Chapter 123: A Story Template for Him
[Anti-Fraud King No. 11: But compared to these, the scenery... we're probably going to have to travel through time again.]
yes.
Morofushi Kagemitsu's gaze was fixed on the location mentioned in the text, "Hayama," which didn't seem to be anywhere in the United States.
[Anti-fraud expert #205: It's very likely a Japanese place name, most likely referring to Hayama Town in Kanagawa Prefecture. However, it could also be some unknown town or mountain.]
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Besides, Melo specifically asked you to settle Ethan's affairs before returning to Japan. Considering this, you shouldn't have much time to go back to China.]
So, is our destination this Yeshan Mountain?
The moment the thought crossed Morofushi Kagemitsu's mind, he dismissed it.
This is the tentative location where the ending is to take place. If he were to actually settle here, it would be too late for anything, and this time travel would become meaningless.
[Anti-Fraud King #148: That's probably an assassination mission. The protagonist should be Gil, and this mission is the starting point that led to her unexpected fate.]
Leaving aside the future, he currently has a task assigned to him by Melo.
He now needs to come up with a script to help Ethan Bendo stay in hiding.
Now that the CIA agent's identity has been confirmed, there is no need to tamper with it. It would be a greater loss if it aroused Melo's suspicion and made him suspicious of himself.
Furthermore, his "admission" to Melo that he is number 234 must also be connected to the script.
[Anti-fraud expert #19: It's not difficult. Let me generate three for you first, then you can choose one.]
...You're not going to present me with another script that's sure to kill people, are you?
The little alpaca stomped its feet, somewhat dissatisfied with his statement.
[Anti-fraud King No. 19: What do you mean by "creating death"? This is called satisfying Melo. You don't actually think those ordinary explanations would make that woman accept them, do you?]
Considering Melo's unusual thought process, Morofushi Kagemitsu relented and, after mentally preparing himself, continued watching:
Story 1:
After the death of his contact, Agent Tony, a series of unforeseen events led to former CIA agent Ethan Bendo losing contact with headquarters and becoming a pawn of the organization.
He was all alone and had nothing to miss. As a malicious hacker group approached him, he gradually sank into the abyss of betrayal, selling information while recklessly sinking into darkness.
It wasn't until Scotland came knocking that he was forced to confront his past as an agent once again.
But it was too late. After the gunshot, he fell into a pool of blood.
? !
That's not right. The ending I wanted was for Ethan Bendo to live. Why did you write me a death ending?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #198: Why don't you fake his death, then give him a new identity and let him infiltrate the organization again? Besides, he's not some codenamed member, and the incident he caused before prevented him from accessing any secrets. Starting over, he might even climb to a higher position.]
...That won't work; there won't be enough time to start over. However, this can be considered a backup plan; we can choose this if all else fails.
Zhu Fujingguang then looked at the second one.
Story Two:
After learning that his contact Tony had been executed by Gin, former CIA agent Ethan Bendou tries his best to gather all the intelligence to cover his identity, but news from home gives him a bad feeling.
He bribed a hacker online to infiltrate the CIA's internal network, only to learn that headquarters not only planned to abandon him but also intended to use his death to cause trouble. At that moment, he realized there was no going back.
As fate would have it, the hacker he bribed turned out to be a member of Black Guest. After a few interactions, he reluctantly agreed to become one of them.
Just when he thought he could play both sides, Scotland came knocking on his door.
Fortunately, he survived, but unfortunately, he's likely to become cannon fodder in the organization's fight against Black Guest.
...Let Ethan Bentang be the middleman? That's not appropriate. It's easy for us to talk to him, but the organization might kill him at any time as a sacrifice. It's hard to say whether he'll even survive this year, let alone five years from now.
Next.
Story Three:
Former CIA agent Ethan Bendo's daughter was killed by police and military personnel during a school protest against the Middle East war. This fueled his resentment towards the agency, and after learning of the situation through internal channels, he realized the time for revenge had come.
He sold Tony, who came to deliver the message, to Gin, and then orchestrated a seemingly casual test, which not only solidified his innocence within the organization but also successfully cleared his name from the CIA's records.
Meanwhile, he set a trap and kidnapped a hacker. After extracting all the information from him, he suddenly had an idea: the power of one hacker is limited, but what if there is a group?
Perhaps he can replace this person's position in the hacker organization.
But he hadn't expected that someone else in the organization shared the same thoughts. Before Scotland approached him, he hadn't realized that this man had already successfully replaced Number 234 in the Black Guest.
Wow.
Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at the third version of the script with some shock. If he didn't know the truth, he would have thought that Ethan Hondou was a cunning and promising talent!
