Chapter 66, Lai: Fifty-fi...

Morofushi Kagemitsu directly revealed the servant's identity.

This made Kono Aoto, who had spent a lot of time disguising himself, very uncomfortable, as if he had suddenly been seen through.

Morofushi Kagemitsu continued, "If I remember correctly, it was because of you that the organization's short-term investment projects were suspected by the police."

This experience clearly touched a raw nerve with Kono Sōjin. His long history as a low-level employee led him to instinctively defend himself: "My superior assigned me the task, and that guy took a lot of kickbacks. I couldn't do anything about it. You two also climbed up from the bottom. Haven't you ever carried out mandatory tasks?"

Foolish. Why do both the superiors and this guy always choose paths that are detrimental to themselves? But it's better to have more people like this in the organization; let's hope this excellent matching mechanism continues.

Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled slightly, feeling somewhat relieved. Kono Aoto's behavior suggested he had no powerful backing; perhaps obtaining this information was truly just a coincidence.

At this moment, Rye, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "Bourbon once infiltrated the FBI. You had better prove that this intelligence of yours has nothing to do with it."

[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: Good job! Ray!]

Morofushi Kagemitsu's subtle disdain and Rae's skepticism made Kono Aoito even more anxious. He could no longer maintain his smile and said in a deep voice, "Since you all have a grudge against Bourbon, does it matter whether it's true or not? After the news gets out, it's Rum and the others who will have a headache, and you will get the credit in the end."

Seeing that the two remained unmoved, he added, "Mello and Gin have never been permanent allies. I wonder if they even care whether their subordinates can compete with others."

They've even learned to sow discord.

This tactic might have worked against two rather hot-tempered members. But unfortunately, he encountered a rare double agent within the organization, one who already knew the other's identity.

Moreover, through these conversations, he could deduce that Kono Aoto's decision to leak this information wasn't aimed at Bourbon, but rather at Rum's camp. This opened up more avenues for maneuver, making the situation less passive.

However, now that we know his true purpose from him, there's no need to provoke him further; a little pressure will suffice.

Perhaps there's some unspoken understanding among the undercover agents, Ray added, "Then you'd better watch yourself."

Kono Sōjin's momentum faltered further: "...Of course, I want to live."

[Anti-Fraud Guru #148: Good eye! It's hard for most people not to be intimidated by a gaze from Lai Yi like that.]

Now is not the time for you to try to shift the blame onto him.

[Anti-fraud expert #11: Hmm... well, there's a difference between close and distant relationships, and besides, we didn't know him well before.]

[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Okay, let's not talk about that now. I just updated the progress with Zero, and he finally replied!]

[Bourbon: I'll spread false information to confuse the public. Perhaps my past experience infiltrating the FBI can turn things around. I'll test Rum's waters. Rye is yours.]

Morobuchi Kagemitsu replied with "OK" to the anti-fraud lord.

Speaking of testing, he suddenly realized how to deal with this Kono Aoito.

We can't openly kill him, but we can guide him to be a pawn, let him know some secrets he shouldn't know, and incidentally help him test the organization's reaction to some highly encrypted files.

If the organization's reaction is lukewarm, then keep trying until the day they react strongly, at which point the organization will naturally end Kono's life.

Having organized his thoughts, Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at Kono Aoto. Even with pink bubbles decorating his vision, it couldn't change the fact that this guy would become a dead man in the future.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he seemed to feel the pink bubbles in his eyes fade.

[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: That's right! That's exactly it, your shadow in the future is even more solid!]

[Anti-fraud expert #205: New discovery! Let me investigate.]

Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't quite understand what they meant at first, but Kono Aoto understood the cold look in their eyes and, lacking confidence, made an excuse to go backstage.

The usually boisterous anti-fraud expert fell silent for a moment, and the two people at the bar also fell into a brief silence after Kono left.

Very well, he'll have to figure out how to deal with Ray's suspicions again... This is probably the umpteenth time already.

Back in Kyoto, Ray had already found some of Bourbon's actions strange. Now, with this latest development, even knowing Bourbon isn't an FBI agent and has no connection to any American spy organization, he'll still pay even more attention to and investigate Bourbon.

Morofushi Kagemitsu spoke up first, saying, "It seems that his news is indeed false."

Lei paused for two seconds, then said:

"Fifty-fifty".

Morofushi Kagemitsu remained silent, but simply picked up the bourbon and lightly clinked it against the Scotch.

This is difficult.

He sensed that Zero's disguise might not last long, given Ray's intuition.

The two didn't exchange any more words, just sat silently for a while, and then left separately.

