Chapter 132 Another Three-Choice Choice

Day 10 of the road survival game!

"Why do you think that?" Feng Xingshou was a little puzzled after hearing this. Although many celebrities in the entertainment industry have a financial relationship with investors, Vermouth is a high-ranking member of the organization. Do high-ranking members of the organization need to sell themselves?

“Heh…” Zhu Fu couldn’t help but laugh at the obvious expression on her face: “Hagiwara probably thinks that way because when you translate the Bellend Group into Chinese characters, the Chinese characters are ‘Belleend’.”

The name "Bede," which begins with these three characters, is related to both Vermouth's codename and the transliteration of their surnames, which is why people suspect they have a family relationship with the Belinde Group..."

"Uh...they're Americans, do you think they'd use Chinese transliteration puns?" Feng Xingshou was taken aback by this reason, feeling a sense of disbelief.

Talking too much triggered Matsuda's craving for a cigarette. As he took out a cigarette from his pocket, he casually remarked, "If it were a foreigner who had absolutely no connection with China or Japan, it wouldn't be like that, but all indications suggest that this organization has close ties with Japan."

Japan has used Chinese characters since ancient times. Even though modern times have seen the influence of Westernization and the adoption of newer scripts to replace many Chinese characters and reduce the difficulty of learning, Japan still used entirely Chinese characters more than half a century ago. The organization has been established for over half a century, so it's normal for there to be some influence in this regard…”

"Hey! If this CEO of the Belende Group is a member of the organization, and the Belende Group is an organization's business, then what about the nuclear wastewater discharge plan that will occur in the later stages of the Silver Bullet's side effects?"

Doesn't that mean the organization wasn't destroyed? The Belend Group wasn't sanctioned by the United States? When Hagiwara heard Kojinpei say this, his eyes suddenly widened. After realizing what he meant, he asked in great surprise. If he weren't driving, he probably would have turned around and discussed this with the others face to face.

Morofushi was in a mess today because of a series of pieces of information related to his future. Although he appeared calm and rational when communicating with everyone, he was unable to truly calm down and face this information. Therefore, when he heard Fuusei Shou mention the various shady operations of TEPCO.

He had never connected TEPCO with the organization's members until Hagiwara reminded him, but then he felt even more confused: "But if the organization wasn't destroyed, how did the US and Japan obtain the Silver Bullet's development data?"

"Could it be that the US and Japanese authorities simply located and breached the research facilities related to the Silver Bullet? There is no concrete evidence that the Bellende Group violated US law and can be arrested?"

So he got away with it. "After all, he's a major American capitalist. American law only applies to ordinary people; those in power have plenty of ways to escape punishment." Hagiwara, unusually sarcastic, added, "He's a big American capitalist, after all. American law only applies to ordinary citizens; those in power have plenty of ways to get away with it."

"Phew!" Matsuda opened the car window, exhaled a puff of smoke, and then turned around to say, "There's another possibility, just like with seizing the silver bullet, the CEO of the Bellende Group has already been won over by the United States."

Either replace the CEO of the Bellende Group directly, or the organization's BOSS's email address, which is so public that almost every member of the organization can get their hands on it, is known to the US authorities, since the FBI infiltrated the case of Shuichi Akai.

They must have planned how to solve this problem before they planned to eliminate the organization and seize the Silver Bullet data! Feng-chan, have you seen any news about the CEO handover of the Beilinde Group, or anything happening to the Beilinde Group CEO in the future?

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"Oh right, what about Vermouth, who is actually the American superstar Chris Vineyard and Sharon Vineyard, mother and daughter?" Hagiwara noticed her blank expression and quickly reminded her, "Since they and the CEO of the Bellend Group are all members of the organization..."

"If your brother gets into trouble, they and the CEO of the Bellende Group might also be subject to joint law enforcement by the US and Japan. Even if their crimes aren't made public, their deaths will definitely make the news."

“…Let me think!” Upon hearing this, Feng Xingshou quickly tried to recall what he had seen while searching through foreign news after confirming his brother’s disappearance, eliminating those unrelated to Hagiwara’s question.

After sorting through what he still remembered, he shook his head and then nodded, replying, "During the period before and after my brother's accident, I didn't see any news about Chris Vineyard. In fact, she had been keeping a low profile since her mother, Sharon Vineyard, passed away."

Aside from making a movie and appearing on TV shows in the year and the year after her mother's death, she seemed to have retired from acting and we haven't seen any of her work since. However, it is certain that she was still alive in the second half of 2022.

