Chapter 118: A Record of the ICPO Experiment...
However, this time, Morofushi Kagemitsu failed to connect with the genius scientist's radio waves.
Shiho Miyano almost fell asleep while waiting in the underground research lab. If it weren't for the special sound effect of the alarm clock that woke her up, she might have continued to catch up on her sleep.
However, he was also very familiar with this particular sound effect:
"Neon Tokyo, Neon Tokyo, the largest brewery..."
!!
The moment he heard the melody, he almost thought that the FBI had figured out his relationship with Black Guest.
But thinking about it calmly, these people don't have that kind of ability, and they didn't leave any obvious traces of their actions, so it's unlikely they'd be caught so easily. Besides, if they really got to the bottom of things, the anti-fraud authorities wouldn't remain silent; I was just overthinking it.
Upon hearing this little anecdote, Shuichi Akai chuckled softly and said, "I heard that vodka put it in front of Gin. It's a pity I didn't get to see Gin's expression at the time."
Upon hearing this, Morobuchi Kagemitsu no longer maintained his serious demeanor, and his expression softened.
It's okay, I saw it. Not only did I see it, but I also had the anti-fraud team secretly record it. By the way, the fact that this little tune has spread so widely among the organization's members is thanks to the anti-fraud team's active contributions to spreading the song; they've never been this diligent in digging up those companies' shady dealings…
[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: What? We're clearly working hard too! What's wrong with having a little fun? This is called timeless classics!]
[Anti-Fraud King No. 11: Besides, the wider this song spreads, the more dissatisfied the members are with the organization's exploitation, making it easier for us to incite struggle and then launch a revolution!]
[Anti-fraud expert #205: This wave of advertising has also significantly increased Black Guest's popularity; now, the orders we get aren't for us to be automated online trolls!]
Please remove the word "intelligent." All they're asking you to do is act as mindless online trolls who flood the public square with negativity.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #214: Jing!]
The little alpaca stomped its feet in circles, while Morofushi Kagemitsu pretended not to see them and began to talk to the two of them.
He looked at Shiho Miyano and got straight to the point: "Ray said you want to see me."
Shiho Miyano nodded, then turned her gaze to the computer beside her, gesturing for the two of them to look over.
The computer screen displayed a map, which was recognizable as a map of Japan from its outline, marked with densely packed dots of three different colors.
This is clearly something Shiho Miyano couldn't have obtained on her own; it must have been Ray who provided a lot of support behind the scenes.
The organization's decision to send him undercover into the FBI was, in a sense, like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: Let me compare... Hey, aren't those red punctuation marks from the analysis report Vodka submitted this time? But these are all fake IP addresses left by those hackers. Gin is currently watching Vodka's second draft, trying to resolve the real addresses.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: I've looked through the blue punctuation; it's an analysis report submitted by the FBI just an hour ago. This version is rather perfunctory, only identifying the targets we've explicitly named. Moreover, they've even started analyzing it from an economic perspective as a retaliatory action against the US trade war and tariffs!]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #148: Look closely, and indeed, a large portion of these are foreign-invested enterprises. We didn't do it on purpose; we just randomly selected a few. Who would have thought it would be so accurate? Several of them are publicly known as domestic companies; who knew they had foreign investment behind the scenes?]
It wasn't intentional... Fine, let's just say it wasn't intentional.
Zhu Fujingguang didn't want to expose him, and only looked at the fewest green punctuation marks on the screen. With his familiarity with public security operation plans, he recognized in a few seconds that this was the personnel deployment plan of the two public security bureaus for that day.
"Scotland, you were aware of this cyberattack against the organization, right?" Shiho Miyano was small in stature, but her voice already carried a certain air of authority.
Morofushi Kagemitsu nodded frankly: "That's right, we did receive the intelligence in advance."
He wasn't surprised that their arrangements would be known to the people here. After all, the satellites in the sky don't speak, but they see everything.
He silently skipped over the topic, glanced at Lai, who was leaning against the wall with a cigarette in his mouth but not lit, and said, "It seems you two have already shared quite a bit of information. You sisters are not simple either; you've made quite a bit of progress in two years."
The subtly barbed words stung Shiho Miyano, instantly shattering the momentum she had painstakingly built up.
She's still too thin-skinned.
Seeing that Shiho Miyano couldn't soften Morofushi Kagemitsu's heart, Shuichi Akai stepped in to save the day, saying, "Having been in the organization for so many years, you must know very well that the organization's influence is not only in Japan, but also in the United States, where there is even a rather mysterious research site."
