Chapter 163 Cleaning Up and Collecting the Corpse
Rei Furuya brushed a stray hair behind his ear, and Kagemitsu Morofushi saw something metallic flash by.
...Ah, you're contacting Kazami, aren't you?
In other words, he'll be leaving soon.
For the first time, Morofushi Kagemitsu felt that the Anti-Fraud King didn't need to be so efficient.
[Anti-fraud expert #205: No...you?!]
As expected, Furuya Rei casually fiddled with the items on the medical cart, as if to calm himself down, and said in a cold voice, "In that case, the transaction is complete. Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Midorikawa."
Zhu Fujingguang couldn't find any reason to make him stay any longer, so he could only nod dejectedly.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: ...What's with that dejected look on your face? He didn't resign from Poirot. Show some backbone, Jing! He's been so hurtful with his words, you should at least give him a proper response!]
I can't do it.
Morofushi Kagemitsu shrank back onto the bed, listening to Zero's footsteps gradually fade into the distance.
[Anti-fraud expert #214: ...He's no longer your sweet and soft Black Forest cake Zero; he's a chef with a knife now! The key is, he doesn't cook anymore; he just stabs people in the heart!]
No, not at all...
His behavior just now was simply because he was angry that "Midori Osamu" and "Morofushi Kagemitsu" were too similar.
If it were me, I would also find it hard to accept someone with the same appearance as Zero doing his old job, as if his existence had been replaced. He is clearly a unique soul, so why is he seen as a replicable sample in the eyes of others?
Zero has just completed an intelligence transaction while controlling his emotions, fulfilling his duty as a public security officer. What else is there to say?
As he talked, Morofushi Kagemitsu managed to calm himself down again.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #198: ...]
The anti-fraud expert is frustrated by the lack of progress.
The Anti-Fraud King is unable to counter special NPCs.
The anti-fraud expert... has started to transform into an alpaca and roll around.
Zhu Fujingguang: ...
The melancholy mood dissipated almost entirely in an instant.
It should be said that electronic beings like them have a very strong learning ability; they can understand and process even such complex emotions.
[Anti-fraud expert #19: ...Isn't it because your zero broke my heart QAQ This is completely different from what I initially imagined!]
[Anti-fraud expert #26: Actually, I still prefer sweet cookies... Only those two guys, #214 and #19, like to eat something sour and bitter.]
...Okay, okay, let's get down to business.
Even though we now know the cause of my future death, I don't think fate will really let us overcome this difficulty. Just like in the Tottori Hotel I dreamed that my initial death wouldn't be repeated, if one day in the future I still have to face my end, it will probably be a completely different way of dying.
[Anti-fraud expert #148: And it's an upgraded version. Our calculations alone aren't enough to escape death. When it comes to planning and scheming, we can't outmaneuver the "supercomputer" of fate. So, we still need to conserve our energy.]
Is the app still not fixed?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: At that snail's pace, it'll probably be over in my lifetime... Wait?! It's already 89.33% fixed!]
Zhu Fujingguang's eyes lit up, and he sat up abruptly.
Unexpectedly, the repair speed has increased so much in just one day. Maybe the app will be back to normal when he wakes up tomorrow morning.
[Anti-fraud expert #214: Calm down, that's just an ideal scenario. Oh, my roommate's coming back. Sit tight and don't let him notice anything amiss.]
...I thought he was one of Zero's people.
Moribu Kagemitsu propped up the pillow, leaned back, and smiled at him.
At that moment, his roommate Jun walked in wearing slippers. He greeted him listlessly and then sat back down on the bed.
He noticed that his roommate's hair was a little wet, but his hospital gown and slippers were clean.
What's wrong?
[Anti-fraud expert #19: Well, what can I say? Kazami is too improvisational. To keep his roommate from going back to his room, he chatted with him for a long time in the smoking area. When he ran out of ideas, he "accidentally" knocked over the teapot, spilling all the tea on his roommate. And look, the roommate has just changed his clothes now.]
Ah, this...
With a heart full of sympathy, Morofushi Kagemitsu poured the cold boiled water and pushed it onto his roommate's bedside table.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #205: Alright, let's continue talking about the app. In short, we analyzed this anomaly and found that the repair progress jumped much faster than we expected. Moreover, this repair method is completely different from anything we've encountered before…]
[Anti-Fraud Guru No. 198: It's not a bug at all; it's more like a progress bar that's pushing things forward. We now think it's more like a task progress bar that's been adapted from a bugged template.]
Task progress bar?
Could this mission... refer to the mission we're about to complete?
[Anti-fraud expert #205: Based on our current observations, there is a 73.66% probability.]
In other words, we're actually close to completing the task, right?
