Chapter 50, Chapter 50: The Lucky Wheel, but Sister Bay's...
The process of checking for explosives went smoothly. Just as the employee who had quietly reported it said, 1,000g of TNT was indeed found in the boss's safe.
Matsuda and his team quickly cleared the area, confiscated the contraband, and handcuffed the boss, who kept protesting his innocence, before taking him back to the police station for thorough questioning. They managed to end this potential problem without any major incident.
This was what Morobuchi Kagemitsu heard from the senior colleague who was taking his statement. At that moment, he was signing the statement.
Oh, that's the guy who got led astray in stock trading and ended up losing a lot of money.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #19: Uh, we've found out about that girl. Would you like to hear it?]
...I didn't mean to use the stock market to pressure you, since you wouldn't actually invest any money anyway.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #66: Haha, the girl's name is Jiang Chuan Xuezhi, she's a reporter for Tianfeng Newspaper. Based on the background information we've gathered so far, there seems to be nothing wrong with her. The only thing to be careful about is that she seems to have taken the cardstock from a courier point in the next block.]
Did you take it voluntarily?
How did she find out in advance?
[Anti-fraud expert #26: She has no connection to the organization. I checked her recent activities; she's been collecting scam flyers like "Lucky Wheel" scams and has cooperated with the police to dismantle several dens.]
Ah, so they're just enthusiastic members of the public.
Hearing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu felt slightly relieved. You might worry about this brave reporter's actions, after all, the organization was behind this scam. It wouldn't be good if she got involved.
He put down the pen he was signing and pushed the transcript towards the old policeman to indicate that he was done.
Perhaps he could have Matsuda or a more reliable police officer take down the hideout first, reducing the number of times ordinary people and the organization come into contact.
At that moment, a young police officer pushed open the door and said somewhat anxiously:
"Morioka-senpai, my sidearm is missing!"
"A gun? Are you sure you can't find it?"
"Yes, I found it when I got out of the police car. I've searched everywhere, but there's no trace of it. What should we do, senior?"
Wait a minute! He lost his sidearm?!
Morofushi Kagemitsu turned to look at the young police officer in shock. "Is this how you act as a police officer?!"
"Don't panic. You lost it in the police car, right? You mean in the neighborhood we just left?"
"Um... I only interact with colleagues in the neighborhood, so it must have been lost in the car, right?"
"Oh dear, how could you be so careless? You should report this right away. If there aren't any serious consequences, it should just be a written apology and a warning."
Huh? You're just going to let it go like that? Is this how you treat your seniors?!
Perhaps because the shock on his face was so obvious, the two policemen realized they shouldn't have acted so unreliably in front of the crowd. After assuring Morofushi Hiromitsu that the gun would definitely be found, they politely saw him out of the police station.
...
Actually, he wanted to wait for Hagiwara and Matsuda to get off work.
Dejected, Morofushi Kagemitsu sat back in the car and then took out his phone to text Matsuda and the others.
[Anti-Fraud Guru #11: Ah, where have the reliable police gone?]
[Anti-fraud expert #198: Ah, let me see where that gun went... huh?]
[Anti-fraud expert #205: Strange, how come traces of 'rules' being obscured were detected? It's just a gun.]
Zhu Fujingguang paused in his typing.
rule.
He'd heard this term many times from the anti-fraud expert. Did it mean the gun was lost forever? And what was the point of following this rule?
[It is related to fate and time.]
The anti-fraud expert, who usually avoids this issue, gave him an explanation this time.
Fate and time... these are related to the news or stories you choose to push, right?
[Anti-fraud expert reminds you: Scam exposure updated! Scam exposure updated!]
...This is the same trick again. Can't we continue?
[Click to see the latest update on this scam exposure!]
All right.
Morobuchi Kagemitsu could feel his intuition giving him a frantic warning, so he stopped asking questions, suppressed his curiosity, and focused his attention on the next post.
Speaking of which, the scam has been exposed. Has he uploaded any information about anyone in the organization recently? Could it be about that intern, Akiyama Nao? Thinking of the shocking statements made by that seemingly frail girl, he was already mentally prepared to click on the title:
[A lucky draw? Six chances to win, and every single one is a fatal mistake!]
Isn't the wording in this title a bit too exaggerated?
Moreover, the warnings of online scams seem to be appearing too frequently. Could it be that this time they're trying to provide him with information about Miss Jiang Chuan? So they've come up with a 'buy one get one free' deal?
Morofushi Kagemitsu looked down with some anticipation:
Today, the Ace of Diamonds is forced to make a choice: he has to play Russian roulette with the woman in front of him.
"You can go first~"
The beautiful woman smoothed her hair and looked at him with a playful expression.
The Ace of Diamonds calmly looked at the handgun on the table and recognized it as a police service weapon.
Did something happen to one of the police officers?
He thought to himself with a heavy heart.
...
"Looks like you've stolen quite a bit of intelligence from the organization." The beautiful woman pulled another gun from her coat and pointed it steadily at the Ace of Diamonds. "You seem to know a lot about that American operation."
