Chapter 71: Rat Plague
There is a residential area not far from Victoria Street where the police building is located. It is a very traditional residential area with a sense of age and history. The houses are close together, there is no front yard, and the door is the sidewalk. There is no backyard either, and the back door is also the sidewalk. Most of the houses are three-story long and narrow. This area is the high-end residential area in the city center of England in the 1960s and 1970s, and the current price is not cheap.
This street is called Whitehall Street. Building 1 on Whitehall Street was originally the administrative office of the Police Department's Community Mutual Assistance Team. Due to the strengthening of community patrols and other reasons, the authorities attach great importance to the role that the Community Mutual Assistance Team can play in public security. Three months ago, the administrative office of the Mutual Assistance Team moved from here to the vicinity of the Police Department. Now Building 1 is in ruins and has become the temporary office of Blade.
Blade currently has no real work and is still in the stage of recruiting new people. Their main base is being renovated and equipped with security equipment, so this place has become their temporary administrative workplace . The computer server was delivered last night, and Blade's job today is to install the system and other computer-related work.
Building 1 looks no different from other houses, and the interior is much the same. The second floor of Building 1 penetrates Building 2, connecting the two houses together. Blade currently has only five staff members and two special police teams temporarily stationed in Building 10 under Blade's command. Building 10 is opposite Building 1, only one street away.
The main job of the five agents is to screen, secretly visit and investigate the recommended personnel from various law enforcement agencies. The reason why Fiona appeared in the Happy Bar was because of Baker who was recommended by the anti-powder team.
Isa is the director of Blade. She is in her early forties, wearing a suit and earrings. She looks more like a company executive. After listening to the conversation between Robert and Liang Xi, she asked the person next to her: "Fiona, do you know Liang Xi?"
Fiona still had a ponytail hairstyle. She was wearing a black sleeveless tights and was bullying a standing heavy sandbag. After a set of combined punches and two kicks, Fiona adjusted her breathing and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Isa replied: "You specifically told Robert to show the greatest ."
Fiona tore off her boxing gloves with her teeth and threw them on the table: "It's none of your business, and it's not about work." She admitted that she knew Liang Xi.
Isa was not angry and asked, "Do you think Liang Xi's analysis makes sense?"
Fiona asked back: "Hasn't the Dune Group surrendered to you?"
Isa said: "They want us to support them in continuing the Dune Project, not to stop it. It is obvious that MI6 is involved in the Dune Project, but there are no MI6 members in the intelligence provided by Mark. They don't trust us."
As they were talking, someone rang the doorbell. Fiona looked at the monitor screen and saw a plainclothes police officer holding a large box. Isa said, "He's an acquaintance. Let him in. How's the database progress?"
Fiona looked at the dozen hard drives on the table and a computer host connected to a computer server via a data cable: "It will take another two hours. Isa, why do we need to set up a separate database?" As she spoke, Fiona removed the hard drive from the computer host and put it aside, installed a new hard drive into the host, and continued to copy the data on this hard drive to the server.
Isa replied: "Because Blade is going to be the UK's top anti-terrorist unit."
Fiona: "You're still so ambitious."
Isha replied: "I have no ambition. I have already retired."
As they were talking, the deliveryman came to the second floor. Isa exchanged a few words with the deliveryman and signed for the goods. After watching the deliveryman leave, Isa took out a utility knife and prepared to unpack.
Fiona asked, "Did you hear anything?"
Isa listened: "It seems to be the first floor."
Isa pulled out the pistol from her waist, and Fiona pulled out a pistol from the tactical belt on the table. They both put on headsets, and Isa called out on the headset: "Situation No. 6, please be alert."
"Honghe received, everyone on alert, sniper will arrive at position within 20 seconds." The SWAT team captain, who was more than ten meters away, responded to the call.
Isa leaned over to the stairs and pointed to Fiona, pointing at her eyes. Fiona nodded, using the cover tactic, she stretched her head to look down, and immediately retracted her head to attract possible fire. Isa turned and walked out of the stairs with the gun in both hands, pointing the gun downwards, and was stunned for a moment.
Countless rats rushed to the stairs like a tide, trying to climb up quickly. Isa cursed and immediately returned to the second floor with Fiona. Another large group of rats rushed out of the bathroom and ran around. The two immediately retreated to the side room and closed the door. As soon as the door was closed, rats fell from the ceiling vents like rain. Isa kicked a rat out of her trouser leg and pointed at the window. Fiona put away the gun, grabbed a chair and smashed the window.
Fiona stood on the second-floor window sill, looked down, and jumped down without hesitation. Isa also jumped down. After landing, Isa called out: "Red River is on full alert. Contact the fire department immediately. A rat infestation has been discovered at the headquarters."
Fiona helped Issa up: "I knew I couldn't open the basement."
Isa was angry: "It was you who suggested opening the basement to look for treasure and you stepped on three rats to death. Huh? The rats appeared after the police delivered the goods."
Fiona understood immediately: "Is it a trap? What are they going to do?"
Isa was not sure: "Hard drive? It contains all the terrorist materials collected by the police department in the past 30 years." Even if a hacker broke into the police system, it would take more than a few hours to download all the materials, so Fiona used hard drive copying to transfer the data. The reason Isa was not sure was: Is this material worth stealing?
At this time, the wall connecting Building 3 and Building 2 was blown up. With knowledge, a few holes and some explosives, it can be easily done. Two people wearing fireproof suits entered Building 2 and quickly reached Building 1. Firefighter A took out a canvas bag and put all the hard drives in it. Firefighter B poured the two barrels of gasoline he brought everywhere.
The rats overwhelmed the cartons brought by the deliveryman and formed a rat roll around the table. Fireman B lit a lighter and threw it into the pile of rats, and he and Fireman A quickly left Buildings 1 and 2.
The Red River special police who broke into the house saw countless rats running around on fire. Since the door was open, many fire rats took the opportunity to get out and ran around the street desperately. Isa and Fiona had just returned to the main entrance when there was a noise in the public parking lot not far away. A car was on fire, and the fire spread and engulfed nearby vehicles. At this time, thick smoke was billowing out of Building 1, accompanied by the smell of burnt rat meat, making the surrounding people nauseous and vomiting, suspected of gas leakage.
People nearby fled in all directions, and a series of car crashes occurred on the road in front of Building 1. The area was on fire and in ruins, with rumors of a terrorist attack swirling and criminals taking advantage of the situation to rob, causing the entire Greater London area to fall into chaos.
