special task

Early in the morning, Wu Lin was woken up by a phone call. It was Finch.

"Good morning, Ms. Lynn."

"Yo, Finch. Well, did that information I gave you help?"

"Extremely. Mr. Reese found the documents that were closed first, and was about to give anonymous information, but we found out that the insider was not Ms. Copeland, but her subordinates forged her signature."

"So Andrea doesn't have to hide anymore?"

"Yes. Surprisingly, the insider has a good relationship with Ms. Guterres."

"Looks like one can only hope that Andrea isn't too upset. Glad we don't have that problem."

Finch was silent for a while, as if he was choked by Wu Lin's words.But soon, he stopped continuing: "Although there are these documents, it will take a few days to solve this problem. During these few days, I hope you can follow Ms. Guterres to ensure her safety."

Wu Lin raised her eyebrows, she must still be unwilling to let her participate in the number between them.But this time, she didn't want to be particularly entangled.She just discovered something very interesting this time.

Yesterday, while Andrea was still sleeping, Wu Lin's mobile phone was checking Fusco's movements, and found that Fusco had accepted a small "task" from John.Inquiring about Finch's real identity, there are two clues that can be seen so far, one is Finch's various aliases, and the other is Mr. and Mrs. Ingham.

Wu Lin touched her lips with her hand, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was meaningful. It seemed that she didn't miss many important things.John doesn't know Finch's background yet!This got her a little excited.It has to be said that Wu Lin still has a lot of resentment towards them.If she could be the first to figure out Finch's background, she would be very happy to do anything that could be one step ahead of John.

Andrea was escorted home by Wu Lin, and after some small investigations, Wu Lin confirmed Andrea's safety.Before leaving, Andrea said "thank you" to Wu Lin again.

Wu Lin nodded and smiled at Andrea: "You're welcome."

Just when Wu Lin was about to turn around and leave, Andrea stopped Wu Lin: "Well, if I also want to read Batman, which one should I start with?"

Wu Lin was a little surprised, and then burst into a brilliant smile again: "Then let's start with CrimeonWar (Note 22)."

Even after a few minutes, Wu Lin still couldn't recover from her excitement.It's really good to drag people into the pit, especially when the things you love are recognized by others.

****Gateway No. 32, I Street****

"Oh, sorry sorry!"

"Well, it's fine."

After a handsome blond-haired guy helped the black-haired woman up, the two passed by.At the next street corner, the woman turned around and saw that the handsome blond guy had disappeared into the vast crowd.The woman was Wu Lin, and the handsome blonde... was William Ingham.

****Three days later****

Wu Lin went back to the hotel in New York where John had found her, sorting out information about Ingram, and Fusco was starting to track down Finch's various aliases.Interestingly, Wu Lin discovered that most of Finch's aliases use Harold as the first name, and many surnames are related to birds.She slandered a little, why not just call her Robin?And the distribution area of ​​those birds can't explain anything, the area covered is too large.

In the three days, she started with the simpler ones.Nathan Ingham, who died in 2010, was around the same time that John went on that classified mission.Cracked some CIA materials, one of which was the mission, the mission to go to the Celestial Dynasty.

According to all the news, Nathan Ingram died in a car accident, but if he died in a car accident, it would be too simple.People who get involved with Finch are usually not that simple.In particular, his company, IFT, suddenly laid off staff in 2002. Nothing particularly famous happened in 2002, but... a year ago, Wu Lin almost subconsciously thought of 911, but how could 911 affect a technology company?And she tried to hack IFT's network, hoping to get some clues from IFT's unique server, but she didn't expect that she couldn't hack at all.Even if she used software brute force to invade, she couldn't pass through the firewall. In her impression, the only one who could do it was Finch.

Of course, she also knew that there would always be an expert hiding in the crowd, maybe it wasn't Finch.But when she did more research, she found something even more interesting.Harold Lane.The name appears on Ingham's MIT alumni name, and the two are in the same department.From the graduation photos, she could vaguely see that this was Finch today.At least the glasses do.

Just such a little information was found by Wu Lin after a whole day of research. She even took a special flight to MIT to try to find out the information about Harold Ryan and see what their classmates had recorded. The result... I got The information is still poor.

She browsed the back door of the government census, and the back door of the tax office, and she found it.Harold Lane, used at the time of MIT admission, and there is no record before 1976.In other words, if Harold Lane is Finch, then he has been incognito since so early!Why?

Let's say Ingram and Finch were the same age, because they were in the same class and Ingram was enrolled in 1980, when he was 18.Finch should be around his age, so...in 1976... Finch was about 14 years old!

The doubts in Wu Lin's mind were like snowballing, getting bigger and bigger, especially for Finch, she felt even more admired in her heart.How on earth did he learn to remain anonymous at around the age of 14?After Wu Lin copied these materials, she withdrew from the back door of the government. From these materials, she can basically confirm that both Finch and Nathan should know about the machine, and... it should be the two of them Produced, most likely with Fincher as the technician and Nathan as the "helper" or Fincher's "public face".

After a while, Wu Lin took a deep breath and let it out slowly.She walked to the window and looked up at the sky. It was already night again, and the time for searching and comparing information always passed quickly.Wu Lin not only remembered the days of studying a long time ago, the days when she searched for information desperately whenever she was interested.Seems like a long time ago?But the truth is, less than four years.

almost three years...

She thought of her mother's face again, and her nose was a little sore.She knew that her mother would be well taken care of, and her mother would be taken care of by Richard... She hurriedly participated in their wedding, and came to that laboratory...