Reporters have photographed her living in an ultra-luxurious sterile ward, claiming that the reason for the Hollywood star's ageless appearance is actually due to eye-catching exaggerated reports such as artificial technology.

There is one thing... I'm not very good at English. At that time, some news wasn't reported in China, so I could only use translation software to view news from foreign websites that didn't have translated versions.

Several news articles, which seemed insignificant and barely mentioned anything, included a translation of the character "贝" (Bei), which was later translated as Leander. In any case, it was March 14th, before the brother went missing.

The news report mentioned that a US company CEO named Berriand was killed in a car accident, and his deputy would take over the company without any personnel changes. I don't know if this news is related to what you asked, but it seems to be the only one that's somewhat relevant among the news reports I've seen.

“Indeed, translation software sometimes has this problem of inaccurate translation.” After hearing this, Hagiwara intuitively felt that the Beliande mentioned in the news article that Kaze-chan saw was referring to Beliande.

Matsuda's keen insight as a police officer made him realize another point: "In all countries, the bigger the issue, the quieter the official media voice. In the United States, those who can be called CEOs are not small business owners."

The fact that the death of the boss of a large company or conglomerate only receives a small media report is practically a message to the public that something is amiss, and that they should ignore it.

"So, the time when my brother really had his accident was probably before or after March 14th?" Don't let Feng Xingshou's usual dull and slow-witted demeanor fool you; when it comes to matters concerning his own brother, he is unusually perceptive.

Upon hearing these words, she almost immediately came up with a series of speculations: "If my brother's incident happened before March 14th, it means that the forces that attacked the organization were purging the remaining forces of the organization and handing over power to their own people."

If the incident happened after March 14th, then it's likely that the other side was planning to target the organization. To do so, they replaced key positions with their own people before targeting the organization's core forces.

And then there's Vermouth. Since Chris Vineyard was still alive in 22 years and was a user of the Silver Bullet, why wasn't she lynched or publicly prosecuted as a member of the organization?

Does this mean she added fuel to the fire regarding her brother's incident? Or perhaps she contributed to the organization's downfall, allowing her to continue appearing publicly under the noses of US officials without facing legal consequences?

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"Phew! I think Kaze-chan's theory is very likely." When Matsuda heard her reasoning without any pause, anxiety, or self-doubt, it was as if he could see her again, when they were helpless, telling them that they could rely on her abilities to solve the bomb problem.

The junior schoolmate is a truly amazing person. She has extraordinary insight and the ability to always be one step ahead of others in discovering the best way to solve a problem, yet she is extremely insecure.

She often hesitates because of doubts about her own abilities. If it weren't for her brother's involvement today, she probably wouldn't have had enough confidence to voice these reasonings!

Morofushi didn't understand the Wind Star Guardian well enough. She didn't realize that it took some courage for her to say these words, as she lacked self-confidence and always felt that she was incompetent. So after listening to her and Matsuda's conversation, he simply organized these words in his mind according to the rules of reasoning.

He felt that Feng Xingshou's speculation might be the closest to the truth, which made him immediately recall the information Zero had investigated about the Belend Group, wanting to see who the FBI had planted in the organization.

However, after recalling those documents, the experienced and highly adaptable police officer Sang couldn't help but reveal a subtle expression: "Ahem... I also think Feng Sang's reasoning is very reliable."

However, although I don't know what the personnel arrangements were like in the year Gin had its incident, during the year I was there, there were three people in the Bellende Group: the deputy CEO and the CEO's assistant. According to the management and development of a typical company, they were the most likely to be promoted.

One was transferred from Rum's side; another had partnered with Vermouth, and there were rumors within the organization that Calvados had been jealous of her; the third was codenamed Riesling, an undercover agent planted in the organization by the German Federal Intelligence Service headquarters, discovered by Zero.

"Tsk! Another three-choice question?" Matsuda had encountered three-choice questions many times when he was a policeman. Last time, the murder suspect in the skyscraper incident was also one of three choices. Now, whenever he encounters a three-choice situation, he wants to complain.

"Heh...it seems I can only wait until I enter the instance and ask Furuya and Fuu-chan about the situation. Maybe by March 2015, there will be new changes to this personnel arrangement!" Hagiwara said.

While continuing to drive, he asked Feng Xingshou with some interest, "Speaking of which, Feng-chan, how do you know so much about Chris and her daughter? Not only do you know about her mother's death, but you've even followed the news about her living in the sterile ward?"

Could it be true that the guy Fuu-chan mentioned having an affair with Vermouth? Ahem... could that be his future sister-in-law? He's not gossiping about Fuu-chan! He's just a little curious, just a tiny bit curious!