Section I. The rules of the Asahi agaru-kai
The center of Japan is in Tokyo, and the center of Tokyo is in Chiyoda-ku. The Imperial Palace, the National Diet, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Supreme Court,, the central government building, and the headquarters of many famous Japanese corporations are all located in Chiyoda-ku. In this bustling area where land is precious and skyscrapers dot the skyline, the headquarters of the Asahi agaru-kai - Asahi agaru Building - also stands here.
The Asahi agaru Building covers an area of 5 hectares and reaches a height of 300 meters, making it one of the tallest skyscrapers in Tokyo. Its magnificent and square exterior is predominantly black and gold, with an overall design that blends classical elements with a modern touch. At the top of the building's high outer walls hangs the huge emblem of the Asahi agaru-kai - two crossed samurai swords, which inspire awe and enhance the building's solemnity.
Built on the rooftop of the building, there is a luxurious, spacious and classically themed Japanese garden. The garden features a vintage, elegant style with various breathtaking sights, such as lofts, rockeries, small ponds, waterfalls, wooden bridges, tea houses, gazebos, and red maple leaves. This rooftop garden is the residence of the Asahi agaru-kai president, Tsuna Watanabe.
In the center of the garden, Watanabe, 54 years old, dresses in samurai attire, and holds a Shin Gunto sword (military sword), practicing swordsmanship with great diligence. Although he is no longer young, his body remains extremely strong and agile. Even young people with strong physical fitness may not be able to match him.
Watanabe began practicing kendo (Japanese fencing) as a youth, and after decades of practice, has reached a pinnacle where his swordsmanship has become unparalleled. He practices the Shinkage-ryu style of swordsmanship, which focuses on aggressive chopping, and each stroke is filled with a mighty force and a ruthless killing intent. He can instill fear in any enemy with his awe-inspiring and unstoppable momentum.
Next to Watanabe sits a stunningly beautiful woman, who counts the number of times he swings his sword in a pleasingly sweet voice. This woman is named Hime Kurosawa, 29 years old, and has multiple identities. She is not only Watanabe's concubine, but also a senior member of the Asahi agaru-kai (leader of the Beauty Seduction group), as well as a famous singer known across Japan. Her charming and hypnotizing appeal has captured the hearts and minds of many Japanese people.
When Watanabe swings his sword for the thousandth time, he finally stops and rests. He takes off his samurai attire and wipes away the sweat that flows down his muscular body with the gentle touch of Hime Kurosawa. Like all yakuza members, Watanabe's body is covered in tattoos. His tattoo depicts the Japanese mythical god Susanoo.
After wiping the sweat off Tsuna Watanabe's body, Hime Kurosawa helped Watanabe put on a clean kimono and gently said, "President, Vice-President just sent a text message saying that everyone has arrived and is waiting for you in the meeting room."
Watanabe put on his clothes calmly and silently walked towards a loft located in the north corner of the courtyard, with Kurosawa following him silently.
Inside the loft meeting room, hundreds of senior members of the Asahi agaru-kai were kneeling on the floor. They had received an urgent notice from headquarters several hours ago and had rushed from all over Japan to attend the meeting.
Vice-President and several other elders were kneeling at the front facing the others, while the rest of the members were divided into two groups and kneeling on the left and right sides.
When Watanabe and Kurosawa walked into the hall, everyone immediately stood up and bowed to him. Watanabe sat down in the center of the hall and the others followed suit. Kurosawa sat on the right side with the other Asahi agaru-kai members.
After Watanabe sat down, Asahi agaru-kai's vice-President, Yuhachi Hattori, nodded and motioned for the meeting to begin.
Then Yuhachi Hattori, who was tall and thin, roughly the same age as Watanabe, spoke with a deep and steady voice, saying, "I have gathered you all here today to give you a very important task. Now, turn on your phones and check the encrypted file I just sent you. The file contains detailed information about a man named Kenichi Ito who is a scientist responsible for a secret research project managed by the Strong Dragon group. Two days ago, the Blood Sakura group, appointed by Strong Dragon group, killed him to eliminate evidence, but he escaped from their hands. Currently, this man holds a scientific technology that is extremely important to our organization, and this technology is sufficient to influence the fate of our organization's development. So, I need you to spare no effort, use all resources we have to find him as soon as possible!
