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But now, this credit is going to be stolen by someone else.

"If you think you can take on that many people, you can go and steal him!" Peggy Carter rolled her eyes. Didn't these two have any sense of the situation? There were at least thirty people on the other side. Did they think they were Captain America?

However, Carter did not give up this credit because the circumstances were beyond his control.

Instead, she felt that since the matter was resolved perfectly, credit was not important; what mattered was the result and the role she played in the process—in the original storyline, she never cared about any rewards at the end either.

Especially now that the one trying to "steal the credit" is Josh, someone she owes countless favors to, she has even less intention of vying for the credit.

Upon hearing Carter's words, the two agents from the Strategic Scientific Corps fell silent.

Yes, there are more than thirty people on the other side, and they only have three. How are they supposed to fight them? Even if their own director came, it probably wouldn't make a difference—the entire New York branch of the Strategic Scientific Corps has no more than twenty field agents.

Looking around at the military soldiers guarding the airport, they seemed oblivious to everything, clearly indicating that the other side had already taken care of everything.

However, although Carter's three men gave up their idea of ​​taking him, Finnhof clearly did not give up the chance to escape.

Just as the two agents stepped forward to handcuff Finkhoff, he attempted to verbally attack them—or rather, to use his mind control abilities.

Although both are forms of mind control, Finhof's abilities are somewhat weaker than Ophelia's.

Normally, Ophelia needs to use words to deeply manipulate someone, let alone Finkhoff.

Before Finkhoff could say more than a few words, one of the agents punched him in the stomach, and another agent put a gag on him to prevent him from speaking.

"What are you doing?" Carter asked, puzzled, as he leaned closer to Josie.

“It’s true that most of what you know about him is false, but one thing is true: he’s a psychiatrist, and a very skilled one at that. He has a powerful ability to manipulate people through hypnosis, and this ability is mainly conveyed through his language. Imagine that you bring such a person into the Strategic Science Legion without any warning, and then use language hypnosis to control a high-ranking official, like your Director Flynn, and then give him those superweapons developed by Howard. Imagine what would happen,” Josie explained.

Upon hearing Josie's words, Peggy Carter felt a chill run down her spine. If the other party really possessed such abilities, and things really did develop as Josie described, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, the responsibility for any potential consequences of all this will ultimately fall on her shoulders.

Because it was she who brought this dangerous person back to the United States.

She'll probably have to go to a military court then.

"I owe you another favor, Josie!" After figuring it out, Carter looked at Josie and sighed.

"Don't say that. We're friends, and we've taken the person and the credit. Your situation will be more complicated from now on. Don't blame me then. But speaking of which, are you interested in joining the CIA? I know you like fieldwork. I can arrange for you to be a supervisor in the operations department. I believe you're more than capable!" Josie extended the invitation once again.

The biggest difference between the CIA and other intelligence agencies in the United States is that it is accountable only to the president, and no other government department has the authority to govern it. Therefore, any personnel appointment only needs to be decided by the president or the director.

The only downside is the compensation – don't be fooled by the fact that the CIA will have billions in funding and tens of thousands of personnel every year; that's a future possibility.

The newly established CIA has only a few thousand personnel and an annual budget of just five million dollars. While this is not bad for this era, it is pitifully small compared to established agencies like the FBI.

It was a completely makeshift operation.

Fortunately, Josie, who was in charge of the administration, was wealthy enough, especially since the large amount of her income was in the gray market. She could launder it through the CIA – as the president’s exclusive intelligence agency, the CIA was not only independent in terms of personnel, but also in terms of finances, and did not need to disclose its financial information.

So through the CIA's money laundering, even the legendary IRS couldn't check Josie's accounts—well, by the way, Josie learned this money laundering method from the future director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Eddie Redmayne.

While there is much debate about Black Egg's other abilities, his ability to dig tunnels to embezzle funds and launder money is generally acknowledged.

Moreover, this kind of money laundering method can only be used by people like Josie or Black Egg, who control an entire world-class intelligence agency; others can't even learn it.

Of course, there will definitely be some losses in the money laundering process.

But Josie didn't care. First, the losses weren't too great, and second, even though it was money spent on the CIA, he was still making pure profit by having the CIA support him.

After saying goodbye to Carter, Josie and her group escorted Jonah Finnhof directly onto a plane inside the airport and departed for Washington.

Just like in the original timeline, although the CIA has been a very special intelligence agency since its inception, its operations within the United States are still subject to great restrictions.

If the interrogation were conducted directly in New York, and other intelligence agencies found out, who knows what kind of trouble it might cause.

This is why Josh chose to intercept people directly at Neuberger Airport, a military airport under the Department of Defense, where the CIA can enforce the law.

But once you leave the airport, you're in the territory of the NYPD and FBI, and even the Strategic Scientific Corps has more authority than the CIA.

However, sending people directly to Washington is a different story, where the president is the most powerful person!

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Just a few hours later, Josie and his men escorted Jonah Finhof to Washington.

To be precise, it's the small town of Langley, located on the border of Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

In the original timeline, the CIA was initially headquartered in a government building near the Lincoln Memorial.

However, Josie thought the place was too small, so when applying, she directly set up the headquarters in Langley, the CIA's destined headquarters.

However, the construction of the new CIA headquarters building will take time, so the CIA's current office space is temporarily located in an ordinary office building in a small town.

