The Wolf of Los Angeles.

The pristine white yacht sailed away from the dock and headed out to sea. Hawke went to the aft deck, sat down in a chair, took the fishing box handed to him by Erica, and skillfully tied on the fishing hooks.

Brian and Jennifer came from behind and sat on the other side.

Hawke dismissed the crew and, while connecting the electric wheel to the mast, asked Jennifer, "Have those men confessed?"

Jennifer said coldly, "They're all very stubborn. These people have undergone professional anti-torture training, and even truth serum is ineffective. Only that woman has a slightly weaker will and has given the names and hometowns of three people. The rest refuse to divulge anything. When the question involves Seraphim, she shuts up completely and we can't get anything out of her."

Hawke believed in the FBI's methods, and Jennifer, who was not one to follow the rules, said, "It seems they have something on someone."

Erica interjected, "It should be family or something."

“Perhaps it’s another situation,” Brian guessed. “They’re worried about retaliation against their families. They’ve done so much dirty work for Hillary, they must know what she’s capable of, so it’s normal for them to have concerns. Besides, Hillary could be elected president, and if something goes wrong, they could face a global manhunt by the U.S. government.”

Jennifer added, "We've used a lot of methods, but we can't go too far. If we want to deal with Hillary through legal means, it might backfire if we torture those people without restraint."

Hawke glanced at Brian and said, "You make a good point. Hillary is probably the source of their hopes and fears. If Hillary fails to be elected president, these people's bottom line will collapse."

He packed up the fishing rod, handed it to Erica, got a new one, and asked Jennifer, "What are their names? What countries are they from?"

Jennifer simply stated, "The leader is Igor Ivanov, and the other two are Anton Mikhail and Tanya Yegorova, all from Russia. Ivanov and Mikhail previously served in the Russian Alpha Special Forces; the former was a captain, and the latter was his subordinate."

She set up the fishing rod she had packed on the fishing spot and continued, "Yegorova also served in the Russian Guards, as an electronic communications soldier for a long time. They participated in the Second Chechen War and chose to become mercenaries after retiring. As for how they joined Sirali's team, it's not clear yet."

Erica said, "These announcements are enough to cause a sensation, given the decades-long rivalry between the United States and Russia."

“The Russians’ involvement with WikiLeaks, the website that exposed Hillary Clinton, will inevitably become a media focus once it’s exposed.” Hawke specifically asked, “What’s the situation with the three people at WikiLeaks? Are they willing to cooperate?”

Jennifer laughed: "They almost died at the hands of three mercenaries and are willing to cooperate with us. Once they recover, they will attend the FBI's case briefing."

Brian advised, "Don't mention Sila directly in the case report. If we reveal what's happening now and the killer's identity, the media and the public will have endless speculations."

Hawke said, "We can wait and see what happens."

When the yacht arrived at its destination, Brian threw some Antarctic shrimp into the water to create a feeding area, and then large fishing hooks were thrown into the sea one after another.

The four of them continued to talk about Sila.

Hawke has been keeping an eye on both Hillary and Tom Emer's developments.

The illegitimate child scandal and the email controversy drew considerable criticism from both sides, but Tom Emmanuel handled the situation much better, while Sylvia received unanimous condemnation.

Although the latter has come up with many tricks and has been engaged in crisis public relations, the impact of the email scandal on the upper echelons of order is much greater than expected.

Congress has issued a notice that it will hold a formal hearing on the matter and conduct a preliminary investigation.

Hillary Clinton also released "all" of her public emails from her time as a senator online, but she still faced considerable criticism.

Because there are just too many ways to tamper with things.

Several members of her campaign team who appeared at the Soul Cooking event were also subjected to relentless attacks.

Regardless of Hillary Clinton's competence in handling affairs, over the past decade, she has meticulously cultivated herself into a representative of outstanding women through social activities such as being First Lady and the Cthulhu movement.

Her reputation was unparalleled among female politicians in the United States.

Before the election, Hillary Clinton's personal popularity was higher than Tom Emmer's.

If we consider the bragging case and the three-horse incident, then the two are basically evenly matched.

After this incident, Hillary's reputation and public image were significantly worse than Tom Emery's.

