Chapter 383 - Into the inner circle (2)

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

Matthew sat there stunned. Such a family…

Legend quickly interrupted Matthew's thoughts. "Before you ask, both were kept under careful watch when they were in care until they turned eighteen. Despite being influenced by his slightly younger cousin, Robert Hung demonstrated not only some level loyalty but there was an ethical line that he would not cross. David Hwang became worse as they grew up. The observations and psychological assessments throughout childhood, confirm this."

"Once they aged out of state care, surveillance was put on them, to see what they would do. As they went their separate ways, we recruited Robert Hung to the military due to his skill set, and, he has proven his loyalty to the country to a point. We will have to reveal the extent of his father's actions soon, as there is a writer researching the last treason trial for a book. When we do, we will hand over the assets, which while not much, are what we promised. He has earnt that at least."

"David Hwang, however, has continued to be a concern," continued Legend. "Not even the Head Honcho has the right to see parts of my service record, but let me just say I escaped from the consequences of peoples treason in the past, and I have no time for them of their families. Seeing the reports always had me fearful on what he would do because he viciously blamed the state for what happened, rather than accepting that his family may have had some responsibility for what happened to them. As a result, I made sure I inserted people into his life to try and monitor him. Problem was, over time he became suspicious of people and all the people I sent in were found out. We got a couple out safely, but most of them were found murdered."

"We could only watch as he grew his company, wondering what he was doing in the shadows, and whether he would try and take revenge against the state he blamed. A little over six years ago, a family friend and his wife contacted me. They were mid-level bureaucrats and were being targeted because they refused to take bribes to assist criminals in being awarded government contracts. Their concern was their daughter, a beautiful girl, and a brilliant computer programmer. The Government and Private enterprise had sort to recruit her, but she rejected them all because it meant moving away from her parents."

"The threats to her safety were so serious, that they proposed a strategy of allowing themselves to be bait to aid in taking down corrupt bureaucrats. Their daughter tried to convince them out of this, but apparently the wife had been given months to live due to illness and they convinced her that taking the path they proposed would make their deaths worth something to the nation. Sentiment that I could agree with. They proposed one additional thing, which in the end their daughter agreed to. In making their deaths worth something, she would take steps to help us deal with other threats to the nation using her skills. She was trained in old fashioned techniques to get information out and procedures developed to eliminate electronic traces of her actions, and when everything was ready, her parents made their sacrifice and she accepted a job in David Hwang's company, playing on the fact that she believed the government had abandoned her."

"That happened about six years ago, and every shred of intelligence that has come from Officer N has been accurate. The problem has been in protecting Officer N, we have been only able to use a fraction of it. But everything we have is enough for us to determine that my concerns about David Hwang were justified. There is a connection between his company and the Devil. The problem is Officer N has not specifically given us the information, and we have never pressed, because we are realistic that she may not have it."

"What concerned, but the Head Honcho and I," said Legend, "is what we received yesterday."

Head Honcho said, "You have heard of mircodots."

Matthew, paused before saying "I have, but are they not old fashioned for using in intelligence?"

"Old fashioned, young man?" came Legend's quick response. "They may seem but depending on how they are used almost impossible to detect and a low-tech way to get intelligence out to its recipients in a high-tech environment."

Seeing the confused look on Matthew's face Legend continued "Officer N uses them as her means to get us intelligence. Only those in the know, which now includes you, will be aware of how Officer N uses them. The intelligence is double coded using cyphers and that message is then put into the microdot, before being sent out. It is then up to us in the know to de-code it, by hand and then arrange for those in the inner circle to have all the intelligence while washing it to the point we can use it with other people. She uses a letter to her godfather, who is a friend of mine to send the intelligence, which we then retrieve."

"The two folders you have, firstly have the personal information about Officer N. Read it and then shred and personally take it to be burnt, watching it be placed into the incinerator. Over cautious, but we have not protected Officer N for so long in not being cautious. When you receive the de-coded intelligence and have reviewed it or de-code the raw intelligence yourself, you do the same thing. The second, and more important thing for us to discuss is the material in the second folder. I have placed the most important part right on top."

Having heard what Legend had said, Matthew opened the second folder, and started to read the few lines on the first page. After regain the first sentence he looked up "Suicide bombing attack. Are you kidding?"

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