked straight in.

Clark tried to catch up and said, "Oh! Professor, is there any misunderstanding between us?"

"Professor! I think I need some defensive measures too! Professor..."

"It doesn't work on you. "Schiller rejected him coldly and ruthlessly. Clark showed a frustrated expression and could only follow the others.

Walking inside, the situation began to become a little serious. They first entered a hall. The walls around here were almost all made of that green stone. There was no need for any lamps. The light emitted by kryptonite was enough to illuminate the entire hall, which showed how huge the number was.

At this point, Clark could hardly walk by himself and had to be supported by Bruce. But seeing Schiller's attitude as if nothing had happened, Bruce and Lex knew that they had been fooled again.

But so far, the function of this mineral itself has not been important. The important thing is, who built this place? And why was it built?

Obviously, the rumor was wrong, because Bruce did not find any experimental equipment here. Whether it was radiation experiments or human radiation experiments, a lot of professional equipment was needed, but there was none here.

After passing through the hall and a corridor, we came to a huge underground cave. The scene here was shocking.

In the huge underground cave, most of the walls had not been repaired by humans. They were still ordinary rock layers and even dripping. However, there were many rammed walls, like wedges that were chiseled in, distributed from top to bottom in the entire cave.

Every place with a wall has a very strange device on it, and the center of the device is a huge green kryptonite.

At this time, the light of these kryptonites seems to be guided by the glass outer wall of the device, forming a solid green beam of light. Several beams of light cross and focus on one point. At this point, a platform is suspended in the air, and there is an egg on it.

This egg is very large, and several people need to look up at it. The overall color is gray, but the overall color of the surface is gray, and there are many rock-like spikes on the surface, and the tops of the spikes are still emitting a blue glimmer.

Just as Lex asked the question in confusion, they heard Schiller's cold voice from behind: "Everyone back off."

Bruce turned around and looked at Schiller standing far away. Seeing Schiller's expression, he knew that Schiller might know what it was. He asked: "What kind of egg is this?"

"A monster..."

"What monster?"

"A very scary monster that even Clark couldn't deal with in his prime..."

Schiller's eyes were fixed on the egg, and his low voice echoed in the void, with a distant echo:

"It's called... Doomsday."

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