The latest poll results show that Tom Emery's approval rating has surpassed that of Hillary Clinton.

Especially in several key swing states.

This matter concerns their own interests, Brian said, "We should take this opportunity to crush Sillari and prevent her from having any chance of winning."

Jennifer cautioned, "Being a candidate is a protective shield, providing special protection for her while she's involved in the election."

“Change the target.” Erica stepped on the fish she had just caught and casually tossed it into the nearby live fish hold, saying, “Where are Silali’s men?”

Hawke suddenly had an idea: "We can continue fishing, for example, by finding a hacker to hook up with some of Hillary's campaign managers and see if we can hack into their emails and get more juicy information."

Brian wasn't entirely convinced and asked, "Will this work? The people Sillali hired are all elites."

Hawke, however, said, "Don't have too high expectations for these elites."

He vaguely remembered that when the email scandal was at its peak in his previous life, a hacker sent an anonymous email to a key figure in Hillary Clinton's campaign team, warning him that his email account had been hacked.

As a result, when this person opened the email, their inbox was hacked, a large amount of explosive information was leaked, and subsequently exposed by the media, causing Hillary's career to plummet.

The general public imagines elections as something grand and prestigious.

In reality, there are countless examples of makeshift teams doing things.

Hawke still has a memory because the email accounts of the core power team in the United States were leaked by such a low-level means, which is truly astonishing.

Think about Watergate and other scandals; in fact, election campaigns often employ the most straightforward and unpretentious strategies.

Hillary Clinton, once the queen of the industry, faced the email scandal. Not only did her crisis management fall apart, but at this critical moment, the whistleblowers also died one after another under suspicious circumstances…

The way it was handled was full of Cthulhu-esque capriciousness.

Sending an email to implant a Trojan horse doesn't require much skill; any hacker can do it.

Brian kept it in mind, and when the yacht headed back, he contacted his subordinate Sandra, asking her to find someone overseas to handle the matter.

WikiLeaks' overseas editors are a good choice.

Finding the relevant person's email address is not difficult.

As the sun approached the horizon, Erica and Jennifer went to chat about some women's topics.

Hawke and Brian went up to the top deck.

Brian leaned on the railing, looking at the sunset in the distance, and said, "This election has really opened my eyes and shattered my illusions about elections. Beyond the basic fundraising and policy campaigning, the behind-the-scenes struggles are not much different from what we did in Los Angeles."

Hawke laughed and said, "We've honed this many times; we're used to this level of high-level combat."

Brian nodded repeatedly: "That's right, we'll have a greater psychological advantage than others."

Looking back from when I first met Hawke, this path was one of fighting my way through a whole host of messy situations.

In a two-way election, as long as you eliminate your opponent, you will naturally win.

Hawke glanced at the reddened clouds in the sky and asked, "Do you have time to go to Texas? Let's go watch a rocket launch together."

Brian countered, "Is your satellite finally going to launch?"

“Yes, it’s launching this week, at an opportune time,” Hawke said simply. “From now on, our encrypted communications won’t rely on leased satellites anymore; we can use our own satellites anytime, anywhere.” Brian nodded. “That’s great news.” He smiled and said, “I thought it would be postponed until next year.”

To ensure the safety of the launch, SpaceX has repeatedly verified the launch vehicle technology, postponing the launch from the originally scheduled June date to August.

Fortunately, Hawke was patient and knew that if things went wrong in this situation, it would often result in rocket explosions and satellite damage, so he couldn't afford to be careless.

Hawke said, "The first six satellites will be launched into space over the next month."

Brian felt the chances of being sabotaged by communication problems during future elections were greatly reduced, saying, "I really want to go, but time and work don't allow it."

The yacht arrived at the Butterfly Company's dock, and Jennifer and Brian left first.

Hawke and Erica packed up a few of the fish they caught, and gave the rest to Juan and Garcia, who had come to watch the spectacle.

The latter handed the fish to Juan and accompanied Hawke to the parking lot, saying as they walked, "We observed over there for a few days and didn't find any more suspicious targets, so we brought them back."

After a moment's thought, he added, "We checked the private planes that recently took off from Orange County and found no suspicious persons. I suspect they entered Orange County by car."

