Chapter 138 Promotion and Salary Increase
Zhu Fujingguang rubbed his legs.
Three days have passed since he returned from the future, but he still can't forget Yeshan that afternoon.
Perhaps some things are only precious when they are etched deep in our memories.
In the hotel, he passed by the noisy alpacas surrounding him and looked at the computer again.
A model of an island is rapidly being generated on the computer screen, with different auxiliary lines and data graphs being quickly and repeatedly modified. Besides ensuring Ethan Bendou's script progresses smoothly, Anti-Fraud Guy has been working on this all day.
The two coordinates they obtained in the future were crucial to them, but considering the fragility and chaos of future space and time, he didn't act rashly. He waited until he returned from the future, met Shuichi Akai on the mountain road in America, and obtained the cipher box before having the anti-fraud expert analyze it, precisely because he was afraid that fate, being so sensitive, might react in some way.
He also witnessed a chain-reaction car accident as a result.
Shuichi Akai, who was officially or covertly a member of the U.S. police force, naturally took on the responsibility of maintaining order at the scene. Hiromitsu Morofushi called 911 and also helped take care of the injured.
No one called an ambulance, but fortunately, Shuichi Akai's current identity automatically includes this emergency service, and he even offered to pay some of their medical expenses in advance.
At that moment, in the eyes of others, the FBI, which was originally infamous, was practically shining!
Morofushi Kagemitsu, who had originally intended to take this opportunity to waste some of the organization's funds, shut his mouth, knowing that Akai would eventually come to him for reimbursement anyway.
It seems that his time as a double agent back in the US has taught Ray, who was originally just a docile man who only knew how to mooch off the organization's weapons resources, many useful workplace skills.
[Anti-Fraud King No. 148: To be honest, Jing, he initially learned his sniping skills from you by using the organization's weapon resources.]
[Anti-fraud expert #214: After your relationship improved, the supplies he applied for became all sorts of different things, but you approved them all.]
[Anti-fraud expert #19: Hey, to be honest, you can't really blame others for interpreting your relationship without your consent, especially during the time when Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano were living apart...]
Having grown accustomed to their nonsensical ramblings, Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't respond. Instead, he seized the opportunity to further exploit the organization, suggesting they commission full-body checkups at a private medical clinic in Washington. As for Zero…
[Anti-fraud expert #11: Okay, I understand. I'll go arrange it for him right away. By the way, there are quite a few medical check-up centers in Japan...]
Let's make some arrangements for the other members in Japan as well. The level of the company isn't important; the focus is on the members in Tottori. Everyone has worked hard to match the company's feng shui, so we should give them some benefits.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: Oh, I see!]
Number 26 was unusually clever for once.
After secretly doing a little something, Morofushi Kagemitsu returned to the hotel with the contents of the briefcase.
Calling it "things" isn't entirely accurate; it was brought back as copies of data and documents, while the originals remain with Shuichi Akai. Calling it "evidence" would be more appropriate.
If this evidence were made public, it would have a significant impact on the current U.S. federal government and upper echelons of society.
That's also an island.
It's also a private island, but the area it covers is much larger than that of an organized one.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Are they targeting those islands? They're all secretly hiding in those places doing bad things.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru No. 205: Geographically speaking, islands at sea are isolated from the populous mainland, offering greater privacy and security. With proper transportation arrangements, they can become a very cost-effective secret base. We could consider building one in the future when we have sufficient funds.]
...That future seems too far away. Will I really live to see it?
Besides, even if we did manage to acquire an island, we wouldn't need it, would we? The reason I came into contact with this thing was because of the organization's core secrets.
[Anti-fraud King No. 11: ...That was a plan we implemented during the No. 102 era. That guy was incredibly rich, so he tried to pull off a scheme...Unfortunately, we failed in the end, and unexpectedly, the organization found a way out...]
I see.
[Anti-fraud expert #148: So, #198, where did you get this from? Surely there's some kind of business relationship between these two islands?]
[Anti-Fraud King No. 198: ...The current memory fragments are incomplete, but my original investigation target wasn't that island. It's possible I unearthed it incidentally after discovering something else.]
...Then your side effect is truly remarkable.
Zhu Fujingguang praised.
