Lake suddenly had an idea that was not quite mature.
It had never occurred to him before.
But after meeting Black Widow Natasha Romanov and seeing Anna, he had come up with this idea.
However...
Lake asked Karen, "Does the general know about this?"
Karen shook her head.
Everyone in the household had long since grown accustomed to the way Lake addressed them. After all, Lake had been five when he was brought over to live with them, and Karen and Ross had never asked him to change how he addressed them. So at home, Lake simply called Karen Karen. As for Ross, the way he addressed him had gradually become more formal over time.
"No."
Karen said, "Thaddeus has been at the base these past few days. I was planning to come back and tell him tonight."
No wonder.
Hearing Karen's words, Lake nodded. If General Ross knew that Karen had living evidence against the CIA, he would have taken Karen to the military base long ago.
Karen really was careless.
If Langley had not been wary of the consequences this time, this house filled with Lake's childhood memories might have been demolished by Langley yesterday.
That was what Lake thought as he turned to Anna. "Join the military."
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"
Lake looked at the three people who had spoken in unison, apparently shocked, and smiled. Then he turned to Anna. "When you chose to set foot on this path, you should have known that you could never go back."
At the very least, she could never return to the life of an ordinary person.
That was why Lake had chosen to become a freelance killer who took outsourced jobs.
Because whether you were an organization's killer or an organization's agent, there was only one way out if