Chapter 555 - 534: Circumvent
The plane landed in Washington.
By the time Gao Yi arrived, Panetta had just taken off not long ago, heading to Los Angeles to put out the fire of the CIA’s biggest scandal in history.
What happens next is anyone’s guess, but one thing is certain: Wei Feng is biologically still alive but socially dead.
From the moment Panetta intervened, Wei Feng’s functional death was declared.
What Gao Yi needs to do is ensure Wei Feng leaves for good.
It feels peculiar to have someone hand you a hammer out of nowhere.
Panetta arranged airport pickup, but not Joelson; instead, it was someone Gao Yi had never met before—undoubtedly one of Panetta’s trusted confidants.
The plane landed, but before Gao Yi and his team could disembark, someone had already boarded via the deployed stairs.
A middle-aged man wearing a slightly wrinkled suit that looked like it had just been pulled from a box. His face carried the fatigue of insufficient sleep, reeked of alcohol, and smelled faintly of cigarettes—he resembled a down-and-out, unemployed middle-aged man more than a polished CIA elite, especially one trusted by the Director.
"Hi everyone, good evening—or no, good morning. Which one of you is the Gardener? I’m ordered to meet you."