Under McWhite’s persuasion, Sofia returned to her ho that day, rested for a night, and rushed to the airport to go to Paris.
After the transfer, when she was going through Customs, she was stopped by Customs staff, "Ma’am, there’s a problem with your passport."
Sofia knew that soone was definitely causing trouble, but unfortunately, she didn’t know if it was the Church or the Mai Nation governnt.
So she made a phone call to McWhite, "Mac, Customs said there’s a problem with my passport and I can’t go to Paris."
"Sorry, beautiful Miss Jansen," McWhite’s voice sounded very relaxed, with no hint of "sorry" at all, "I’m not aware of the situation you’re talking about. My suggestion is... cooperate with the Customs officers."
"You were the one who suggested I go to Paris," Sofia replied coldly, "Since you intended to tease , I’ll do as you wish and buy a ticket to New-York. Thank you for your sincere suggestion."
"No, Sofia, you’ve misunderstood," McWhite was dumbfounded, hurriedly clarifying, "What I ant is, we have no authority to influence Customs. I deeply sympathize with your predicant, but I still don’t recomnd you go to New-York."
"I have Christmas shopping to do, listen, you fool!" Sofia said unceremoniously, "The flight to Paris departs in an hour and a half. If Customs doesn’t allow it, I’ll be flying to New-York in an hour and a half."
McWhite expressed helplessly, "How could you think that the FBI can have jurisdiction over Customs?"
"Don’t play word gas with , that will only make you look childish," Sofia spoke straightforwardly, "You have half an hour... no more."
McWhite panicked, "The FBI can’t influence Customs, but... if you insist on doing this, we can arrange people to stop you from entering New-York at the airport."
Sofia was silent for a mont, gently took a breath, and softly spoke, "I’ll give you a chance to reorganize your words."
McWhite was stunned for a mont, then cleared his throat, "I an... I’ll contact Customs right now!"
Indeed, the FBI has no authority over Customs, but there is mutual cooperation – and there are many departnts that cooperate with Customs.
Previously, the FBI did request that Customs should not let Sofia Jansen leave the country at will. Later, when she was sent ho, this request was not withdrawn.
Originally, they didn’t intend to withdraw it, and they had prepared several excuses, such as oversight or the process needing ti. In short, they didn’t want Sofia to leave Mai Nation smoothly.
And the relevant parties in Customs did respond to McWhite, "We are really busy before Christmas, we can’t change the status for just one person, let’s talk after the holidays."
McWhite thought to himself, I also want to last until after Christmas, but she only gave half an hour.
Moreover, he still needed to leave so ti for Customs to operate.
In fact, he never intended to confront Sofia head-on, he wasn’t that bold.
However, so probing is necessary, as much of the FBI’s daily work involves constant probing - only by probing various limits can they better perform in various tasks.
So when Sofia expressed "I’ll give you another chance," McWhite decisively backed down.
What would he wait for if not back down? Wait for "I declare"? Or... "destruction"?
So when facing Customs’ prevarication, he very clearly stated, "You can’t do it, but you have to. This is a request from the FBI. The relevant docunts have been faxed over, and I personally advise you... if you don’t let her leave, the consequences will be unbearable for you!"
He was referring to sothing happening to Patricia - even the party whip could be affected, but Customs here heard it as implying that Sofia’s trip abroad was to help the FBI complete so tasks.
The charm of language is just that, and the FBI are experts in this field.
However, Customs here still seed reluctant to cooperate.
Or rather, they truly had their concerns, "The procedures to remove a blacklist are very complicated, and we have processes from top to bottom that need to be followed. On the eve of the holiday, the general administration lists deferred operations as part of the process - in principle, we do not support operations."
"Damn you," McWhite cursed upon hearing this, "Do you really think I haven’t dealt with Customs before? Daring to use such reasons to prevaricate ... should I contact your boss?"
Hearing this, they realized the opposite side knew the ropes and stopped finding reasons, "Sir, there are many devout believers in Customs."
"I damn well knew it would be sothing like this," McWhite shook his head with tears and laughter, "So let ask you, is the Church considered a governnt departnt? What qualifications do they have to request Customs’ cooperation?"
After hesitating for a mont, the person answered, "Sir, I am also soone with beliefs, maybe you cannot understand..."
"Shut your damn mouth!" McWhite was getting a little frantic, and he shouted loudly, "I don’t have ti for your nonsense, so I’ll give you only ten seconds to make a choice... Either perform your duty without considering your faith, or give up your job!"
