The journey to Nagano Prefecture was relatively smooth, and there were no strange accidents on the road. However, when I walked out of the station, I couldn't help feeling nostalgic.
Instead of heading straight to my destination, I first found a place to stay and then started to organize the things I had prepared in advance.
Although I have said that I will investigate Haierxi Pharmaceuticals, it is not something I can just go and break into a company like this.
At least we need to find out what's going on inside. I want an investigation that can be done secretly without anyone noticing, so that it will be meaningful.
The identity registered at the hotel was already a new identity - Tetsuya Ando, inspector of the Nagano Prefecture Pharmaceutical Administration.
There are also call forwarding devices, communication jammers, miniature recording devices disguised as rings, etc. I originally wanted to use a video device, but I am not capable enough to make a dual-function device that can be embedded in a men's ring, so I can only focus on recording.
I can only sigh that if it were in the real world, the recording equipment could be pinned to the chest openly, as this is the regulation of the law enforcement department.
But there is no such rule in anime, so I decided not to take this unnecessary risk. I am confident that with my current observation skills, I can remember everything I have seen, no matter how small the details are.
It means to be prepared in advance to use your brain to the point of being a sage.
I recorded a message in advance with a voice changer, and then installed the call transfer equipment. The next step was to pretend to be a worker who was repairing the circuits, and then install the specific call transfer equipment needed later on the internal lines of Haierxi Pharmaceuticals.
The first steps up to this point have been pretty smooth.
After destroying the maintenance worker's clothes, I returned to the hotel, took out another set of equipment, and disguised myself from head to toe, completely transforming myself into an inspector of the government drug administration department.
As a civil servant working away from home, the only piece of metal jewelry that I can wear is a wedding ring.
Other fancy things are not in line with the identity of a civil servant. When I enter Haierxi Pharmaceuticals, I will inevitably have to pass a metal detection test. I need to bring the recording equipment in smoothly in case of emergency.
Of course, I actually thought about opening the "brain wire" to hide something in my head, so that it would not be discovered directly. However, it is a metal detection. What if the "beep beep beep" sound is detected on my head and my secret is discovered after lifting my bangs?
I'm just losing the big picture for the small, so I'd better not bring out a secret of this level at will.
Also, even though I don’t feel too bad about it, it still feels a bit disgusting to stuff something into it!
Until I'm forced into a desperate situation, I decide to put this method on hold for now.
Arriving at the front door of Halsey Pharmaceuticals, I took a deep breath, adjusted myself, and walked in.
I checked in at the main entrance and was not stopped because I showed my ID. I looked at the security guards in front of me and they seemed normal. I think these places would use normal people to disguise this place as a normal company.
When we arrived at the front desk, we encountered the second step of the action.
"Is this the supervision work of the Drug Administration? I haven't received any corresponding notification." The staff at the front desk tapped on the computer, as if repeatedly confirming the information.
"Eh?" I said in a flustered manner with a surprised expression, "But my senior said that he has already notified everyone about the inspection of Kojimada Town."
As I said this, I pretended to take out my phone to confirm, but in the end I could only look at the lady working at the front desk with hope.
These workers in the open cannot all be members of the organization. Otherwise, not only would the workload be too large, it would also be detrimental to their disguise of hiding in the city.
So as a fellow worker, she looked at my ID and felt quite embarrassed, so she just said she would help me contact the person in charge.
"Thank you so much. I have the official documents here. Could you please help me contact the person in charge?"
The person in charge naturally cannot be an ordinary person. I imagined the identity of this person in my mind, but when I saw him, I breathed a sigh of relief.
The man was wearing a formal work suit and a long white coat, with the name "Nishimura" written on his badge. He smelled of chemicals, and he didn't even take off his medical gloves. His expression was serious and impatient, and I could tell at a glance that he didn't like me.
That's great!
He is the person in charge, yes, and also a researcher.
It is difficult to do two things at the same time. It is always difficult to balance administration and research. He seems to be more focused on the latter. Looking at the researchers who have appeared in the current organization, even the person in charge will not pay too much attention to things other than research.
It seems that today is easier to fool.
I held out my hand and introduced myself to him, but he didn't even bother to take off his gloves to respond to me. He just looked at my ID and official documents first.
"Maybe there was a problem with the notification from the senior, but the website and number of the supervisory department are public, you can confirm with them." My frank attitude convinced people.
He asked the front desk to call to confirm. Of course, the number dialed here would be forwarded by the device I prepared in advance.
