Chapter 25 Paradise Hunting (Edited) “Looking forward to meeting you next time…
April 15th.
It was also the day after Reiko Shimizu invited Lin Xi to dinner.
Lin Xi came to the address provided by Masaharu Nishio.
According to his confession, a man using the alias "Samurai 3" would trade with him here.
However, this guy seemed to be late. It was only at 2:15 PM that Lin Xi spotted him at the transaction location—he was wearing a baseball cap, had tattoos, and walked with a slouchy manner. He wasn't as tall as Lin Xi (she was 5'68" and 5'7" with shoes on, and this guy was actually shorter, around 5'65"). Lin Xi had been squatting in this remote spot for half an hour, and he was the only one there—this guy must be "Samurai 3" without a doubt.
Lin Xi squatted on the edge of the wall like a cat.
This place is located between residential buildings, in the shade, very cool, and saves Lin Xi from the sun.
She was wearing a light, dark grey short pleated skirt and a white T-shirt today, with a lavender sun-protective sweatshirt on the outside that was longer than the T-shirt, a white cat-ear cap on her head, and a pair of white sneakers on her feet. The shoelaces had been changed to the same lavender color as the jacket.
Her hair was loosely draped over her shoulders, and her naturally curly hair was slightly tidied and neatly pinned inwards. She wore a black mask given by the system on her face, and stared quietly at the person who came from the corner.
Samurai 3 didn't see Lin Xi at first. Seeing that there was no one here, he sighed and took out his cell phone, wanting to contact Nishio Masaharu.
Of course he couldn't get in touch with her. But the reflection of his phone revealed Lin Xi's hunched figure, which startled him.
"who?!"
Lin Xi jumped down from the corner of the wall lightly.
"Hello, Samurai 3," she said politely. "Did you bring the goods?"
"What? Who are you?" "Warrior 3" looked at her warily, one hand already grasping the dagger in his trouser pocket.
"Do I have to start by explaining 'Who am I'?" Lin Xi said in a distressed tone, "This is such a waste of time."
"Samurai 3" took out the dagger.
The strange woman who appeared here out of nowhere was enough to make him nervous.
"I'm not your enemy," Lin Xi said. "I'm not a police officer either. I just have something to ask you."
"First, tell me why you knew I would come here?"
"Ah, Nishio Shoji told me."
"That idiot..."
"Well, I agree with that." Lin Xi nodded seriously, "But don't be too harsh on him. After all, he's already dead."
"You...what happened to him? Who killed him?"
"Well, are you sure you want to know?"
To speed up the conversation, she pulled out her gun.
The small muzzle was aimed at "Samurai 3" as soon as it appeared.
Lin Xi's polite words and aggressive actions made the "Warrior 3" facing him freeze, drop his weapon and raise his hands.
This woman is dangerous.
This was what "Samurai 3"'s intuition, which he had developed after years of hanging out in the Yakuza community, told him.
Don't confront this woman head-on at any cost...otherwise you might end up like Shoji Nishio.
"What do you want to ask me?"
"Shoji Nishio buys medicine from you. I want to know who your supervisor is."
Samurai 3 laughed dryly.
"Miss, I wouldn't tell you a question like that even if a cop asked me here."
Lin Xi seemed to be lost in thought.
By the way, every time we meet someone who doesn’t want to talk, what does the organization do?
Simple interrogation is too inefficient, and there's a risk of information being withheld. It's the 21st century now, so they should have something like truth serum, like official organizations, right?
Want to ask about gin?
Hmm... forget it. If I ask him everything, it will seem like I know nothing.
Although she really wants others to help her, in order to gain more experience points, she still can't be too lazy.
"I'm sorry for being so presumptuous," she said. "Then tell me, does the Fengtan Group know about your drug trafficking?"
"Samurai 3"'s expression changed, he said nothing, just smiled bitterly.
Silence means consent.
Lin Xi judged that the Fengtan Group not only knew about it, but might also be the main force behind the drug trafficking.
Lin Xi slowly approached him with a gun in hand. The honey-colored eyes revealed under his baseball cap were like two amber glass beads, without any extra emotions, and glowing with an inorganic luster.
Compared to humans, this person looks more like an animal with blood that cannot maintain body temperature.
"Samurai 3" thought this and quickly said, "Let's talk it over! I can't betray my organization, miss. I got a tattoo on my back!"
Lin Xi seemed not to hear what he said and continued to approach slowly.
Samurai 3 swallowed nervously.
Finally, they were face to face. Samurai 3 looked up and saw the eyes that gave him an inhuman feeling. As if disliking the smell of him, Lin Xi used the barrel of her gun instead of her hand to lift his collar.
"Samurai 3" holds its breath.
"..." The girl opposite was silent for a moment, "Take out the goods you brought and show them to me."
The muzzle of the gun was near his throat, and "Samurai 3" had no choice but to do as he was told.
He pulled out a small bag of fine white powder and a bag of small, colorful, hard papers from his pocket.
"This is the 'goods' for Nishio Masaharu," he said. "You know what the white bag is. The colorful one is 'Dawn'."
"Have you checked these two bags?"
"What?"
Lin Xi picked up the white bag and crushed the powder in his hand.
She swore as a baking enthusiast that this thing was all powdered sugar.
"This is powdered sugar," she said. "Jago brand powdered sugar, the most expensive and best baking sugar. Someone switched yours."
"What?! How is it possible—"
"And he also planted a bug on you." Lin Xi pointed the gun at his collar, "□□, it's right under the collar of your clothes."
