Mason remained silent for a good while, took a deep breath, and spoke again, with suppressed anger.
"Louis, I don’t have much patience."
"I know, it’s almost over, very soon."
After hanging up the phone, Louis sat behind his desk for a long time without moving, lost in thought.
After a while, he finally took out a very small old-fashioned phone from his pocket and dialed a series of numbers.
"Has there been any progress in the operation?"
Louis rarely asked seriously.
"Boss, Little Wu’s contact broke two days ago, we can’t reach the inside for now. The news from Team Chen’s side suggests that something big seems to be happening there."
"Matthew will be staying domestically for the near future. Since internal communications have been cut off from the outside, it means he is already on guard. Try to ensure safety for Little Wu and advise him not to act rashly."
"Yes," the other party replied loudly, then continued with some concern, "Boss, Matthew probably already suspects your identity. Will you be in danger? After all, apart from Elijah, there’s no one else by your side."
"Handle what I’ve assigned you, don’t worry about my side."
"Then, what about Hyattville City?"
Louis paused for a moment, his voice deepened a bit, "Send more people to protect her well."
"Yes!"
After hanging up the phone, Louis leaned back in his chair and rubbed his brow.
His own safety wasn’t his concern; he was worried about those dragged into this unwittingly.
Mason, Bella, including Xylia...
Louis placed his hand over his eyes, feeling a sense of powerlessness magnified at this moment.
Who would have thought, after eight years, they would still be entangled in this matter?
Even now, he’s unclear about the person who arrived in Hyattville City initially.
Right next door to Michael Green and Chloe Johnson’s house; does Matthew know about this?
Louis couldn’t figure it out, just as he couldn’t figure it out back then.
Why the person who had been taken out of the organization with him later became Mason?
...
Louis’s father was Mr. Lawrence’s illegitimate son, something he knew since childhood.
He also knew he was taken back only because his father passed away.
What’s more, despite being the only male of the same generation, Mr. Lawrence did not intend to pass the Lawrence Family to him.
However, he never thought of getting involved in these matters, though Mr. Lawrence and the Lawrence Family people treated him quite well.
Yet, some outsiders and servants, after all, still looked down on him being an illegitimate child.
So at eight years old, he left with his uncle.
Joined the military.
No one knew, not even Mr. Lawrence.
His uncle’s identity was relatively confidential, and at that time, he was simply young, wanting to escape the stifling Lawrence Family.
Once in the military, he truly fell in love with it.
He had deep respect for soldiers.
Seeing those soldiers with overwhelming combat power, his admiration and longing increased.
Later, he stayed in his uncle’s unit.
Only then did he learn that he was part of an ultra-secret national special operations unit.
Everyone’s identity here was classified.
A teenager, impulsive and competitive.
His uncle let him join a few experienced soldiers on a mission.
A task not considered difficult.
Intended as a bit of training for him.
A pharmaceutical company in country Y, suspected of using humans for experiments; possibly even connected to drug trafficking in state S.
But many people sent to investigate ended up with nothing.
And Louis’s task was to infiltrate the factory to gather evidence.