Wu Lin patted her face and raised her spirits. She should be happy for her mother.should……

There was nothing else to do, there was only so much that could be found, IFT... Wu Lin wasn't even sure if she wanted to find anything.Anyway, being idle is idle, Wu Lin decided to check the surveillance records of Fusco and William, she hadn't checked them for three days.I don't use the computer in the safe house to check, mainly because I am afraid that if I go too often, I will be discovered.Even if she has deleted Finch's function of monitoring and finding user addresses, but... For people like Finch, who knows if there is anything hidden.

For the time being, Fusco's surveillance records are useless, but all the information in Cha Vinci's pseudonym has been gone, which is similar to what Wu Lin knows.And William's surveillance record seems to be much more useful, because there is a conversation between Finch and William, and it is William saying that Nathan Ingham sold a piece of software or something to the US government for a dollar | government.Wu Lin keenly felt that the software was absolutely machine-correct.But she still couldn't figure it out, what use is the machine to the US government?

After fast-forwarding and reading those relatively useless records, Wu Lin decided to go to the library to see if the case in their hands had been completed, and she had to be closer to them now.Maybe there will be surprises.As a result, when Wu Lin rushed to the library, she was abnormally quiet.Usually during the day, even if there is no case, these two people will meet at this time or something, but today no one is here, even the door is completely locked.

Wu Lin shrugged and decided to ignore the door lock and go in to have a look.After entering, she was even more surprised, and the backup batteries were completely turned off.Generally, Finch would not turn off the power supply completely, and would turn off the computer system once a week at most.Wu Lin had a vague premonition...

She called John, but couldn't get through, so she called Finch, and Finch's cold and soft voice came out, reading another mobile phone number.After calling again, Finch's voice finally sounded: "Hello?"

"Finch, what's wrong with the library?"

"You are in the library? Immediately, get out of that place!"

"What's wrong? The library was discovered?"

"...You don't need to know. For your safety, get out of here."

"...Okay, don't get excited, I'll leave right away."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Lin suppressed her excitement: This is an excellent opportunity!

Cutting off the power supply can erase the record of the last boot, as long as the cleaning is clean enough, it will never be found.The information in Finch's computer is definitely more complete than the information in other places!Even if there are clues, Wu Lin is sure that there will be more information than what she has found so far.

But... If she turns on the computer, she will be able to connect to the Internet. What if she is discovered by the other party?She still doesn't know who the other party is?

But... If she misses this opportunity, she really can only use clichés to... clichés!

But... what if the other party is still waiting to start the machine to invade?What if her action made the other party discover the library?

Wu Lin struggled in her heart for a while, but finally turned around and left.As she was walking up the stairs of the library, Wu Lin turned her head at the passing faces.John half leaned against the wall, Wu Lin's heart tightened, and then he let out a sigh of relief.Fortunately, she didn't do anything just now, as expected, if people don't know, she can't do anything.

John tilted his head: "Are you busy these days?"

Wu Lin spread her hands: "It's okay, how about you?"

"No big deal, just saved a person."

"I'm fine, I just went on a trip."

John stood up straight and walked past Wu Lin, feeling full of oppression: "Do you have any romantic encounters?"

Wu Lin frowned, a flash of understanding flashed in her mind, and she smiled: "Ah, let's see what your affair means."

John came closer and teased with a smile: "Oh, I thought there was something different between us."

Wu Lin's heart skipped a beat, even though she knew John didn't mean what he said on the surface, but just wanted to find out whether she had met Palf, but...

In order to get rid of this state, Wu Lin also looked up, trying not to be shy: "Ah, maybe there is, maybe not."

John let Wu Lin go without further questioning, and Wu Lin didn't stay any longer, and waved her hand: "I'm going to find an affair, call me if you need something."

Wu Lin, who almost ran away, completely forgot to ask for John's phone number, and John contacted Finch after Wu Lin left: "Finch, Lin didn't turn on the computer."

"It seems that our friend still knows how to measure."

"Or, she's more patient than you think."

"Anyway, shouldn't you go see our construction manager?"

"I listen to you."

****Construction Manager's Doorstep****

"[Zoe.]"

“[John.] I thought, Am I supposed to be paid overtime?”

"Of course, unfortunately I don't have anything."

"How about a glass of wine?"

"..."

"That little girlfriend of yours (Note 23), she really knows how to make trouble. In two months, she has challenged many gang headquarters and underground fighting rings."

"Then?"

"It is said that there is a blond man beside her. Like a supervisor, he threw your little girlfriend into it several times."

"Do you know the name?"

"No, but there was no trace of this person two months ago, as if he appeared out of thin air. Where did you find all these troubles?"

"Oh, you know, I'm a man with problems. (Note 24)"

Zooey looked aside: "I think it's time for me to change my salary, the man with the problem."

The two looked at each other and smiled, John turned his head and looked at the construction administrator who was surrounded by reporters in the distance: "[You told me that someone sent those reporters away with only two words, and you know what they said Those two words?]”

Zooey gave John a knowing smile, walked towards the reporter, and said a few words to the reporter, and sure enough, the reporters dispersed.And John...had already left the moment he turned around.

The author has something to say: Note 22: The painting style in this book is amazing, it was drawn by the god-man Alex Ross.There is a short story in it, but it’s not really special... It’s about killing the bat’s parents again... It’s just my love... I recommend it~

Note 23: It is LittleGirlFriend, with two meanings, little girlfriend and little female friend. John did not correct this name without a lower limit, but Zoe was just testing.

Note 24: Troubledman can be understood as a man with problems, or as a man with troubles. Trouble is dual-purpose.