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Mary, who was a little annoyed and had a somewhat bad temper, grabbed the agent by the collar and raised her hand to punch him.
Perhaps because she is still single, many of her colleagues in the bureau who are familiar with her like to tease her with this.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't hit me! If you hurt me, the compensation will be deducted from your salary!" The agent grinned and really deserved a beating.
"Fuck off!"
Perhaps out of pity for her meager salary, Mary finally refrained from throwing the punch. She let go of the agent's collar and waved him away impatiently.
"Then I'll leave this guy to you. Have a good date, Mary?"
"I'm going to make an appointment with your head! I got it! Get out of here right now!"
"Hey hey hey..."
With a laugh that looked extremely annoying, the agent ran away.
"call……"
After the agent ran away, Mary stood there to adjust her breathing, then turned around and looked at Bai Heqing behind her.
"Uh, Mr. Shirakawa, can I call you that?"
"I don't mind." Bai Heqing nodded.
"Well..." After considering her words, Mary finally decided to tell the truth, "We already know your situation, but for some necessary reasons, we can't just let you act alone.
Therefore, during your stay in London, I will work with you. Of course, this is also to help Mr. Baihe complete your mission as soon as possible, so..."
"it is good."
Before Mary finished speaking, Shirakawa Qing agreed.
This couldn't help but surprise her. In Mary's original prediction, she had imagined that Baihe Qing would refuse, or even react angrily, but she never thought that he would agree so readily.
She looked up and saw that Bai Heqing's eyes were still calm, and his pure purple pupils were very beautiful.
Mary seemed to read his inner thoughts from his eyes.
He knew full well that she was here to spy on him.
But he didn't mind, and he also expressed his understanding and even accepted their somewhat over-the-line requests.
Although the man in front of me looks cold, perhaps unexpectedly, he is actually a considerate person?
"Thank you." Mary thanked again.
Perhaps, the surveillance mission these days was not as difficult as she imagined...
"What are you going to do next?" she asked again.
"Just like before, look for bars in the DC area that begin with the letter 'J'."
Baihe Qing said this, turned around and continued walking along the street.
"Do you have any information about the members of that transnational theft gang? For example, what do they look like? What are their physical characteristics?" Mary hurriedly followed his steps. She had already started giving advice to Bai Heqing.
After all, for her, if Bai Heqing can capture the transnational theft group as soon as possible, she can also get out of this surveillance mission as soon as possible.
The stay period on Baihe Qing's visa is seven days, but she can't really accompany this man around London for seven days, right?
That wouldn't work. She had just become an MI6 agent not long ago. As a rookie, Mary was now busy trying to improve her performance and accumulate merits.
"Yes, this is a photo of one of them." Bai Heqing said, taking out a photo from his coat pocket.
The photo shows a white male, and the image is a bit blurry. It should have been taken under some special circumstances.
"Okay, I'll help you, we'll look for it together." After remembering the appearance of the white man, Mary returned the photo.
"Well, thank you."
In this way, the two embarked on this pursuit journey together.
Of course, Mary didn't know at that time that the two of them would actually go through that dreamlike journey through Europe together in the next seven days.
Chapter 397: I'm in London and I have no money
The process of searching for people was not so smooth. First of all, the East End of London is not small in area, and it is also a famous poor area in London. The architectural layout is relatively not so standardized. There might be a bar hidden in an unknown alley, which added considerable difficulty to Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary's search.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi is a foreigner, and although Mary lives in London, she is not very familiar with the environment in the East End of London. Therefore, the two of them walked and asked questions as they went, and visited most of the East End.
Along the way, the two also solved some emergencies, including but not limited to: helping a blind grandmother find her lost guide dog, resolving a London gang fight in an alley with physical means, helping a lost child find his parents, preventing a robbery with physical means, helping an empty-nest grandfather find his cat that was running around, catching the perpetrator who tried to escape after causing a car accident, and using physical means to make him voluntarily pay compensation...
To be honest, Mary had never known before that the city of London could be so lively?
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they resolve an incident just by crossing the street.
Was it because she had not fully understood London in the past? Or did the man in front of her have some special physical condition that was difficult to explain?
