章 1038: Enemies Are Bound to Meet on a Narrow Road

"Why aren't you speaking?" General Ji slammed his hands on the table. "Don't tell me that Hong Kangquan is actually telling the truth in this report!"

Huo Shaoheng remained silent.

"Shaoheng, are you experiencing any hardships?" General Ji frowned as he looked at Huo Shaoheng. "At that time, our nation's intelligence agency only consisted of the Secret Service. It dealt with double agents at home and handled counterintelligence abroad. They dealt with both aspects.

"Yet the Secret Service, by its very nature, was limiting. The fact that it is a national agency on the surface is enough to restrict its counterintelligence operations abroad, and in many cases, it had limited ability to respond in a timely manner. Because of that, it could not adequately safeguard national interests.