Chapter 25 Spending money should happen after mitosis...
They really know how to stir things up.
Looking at the seemingly random message sent by Melo, Morofushi Kagemitsu pondered the true intentions behind her series of perplexing actions today.
Was it to test whether he would still choose her side after obtaining the code name?
It's hard to imagine that Melo, who holds the reins of the organization's finances in Japan, would feel threatened by the series of major events he caused in the United States. This commanding tone reminded him of the way his boss had replied to his emails back then.
This shows they don't trust him.
He took a few more steps toward the edge of the road and faintly heard police sirens coming from afar, so he replied:
The cops have arrived.
He wasn't entirely clear on the bomb disposal officers' schedule yet, but since it was the SWAT team, they probably wouldn't arrive too late. He'd try to be a little vague with his explanation, hoping to dissuade Melo from this absurd idea.
[Then go investigate the materials used by the explosives squad, and once you've done that, they'll add you to the group chat for the codenamed member.]
Join the group.
He could no longer look at the word directly; holding back his laughter was the greatest respect he could show it.
After suppressing his laughter, he began to suspect that today's events were a test arranged in advance. Was it possible that everyone who got a code name had to go through this before they could join that group chat?
However, seeing that Melo had finally revealed his purpose, he was somewhat relieved, at least the series of warnings could be put on hold.
Gathering intelligence on the bomb disposal team isn't a problem, but why did she suddenly set her sights on that area? These bomb disposal police officers, who are on the front lines year-round, don't have many opportunities to release classified documents, and their stockpiled materials are usually used to make various explosives for practice, so investigating them wouldn't be very meaningful.
Morofushi Kagemitsu frowned. Such an action, which seemed to yield little benefit, was really not like Mello's style.
In that short time, the sirens were getting closer. Fearing that Melo might have tampered with the car to spy on him again, he simply climbed over the lawn and fence and walked across the street, intending to pretend to be an innocent bystander and tell the police that the black SUV was loaded with a time bomb.
As for his rented car... Morofushi Kagemitsu felt a pang of heartache and silently mourned for it. After all, he had received a considerable amount of prize money from his last trip to the United States. He could rent, no, buy a new car!
Oh, and before the police arrive, he needs to carefully conceal the sniper rifle in his instrument case.
He weighed the violin case in his hand and finally remembered that he had gone out today to discuss business. And the purpose of these business deals was to raise money to expand the organization's business.
He had initially thought that draining the organization's cash flow would reduce their underground activities, but unexpectedly, the boss allocated funds to the finance department again, giving them some money back in the books. Although it was still less than a quarter of the allocation for this quarter last year, and most of the money was going to be used for year-end bonuses, it still gave them enough capital to make some noise.
This forced him to find a way to squander the money all over again. With a boss watching over him, it was difficult for him to cleverly create pretexts and mobilize the reserve fund under the noses of various elite accountants. Otherwise, his code name wouldn't have taken another month to come back after returning to China.
It's important to understand that within terrorist organizations, professions like accountants should not be underestimated. Those still alive often possess extraordinary courage and extensive experience in falsifying accounts; anyone not yet imprisoned should be viewed with suspicion. With such a secret team monitoring his every decision, he subconsciously reduced even his contact with Mr. Jin Quan.
However, this environment doesn't mean he can't get any intelligence. The fact that they're allocating funds again at this juncture suggests the police team's suspicions were correct: the organization definitely has a powerful financial backer, possibly more than one. Judging from the list of companies lobbying for investment he obtained, they might be trying to drag even more businesses into their scheme.
Faced with this situation, the police team suggested persuading Melo and the Boss to allocate more funds to building technology labs and parts processing plants. Once the organization had built everything for the government, staffed it with highly qualified personnel, and invested more money in operations and promotion, Morofushi Hiromitsu could then lead the police to raid their properties, legitimately nationalizing these industries.
He hesitated, ultimately not reporting the US dollars the organization had pocketed. It wasn't that he was greedy for the money; it was simply that he needed to expand his influence within the organization, and his usual dividends and bonuses were far from sufficient. He needed some funds to support himself. Besides, the amount was considerable, and the traces left at the electronic banking system were quite clear; he also needed to guard against surprise inspections by the organization.
My experience before encountering the anti-fraud expert had already taught me what would happen if I completely trusted my colleagues and left myself no way out.
He lifted the violin case that was gradually slipping off his shoulder and casually opened a small mechanism he had made.
Why would someone carry a sniper rifle when discussing business?
I am not particularly skilled in business negotiations; after all, I'm not a genuine financial professional. Faced with those cunning and eloquent businessmen, if he couldn't reach an agreement, he had no choice but to pick one or two timid ones and threaten them with weapons. As for pistols, they are only tools for self-defense; a solid sniper rifle on one's shoulder gives a much greater sense of reliability.