Based on the latest intelligence we have, this man is likely still in Tokyo. Therefore, I will mobilize some personnel from outside Tokyo to work with the groups in Tokyo to conduct a detailed search throughout the Tokyo area. The areas outside Tokyo will be searched by the local groups in their respective territories.
Since Strong Dragon group's leader, Ryu Muto, is the one who knows the most about this man's situation, this Tokyo search operation will be directed by Ryu Muto. Listen well, everyone involved in this operation must obey Ryu Muto's orders, even including the leaders of the groups inside Tokyo.
And there are two points that you must remember in this operation. First, you must capture him alive. Because he is the only person in the world who has mastered this technology, and all previous research data has been destroyed by him. So once he dies, this technology will also disappear. Secondly, absolute secrecy is required, and no information about this operation can be leaked to anyone outside the organization. Even the closest family members cannot be informed of any news. Any member who violates the above two regulations and leads to the failure of this operation will receive severe punishment from the organization. Do you understand?"
After hearing these words from Yuhachi Hattori, all the senior members present responded in unison, "Understood!"
Yuhachi Hattori paused for a moment, and continued, "In addition, at today's meeting, we will also punish the Blood Sakura group leader, Sakura Muto, and her subordinates. The reason why Kenichi Ito was able to escape was due to Sakura Muto's negligence. But that is not her biggest crime. She did something even more foolish. After the assassination failed, she actually concealed the truth from the organization and imprisoned Shibata of the Strong Dragon group for it. Her foolish behavior caused the organization to miss the best time to capture Kenichi Ito and brought significant risks to the organization. Therefore, according to the rules of our organization, Sakura Muto should commit seppuku, and the other members involved in this matter should cut off their own wrists to atone for their sins!"
As soon as Yuhachi Hattori finished speaking, several subordinates entered the hall with several sharp knives and placed them neatly in front of Sakura Muto and the members of Blood Sakura group.
Sakura Muto's face turned pale, and she stared closely at the knives in front of her. She had received all kinds of training in brutal terror since she was young, so she wasn't actually afraid of death. She just felt unwilling to die such a humiliating death. In her previous fantasies, she always felt that she should encounter an extremely powerful enemy in a dangerous mission and die gloriously after fighting bravely, rather than being punished to commit suicide for being fooled by a scientist who was powerless.
She slowly raised her head, looked at her godfather, Tsuna Watanabe, and then at her brother, Ryu Muto. Her eyes were full of sadness and reluctance, as if saying goodbye to them for the last time. Then, she quickly picked up the knife, gritted her teeth, and stabbed the tip of the knife into her lower abdomen.
"Stop!" Just as the blade was about to pierce Sakura Muto's lower abdomen, Ryu Muto suddenly rushed over and grabbed Sakura Muto's hand, stopping her movements and taking the knife from her hand.
Ryu Muto then knelt down and bowed to Tsuna Watanabe, saying firmly, "President, please let me take the punishment for her instead. I am her brother and I have an obligation to bear her mistakes for her."
Sakura Muto said agitatedly, "Big brother, what are you talking about! Do you think I don't have the determination? I am also a cadre of the Asahi agaru-kai, and I made a mistake, I will bear it on my own. I don't need you to take the punishment for me."
Ryu Muto said loudly to Sakura Muto, "Shut up, you idiot. I promised our father that I will protect you properly."
"But..." Sakura Muto wanted to say more but was interrupted by Yuhachi Hattori. Yuhachi Hattori said in a low voice, "Enough, don't be presumptuous here! Only the President can decide who will be punished, and it is not up to you two brats to decide."
Sakura Muto and Muto Ryu couldn't speak anymore after hearing Yuhachi Hattori 's words, and could only lower their heads and wait for Tsuna Watanabe's decision.
At this moment, Tsuna Watanabe, who had been silent all along, finally spoke. He said slowly to everyone, "I want to hear everyone's opinion. Speak up if you have any thoughts." His voice was very deep, and although it was a plain sentence, it carried an awe-inspiring authority.
