Chapter 280 What era are we living in? They're still using letter paper?
Earls' words were like a bombshell, instantly shocking everyone present.
The entire conference room exploded into chaos.
Everyone was whispering, discussing, their faces full of shock and disbelief.
"Smith ran away?"
"Our CIA Director actually ran away?"
"I don't understand, this wasn't even caused by him, why would he run away?"
A high-ranking official widened his eyes, his face full of confusion.
He kept muttering to himself, as if he couldn't believe the news he had heard.
"Could it be because the Dragon Country is too powerful, causing him too much pressure?"
"What kind of bullshit reason is that?"
"If we're talking about that, the one with the most pressure should be our President Biden."
Another high-ranking official frowned, his tone containing a hint of dissatisfaction and disdain.
To them, as the CIA Director, Smith bore the heavy responsibility of gathering intelligence and dealing with various crises for the country; how could he just run away? There was simply no legitimate reason to run away.
President Biden had always trusted his subordinate!
He had always relied heavily on Earls!
But this time, hearing Earls say this, he also felt it was somewhat absurd!
He frowned deeply, his face gloomy as he said:
"Earls, Smith is my capable assistant!"
"How can you say he ran away?"
"Slandering a person requires evidence!"
President Biden's tone contained a trace of anger!
His words revealed his defense of Smith!
At the same time, he was questioning the truthfulness of what Earls said.
Earls seemed to have guessed that these people would not believe him easily, but he had come prepared and had actually brought evidence.
He gestured towards the door, and then the President of the Eagle Empire Bank walked in!
Although this bank president held a high position in the financial field, standing before these high-ranking officials at this moment, he still appeared somewhat nervous. He held a stack of transfer receipts tightly in his hand and said cautiously:
"Respected Mr. President, we found high-amount transfer records in Smith's bank account!"
"The other party is an overseas private account; we cannot determine the location of the other party's account, nor can we investigate the other party's identity! But currently, there is only a few dozen dollars of change left in Smith's bank account."
"Clearly, he is transferring funds!"
Everyone heard these words and immediately whispered and discussed.
They seemed to sense that something was wrong!
But they couldn't conclude that Smith had run away just because of this.
Earls also knew that this alone was not enough to fully explain the problem!
He immediately spoke again:
"We actually discovered some abnormal actions by Smith long ago, but after all, he is the CIA Director, and we have always trusted him from the bottom of our hearts, so we didn't take it to heart at first."
"However, as time went on, we later discovered that he had many abnormal behaviors."
"For example, he started secretly selling his family property. This action is very strange. Why would he be in such a hurry to sell all his family property?"
"And he even handled resignations and school withdrawals for his wife and children in the name of a vacation. All these signs are too suspicious."
"And now, their home is empty... In fact, we can no longer contact Smith."
"No matter what means we take, it's all useless!"
Earls finished speaking and stood quietly to the side.
The conference room instantly fell into a deathly silence. Everyone looked at each other, their expressions extremely complex—shock, confusion, anger, and a hint of indescribable panic.
Even President Biden looked completely devastated at this moment!
He sat blankly in his seat, his eyes somewhat hollow!
His mind kept replaying Smith's past performance, still unable to believe that he would do something like running away!
However, in his heart, he vaguely felt that things might really be heading in the worst direction!
But he was still unwilling to give up!
Unless Smith came before him and told him himself that he had run away, he absolutely would not believe it!
And just then, the Secretary of State's secretary rushed over.
This was a middle-aged woman, wearing appropriate clothing, with exquisite makeup.
In the past, everyone would have been attracted by her beauty, but at this moment, the eyes of all the high-ranking officials were focused on the item in her hand!
The female secretary was holding an envelope tightly!
Her expression was slightly anxious.
Learning that this letter was for him, the Secretary of State was a bit surprised!
He frowned slightly, took a simple look at the letter paper, and wondered to himself:
"What era is it, why are you still using letter paper?"
"Can't you send an email?"
He wanted to put the envelope away first and read it after the meeting!
After all, everyone was currently overwhelmed by the news of Smith running away.
But at this time, the female secretary said:
"Secretary of State, this letter was given to me by Smith to pass on to you."
Everyone heard this and immediately widened their eyes, full of disbelief!
They didn't expect it to be a letter left by Smith; this was too unexpected.
President Biden hurriedly said: "Open it and see."
The Secretary of State couldn't care about anything else and hurriedly opened the letter.
Then, his expression suddenly froze, his eyes staring fixedly at the content on the letter, his face instantly turning pale, and fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. He stood there like he had been petrified.
"Dear Secretary of State Jack, When you see this letter, I may have already boarded the plane to the Dragon Country via Mexico. You may ask me for the reason, I reluctantly tell you, I ran away! I cannot explain why our brilliant deception plan, why everything was turned into reality by the Dragon Country. Space Mecha, Aerospace Carrier, Nuclear Fusion Technology... These were clearly fake blueprints we used to deceive the Dragon Country, yet they were turned into real technology by them! Even though I really tried to fight against the Dragon Country, I didn't expect that round after round of confrontation only resulted in the Dragon Country becoming more and more powerful. I am primarily responsible for this! I also have no face to continue staying in the Eagle Empire. Staying here, I suffer every day! In short, I ran away! Do not miss me!"
When the Secretary of State saw this letter, he felt as if an electric current had passed through his body, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.
He didn't know if it was because the air conditioning was too warm or if he was shocked by the content of the letter. At this moment, his eyes were full of shock and indescribable fear, so much so that a layer of sweat appeared on his back.
For some time now, he had been immersed in the strong shock brought by the Dragon Country.
He racked his brains but couldn't understand why the Dragon Country's technology had achieved such rapid improvement. And at this moment, seeing the letter left by Smith, he suddenly realized that the explosive development of the Dragon Country's technology actually had a thousand threads of connection with them!
Even the previous Space Mecha were blueprints provided by them!
In this way, it can be completely said that the Dragon Country's technological development path was paved by them.
Give you the Space Mecha blueprint, you build the Space Mecha! Give you the Aerospace Carrier blueprint, you build the Aerospace Carrier! Give you the Nuclear Fusion Power Grid blueprint, you really master Nuclear Fusion!
This Dragon Country simply turned their "fake tricks" into reality!
The Secretary of State was incredibly depressed, constantly mocking in his heart: Dragon Country, you damn well have to thank us!!!
However, he soon reacted, and his brows furrowed tightly again, thinking in his heart:
"No, no!"
"I am sure those blueprints were fake, but the Dragon Country's technology is real!"
"This means that even without our blueprints, the Dragon Country could have built it!"
But, since those blueprints were clearly fake, and yet the Dragon Country could build them, doesn't that make the Dragon Country's technological strength even more terrifying?
The Secretary of State could no longer hold it together. His face became increasingly ugly, his heart was panicked and chaotic, and he couldn't help but mutter:
"You can build it even if I lie to you?"
"To what extent has your Dragon Country's technology developed?????"
The Secretary of State was completely panicked. He felt that his perception of the Dragon Country had always been wrong. The Dragon Country was like a bottomless black hole; he didn't know how strong their technological strength really was, and this unknown was the most terrifying thing.
He continued to read down and found a line of small print at the bottom. It was still left for him by Smith:
"Hahahaha! Sweating now, my brother!"
Seeing this line, the Secretary of State was trembling with anger, both angry and anxious but helpless. He just felt like he was about to vomit blood. He cursed Smith to high heaven in his heart, but at this moment he could only be anxious, completely at a loss. The whole person fell into deep panic and despair.