They can't possibly charge protection fees to all of the organization's trading partners, can they? Even though they are a terrorist organization, they know they can't afford to offend everyone.
Having finished processing the organization's affairs in his mind, Morofushi Kagemitsu stood there obediently waiting for the police to come and clean up the mess.
Watching the fully armed bomb disposal police officers emerge from the armored vehicle, the figure at the front gave him a strange sense of familiarity. It was probably because the bomb was welded to the brakes, making it difficult to move or unload the vehicle, which was mostly full of gasoline. After communicating with the special operations team, the familiar figure removed his helmet, revealing a head of curly hair and a stern face.
Zhu Fujingguang: ...
Isn't that Matsuda?
Did I really come to this conclusion after nagging myself about it?
For some inexplicable reason, he felt that he had probably triggered some kind of "word of wisdom" passive power today, so he consciously refrained from saying anything discouraging. He just kept twirling the peace charm in the hand holding his phone, secretly worrying about his friend.
"Buzz—Buzz—"
Unfortunately, the special forces had evacuated the crowd too far away, and he retreated to a very distant position where he could no longer clearly see Matsuda's face.
He looked away and focused his attention back on his phone. If he wasn't mistaken, that vibration was exclusively from the anti-fraud team.
Is it really that fast? This is unexpectedly fast. Is it because of the assistance of AI computing models?
He looked around, glanced at the road ahead, and then opened the app to download the new installation package.
It just loaded, and the update log is ready:
- Fixed some bugs and updated the database;
- Breaking news will be announced 12 hours in advance, and scams will be exposed 48 hours in advance;
- An anti-addiction system for adults has been added;
- The online customer service AI has undergone an intelligent upgrade.
He skillfully ignored the first, almost useless tip, quickly scanned the second, and expressed his confusion about the newly added third item.
Adult anti-addiction system.
What is this? Is it because the update didn't correct those "some typos"?
However, he searched the entire app and even went through everything on his phone, but still couldn't find the switch for the "Adult Anti-Addiction System".
After his research proved fruitless, he could only skip this section for now, hoping to meet again someday. Let's continue reading.
This fourth item is the only one that is underlined and clickable to view its description:
[The anti-fraud team will use more human-like language in its daily operations, better divide tasks and collaborate according to the level of the task, introduce many-to-one service, and speed up the processing efficiency of pending tasks.]
Hmm, does this mean it will make the anti-fraud team more efficient?
He tried to be redirected to the customer service page. First, a small pop-up window appeared asking for permission to turn on media devices such as microphones. He hesitated for a moment, then clicked "Confirm" to finally enter the page.
Once he entered, it was as if he had been pulled into a huge group chat. Countless unknown users were lining up and spamming the chat, just to welcome him in.
You have been added to a group chat by the "Commander-in-Chief of Anti-Fraud".
Commander-in-Chief of the Anti-Fraud Army: A new partner has arrived! [Cheers][Cheers][Cheers]
Anti-Fraud King 001: Welcome, welcome! [Applause][Applause][Applause]
...
There was a long string of posts, and he didn't know how many people were posting them, or if it was just one person spamming the screen. He only had time to see the first person's post, and at a glance, the profile pictures all looked pretty much the same.
Given this information refresh rate, his older phone model should have been stuck for quite a while before running smoothly, but this outdated hardware seemed to be ignored by some mysterious force.
Seeing that the welcome messages had finally stopped, Morofushi Kagemitsu finally took a serious look at the group:
【A Loving Family (233)】
(99+ new messages)
Anti-Fraud King 232: Welcome, welcome! [Applause][Applause][Applause]
Anti-Fraud King 233: Welcome, welcome! [Applause][Applause][Applause]
Morofushi Kagemitsu: ...Huh?
Anti-fraud expert, is this mitosis?
So, this group of over 200 people only has him as the only active member? Is this kind of "one-to-many" relationship even acceptable?
Could it be that this so-called humanization is actually because the anti-fraud system, which is an electronic being, unfortunately contracted a personality disorder that only humans have, and therefore rewrote these viruses into programming to cause trouble for it?
No way, how come you brought back such anti-intellectual rhetoric as "virus spreads on the 5th" after going to the US? I've already told you not to learn everything indiscriminately, you might as well have just brought back some random wallpaper!
He once again raised the fundamental question: Why is there no "one-click factory reset"?
Morofushi Kagemitsu wanted to leave the group chat at this moment!
A note from the author:
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Before they could even join the group chat of the organization's code-named members, they fell victim to the "pig butchering scam" perpetrated by the anti-fraud team.
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