Chapter 15
For the Alliance, Colonel Lu's last words brought by Ian really have no research value.
The Olin side obviously intercepted all the important intelligence, leaving only the seemingly insignificant love affairs.
But for the Alphas in the Alliance who are qualified to hear these last words, these few words of love are very meaningful.
Alphas are mostly visual animals, and those in important government positions are no exception.
Jiang Yun's appearance is enough to make the powerful Alpha ignore the fact that he already has two fifteen-year-old children. The only reason stopping them from pursuing Jiang Yun is three words - Colonel Lu.
The Alphas were quite self-aware, knowing that they could never compare to the then-24-year-old Colonel Lu Huai. Coupled with Jiang Yun's own dominant position, they could only admire and fantasize about this widowed beauty from afar.
But now it seems that the couple's relationship is not as deep as they imagined.
Ever since Colonel Lu's body was discovered, Foreign Minister Jiang has not shown any excitement or anxiety. Instead, he has gone against public opinion and continued to delay even though the alliance has already agreed to exchange pronuclei for Colonel Lu's body.
Foreign Minister Jiang obviously doesn't like Colonel Lu either.
Come to think of it, it was a family-arranged marriage, a blind date, and the marriage lasted only two short months. How deep could the feelings be?
So it seems like they have hope again?
Jiang Yun woke up from a hangover, and messages from Alphas almost flooded his communicator.
Most of these Alphas were high-ranking Alliance officials who had interacted with Jiang Yun at work. Each of them expressed their sincere condolences and concern for Jiang Yun, their wording remarkably consistent, even down to the excuses they offered to invite him for dinner and coffee upon his return to the Alliance.
Is this what you want to see, Colonel Lu? Jiang Yun thought, if you don't want me to be alone forever, then I'll find an Alpha to date you when I get home.
Jiang Yun flipped through two messages sporadically and silently turned off the private communicator.
With four hours left before arriving at the Ice Planet, all the crew members on the spacecraft took their positions and made final preparations for landing.
While Jiang Yun was reading the relevant information about Binghuang Star, he drank a lot of black coffee to relieve the fatigue caused by the hangover.
The twins knocked and walked in.
"Dad," Jiang Mu held a bunch of pink roses in his hands. The velvety texture and slightly curled petals looked very much like the boy's rosy cheeks. "Are you busy?"
Lu Chao stood behind Jiang Mu with his hands in his pockets. His tall stature, no different from that of an adult man, made his brother look particularly petite. "We have prepared a gift for our colonel father. If you are not busy, could you help us take a look?"
Jiang Yun knew his two children too well. One look at their expressions told him that they were just pretending nothing had happened.
The twins probably also knew the last words Colonel Lu left him, so they avoided talking about him getting drunk last night.
The two children came to cheer him up.
Jiang Yun nodded to Jiang Mu: "The flowers are beautiful." Then, he turned to Lu Chao: "What's your gift?"
"Ding ding ding ding--" Lu Chao quickly pulled out a folded math test paper from his pocket. After unfolding it, a bright red "60" appeared, which made Jiang Yun's forehead ache slightly as usual.
"Please tell my Alpha dad," Lu Chao said with a solemn and tragic expression, "I'm not a bad student!"
Jiang Yun: “…”
"I tried to persuade him, Dad." Jiang Mu said guiltily, "But I couldn't persuade him."
"It's quite good," Jiang Yun said, rubbing his forehead lightly, "Let's take it to Colonel Lu to see."
"Pretty good?" Jiang Mu showed a confused expression that rarely appeared on his face. This expression was usually exclusive to his younger brother. "You are not kidding, are you?"
Jiang Yun: "No."
It's good to let the genius colonel who seems to care nothing about anything on the surface but can't accept things out of his control know that his youngest son passed math just once in his first year of high school.
"What did I say? This is a wonderful gift!" Lu Chao, who had received his father's affirmation, began to ask, "Dad, have you prepared a gift for Colonel Dad?"
Jiang Yun: "No."
Lu Chao: "Ah? Why?"
Jiang Yun: "No reason."
Lu Chao held up the math test paper in front of Jiang Yun. "How about I lend it to you as a gift? Honestly, without your painstaking tutoring, I wouldn't have gotten such a high score."
Jiang Yun turned his head away: "No, take it away."
Lu Chao leaned closer: "Ah, why? You really don't want to prepare a gift for Colonel Dad?"
"Why should I prepare?" Jiang Yun seemed annoyed by Lu Chao's constant questions. He said in a slightly cold tone, "Colonel Lu doesn't love me anyway."
Jiang Mu: "..."
Lu Chao: “…”
When Jiang Yun was in a bad mood, the two children were afraid to speak and could only use the special communication method of twins to communicate with each other, that is - eye contact.