Ace of Diamonds gripped the gun he had been holding and, as was his habit, checked the bullets inside, only to find that not a single bullet was loaded.
"Ha, this was just a test, but I didn't expect to actually catch a fish." The woman smirked, confirming her earlier assessment. "You're from the CIA or FBI, right?"
The next second, she pulled the trigger.
The Ace of Diamonds has really won this time.
This lucky draw is truly...
Zhu Fujingguang shook his head inwardly, and wondered if the sidearm mentioned in the article was the one the young police officer had lost. Did the so-called traces of rules refer to key props?
Based on this description, the Ace of Diamonds seems more like an undercover agent whose identity has been discovered. The beautiful woman opposite him might be someone sent by the organization to eliminate him.
Vermouth's image flashed through his mind, and he strongly suspected that this person could be her. After all, this kind of riddle-like way of speaking was rare even within the organization.
Furthermore, he had received Vermouth's mission notification for tomorrow night, and the timing of the incident matched. That's why he didn't immediately pursue Miss Jiang Chuan to investigate; it wouldn't be good if that woman noticed anything.
[Anti-fraud expert #214: You can hand this over to the Public Security Bureau. With Matsuda and Hagiwara secretly assisting, it might not be difficult to catch the organization red-handed.]
Are you making this suggestion because you see their future success?
[Anti-Fraud Guru #205: To be precise, it's about observing the most likely future. However, sometimes special individuals can disrupt this prediction.]
Morofushi Kagemitsu rubbed his thumb against the keyboard, thought for a while, and finally sent a message to Mr. Kaneshiro and the others, along with the original copy of the organization's fraud plan.
After doing all that, he pulled out a wet wipe from the truck bed and wiped the face cream off his face.
Perhaps he should go and take a look at that music store beforehand; it's not far from here anyway.
He started the car and slowly drove forward. On the way, he passed the headquarters of Shengda Company and found Ms. Akiyama, whom he had met a few days ago, standing by the roadside waving at him.
He habitually glanced at the time.
19:15
Did you just finish working overtime?
[Anti-fraud expert #66: Be careful, she's wearing a disguise.]
Zhu Fujingguang's heart tightened, but he still steadily parked the car next to her and gave her a gentle smile: "Please get in the car."
Nao Akiyama shyly brushed a stray hair behind her ear and got into the car with a flushed face: "I'm sorry, Mr. Asakawa, thank you for your help."
"nothing."
Morobuchi Kagemitsu replied with a smile.
As the car slowly started moving, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
"You don't look well." 'Akiyama Nao' glanced at Morofushi Hiromitsu through the rearview mirror, her voice gradually shifting from a pure, feminine tone to a seductive one. "You must have done something you shouldn't have, Mr. Scotland~?"
"You're overthinking it," Zhu Fujingguang said with a forced smile. "After all, you personally assigned me a task tomorrow night, didn't you?"
Having her identity exposed, she saw no need to continue the pretense. She pulled off her hood, tidied herself up a bit, and asked, "So, what brings you here?"
"It's just a coincidence." Morofushi Kagemitsu seemed somewhat puzzled by the question. "Wasn't this area cleared out by the police?"
Vermouth watched his performance quietly and said, "It seems you're quite interested in that report as well."
The whistleblower incident? Isn't it just a mundane case of possessing contraband? Why would Vermouth bring up such a detailed matter? Could it be related to the organization?
"I just noticed the stupid things people in the company did, and I came here to investigate following the clues." Morofushi Kagemitsu's excuse that there was no stove and it would be easy to be exposed was half true and half false. He revealed his purpose. He still remembered the little story of how the undercover agent was exposed.
Vermouth raised an eyebrow: "Stupid thing?"
Morofushi Hiromitsu pulled out the "Police Force Subsidy" card from the passenger seat and handed it to Vermouth, who was sitting in the back seat. "I had to come and see how the 'short-term project' we discussed at the meeting turned out."
Vermouth glanced at the card and said with a smile, "You don't need to worry about this."
Could this tone mean the organization really has other plans? Wouldn't it be... to have Mr. Jin Quan and the others handle it again?
“It was just a test.” Vermouth sounded casual as she glanced at the man driving and said, “To be honest, that’s good, Scotland, otherwise I would have had to clean up another traitor.”
Morofushi Hiromitsu almost experienced the same 'heart-fluttering feeling' that Mello had when he was being tested to see if he was an undercover agent.
He calmed himself down and said, "So, what brings you here to see me now?"
“Calvados is no longer of any use.” Vermouth leaned out of the back seat, her tone intimate yet cold. “I think you wouldn’t mind working with me on this next mission, would you?”
“I didn’t reject you in the text message.” At this moment, Morofushi Kagemitsu recalled the warning from his childhood friend who was now being sent to the United States. This woman was truly unpredictable.
“You’ve misunderstood something. What I meant was—earlier.” Vermouth easily moved to the passenger seat. “There’s still time. Let’s move the mission forward to today.”
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Author's note: Bayonetta is just so capricious, she doesn't follow the script at all.
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