"Get him out of his mouth as soon as possible, our president is waiting for good news!" Josie ordered Ophelia, who was already waiting there, as she led Jonah Finhof into the interrogation room.

"Okay, boss, but I'm taking on so many roles now, shouldn't I get a raise?" Ophelia readily accepted Josie's order, then changed the subject and said coquettishly.

And you know what? Ophelia is now just like the Hydra lady in the comics, almost turning into a multi-faceted spy.

It's the Ouroboros, it's Hydra, it's the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, and now it's also an operations director under the CIA's operations department.

Different identities and different positions are intertwined, making their identities extremely complex.

However, Josie wouldn't indulge her just because of that.

"...Alright, I've never shortchanged you on any of your extra allowances for any job, plus all sorts of funding. In fact, your income is many times more than C. Fletcher's salary. What more do you want? Get to work, and I'll add sausage to your dinner if you do a good job!" Josie rolled her eyes.

“Sigh, slaves have no human rights…” Faced with Josie’s “exploitation,” Ophelia could only sigh, make a slight quirk, and then go in to interrogate her.

The main content of the interrogation was not evidence.

Josie had ample evidence to prove Jonah Finnhof's identity and his series of schemes and actions—the witness being Dottie Underwood, who had been trained by Ophelia just a few days prior.

She has now become a witness to the prosecution of Jonah Finhof and has been granted a "pardon" for it, and is now a full member of the CIA (Ouroboros).

Its nature is similar to that of her future successor, Natasha Romanov.

What Josie really wanted to know was the whereabouts of the remaining items that Howard Stark had stolen.

It wasn't that Josie valued those things that much, but rather that she owed the military some favors in order to expedite the establishment of the CIA.

Josie's promise to the military was that once Jonah Finhof was captured, the stolen and hidden items would be handed over to them.

The military had long coveted Howard's research.

Of course, it's another matter if Josie withholds those items for a while before handing them over, so Yuri can also take a look and see if they have any value.

The entire interrogation process went very smoothly.

Ophelia was already more capable than Finkhov, and Finkhov became a little complacent when he saw that the person interrogating him was a woman. He was quickly hypnotized by Ophelia and tricked into revealing everything.

Having obtained all the information, Josie immediately issued orders, initiating a rather unconventional joint law enforcement operation involving agents from various locations, the Mafia, Ouroboros, and members of the Council. They quickly recovered the stolen Howard Stark inventions that Leviathan had hidden in various corners of New York.

By the time the Strategic Scientific Corps, Howard Stark himself, and other intelligence agencies learned of the situation, it was too late.

Josie had already written the report and handed it to the puppet director Fletcher, who then submitted it to Truman.

Truman is currently quite anxious and upset because the Soviet Union has developed nuclear weapons.

As a result, Josie offered him a pillow.

The Russian secret intelligence agency stole secrets in the United States, framed patriotic American entrepreneurs and inventors, and intended to cause sabotage in the United States.

Isn't this precisely the key reason to attack the other side?

So, just a few days later, Truman presented a series of evidence about Leviathan’s behavior and delivered the State of the Union address, which later became known as the “Truman Doctrine,” to a joint session of Congress!

This officially kicked off the Cold War.

At this meeting, Josie, who was instrumental in the intelligence case, and Howard, the victim in the case, were both present.

However, compared to Josie's smiling face, Howard Stark's expression was not so pleasant after being vindicated.

Although Howard was exonerated, his proposal to reorganize the Strategic Science Corps, which he had been planning with General Phillips, was rejected by Congress because the Cold Chapter's prelude began earlier than in the original timeline and the CIA was re-established ahead of schedule.

In other words, the S.H.I.E.L.D., which should have been secretly established after the Leviathan case, has been temporarily shelved...

What infuriated him even more was that more than a dozen pieces of technology he had stolen had fallen into the hands of the CIA and were irretrievable. According to information, those items would soon be transferred to the military, and once they were in the military's hands, it would be virtually impossible for him to get them back.

But what really annoyed him was the disappearance of Captain America's blood sample... He had originally hoped that it would win a Nobel Prize.

Recalling all these events, Howard Stark suddenly looked in the direction where Josie was.

He suddenly remembered that all his misfortunes started two years ago with the theft of the nightlight medicine before the Normandy landings.

And behind almost every setback, there was the figure of Josh Kahn.

Howard Stark did not suspect that Josie Kahn had any special identity because of this—although Josie's experience was legendary, in general, there was no direct conflict of interest or contradiction between them.

He was just wondering if this Josh Kahn was going to be his nemesis.

Tsk, looks like I'll have to stay away from this young man in the future. It's a pity, though, I heard his fiancée is quite pretty.

Seemingly sensing something, Josie suddenly turned her head and saw Howard staring at her, immediately giving him a friendly smile.

Of course, it's fortunate that Josie can't read minds, otherwise if he knew what Howard Stark was thinking, he probably wouldn't stop until he killed Howard!

Chapter 160 The Mummy of Restoration

They say no, but their actions betray them.

This statement applies not only to men and women, but also to politicians.

Sure enough, with the end of the year approaching and the convening of the new year's United Nations General Assembly, the three countries of Britain, the United States and France, which had previously been preparing for the Cold War, have started eagerly seeking cooperation with Russia.