The person hesitated for a mont and sighed, "Alright, you win, when performing duties, personal feelings should indeed be set aside."
Finally, after twenty-seven minutes, Sofia got through customs smoothly, and then she let out a sigh of relief and muttered softly, "I finally succeeded, successfully escaped from Mai Nation."
To be honest, she really didn’t think about seeking revenge against Patricia, her primary goal was to leave Mai Nation.
Feng Jun had roughly explained the situation last night, of course, he wouldn’t say that he could disguise himself as Harvey—even though not very convincingly, he also aid to minimize exposing his abilities.
Sofia’s choice was, although Patricia might be pretending to be crazy and foolish, since the person did not explicitly say anything, she would not mind—it’s just leveraging other people’s needs to achieve her own goals, sothing she had witnessed many tis before.
In school, so girls would use boys’ admiration to imply they do so excessive things, Sofia looked down on those girls, but she despised those boys even more—no one demands you do such things, unrealistic fantasies are unworthy of sympathy.
So she believed Harvey is the one truly deserving to die—did I provoke you? Just for a position as an assistant director, and an illusory promise, you want to send people to kill ?
Of course, she certainly hates Patricia too, so using the grievances with this person to achieve the goal of going abroad, she feels no guilt—if she can’t get out of the country, eliminating the woman could also increase so deterrence.
As for whether there’s any internal hesitation? Impossible, your household has such a disastrous elent, harming so many people, deserves to be dealt with, and you even stand up for him, it’s clear you’re not a good person either.
She is at the age where feelings of resentnt are clear, when others bully her, she really won’t consider any "deep sibling affection" reasons.
Sofia shared her thoughts with Feng Jun, believing that leaving the country should be the primary goal.
Her thinking aligned perfectly with Feng Jun’s, who rushed over a thousand kiloters overnight to take care of Harvey, in addition to his earlier "divine appearances" in public, all for what? Just to make Sofia’s brand prominent.
But staying in Mai Nation is truly inappropriate for Sofia, the Mai Nation governnt is originally a first-rate power in the West, aside from the FBI, there’s also the renowned Central Intelligence Agency, once her "superpower" is revealed, it’ll be hard to avoid investigation from the governnt.
And among civilians, she has completely offended the church, almost having no place of refuge.
Looking at her experience at customs, it’s clear how many people planned to make things difficult for her, initially, these people disguised their actions under the banner of FBI, later, after the FBI expressed its stance, they blatantly acted—they just find her unpleasant.
If she can go to Europa, pressures from both aspects would be significantly relieved.
Firstly, other countries don’t have such aggressive governnts, especially since she’s from Mai Nation, carrying the "superpower" aura, naturally reducing the number of people who stir up trouble without reason.
Secondly, besides the Mai Nation Church, other churches maintain so respect for the Vatican, and the Vatican’s attitude toward her is very subtle, not considering her an Apostate, but rather inclined to win her over.
In short, she still wants to continue her cultivation, Mai Nation is a poor choice, and there are many countries she can choose from.
Now finally getting through Mai Nation customs, she really relaxed a lot—from now, it’s as free as the sky for birds and as wide as the sea for fish.
However, Feng Jun coldly reminded her, "Calm down, you haven’t boarded the plane yet, unexpected things might happen, what’s more, even if you get on the plane, it can return, and even after landing, you might face deportation."
He wasn’t wrong at all, people from Mai Nation conduct their affairs in the West with such dominance, no matter if she lands in Paris, if they receive a notification from the Mai Nation governnt, they might deport her.
Thankfully, after an hour, she finally boarded the flight to Paris.
However, so nasty things are ultimately unavoidable, two hours after the plane took off, soone called McWhite with a particularly confrontational tone, "Did you let customs release Sofia out of the country?"
McWhite was very aware of the identity of the caller, soone he couldn’t resist, but he still answered solemnly, "Yes, it was ."
"Do you even realize what a stupid thing you’ve done?" They instantly roared, "That piece of tal has proven to have super hardness and quasi-superconductive properties, the military just stated they absolutely must obtain relevant data...and you let her go?"
McWhite had anticipated similar accusations long ago, he calmly asked, "Do you think I’m a fool? I wouldn’t know the consequences? So I advise you, find out what she did first."
"I don’t want to hear your excuses," they rcilessly replied—there are so many things every day, calling you is a favor and you’re still babbling on? "Tell her to return imdiately."
"Sorry, I can’t make a plane turn around, that would trigger too many international suspicions," McWhite bluntly refused, "You can contact Paris, and deport her back once she lands."
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