Chapter 212 So, I made my move.
Melo's life was saved.
Two weeks after they finalized their plan.
Upon hearing the news, Morofushi Kagemitsu could hardly believe it, even suspecting a leak due to a malfunction in some环节 (link/stage). However, after a thorough investigation, the anti-fraud team discovered that, oh, it turned out the high-ranking police officials had come up with another brilliant idea.
Heh, he knew it. Among those dragging things down, there were definitely those bossy big shots. Why do they love to act like domineering CEOs and vouch for their people so much?!
He read the accompanying information again—provided by Furuya Rei, who had also made preparations for nothing.
Oh, so it turns out that during the fight between Brandy and his team in Kyoto, his colleagues, who were watching from afar, noticed something amiss.
"...So, for such a paltry sum, they made us protect Melo, who's been racking up hatred points all this time?" Morofushi Kagemitsu refrained from slamming the folder on the table, finding it utterly ridiculous. "They even want me to turn her against them?!"
Sitting opposite him, Rei Furuya's expression wasn't much better, the reason being the bonus information he'd handed over.
The "petty profits" that Morofushi Kagemitsu mentioned were actually the several drug research centers that the organization had set up within the country. These places were indeed not very profitable, and a lot of money had to be poured into them every year. They were long-term investments with slow returns.
Those high-ranking officials wouldn't be focusing on this area for the money; they'd be anticipating the results of drug research—thanks to the Karasuma Group's constant lobbying and brainwashing of these officials, making them silently believe that an elixir of immortality would be developed.
While everyone desires immortality, government officials, especially leaders of state-run law enforcement agencies, cannot openly discuss such matters due to political implications. Instead, they can only exploit the situation under the guise of "seizing black market assets and recruiting criminals."
Simply put, many people in the public security system have their eyes on the large amount of "legacy" left behind after the organization's collapse.
Knowing full well the taboos the organization was researching, Morobuchi Kagemitsu naturally couldn't let these people uncover all these secrets. Otherwise, if a large-scale "leak" led to some strange fate, everything he and the anti-fraud team had done might have been meaningless.
"I had Kazami submit several applications, but they all went unanswered. The management also advised us to 'wait for the right opportunity.'" Furuya Rei regretted reporting to his superiors before taking action, recalling the plans that had been delayed for the past two weeks and the personnel support applications that had been repeatedly rejected.
He and Hiro could carry out an assassination on their own, but considering the influence of their allies Gin and Mello within the organization, who would occasionally reappear, they decided to inform the Public Security Bureau.
The result was a betrayal.
"Mr. Jinquan has roughly the same idea." Morofushi Kagemitsu also relayed the text message he had received a few minutes earlier.
The determination of the top leadership was so strong that even Mr. Jin Quan, with his powerful connections, was unable to gain anything for them in a short period of time.
“It’s clear the police won’t allow us to act on our own. But I can’t rest easy letting Melo, this unstable element, end up in the police interrogation room.” Furuya Rei tapped the table and looked at Morofushi Hiromitsu, saying, “Hiro, maybe we should revise our plan.”
[Anti-Fraud Guru #11: Seriously! Can these people please stop dragging us down? What if they cause the world to start time-traveling? I think the chaotic future timeline is inextricably linked to their internal strife!]
Future timeline...
Morofushi Kagemitsu paused in his act of putting down the documents; he had almost forgotten about it.
At the time, Number 234's narration focused on time travel, which almost made him overlook the strange time jumps in the future.
If this drags on, will they develop a strange perception of the passage of time by that summer?
[Anti-fraud expert #198: We can't be sure about this either. When we were reviewing some future data records, we found that the relationship between the US government and this side has been very unstable over the years, but they have maintained close ties in some special areas, such as biomedicine.]
[Anti-Fraud Guru No. 205: Moreover, based on the documents we reviewed that Shunsuke Goto had access to, many of them were international multinational projects. Many of these projects circumvented high tariffs, relying more on resource swaps. The US originally wanted to simultaneously strengthen its naval military deployments, but this was blocked by its neighboring superpower, forcing them to sign some special legal agreements with high-level government officials.]
[Anti-Fraud King No. 214: Do you remember what happened in Curaçao in the future? It's related to this. The first policeman we encountered when we traveled there was a CIA agent, but at the time we suspected that he might be Vermouth in disguise, and we were afraid of revealing our identities, so we didn't investigate further.]
Yes, he remembered that the secret intelligence Curaçao stole was a list of people from other countries' intelligence agencies who had infiltrated the Black Organization.