Lu Chao: Is it my imagination? Why do I feel like my dad is mad at the colonel's dad?
Jiang Mu: It shouldn't be an illusion, because I feel the same way. Alas, I really don't understand why my father said something bad at the end, but he had to say that. If Uncle Morris hadn't said that my father was saying one thing and thinking another, I would be angry with him too.
Lu Chao: Wow, my Alpha dad is so awesome. He’s been dead for so many years, but he can still make his wife, a diplomat, angry.
The tacit understanding between the twins is unmatched, even Jiang Yun cannot understand the full meaning of their eyes.
Jiang Yun said coldly: "Put away your anti-human communication methods of twins."
At this time, the Foreign Minister's Office received a call request from the Alliance Intelligence Bureau. The request read: Confidential, S-level.
Without Jiang Yun saying anything, the twins left the office on their own accord.
After requesting permission, the figure of Ms. Agatha, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, appeared in the holographic projection.
The female Alpha has beautiful curly hair, fiery red lips, flowing eyes, and handsome eyebrows, which are vaguely similar to Lu Chao.
She looked at Jiang Yun with a smile, her voice filled with intimacy and joy. "Good evening, Minister Jiang. Did you have a pleasant journey? The journey to Ice Wasteland Star γ is long and will take three days. Are you and those two lovely little ones used to eating and sleeping on the Rescue?"
Jiang Yun interrupted the female Alpha: "Is this your S-level confidential business?"
"Sorry, shall I change the subject?" Agatha knew Jiang Yun's temper well. Instead of getting angry, she continued jokingly, "I heard that my distant cousin who died young didn't love you. Is that true? Oh, is he blind? He actually doesn't love a beautiful Omega like you. Such an Alpha really deserves to be hung up and beaten. I think you should stop thinking about him and marry me instead?"
Jiang Yun reached out to the button to close the call: "Hang up."
"Okay, okay, I won't joke with you anymore." Agatha had long been accustomed to Jiang Yun's indifference and quickly said that she would listen to his advice: "Foreign Minister Jiang, I really need your help."
Jiang Yun: "Speak."
Agatha put away her previous teasing attitude and said bluntly, "I need you to find a way to secretly assassinate Prince Orin's son, Wycliffe Lu - on the premise that this does not provoke any possible military disputes between the two countries."
Jiang Yun raised his eyebrows: "Reason?"
"You don't need to know the reason for now. You just need to know that Wycliffe Lu must die," Agatha said coldly. "Even if it has nothing to do with the interests of the Alliance, a perverted Alpha like him who enjoys toying with Omegas deserves to die."
Agatha changed the subject, her tone becoming more relaxed. "Of course, this assassination mission should have been carried out by our Intelligence Agency. But Wycliffe Lu's life and death are related to the safe return of my cousin's body. He is currently in your hands, so I personally think it would be more convenient for you to take action."
Jiang Yun thought about it and decided that although this matter was difficult, it should be possible to do it: "Okay."
Although Jiang Yun's response was only two simple words, Agatha felt that she could already see the scene of Wycliffe Lu's tragic death.
The female Alpha's brows relaxed as she asked, "Will the Ministry of Foreign Affairs be embarrassed by this?" She was a little worried that the Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs' credibility would be damaged. "After all, you've already reached an agreement with Orin."
"The prerequisite for complying with the agreement is that both parties must keep their promises at the same time." Jiang Yun said indifferently, "Why don't you ask Ian Tang if he is willing to abide by the agreement."
"Okay, okay, I understand." Agatha said "Ah", as if she remembered something, but Jiang Yun could see that she had been looking for an opportunity to bring it up: "Oh, there's one more thing."
"Um?"
"We have an agent codenamed 'Puppet' who has been lurking in the logistics department of the Olin military for two years. A month ago, he was selected as a member of the mining team and arrived at the Ice Wasteland Planet with the Olin army, but we have lost contact with him since then." Agatha's eyes dimmed as she said in a deep voice, "Puppet is a rare top-level agent. Losing him would be a huge loss for the Intelligence Bureau and the Alliance. Jiang Yun, if you can find Puppet, I ask you to ensure his safety at all costs, even if it means the undercover mission fails."
Jiang Yun didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
"I'll encrypt some of the puppet's information and send it to you later. That's all for now," Agatha said. "I'll be waiting for your good news on the Capital Planet, Foreign Minister Jiang."
Soon, Jiang Yun received the encrypted file sent by Agatha.
File status: Semi-activated
Codename: Puppet
Gender: Male Alpha
Age: 28
Educational background: Ovett Military Academy, [Special Enrollment]
Affiliation: Intelligence Bureau, Division 6
Security Level: Top Secret
Skills Assessment: ...
