Chapter 135 Secrets
Day 11 of the road survival game!
As soon as he finished speaking, Matsuda, who couldn't hear Kazesei no Kami's voice, said thoughtfully, "Hagi! I feel like it's not that simple. Look at the person in the center of the crowd at the front desk, that should be Mrs. Niimi."
She appeared to be listening to the man's accusations against Yatsushiro Shipbuilding, but her gaze kept darting towards former Prime Minister Shinmi, as if she knew he had left and was worried about his situation.
"I'll go check it out, you guys be careful." Zhu Fu's keen senses as a public security officer made him feel that the newly met former prime minister was rather suspicious. This suspicion made him disregard his first time entering the instance and the threat of the instance's destruction, and he decided to go and investigate this person who made him feel suspicious.
So, Feng Xingshou stared in disbelief as Officer Morofushi finished speaking and, without waiting for everyone's agreement, quickly moved to a dimmer area, inexplicably reducing his presence, and then moved towards the former Prime Minister Shinmi, who was on a phone call.
He couldn't help but complain, "Your Officer San's efficiency is too high! This is a huge ship that could be destroyed in an instant, and it could easily turn into the Titanic! How could you not discuss what we should do first before rushing off to investigate someone who just looks a little suspicious?"
“Well! If it were an ordinary person with suspicious behavior, I could handle it objectively. But it’s a former prime minister who was once the leader of Japan and has only recently learned about so many official scandals. It’s hard for him to handle it calmly.” Hagiwara understood his friend’s current state of mind.
If he had just been rescued into the game by Feng Jiang and knew so many distressing and infuriating things that were closely related to himself and the Japanese people, he would have seen every person involved and couldn't help but feel suspicious. Once he felt that someone was suspicious, he would do everything he could to investigate them thoroughly.
Matsuda took a deep breath. Even though he couldn't hear, he could guess what the junior had said that made Hagi say that. The thought that the culprit who caused all this was someone they couldn't do anything about made him want to smoke again.
But now was not the time to sneak a smoke. He could only suppress the urge to grab a cigarette and discussed with Hagiwara, "Let's discuss how to proceed first. We can tell Keidan when he gets back. Even if he's not calm, he's not bad at understanding things."
"Hmm! This time it's on a ship. Considering the devastating earthquake that occurred in the last instance, we need to take into account all kinds of catastrophic disasters that may occur at sea, such as tsunamis, storms, and lightning strikes."
To avoid situations like those depicted in movies where disasters occur, people are trapped in different places, encounter various crises while trying to reunite, and some fall behind or face life-or-death situations.
I think it's better if we stick with Fengjiang this time. First, find the dungeon exit on the ship. Once we've determined the exit's location, if we're not far from it, then we can check out the kitchen, warehouse, and other places.
"These days we've been so busy with our affairs that Fuu-chan hasn't had a chance to gather any supplies!" Hagiwara thought that there were three grown men traveling in the car with him, Kojinpei, and Komorobuchi. They already had big appetites, and Fuu-chan's appetite would increase after she used her ability.
Luxury cruise ships usually have ample supplies and resources to deal with various problems that may be encountered at sea, but future dungeons may end up like the last one, with nothing to show for it.
Therefore, to avoid insufficient supplies and the crisis of everyone going hungry, since we are trapped on the ship and unable to hand over the items that Kofuruya prepared in time, we should focus on collecting supplies first.
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Upon hearing his plan, Matsuda nodded in agreement, while Kazehoshi Mamoru anxiously whispered to Hagiwara, "Hey! Hagiwara, don't forget to call your friend and my brother first and ask them if there's any concrete action from that group's CEO or the US government!"
"Heh... Don't worry! I won't forget." With Hagiwara's meticulous nature, seemingly calm on the outside but actually revealing nothing, he naturally wouldn't forget this. Seeing that Kaze-chan was anxious about this, he even laughed and teased her: "What I just said was the arrangement after contacting them."
"Let's contact Furuya first! We don't know if Fuu-chan's brother has done anything unusual since we left last time. We can exchange information with him first, find out what Gin is up to, and then contact Gin."
"To avoid a situation where contacting Gin might arouse his suspicion and cause us to miss the correct information." After hearing what Hagi said, Matsuda reached out and took out a cell phone he had picked out from the cell phones he had collected last time. With his excellent memory, he entered Furuya Rei's cell phone number word for word.
This prompted Kazesei no Kami to whisper to Hagiwara again, "Wow! Matsuda is amazing! Even though he can't hear what I'm saying, his reaction is like he can hear me. How can he guess so accurately every time?"
"Feng-chan, don't praise other men! I'll get jealous!" Unexpectedly, when Feng Xingshou asked this, Hagiwara shamelessly complained to her in a coquettish tone.
Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru, who had already run to his car to wait, had just seen the caller ID of a stranger when he answered the call and was immediately met with this shocking comment from his friend, which had already caused him a lot of trouble.
He, who always seemed unfazed by anything, couldn't help but roll his eyes and complain to his phone, "Hey! Hagiwara, you're feeding me dog food the moment you answer the phone, aren't you done yet?"
But after he finished complaining, he realized, "Huh! The title Hagiwara just mentioned seems to refer to Gin's sister. Oh! I see, so that's the kind of relationship he has with Gin's sister!"
No wonder Hagiwara trusts her so much. Despite being Gin's sister, she helped Hagiwara save Matsuda, Hiro, and the class president. This is truly an unexpected development...
However, Gin's sister, who was willing to save her lover's friend, is much more humane than Gin himself. As for that guy... well, never mind, I can't even imagine him having a lover. -_-||
"Tsk! I'm the one who called you. Hagi's love-struck right now, just ignore him." Matsuda didn't hold back in criticizing his childhood friend, then quickly explained the situation to Furuya Rei: "Let me tell you about our situation first. The landing point was wrong this time."
We're currently on what looks like a luxurious cruise ship, sailing at sea, so we can't meet with you to hand over our belongings. But I have good news: Jing Dan is fine; he's with us now. How are things on your end? Is the squad leader alright?
"Great, he's already engaged to Natalie, and they've even set a wedding date!" Rei Furuya felt a pang of disappointment upon hearing that he wouldn't be able to see them, but the good news that Hiro was really alright made him unsure whether Hiro had been successfully rescued.
It was only after he was injured in that earthquake that changed history that he finally felt relieved. When he learned the good news that his best friend had been rescued, he was as happy as a clear blue sky after the rain, and even the words he spoke were filled with genuine, relaxed and joyful emotions.
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"Heh...that's really good news. I hope we can attend his wedding." Although Matsuda knew in his heart that, unlike Jingdan, the squad leader who was just unlucky to encounter that accident had premonition and could avoid it afterward, it was normal for things to go smoothly in this timeline.
Hearing his joy, he was also happy. However, after the initial joy subsided, thinking about the purpose of their entry into the instance, he couldn't bear to say what Furuya was about to say to him. But their job required them to have the mental fortitude to accept all sorts of bad news at any time.
Therefore, he hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Although it's not good to dampen your spirits when you're happiest, I must explain to you that the reason we're keeping Jing Danna with us is because we're not sure if sending him back to the time when the accident happened would allow him to survive safely."
"Don't worry about the organization hunting him down. Our colleagues in the Public Security Bureau are not to be trifled with. They can properly protect his personal safety." Upon hearing this, Furuya Rei thought they were worried about Hiro being hunted down by the organization, and confidently assured Matsuda.
Sensing his trust in the Public Security Bureau, Matsuda was speechless for a moment and fell silent. Just then, Morofushi, who had just left, walked over quickly, his face calm but his eyes filled with disappointment and anger.
Not fully calm, he didn't even notice that Matsuda was on the phone, and whispered to them, "Listen carefully, he seems to be talking to some important person. Listen to what he's saying."
The previous accusations against Badai Shipbuilding for its illicit activities in pursuit of huge insurance payouts revealed his involvement behind the scenes. Fifteen years ago, after the cargo ship sank, during the insurance company's investigation, they discovered traces of blasting during the towing of the cargo ship's wreckage.
He used his power as prime minister and official to destroy evidence, faked a malfunction during transport of the cargo ship wreckage, and sank it completely into the deep sea where it could not be salvaged. He was reporting the scene to the person on the other end of the phone. This Mr. Hiroshige was exposing what happened back then.
I was worried that their supply of explosives to Yatsushiro Shipbuilding, their efforts to cover up the incident, and their pressure on the insurance company would be exposed. I asked them how to handle the aftermath. I didn't hear what they said on the other end of the phone because they weren't on speakerphone, but I saw them exclaim in surprise after hearing the response.
He asked in a low voice, "Bombs? Really? You secretly provided them to her? So many? Why?" Unfortunately, he didn't know what the other party's response was, only that he hung up the phone and arranged for his assistant to prepare a lifeboat for him...
“Fifteen years ago, it was during the term of former Prime Minister Niimi!” Upon hearing this, Hagiwara recalled the man at the front desk who had accused Yatsushiro Shipbuilding of nearly going bankrupt 15 years ago due to Japan’s economic bubble.
He orchestrated the sinking of the cargo ship to obtain a huge insurance payout, and in doing so, he murdered the captain and a senior crew member.
He couldn't help but sarcastically remark, "So this is how our former prime minister helps companies on the verge of bankruptcy and solves Japan's economic crisis? He even provides weapons to the Self-Defense Forces. He's really going all out!"
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