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Chapter 354 The Heart of the Garden Plan
“Only when this curtain carefully painted with dregs is removed can the true face of the European and American branch that Reger personally established be revealed.”
In the lobby on the first floor of the villa, James looked at Shuichi Akai and finally said the most important point of their conversation.
"The European and American branches of the organization may have existed from the very beginning as a 'light side' and a 'dark side'. The only thing in common between the two branches is that they are both led by Regel. Apart from this, there is no connection between them in normal times.
Among them, those that exist in the open are the ones I just mentioned, composed of the dregs of society. Rather than being terrorist organizations, they are more like underground gangs that only know how to collect protection fees.
Apart from being used to highlight their accomplices in the Japanese headquarters, the only purpose of these people is to help our agents improve their performance.
And what is hidden in the dark is the true face of the European and American branches, which we have never realized until now.
In the report that Mamiya had submitted to the headquarters before, he believed that this real European and American branch hidden under Shen Tan might have brought together all the outstanding cadres that Regel had recruited from various European countries in the past ten years.
Of course, this excellence does not simply refer to assassination or intelligence work. Mamiya believes that these people are likely to come from all walks of life in the European world.
Regel extracted all those qualified people from the entire environment, gathered them together and integrated them into a whole. When necessary, he could integrate their strength and promote the achievement of the organization's goals from all aspects of the environment.
When they are not needed, they can be completely dispersed and hidden in various corners of the European world.
Among these people, some may have entered the intelligence agencies of European countries or even the United States, and held important positions, constantly passing on our top-secret intelligence to Reger. "
【Reverse osmosis.】
"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?" Akai Shuichi asked.
"It seems that way, but in reality, it's entirely possible," James went on to explain.
"From a motive point of view, it is impossible that Regel has not thought about extending the influence of the organization into our intelligence agencies in the past ten years, and the person he sent to make this attempt is definitely not a mediocre person.
"For an outstanding talent with relatively outstanding abilities, even if they start from the lowest level of agents, if you give them ten years, how high do you think they can go?"
Akai Shuichi remained silent.
Ten years is enough time for a talented person to transform from a low-level agent to a middle-level FBI official.
If this person also has some luck, there might be a chance that he can reach the lowest threshold of the headquarters' senior management...
"What if there is also assistance from Regel behind this?"
Looking at the silent Akai Shuichi, James asked again:
"For example, it exposed the illegal operations of a certain company; for example, it prevented an impending terrorist attack; or, for example, it dealt a heavy blow to the organization's open forces in Europe and the United States..."
In Mamiya Shin's speculation, the European and American branch set up by Regel in the open was not only used to confuse their sight, but also as a sacrifice to assist the development of the European and American branch in the dark.
What Regel really cares about is only the European and American branch that exists in the dark. As for the one in the light, he doesn't care no matter how many die, because this is the meaning of its existence.
This is also the truth behind the organization’s “corruption” in Europe and the United States.
Reger had managed to fool them, and he had done a good job of that.
After all, ever since Regel took charge of the European and American branches ten years ago, the organization's performance in Europe and the United States has been consistently poor, so much so that they have long been accustomed to it and even take it for granted that this is the real fact.
Even if someone raised similar doubts, they would not be recognized by others who were immersed in this situation of complete victory.
It was not until Regel was transferred back to Japan this time, and until they really fought against this man, that they suddenly realized that there might be something wrong with the calm situation in the European and American branches.
Of course, there are also many factors related to Rum.
Because of Rum's impatience and his style of launching terrorist attacks every other day, they all subconsciously believed that the main forces of the organization were actually concentrated in Japan, and Europe and the United States had already become abandoned. Regel was even more ostracized within the organization and had a hard time escaping under the constant encirclement and suppression of European and American intelligence personnel...
Now it appears that this may not be the case.
On the contrary, Reger probably managed the European and American branches of the organization very well, so he was able to sit in this position for ten years...
"What exactly does the garden plan that Mamiya proposed mean?"
After going over all the information in his mind, Shuichi Akai opened his mouth and asked this initial question.
"Mamiya believes that with the organization's current complex network of power between countries, it is difficult to curb and control the expansion of its power through normal means without resorting to ultimate force."
【Do not use ultimate force. 】
Shuichi Akai heard this word from James' mouth.
For some reason, faced with such a powerful terrorist organization, the intelligence agencies of various countries, whether it is the FBI in the United States, the CIA, or the MI6 in Britain, have surprisingly maintained a consensus.
That is to only engage in underground confrontation with the organization without using ultimate force to surgically eradicate it.
Shuichi Akai has always felt that there must be some deep-seated reason behind this, but the top management at the headquarters has never revealed this to him, and perhaps even James doesn't know the reason...
"Therefore, Mamiya proposed to the top management that we might try another approach, which is to select a group of people with clean backgrounds, excellent abilities, and absolutely no connection with the organization from the intelligence agencies of various countries.
Integrate these people together, put on a new vest, bypass all the middle and low-level cadres in the intelligence agencies of various countries, and be directly commanded by the top leaders of the intelligence agencies of various countries, using them as bait to launch a high-profile confrontation with the organization.
In the process, we will induce those members of our organization who have been undercover to gradually reveal their flaws, and then mark them one by one, and eliminate them all when the time is right. "
This is the heart of the garden plan.