“This bar isn’t…”
Walking out of another bar whose name begins with the letter 'J', Mary sighed slightly.
"The bar owner hasn't seen the white man either..."
The two of them had been searching the streets of the East District for the entire afternoon. It was already evening, the sun was setting, and the sky was a sea of yellow and orange.
"Well, it seems the situation is more troublesome than I expected." Beside her, Bai Heqing, still carrying the box, nodded.
"Do you want to take a rest first?" Mary asked when she saw a stone altar where people could sit in the small square in front.
"it is good."
Just like that, after walking for an afternoon, the two decided to take a break.
Baihe Qing sat on the stone altar, while Mary went to the coffee shop nearby. After looking through her poor wallet, she finally ordered only two cups of coffee.
"I'll ask the major to reimburse me for the money when I get back..."
Muttering softly, she sat next to Bai Heqing with two cups of coffee and handed one to him.
"Here, it's yours."
"Thank you." After staring at the coffee she handed over for a while, Bai Heqing finally chose to take it and replied honestly: "But I don't have the money to pay you back now."
"It doesn't matter. These expenses will eventually be included in the public funds. No need to... huh?"
Finally realizing what Shirakawa Kiyoshi said, Mary turned her head and looked at him in disbelief.
"You don't have any money on you?"
My friend, don’t you ever bring money with you when you go abroad?
“Originally there was…”
For some reason, Bai Heqing subconsciously avoided her sight, and after hesitating for a long time, he opened his mouth to explain:
“After getting off the plane this morning, I first found a hotel and temporarily put my luggage in the room...well, my wallet as well.
After that, I went to the London Police Station and waited there all morning, and when I got back to the hotel..."
"The money is gone?" Mary tilted her head to look at him and asked subconsciously.
Um. "
Avoiding her sight again, Bai Heqing nodded and continued to explain:
"There were signs of prying on the window of the room, which clearly showed that something had been stolen. Fortunately, the thief only took my wallet and did not take my other luggage..."
No wonder you carry that box with you, it turns out it has been stolen once...
Mary could probably understand Shirakawa Kiyoshi's helplessness at that time.
I was in London, I had just got off the plane and when I went to the police station, all the money I had was stolen.
In this era without surveillance and various identification technologies, the language barrier made it impossible for him to collect relevant information from nearby residents and passers-by, and he couldn't even track down the thief...
Ask the hotel for compensation?
It's impossible. No hotel would make such compensation.
As for seeking help from the London Police?
He was left out in the cold by the police this morning...
What a bad luck.
"Have you ever thought about what to do next?" Mary asked tentatively after taking a sip of coffee.
"I originally planned to finish handling this case today and fly back in the evening..." Bai Heqing replied.
Because if he returns to his country, he can seek help from the embassy.
"Okay! Let's keep working hard! We'll try to catch those people today!"
Instead of saying something like “It seems like this may not be possible now,” Mary stood up and cheered up Shirakawa Qing.
"Let's go. I just heard something in the coffee shop. There's a bar that meets the requirements in the alley across the street. Shall we go check it out now?"
"Well, thank you." Bai Heqing stood up and followed her.
"It's ok."
The next target was in a small path across the highway. Since there happened to be an overpass across the highway, the two of them walked up together.
On the street below, a bus was pulling up to the platform next to the viaduct.
"Bus." Looking down at the bus, Bai Heqing suddenly spoke.
"Are buses rare in Tokyo now?" Mary asked curiously. She hadn't been back to Japan for some time.
"Tokyo's public transportation mainly relies on trams, which were rare in the past. However, the government has also introduced relevant policies in the past two years. The number of trams is decreasing, and the number of buses is increasing," explained Shirakawa Kiyoshi.
"To ease traffic pressure?"
"It's just more convenient..."
While the two were chatting, a group of people suddenly came out from the nearby intersection and walked towards the bus parked at the platform.
There were seven people in the group, all Europeans. They all had gloomy faces and did not look like good people.
The seven people did not notice Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary on the overpass, but they did notice a white man among them who looked familiar.
"It's him!" Mary said quickly, holding the railing.
"Yes, it's him." Bai Heqing took out the photo and compared it, then nodded and replied.