Chapter 350 She Is a Spy

This time, Charles kept his promise and went to the officers' club to meet his "girlfriend" that night.

After all, this is espionage work, and if you forget about it again and again, you will look very unprofessional.

Lucia looked very happy. She handed Charles the coffee and drew a delicate heart shape with cream on the surface.

Charles secretly admired that Lucia was very suitable to be a spy, and he played the "girlfriend" beautifully.

"What's the good thing?" Charles asked.

"Of course." Lucia replied with a smile: "Nothing to be dissatisfied about."

Charles raised his eyebrows, thinking that Lucia was referring to the victory at Ypres.

Lucia is a Belgian, the "Lady in White" is the Belgian intelligence agency, and Ypres is a Belgian city. Her victory means that Belgium has not subjugated itself, which is indeed worthy of celebration.

"You share the credit." Charles affirmed the work of the "Lady in White": "Thanks to your intelligence, otherwise I would not have known that the Germans planned to use poison gas!"

With that said, Charles handed over a check for ten thousand francs.

Lucia's expression changed instantly.

"Are you mocking us, Colonel?" Lucia glanced at the check without looking at the amount on it: "Is this a reward for us?"

We don't need rewards.

You helped us, you saved Belgium, you saved many Belgian lives, again.

"No." Charles replied: "This is living expenses for your 'girlfriend', have you forgotten?"

Lucia was stunned for a moment, remembering that Charles had said before that he would provide funds for the "Lady in White" through her girlfriend.

"You should act like a 'girlfriend', Lucia." Ciel reminded.

Lucia smiled bitterly, this is the gift from Ciel, the first gift?

But Lucia didn't say anything. She leaned over and touched Charles's cheek with her lips like a dragonfly. She put away the check with a smile and said, "Thank you, dear!"

Perhaps because of the embarrassment of transferring the money, Lucia picked up the coffee spoon and stirred it in the cup, and asked softly: "So, what they said is true, you shot Harry?"

"Yes." Ciel's voice was jerky.

Word of this had spread throughout France as quickly as the news of a victory in the Charles, and people could not believe it was true:

"That was Harry. Not only was Charles not fascinated by her, but he shot at her?"

"Do you think Ciel has no interest in women?"

"Maybe it's because he has a girlfriend!"

…

"Is it because of me?" Lucia glanced at Charles and couldn't help but have a smile on her lips.

Charles looked confused. He didn't understand what Lucia was referring to, and then he realized that Lucia had misunderstood.

"No." Charles lowered his voice: "She is a spy, Lucia, a German spy."

Lucia looked at Charles in shock, and the hand stirring the coffee stopped unconsciously: "Spy?"

Charles nodded and explained: "I have met her several times before and noticed that she always tries to get things out of the officers' mouths intentionally or unintentionally. In addition, she is the mistress of the Minister of the Navy..."

Lucia was dubious: "Are you sure, this is no small matter."

Although Hari herself has a humble status, she has "extensive connections" and "connections" with many powerful people. Historically, even if she was arrested with solid evidence, many high-ranking officials would still intercede for her, both at home and abroad.

"Sure." Charles nodded with certainty: "I intentionally revealed some information to the Minister of the Navy, but it turned out that all of it was learned by the Germans without exception."

Lucia instantly understood that Charles had been using Harry to send false information to the Germans.

Then, Lucia looked at Ciel with something strange in her eyes.

Perhaps Ciel is the one who is truly suitable for spy work, right? The spy who was so deeply hidden was manipulated by Ciel, and he sent false information but was still not exposed. He is still being "used" to this day. How did Ciel do it?

What Lucia didn't know was that Ciel had his own purpose in telling her.

Harley will eventually be discovered one day. At that time, people from the Second Bureau may find Ciel: "Excuse me, how did you know that Harley was a spy and use her?"

Ciel couldn't explain it.

But if the "Lady in White" also knows this, Ciel can easily answer: "I have my own intelligence sources, and they told me this."

This can form a perfect closed loop.

As for whether Ciel knew first or the "Lady in White" knew first, no one could find out over time.

Sometimes Charles thinks that all those things that he should not know but "inexplicably" know can be passed on to the "Lady in White" in the future.

Bureau 2 investigating the "Lady in White"?

Sorry, if the list is handed over to the Second Bureau and allowed to be investigated openly, the "Lady in White" secret intelligence organization will be exposed.

That's not what Lucia was thinking about. She glanced at Ciel with a bored expression and sighed to herself: This is the so-called self-love. He shot at Harry because of this. How could it be because of me!

…

Charles never left the army and went home. Although the town of Darvois was not far from Paris and the soldiers and even the French people could understand, Charles still did not do so.

France's "Military Discipline" clearly stipulates that soldiers must abide by the orders of their superiors and must not act without authorization or disobey military orders.

Charles believed that as an officer, he should set an example, otherwise why would he criticize or even punish soldiers who violated discipline?

However, Charles still called home to report that he was safe, but this action scared Camille:

"Are you injured? Is it because of the poison gas?"

"Why didn't you come back?"

"You were not like this before!"

...

"I'm fine, Mom." Charles replied: "Really. It's just that the army didn't have a holiday, and my troops entered a new training course, and I have to be with them."

This is the truth.

Under the threat of German poison gas, the demand for gas masks has increased like an explosion, and both the army and civilians are in urgent need.

However, it can only be provided to the army at present, with priority given to the front-line troops, and then the medical team and logistics troops rushing to the front to reinforce.

Because the 105th Infantry Regiment had experience in using it, it was arranged at the police training base to teach these troops how to use gas masks, and there are also issues that need to be paid attention to when equipping it for combat.

Camille was slightly relieved when he heard what Charles said was reasonable.

Finally, Charles added: "Steed will send you a few gas masks."

This is not necessary, because the German gas is unlikely to reach Paris, but it is better to be prepared.

It is precisely because of this mentality that Charles' gas masks are selling like hot cakes, and the high price of 50 francs per set is still in short supply!