Chapter 207 The Trap Targeting Bourbon
◎Day 13 of the Highway Survival Game◎
What to do? How can I help Zero at this moment? Scotland quickly thought through these questions, but after only three seconds, his eyes lit up. He deliberately spoke in a tone of feigned confusion, making sure Gin on the other end of the phone could hear him, "Strange? How can the Public Security Information Database have a list of organized spies?"
"Scotland, what do you mean by that?" Matsuda immediately understood when he heard Keidana say that. He immediately asked Scotland in his naturally fierce tone, which sounded like that of a gangster boss. If you didn't look at the way the two of them were exchanging glances, you could tell from their voices that it really sounded like a conversation between two adversaries.
Scotland seemed to hesitate after hearing this and did not answer him.
Upon hearing that Scotland clearly knew something was wrong, Gin on the other end of the phone immediately revealed his ruthless nature, showing no intention of maintaining a 'good guy' image in front of his sister, and threatened, "Granwitt."
Tell that guy to tell me what he knows right now, or I won't hesitate to send someone to investigate his background in Japan. If he doesn't want his family and friends to be implicated, he'd better give me the information I want.
"Well! To save time and avoid the waste of exchanging information, I put my phone on speakerphone when you were talking about Little Bourbon, so you heard what Scottish Gin said. We've had a pleasant time together these past few days."
"I hope you won't make things difficult for me! I don't really like violent methods!" Hagiwara not only delivered a great voice performance, but his facial expressions and movements were also very convincing as he 'threatened' Scotland.
This incredibly realistic acting made the Scottish man, who was worried about his childhood friend, almost break down in his laughter. He could only suppress his laughter and reply as if he were being threatened: "Okay! As far as I know, the Japanese Public Security Bureau's investigation into the organization is also very secretive within the Public Security Bureau."
When carrying out operations related to the organization that require a significant number of people, most of the team members, except for the team leader, are unaware of the situation. The organizational intelligence I gather can only be reported to the police officer I have a one-on-one contact with.
Furthermore, the intelligence I investigated was never found when I searched for it in the public security database, because the public security database is open to all public security members and is a function that provides convenience for public security colleagues in their work.
Most of the information stored there is classified as limited. More confidential information is stored in other ways and can only be accessed by personnel with the appropriate permissions. Therefore, I have long suspected that this information pertains to the organization.
The Public Security Bureau should have a more confidential storage method, such as a Japanese Public Security Information Database that can be accessed by all Japanese public security agencies. Given the Public Security Bureau's attitude towards the organization's secrecy, it would not put information related to the organization into the database.
However, that was the situation three years ago when I was still employed. Perhaps in those three years, well… including the cycle time of eight years, the level of investigation within the Public Security Bureau changed, which led to adjustments in the organization's intelligence secrecy level!
These words were not fabricated by Morofushi Kagemitsu to deceive Gin, but rather part of the Japanese Public Security Bureau's operational system, which stores intelligence information of varying degrees of secrecy collected by the Japanese Public Security Bureau from both domestic and international sources.
Japanese public security forces can access public intelligence at their respective levels, just like the Metropolitan Police Department's database, which also provides access to various information on Japanese criminals and individuals with prior convictions.
The headquarters' servers store information that helps the police work better and allows for easy access to various intelligence data. The truly confidential information is not stored at the headquarters, but rather by police officers who are infiltrated into various factions...
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Thinking of this, Scotland suddenly paused. He had been too worried about his childhood friend and had overlooked some information revealed in Gin's words. Now he realized that there were two points to note in those words. One was that he said that it was suspected that the Japanese public security had engaged in a chase with Curaçao.
Another point is that, as Gin just mentioned, the information sent to them by the organization member who went to steal the list of undercover agents only listed three other organization members. Zero and another person codenamed Gil did not have their affiliation indicated.
Firstly, Curaçao's attempt to steal the list of undercover agents was based on her track record within the organization and her rumored abilities. If her reputation wasn't exaggerated and the organization wasn't overstating her capabilities, then the Japanese Public Security Headquarters would have had a hard time detecting her infiltration in a timely manner.
Not to mention engaging in a chase with her. If it wasn't a coincidence that she was discovered by the police headquarters, then it means that her infiltration was all within the police headquarters' expectations. It's very likely that the police were using the list to lure people in.
The second point is that during their last meeting, before Gin arrived, Zero was exchanging updates with them and specifically mentioned that Shuichi Akai had been discovered to be an FBI undercover agent two years ago and had fled back to the United States.
