Chapter 878 - Secrecy (2/2)

The Capital suspected that Future Group provided assistance to Russians, but the KGB had done a very good job in intelligence work, and the CIB couldn’t collect relevant evidence for the time being. The CIB didn’t even know the degree of cooperation between the two parties. If it was a simple arms sale, everything would be fine. But if the technology was sold, it would be bad.

However, the people involved also made it difficult for Naomi.

The Capital was releasing a friendly signal to Xin, and his top man proposed to investigate Jiang Chen… Regardless of whether Jiang Chen was related to the weapons on the Russian-Ukrainian border, it was impossible for the CIB to investigate an important guest.

“The crux of the problem now is that even if we prove that these weapons came from the military factories on Ange Island, it would be an arms sale between Russian and Future Military. They did not directly sell arms to the rebels.” Naomi’s pen stopped spinning. He leaned back in his chair and muttered in a frown. “This is difficult.”

“Just because it is difficult, are we going to let them just walk away like this?” Steven said bitterly.

Naomi looked at the emotional Steven. He knew exactly why his subordinate would regard Jiang Chen as a thorn in his eyes. The CIB had planned a kidnapping operation against Jiang Chen before, but the dozens of CIB agents sent to the country were still missing.

At first, they thought that it was Hua who arrested them. However, after several years, the silence of the nation began to make them suspect that it was not Hua’s intelligence service that got rid of those agents

Those dozens of dead agents were all Steven’s comrades. He understood his feelings at the moment.

But from a political standpoint, it was impossible for Naomi to approve his proposal. His predecessor resigned because he had planned the kidnapping operation without approval. As the CIB director who was pro-Capital, he made the most conservative and correct choice.

“I will inform the Capital.”

“We can’t ask the Capital for everything. Please, we are the CIB, not the FBA, not the puppets of the Capital! We should be responsible for the nation’s security! We can solve it with our own methods-”

“It’s too risky!” Naomi immediately interrupted Steven’s words.

However, Steven did not give up; a bloodthirsty grin appeared on his face as he said word by word.

“I heard that the Freemasonry has a grudge against them.”

Naomi paused. Not letting this opportunity get away, Steven continued.

“This is no risk, and we’ll be completely out of this. We just need to provide a little help to those who are also keen against them.”

Naomi frowned and seemed to understand what Steven wanted to say, but there were concerns about the feasibility of this move.

“A bad move will provoke a war between the two countries.”

“There’ll be no war! As long as it is not the UA that strikes! As long as we completely separate ourselves from all of this, we’ll not get into any trouble!”

After a long silence, Naomi did not openly endorse it, nor go against it. Instead, he gave an ambiguous answer.

“I hope Los Santos will not become the second Bay of Pig.”

A faint smile finally emerged on Steven’s face.

He knew that this conservative and cautious director was finally convinced.

“I promise.”

(1) The Paramount Case was a landmark United States Supreme Court antitrust case that decided the fate of movie studios owning their own theatres and holding exclusivity rights on which theatres would show their films. It also changed the way Hollywood movies were produced, distributed, and exhibited. The Court held in this case that the existing distribution scheme was in violation of the antitrust laws of the United States, which prohibit certain exclusive dealing arrangements. (Source Wikipedia)