Chapter 1591 It really wasn’t you who did it?
Xiao Peng was horrified after hearing Vincent's words. He dropped the beer bottle and spilled it everywhere. "You...what did you say? Langley was wiped out? That's the CIA headquarters!"
Vincent stared into Xiao Peng's eyes for a long moment before he said, "It really wasn't you?"
Xiao Peng looked at Vincent with a bewildered expression. "Vincent, are you kidding me? That's Langley. It would take at least several thousand soldiers to wipe out the whole place, right? Vincent, you don't think I'm that capable, do you? Oh my God! I'm just rich. Many of my crew members have military backgrounds, but can these little soldiers under my command break into the headquarters of the world's most powerful intelligence agency? Vincent, can you help me get a nuclear bomb? I really can't do this without a nuclear bomb."
Vincent stared at Xiao Peng for a long time and then heaved a sigh of relief: "I'm glad it's not you."
Xiao Peng frowned. "Vincent, what are you talking about? I'm getting more and more confused. You said Langley was wiped out? Such a major event should have been known to the whole world long ago! Was it a nuclear bomb? Or was it like 9/11, when someone hijacked a plane and crashed it? That doesn't make sense. Even if they hijacked a Boeing 747, they couldn't wipe out Langley, right? The Pentagon was hit by a Boeing 757 before, and it didn't cause much damage!"
Vincent lowered his voice and said, "It's a virus!"
"What!" Xiao Peng jumped up as if he had been electrocuted. "Another virus? Our ship was almost wiped out by the virus! How did a virus appear here too? That's not right! If that were the case, it would definitely be all over the news in your country!"
Vincent said, "Keep your voice down. Are you afraid others won't know? The news has been blocked! If such news were to get out, it would easily cause panic."
Xiao Peng quickly covered his mouth.
Vincent looked at Xiao Peng and said, "You must keep what I'm telling you strictly confidential. Also, absolutely do not go to the East!"
Xiao Peng nodded desperately: "What's going on?"
Vincent explained, "In Vienna... not the Vienna in Europe, but the town near Washington, D.C., people found the bodies of five Japanese girls in a hotel there. They were from the Mitsui Group in Japan. They followed CIA agent Kevin Ishii from Houston to Vienna, and Kevin Ishii arranged rooms for them."
"Five girls? Kevin Ishii?" Xiao Peng was silent for a moment after hearing this. "Are they not the five girls who came to my house with Kevin Ishii and Akihiko Ono to give me gifts?"
Vincent nodded. "That's them."
Xiao Peng knew that Kevin Ishii wanted to kill him through the information given to him by Vincent.
Vincent didn't go to Houston to avoid suspicion—he thought Xiao Peng might clash with Ishii Kevin, and he didn't come to avoid getting into trouble. In the end, no conflict occurred, and Ishii Kevin even returned to Langley with the girls.
When he heard the news, Vincent felt a little more contempt for Xiao Peng: Xiao Peng is indeed a Daxia person, who values 'harmony is the most valuable'. To put it bluntly, it's just one word - coward.
Anyway, it was a good thing that this matter was resolved. So Vincent was about to come to Houston, but at this time he learned shocking news!
Xiao Peng was also shocked when he learned that the girls were dead: "Dead? How did they die?"
Vincent said, "They've been infected with a highly contagious and rapidly spreading virus. Currently, over 4,000 people at Langley headquarters have been infected with the virus, and over 300 have died. According to the FBI investigation, the virus was brought into Langley by CIA agent Kevin Ishii."
Xiao Peng took a deep breath after hearing this and quickly explained, "Vincent, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Ever since you told me Kevin Ishii was a CIA agent, I've been unable to sleep. My main mission this time in the US is to clear up the misunderstanding between us. You can ask Akihiko Ono. We had a very good chat when we met that day. If he hadn't cleared up the misunderstanding between us, he wouldn't have left Houston and returned to Langley, right? Besides, where would I have stolen such a powerful anthrax virus? Since I arrived in Houston, I've been either in the police station or the hospital. On my first night here, I was even caught by the police for having a barbecue. How could I have time to get a virus? Don't say I brought it here. Do you really think your security personnel are just for show? Besides, I was busy with disaster relief before coming to Europe, and all this can be traced. Even if I wanted to get it, I wouldn't have the time. The most important thing is: if the virus you're talking about is really that powerful, it's definitely not something an ordinary person can create. Do you think I could get something like this, no matter how rich I am?"
"Oh, and if I was the one who infected him with the virus, then this should be the starting point. There should be an outbreak in Houston by now, right? How is it possible that they have an outbreak there but we don't? How could I have done this?"
Every word Xiao Peng said made perfect sense. Vincent took a sip of beer and fell into deep thought.
"Wait, you said the FBI is in charge of investigating this?" Xiao Peng blinked. "Aren't they sworn enemies?"
Vincent came to his senses and said, "How could they be sworn enemies? The two departments have different responsibilities, one internal and the other external. If there is really a rival of the FBI, it is the Department of Homeland Security. After all, there is overlap in responsibilities."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng quickly said, "Have the FBI investigate! The CIA headquarters was taken down by someone? I really can't take the blame for this!"
After hearing this, Vincent said, "Actually, the FBI has already released its investigation results."
"It doesn't really have anything to do with me, right?" Xiao Peng looked horrified.
Vincent shook his head and said, "According to the FBI investigation, Mitsui Kevin went to Frederick, Maryland after leaving you."
"Where is that?" Xiao Peng looked puzzled.
Vincent said, "It's the location of the Fort Detrick biological laboratory. In addition to his CIA identity, Kevin Ishii is also the director of Fort Detrick and a senior researcher there. The FBI suspects he brought some kind of virus from Fort Detrick. But there's an unexplained problem here."
"What's the problem?" Xiao Peng asked quickly.
Vincent said, "The virus that caused such a huge loss this time has no record in the Fort Detrick biological laboratory's database. It's a brand new virus, characterized by rapid onset, high mortality rate, and strong infectiousness. However, this virus has a very short lifespan."
Xiao Peng was confused: "What does this mean?"
Vincent explained, "To put it bluntly, this virus was created to kill people quickly. According to the biological experts at Fort Detrick, this virus is unheard of."
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