An elder with a fat body and white hair spoke up: "President, Ryu and Sakura are the children of the past President, and they are also your godchildren. We elders have watched them grow up. We are really reluctant to see them die at such a young age. Besides, they have made many contributions to the organization in recent years, especially Ryu. During the Osaka battle four years ago, thanks to Ryu's meticulous plan, we were able to destroy the Shinkichi-kai and obtain a large area of territory and a large number of businesses in the Kansai region at a very small cost, bringing huge profits to the organization. Therefore, I beg you to give them a chance, temporarily spare their lives, and let them continue to serve the organization and make up for their mistakes."
After the white-haired elder finished speaking, the other elders followed suit and pleaded for Ryu and Sakura.
"I disagree with this," a pleasant voice of Hime Kurosawa sounded, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
She continued with a calm pace: "I think the reason why the Asahi agaru-kai is powerful is because of the strict discipline as the cornerstone. If this cornerstone is shaken just for some special individuals, it will jeopardize the foundation of the organization and hinder its development. As for the contributions they made before, didn't the President already reward them? I heard that there are more than a dozen limited edition sports cars in the garage of the Muto family’s villa. Isn't this the wealth rewarded by the President? If there is a reward, there is a punishment, so I think Sakura should be punished according to the rules of the organization."
Many people present, especially some young cadres, nodded frequently, agreeing with Hime Kurosawa's opinion.
Sakura thought she had a glimmer of hope after hearing the words of the elders, but Hime Kurosawa's words burst her bubble. She and Hime Kurosawa had always had conflicts, but she didn't expect that Hime Kurosawa would try to kill her. She resented Hime Kurosawa bitterly, glaring at her fiercely.
After listening to everyone's words, Tsuna Watanabe pondered for a moment and said, "Hime Kurosawa is right, rules cannot be broken, and no one can be an exception. However, the rules of the Asahi agaru-kai also clearly stipulate that seniors or group leaders can accept punishment on behalf of juniors or subordinates. Therefore, according to the rules, Ryu can take the punishment on behalf of Sakura. Ryu should commit seppuku to apologize for Sakura.
But I intend to spare Ryu's life. Since the establishment of the Strong Dragon group four years ago, he has completed several very important secret missions for me. These secret missions have far-reaching implications for the future of our organization. However, due to the involvement of confidential information at the core of the organization, I have never disclosed them publicly, nor have I rewarded anyone for it. Today, let's use the credit for these tasks to spare his life."
Then, Tsuna Watanabe looked at Ryu Muto with a serious expression and said, "Ryu Muto, although your life can be spared, your punishment cannot be exempted. I want you to cut off one arm as a punishment."
Upon hearing Tsuna Watanabe's words, Ryu Muto did not hesitate. He immediately picked up a knife and chopped off his left arm. "Crack" - his entire arm fell to the ground instantly, and blood gushed out like a fountain from his shoulder. He groaned in pain, and his whole body twitched from the pain, sweating profusely. However, even so, he still endured the pain, struggling to kneel down and bow down while saying, "Tha...thank you... President..." Later, he couldn't support his body due to excessive blood loss and fell to the ground.
Section II. Raj's plan
After Raj's " training " ended and he returned home, he did not mention anything about "divine power" to Kajol, nor did he tell her about his plan to deal with Rajan. Instead, he pretended to be helpless and disappointed in front of Kajol, so that she would not think he would go looking for trouble with Rajan.
Raj did this because he knew that once he revealed everything to Kajol, with her personality, she would definitely try to stop him. In fact, even police officer Fatima, who had witnessed the "divine power", had tried to dissuade him from going after Rajan, let alone Kajol, who had always been afraid of Rajan. So, he felt it would be better to keep it from Kajol and act alone.
Seeing Raj depressed, Kajol tried to reassure him that she would find a way to leave Rajan. However, Raj knew in his heart that it was impossible for Kajol to do so with her abilities. The only way to completely get rid of Rajan's shadow was to punish him and make him disappear from this world.
The next day, while Kajol was out working, Raj quietly rode his moped to Rajan's mansion. He stood far away and looked at the mansion with an impulse to just barge in and have a direct confrontation with Rajan's gang.
However, this was just a thought. Raj did not actually do it because he knew it would be too dangerous for him. Although his "divine power" was powerful, it was not invincible. In fact, he had already discovered its weakness during his " training " in the forest. He found that his "divine power" was not unlimited. Once he continued to use "divine power" beyond a certain limit, his body would completely collapse. And based on his previous experience, this limit often appeared after he had used his "divine power" continuously for two to three minutes.