Hawke, speaking from a planning perspective, said, "These people are always followed by someone to meet them, but if something happens to them, the person who was supposed to meet them should have escaped."

“That’s what we were thinking at the time,” Garcia smiled. “But eight drones yielded nothing.”

Hawke nodded: "That's enough, let's leave it at that."

He and Erica got into the car, returned home, and packed their luggage.

Accompanying him to Texas this time was Henderson, the CEO of West Coast Environmental Technology Company.

…………

Swell, Australia.

Julian Assange, sporting long platinum blonde hair, drove to the company early in the morning.

Recently, the attack on the US branch has caused him considerable headaches, but fortunately, everyone was unharmed.

When Assange created WikiLeaks, he had anticipated this situation, but when it actually happened, he still felt a chill run down his spine.

These seemingly dignified and important figures are actually incredibly corrupt in private. Once someone exposes their true colors, they all become enraged, abandon all pretense of decency, and launch direct personal attacks.

Assange entered the company and asked his assistant, "Any new developments in California?"

The assistant said, "Victor and the others have fully regained consciousness and are undergoing further treatment at the hospital. The FBI Los Angeles branch has contacted them, and they will attend the FBI's case briefing once they have recovered."

Assange asked, "Is the FBI's attitude unchanged, just like before?"

“No.” The assistant had specifically called about this matter: “The FBI supports our prosecution.”

Assange nodded: "Very good, these bastards don't treat us like human beings, we'll teach them a lesson! Ordinary people have ordinary strength too."

Behind a nearby computer, Cahill suddenly jumped up and shouted to Assange, "Boss, come quick, I've received an important email."

Assange quickly walked over and looked at the computer screen.

The website publicly shared an email address for collecting news leads and received an anonymous email with an address that was identified as the work email of Sullivan Posta, one of Hillary Clinton's campaign managers.

The email sender suggested using a Trojan horse to steal important emails from Sullivan's mailbox.

Cahill, an expert in this area, frowned and said, "Isn't this straight-hook fishing method too frivolous? Will it even work?"

Assange thought for a moment and said, "Don't think of them as too powerful and shrewd. Think about it, if they were really rational, our North American branch wouldn't have been attacked, and Victor and the others wouldn't be lying in the hospital."

Cahill, recalling the scandals that had been exposed, said, "Indeed, strip away the halo of being a candidate, and a lot of the things they do seem just as stupid as ordinary people."

Assange said, "Let's try sending emails using botnets. If it succeeds, we can let them know that we're not to be trifled with; if it fails, it doesn't matter."

Cahill sat back down at the computer, his hands flying across the keyboard: "I'll do it now."

An email containing a Trojan horse program was sent out over the internet.

Although Assange said that, he didn't actually have much hope for this straight-hook fishing method.

After sending the email, Cahill returned to his office.

…………

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sullivan is checking his emails, hoping to get in touch with the rest of Ivanov's squad.

However, since the FBI operation in Orange County was exposed, no further news has been received.

The Los Angeles FBI has raised the case to the highest level of confidentiality, and no related information has been released.

He has reported this matter to Sila and has prepared several backup plans.

Sullivan's email notification flashed, indicating that a new email had been received.

He refreshed the page and found a new email.

This is a warning email. The sender claims that someone is trying to hack into his account and that he needs to change his password immediately.

Sullivan was startled and quickly called over Charles, who was skilled in computer technology.

“I’ll handle it.” Charles took the notebook.

Sillari called at that moment, and Sullivan went to her office.

Charles took the laptop back to his temporary workstation and, instead of categorizing it as "illegal emails," he shredded the emails and their contents.

But then a video call came in, and he chatted on the video call while also dealing with emails.

Therefore, this email was marked as legitimate.

Charles scrolled down his email inbox, casually marked several other spam emails as illegal, and then shredded them.

Not long after, Sullivan returned.

Charles returned the notebook to him.

Sullivan plugged in the computer adapter, turned on the LCD screen, entered his login password, and his email page appeared.

He randomly selected the emails he received that day and clicked to open them all. The instant he opened them, his mailbox was hacked, and countless emails were quietly sent out by a Trojan program.

The parties involved were completely unaware.

(The email phishing incident is a real event, slightly embellished.) (End of Chapter)