Chapter 555 Staying Out of the Matter

Chapter 555 Staying Out of the Matter

Chapter 555 Staying Out of the Matter
Before getting any useful information from Luca and Lin Xianghua, Gao Yi had already boarded the plane to Benzi.

Now that the people have been released, we are going to pick them up.

If the person is not released, it is hard to say what will happen.

I chose to take a commercial flight because it is fast enough and most importantly, it is hidden and safe enough.

That's right, Gao Yi had no good intentions and no intention of keeping quiet. This time, as long as it came to Benzi's territory, if he didn't give him some earth-shattering news, it would be considered that he, Gao Yi, was incompetent and there was no capable person in the garden.

The disadvantage of taking a commercial flight is that you cannot answer the phone, and the longer the flight lasts, the longer you lose contact. It takes more than eleven hours to fly from Los Angeles to Narita Airport, which means that Gao Yi lost contact with the outside world for twelve hours.

There are fewer flights to Naha Airport, but more flights to Narita Airport. In order to save time, Gao Yi and his team chose to go directly to Kyoto.

God knows how much can happen in twelve hours.

These eleven hours were a bit torturous, especially under the premise of heavy disguise, which made it even more painful.

From hair color to skin color, to fingerprints, to pupil lines, putting on heavy makeup and then maintaining it for a long time is a torture that not everyone can endure.

Gao Yi doesn't wear heavy makeup so seriously when he travels around the world, so why does he need to maintain heavy disguise when he goes to the script?

There can only be one answer, and that is Gao Yi is planning to cause trouble.

When the plane landed and was on the taxiing stage, Gao Yi turned on his phone and called Glass first.

"I landed."

Glass said hurriedly, "Very good, everything went smoothly. Lin Xianghua was released ten hours ago. He was released just as you got on the plane."

"Only Lin Xianghua was released?"

"Luka is also free. He was detained for a total of ten hours and suffered some... interrogation. Well, well, he was tortured pretty badly. In the end, our garrison came forward and forcibly rescued him from a secret detention point in Naha City."

"In the end what happened?"

"At present, it seems that Lin Xianghua was captured by the Ministry of Defense. Because Lin Xianghua is a Japanese citizen, the Ministry of Defense Intelligence Headquarters directly arrested him. We sent people to ask for him, but the Ministry of Defense could not withstand the pressure and quickly handed him over to us."

"What about Luca?"

“Luka…”

Glass's tone was a little embarrassed. He said apologetically, "Luka's situation is more complicated. He was kidnapped by a team controlled by a subordinate organization of Sanyou Trading Company. The Ministry of Defense strongly denied that they had any connection with Luka's arrest. In the end, it was the CIA who rescued Luka by force from a secret location in Naha."

Gao Yi was a little stunned.

The general meaning is that the Japanese admitted that they arrested Lin Xianghua, so under pressure from the Pentagon, they quickly released Lin Xianghua.

But Benzi did not admit that he had captured Luca, so no matter how much pressure the Pentagon put on him, it was useless. Then, Panetta instructed the CIA to have Benzi's people find Luca's location and then forcibly rescue Luca.

That is to say, Lin Xianghua is now under the protection of the Pentagon and Luca is under the protection of the CIA.

It’s quite interesting. Gao Yi hasn’t even landed yet, but the people here have already been rescued.

But the question is, what exactly does Benzi want to do?
While Gao Yi was thinking, Glass continued, "Our people have gone to the airport to pick you up. The director of the Foreign Intelligence Department of the Intelligence Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense will explain it to you in person. As for how the CIA will handle it, I'm not sure. We lack effective communication with the CIA. If the CIA has any plans, please tell me."

The Pentagon's Defense Secret Service Agency was established not long ago and is not strong enough. Its voice is not loud in the United States, and it does not have enough manpower to do any covert work. But with the support of the Pentagon and the troops stationed in the United States, the Secret Service Agency can use a tough stance and open means to get people out.

The CIA is different. It's not about how powerful the CIA's infiltration is, but that they control Japan's intelligence system from top to bottom. So it doesn't matter if Japan doesn't officially admit that they have arrested Luca. They will look for him themselves and take action after finding him.

But the CIA had to take action on their own to rescue Luca, so the meaning is different.

Kneeling on the ground obediently and lying on the ground only after being kicked twice are two different attitudes.

For Panetta, Ben did not give him face. If he did not want to teach Ben a lesson, where would his face be?

Gao Yi thought about it and said, "I understand. I'll communicate with them first."

I originally thought that the Secret Operations Bureau was the main force, but unexpectedly, after a circle, the CIA became the main force.

Gao Yi called Panetta.

As expected, Panetta's voice sounded a little gloomy.

"I landed."

"Okay, Luca is out, but our people rescued him by force, and they used guns."

Panetta's voice was filled with anger. Gao Yi did not add fuel to the fire. He just said in surprise, "They even fired guns? How dare they do that!"

