dhibooks Chapter 1 Act.01
Chapter 1 Act.01
Act.01
January 2005, 1, winter in London is always painful.
Charles hated the cold, damp, foggy air, which made his knees ache all the time. "The boss should really come to the office to take a look. I keep everyone else warm, but I'm shivering in here." Charles turned the air conditioner to the highest level, but it didn't improve, "And damn Eric Sis, I should kick his ass! The air conditioner in the old building is so bad at the end, he won't fix it!"
Sitting in the boss chair behind his large, messy desk, Charles relaxed his aching knees, then leaned over to reach the electric heater next to the desk, so that his legs could get more warmth.
Charles Xavier, now working in the logistics department of the national government agency "The Circus" - a secret spy agency formed after World War II, a place that should be full of thrills and thrills - is doing some not-so-thrilling jobs .
"Charles, your coffee, you have a meeting in the Stone Room at ten o'clock, remember." Hank was his second-in-command, a capable, sometimes overly cautious one. "Of course." Charles glanced at the clock on the table, very good, 9 minutes after 3 o'clock, "Those who are not in the office now, have no bonus this month."
Hank wiped his cold sweat, and suddenly felt that the room was not only cold, but also the air pressure was not right.Charles, who is usually kind and good-natured, is in a particularly bad mood in winter, especially when it is cloudy and foggy. These "new guys" really don't know what to say, and they deserve it for being late.
"I should do some research and ask Sean to build a wall here, maybe it won't be so cold... However, it will be very hot in summer..." Charles muttered and began to prepare things for the meeting, "Stone room, It’s the stone room again, the meeting room farthest from the logistics department, and it has to cross the East Lake...I really want to love the boss to death.”
Since Mycroft "retired", the boss has become more and more suspicious, preferring to hold meetings in the stone room, even the name of the stone room has been changed to Rastenburg (Rastenburg) - when they instigated Stauffenberg ( Stauffenberg, the youngest and most promising German general in World War II, the one who assassinated Hitler) The name of the place where Hitler was assassinated for the second to last time - retreating in a solid and closed stone room, symbolizing that he still never forgets that there are Soviet spies in the Circus... ...God, the Soviet Union has disintegrated for more than ten years...
Charles walked slowly and admired the tragic scene of his subordinates who had just rushed into the office but were informed by Hank that there was no bonus. He was about to take a sip of coffee triumphantly, but found that the coffee was already a little cold. Feeling depressed again, he cursed and threw away the paper cup resentfully and walked out of the office.
The damn weather.
**
Mycroft usually got up very early, for his morning run.Of course, even in this terrible foggy weather, he will continue to exercise to lose his stubborn belly-on the treadmill indoors.
Over 40 years old and still eating from his parents, it was really unreasonable to live in his parents' big manor, but the retirement pension of the Circus was really pitifully small. Fortunately, his family had money, so he didn't care.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Mycroft was forced to stop running to stop the annoying ringing of the mobile phone from continuing, and was interrupted by the person on the other end of the phone before he could speak, "You are panting, I guess you are not doing something It's something shameful, it's just exercising, and I think the latter is more likely." Mycroft pressed his brows, and said slowly, "Charles, the reason for calling so early is to ask What am I doing right now? What the hell is a retiree doing at this hour, five in the morning?"
"Whoa, sounds like I guessed right, are you running? You're running. Also, you seem pretty upset about being forced to retire!"
"Don't think I can't hear your schadenfreude."
"Come on, Mycroft, you should be glad you don't have to deal with what you call goldfish all day."
"Yeah, that's better than listening to my favorite brother laugh."
"Well, if you really have nothing to do, you can go to the theater and see the new Troy, and enjoy the endless hours like a real retiree. My dear, brother."
After hanging up the phone, Mycroft shrugged his lips, then sneezed. He regretted it a bit. He should have put on a towel before bickering with Sherlock for more than 10 minutes.
The damn weather.
***
Charles walked slowly through the entire corridor, then stepped down the stairs, nodded to the old man at the door, and then walked into the thick fog.
"Why does it seem to be stronger than in the morning?" Charles likes to mutter alone, but no one will hear him anyway, right?So he is not suitable to be a spy, it is too easy to say what he thinks, although his marksmanship is very good.
His feet were about to freeze, but thinking that the heating facilities in the new building were much better than the old building they were in, and the solid stone room was warmer, Charles couldn't help speeding up his pace.As fast as he could go across the foggy East Lake that terrified him.
There was the faint sound of a car ahead, and after walking a few more steps, Charles saw the red light at the rear of the car, and the place where it stopped seemed to be Rocky Lawfison, how did he know?Because the exclusive parking space was also allocated by him.Charles was still thinking about whether to go over to say hello, but then he realized that it was almost 9:40, and Rocky had just arrived, so he might not want to be seen because he was so late, so he slowed down his pace.
Rocky Lawfison is the most proud student of the boss, he never shows his emotions, and his methods are the most cruel.He is now one of the most senior spies in the Circus, in charge of the affairs of the entire Eastern Europe.
"Uh, hi." When Charles walked to the door of the new building, he just saw Loki walking up the steps gracefully from the other side, using his fingerprints and irises to check in. Charles thought that he would have walked faster if he had known, while he could only embarrass himself Greeting him, Loki just nodded at him and didn't even give him a fake smirk.
Charles was used to the indifference of the logistics department from the mainstream department, so he followed Rocky - he was obviously going to the stone room, as expected of the boss's godson, and he came to work at the time of the meeting.