Such confirmation calls were very predictable, and the pre-recorded answers accurately anticipated the questions.
It's nothing more than "Hello, this is the Nagano Prefecture Pharmaceutical Administration service hotline, how can I help you?"
"Okay, please wait a moment, we are checking."
"Yes, according to the monitoring plan, Inspector Ando Tetsuya will visit you at 10 am today. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"Thanks for calling. Goodbye."
It's not difficult to do this by just roughly calculating the time between questions and answers.
After hearing the confirmation, the person in charge simply asked the front desk to notify the service assistant to take me for a visit and inspection.
"Communication equipment is prohibited in pharmaceutical factories. I hope you understand." The person in charge said coldly.
I just smiled and nodded, without even saying any more prepared words, and I went in smoothly.
There are definitely people who come every year for jobs like mine. As an organization that has existed for so many years, they must have a complete set of disguise procedures.
It was not the first time for the service assistant to take the inspectors on a tour, so I hardly had to say anything, just take a small notebook with me.
I controlled my pace, making sure each step was the same distance, to test the length and width of each floor. I constructed a three-dimensional picture in my mind based on the fire map I saw at the entrance of each floor and the length and width of each part of the building that I had measured before entering.
In principle, I had to visit all the projects. However, I was not allowed to understand the details, but just to look at them all and make sure there were no violations.
The first three or four layers were all fine, but when it came to the fifth layer, gray areas suddenly appeared in my composition.
What is the gray area?
Simply put, it is the area that disappears from the map.
My step is about 65 centimeters. The structure of the fifth floor is roughly similar to that of the fourth floor, but I took nearly 20 steps less when I walked. This gray area is what I was looking for!
I quietly observed every camera in the corridor, recording irrelevant things according to the assistant's instructions, and adding the camera's field of view to the computer layer records.
"Because fire safety issues increased sharply last quarter, this year's inspector's work also includes inspections of pharmaceutical fire prevention." I used this excuse to take a thorough look at the emergency passage as well.
I don't know if it's because Hailsey's own actions were not proper, but the surveillance coverage on the lower four floors is very wide, almost to the point of no blind spots. However, from the fifth to the ninth floors, the surveillance coverage rate drops sharply, especially in those gray areas, which will not be recorded at all.
Isn't this just a coincidence? I'm also afraid that these things will operate 24/7 without blind spots. I don't know how much trouble it will cause me if that happens.
All the locations have been roughly mapped out. Even for the upper floors, the widest gray areas are on the sixth and seventh floors.
From what I observed, when I was approaching the gray area on the seventh floor, the person following me seemed to be more cautious.
If there is only one choice, choose the seventh floor!
"Hiss——" I covered my stomach, pretending to be uncomfortable, and then asked my assistant to take me to the bathroom.
The assistant was quite cautious. Not only did he not leave casually, but he stood at the door of the bathroom. It is no exaggeration to say that he only needed to turn sideways and tilt his head back to see me inside.
I kept an eye on the assistant's movements while taking off the ring with one hand, wiping the fingerprints on it with toilet paper, and then pushing it into the narrow vent.
After doing all this, I threw the toilet paper into the toilet in the cubicle as if nothing had happened, locked the cubicle door and waited for a few minutes before I flushed out.
"Sorry, Mr. Ishii. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. The milk I brought out this morning may have expired." I explained with an embarrassed look.
"It's okay, Inspector Ando." He looked good-natured. "Is there anything else you want to inspect?"
"That's enough. Your company is still doing the same perfect job as before. It would be great if every pharmaceutical company in Nagano Prefecture could be like you." I sighed and complained like an ordinary person, but I didn't reveal the specific name of the factory. "I have to go to another pharmaceutical factory in the afternoon. They are a bit of a headache."
“Your work is indeed hard…”
Sitting in the elevator, I chatted casually with Assistant Ishii. It was definitely unwise to ask him questions at this time. It was best to treat him as a newcomer and not arouse his suspicion.
I will definitely report everything that happened today to the person in charge, Nishimura, but judging from his attitude, he probably won't care as long as the assistant doesn't find anything suspicious about me.
This intelligence will also stop at the person in charge.
A pharmaceutical company has so many daily affairs to deal with, and it is also a two-faced company. Unless there are special incidents that raise doubts, routine issues will be resolved in a routine manner.
I am just taking a small step today to test the waters. The real plan will depend on the subsequent operations.