American Comics: Opening Guidance Batman - Chapter 452 The beginning of the confrontation (middle)

"what you mean?"

"This dream."

Merkel looked around with her eyes. This is a clean and tidy doctor's office. The reason why it can be seen as a doctor's office is not only because Schiller is wearing a white coat in front of him, but also because it is placed by Schiller's hand. Many medical records, anatomical drawings on the wall, and a medical bed next to the room.

It's very real here. It's exactly the same office that Merkel has seen most doctors use. The images and text on the anatomical map are clearly visible. The reflection of the metal on the legs of the medical bed reflects the color of the floor tiles. All the details are impeccably real, not like a dream at all.

Just now, Merkel witnessed the absurd scene in the banquet hall and saw the terrifying dark tide and dazzling light. Merkel is a staunch materialist, and his common sense tells him that this kind of thing will not Happened in reality, then there may be only one, this is a dream.

The only question is, how exactly did Schiller create such a real but absurd dream, and how did he pull people into it?

Merkel feels that figuring out this problem now is much more important than his original mission goal, because as far as he knows, human research on conscious dreams in the brain is still very shallow, and this will be a very important piece of information.

"Haven't you already experienced it?"

"You mean that bottle of wine?"

Schiller nodded, then continued, "Of course, that's the problem."

He pointed at his head and said to Merkel: "You should understand that consciousness and dreams are the products of the human brain, and you must have a brain that is smart enough to have enough capacity to run a huge And a real dream."

"...brain development?" Merkel apparently thought of something.

"It seems that you are not just a low-level agent who unilaterally provided information to the Soviet Union. You should also know some information about the Soviet Union."

Merkel immediately shut up, and at the same time, he was a little annoyed in his heart, as if he had been told by Schiller.

Schiller shook his head and said: "You don't have to be nervous. I know better than you how far this topic has been studied and how far it can be studied in the future."

"...to what extent?"

"The extent of no progress."

Merkel moved his lips as if to refute, but he was worried that he would reveal more information, so he said to Schiller: "You don't seem to answer my question."

"I answered, the answer is the bottle of wine plus my brain, and nothing else."

"I know you're thinking about how you're going to take that bottle, or how you're going to take my brain..."

"But I advise you not to do that, either of these two things being studied alone could be a disaster."

"We are not afraid of any disaster."

Schiller opened his mouth, and he found that Merkel's answer, he really had no way to answer, so he could only say:

"Now it's my turn to ask the second question, what is your mission goal?"

Merkel frowned, as if he did not expect Schiller to be so straight to the point. He thought that the two would try at least two more rounds.

But this made him feel a little more at ease. It seemed that he felt that Schiller's character had changed before, but it was just his illusion.

"I'm tracking down an agent."

"Who is he?"

"It's an internal matter for us."

"Why are you going after him?"

"Because he lost contact for a long time."

Schiller flipped the pen in his hand, looked at Merkel and said, "You are telling the truth, but only part of the truth."

"You want to find the guy who might have taken the Philby list, right?"

Merkel's hole shrank suddenly, he frowned deeply, trying to keep calm, he wanted to deny it, but his reason told him that since Schiller had already said the name "Philby List", Prove that he knows a lot.

"Where did you know the name?"

"Is this your next question?"

"……Yes."

"Now, my body is in the mayor's mansion of the Metropolis. There was an accident here just now. I won't say much about it, but in short, a group of agents blocked the place."

"Just now, the leader of them announced something in the banquet hall. He claimed that among the participants of the banquet, there was a Soviet spy who took the Philby list, and after finding out the name The agents won't let us go until we spy."

Merkel's face sank immediately, he could hardly control his facial expressions, and his inner anxiety was written on his face.

"Who is he? Where is he now?"

"I don't know." After Schiller gave a reply, Merkel still stared at him, and Schiller tapped the table with the tip of his pen and said, "How can I know what even CIA agents are not sure about? "

"Okay, I'll ask one last question, and answer you one last question, and then I'll put your consciousness back into your body."

Schiller looked into Merkel's eyes and asked:

"Why is the Philby List so important?"

Merkel pursed her lips. He hesitated whether to tell Schiller this question. If he was really the enemy, after understanding the importance of the list, he might help the CIA agent kill the Soviet Union who had the list. Agent.

He recalled some details of getting along with Schiller in his mind. He had to admit that Schiller was a very eccentric person. He was very different from ordinary Americans, and even different from British and even Europeans. Not a normal person, thinking is incomprehensible to normal people.

Faced with such a person, it is difficult to judge his ideology, or even what he believes in.

