CODE NAME: ANASTASIA [Novel]

Chapter 5

"Dominic Morgan. He is an elite member who has been urgently dispatched by the US intelligence agency to Russia. His body was found four days ago by the river in Nara. At that time, he was in charge of the sole mission of finding Anastasia. He's the perfect partner to help us gather Russian intelligence, what a pity. In Russia, they consider him an unknown person. It was only natural that he concealed his identity. The question is, do they really see him as a simple unknown."

"Because of that, the surveillance on the Russian side will be even tighter, what do you tell me to do?"

"You grasp the point very well. However, since North Korea has a foot in this, we are also involved, right? We cannot just sit back and watch. Yes, you've also known Agent Morgan since the last KOR-US joint training, right?"

"To be precise, we only knew each other at that time. About a month at most. Accidentally put in the same room."

A clear curve was draven, and the head of the department Lim smiled. He skillfully attacked Kwon Taek Joo, who had been trying so hard not to show any openings.

"That's exactly why we chose you. Emotions overshadow reason ruin everything."

Suddenly he changed his voice again. Just as he was about to protest in anger, the phone of the first deputy director suddenly rang. He said, "Excuse me, wait a minute." then passed Kwon Taek Joo and went outside. The door opens and closes Manager Lim immediately gave instructions.

"Find Anastasia, instead of Agent Morgan"

The soft voice disappeared, replaced by a serious tone. Kwon Taek Joo stared at him without responding. Is this really the best choice? There might be someone more suitable for this activity than Kwon Taek Joo. Obviously there must be at least one such agent in this organization.... Even just one person is okay. Kwon Taek Joo ruffled his hair, but couldn't think of anyone.

Manager Lim looked at him with a calm expression, as if to ask if he was worried. That's right. It's not a big deal. It's just that it's very dangerous and causes an agent to die with an incomplete corpse. Where is the problem? Kwon Taek Joo wanted to respond with such sarcasm, but he would rather keep his mouth shut.

Immediately after joining NIS, he worked under the management of department head Lim. Now, they could be said to be close enough to make jokes. But he's a superior anyway. If Chief Lim assigns a task, Kwon Taek Joo will have to obey. It was not something he could resist.

Director Lim showed a satisfied smile at Kwon Taek Joo's compromise.

"I promise full support. The team members will also do what you want."

"Working alone is very comfortable."

"It won't be easy this time. will it? It will be very difficult."

"You know that well. You don't need to corner more people."

Kwon Taek Joo replied seriously. Manager Lim smiled and said, "I knew you would say that." then handed a thick document and an envelope to him as a gift Kwon Taek Joo grabbed a bunch of gifts, inside the unsealed envelope were various documents and a fake passport. Opening his passport, he saw a strange face.

"Sakamoto Hiro?"

"A Japanese energy company and Gazprom, Russia's state- owned gas company, have signed a contract to build an LNG facility. Just estimating the scale, the profit can reach tens of billions of won. It appears that Russia has invited officials of international trading companies and major banks to invest and lend in cooperation with energy companies between the two countries. All the prime ministers and major officials of the two countries and big names in the business world will attend the event. It is said that this cooperation was successful because international trading company Itochu played a big role. Furthermore, Sakamoto Hiro is the employee in charge of the European region at that company. He is quite proud to be on the list to visit Russia."