A retired reincarnator from a certain American film studio

Anna shook her head: "Then you shouldn't apologize to me, you should be thanking me instead."

There was a pause.

Anna's smile faded, and she looked at Luke with a serious expression, feeling genuinely grateful.

"Thank you."

"I accepted."

Luke didn't stand on ceremony. After accepting Anna's thanks, he raised his bourbon in front of him and toasted, "Life is long, it can be bitter, but it can also be sweet. After hardship comes happiness. I wish you a wonderful start to your own life."

Anna clinked glasses with Luke, listening to the question: "Can I still have a new life?"

Luke took a sip of his drink and looked at Anna with a smile: "Of course, it just depends on whether you want to or not."

Anna lowered her head and remained silent for a moment, not answering the question immediately. She looked up at Luke again, changed the subject, and took a deep breath: "Can we hand over the work now?"

"anytime."

Luke smiled slightly, turned to the side, and looked towards the office door: "Earl."

Earl, who was outside the door, pushed it open and entered. He nodded to Anna as she looked up, and then sat down on the sofa.

Luke introduced Earl to Anna again: "This is Earl, whom I've told you about, my right-hand woman, whom I trust unconditionally."

Anna knew Earl.

The last time she was in the safe house, when she tried to gain Luke's trust by offering herself to him, Luke righteously refused, and she mentioned Earl.

After Anna sat down, she glanced at Earl again before turning her gaze to Luke and getting down to business.

“Daniel Whitehead has a lot of assets.”

"Whether it's done covertly or openly, it exists."

"This is his deposit in an overseas bank account."

Anna asked Earl for a piece of paper, then wrote down an overseas bank account number and verification password on it, and handed it to Luke.

Luke didn't answer, but gestured to Earl instead.

Anna handed the note to Earl, then looked at Luke and said, "I am the account holder, and I have already written down the password. There is a total of 980 million in deposits here."

Earl was taken aback when he heard the number.

Luke, on the other hand, didn't feel much.

Whitehorn, that old dog, is at least one of Hydra's board members, and one of the oldest.

Nine hundred million in savings sounds like a lot, but for Whitehorse's status, it's not only normal, but it could even be considered an overestimation.

According to calculations by Alexander Pierce and Dr. Zola, Daniel Whitehead's cash reserves should be at least around two billion.

Alexander arrived at this number based on his own experience.

Dr. Zola deduced this through big data analysis.

But right now?

Nine hundred and eight hundred million?

It's almost 1.02 billion less.

Where did that old dog transfer the money?

Luke did not suspect that Anna might be hiding something.

Because Anna had no need to hide it, and even if she wanted to, she couldn't hide it anyway.

Lu Ke's thoughts raced, but he didn't ask about the missing 1.2 billion yuan. Instead, he nodded.

"continue."

"What's left is the assets."

Anna repeated herself, then looked at Earl and asked, "Do you have a laptop?"

Earl nodded, got up, and left the office. After a while, he returned with a brand new, unopened laptop and handed it to Anna.

After turning on her computer, Anna opened a website and logged in.

into the eye.

The website's interface is similar to a memo pad. On the memo pad, each line from top to bottom lists a company name, followed by a person's name and phone number.

Lu Ke glanced at the names of these companies briefly.

It has a very complete configuration.

From production to transportation, from trade to finance, Whitehall's publicly known businesses are involved in almost every sector.

After Anna handed the laptop to Earl, she looked at Luke and said, "Most of these companies are located in Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris. You can send someone to take over at any time, and I'm ready to cooperate."

Luke nodded.

Anna then spoke up.

"The last part is Whitehoe's clandestine assets and resources."

"These……"

Anna asked Earl for the laptop again, and after opening another website, numerous red dots appeared on the satellite map of Europe.

These signs represent properties in Whitehoe, war bases in Whitehoe, or safe houses in Whitehoe.

all in all.

Everything Whitehead owned in his lifetime—his house, car, money, and even the Hydra agents he painstakingly trained—has now become Luke's spoils.

Anna revealed all of Whitehorse's assets without reservation, and fully cooperated when Earl asked her questions.

Seeing this, Luke picked up his empty wine glass, got up from the sofa, and sat back at his desk. Just as he was about to turn on his computer and use the software Cipher had given him to bypass the Great Firewall and play some mahjong on the Eastern Internet to pass the time, he received a call from William Stryker.

Connected!

Good afternoon, William.

"good afternoon."

After saying a few words, William on the other end of the phone asked directly, "Where's Sunil?"

Lu Ke raised an eyebrow.

“Sunil?”

"Correct."

"Didn't he already leave? What happened?"

"He disappeared."

"what?"

"Disappeared? How is that possible? Didn't you take him away yesterday afternoon?"

Luke looked somewhat taken aback as he spoke, then seemed to realize something: "William, are you sure you didn't make him disappear?"

William was stunned, then his face darkened: "How is this possible!"

He and Sunil were fellow travelers on the path of scientific research.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ke's smile faded, and he stroked his chin: "Where did he disappear last night?"

William replied, "Yesterday afternoon, after I picked him up, I originally planned to have him come back with me, but he said he had some things to do in Los Angeles and would contact me again the next day. But today, no matter how many times I call, no one answers."

Lu Ke nodded thoughtfully.

"And then, you began to doubt me."

"...Don't you have one?"

"Ha ha!"

Luke shook his head and laughed, "I can swear to you, William, I absolutely did not kidnap Sunil, and besides, I had no motive to kidnap him."

You have.

You are an extraordinary person.

Sunil is a researcher who specializes in studying superhumans, so you not only have a motive, but a very strong one.

After ruling out the possibility that Luke is not a mutant, the only remaining answer is an Inhuman.

Moreover, Jia Ying is also an extraordinary person.

If Luke is an Inhuman, this would explain why Whitehall searched for so long without finding Jiaying, but Jiaying appeared with Luke instead.

William Stryker thought this to himself, but he didn't say it aloud. Instead, he sighed and said, "Sunil is a good researcher. His research can promote the progress of human civilization and technology."

Luke nodded, his expression serious: "I agree, so when he asked me for the Inhuman Lab, I gave it to him. His disappearance really wasn't my doing. You have to believe me, William. Compared to Sunil, I value our friendship more."

His tone was low and his words were firm, not feigned.

Is it really not him?

William Stryker frowned inwardly.

next second.

Lu Ke thought of the 1.02 billion that had disappeared from Whitehouse's estate and said in a deep voice, "I was just receiving Whitehouse's inheritance. His cash flow is nearly 1.02 billion less than what some people estimated. I strongly suspect that this old dog left behind some hidden tricks before he died."

For example, he deliberately hid certain people and events, and the money he hid was given to these people and events.

As for what Whitehorse was up to.

The first thing that came to Luke's mind was the well-known Death Revenge Fund.

William Stryker heard that more than a billion dollars were missing from Whitehall's possession. After Luke confirmed this again, he couldn't help but wonder if Sunil's disappearance was related to the contingency plan left behind by Whitehall.

After all, Whitehorn is widely recognized as the longest-lived Hydra, and he even managed to live out his second incarnation.

Such beings, after their death, may leave behind some kind of contingency plan.

After all, everyone is dead.

Only you, Sunil, are alive.

After Sunil surfaced and Luke didn't kill him, almost everyone in Hydra who had been watching the battle instantly understood one thing.