Action Record: ...
An agent lurking in the Olin military has lost contact with the Alliance Intelligence Agency for a long time. In this case, it can generally be judged that there is a high probability of exposure.
But... Jiang Yun's eyes fell on the "educational background" column.
Ovett Military Academy, [Special Recruitment].
Lu Huai's direct junior student shouldn't let his mission fail so easily.
"Mr. Jiang," Zhong Man's arrival interrupted Jiang Yun's thoughts, "Wycliffe Lu has conveyed a request to the military, saying that he hopes to have a brief interview with you before the spacecraft arrives at the Ice Wasteland Planet. He also claims that he has important intelligence to share with you - provided that he meets with you alone."
Without waiting for Jiang Yun's response, Zhong Man continued, "This request has been strongly opposed by Colonel Morris. I personally believe that there is no need for you to meet with Wycliffe alone right now. The intelligence he provided is most likely just low-level bait."
Jiang Yun closed the file in the brain computer and asked, "Why do you think so?"
Zhong Man hesitated for a moment and whispered, "You've probably heard the rumors about him using pheromones to abuse and torture Omegas, right? His pheromones smell like human blood, which most Omegas can't stand. With all due respect, an Omega like you would obviously interest him greatly."
Wycliffe Lu was a very extreme man.
This Alpha constantly oscillates between two extremes: extreme rationality or extreme madness. Because of his rusty smell, a pheromone similar to blood, he is known as a vampire within the Olin Empire. Coupled with his royal family background, he is even more dangerous than Ian the Fool.
Assassinating Wycliffe without provoking any diplomatic conflict is indeed not a task that the Intelligence Agency can accomplish alone.
"I understand your concerns." Jiang Yun thought for a moment and said, "Let's arrange a holographic meeting first."
Today's holographic imaging technology has developed to the point where it's almost the same as meeting in person. But no matter how Wycliffe releases his pheromones, Jiang Yun, who is far away in his office cabin, will not be affected by him.
In the office cabin, Jiang Yun looked indifferently at the Alpha sitting on the explosion-proof chair in the video, and said in a businesslike tone: "I heard that you wanted to tell me something."
Wycliffe stared at the slender neck exposed on Jiang Yun's shirt collar, his eyes seeming to pop out of his sockets.
"Why don't you come see me in person?" Wycliffe's voice was hoarse and accompanied by the sound of grinding teeth. "Are you afraid of me?"
Jiang Yun said calmly: "Want to hear the truth?"
"certainly."
"Because you smell disgusting."
“Hahahaha—” Wycliffe laughed wildly, his head tilted back, his barely regular features distorted, and his handcuffs and anklets made metallic clanking sounds due to his movements. “I believe you should have received my order to assassinate me, Omega?”
Jiang Yun calmly met Alpha's terrifying gaze, without a trace of surprise on his face.
Wycliffe asked, "Do you know why?"
"I don't know," Jiang Yun said, "but it's not hard to guess."
"Oh, why don't you take a guess?"
Jiang Yun answered casually, as if answering a boring question from an elementary school student, "You obtained some crucial intelligence, but before you could contact the Olin faction, you were arrested due to being exposed. The Olin faction is currently unaware of the intelligence you have, and the Alliance will never allow you to tell this information to anyone in Olin. Therefore, you must die."
With every word Jiang Yun spoke, the excitement in Wycliffe's eyes deepened. He couldn't wait to discuss with Jiang Yun: "Have you figured out how to kill me, my beauty?"
"Not yet." Jiang Yun walked to the desk and leaned against it. "Do you have any advice?"
Wycliffe raised a finger. "First, if I want to avoid the Empire holding the Alliance accountable for my death, I must not die on Alliance territory." Wycliffe pointed at the ground. "Including on this ship."
Jiang Yun raised his eyebrows: "Continue."
"I can think of three options." Wycliffe, calm and frantic, these two completely different states appeared simultaneously: "First, chronic poison; second, hiring third-party mercenaries; third, creating an accident."
Jiang Yun nodded: "There really is no better solution."
"Hurry, tell me, Omega." Wycliffe seemed to be dominated by some twisted pleasure, his eyes flashing with excitement and anticipation. "Which one do you want to choose to kill me?"
Jiang Yun said: "To be honest, I need time to think about it."
"Then you must speed up, Omega." Wycliffe grinned, revealing his teeth that gleamed coldly. "Otherwise, when your entire body is covered in the smell of blood, you will surely be confused like so many other Omegas, unable to tell whether it's your own blood or my pheromones that's coating you."
"Thank you for your reminder," Jiang Yun signaled Zhong Man, who was standing by the door, to turn off the holographic image. "When my mission is successful, you will know the answer."
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