I'm a spy in the film

The city of Midland is located in northwest Texas. It has convenient transportation and well-developed railway and air transportation, but it is most famous for its oil industry. However, in the past decade, due to the shrinkage of the oil industry, the oil industry in Midland has not been as good as before. Many oil wells with severe oil layer declines have been abandoned, and only some small oil well areas that have been developed not long ago are still in operation.

However, most of these oil wells are located deep in the remote Gobi Desert, with inconvenient transportation and poor internet access, and low wages, so few people are willing to work here. Only those single poor men who cannot find a normal job and can endure loneliness can continue to work here.

On this day, the sun was shining brightly. A black Chevrolet drove along the winding mountain road with difficulty to a small dirt slope where an oil platform was located. The car stopped and a young man in a black suit and black sunglasses got out of the car.

"It should be right here."

Bourne looked up at the sun above his head and walked towards an old RV parked not far away.

"Anyone there? Stanley Gieson, are you there?"

When he approached, he found the door of the RV was ajar. Bourne pushed open the creaking door and saw that the RV was in a mess and no one was inside.

"Is this, leaving?"

Bourne wondered.

Twenty minutes later, Bourne drove to the nearest RV on another small hill. A sloppy man with buck teeth said with a dazed look in his eyes and an envious tone:

"You don't know how hot that girl is. I saw everything. Even though she's dark-skinned, her thighs and her butt...ah..."

Bourne frowned.

"Stanley left with this woman?"

"Yeah, they played a round of golf together, and then Stanley packed his backpack and got in that hot chick's car and left, never to come back, leaving old Billy alone in this godforsaken place..."

The sloppy man drank some wine and mumbled something, but Bourne did not listen to the rest of the words. He came here to find a man named Stanley Giesen, but according to what the drunkard said, Stanley left yesterday, so he had no reason to stay here.

I wanted to call the bureau, but there wasn't even any cell phone signal here. It was such a poor place.

But if the environment here was not like this, Stanley would not have exiled himself here!

Bourne sighed, restarted the car and left.

Stanley Giesen, an American, studied at the California Institute of Technology, where he showed extraordinary talent in the field of computers and became a top hacker. He was named Person of the Year by Computer Magazine in 2016.

The reason he was on the list was because he accidentally discovered that the FBI was using its authority to illegally read citizens' emails. When warnings to the authorities were ineffective, Stanley not only brazenly cracked the FBI's internal network and invaded it twice, he also left a virus in the system that paralyzed the FBI's entire internal network and deleted records that should not have existed.

This feat undoubtedly made him the spiritual leader of many hackers at that time.

The good times didn't last long. Soon he was arrested by the FBI and brought to court because of betrayal by his ex-wife who wanted to be a star. The judge eventually sentenced him to a lifetime ban on computer contact.

Stanley is a smart man with a daughter.

For the sake of his daughter, he had to exile himself to a remote place like Midland City, where no one lives, and support himself by taking care of the boring job of drilling rigs. He also wanted to avoid the investigation of the FBI. After all, the incident was a big deal, and a deputy director of the bureau resigned. Congress even introduced a bill to restrict a considerable part of the FBI's power, which led to the National Security Agency and the CIA taking advantage of the opportunity to seize a lot of power and benefits. Many people in the bureau hated Stanley. If Stanley had not been protected by someone in Congress, he would have been killed long ago.

This information had been sealed for seven or eight years. However, after Bourne and Captain Norton experienced the disastrous defeat in Manhattan, Bourne mentioned the problem of the internal communication phone being unable to dial through, which attracted the attention of team leader Hank. The computer expert in the team, Black Girl Case, happened to be Stanley's junior and fan girl. The address in Midland City was also found by Black Girl Case because Stanley had sent things from here to his daughter in Los Angeles.

What's funny is that Stanley's ex-wife, who originally wanted to become famous by betraying him, has now become a pornographic film girl. This is also what Stanley cares about most.

Given Stanley's criminal record, the bureau decided to send someone here to investigate Stanley.

Zack is in the hospital and won't be discharged for at least two months. As Bourne was an eyewitness to the incident and a local of Texas, the task of investigating Stanley naturally fell on Bourne.

"Okay, okay, Dad, the Dallas Temple, I know the place, find Father Marcos, I know it. ..."

With one hand on the steering wheel to prevent it from spinning with the violently shaking car body, Bourne moved the mobile phone receiver away from his ear with one hand and sighed helplessly.

Just as he drove to a place with signal and before he could report to the police station, he received a call from his father, asking him to go back to Dallas to see Father Marcos on the weekend. The priest had something to tell him and they wanted to meet in person.

"I don't know what's going on, it's so mysterious!"

Bourne grumbled quietly, but still called the bureau to ask for leave. Although it was not the weekend, he was in Texas after all. Should he go back to New York first and fly back on the weekend? It would be better to take a few days off now and get the job done!

Sure enough, some industries in the United States are indeed very competitive, but as a public official, asking for leave is too common. Even Keith, who is in charge of liaison, said jokingly:

"Bourne, you're such a hard worker. Is this your first or second time asking for leave?"

This really made Bourne speechless. What? I insisted on going to work and not asking for leave, and I became an outlier?

Midland itself is an area with extremely developed shipping. Bourne simply dropped his rented car at the airport and took the nearest flight to Dallas, arriving at Fort Worth International Airport at noon.

After getting off the plane, he had a quick bite to eat at a restaurant near the airport. Father Max's reply came on his phone, saying that he was at the Thanksgiving Church in the city center and asked Bourne to go directly to him.

In the city center, in front of a strangely shaped building, Bourne met Father Marcos.

He was still the tall old man with neatly combed hair and a warm smile on his face.

When he saw Bourne, his smile widened.

However, the priest's first words after the meeting stumped Bourne.

"Bourne, do you know the history of this church?"

Scratching his head, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Bourne's face. He said hesitantly:

The Saint-Grâce Cathedral was built in 1976 by French artist Gabriel Loire. Its dome is the world's largest horizontal stained glass window - the "Window of Glory".

"Haha, kid, it seems you did some research beforehand. That's good. It's good that you can still respect something you are not interested in."

Father Marcos said this and turned to walk to the side. He did not enter the peculiarly shaped chapel, but walked towards the small pool next to it. The scenery there was quite nice and there was no one around, making it a good place to talk about private matters.