Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Inside the Four Seasons Hotel's café, a middle-aged man in a plaid suit, white shirt, and blue tie was sitting by the window, drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.

"I'm sorry, something came up at home and I'm late!" A woman dressed in an expensive Western-style dress and wearing a white sun hat walked over and said, carrying a brown leather bag.

"It's alright, I just arrived too. Mrs. Zhang, please have a seat!" The middle-aged man in a suit quickly stood up and said, and thoughtfully pulled out a chair for the lady.

"Thank you!" the woman said with a smile and then sat down gracefully.

The middle-aged man in a suit clapped his hands at the waiter, and after the waiter came over, he asked the lady, "What would you like to drink?"

The lady said to the waiter, "Just a glass of cool water will do."

"Okay, ma'am, please wait a moment!" the waiter said before turning and leaving.

The middle-aged man in a suit asked curiously, "As far as I know, you've always liked drinking coffee, haven't you? Why haven't I seen you drinking coffee these past few times? You've been drinking plain water every time we've met?"

The woman smiled and said, "The island is currently under blockade by the Japanese, and supplies are scarce. Besides, I have plenty of coffee at home, so I'll leave it for those who need it!"

The middle-aged man in the suit shook his head and smiled wryly, "You still like to think about others so much!"

The waiter quickly brought over some cool boiled water. After the waiter left, the woman picked up the glass, took a sip, and asked, "So, what task does your superior have for me after this meeting?"

The middle-aged man in a suit looked hesitant.

"What? Is there something you can't say?" the woman asked.

The middle-aged man in a suit sighed and said, "This mission is going to be a long trip!"

"What? Leave here?"

"Correct!"

"where to?"

The middle-aged man in a suit said, "Go to the place you've always wanted to go but haven't yet: headquarters."

The woman's expression froze, and after a few seconds she asked in confusion, "What are you going to do? Study?"

"This trip to headquarters for training is only one of the purposes. Another task is to have you serve as a French translator. A well-known French journalist is going to headquarters for an interview, and we urgently need a translator who is proficient in French, especially one who can handle some specialized knowledge. You are the only one who meets the requirements!"

The woman frowned deeply after hearing this: "Couldn't you find another comrade to replace me? Why does it have to be me? Besides, I have a lot of things to do here. And you know the Japanese have blocked the land and sea routes, how am I supposed to leave?"

The middle-aged man in a suit sighed, "This translation work is very important. If we could find someone else to replace you, the higher-ups wouldn't have sent me to you. I know you're very valuable here, but this is the decision of the higher-ups, and there's nothing I can do about it."

The woman was a little flustered. She opened her purse, took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and started smoking.

Two minutes later, she exhaled a puff of smoke and asked, "Okay, when do we set off? What route will we take?"

The middle-aged man in a suit said, "We don't have any particularly safe routes or channels here for the time being. As far as I know, there's a fleet of transport planes flying to the southwest every night and early morning. You'll probably have to ask your husband to arrange this."

"We've checked, and there haven't been any incidents on air transport routes to the southwest recently, so they should be considered relatively safe. Taking other routes would have risked being intercepted by the Japanese."

The woman became angry upon hearing this: "You're asking a husband to personally see his wife off as she abandons him and their children? You're asking me to stab my husband in the chest!"

The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, then said seriously, "Comrade Huilan, if we could arrange a safe route, we would never have resorted to this. The problem now is how to persuade your husband. Time is limited, you must get to headquarters within half a month!"

Liu Huilan looked up and asked, "How long will I be staying at headquarters this time? When will I be back?"

The middle-aged man in a suit took a sip of coffee. "I can't give you an exact timeframe for this. It depends on how long that French journalist stays at headquarters, and also on your learning progress there. Maybe three months, six months, maybe two or three years."

The cigarette had burned to the end. Liu Huilan stubbed it out in the ashtray and said, "Alright, I'll obey the organization's arrangements. After we get to the Southwest, who will I contact, and how will we make contact?"

The middle-aged man said in a low voice, "In the past, Aunt Gu assisted you with your work. This time, she will still arrange for you to go to headquarters. Our comrades will escort you along the way, so you can rest assured!"

"Aunt Gu's son works at the Jiangzhou post office. After you arrive in Jiangzhou, drop a blank envelope containing your temporary address in the mailbox near your former residence. Aunt Gu's son will collect all the mail from the mailbox by bicycle before 5 p.m. that day."

"Aunt Gu will come to find you in the evening; just follow her instructions after that."

After listening, Liu Huilan said, "I understand. Is there anything else you want to say?"

"That's all... Have a safe journey and hope you can return soon. Our work here really needs you; without you, our work will definitely be greatly restricted."

Liu Huilan picked up her handbag, stood up, and turned to leave.

After returning home, Liu Huilan had no idea how to talk to Zhang Yunhe. She had two children, one only 4 years old and the other only 1 year old. How could they be separated from their mother at such a young age?

However, the tasks assigned by the organization cannot be ignored.

After hesitating and dawdling for two days, Liu Huilan finally had to bite the bullet and find an opportunity that evening to tell Zhang Yunhe about her mission to go north.

Zhang Yunhe's expression changed upon hearing this. "The child is so young, how can you leave?"

Liu Huilan sighed, "I don't want to leave either, but I can't disobey the organization's orders. I know that telling you this now is just making things harder for you, but I have no choice. If I could refuse, I wouldn't put you in such a difficult position. I'm not the kind of person who insists on suffering when there's no hardship. Who doesn't want a loving husband and children by their side?"

Zhang Yunhe knew he couldn't stop this, and he couldn't decide whether Liu Huilan stayed or left. Rather than having a falling out with his wife over this, he thought it was better to let her leave in peace.

"So you're saying we absolutely have to leave?"

Liu Huilan shook her head and said, "There's no other way. My superiors said that if they could find someone else to replace me, they wouldn't have transferred me from so far away."

Zhang Yunhe lit a cigarette. "When are you leaving? How are you leaving?"

Liu Huilan said, "I heard that you have opened a secret air route to Jiangzhou. If possible, could you arrange for me to go to Jiangzhou with the supply transport flight squadron? Once we arrive in Jiangzhou, I won't have to worry about anything else."