If it was in the past, Merkel would feel that his work was unfavorable and he did not collect enough intelligence, but now, he has given him a bit of self-deception fantasy, perhaps, Schiller will not completely fall to the CIA, perhaps there is still a little bit of struggle possible help.

Finally, he still said:

"Perhaps, you should have heard on the radio that on the eve of Philby's departure from the United Kingdom, in 1962-1963, he had been subjected to a lot of investigations, and that time was extremely dangerous, even though Philby had lived in In a high position, there is no sure-fire way to retreat."

"Philby used to be an important staff member of the fifth division of the British MI6 and the ninth section chief of the Soviet intelligence work. I think you should also know what this means."

"The ninth section is responsible for intelligence work on the Soviet Union, and their section chiefs are ours."

"During this career, Philby has obtained a lot of intelligence, and at the same time, he is also responsible for tracking down the spies that the Soviet Union may have buried in several other countries. Taking advantage of his position, he has defended many of our comrades and guaranteed them work can proceed smoothly.”

"At the same time, he also knows that many countries have secret agents and spies buried in the Soviet Union. If you know about espionage work, you should know that sending spies is mutual. There is no such thing as what Western countries say. Only the Soviet Union is engaged in espionage work."

"Coming to Philby's position, the information he has is very terrifying, and the most important information is the identities of Soviet spies and spies from other countries."

"In the face of an important investigation, Philby was not sure that he would be able to return to the Soviet Union safely, and even so, he hoped that the information he had had would be passed back to the Soviet Union."

"But at that time, his every move was closely monitored, and the person in charge of investigating him wanted to find out his incriminating evidence from his behavior. Philby knew that he could not directly contact Moscow, he A more euphemistic approach has to be taken."

"So, there's the Philby List."

Merkel sighed, put his hands on the table, clasped them together, and said: "It records, with Philby's ability, all the Soviet spies and spies from other countries. Identity Information."

"I think you should know how important this is."

"That's why the CIA wants to get this list, because it's likely to record the list of the spies they buried. Although decades have passed, as long as the identities of some people can be confirmed, they can Follow the vine."

"All intelligence agencies think this way, they don't want any of their opponents or even teammates to get this list, which could be devastating to their intelligence network in a certain area."

"What do you mean by a more euphemistic way to transfer this list?"

The words have already been said, and Merkel does not need to hide any more. He said: "It is the oldest method, find a trusted person, give it to him, and then that person will bring it back to Moscow."

"But it didn't work out in the end."

"No, it actually succeeded, or in other words, although the plan didn't succeed, Philby got rid of the investigation and returned to Moscow successfully. Those materials are all in his mind."

"So, the Soviet Union has the information?"

Merkel sighed and said: "That's why other countries are more interested in finding this list because they are already vulnerable, and in the years between Philby's return to Moscow and his death, Western countries have been in intelligence. It can be said that there are repeated defeats in the work, which is also from the influence of Philby."

"They want to turn the tables on this list?"

Merkel shook her head and said: "Not actually, they just need something to cross."

He stretched out a hand, gestured, and said, "The information in Kim Philby's mind~www.novelbuddy.com~ and the content recorded on Philby's list should be pretty much the same."

"As long as they can get the Philby list and prove that the information on it is very detailed and can cause very great damage, then they can push the failure of intelligence work over the years to Philby and the failure to try Phil. compared to people."

Schiller immediately understood that Merkel actually meant that this group of people went so desperately to find this list, in fact, to show that the opponent was too strong, not that they were too weak.

As long as they find this list, which contains very detailed spy information, then they can infer that we are playing a clear card, how can we beat the other side, so that the failure of intelligence work over the years can be A write-off.

Thinker

"But why at this time?" Schiller asked again.

Merkel shook her head, indicating that he didn't know either, but Schiller could understand that if the CIA wanted to dump the blame, did it have to pick a time? In other words, dumping the pot is their main business.

"Okay, you can ask me one last question, and then you can end this dream."

Merkel was silent for a while, and when Schiller wanted to remind him, he looked into Schiller's eyes and said in a hoarse voice:

"Have you read the Communist Manifesto?"

Schiller was silent for a long time, then he stood up, walked to the window, looked at the nothingness outside the window, and said in a low voice:

"You know what? The CIA agent is right outside my door, and I just need to wake up right away and tell him you're not going to survive this winter if you ask me that."

"I know……"

Schiller turned back, and he saw that there was a kind of light in Merkel's eyes, brighter than the sun that fell on the top of the tower before.

"But I don't care."