He was about to return to Japan, so naturally he wouldn't bother with the mess in the US anymore. But if this matter was related to the organization's island, then it would be necessary for him to follow up with Shuichi Akai.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #214: We opened the box, and the contents ended up with the FBI. With these favors to smooth things over, requesting follow-up intelligence is more than enough.]
[Anti-Fraud King No. 205: That's good. Based on the intelligence we obtained from the future, the prerequisites for preliminary analysis and estimation of the island base have been met. Once the influence of fate has largely dissipated by tomorrow, we can begin modeling.]
Now that the modeling work is mostly complete, Morofushi Hiromitsu glanced at Ethan Hondou's report and went back to studying the future list.
He highlighted several industry leaders he needed to focus on, opened a new document, and began writing a report on two or three of them.
To bring down an organization, one needs to cleverly create enemies. One day in the future, these enemies will strike when the organization is weak. He won't let any opportunity to destroy the organization slip by.
Thus, while doing clerical work, he also partnered with Vermouth on several missions. After a few peaceful days, Ethan Bendou finally managed to break free from Vermouth's clutches.
Morofushi Kagemitsu knew this woman's vengeful nature well; she would definitely harbor resentment and unwillingness after failing to catch her prey twice.
So he secretly contacted Shuichi Akai, and the two of them conspired to redirect her hatred towards the FBI, which gave Ethan Hondou some breathing room, at least he had finished his work.
[The preliminary investigation of the software engineers on the list has been completed. — EH]
Morofushi Hiromitsu saved the materials sent by Ethan Hondou, but before he could even open them, he received another anonymous email:
Three days later, escort Sherry back to Japan. Afterwards, be responsible for logistical matters in the Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kanagawa areas.
The attached document shows the plane tickets that have already been purchased.
!!
[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: Great! We've finally been promoted! And the region we're in charge of includes Tokyo, the center of our future destiny.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: The hardships we endured in the US these past two months have finally paid off. Given our current position within the organization, our access to classified information has expanded.]
The two alpacas happily huddled together and gave each other a "FIVE". To make it more lively, number 148 even simulated a firework effect and set it off indoors.
This is indeed a good thing.
The organization has also built research institutes and drug centers in the areas designated for Morofushi Hiromitsu, and Sherry will be going back with him. In this way, they might be able to access these classified information sooner.
He wrote down the boarding information with a relaxed attitude and began preparing for his return home.
He didn't expect those profit-driven guys in the organization to be very polite to him, who had obviously taken away their power. He still had a tough battle to fight to secure his position.
Of course, he wouldn't hold back. If possible, he planned to make the situation even more chaotic, letting these veterans fight amongst themselves, which would also weaken the organization.
...By the way, Anti-Fraud Guy, after we return to Japan, will those two time-travel missions continue?
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Well... part of it may depend on yourself.]
Me?
Aren't all the tasks posted on the app released by you after you've captured the fluctuations in the Fate Line?
[Anti-Fraud Guru No. 11: But based on these two observations, you successfully influenced the future by exploiting the interplay of fate and time. Therefore, it's possible you might have intentionally created certain tasks as a trigger for you to travel to the future again.]
Morofushi Kagemitsu looked thoughtfully at his laptop, which was filled with secrets.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #148: There's something very important you can no longer ignore. Your predicted death date is less than two years away, but the information we have is still scarce. To avoid falling into a time loop, we must take proactive measures.]
...Ah, there's still this thing hanging over my head. I was originally planning to go to Tottori to study that coffin.
[Anti-Fraud King #214: Forget about the coffin for now, think about your future self as a corpse. Based on the locations of various future events, the probability of triggering missions after we return to Japan might be higher, and we might even save some energy.]
How much energy have we accumulated so far?
[Anti-Fraud King #198: If we assume each time travel lasts three days, that's enough for two trips. However, we still need to reserve some energy for self-defense and emergencies, as future time travel environments will become increasingly demanding.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: That's right, just like this time. Who would have thought that the trigger this time would be "sleeping"? In total, Jing slept for a whole day!]
Yes, that's a bit of a trap. He almost missed submitting a report on time.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #26: ...Shouldn't we stop thinking about work at a time like this? We need to focus on dealing with the endless challenges of time and space!]
Yes, yes, but it seems like we can't control these things; it's all down to luck.
However, to avoid certain debuffs or unexpected events, perhaps he should indeed learn from his future self and leave those contingency plans behind.
Morofushi Kagemitsu was prepared for the worst at any time.
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