Yang En sat in the HSD office, silently watching as events unfolded. He had a feeling that many of the recent occurrences were a bit off, subtly exuding an eerie sense of wrongness...
Just a few days ago, out of nowhere, a drone flew in from a corner and landed on the lawn, equipped with a hard drive. Initially, everyone thought it might be a bomb and panicked. But upon reflection, who would dare to attack inside an embassy? That would be tantamount to seeking death, and let's not mention China's disapproval; even the U.S. wouldn't stand for it.
While the U.S. could covertly arrest Yang En for espionage outside its borders, it could not tolerate an unprovoked attack on him within the realm of normal diplomatic activities.
When Yang En got his hands on this hard drive and looked through it, he was astounded—50 TB of data was something he had always coveted but never could obtain, no matter how much effort he put in abroad. This much and such useful material was out of his reach.