In other words, if he couldn't defeat all the enemies at once within two or three minutes, he would be rendered incapacitated and at the mercy of his enemies. That would be a miserable situation. Therefore, he couldn't just rush in; he needed a better way to deal with Rajan.
He decided to first gather information about the mansion and then make a plan. He climbed up a tree near the mansion, and carefully observed the inside of the mansion while hiding among the dense leaves.
To his surprise, Rajan wasn't in the mansion. He didn't know where Rajan went. He saw only nearly two dozen security guards patrolling the mansion's house and outer courtyard. The security guards were all heavily armed with guns and ammunition, and all looked professionally trained, not as easy to deal with as the thugs he had encountered in the slums before. Raj silently memorized the layout of the mansion and the patrol route of the security guards, and then hurriedly left the mansion and rode home on his moped.
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Back home, Raj thought about the information he had and made a plan he deemed reliable. Then he made some preparations.
The next night, after waiting for Kajol to leave, he immediately took his prepared tools and rode his moped to Rajan's mansion.
Like the first two times, Raj climbed up the tree outside the mansion to spy on it. As soon as he climbed up, he heard Rajan's angry yelling from inside the mansion. Looking up, he saw Rajan pacing back and forth beside the French window, talking on his phone with someone in a heated argument about drug trafficking.
This was a perfect opportunity for Raj. So he waited patiently until Rajan's back was turned to the window, then Immediately injected "divine power" into his legs, soared from the tree with all his strength, and jumped towards Rajan's room without making any noise. He had learned from his previous mistake and controlled his body's center of gravity in the air, landing gently on the garden lawn beneath the room. Then he quickly rushed towards the two security guards patrolling downstairs and knocked them out before they could sound the alarm. Afterward, he looked around and made sure no other security guards noticed him before taking out some small rocks from his pocket and throwing them forcefully in various places in the mansion's garden to distract the security guards. Then he walked quickly towards the house, using his " divine power " to jump vertically up the house and landed on the second floor before entering Rajan's room through the French window.
Rajan was still on the phone, unaware that Raj had silently come behind him. Raj infused his " divine power " into his fist and swung it fiercely at Rajan's back.
Rajan screamed in agony as he was attacked by Raj. He flew across the room and landed on the bed, with his mouth full of blood.
Raj's attack went smoothly according to plan, but the outcome was not what he had anticipated.
Rajan did not die because Raj could not bring himself to kill anyone. At the last moment, Raj withdrew some of his "divine power" and did not deliver a fatal blow to Rajan. He thought he could be cruel in his fury, but his fundamentally kind nature prevented him from doing so.
Rajan struggled to get up from the bed, looked up and saw Raj, who was shining with dazzling light on his body, but his expression was hesitant, and immediately understood what was happening. Rajan laughed wildly and said, "It's you! I heard that a few days ago, a teenage boy who shone all over suddenly appeared in the slums, beating up my lackeys and taking them to the police station, and it turned out to be you. You came here to kill me, but you don't dare to! I can tell. Kajol once told me that you're a kind child who can't even bear to kill a mouse. That's why you can't kill. Indeed, killing is a terrible thing that takes courage. I remember the first time I killed was around your age now. I shot a police officer in the head, and his blood and brains splattered all over me. His body sprawled on the ground, struggling and twitching for a while before going still. I was very scared at the time, and for several consecutive nights, I dreamt of a headless corpse chasing me. If you kill me, what kind of nightmares will you have? Perhaps a bloody demon demanding your life every day, ha-ha..."
Raj was flustered by Rajan's words, and gradually lost his sharpness. Rajan, on the other hand, got off the bed and, with a bloody and terrifying face, advanced towards Raj step by step. Raj was scared off by Rajan's true appearance as a demon and gradually retreated.
Rajan then slowly spoke, "Actually, you don't have to kill me. As long as you let me go, I can promise you to stay away from Kajol in the future. Moreover, I can give you plenty of money to live a comfortable life. I can even get my brother to use his connections to make Kajol the most popular star in Bollywood and fulfill her dreams. Kajol has done so much for you; shouldn't you repay her?"