[Anti-fraud expert #214: You also think this version is good, right? Being subservient or threatened is a negative trait for Melo, but actively using someone is a completely different story.]
[Anti-fraud expert #11: And you've successfully found an excuse to make you number 234, so you won't be so passive with Melo anymore.]
really.
Perhaps only Melo could tolerate someone like that.
After some deliberation, Morofushi Kagemitsu finalized the script. While the anti-fraud team helped fabricate various pieces of evidence, he also began contacting another group to arrange the details of the real-world scenes.
That evening, after Morofushi Kagemitsu and Ethan Hondou finished their phone call, the busy morning finally came to an end.
Before I even had a chance to look at today's documents, the anti-fraud officer was already urging me to go to bed.
...It's only 10 o'clock now, are you going to sleep so early?
[Anti-fraud expert #26: You promised Zero you'd take good care of yourself, and you've been working intensely ever since you came back from time travel, never going to bed early again. Tomorrow morning, once time completely reverses, you definitely won't be able to get out of bed.]
Morofushi Kagemitsu roughly understood what he meant and clenched his fist. He had previously wondered why he hadn't been affected this time; was it because he was waiting for this day to pass before the symptoms flared up?
[Anti-fraud expert #148: This is also our guess. After all, in the last half-day five years later, the time jumps by 12 hours, so we might need to make up for it.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Okay, go to sleep. You don't want to be bedridden and miserable all day tomorrow, do you?]
Only then did Morobuchi Kagemitsu slowly close his eyes.
But just half an hour later, the anti-fraud expert nudged him.
? ? ?
Didn't you tell me to go to sleep? What do you mean by this?
[Anti-fraud expert #148: We've noticed you're not thinking about us in your dreams.]
Speak like a human.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: You're having insomnia, constantly struggling amidst bizarre and colorful blocks of light.]
No need to be so poetic...
[Anti-fraud expert #205: We detected that you have not yet entered a deep sleep state.]
...Okay, actually I was thinking about that combination lock box.
[Anti-fraud expert #198: So what if it was stolen? Anyway, I've already started researching the memory fragments, and perhaps the conclusions I reach will be more valuable than the combination lock itself.]
...This isn't about value; it's about how something so important was stolen. It had been stored with the FBI the whole time, and then just vanished like that?
Morofushi Hiromitsu recalled the scene when he heard the news in the basement research room of the villa. Both Miyano Shiho and Akai Shuichi were shocked by the news. The two even had a small argument because of it. He was unsure whether the scene happened naturally or if the two had deliberately put on a show for him.
After all, no matter how you look at it, it seems absurd that the FBI lost that briefcase.
This incident forced the postponement of the cooperation that was supposed to be discussed. However, it also gave him time to inform Mr. Jin Quan that the decision on whether or not to cooperate with the FBI should be left to his superiors.
[Anti-fraud expert #11: Perhaps it's because we pushed the island project too far ahead, so let's take this as a warning from fate.]
...Is this really not just an excuse for you guys to make me go to sleep?
Zhu Fujingguang asked doubtfully.
[Anti-fraud expert #214: Alright, go to sleep now, or we'll put sleep-inducing sound waves in your head.]
Okay, okay, I'll go to sleep now.
He cleared his mind of all the trivial matters, closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep.
The next day, I managed to sleep until I naturally woke up.
He finally had the leisure to think about the things he was currently dealing with.
Melo's mission has a generous timeframe and isn't particularly difficult. As long as he manages the pace of the investigation well and reports to her from time to time, there shouldn't be any major problems.
He had just finished an intelligence exchange with the FBI and Shiho Miyano. The cooperation was giving his superiors a headache, so he just continued his usual approach to communication.
There are also some business matters within the organization that he has to deal with. However, apart from attending the military parade recently, there doesn't seem to be any other necessary outings.
...Speaking of which, how's your research on those two drugs that he discovered five years later in Melo's research institute, which was set up like a cult site, going?
[Anti-fraud expert #198: That red and white capsule is APTX 4869. They haven't figured out anything new yet, but preliminary results suggest it's similar; as for the blue one… tsk, very suspicious.]
What went wrong?
[Anti-Fraud Expert #26: Our test results are different every time we analyze them. At first, we thought we had some kind of bug, but after investigating for a long time, we found that the biggest bug was this broken capsule!]
...After hearing what you've said, I have a feeling that this medicine is even more extraordinary.
[Anti-fraud expert #11: However, I think this outcome is more like a cure.]
Yes, only an antidote could create such a huge bug.
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