The rather mysterious research point must refer to the island project "All Aspects of Life". I didn't expect that Akai had already vaguely found out about this. Is this also an inside way of the FBI?
Morofushi Kagemitsu did not deny it, but brought up another matter: "Did you get this guess from that ICPO case?"
Shuichi Akai did not deny it.
“The files can’t be retrieved right now, but could I take a look at the experimental data first?” Morofushi Kagemitsu asked to see the data.
After standing quietly for a while, Shiho Miyano handed him a folder. He smiled politely and began to look through it. The data was incomplete, and most of it was handwritten.
March 17, 2017
Another test subject was sent over, and it seems to be a police officer with a sensitive background. Although managing him will be a bit troublesome, after injecting him with drug number 3, some surprising reactions occurred, so it was still worth it.
(Data Table 1)
March 23
Today is the seventh day, and he actually sensed something was wrong through the stock market fluctuations. That's incredibly perceptive. It seems we need to increase his dosage a little more.
(Table 2 of the experiment is missing a few data points in the lower right corner)
March 29
I'm really fed up with those incompetent people. They actually managed to pick out something was wrong from the music playing again! This won't do. At this rate, even a higher dose won't stop him. Maybe we should prescribe another special medication.
(In Experiment Table 3, half a page of data was torn out)
...
As with every prophecy report he had read, Morofushi Kagemitsu silently put down the record.
These cryptic prefaces might be incomprehensible to others, but he knew exactly what they meant. 11… No, that ICPO officer was probably forced into the island project.
[Anti-Fraud King No. 11: Some remaining fragments of memory tell me that life on the island seems no different from the outside world, but there are still some cruel rules, and people sometimes do some... strange things voluntarily. I can't be sure if they are doing it willingly, or if they are controlled by some kind of device or drug.]
[Anti-fraud expert #198: Judging from the organization's extensive search for experts in medicine and electronic engineering, it seems they value both. Whether it's external or internal forces, this allows them to better control those individuals.]
[Anti-fraud expert #205: However, this isn't entirely without a solution. After being dropped onto the island, he sensed something was wrong with the environment more than once, indicating that the drugs developed by the organization couldn't completely mask people's senses. At least those who were later brought to the island could still maintain their senses for a while.]
The light on the alpacas is flashing faster and faster. When they think about events related to the island, they need to operate on their underlying logic to resist the erosion of fate.
Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at the written record from March 17th, and the word "Surprise" caught his eye.
The word seemed more like "Special" to him, which reminded him of the "special person" that both Vermouth and Pisco had mentioned.
So, it's that same question that's been troubling them for so long: how do they identify "special people" that the organization is so keen on collecting for experiments?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: To be honest, I'm starting to suspect that the organization might later try to trick you into joining the experiment on that island. Is that how you obtained your core code?]
[Anti-fraud expert #214: Wait a minute, just thinking about it, it's obvious we can't go! Isn't that just leaving ourselves vulnerable? Given the organization's modus operandi, how could they possibly hide something so important on an island after discovering someone might periodically awaken?]
[Anti-fraud expert #11: That makes sense. I agree with #214's statement.]
...Going to an island?
If there is a need for it, I will not refuse, but I would prefer to land on the island in another way.
Perhaps because he had been silent for a while, Shiho Miyano spoke up: "This experimental data recording the daily conditions of the human body may not prove anything, but the safe I found contains many secrets."
Shuichi Akai, who was standing to the side, hesitated for a moment, but let Shiho Miyano continue. Hiromitsu Morofushi, of course, wouldn't give up on a clue that had been handed to him, and asked, "The combination lock? How did you get it? Have you opened it yet?"
Shiho Miyano shook her head and said, "I found it when I was taking inventory of the medicine stock. It seems that a batch of new equipment has recently arrived at the base. This thing was placed with a batch of reagents that I needed. The outer shell is exactly the same. I only realized something was wrong when I was about to open it."
[Anti-Fraud Guru No. 148: Is there really such a coincidence?]
Seeing that Shuichi Akai remained silent, Morofushi Kagemitsu continued, "What secret does it hold? Is it its manufacturer?"
“There’s nothing wrong with its manufacturer,” Shiho Miyano continued. “It’s just that there’s a maple leaf mark on its casing. I’ve seen this mark before; it used to be used on laboratory products from Vermont.”
[Anti-Fraud Guru #198: !!!]
Shuichi Akai sighed and said, "However, we now know that the labs over there have all been evacuated. To find out more, we need to send more people to investigate."
Alpaca number 198 poked Morobuchi Kagemitsu, looking at him with its round little eyes.
His meaning was quite clear.
I want that combination lock box.
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