"Samurai 3" pulled the bug out from under his collar in horror.
"Damn it!" He was holding the bug and was about to throw it to the ground, but Lin Xi reached out and caught it in time.
The small metal round eavesdropper is powered by a button battery with a battery life of 12 hours. It can transmit positioning and signals in real time. The range of the receiving end to receive signals should be around 700-800 yards.
In other words, the person who was eavesdropping was within one kilometer.
"You, you..." "Warrior 3" wanted to ask why the bug hasn't been destroyed yet. At this time, Lin Xi turned his head and glanced at "Warrior 3", which made "Warrior 3" shudder.
"Be quiet," she said.
"I'm carrying a signal jammer, so no one knows about our conversation just now. Now's the time to think of someone who might have bugged you."
The organization's anti-eavesdropping smartphone was in the pocket of her skirt.
As long as Lin Xi takes the mobile phone out of the system space, all eavesdropping device signals within one meter will be blocked.
It is difficult to explain why it can accurately identify and automatically block the signals transmitted by all surrounding eavesdropping devices, but still have its own signals.
It's very scientific.
Samurai 3 swallowed.
He vaguely felt that he was drawn into a big whirlpool... He and Masaharu Nishio were just small figures, but the girl in front of him who was carrying a signal jammer and the person who installed a bug in him were not.
"...I think I know who planted the bug on me."
"uh-huh."
"However, I don't know his real name, I only know what he looks like."
"Describe it."
"He's very striking. He doesn't look Japanese, so he must be mixed-race. He's about 185cm tall, with light blond hair, purple-grey eyes, and a very dark wheat-colored skin!"
“…”
"That guy got a lot of information out of me... He's a famous information dealer in Yokohama. Everyone calls him 'Sakai'."
"……I see."
A man with blond hair, tan skin, and purple-gray eyes...
There is probably only one person in this world who meets all these characteristics.
Bourbon, Toru Amuro, real name is Rei Sutani.
An undercover agent sent into the organization by the Japanese Public Security Bureau.
Lin Xi had a deep impression of him, which might be due to the fact that he had always been very popular in the comics of his previous life.
Yesterday Gin reminded her to contact Bourbon, but she didn't expect that he would come to her door today.
Lin Xi thought about it for a while and felt that he could use Amuro Toru to open another copy, and by the way, create an identity for himself that is different from Lin Xi in appearance and personality.
This makes it easier for her to advance the plot.
What matters now is what happens to "Samurai 3".
Forget it, let others worry about this problem.
"The bug is with me." Lin Xi put away his gun. "As for you, go wherever you want."
Samurai 3's eyes widened.
He didn't expect the girl to let him go like this: "What? You..."
Lin Xi wiped the fingerprints off the small bag and returned it to "Warrior 3".
"Could you please disappear quickly?" Lin Xi smiled, "I'd like some private time next."
"Samurai 3" didn't waste any time and slipped away like greased feet.
Damn it! He just came here to trade today, but the person he was trading with died, the goods were replaced, and he himself was bugged.
What sin has he committed?
Watching "Samurai 3" leave, Lin Xi picked up the eavesdropping device in his hand.
What she had just said to "Samurai 3" that "no one knows about our conversation" was a lie.
Cell phones have a limited anti-eavesdropping range, only effective within one meter. When she spoke to "Samurai 3" just now, she wasn't that close at first; she spoke from a distance, so the other party must have heard part of the conversation between her and "Samurai 3."
She sketched out the personality of her new identity in her mind, opened the skill tree, and spent 4,000 experience points to upgrade her disguise skill.
"Disguise: Lv0 (No knowledge at all) → Lv2 (Basic Disguise)"
"Obtained cosmetic bag x1, neck ring voice changer x1, disguise tool set x1."
She put the neck ring voice changer around her neck - it was a voice changer disguised as an ordinary choker - and adjusted it a little, adjusting it to a voice completely different from her own.
Just use a clear and sweet girl's voice.
Then she put the touchscreen phone back into her system backpack and tapped the bug.
In order to distinguish her from her current self, it would be best if the new character had a very different face and personality.
The new character should appear to be familiar with Bourbon——
"Long time no see, Bourbon~ Um, or should I call you, the intelligence merchant 'Sakai'?"
The new character should be more lively, more naughty, and more humorous——
"My appearance surprised you, didn't it? Humph, who told this guy to bump into me! Since I've met you, I'll tell you some information, intelligence dealer!"
On this basis, the new character should hide the true intentions under witty words.
"First of all, you know about the armored car robbery that happened in Yokohama on April 4th, right? The main culprits were Reiko Shimizu, Suehiko Ito, and Masaharu Nishio! Masaharu Nishio is dead, and Suehiko Ito might be dead soon too."
"Secondly, the one supplying them with weapons is Soichiro Fukayama, the president of the Fukayama Group. That senior, who loves his juniors, has a ton of bombs. Just imagine, if they were cornered, what would they do with them?"
"Finally, since you were the one who planted the bug on Samurai 3, you should know who Samurai 3's superior is, right? Coincidentally, I'm very interested in the Minetoma Group. If you're also investigating them, we could work together, right?"
Finally, her new persona... needs to be more sincere, kinder, and more popular than her current one. That way, if she can't return to her original world after completing the storyline, she can fake her death and continue living in this world as her new persona.
"Looking forward to seeing you next time, Bourbon."
After Lin Xi finished speaking, he casually threw the bug into the grass by the roadside.
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