HA2 22.2 – Second ID

Morning in the workshop went swiftly. After taking morning bath and ate breakfast, Hide, Takeo, and Shizuka went to process the loot from Kamui job. Firearms were stored in the armory, while the 12 pieces of 1 kg gold bar were being kept in one of the gun safe.

As for the hard drives, PSU, internal cooling system, and cable connectors, the three packed it to some cardboard. After Hide and Takeo made the rack and casing for it, they would take it to the base and assembled it.

After that, they went to divide the money. First, Hide took the money he lent to buy simmunition and other things from Bill Vinod. After that he took 5 million Ren to refill the operational fund, and divided the rest evenly.

“Noice,” Shizuka happily said as she received additional 8.5 million Ren to her wealth.

After observing Shizuka’s happy face for a moment Hide said, “We can save some of our money here in gun safe, or in a hidden spot in our house, but it will be better to have another stash or two.”

“Do you have suggestion in mind?” Takeo asked.

Hide nodded and replied, “Pack your money with some spare clothes into a mid-size backpack and then put it in public locker in subway station.”

“Are you sure it’s safe to use public locker in subway station as money stash?” Shizuka asked

“Nowadays, public locker in subway station is one of the safest places to store things,” Hide firmly replied.

“I see. I will rent some to stash my money then,” Takeo said.

“Me too,” Shizuka added.

“Do it separately, and don’t tell anyone the exact location of your stashes,” Hide sternly warned.

““Understood.”” Takeo and Shizuka replied at the same time.

After a small pause Hide said, “Now, let’s talk about our second job.”

Big question mark instantly popped-up on Takeo’s forehead, while Shizuka tilted her head to the side. The two were wondering why Hide wanted to talk about their second job when they had just finished the first. However, the two said nothing and let Hide to continue.

“Do you still remember the purpose of two small jobs before Knosses job?” Hide asked.

“It’s to prepare us in case we have to face Knosses QRF team,” Takeo replied.

“To be precise, firearm training and gunfight experience is important,” Hide firmly said. “And Kamui job has given us the gunfight experience, for Shizuka at least, along with operational fund to support our training and some surplus money.

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As for the second job, its main purpose is to get the money to buy second overseas identity. However, the gold bars we got from Kamui are more than enough to get us new identity.”

“In short,” Shizuka said as she fixed her eyes on Hide, “We won’t carry the second job.”

“Yeah,” Hide firmly replied. “And so, until the day we execute Knosses job, we will focusing our time, energy, and resource for preparation and training.”

“I don’t mind if we don’t carry the second job. The current money I have is enough to assist my parent until we carry Knosses job,” Takeo casually said. “But I’m curious why we need overseas identity.”

“We will use it to open bank account overseas,” Hide casually explained. “Bear in mind that the money we will get from Knosses job is more than what we can accumulate in our lifetime as ordinary citizen. It will draw attention if we store it using our current identity.”

“Even if it’s overseas bank, can’t we use second domestic identity to open the account?” Shizuka curiously asked.

“I don’t mind if you want your second identity is domestic. Nikko has the second strongest passport on the planet after all. It will give you lot of advantage when you use it to go overseas,” Hide casually said. “But for me, I will only be at ease if my second rabbit hole is fully overseas.”

“I will have it overseas too. I have a dream to live and work in Italica actually, so I will have my second ID as Italican,” Takeo calmly said.

“Good choice,” Hide calmly expressed his agreement. “We can ask Paolo to broker it.”

“Wait a second,” Shizuka said as she turned her gaze to Takeo, “Can you speak Italian?”

“A little,” Takeo sheepishly said. “I learn it at home since my second year of middle school, using online course.”

“I will help you polish your Italian through casual conversation,” Hide suggested.

“Do you speak Italian too?” Shizuka asked she turned her gaze to Hide.

“I speak Germane, Spaniez, Franciss, and Finn too,” Hide casually replied. “And I choose Germane as my second ID.”

“You are not human,” Shizuka said as shock was clearly visible in her eyes. Then, she took a deep breath before expectantly saying, “I will also have Italican as my second ID, like Twig.”

“No, you can’t,” Hide firmly replied.

Dark cloud in an instant filled Shizuka’s face to the brim, “Why?”

“For personal security, we have to choose different country, even though later both of you can live together using your second ID.”

“I see,” Shizuka dejectedly said, but she didn’t argue. “Then, do you have suggestion which country I should pick?”

“Americ,” Hide firmly replied. “You can go to Americ with pretext visiting your mother. Then, I’ll arrange a meeting with ID maker who will help you get your second legit ID.”

“Damn,” Shizuka weakly cursed. “Talking to that damn woman is the last thing I want to do in this life.”

“Once you have your second ID, you can live separately from her in case you have to leave Nikko,” Hide suggested. “The other feasible option for you is Aussie.”

“I will think about it,” Shizuka weakly said.

“You have a week,” Hide said.

Shizuka nodded and replied, “Okay.”

At the same time Takeo turned his gaze to the stack of treasury bonds on the table. “What will we do with this thing?”

“We will put it as charity,” Hide casually replied. “That way, we don’t need to tell the broker our identity.”

“Do you mean the broker won’t ask our identity if we put the money into charity?” Takeo curiously asked.

“Some brokers have that kind of policy, while the rest will absolutely want to know with whom they have a deal, along with the original owner of the bond. This information is essential to estimate the risk that the broker has to face, and also the biggest factor to decide the price.”

After a pause Takeo asked another question, “When will we send the bond to the broker you have in mind?”

“Today,” Hide casually said, “Coincidently, Paolo know her.”

Takeo nodded and said, “I see.”

“Well, for now, let’s process the debt note,” Hide suggested.

Wasting no time the three then tore each debt note into four big pieces and took its picture using a small digital camera. There were a few thousand debt note in total, but the three managed to complete the task in less than three hours.

After that Takeo sent the picture of tore debt notes to each of debt owner via email, along with a short message saying that Kamui Finance had been cease to exist starting today. That way, they could safely mask the deletion of Shizuka’s debt.

Then, Shizuka turned her gaze to Hide while deep concern was visible on her face. “What will we do if even after knowing their organization had cease to exist, the remains of Kamui’s goon at their guest house don’t release the girls under their control?

Or they have soft copy for the debt note and use it to collect the payment?”

After contemplating for a moment Hide firmly replied, “If they continue their operation, we will wipe them out and you will lead this raid. Use this opportunity to accumulate experience.”

“Got it,” Shizuka calmly replied.

Hide then said, “I need to take Takeo to meet Paolo, so he won’t walk you home today.”

“Okay,” Shizuka firmly replied.

Wasting no time Hide took the security bond. Then, the three left the workshop through the hidden elevator before separating their ways into two closest subway stations.

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