Its essence is an internal cleansing method used by intelligence agencies of various countries to target reverse infiltration of organizations.
Chapter 355 Doesn’t this make sense?
“Is this method too radical?”
In the lobby on the first floor of the villa, after listening to James' explanation, Akai Shuichi asked.
“Aren’t the top brass worried that the people involved in this plan might get out of control?”
"Of course there are such concerns." James replied, "So Mamiya also proposed several restrictions on the personnel participating in the Garden Project in the report submitted to the top management.
In addition to having a clean background, excellent abilities, and not having excessive involvement with the organization in the past, the most important point is the restrictions on the actions of those involved in the plan.
Although the essence of Project Garden is an unconventional internal cleansing operation against reverse infiltration of the organization, in addition to this, the arrest of Regel is actually part of the purpose of this plan.
Given that Reger will mainly operate in Japan for some time to come, the scope of operations of all plan participants is currently limited to Japan.
As long as it is a special operation against the organization within Japan, the top leaders will give some leniency appropriately. "
To put it simply, as long as you meet these two prerequisites within Japan and within the organization, as long as you don't go too far, the top management will not hold you responsible afterwards.
To put it in a smaller way, when you capture prisoners of your organization and need to interrogate them, you don't have to consider humanitarian issues and just use whatever means you have.
Even when the organization captures an innocent hostage and intends to use this to escape, you can directly shoot the hostage to death if you deem it appropriate, and carry out a Mao-style counter-terrorism campaign.
If we talk about it in a broader sense, when you can provide enough evidence to prove that a certain company is an asset supported by the organization, or if you have discovered a secret base of the organization, then after obtaining permission from the top, you can use it to set up a trap with appropriate means to lure and kill members of the organization.
Of course, all this only applies within Japan.
In short, the so-called Garden Plan is to give a group of specially selected people some specific powers within a specific space, so that they can confront the organization in an unconventional way.
At the same time, the senior officials of the intelligence agencies of various countries standing behind these people will also make appropriate cooperation to induce the undercover agents of the organizations hidden within them to reveal flaws in the process.
Of course, if you want to complete the internal undercover cleansing, relying solely on this extremely radical action plan is definitely not enough. It is at most one of the means.
As for whether the top management will have other arrangements, that is not something Akai Shuichi should know at the moment...
"The high-level garden plan, the Japanese Public Security Bureau... Does the Japanese government know about it?" After a moment of silence, Shuichi Akai asked.
"So far, the top brass at headquarters have no intention of informing them of this action plan." James replied. This was the answer that Shuichi Akai expected.
After all, the main action site of this plan is in Japan. Given the Japanese government's habits, they will definitely oppose this. Once the protest fails, they may eventually join forces with the organization and secretly kill the operatives sent by various countries.
The Japanese government is definitely capable of doing this, although the high-level officials of various countries were also very dishonest this time...
Sending people to other countries to carry out illegal activities under the pretext of combating terrorist organizations is unacceptable to any normal country.
No, maybe for the United States, it is precisely because it is Japan that...
"After all, the situation of infiltration by the organization in Japan may be the most serious."
Not knowing what Shuichi Akai was thinking at the moment, James told a joke with some humor.
"If we tell them about the Garden Project, maybe the organization will know our top leaders' plans earlier than the operatives below..."
Although this joke is not actually funny.
But what James said is indeed true. Perhaps because Japan is the headquarters of the organization, the organization's infiltration into the Japanese government is particularly serious. It is a compliment to describe it as a leaky wall.
Therefore, judging from the results alone, concealing the truth about this operation from Japan was indeed an appropriate choice.
But this also means that while their operatives are fighting against the organization, they also have to face pressure from the Japanese public security.
"James, why are you telling me this?" Shuichi Akai looked at James and asked.
Although he actually already knew the answer to this question.
"Xuyi, you are also on the list of operatives for the Garden Plan drawn up by the top brass at headquarters."
James replied seriously, his tone becoming heavier, as if this had triggered the injuries in his body again, causing him to cough twice.
"Am I not suitable?" Shuichi Akai asked.
Due to the particularity of the Garden Project, priority should be given to those who have no past ties to the organization when participating in the project.
As for Shuichi Akai, although he is somewhat confident in his abilities, he has several years of experience as an undercover agent in the organization.
Logically speaking, the top management should not consider him.
"Normally, that's true."
James nodded, knowing what Akai Shuichi meant, and then explained:
"But Mamiya mentioned you in the report he submitted to the top management. Based on his experience working with you, Shuichi, in Japan, Mamiya affirmed your ability and loyalty to the top management and strongly recommended that you, Shuichi, also participate in this plan..."
"Has the top management agreed?"
"Yes, at the meeting this morning."
"This is really..." Upon hearing this, Shuichi Akai sighed softly.
Originally, he should have nothing to do with it, so why did he get dragged into this?
Shuichi Akai thinks he is not very adaptable to group actions, and if he is just fighting against an organization, he prefers to act alone.
For him, there is actually not much significance in participating in this plan.
"In addition, the name of your mother, Ms. Mary, is also on the personnel list drawn up by the top management." James suddenly said.
This operation was a special operation jointly carried out by the intelligence agencies of several major European and American countries, so it is normal for the names of MI6 agents to appear on the list.
"she?"