Mercenaries, I Will Be King Chapter 929 - 866: Simon's Rise to Power

Song Heping's guess was correct.

Five days later, Langley Headquarters.

Director Vincent threw a docunt heavily onto the table: "Twelve agents dead, key witnesses kidnapped, and the Russians laughed at us! Do you know what the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling this operation? 'Bucharest Incident'!"

Wright stood at the window, his back to the director.

Outside the window, the drizzle was like his mood at the mont.

"I'll submit my resignation," he finally said.

"Resignation?" Vincent sneered, "Do you think it's that simple? Simon has already taken over the investigation, and he suspects that soone leaked the operation plan."

Wright turned abruptly: "Sir, what do you an? Are you questioning my loyalty?"

Vincent didn't answer, staring at the report on the table for half a minute, and finally said: "Simon had already made a suggestion to you before the operation, yet you insisted on going on your own, unilaterally reducing the monitoring staff at the airport to four people, transferring a large number of personnel to Krolassi Airport. How do you explain this?"

"I…"

Wright froze for a mont, wanting to refute, but suddenly realized he couldn't.

Indeed, Simon had warned and suggested to him during a video call with the director before the operation.

Simon even resolutely claid that Song Heping would definitely enter Bucharest through the civil aviation international airport.

The final facts proved he was right.

Now, with this precise judgnt, Simon not only cleared his previous suspicion but also gained the director's trust.

At the ti of the video call, Wright promised to leave a team at the airport as the director suggested, but in the end, he unilaterally transferred eight of them to Krolassi to participate in the roundup, leaving only four agents to monitor the airport.

The result was that Russian agents used poison to take them out.

This incident also caused quite a stir locally in Romania, and the CIA had to use quite a few resources to suppress the heat.

As a seasoned old agent, Wright knew clearly he couldn't shy away from responsibility, so proposing to resign was only natural.

However, seeing Director Vincent's appearance now, it wasn't just about resigning to take the bla…

Sure enough, before Wright could think of a better excuse to defend himself, Vincent had already pressed the intercom on the desk: "You all co in."

When two agents walked into the office, Wright suddenly understood—he wasn't just a loser in this dark battle, but would soon beco a scapegoat.

"Sir, I absolutely did not leak the operation plan…"

Wright's face was deathly pale, desperately trying to prove his innocence.

Vincent waved his hand: "You can save your words for the review committee. Whether there's a problem or not is not for to decide."

anwhile, thousands of kiloters away in Moscow, Song Heping stood at the window of a safe house, watching the snowflakes fall.

Suddenly

The satellite phone on the table rang, Henry's voice coming through:

"Latest intelligence, Wright is under internal investigation. Simon has officially taken over the CIA's counterterrorism center affairs."

Song Heping smiled slightly: "Isn't that great?"

Henry said worryingly: "He's just a viper, are you sure about helping him rise to power so easily?"

Song Heping said: "What else? Should I have shot him in Yen? As always, everything has to be asured by benefits; what is advantageous to us and what is not. If it's beneficial, even for an enemy, giving him a chance isn't that bad, is it?"

Paused and continued: "Henry, the higher he climbs, the better it is for us. We hold so much leverage over him, murder of colleagues, privately leaking intelligence to foreign agencies, embezzling funds to privately recruit black ops. Any exposure of these can cost him his life."

Henry said: "You don't suppose you're planning to help him to the directorship position, are you?"

"Why not?"

Song Heping laughed.

"But with his potential, becoming a deputy director would be good enough. The director is appointed from the White House side, without political connections, he can't get the position. Since Pence's death, the deputy director in charge of operations has been vacant; Simon was just a branch supervisor before, quite a distance from the deputy director's seat, but now he's taken over the counterterrorism center, a hot seat…"

As he spoke, he left the window to sit back at the table, putting his feet on the table to make himself more comfortable.

Then continued: "A counterterrorism supervisor, or the future deputy director of operations, if he is our man, Henry, can you imagine the consequences?"

Henry honestly answered: "I can hardly imagine it. If Washington found out about this, they'd probably go crazy."

"Then let them go crazy."

Song Heping stretched comfortably.

"Oh, there's an urgent matter, turn on the TV now, Russian TV is probably broadcasting the news."

"What's up?" Song Heping picked up the remote on the table, pointed it at the TV, and pressed the switch.

The screen ca on, and after changing a few channels, he finally saw the news screen.

It showed the cities and streets of Libya, with chaotic, surging crowds filling the streets and squares, holding signs and loudly shouting: "Death to the dictator! Step down, dictator!"

Song Heping's eyes lit up, and he sat up straight.

He thought he might have to go up against Colonel Ka, but Libya getting so chaotic so soon was unexpected.

Northern Darfur borders Libya.

The dictator in Libya is Colonel Ka.

And many ard organizations in Northern Darfur were supported by Colonel Ka, with the Sudan Governnt unable to oppose them. Allowing Song Heping to station in the Darfur Region, one of the exchange conditions was for him to eliminate those ard groups associated with Colonel Ka.

"It's really getting chaotic…"

Song Heping quickly said to Henry on the phone: "Good news, with that side in chaos, Colonel Ka surely can't look after his small sidekicks in Northern Darfur anymore. Looks like we need to prepare, all of North Africa is in turmoil now, we have a lot to do."

Henry said: "News says so regions in Libya have already had ard conflicts. I guess it might turn into a war."

Song Heping asked: "Colonel Ka still has military power. What do you assess, will he suppress it by force?"

Henry said: "He will, but I think this ti he's in big trouble. I've gathered so intelligence on Libya's situation from old connections; England and France definitely won't support him, and your country, the US, and Russia, probably won't help him either. This old guy has made too many enemies."

"Hmm…"

Song Heping fell into deep thought.