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 spy work. If you forget about it again and again, you will appear unprofessional.
Lucia looked happy as she handed Ciel her coffee and drew a delicate heart shape with cream on the surface.
Charles secretly praised that Lucia was very suitable to be a spy and she played the role of "girlfriend" perfectly.
"What's the good news?" Charles asked.
"Of course." Lucia replied with a smile: "Nothing is unsatisfactory."
Charles raised his eyebrows, thinking that Lucia was referring to the victory in Ypres.
Lucia was Belgian, the "Madame in White" was the Belgian intelligence agency, and Ypres was a city in Belgium. Her victory meant that Belgium had not been destroyed, which was indeed worth celebrating.
"You deserve some credit." Charles affirmed the work of the "Lady in White": "Thanks to your intelligence, otherwise I would not have known that the Germans were planning to use poison gas!"
As he spoke, 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.
It was you who helped us, you saved Belgium, saved many Belgian lives, once again.
"No." Charles replied: "This is the living expenses for your 'girlfriend', have you forgotten?"
Lucia was stunned for a moment, remembering that Charles had said before that he would provide funding for the "Lady in White" through her, his girlfriend.
"You should act like a 'girlfriend', Lucia," Charles reminded.
Lucia smiled bitterly. This was the gift Charles gave her, the first gift?
But Lucia said nothing. She leaned over and gently touched Charles' cheek with her lips. She took the check with a smile and said, "Thank you, dear!"
Perhaps to divert the embarrassment of collecting money, Lucia picked up the coffee spoon and stirred it in the cup, then asked softly, "So, what they said is true, you shot Harry?"
"Yes." Charles' voice was stiff.
This news spread throughout France as fast as the news of Charles' victory. People could not believe it:
"That was Hari, and not only was Charles not fascinated by her, he shot her?"
"You think Charles 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 smile.
Charles looked confused, he didn't understand what Lucia was referring to, then he realized that Lucia had misunderstood.
"No." Charles lowered his voice. "She is a spy, Lucia, a spy for the Germans."
Lucia looked at Charles in shock, and her hand that was stirring the coffee stopped unconsciously: "Spy?"
Charles nodded and explained, "I have met her several times before, and I noticed that she always deliberately or unintentionally extracts information from officers. In addition, she is the mistress of the Minister of the Navy..."
Lucia was skeptical: "Are you sure? This is no small matter."
Although Hari herself was of humble status, she had "extensive connections" and had "connections" with many powerful people. In history, even when she was arrested with conclusive evidence, there were still many senior officials who pleaded for her, both at home and abroad.
"Sure." Charles nodded confidently. "I intentionally disclosed some intelligence to the Minister of the Navy, but it was all known to the Germans without exception."
Lucia immediately realized that Charles had been using Harry to pass false information to the Germans.
Then, Lucia looked at Charles with a strange look in her eyes.
Perhaps the one who is truly suitable for spy work is Charles? How did Charles manipulate the spy who hid so deeply into the palm of his hand, and how did he manage to send false information without being exposed and still be "used" till now?
What Lucia didn't know was that Charles had his own purpose in telling her this.
Harry will be discovered one day, and then the people from the Second Bureau will find Charles: "Excuse me, how did you know that Harry was a spy and used her?"
Charles couldn't explain.
But if the "Lady in White" also knew this, Charles could easily answer: "I have my own sources of information, and they told me this."
This can form a perfect closed loop.
As to whether Charles knew it first or the "Lady in White" knew it first, no one could find out after a long time.
Sometimes Charles thought that all the things he shouldn't have known but "inexplicably" knew could be blamed on the "Lady in White" in the future.
The Second Bureau is investigating the "Lady in White"?
I'm sorry, but if we hand the list over to the Second Bureau and allow them to openly investigate, the secret intelligence organization "Ladies in White" will be exposed.
Lucia was not thinking about these things. She glanced at Charles with a bored look on her face and sighed in her heart: This is what is called self-sentiment. He shot at Harry because of this. How could it be because of me!
…
Charles never left the army and went home, even though the town of Darvoise was not far from Paris and the soldiers and even the French people could understand it, but Charles still did not do so.
The French "Military Discipline" clearly stipulates that soldiers must obey the orders of their superiors and must not act on their own or disobey military orders.
Charles believed that as an officer he should set an example himself, otherwise, what right did he have to criticize or even punish soldiers who violated discipline?
However, Charles still called home to report that he was safe, but this action frightened Camille:
"Are you injured? Is it because of the poison gas?"
"Otherwise why didn't you come back?"
"You weren't like this before!"
…
"I'm fine, mother," Charles answered. "I'm really fine. It's just that the army is not on holiday. My unit has started a new training course, and I have to stay with them."
This is the truth.
Under the threat of German poison gas, the demand for gas masks increased exponentially, and both the military and civilians were in urgent need of them.
However, it can only be provided to the military at present, with priority given to the front-line troops, followed by medical teams and logistics troops rushing to the front line to reinforce.
The 105th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the police training base to teach these troops how to use gas masks because of their experience in use, as well as the issues that need to be paid attention to when equipping them for combat.
Camille felt relieved when he found what Charles said made sense.
Finally, Charles added: "Steed will send you a few gas masks."
This was not necessary, as it was highly unlikely that the German poison gas would reach Paris, but it was better to be prepared.
It is precisely because of this mentality that Charles' gas masks are selling like hot cakes, and even at the high price of 50 francs a set, they are still in short supply!
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
