Chapter 119 Solving the Problem-Maker
Day 10 of the road survival game!
After hearing Feng Sang's words, Morofushi Kagemitsu asked in confusion, "Your brother Gin has a very high position in the organization. He is the third-in-command and has the privilege of executing any member of the organization at any time."
He is also the person who understands the organization's style best. Since he said so, then Masuyama Kenzo's position in the organization may indeed not be as high as we guessed. However, if Masuyama Kenzo is not a high-ranking member of the organization...
Knowing of the existence of the Dream Potion, yet lacking the qualifications to take it, why would the person behind the police decide to abandon him simply because that check might expose his identity?
"Perhaps it's because Kofuya reported the findings of the Miyano couple and Karasuma Research Institute's investigation to the Public Security Bureau, which allowed the Public Security Bureau to know before your incident that the payer of Masuyama Kenzo's check was related to the 'dream drug' that they were interested in."
It's estimated that they had already begun investigating Kenzo Masuyama before that, and even planned to find out the whereabouts or formula of the 'Dream Drug' through him. But if you leak this information, or investigate the check matter privately...
This led to the exposure of the other party's organizational members' identities by the police. No matter what, the police would never openly protect and let a member of the organization who had been identified continue to live freely.
That way, the information they value regarding the 'dream drug' might be exposed to many unsuspecting police officers who are not even their pawns, leading to a situation they can't control, since there are too many people who want to live forever.
The more people know about it, the more people will want to get their hands on it. There are also people like us who, upon hearing about the effects of this 'dream drug,' will feel a sense of rejection, believing it to be a forbidden zone that humans should not touch.
This leads to the realization that everything related to this drug must be completely destroyed, thereby thwarting their goal of obtaining the 'Dream Drug Formula,' especially considering the organizational style you and Kofuruya mentioned.
"They probably won't allow an exposed member of their organization to operate under the very nose of the Japanese authorities. So, they'll have to eliminate you before this situation develops further." Hagiwara sneered as he said this.
She continued, "This reminds me of a lame joke my sister told me when I went home for vacation. She said that one of her female classmates who chose to get married early had a child who was old enough to go to kindergarten, but apart from the very expensive private kindergartens, all other kindergartens required meeting certain conditions to enroll."
For example, if both parents are working professionals and have jobs, they need to provide proof of employment. If only one parent is working, the child does not meet the requirements for kindergarten admission. There are also some other strange terms and conditions.
In short, they are making things difficult for the public, so that people who really need it don't meet the requirements to send their children to kindergarten. But my sister's classmate wants to go to work and earn money to help support her family.
She wanted to send her child to a kindergarten that was cheaper than a private one, but the other party required her to provide proof of employment before they would give her child a place. This put her in a dilemma because she wanted to have time to work, which is why she wanted to send her child to kindergarten.
The vicious cycle of children not being able to attend kindergarten if they don't have a job is a problem. Even if they ask family members to take care of their children for a while, and then go to work and obtain a work certificate to get a spot, they still have to wait in line.
She could only get her child into a nearby kindergarten when there was a vacancy in her family's name. Often, the waiting list would take one or two years. Despite this, the local authorities still had the audacity to announce that the kindergarten was operating well that year and that the proportion of children waiting to be admitted had decreased by a certain percentage.
This is a classic case of "if you can't solve the problem, just get rid of the person who might create it." When my sister told me about it, I initially thought it was just a problem of laziness on the part of the local ward office, but now it seems to be a common tactic used by the entire government.
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“It wasn’t this bad when we were kids!” Matsuda sighed after saying that, and looked worriedly at Morofushi Kagemitsu, whose eyes were filled with disappointment. Now he was not only worried about his childhood friend, but also about another friend who had finally changed his fate of death.
"So I'm the one who created the problem. Once I get rid of the person behind the Public Security Bureau, there won't be any problems!" Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was worried about Hagiwara, listened to the analogy Hagiwara used. As a Japanese person, and also within the system, he was worried about the situation.
He was naturally familiar with these Japanese laws and regulations, and couldn't help but smile wryly. However, he did not stop thinking because of the complex emotions in his heart at that moment, nor did he fall into complete anger and disappointment.
Instead, he continued with a seemingly calm and rational speculation: "However, I think the other party didn't only learn about the existence of the 'Dream Drug' after Zero reported the Karasuma Research Institute's investigation, but rather knew some clues much earlier, perhaps the year we graduated from police academy, or even earlier."
"Why do you say that?" Hagiwara asked, somewhat surprised and curious.
Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't care about the possibility of leaking information from the Japanese Public Security Bureau at this moment, and continued: "Because as far as I know, the only Japanese Public Security personnel in the organization are Iori-senpai, myself, and Zero."