You don't need to talk too much, just create the right atmosphere.

Panetta exhaled and whispered, "Yeah, how dare they do that? I've been thinking about this too. The people who arrested Luca are an organization called Youjikai who pretended to be in and out of the bureau to carry out the kidnapping. Haha, haha..."

Panetta was so angry that he laughed. Gao Yi couldn't help but ask, "What does Youjihui mean?"

"It's a civilian organization that was established less than a year ago. Sanyou Trading Company secretly funded and supported its establishment. Fuck! Don't worry about this Youjikai. They were instructed by the Ministry of Defense to do this."

After saying this quietly, Panetta said quietly, "CIA people are waiting to pick you up at the airport. After we hand you over, we will no longer be involved in this matter. To be exact, this matter has never had anything to do with the CIA. The personal grudges between you and the Friends of the Garden Society are of course for you to resolve on your own."

Does this mean Panetta has given up and is staying out of it?

Yes.

Panetta just gave up and stayed out of the matter from then on. Then, no matter how Gao Yi behaved or what he did, it had nothing to do with him.

Even if Gao Yi exposed the secret of the book, Panetta would definitely not say a word.

It seems that Ben made Panetta very angry.

Gao Yi whispered: "Okay, I understand, this is a personal grudge, it is a personal grudge."

"The Asia Division has sent a capable person to pick you up. Use him if needed, and avoid using him if possible. It's up to you to decide based on the situation. That's it."

"Okay, I should get off the plane, that's all."

Gao Yi hung up the phone.

From the stage of getting off the plane, nothing particularly unusual happened. No cars stopped on the runway to pick people up, and no one was waiting to greet us under the plane with great fanfare.

Gao Yi and his companions were in first class. When they came out of the jet bridge, the first person they saw was a white man in a suit, who was tall, big and strong. He was followed by three middle-aged Asians who looked haggard and nervous.

Gao Yi walked out of the covered bridge. The tall and strong white man looked at him and said nothing.

Gao Yi took a hat and put it on his head. There was a Pentagon icon on the hat.

When the white man saw the hat, he immediately stepped forward, held out his hand, and said with a warm smile, "Hello, Mr. Booth."

Gao Yi shook hands with the white man, then he looked at the three notebooks standing next to him.

Ben Zi, who was in his fifties, looked a little haggard, with some gray hair. He immediately bowed 90 degrees to Gao Yi.

"Smith Marseille, I'm sorry to trouble you."

I didn’t understand the first sentence, but what followed was a sentence in heavily accented English.

Their attitude was respectful, their bow was standard, their expressions were sincere, and the three people bowed collectively for a very long time.

The bow lasted for a full ten seconds, and then the middle-aged man standing at the front stood up and extended his hand towards Gao Yi.

Gao Yi didn't stretch out his hand, but just looked at the middle-aged man's notebook in front of him.

With an apologetic smile on his face, Benzi said, "I am Takeda Seihide, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defense. On behalf of the Intelligence Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, I apologize to you for the mistaken arrest of your Kobayashi Xianghua..."

The white man put his hand in front of Takeda Makoto, stopping him from continuing to speak.

This action was extremely rude, and Takeda Seihide was a director, not a high-ranking official, but definitely not a small one.

"I am Major Kant McDale of the External Liaison Office of the U.S. Army Command in this country. Welcome to this country."

After finishing speaking, Kant said to Gao Yi: "Our car is ready, please follow me now."

Gao Yi followed Kant and turned away, and the three books looked at each other helplessly and could only follow in silence.

Things seem to be very simple, that is, the CIA or the Pentagon has no intention of giving Benzi any face, and Benzi intends to bear it.

Soldiers don't care about diplomatic matters, and Kant won't care about Ben's face.

The group took the VIP channel, and Gao Yi separated from the others. He wanted to follow the Secret Operations Bureau's people alone to pick up Lin Xianghua first.

One is open and the other is secret. Gao Yi handles these things in the open, while Yuri and the others are responsible for doing things in secret. If all this were exposed to the people in the Ministry of Defense, many things would be difficult to handle in the future.

Several people walked out of the airport. There were several cars parked in the narrow and densely packed parking lot. Most of them were Lexus, but there was a black Mercedes mixed in.

Seeing Gao Yi and the others approaching, the door of the Mercedes-Benz opened. Lin Xianghua got out of the car and looked at Gao Yi apologetically, but he didn't say anything and didn't make any movements.

The main reason was that Lin Xianghua didn't know how to greet Gao Yi. He was afraid of saying the wrong thing or expressing the wrong feelings. After all, they had no communication beforehand, so he simply remained silent.

Gao Yi stepped forward, patted Lin Xianghua on the shoulder, and then said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, get in the car."

Kanter opened the passenger door, Gao Yi and Lin Xianghua sat in the back seat, and then Kanter said to the driver in military uniform, "Drive to the headquarters."

(End of this chapter)