[Anti-fraud expert #205: The police have responded. Mr. Jin Quan said he will cooperate with the investigation, and Feng Jianjun says arrangements have already been made.]

It's good to get things moving, as long as we don't have to submit multiple reports and wait for approvals before conducting an emergency investigation like before.

The most important thing now is to find out exactly how many people Kono Aoto contacted, and the possible channels through which he sent out messages.

[Anti-fraud expert #198: Let me see... This is way too much. He set up nearly 100 emails in different inboxes with the message "[Bourbon is an FBI agent]", which would be sent automatically whenever a command was given.]

He's really trying to make a big scene. Can we stop him directly?

[Anti-fraud expert #148: Of course. However, online cases are easier for us to handle, but offline cases would probably require the police to investigate each case individually.]

Hopefully they'll be reliable.

However, although the information Kono Aoto obtained was strange, how did he find a way to hack? If he really had the resources and ability, he wouldn't have been caught so soon after infiltrating the Metropolitan Police Department.

[Anti-Fraud Guru #205: Regarding the hacker incident, we can actually piece together some clues. While his backup phone was charging, I went in and checked it out, and found that he had logged into our Black Guest website.]

He must be one of the few who placed an order, right?

[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: No. He learned about our website through a forum and then met a hacker.]

[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Wait a minute, I didn't know until I looked! How come there are so many modified access records in the backend? They were all changed by hackers!]

...Has your site been hacked? Are you starting to sell courses just because your website isn't getting much traffic?

[Anti-fraud expert #11: No. I only took a few... Ah, could it be because of that order...?]

What order?

[Anti-fraud expert #214: It was an order from someone in our organization. He wanted to buy some intelligence from Blue Sky Company, which is currently researching human brain computing cloud. It wasn't a big deal, so we accepted.]

...Just by hearing the name of this organization, you can tell that its firewall must be very strong. You didn't break into their confidential database again, did you?

[Anti-fraud expert #26: We only glanced at it, just one glance!]

And then you "accidentally" wrote it all down, right?

[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: There's nothing we can do about it...]

Well, making a name for ourselves in the hacker community isn't a bad thing. Promoting our solid skills is also a necessary step in gaining fame.

[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: We've already been working very hard to place small ads in various posts.]

[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: But the increase in page views is still crawling at a snail's pace; half of it comes from our own people going in and then coming out to join the fun.]

That's not advertising, that's just AI trolls that are instantly recognizable.

Morofushi Kagemitsu had seen them actively leaving messages on various floors. They were quick to grab the first floor, but the quality of their messages wasn't as good as Robert's!

[Anti-Fraud King #148: Well, let's analyze that properly. I think it's because we don't have any bombshell-level secrets, and those people we investigated before didn't attract much attention. But now, isn't the organization handing over a huge gift?]

You're not talking about that helicopter that got shot down, are you?

[Anti-fraud expert #148: That's right.]

Morofushi Kagemitsu imagined the organization's scandal spreading as widely as his own rumors.

Nice idea!

[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: I'm going to write the copy right now!]

[Anti-fraud expert #198: By the way, they haven't finished writing that approval report that Melo asked them to revise, have they? I'll sneak in and check it out.]

[Anti-fraud expert #26: Quick, quick, let's make a quick buck from this drinking mishap!]

You guys are really wicked, so please don't hold back. Make this a huge fuss, the bigger the better, and ideally cover up what Kono Sōjin is up to.

[Anti-Fraud 11: Of course, let me check the visitor list again... Hey, Egawa Yukie just spotted our Black Guest too, but the information she needs to check has nothing to do with the organization.]

[Anti-Fraud King #26: (Groundhog Scream.gift.)]

[Anti-fraud expert #198: She's just here to gather some information; she'll be safe.]

Is this the attraction of fate?

It's true that if you try to catch no one, but end up kissing your own people one by one... that does fit the mission of an anti-fraud center.

[Anti-Fraud Guru #205: Fate is fair. You've met enough special people, but you've missed out on some things in other areas.]

[Anti-fraud expert #66: You see, when you gain a position and rise in the organization, it's your reputation that's being sacrificed; after you discovered Ray's identity, he gradually became aware of you as well.]

[Anti-Fraud Guru #214: You're now sharing our field of vision, so you don't need to be so worried about shadowy figures anymore. I already had a feeling about it when we were facing Kono Aoto just now. See, the pink bubble has faded, hasn't it?]

He seemed to understand a little.

It always feels mysterious and hard to explain, but his series of arrangements with Furuya Rei played a significant role.

for example……

[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: Aaaaaah! The prophecy news has been pushed down!]

...Fate is fair.

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