[Anti-fraud expert #148: The fact that you haven't felt any spatial compression or lost any senses without us using the energy tank proves this point.]
This is really good news.
Morofushi Kagemitsu finally smiled a little, and casually pulled Anti-Fraud Guy to start reviewing the situation, to see what they had done during this period that caused the mission progress bar to jump so quickly, so that they could deduce their own mission based on this.
[Anti-fraud expert #11: Based on the people and events we've encountered these past two days, it's really hard to filter them. Everyone seems like a suspect, yet no one seems quite right.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: First, we can rule out those we've saved, and those whose fate absolutely wouldn't allow them to get into trouble.]
Several names that came to mind were erased by Morofushi Kagemitsu, leaving only the names of Curaçao and Hase Butler.
[Anti-Fraud King #214: Curaçao isn't an undercover agent, and Hasegawa isn't human... but that leaves no one. Did we overlook something? Or is it because you in this timeline previously conducted talk therapy on Curaçao, leading you to conclude that her status was "successfully turned"?]
If that's the case, then the timing of our time travel wouldn't be right after Curaçao had just finished stealing intelligence.
However, speaking of intelligence, could the undercover agent we rescued be one of those undercover agent lists?
[Anti-fraud expert #26: We intercepted it from the start, but that damn task progress bar didn't even budge.]
[Anti-fraud expert #205: The message sent to the organization was intercepted, but Curaçao still has the list in her mind. To ensure that the undercover agent list isn't leaked, besides the initially intercepted message, we also need to consider whether Curaçao herself is willing to report the intelligence.]
[Anti-fraud expert #198: Based on Zero's recent meeting with Curaçao, it seems the defection was successful. So what about the remaining 10.67%? Does it really have to wait until tonight to be settled?]
[Anti-fraud expert #148: I don't think so. If there's a time limit, the settlement should be done all at once after that time.]
The anti-fraud team gathered together and racked their brains.
Morofushi Kagemitsu recalled his conversation with Zero and silently added another point:
Perhaps, to prevent the undercover agent list from being leaked, we also need to consider whether the public security secret database will be broken into again.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: Ah! That's right! How could we forget about those police officers who are dragging our feet?!]
...
[Anti-fraud expert #66: #205 has personally gone to the police station to keep watch. Even if all the top hackers in the organization launch a full-scale attack, they won't be able to break through our defenses.]
What's the situation on the organization's side right now?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #11: It's been a day. They've temporarily sealed some experimental data, upgraded the system, and haven't forgotten to send people everywhere to arrest you. But there are other voices mixed in, such as opposition and doubts from other factions. In short, the situation was quite chaotic for a while.]
Chaos? Surely the company's management system wouldn't allow it to be like that.
[Anti-fraud expert #26: That's all in the past. The original manager was fired for choosing the wrong side, and many others were implicated and forced to resign as well. For example, that manager from Uchihashi, who really did get his fate of going to jail, took the blame for the company and went to jail.]
Where are the intelligence team members? Is anyone keeping an eye on the public security side?
[Anti-fraud expert #214: A few scattered individuals are investigating along the Curaçao line, but Bourbon has taken over the entire operation, so no one has yet reached out to the police.]
But it's still possible to attract attention, especially from that woman Vermouth. Besides, with Curaçao's return to the organization, even more people will be watching, and we need to give them something to do.
As Morofushi Hiromitsu reflected on the past few days he had spent impersonating Goshima Shunsuke, his desire to uncover the past of this persona grew stronger.
[Anti-fraud expert #205: Shunsuke Goto's past isn't a secret to many, but the fact that he's an illegitimate child will generate a lot of discussion. If some rumors are fabricated based on this, perhaps more members of the intelligence team will try to uncover that "secret."]
Good idea.
However, I do want to know more about Shunsuke Goto, especially his whereabouts after he came under the Black Organization's radar.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #198: Aren't you checking his past? After joining the organization, his whereabouts haven't been anything special.]
I know, I just suddenly had a guess.
[Anti-fraud expert #26: Could it be about Melo? After all, she was the one who gave Goto Shunsuke his living expenses before; maybe she knows some secrets.]
Mello...
[Anti-fraud expert #11: Within the organization, there are quite a few people ranked higher than her in terms of threat. Why would you specifically ask Shuichi Akai to kill her?]
I can't think of anything for now... but since I made this decision, then Melo must have a damned reason.
But she's still alive!
[Anti-fraud expert #19: Was she really that hard to kill? She escaped from Shuichi Akai's clutches, so did she use the island plan to avoid capture? But I didn't see her traveling to the US during that period.]
Zhu Fujingguang remained silent.
Both Shunsuke Goto and Melo gave him a strange feeling.
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