infodatos Chapter 77 The Embarrassment of Military Intelligence Division 9
Chapter 77 The Embarrassment of Military Intelligence Division 9
Chapter 77 The Embarrassment of MI9
"By the way, I saw a female author who is a bestselling detective novelist at this exchange meeting. When I followed Zeril myself that night, I also discovered that this female author was following Zeril. Are she and another shorter lady the people you hired to follow him?"
If so, then they've already given themselves away. We should bring them back; it's far too dangerous.
After discussing with Evan who would go to Disi County to investigate, Eisinger Stanton brought up the fact that he had discovered someone was still following Zeril, and that Zeril had already noticed the person following him.
Hearing this, Evan smiled and explained that Fors and Hugh were indeed the agents he had sent to track them, and that they had fallen into Zeril's trap and exposed their identities early on. Evan had also deliberately made the tracking public to cover up the actions of the truly experienced Isengard Stanton.
This made Detective Isengard Stanton re-evaluate Zeril, whom he had previously underestimated. Zeril's traps were ingenious and difficult to guard against, and it also made him take notice of Evan's adaptability. Turning a passive situation into an active one is never as easy as it sounds.
Then Isengard Stanton reported to Evan on his other investigations into Zeril.
"I followed Zeril for two days and found no signs of espionage. He was mostly doing ordinary detective work. I think either he hasn't received any missions yet and is currently in a state of infiltration, or because the Fusak Empire defeated the Kingdom of Rune in the Southern Continent, and the intelligence leak was one of the important reasons for the Kingdom of Rune's defeat, they judged that the Kingdom of Rune would be furious and carry out a mass arrest of spies within its ranks, so they made all the spies lie low for the time being to protect themselves."
Evan nodded again, agreeing with Isengard Stanton's assessment, because MI9 had indeed been operating throughout Backlund during this period, eliminating spies from various countries.
Even because of this intelligence failure, several deputy directors of MI9 were dismissed, putting immense pressure on the current top brass of MI9.
The intelligence front was not largely responsible for the defeat in this war in the Southern Continent, but in order to avoid responsibility and not want to offend the Kingdom government that provided them with more military funding, the frontline generals pushed all the blame onto the intelligence department.
In order to shirk responsibility for the defeat in this war, the bureaucratic system tacitly approved the army's actions and even secretly fueled them.
If it weren't for Robert Horn's recent push for government employee hiring legislation, which attracted some attention throughout the kingdom, MI9 might have been punished long ago.
MI9 is desperately trying to find a scapegoat to clear their name, but unfortunately, their efforts have not been very effective.
Seeing that Evan remained silent for a long time, Eisinger Stanton wondered what he was thinking and felt somewhat uneasy.
Because if he really couldn't find evidence against Zeril and didn't make any significant contributions, then Evan would definitely not give him the method to quickly master the potion that he had promised. This made him, who had always presented himself as wise, feel anxious and uncertain.
"It seems we won't be able to catch them in the act for a while."
By the way, do you know the area of activity Zeryl was involved in when she accepted the detective mission recently?
Evan is now finding it somewhat troublesome. Spies who have entered the dormant phase are not easy to capture, and they can usually only be kept in captivity, which contradicts Evan's previous plans.
After thinking for a while, Evan decided that he couldn't just sit and wait for an opportunity; he still had to do something. This required him to learn more information. "I had previously communicated with some detectives who were familiar with Zeril. I learned that Zeril had been taking on detective jobs in the outskirts of Backlund recently. These jobs were usually not very well paid. Zeril's explanation for this was that his stock investments had recently declined, and his financial situation had deteriorated. But I felt that he had other motives."
Eisinger Stanton knew that Evan had no intention of keeping Zeril, this dormant spy, under his control, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he spoke in a meaningful tone about his investigation into Zeril's previous movements.
Evan quickly realized the deeper meaning in Isengard Stanton's words and asked directly:
"Which direction is it in the outskirts of Backlund?"
"In the eastern suburbs of Backlund, near the port of Prydz, not far from the Backlund naval port, there are few cargo docks, and it can be said that few people go there."
"Oh, it seems that the birth of the Kingdom's ironclad warship 'Pritz' has been a shock to every country, and they all want to do everything they can to steal the relevant information."
Evan understood; he had anticipated this situation, so he sneered and said...
The 10,000-ton ironclad warship, named "Prydz" by King George III, which was launched just two weeks ago, has greatly shocked the countries of the Northern Continent and diluted the impact of Rune's defeat in the Southern Continent.
It could even be said that the early launch of the "Pritz" was a decision made by the Kingdom's government for political reasons.
"Intelligence agencies from various countries have their eyes on that place, which is also the most heavily guarded area of MI9. It won't be easy to find Zeril's weakness from that direction, so we need to think of another way."
After a moment's thought, Evan rejected Isengard Stanton's proposal. However, there was still room for Evan to use this matter, but that's another story.
"So what are you planning to do?" Isengard Stanton didn't want to postpone the opportunity to master the potion-making method.
"Give him a reason to break the silence, a reason that he can no longer remain silent," Evan said, his eyes flashing coldly.
"What reason?" Eisinger Stanton had some guesses about what Evan was going to do, but he wasn't quite sure.
"Give him important intelligence, so important that he might be willing to risk it, so important that the Fussac Empire would go to any lengths to obtain it, or something."
Evan had already figured out how to deal with Zeril, which was to reenact the plot of "Lord of Mysteries". Moreover, Evan was going to pull off a big heist this time. He not only wanted to take down Zeril, the undercover spy, but also to wipe out all the people from the Fussac Empire who were lurking in Backlund. If possible, he also didn't want to let go of the spy network of the Republic of Intis.
Because of what I learned from Lord of Mysteries, Zereil's superior should have a high-ranking Intis spy by his side, and Evan even did not rule out the possibility that Zereil's superior was a spy for the Republic of Intis.
Therefore, if this operation proceeds smoothly, it will not only wipe out the intelligence networks of the two major powers in Backlund, but also help MI9 get out of its current crisis.
This would be so beneficial for Evan that he had to do it no matter what.
However, such a large-scale operation was clearly beyond Evan's control alone, so he needed to find someone to help him.