He wondered at the time why the government would have such a thing, but now he thinks it must have been a bargaining chip obtained from the "well-informed" United States.
Morofushi Hiromitsu then thought of the final "unification" plan that he would see through Goto Shunsuke in the future. Even though the anti-fraud guy had repeatedly emphasized to him that the possibility of the experiment succeeding was zero, he couldn't help but think more deeply about the impact of organizing such a decision.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #148: The three of them were being too euphemistic. Let me just state my suspicions. I believe that the organization's two major projects—the island program in the US and the drug research in Japan—are known to the high-ranking officials of both countries. All the activities they mentioned, whether economic or military, were carried out because of this secret being made public.]
...If your suspicion is proven true, that would be a big deal.
“I can’t be sure what kind of information Melo will reveal, but judging from her mental state, she doesn’t seem to care about the consequences of what she says.” Based on her years of experience with Melo, Morofushi Hiromitsu made the worst-case scenario plan. “If she does consider it, she will deliberately let things escalate to the worst possible outcome, and she would be happy to see it happen.”
Rei Furuya thought about the experimental projects he had recently come into contact with, as well as the secret of the 'silver bullet' that Hiro had revealed to him. He could fully imagine what the consequences would be if these things fell into the hands of the higher-ups who only cared about their own interests.
He frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked up at Morofushi Kagemitsu and said firmly, "We have to take action."
These words were exactly what Fu Jingguang wanted to say. He nodded to Zero and said, "That's exactly what I wanted to say. In order to prevent a worse impact, some members of the organization cannot fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives."
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Have you made up your mind? Then I suggest you keep the "secret of fate" a secret for life. Hmm... even if you can't maintain it for that long, at least don't let anyone else find out before you solve the time travel issue.]
I know that if the "secret of fate" is triggered before "time reversal," what's the difference between that and triggering future events in advance? In fact, because many things are still in their infancy, the losses will be much greater than in the future.
That ending would be worse than going back in time again.
Therefore, in order to avoid falling into such a contradictory choice in the future, it is necessary to ensure that all informed senior members of the organization keep quiet.
[Anti-fraud expert #11: Thinking about it this way, at least the other high-ranking members of the organization are tight-lipped and wouldn't easily reveal secrets like that.]
That's right, otherwise they wouldn't care whether Melo would be caught.
Right now, Brandy and she are locked in a battle, so it's not a good time to make a move. But at the same time, the best opportunity they've carefully planned has already been submitted to the police, so naturally, it can't be executed—they don't want to gamble on whether they'll be sold out.
“In the previous plan, we intended to wait until the internal distribution of interests within the organization was completed, and then work with Rum and Pisco to set up a trap to kill her.” Furuya Rei now intends to bring forward this plan. “However, the situation has changed now. Perhaps we can wait until things in Kyoto have settled down before taking action, and we can also push this matter onto Brandy’s last-ditch counterattack.”
Morofushi Kagemitsu thought this approach was feasible, but some details needed to be carefully considered: "It's just that Brandy is far too shrewd, and his skills surpass those of Rum and Pisco. In addition, Kyoto is still his territory. If we make a move under her nose, even if Melo openly distracts her, it will be difficult to hide it from her."
"Perhaps...we could propose a collaboration with him?" Rei Furuya offered a more feasible suggestion. "I'm confident I can persuade Rum. Hiro, you..."
“My relationship with Melo is too intertwined. Even if I were to use the pretext of betraying her, those shrewd people in the organization wouldn’t believe me. Instead, they might doubt your sincerity.” Morofushi Hiromitsu knew he couldn’t join the persuasion effort, so he said, “However, I can contact Black Guest to give you some leverage. I’m sure no one will refuse.”
Then, he thought of a major event that would happen after Pisco's death and said, "As for Pisco, perhaps we don't need to waste so much breath. I can easily stir up Ireland's nerves by staging an assassination against Pisco."
Rei Furuya nodded slowly, recalling the deep father-son bond between Pisco and Ireland. However, he suddenly remembered something and said with some worry, "With Brandy joining the team, I think the pressure on Melo will definitely increase, and he might call you over."
Morofushi Kagemitsu smiled and said, "Isn't this perfect? I'll join this infighting, increase the losses for both sides, and make it easier for us to clean up the mess later."
"Be careful in everything you do," Furuya Rei said earnestly.
“I will be careful,” Morofushi Kagemitsu replied earnestly.
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