Rajan's words were highly tempting to Raj. Raj, of course, wanted Kajol to live a happy and fulfilling life, which was his greatest wish. Moreover, he really dared not kill anyone. However, at the same time, he knew very clearly that if he released Rajan, allowing this demon to continue causing harm, countless more people would suffer persecution at the hands of this gangster. Therefore, his heart struggled with whether or not to continue to kill Rajan.
Just as Raj was lost in thought, Rajan suddenly stopped in his tracks, and jumping into a nearby wardrobe, disappeared out of sight.
Upon seeing this, Raj didn't know what kind of trick Rajan was trying to play, so he hurriedly followed him into the wardrobe. The wardrobe was filled with layers of clothes. Raj quickly pushed aside the clothes, but could not find Rajan. Rajan had completely disappeared!
Raj became very anxious when he realized Rajan was gone. He then used his "divine power" to randomly strike and kick the wardrobe's walls. Sawdust flew around, and a steel hidden door suddenly revealed itself in the back wall. Raj saw the hidden door, immediately realized that he had been tricked by Rajan, and that Rajan had already escaped through this door.
Raj wanted to use his "divine power" to break through the steel door and continue chasing Rajan. However, at this moment, the door of the room was slammed open, and a dozen security guards rushed in. These security guards held pistols and fired fiercely at Raj inside the wardrobe.
Raj reacted quickly and immediately rushed out of the wardrobe at his fastest speed. With his agile movements, he barely avoided one round of intense bullets after another, and finally jumped behind a large sofa, using its thick cushions as cover against the enemy's bullets.
Although Raj was not hit in vital areas, there were already several places on his body that were grazed by bullets and bleeding. What was even worse was that his "divine power" was about to reach its limit.
He knew that there was no chance to kill Rajan tonight, and the most important thing was to leave this place safely. Therefore, he took advantage of the time when some security guards were reloading their guns and the firepower was weakened, and jumped towards the French window of the room, leapt and landed on the garden lawn on the first floor. Then, he exerted all his strength and jumped towards the big tree outside the mansion, leaped onto the tree. Screaming bullets were flying closely behind him, so he dared not linger, directly sliding down the big tree, and then injecting his "divine power" into his feet, sprinting frantically for his life.
As the sound of gunfire grew further and further away, his "divine power" gradually ran out too. His consciousness began to blur, and his body became heavy. He gritted his teeth and persisted for a while before collapsing on the road.
Fortunately, those security guards wanted to protect Rajan and didn't dare to venture too far away from the mansion, so they didn't catch up with Raj. Otherwise, the exhausted Raj would have been at their mercy.
Section III. The Biggest Security Threat
At four o'clock in the morning, Ashley Clark dragged her tired body back to her apartment in Georgetown, Washington D.C. The first thing she did when she got home was to take a comfortable hot bath in the bathroom to relax her body and mind.
Ashley Clark, 33 years old, is the head of the FBI's Criminal Investigation Division. She had just finished working overtime until dawn to assist her colleagues from the FBI's Counterterrorism Division with investigating a terrorist attack case. Working overtime until dawn was a normal routine for her. In fact, sometimes in order to solve major cases, she would work continuously for several days without rest.
After soaking in the fragrant soft warm water for half an hour, she lazily got up from the bathtub and walked naked to the mirror, wiping the water on her body with a towel while admiring her figure. Her fair skin, full breasts, and tight curvy buttocks made her body extremely hot, enough to make any normal man's blood boil at the sight of her. In addition, she also has a beautiful and elegant face, which gives her beauty a unique affinity charm. She was so touching that within the FBI, people praised her as the Scarlett Johansson of the secret service world.
As a woman, Ashley was very satisfied with her figure. But what made her even more proud were the scars on her body. These scars, some of which are gunshot wounds, some knife wounds, and some burns, are all left by her past fighting with various bandits in the process of handling cases.
Although these scars added some flaws to her almost perfect body, in her eyes, they were more like the most beautiful medals in the world. Every time she saw them, she would proudly think of the people she had protected and saved. The sincere gratitude that emanated from those people was the greatest motivation for her work.
After drying herself off in front of the mirror, Ashley put on comfortable pajamas and lay in bed, ready to sleep. Just then, her phone suddenly rang. It was her supervisor, Gordon Bauer, calling. Ashley sat up from the bed with a slightly serious expression and answered the call.
Bauer said urgently on the phone, "Ashley, I need you to come to headquarters immediately, the Director wants to hold an emergency meeting."