In 2014, his girlfriend, whom he had met in the organization, defected and her fate was unknown. He returned to Japan to investigate the organization until December 13, 2014, the day they last met, when Gin used Kir to lure him into a trap and kill him.
Zero said he always felt that with Shuichi Akai's abilities, he wouldn't have missed such a simple trap. During the investigation, he was almost certain that Shuichi Akai was still alive, but when he was about to arrest him, he realized that he seemed to have deduced wrong...
If that Gil is the same Gil that Gin is talking about now, does the fact that only Zero and Gil on the same list do not have their affiliation marked mean that this list incident was within Zero's expectations?
Knowing full well that the organization had planted spies in various Japanese government agencies and stored lists of undercover agents from different countries in the public security database, including information on their own undercover agents, it was clear that the Public Security Headquarters was trying to lure them into a trap to capture the organization's members, but they escaped...
Summarizing this information and reflecting on what happened to him, Scotland suddenly realized something: Could it be that Zero had also investigated some sensitive information during the year, and that some Japanese shady characters who wanted to achieve immortality had noticed it?
So they resorted to their old tricks again, using a so-called "fishing plan" to order Zero to store the lists of undercover agents from various countries that he had investigated into the Public Security Headquarters' database. They probably even found an excuse to make Zero's name appear on it? Or maybe they never intended to tell Zero that his information was also on it?
If his reasoning is correct, and Zero hasn't shared any information about the events leading up to the incident or future developments with him, he might indeed be tricked by the person behind the scenes. However, given his current wariness of the Public Security Headquarters, his reluctance to fully trust them, and his many suspicions, he is still suspicious of them.
It's estimated that Zero became suspicious as soon as the plan was announced, and he will definitely conduct a secret investigation into it. Given his current position, if he wants to investigate, he can't hide anything from the Public Security Headquarters.
If Zero finds his own information on the list, he will naturally deduce the purpose of the person behind the scenes. However, in order to find out who is behind the scenes, Zero cannot confront the person in charge of the plan yet.
He could only pretend not to know and let the plan continue, but in order to avoid being tricked, he must have altered his own information and removed his identity information as a Japanese public security officer.
As for the other Kir who has no affiliation information, based on Zero's previous statement, it is estimated that after a year of investigation, Zero has confirmed that Shuichi Akai is still alive.
As long as Shuichi Akai is still alive, Kir, who claims to have killed him, is definitely problematic—specifically, problematic from the organization's perspective. This is probably a problem that Zero takes very seriously, at least to the point of ensuring that she is unlikely to be directly silenced by the organization...
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"Heh... According to you, it sounds like the Japanese Public Security Bureau is actually quite kind! Knowing that the organization has a habit of planting spies in various countries, they still store such confidential information in such a public database."
It's practically like they're deliberately spreading it so the organization can see it! Matsuda's sharp tongue is always witty, and this time is no exception. Besides, he could tell that Jing Dan wasn't lying about the public security information database.
He realized that the Scottish language implied that the list was clearly leaked intentionally by the Japanese Public Security Bureau or someone else. However, unlike Scotland, who was very familiar with the Japanese Public Security Bureau and its organization, he didn't think too deeply about it.
But after learning what role the Japanese government played in the Silver Bullet and what they did to Jing Dan, and considering what this action meant, his satirical sentiment was full and very real.
Hearing Darmo's sarcastic tone and considering Scotland's earlier words, Gin naturally understood what they meant: "You mean this was intentional on the part of the Japanese Public Security Bureau?"
"I'm not sure, but since they were capable of doing things like deliberately revealing the undercover identity of their own Little Scotland in order to prevent information about the Silver Bullet from being leaked, and delaying the opportunity to assist him in his safe evacuation, it's quite remarkable."
"Then it's normal for them to use your hands to take out some people they find annoying or who might get in their way. As for Little Bourbon..." Hagiwara deliberately paused for a moment and asked Gin, "Has he been investigating the Silver Bullet case too thoroughly this past year?"
Could that member named Kir be involved in this investigation as well? Or were those three undercover agents also assigned similar tasks? Did the organization's current boss issue a similar mission last time?
"..." Hagiwara's words hit the nail on the head, causing Gin to remain silent for two seconds before replying, "As far as I know, they have indeed been assigned to several related missions."
"Tsk! These people are really dirty." Matsuda said this with particular sincerity when he heard Gin's reply.
"Hmph!" Gin snorted coldly upon hearing this. After all, the organization's methods were even dirtier. If Darmo was so angry about such a trivial matter, wouldn't the organization be developing in the direction of whitewashing and preparing to open a charity?
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