When Arthur saw the humble 'house' where the so called 'businessman' lived, he knew that he had been deceived.
Why you say?
Well, what do you think of a house bigger that most mansions with at least 20 armed guards from what he could see and guard wolves? Yes, wolves, these were too big to be huskies.
- Yup, it's confirmed. The more beautiful a woman is, the more lies she can tell! -
- Especially this square faced girl. I bet I could measure the sides and angles of her face and prove it to be more accurate than what most students could draw in geometry. That darned teacher in my past school measured the angles to the decimal! 89.9°? Well it seems you failed! sorry😜. -
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"So... This is what you mean by a simple businessman?"
Arthur pointed at the unholy mansion not far from them, with guards stationed with guns on every gate. This thing might as well be a castle if not for the lack of a moat.
Not to mention the wolves...er... dogs!
Carter: "Yes, that is a businessman"
"Goodbye!"
Art simply turned around and left.
"Wait." Carter quickly ran after him.
Art ran faster, waving his hand: "Farewell! "
In all his life, Art had never been betrayed like this before. Friends did play pranks but this one is no friend nor a prank, so how could this child hearted NEET of a man know of the world?
(ES *editor's sister*: bad sarcasm?)
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He had already decided to turn away from killing and certainly did not want to die. So he ran. obviously.
"Arthur... please!"
Carter pleaded: "I really had no choice, so I can only ask you..."
"I'm no god." Arthur said helplessly: "I am not a super soldier either, you can go to Colonel Phillips for a military order or maybe mobilize the troops to come to apprehend him. Even if the other party kills himself, It doesn't matter, it's not like you had ever caught one alive before, so what does it matter if you can't catch this one?. This can be solved easily by others. Why bother me to go in and catch people?"
"If Colonel Phillips would agree to this, than this would be done already."
Arthur: "So, you are telling me that all this time, the higher ups knew and let it be?They must have had a reason, no? And also we have no support to be here at all. Are you doing this on your own or ... against orders?"
Does this woman not feel the chaos with hydra and the Germans? What does she want to add more fuel to it?
Arthur was stunned by his own words.
Carter bit her lip and said desperately: "Arthur... I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth."
"We can go back and discuss about this." Art said.
"No." Carter shook her head and said: "... This person is called Lindaddy Clive. He is not just a simple businessman. He will be running for the Senate this year."
"what?"
- She wants me to beat up a future senate?! -
Arthur was stunned.
"It is because of this unique identity that when we got his name, Colonel Phillips was very hesitant to deal with him. Since the capture of the first two spies was not smooth, the colonel was very worried and there was no evidence. And once the news of his death was spread, it may have an adverse impact on our military. The top command was not willing to see any negative news about this..."
"So, are you decided to act without orders?"
Arthur's mind was spinning.
- Where the hell did this woman get her courage from?! And on what basis did she approach me? Is she dumb? -
"I just couldn't-t help it! I knew that the other party would be here tonight. Although we have no proper evidence, this person might very well be a spy working for Hydra. It is because of the identity of the other party that prevents us from taking him down. And once he is successfully elected as a senator, how terrible will it be for us?" Her voice rang higher and higher the more she tried to explain.
Carter's words sounded very serious. Even the expression on her face had nothing but the spirit of selflessness and patriotism. Everything is for...world peace? Right?
Never before had he ever regretted preaching world peace... And he promised himself not to ever again.
He took a deep breath and asked: "Did you ever think that whatever you can think of, Colonel Phillips, with his experience, can also think of it?"
"Well?" Carter disregarded his words of persuasion: "Do you agree or not?"
" Fine, simply speaking..." Xia Zhi said: "Spies are terrible, right? But they are dangerous as long as they are hidden!! And once their identities are known, they are no longer the enemy's tool, but ours. !"
Carter's eyes gradually lowered: "I know what you want to say..."
"We are just two people! I don't know where your confidence came from but if we fail, we risk alerting the enemy!"
Arthur continued adding common sense to her: "So what we are came here to do today is more than unnecessary, it just plain stupid... The information that the senator gets is limited to what we choose to give! We can even use this person to pass false info to Hydra, whick can easily lead them into traps, destroying their troops, troops which are yet to even grow! In fact, It is much more useful to use this spy than to catch him!"
Carter's words came barely audible: "I didn't think so much..."
"The body always moves one step ahead of the brain. Let's go bac..."
When he was persuading Carter to go back, he suddenly held down Carter and forced her down.
Even Carter's training couldn't help in keeping a straight face and she couldn't help but look towards his pants, blushing.
- Why did he suddenly push me down? Is he ...-
Her face was flushed, no words coming to her mouth.
"Hey? What are you blushing?" Arthur whispered, a bit puzzled.
"What are you doing?" Carter was a little embarassed.
He quickly covered her mouth: "Someone's here."
Carter was stunned: "They patrol this far away?"
"They must be paranoid. Either that or you cracking down on other spies put him on the edge." Arthur said: "If they notice us, it will make them more alert. And we can't even withdraw now! "
"Why not?"
"There are patrol dogs!"
Sure enough, the canines had already sniffed them out. A pair of bright eyes were staring straight at their direction.
"Move back!"
The dark of the night covered them but it was just too late. The hounds were already upon them.
Fangs full of saliva filled their sights, the mouth opening and closing, and suddenly Arthur sent a punch!
They didn't have time to retreat anymore.
The punch directly took out the hound with a whimper.
The night was still long.