Ashley frowned and asked, "Emergency meeting? Does that mean the 'Black Flame Retribution' is launching a new round of terrorist attacks??"
"No, this meeting has nothing to do with terrorist attacks. Apparently, it's about something else. It's said that even the NSA will have people attending. Anyway, come quickly, the meeting will start at six o'clock." Bauer said.
"Okay, got it, I'll be there right away." Ashley said. Then, she quickly changed her clothes and drove to the FBI headquarters, the Edgar Hoover Building.
When Ashley arrived at the FBI's conference room, everyone else had already arrived. There were a total of nine people attending this meeting, including the director and deputy director of the FBI, four executive assistant directors, the deputy director of the NSA, and a woman whom Ashley did not know.
The FBI director, Gabriel Gonzales, a 40-something black man with a bulky figure, introduced the woman to his subordinates, saying, "This lady is Dr. Kristin, she's the chief scientist of the NSA, and she has an important piece of information to share with us today."
He then turned to Dr. Kristin and said, "Dr. Kristin, please go ahead and share what you know with us."
Dr. Kristen looks like an ordinary middle-aged housewife. It is estimated that no one would believe that such a plain lady is actually in charge of the world's most advanced intelligence equipment if she walked down the street.
"Okay. Before I get to the point, I want to ask all of you here if anyone has heard of our NSA's 'Prometheus'?" Dr. Kristen said calmly.
Emma Snowden, the executive assistant director of the FBI's Information and Technology Department, replied, "Prometheus? Are you referring to that supercomputer 'Prometheus'?"
"Yes," Dr. Kristen nodded.
"I've heard of it," Emma said. "It is said to be a supercomputer developed by the NSA with huge funding input from the Department of Defense, specifically designed for national security and military projects. It is currently the world's most advanced quantum computer, with 128 qubits and processing power of up to a stunning 45 quadrillion calculations per second. It is a true monster in supercomputing."
"To be honest, I envy NSA for having 'Prometheus'," Emma continued. "If the FBI had such a supercomputer, we could solve many of the difficult problems we encounter in handling cases."
"It is indeed so," Dr. Kristen said. "The computing power of 'Prometheus' cannot be matched by any other supercomputer in the world. It has very powerful functions and plays a crucial role in ensuring national security."
"We have installed an artificial intelligence system called 'Metis' on it," Dr. Kristen explained. "This system can collect massive information from various sources around the world through multiple channels. Her 'tentacles' are huge, and any device that can connect to the network, including phones, computers, servers, cameras, smart homes, and smart cars, can become a tool for its information collection. Meanwhile, social media, search engines, portals, video websites, shopping websites, news websites, and other large websites with numerous users and extensive influence worldwide are all under the monitoring range of 'Metis'. This monitoring covers more than 150 countries and over 3,000 topics, with a focus on economic, political, and military information, as changes in these areas often have a significant impact on national security."
"'Metis' is constantly sorting and researching the collected information, searching for clues from the massive data that may be difficult to detect by ordinary people," Dr. Kristen continued. "Then, based on these clues, she analyzes and synthesizes potential threats to US national security in different periods, and timely feedbacks these threats to us."
Upon hearing this, Emma smiled and said, "Wow, that sounds impressive. Hopefully 'Metis' won't turn into Skynet from 'Terminator' and come back to haunt us. Otherwise, it would be a disaster."
Dr. Kristin said lightly, "The so-called threat of artificial intelligence is just a fantasy of science fiction enthusiasts. The current level of artificial intelligence is far from reaching that level."
Gordon Bauer, the executive assistant director in charge of the FBI's cyber and criminal investigation division, asked, "Since 'Metis's' surveillance scope is so extensive, are all of its surveillance actions within legal limits? You know, this involves many issues, and I have to ask clearly."
The deputy director of the NSA interjected, " Shouldn't the FBI agree with us on the choice between national security and personal privacy? Two days ago, if it weren't for us informing you in time about the conspiracy of 'Black Flame Punishment' and providing you with important clues, you would not have been able to intercept the bomb and could only have watched as thousands of people were blown to pieces."
Gabriel Gonzales said, "Yes. We are very grateful for the efforts made by the NSA and also understand your stance. Dr. Kristin, please continue."