Our direct superior was a high-ranking public security official named Kuroda. It was he who extended the invitation to me when I was working at the Metropolitan Police Department. After I accepted, he revealed to me some of the reasons why he had dispatched public security personnel to investigate that organization.
According to him, in 1997, in addition to his position in the Public Security Bureau, he was also working as a police officer investigating serious criminal cases at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and at that time he received orders from high-ranking officials in the Japanese Public Security Bureau.
It is said that the Japanese Public Security Bureau received an invitation to meet with Amanda, a popular US presidential candidate at the time, regarding an international criminal organization. In addition to being a major American capitalist, Amanda also had great influence within the FBI.
She was also a candidate who publicly stated in her campaign speeches that she would crack down on crime in the United States if elected, and mentioned that the criminal organization was very cunning and terrifying when she invited the Japanese Public Security Bureau to a meeting.
They needed to proceed with caution and hoped the meeting could be conducted in secret. That's why the Japanese Public Security Bureau sent him to the United States under the pretext of an ordinary Japanese policeman going on vacation and to watch a local international Go tournament, in order to secretly meet with Amanda.
They were discussing how, if she won the election, she planned for the US and Japan to work together to completely dismantle a transnational criminal organization. However, just minutes before his scheduled meeting with Ms. Amanda, she was assassinated by members of the organization.
She herself was in a car accident while saving her bodyguard and was in a coma for 10 years until she graduated from police academy. After waking up, she reported what happened to the Japanese Public Security Bureau.
That's why he first sent Senior Iori, then Zero more than half a year later, and finally my undercover mission to infiltrate the organization. I don't know if you've noticed that case back then, but both the case files and news reports show that Amanda died of a heart attack.
Apart from the disappearance of his female bodyguard, nothing suspicious was found. Even though Japanese shogi player Koji Haneda, who died around the same time as her and stayed at the same hotel, also died of a heart attack, his hotel room was in a state of disarray.
He also had signs of being beaten and assaulted, clearly indicating a home invasion attack before his death. Therefore, it was initially suspected at the time of his death to be related to political infighting during the presidential election. Unfortunately, the autopsy results found nothing suspicious, and the case was ultimately closed as an accidental death due to illness…
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"Amanda and Haneda Koji both died of heart disease? When Fuu-chan's brother gave Miyano Akemi the poison, he said that the drug would only cause death as a result of a heart attack, and no toxins would be detected."
"Could it be that the organization already had that drug back in '97 and used it as a tool for committing crimes without leaving a trace? Then why did Gin tell Miyano Akemi that the drug was developed by her sister?" Matsuda interrupted Morofushi Kagemitsu upon hearing this question.
"Didn't I speculate with you before? A drug with such advanced technology like this definitely cannot be independently developed by a researcher under 30 years old. It must be based on some kind of extended research to be possible."
Adding to the information mentioned by Komobushi earlier, it can be inferred that Miyano Akemi's parents had already developed some basic, or even successful, research on that 'dream drug' before they died. I speculate that they were discarded after they had achieved some success.
Furthermore, there are roughly two types of these results: one is what they call a 'dreamlike drug,' and the other is the type that the organization used as a traceless criminal poison back in 1997. Hagiwara paused upon receiving this.
Then he sneered: "Heh... to be silenced just minutes before the scheduled meeting, and she's a leading candidate for the US presidency and a major American capitalist. It's obvious that her meeting with the Japanese Public Security Bureau was leaked to the organization."
The organization then sent people to silence him, or rather, to eliminate a potential threat. A major American capitalist with close ties to the FBI, and who, as a US presidential candidate, was certainly protected by Secret Service personnel, was easily silenced by the organization.
The organization seems to be impressive in size, combat capabilities, and assassination skills. It's just unclear which side leaked information to the organization or was the one planted with spies.
However, if we're talking about the Japanese Public Security Bureau, with its alleged organization of spies, behind-the-scenes control over high-ranking officials, and a certain powerful figure within the Public Security Bureau spying on the "Dream Drug," it seems the situation within the Public Security Bureau is quite murky.
"If the Japanese Public Security Bureau had organized spies, your friend's undercover identity should have been exposed long ago, right?" Feng Xingshou listened to them talk so much, but it seemed they were going around in circles and missing the point.
Driven by her heightened desire to hear and gossip, she subconsciously interjected, "Could it be that the Japanese Public Security Bureau or the FBI deliberately leaked information to the organization? After all, Amanda knew that the organization was a transnational criminal organization."
She also planned to use the organization as the first weapon in her fight against crime after being elected president, which clearly indicates that the FBI has already found evidence of the organization's crimes. In addition, she did not invite other European and American countries, nor did she invite my country, but only extended an invitation to Japan..."
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