In the stone room, the boss hadn't arrived yet, so Loki went in and looked around, then randomly picked a seat and sat down.Charles sat closest to the door.
Sherlock Holmes - Mycroft's younger brother, the head of the Special Mission Operations Group, a unique man who doesn't often appear in routine meetings - sits in the back, like a cat that has just teased a mouse, Seemingly in a good mood, his right hand was stretched out on the table, his ring finger tapped the rhythm lightly, his left elbow rested on the armrest of the chair, his head resting on his palm, he glanced at Charles and then at Loki, "Look Your bed partner didn't satisfy you last night, you look haggard."
Loki raised his eyes, and Charles was sure that Loki didn't even move his head, he just raised his eyes and glanced at Sherlock, then lowered his eyes to look at the documents in his hand, without saying anything.
Sherlock smiled at Charles, but said nothing.
"Hungary..." Pete Sullivan walked in accompanied by the boss. Seeing that the crowd had almost arrived, the boss smiled at Charles who had stood up and motioned him to sit down.
"Eric hasn't arrived yet?" The boss glanced at his watch. At 9:58, he turned around and whispered something to Pete who was sitting next to him at the corner of the table. Pete nodded.
Eric was never late, and after 1 minute, he appeared at the door of the stone chamber.
When Eric came in, he was covered in cold air. He glanced at Charles at the door. Charles smiled at him and was about to stand up and give him a seat, but Eric had already walked across from him before he got up. Pete The location around.Pete therefore removed the notebook that had been spread there.
After Eric sat down, he glanced at Charles, but looked away before Charles could respond.
At 10 o'clock, the meeting officially started.
"A set of encrypted data was intercepted yesterday, and the source was Syria. However, after further analysis, Russia will launch a clean-up operation in Chechnya in the near future. The Beslan incident has severely damaged their vitality, and the international public opinion is under great pressure..."
"Hong Kong's actions so far have seen no resistance..."
"The base has confirmed that there will be a force sneaking into London recently to carry out suicide bombing attacks. I have arranged for people to further monitor the existing and newly entered suspicious personnel." Originally, Mycroft was in charge of this matter, and he "retired ’ and handed it over to Eric.
Anti-terrorism is not a good job, it is much more thankless than their previous undercover work.
"The military has asked us to withdraw some spies to show favor to Russia. I guess they have reached an agreement with the Americans to send troops to Iran within this year, so they ask us to appease Russia." Loki looked at the screen of the laptop.
"I guess they'd rather we release theirs than withdraw ours," Eric said half-jokingly.
"That's absolutely impossible." Loki looked at the boss.
The boss glanced at Rocky, nodded slightly, and then said to Pete, "If this is the case, then Hong Kong's action should be accelerated, so that we can exchange more weight."
"Ok."
Meetings are like this. If there is one or the other, only those that can be said on the bright side will be said, but most of them cannot be brought out, so Charles feels very boring. Why do you have to call him every meeting? To show respect for the logistics department?
Fortunately, it is warm here.
After the meeting, the boss motioned Charles to go to his office with him. Charles finally met Eric's eyes. He smiled at him and followed the boss.
***
"Is your leg okay?" The boss's office is fine, with everything in it. A cup of hot black tea is placed in front of Charles, and the warm wind blows him very comfortably.Holding the cup in his hand, Charles winked at the boss behind the steaming white mist.
"It's not bad, but it's not much better. Why are you so nice to care about me?"
"Is it okay if I care about my favorite student?" The boss leaned back on the soft cushion.
"Oh," Charles shrugged, made a grimace, and looked towards the other office. "Someone is going to be sad when you say that. I haven't given me a good face this morning."
"Who has he ever given a good face?" The boss felt a headache when he thought of Loki, but then his face became serious, leaned over, and looked at Charles, "Charles, I need you to go to Hungary .”
"I?"
"Yes, there is a retired Hungarian general who wants to give me important information about 'gophers'," the boss paused. He told Charles that he always felt that there were still undercover agents from the former Soviet Union in the Circus. They nicknamed him "The Gopher"—a code name known only to Charles and the boss. "And you, the only one I trust."
Is he still worthy of being trusted?
Charles put down his glass and looked at his still aching legs.
"How sure are you of the reliability of this Hungarian general?"
"Pete has communicated with him in the early stage and provided him with some convenience. You must know that once he leaves our protection, he will be drowned or assassinated by the saliva of countless fighter survivors."
"Tsk, it's so dirty, you actually provide protection for war criminals."
The boss knew that Charles was just talking casually. He was once his most proud student. He was always precise and ruthless in reading people and dealing with things.
"If it is safe, why don't you give this great opportunity to Sullivan? Anyway, he is your heir." Everyone can see that Pete Sullivan has been coveting the boss's seat for a long time, but everyone also I have to admit that Sullivan is indeed capable and courageous enough to take on this important task.
"As I said, you are the only one I trust." The boss stared at Charles with burning eyes.
Charles looked at the boss's face and read what he didn't say. He was suspicious of everyone, everyone was suspicious, and he only pinned his hopes on Charles, and likewise, brought him extreme danger.
Charles pressed his brows, and it's all over now, but not only his legs hurt, but his head also suddenly hurts.
Finally, Charles sighed resignedly, "Okay. When will we act?"
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Pairing: Mycroft/Lestrade
Erik/Charles
Sherlock/Loki (no difference)
SullivanXFDR (that is, the legendary pinto video Lalang, non-RPS party)
Promotional Video: Yes, Potatoes "Modern Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"