The group of people walked in a hurry, and the handles of their suitcases were tightly held in their hands. www.)

It wasn't until after getting on the plane that Ivanov breathed a sigh of relief.

"It will always be sent over..."

Speaking of it, what Ivanov has in his hands is not that simple to get.

In fact, they got this reagent from a rich man. The rich man finally got a reagent of this kind, but he was facing an almost complete economic collapse. The influx of Japanese made them at a loss. Measures.

And seizing this opportunity, Ivanov promised to inject 300 million US dollars into the other party, but also promised to find a buyer for the other party's business, and only then did he get this worthy gadget in his hand.

This is the dose that can directly change a person from old age to youth... It's just that he knows that the time is urgent, and the more delay, the worse the effect will be, which is obviously beyond his tolerance.

Before, they had done research on this reagent, but they hadn’t found anything, and in the end, all the medicines expired and expired.

Now, they absolutely don't allow this to happen.

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov's body is getting worse and worse now.

At the end of December 1981, Andropov visited Afghanistan. After just a few days, his physical condition deteriorated drastically, making him look like two people before and after.

"When we escorted him to the airport in Moscow, he still boarded the plane lightly," KGB vice chairman Chebrkov said to himself at the time. "When he returned to China, he was struggling. We had to put him on a stretcher and send him directly to the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital. So...you will face an arduous task this time..."

Andropov contracted an infectious disease during his visit to Afghanistan. This is a viral infection, which is somewhat similar to chickenpox, but it is a very special one.

This strange disease left Andropov with endless pain and indelible marks: the eyebrows fell off, his face was covered with scabs, and the original thick hair fell in strands. To make matters worse, he often fainted to the ground unexpectedly. Unconscious.

In particular, the previous actions made the Soviet Union determined to obtain this reagent.

——At that time, Andropov hosted a banquet for the leader of South Yemen, Ali Nasser Mohammed. At the end of the banquet. Andropov got up and walked to the entrance of the banquet hall to say goodbye to the guests. As soon as he stretched out a hand at Muhammad, his face immediately became pale and staggered. A bodyguard nearby was quick-eyed, and took Andropov with a stride, and then helped him sit on a chair...

After resting for a while, Andropov was relieved.

In fact, infectious diseases are just the last straw to defeat Andropov's health. In the past, Andropov has actually faced huge health problems.

Since the end of the 1970s, Andropov has suffered from hypertension, diabetes, arrhythmia, salmonellosis, atherosclerosis, colitis, arthritis, lichen, gout, and myocardial infarction. Tormented by illness.

Although Andropov feels a little better because of meticulous treatment and maintenance, this trip to Afghanistan has become the last straw that defeats his health.

Maybe he can still work normally now sometimes, but more often. Andropov’s problems are even more serious.

But they know that Americans have a magical medicine.

There is no official name for this medicine.

But only to, this thing was named "A".

The protein code-named "A". Can save Andropov.

Before this, the Soviets had actually gotten such a product, but... it was only "once". In their research, they did not get any results, but at that time, the protein named "A" had been completely decomposed.

In other words, this is a thing that is not easy to keep.

It can be said that the only research conclusion they got is that this thing cannot be kept for too long.

"I hope it will be faster..."

Ivanov looked at the white clouds outside the window. He took a deep breath.

At this moment... At this moment...

This is the opportunity. []

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"Okay, that's it."

Catherine nodded, about the identity of Menandez, and the appearance of the pendant, Catherine was already done.

"I just don't know if A has discovered anything about Menandez's identity~"

Catherine thought of the small "correction" she asked Baduwa to make. But it's very interesting.

Of course, there is still a problem now, that is, Catherine does not know whether these people will be able to discover the problem at this time.

If it doesn't work, it's fine. However, an interesting design is gone, making Catherine feel that she seems to have lost too many points.

After all, such an interesting design can't be found everywhere...

"Well, now, we should be able to start engaging our ghost agents."

Catherine decided to choose ghost agents now.

"How are you going to train?"

Well, although the ghost agent is also unreliable, it seems to be at least much better than Menandez’s plan before, doesn’t it?

"Training? No, I don't train, I'm going to pick others."

Catherine shook her head.

"Selection? No training?"

Elsa was a little strange.

"Of course... do you know Goodhart's Law?"

Elsa nodded: "It was very famous a few days ago."

Goodhart's Law. This law was put forward by a consultant from the Bank of England in the 1970s. It pointed out that once an indicator becomes the basis for policy making, it is immediately no longer valid.

For example, the police can reduce the incidence of shoplifting by mobilizing more resources from other crime-fighting operations. The incidence of shoplifting has decreased, but the incidence of other crimes has increased.

As a result, the incidence of shoplifting is no longer useful in indicating overall crime trends.

There are similar things like GDP. From this perspective, once a specific measurement standard like GDP is used as a performance indicator of a complex system, the government may pay attention to this measurement indicator and increase the growth of this indicator at the expense of other aspects of the country. . GDP itself may rise, but it becomes less effective when it comes to measuring the broader economic and national fiscal health.

"We don't need hard indicators, because in this case, the development of other aspects of the team members is likely to be restricted. Therefore, what we need are free fighters who can develop in an all-round way. These people will become our goals... Well, to be honest, it seems better if they can all be beautiful girls."

"Forget about this daydream, Kate."

At least this will not work...

"It will definitely be fine after release."

But not now...

Although in Catherine's mind, this is a very commendable method, but in actual operation, it is completely unfeasible.

Uh... it can't be said that there is no at all.

If it can transform the opponent's body, it seems that it's okay.

However, who would accept such a transformation?

If the other person is a female, this is okay to make yourself more beautiful.

But what about boys?

Become a... but ♂lovable boy?

Ha, are you kidding me?

Okay, it's really ok to say no, but it is estimated that the team members are unlikely to accept it.

It's just that the opponent is a little sufferer, but the mighty fighters are generally seldom interested in their appearance as a sissy?

Men and women, in fact, have become less important in Catherine's heart now, but how to put it, Catherine naturally hopes that everything can be more beautiful, which will mean her own victory.

"If it doesn't work, forget it, but ghost agents can have some specialties. They are not mercenaries, but they have more powerful qualities than mercenaries."

Generally speaking, although mercenaries have problems with their will to fight, the quality of their individual soldiers is not a problem.

At least for now, it is true.

Because mercenaries have greatly expanded, the series of societies that have formed around mercenaries have undergone essential changes.

Among mercenaries, only outstanding fighters can live longer.

However, at this moment, a phone call came over suddenly.

"This is Edson."

"Miss Edson, we just received a message that Mr. Purcell did not take the'Protein A'we gave him, but sold it."

The voice on the phone is the staff of Hive, who is responsible for monitoring the person taking code A. In fact, there is not much need, as long as you look at the other person's appearance, you can basically make a judgment.

"...Oh? Do you know whom they sold to?"

Catherine asked.

"It was Soviet spies. After the purchase, they quickly fled our country."

Still a Soviet spy?

Catherine squinted her eyes~lightnovelpub.net~ That means that Andropov is very likely... will live longer? "

For Americans, this is not a good thing...

Of course, based on Andropov’s vision, this does not seem to be a good thing for the Soviet Union...

"What's the specific situation?"

"According to the investigation we received, the other party did not use the product within the expiration date, and then based on our search, we found a suspicious person... According to our subsequent investigation, we found that this person is most likely the Soviet Union. spy."

It turned out to be like this?

If you let that person live a little longer... it seems that the plan behind him will have to be revised accordingly.

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