Chapter 382 - Into the inner circle (1)

10 May, Special Forces headquarters, Military Base, City K

"Father…!" came Bronwyn's shocked reply.

Before Matthew could respond, there was a knock on his door, and he called out "Come in."

As the door opened, he could see exactly who was walking in and jumped to his feet. "Sir, please come in."

Matthew noticed, despite jumping to her feet, Bronwyn was shocked to see her father in front of her. As General Li walked further into the room, Matthew noticed his key assistant, the man no military officer wanted to force to retire despite now being in his mid-seventies, who everyone called Legend.

Quickly gathering herself, Bronwyn said "Sirs."

As he looked at his daughter Matthew could see love and pride flick quickly over his face, before he stilled it back to be a superior officer. "Lieutenant, before you finish for the day, report to me, either here or in the visiting officer's quarters where I will be staying."

"Yes Sir," came the immediate reply, before she turned to Matthew saying "I will find out that information and get back to you as soon as possible, but…"

"You are training with the go team today. Yes, it is urgent, but that has importance."

Taking the hint, Bronwyn hurried out of Matthew's office, shutting the door behind her. As he sat back down, all Matthew could do was laugh.

"Sometimes…"

"You wonder why you promoted me. The Lieutenant…"

"Is more scared than any other soldier in this command of me," responded the Head Honcho shaking his head. "I arranged for her to be in my command, so I could protect her and yet she is so scared of me."

"I was surprised when I received you message late yesterday that you would be here. You were not due until the end of the month for the promotion ceremony."

"That is still the case, plus I want to meet my daughter's boyfriend."

"Who apparently does not know who you are," responded Matthew. "John is one of the good guys, and you will like him when you meet him. But that is not why you came."

"No. Can you switch on all the counter-surveillance devices you have please."

Matthew, receiving the message. He would go over and above normal actions, and place all electronic devices into the shielding safe, turning on the in-build shielding devices and then the jamming devices. It was unusual for a meeting to have this level of security outside the capital.

"Done, what is it?"

"Legend, the floor is yours."

After a nod, Legend opened the briefcase he had with him and pulled out three folders. "These are for you to read, and then will be destroyed. Finally, after three years of arguing with the civilian intelligence agencies and military intelligence I finally have approval to bring you into the loop of a long-term operation. Other than the three of us, there are only five other people in the various agencies who know of this, plus the operative."

Matthew was surprised. Seven people, plus the operative only knowing of this indicated something significant.

"Surprised," continued Legend. "It is a sign of how important things are with this operation. It is all linked to the Devil…"

"Officer N?"

"Officer N, yes. But the information from Officer N is so scrubbed that we can ensure the identity of Officer N and what they are doing is protected. That was the decision of ourselves and the military and civilian intelligence agency members who know everything regarding Officer N decided. If that means we do not act, that is the case because Officer N's mission is more important than the immediate issue."

The Head Honcho said, "You remember from your training about the last treason case that was run in this country?"

"I cannot remember the names, but I do remember that the family were selling information they gained from illegal activities and their businesses to intelligence services overseas."

"Correct," came Head Honcho's response. "It was all the a.d.u.l.ts in the family that involved. There were two young children, who you know. David Hwang and…"

"Major Robert Hung. The son of a traitor being allowed to join the military?!? What is the world coming to?"

"Traitor's family member yes, but ultimately not the son of a traitor, hence he could join. In the weeks leading up to the family's arrest Major Hung's father reached out to a school friend for help. He knew the family were in over their head in matters and sort an out. It was too late, but he was able to negotiate some concessions. Major Hung and his cousin would not be separated, and as his wife was dying from cancer, she was saved from a traitors death and able to live out the remaining months of her life near to her son, and the assets that she was allowed to keep to be given to their son when he turns forty. That age was picked, simply to ensure that no one could argue that there was a tie to the traitorous activities."

"And you expect me to keep him here?"

"We do. He was always destined to come to intelligence, whether general or within the special forces. From an early age his analytical skills were deemed amazing and a perfect fit for us. He is trusted, to a point, because the one mistake we made was agreeing not to separate the cousins. David Hwang, from all reports from the orphanage that they were placed in was vindictive, manipulative, and violent. According to Major Hung's father David Hwang tortured animals, abused household staff and there was a family rumour that in the couple of weeks prior to him reaching out that David Hwang killed two men with a gun who had come to the family home who told him he was disrespectful because he threw soft drink over them when he was running somewhere."

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