Dr. Kristin said, "The reason I discussed the above with you is to give you a full understanding of the capabilities of 'Metis' and give sufficient attention to its analytical results. Perhaps sometimes these analytical results may seem absurd, but they are indeed deduced from certain objective logic."
Then, while projecting the content on her laptop onto the big screen, Dr. Kristin said to the audience, "This is the latest 'threat list' that 'Metis' feedbacked to us at 3 o'clock this morning. The top ten organizations that pose the greatest threat to US security are listed. Nine of them are familiar to us and have been closely monitored and investigated by departments such as FBI and CIA. For example, the terrorist organization 'Black Flame Punishment' that constantly carries out terrorist attacks; the Japanese gang Asahi agaru-kai related to multiple missing scientists; and the Romanov spy organization 'Three Color Guards', which is increasingly penetrating us. However, the first on the list is a private company called 'Redeemlola', which suddenly appeared on this list today, and we had never heard of this company before. This makes us very vigilant, because it may mean that there is a potential enemy that we have never paid attention to, and it is developing rapidly, posing a huge threat to our national security."
The deputy director of the NSA said, "Later, we carefully read the 'Metis' analysis report and looked at the relevant information of this company before finally understanding the reason why it appeared on the 'threat list'.
The owner of Redeemlola is a middle-aged man named Galen Scott. This guy was just an unknown stock analyst on Wall Street three months ago. But suddenly, he was like having Aladdin's magic lamp, and his wealth exploded in just three months. To this end, we specially retrieved his securities trading records and found that his investment accuracy rate was as high as 93%. And even if he occasionally misjudges, he will quickly react and make timely stop-loss, sometimes even make profits through reverse trades. This is incredible in the securities industry. You know, even Wall Street's most successful quantitative hedge fund, the "Renaissance Formula", is far from being so accurate.
Just yesterday, Scott invested all his funds into long positions of crude oil futures contracts. Due to the impact of consecutive terrorist attacks on several major oil-producing countries in the Middle East last night, international crude oil prices soared in the early morning, doubling his net worth, exceeding 5 billion US dollars, and his nearly three-month investment rate of return also exceeded 100,000%, or 1,000 times. This triggered the attention of Metis to him.
Metis believes that if Scott did indeed obtain these investment returns through legal means, then it can be inferred that Scott may have some special analytical ability. And, based on Scott's recent investment return trend, Metis believes that he may become the new world's richest man within a year, having a significant impact on the US and even the global economic sphere. The most worrying thing now is that if he uses his incredible ability in political, military, diplomatic, and other fields one day, it will bring great uncertainty to US national security. These uncertainties are the reason why Metis listed him as the number one threat to national security.
Considering that this matter is very important, we at the NSA think it is necessary to notify the FBI in a timely manner so that you can understand the situation. I hope you can investigate this guy Scott as soon as possible, and then take corresponding measures. "
After listening to it, Gabriel Gonzales pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I understand. Thank you for your cooperation and providing us with this intelligence. But, as you know, we are currently busy preventing the next round of terrorist attacks, and most of our resources and efforts are focused on counter-terrorism. Moreover, the White House has also given us considerable pressure. So, I have to ask, do you really think this Scott is worth us drawing a lot of resources to investigate him?"
Dr. Kristin replied affirmatively: "Although we have not yet discovered any concrete signs of him endangering national security at the moment, as I mentioned earlier, Metis’s conclusion is based on extensive data calculations, deducing thousands of possible scenarios and analyzing them comprehensively, and the credibility is very high. Therefore, we still recommend that you take action as soon as possible to nip the threat in the bud."
Gabriel Gonzales saw the NSA's attitude was so clear, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then we will start working on this as soon as possible." He turned to Gordon and Ashley and said, "Let the Criminal Investigation Department take charge of this matter. First, verify whether Galen Scott's investment accuracy is truly due to him being a super genius, or if there are any other tricks involved, such as insider trading, market manipulation, or money laundering. At the same time, dig up any relevant detailed information about his family background, social connections, political tendencies, hobbies, and interests to see if there is any influence supporting him behind the scenes."
Gordon and Ashley nodded and said, "Okay, understood."
Ashley looked at Galen Scott's photo on the big screen and felt an inexplicable excitement rise in her heart, sensing that this would be a very interesting and challenging big case