Chapter 714 - 655: Blackmail

The other end of the phone fell silent once again.

Seeing that Simon said nothing, Song Heping spoke bluntly: "Simon, don't forget you still have a vulnerability in my hands. Believe it or not, I can make the dirty deeds you've done appear on the internet and tabloids of your motherland by tomorrow?"

"What do you mean!?"

Simon was clearly agitated.

But he also appeared helpless.

He indeed had no way to deal with Song Heping.

Unable to eliminate him, plus being held by the neck with his vulnerability.

Back then, when he secretly stirred trouble while Song Heping was helping the military to transport weapons to the Sahel Region of Africa, he played a very disgraceful role.

Even the intelligence system of Gaul was involved in the affair.

As both were allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, if the scandal broke out, it would definitely be sensational news, and it would also trigger protests and condemnations from the Gauls.

Even though Great America wouldn't give a damn about Gallia, as the one who stirred the pot, being sacrificed to give the Gauls an explanation was the inevitable outcome.

"Song, the operation wasn't planned by me, and it wasn't targeted at you! Damn it! How did you provoke the people from the Secret Action Department, it has nothing to do with me! You bastard, don't even try to blackmail me with this!"

"Simon, answer the question I want to know. If you answer well, I am a man who keeps his promises. In the past few years, you didn't provoke me, and I never mentioned your ugly affairs, nor did I trouble you. But today, your people want to deal with me, although it has no direct connection to you, there is an indirect one. You know about this operation, right?"

Simon fell silent once again at the words of Song Heping.

One could almost imagine why it took him so long to answer the phone.

He must have broken out into a cold sweat the moment he saw the calling number on his spine.

He would have loved for Song Heping to die in this operation targeting him.

What a perfect outcome that would have been.

That's also why Simon, despite knowing that this secret operation in Illigory was planned against Song Heping, kept his mouth shut.

He wanted Song Heping dead.

But the indestructible roach seemed to be unscathed again.

Simon was very disappointed.

Not just disappointed.

But also worried.

He knew all too well that Song Heping was no fool.

He would definitely guess the connection between the events happening to him tonight and the CIA.

And he would definitely find him.

He didn't even dare to take the call in his own office but ran up to the rooftop before daring to answer this call from Hell.

"Tell me, who in the CIA Secret Action Department is responsible for this matter? Where are they now?"

"You're insane! That's top secret! You're asking me to leak information!"

Simon almost jumped three feet high. Though he tried hard to keep his voice down, he couldn't suppress the violent shaking in his heart.

"You have one minute to think it over. Tell me who planned it, where they are now, and what is their purpose."

Song Heping was now the calm one.

He was even prepared for Simon to turn hostile.

Let it be a fight to the death then.

What's the big deal?

He had been planning for such a scenario for the past two years.

Simon was just one of the cards in his hand.

Of course, after years of operation, he wouldn't be without any means to fight back.

It looks like the showdown with Director Kelly has finally arrived. Previously, Kelly wasn't so eager to kill him, but now she would even cooperate with I5I5 to put him in a deadly situation.

It seems the legendary "Elder Council" is at play.

"OH! Damn it, you're pushing me into a corner!"

Simon howled.

"You're only providing some information, how could that kill you? Rest assured, I definitely don't want you dead. I hope there are more friends in the CIA like you. If Director Kelly of the Secret Action Department were as astute as you and didn't harbor thoughts against me, I would never think of dealing with them."

"FUCK! Don't drag me into your madness! Are you trying to oppose the Secret Action Department? Who do you think you are? Do you realize who you're up against!?"

Simon was already on the verge of collapse.

He felt that Song Heping was being too presumptuous.

Daring to confront the most secretive department within the CIA head-on.

Who did he think he was?!

What worried him most wasn't the life or death of Song Heping, but whether this matter would involve himself.

"Song, you think too highly of yourself, I advise you to hurry back to your homeland, it is at least safe for you there. The Secret Action Department has already started to move against you; you can't escape! Not even to the ends of the earth! Only in your own country!"

"Don't try to scare me." Song Heping sneered, "Kelly has wanted to take me down not just for a day or two. Rest assured, tell me the information I want to know..."

He glanced down at his watch.

"I've been very lenient, actually, more than two minutes have already passed."

Simon did not answer immediately.

Song Heping decided not to waste any more time with him and hung up the phone directly.

Now he must find out where the people sent by the Secret Action Department from Illiguo to deal with him were.

Looking at the current situation.

He had many enemies.

First was the CIA, second the I5I5 organization.

As for the military, he was not so worried.

As long as people like Peter were still in Illiguo, he guessed they wouldn't dare to take his life.

After so many years of mutual benefits, Peter certainly wouldn't be naive enough to think that killing him would silence him.

So, it was necessary to issue a warning to Kelly, and also to that "Elder Council" lurking in the shadows.

Starting today, he would no longer be on the defensive.

He must start taking the initiative, and the target of this initiative starts here.

Samir had stopped crying.

Kneeling there, sobbing, while murmuring something, as if he was praying.

Hunter came over to remind him, "This place is not safe, we should pull out. Otherwise, if the government army or the US Army comes here and sees us with so many corpses, it'd be hard to explain."

Song Heping felt that it made sense, so he walked up to Samir, reached out to help him up by the arm: "We should go, if you don't want their deaths to be in vain, then live on. Only by living can you avenge them. Remember what I said to you during the most difficult times at the company? 'Where there's life, there's hope. A gentleman will take his revenge even after ten years.'"

Samir sniffled a couple of times, he remembered that Song Heping had indeed said this to him before.

But that was when the company had just started, and he had just joined.

Because he had offended Simon, he was being targeted by the CIA at every turn.

It was then that he had asked Song Heping why he seemed so unworried.

And what Song Heping said at the time was the two sentences he had just repeated.

"Alright... let's go..."

Just as Samir stood up, the satellite phone in Song Heping's pocket started to vibrate.

He took out the phone and glanced at the number.

It was indeed Simon's.

Hehe.

This guy, in the end, had lost the psychological battle.

"Hunter, you take Samir to the car; I will take the call behind."

He instructed Hunter to take everyone away.

Hunter looked at Song Heping, immediately understood, and took the initiative to help Samir walk forward.

Only after the others had walked a dozen meters did Song Heping press the talk button.

"How is it? Station Master, have you finally come to your senses?"

"Check the encrypted email you used to communicate with me before, self-destruct after reading, don't cause me trouble!"

"OK! One thing you must know—I value credibility a lot."

Song Heping chuckled twice, hung up the phone, and then looked back at the horrifying corpses one more time before turning to walk towards the entrance of the village.