50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 431 Bluffing
Last night, there were two KGB officers standing next to him. The time was very short, and he was only thinking about how to get the data. He didn't think about what would happen next.

When he woke up in the morning, he recalled the situation and realized that he had been impatient and eager for quick success. He was afraid that if the matter was discovered before he went to return the list that night, it would be terrible.

Unfortunately, as Murphy's Law states, if something can go wrong, it will go wrong.

Around noon, a large number of KGB officers suddenly appeared in the surrounding houses, and many more vehicles appeared at the gates of several houses, subtly surrounding the area.

The security department quickly discovered this anomaly and immediately reported it to Leader Yang.

Leader Yang was confused and didn't know what these KGB guys were up to.

Unable to figure it out, he simply called the Russian side to inquire about the situation. However, the Russian side did not give him a clear answer.

It's not surprising that there's no response. The KGB has only discovered that the data is missing, but they don't know how it disappeared.

There is currently no indication that our people did this; they only suspect it.

But the KGB never looks at evidence; suspicion is enough.

After all, things can't be that coincidental; nothing else was lost, but the list of undercover agents from the Chinese family was lost.

That's why they immediately increased manpower around the area, because our family was the only beneficiary of this theft and was the prime suspect.

Seeing this, Sun Zhiwei knew that this matter could not be concealed. He picked up the report he had not yet finished and went to the office of Leader Yang on the second floor.

After being announced by the secretary, Sun Zhiwei entered the leader's office.

As soon as he entered, he noticed that the desk lamp on the leader's desk had been replaced.

A quick glance at the bookshelf revealed that a decorative item that had been inside was gone—the hiding place of the other ear.

Looking out the window again, the ear on the branch is still there, but it's still very cold, the window is closed, and the ear outside can't hear anything.

After seeing his actions, the leader smiled and nodded, then pointed to the room and drew a circle before looking at Sun Zhiwei.

Sun Zhiwei understood immediately and began to inspect the entire room.

At the same time, his spatial ability was immediately activated, and he scanned the entire room again. The results were good; the place was currently safe.

So he smiled and nodded to the leader, who then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Comrade Zhiwei, please sit down. Is the report finished?" The leader knew that Sun Zhiwei hadn't left the house for the past few days, so he didn't ask about the progress of the task.

He was aware of how difficult the tasks assigned domestically were, and no one expected Sun Zhiwei to make any progress in just a few days.

"It's almost there, but that's not why we came today."

"Oh? What is it? Tell me."

"Boss, I went out last night and made a great discovery."

Upon hearing this, Leader Yang immediately looked up at Sun Zhiwei and pressed, "What did you gain?"

"A list of undercover agents." "Hiss... are you sure?"

"Yes, I've seen it. It's very detailed, like a resume, one for each person, there are hundreds of them."

“The situation was urgent at the time, and I didn’t think it through before I wiped them all out.”

"You weren't exposed, were you?" the leader asked quickly. "No, they were completely unaware when I left; they probably only found out this morning."

"No wonder they didn't arrive until noon." The leader suddenly realized, thinking about the matter of adding more manpower outside.

Then she quickly asked him, "Did you bring all those things back?"

"No, there are too many people in my family and I'm afraid of getting caught, so I just hide outside."

"It's good that it wasn't brought back, it's good that it wasn't brought back."

When the leaders heard that the items hadn't been brought back, they weren't too worried. Even if they caught the thief red-handed, without evidence, the KGB wouldn't dare to do anything reckless.

"Boss, the situation at noon was caused by my lack of consideration during the operation, and I will take responsibility for it."

The current situation is directly caused by Sun Zhiwei's actions, but this was done in order to obtain important intelligence, which alerted the enemy and triggered a chain reaction.

Although this was not something he did intentionally, he still needed to make it clear to his superiors that he would take responsibility, but there was nothing wrong with him gathering intelligence.

"What responsibility are you going to take? You haven't revealed your identity, so don't just casually take on the blame."

With a wave of his hand, the leader absolved Sun Zhiwei of most of his responsibilities. As Sun Zhiwei's direct supervisor, his attitude influenced the attitudes of many others.

His words now amount to an endorsement of Sun Zhiwei's actions, which is why Sun Zhiwei has demonstrated his value.

He's only been here a few days and he's already infiltrated KGB headquarters and obtained crucial intelligence. What an amazing agent! If he doesn't protect him properly, he'd be a fool.

As the song goes, "Half of the medal belongs to you, and half to me." Sun Zhiwei's achievements are partly due to the effective leadership of his direct superior.

Now that the intelligence has been obtained from the enemy, it can be said that Sun Zhiwei has completed the most difficult task. All that's left is to send the intelligence back to claim credit.

This is a golden opportunity to make a name for yourself; if you don't seize it now, when will you?

"Don't worry, they only have suspicions right now, but they definitely don't have any evidence. Otherwise, given the KGB's power, it wouldn't be as simple as just surrounding them."

The leaders of the KGB were much more familiar with them than Sun Zhiwei was. Their style of doing things was very distinctive, and it was impossible for them to surround and attack without actually attacking.

Upon closer examination, Sun Zhiwei realized that this might indeed be the case. What kind of organization is the KGB? If they had evidence, they wouldn't be so polite; they would have stormed in long ago.

There's no evidence yet, but they've already made such a big show of things, which only confirms that they don't dare to actually take action.

Their current actions are likely just a bluff, an attempt to alert the perpetrators and force them to reveal their weaknesses.

"So, although the situation seems tense now, there is actually not much danger. This kind of situation has happened before," the leader said affirmatively.

"Don't worry, nothing serious will happen. We have the country behind us. Over the years, their million-strong army hasn't scared us. This small force is just a minor one."

"The important thing now is to figure out a way to safely send the items back once this storm has passed."

The KGB will definitely tighten its surveillance on them now; hundreds of documents won't be so easy to bring back.

"By the way, Zhiwei, were those hundreds of documents all paper documents?"

"Yes, sir, they were all in paper form when they were taken out."

"However, I've already taken all the photos overnight, and I've already hidden one roll of film outside. Do you need me to go out and retrieve it?"

(End of this chapter)