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Chapter 1131: A Dead End
Chi Feichei sat in the passenger seat, checking his belongings and bulletproof vest, and sent an email to The Boss using his mobile phone.
【Goal has entered the racetrack, preparing for manual trajectory correction.——Raki】
And…
To Ireland…
To Gin…
To Stout…
The goal this time has been only one from the beginning to the end—Akai Shuichi.
After finding out the foothold of these FBI agents, Rum began to prepare for the operation. Adrian, an American with political status, came to visit, which became the chess piece Rum chose to lure out the FBI.
Of course, even if it wasn't Adrian, Rum would find other people who could get the FBI to move.
The original plan was to pretend to assassinate Adrian, lure the FBI out, confirm the FBI's arrangements, find a way to draw away the other FBI agents, and then take action against Akai Shuichi when he was alone or had few companions.
This is similar to a year ago, when Belmode disguised herself as the Silver-Haired Killer to lure Akai Shuichi out.
But a year ago, Belmode was in America, the FBI's hideout. She chose the identity of a 'lone murderer' to make Akai Shuichi careless.
This time, these FBI agents illegally immigrated and wouldn't have powerful external support. They planned to use information asymmetry, premeditated personnel diversion, and other methods to trap Akai Shuichi.
Armstrong wasn't in the original plan.
Because Armstrong planned to travel with Adrian, it was decided shortly before departure. But it just so happened that Rum, because a subordinate of Armstrong had contacted Organization intelligence and paid attention to this person, thought that Armstrong could be used as a spare, so he arranged for someone to shoot Armstrong's subordinate in America that day.
When this spare was needed, it could also give the FBI a suitable reason—Armstrong might have access to Organization intelligence, and the Organization wanted to silence him.
In fact, the Organization confirmed that Armstrong didn't know much and was just a spare for 'Plan B'.
Three days ago, after Rum investigated the general itinerary of Adrian and Armstrong, he reviewed it, combined the data of the two, and made some adjustments to the original plan—
Adrian was set as a semi-obvious target, utilizing Akai Shuichi's calculations in Otaru Town to make the FBI discover their 'premeditated plan', participate in the protection of Adrian, and trap a portion of the FBI personnel in Tokyo.
Armstrong was set as a hidden target, diverting the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City.
After using these two false targets to restrain the FBI's personnel and energy, they would try to lure Akai Shuichi to travel from Tokyo to Ichikawa City when he had few companions.
On this stretch of road, the Organization's trap was waiting for Akai Shuichi, the dead end where they planned to kill him!
Three problems were worth worrying about in the entire plan.
The first problem: How to ensure that a portion of the FBI personnel are trapped beside Adrian?
He utilized the time difference in information.
After calculating that the FBI could almost confirm that 'the Organization planned to assassinate Adrian', he had someone feign an opening, being discovered as abnormal by the Secret Service while investigating Adrian.
In this way, the FBI would suspect that the Organization wanted to assassinate Adrian, and would negotiate with headquarters and the Secret Service, first applying for 'cooperation'. Akai Shuichi would only hear from the Secret Service people after the FBI and the Secret Service confirmed their cooperation and formally met—the Secret Service had also discovered some abnormalities, making Akai Shuichi think 'it's too easy to be noticed, the Organization shouldn't be this incompetent, something's fishy', thus noticing someone like Armstrong.
But at this time, the negotiation between the FBI and the Secret Service would have been completed. By the time Akai Shuichi investigated the shooting of Armstrong's subordinate and suspected that the Organization's target was Armstrong, the FBI personnel arranged there would not be able to withdraw.
After all, it was the FBI who proposed to participate in the protection. Everyone had followed the procedure. Notifying all parties, obtaining approval, negotiating communication, confirming the plan, even the Secret Service cooperating with the FBI's infiltration were almost complete. The FBI would then say 'Sorry, we may have made a mistake'. How would the Secret Service think?
For the sake of harmonious relations, the FBI couldn't withdraw the personnel they had sent.
The FBI wouldn't expose all their personnel in one place. They would definitely have spare personnel. Plus, Adrian wasn't impossible to be assassinated, so these people didn't need to be withdrawn.
The FBI initially came to ambush the Organization, so the number of people arranged near Adrian wouldn't be small, at least ten, otherwise, they would easily be ambushed and beaten.
Such a large number of personnel would be equivalent to being tied to Adrian. Even if the FBI discovered that the 'real target' was Adrian, it would be unlikely to withdraw the people, but would choose to use other personnel.
From the investigation results, the FBI did send at least ten people, and they also replaced some staff members around Adrian. The FBI would then need to leave some people to protect those staff members.
He estimated that at least fifteen people from the FBI were trapped in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward and Shimono Town.
The second problem: How to make Akai Shuichi divert the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City?
General reasoning is to collect clues, synthesize clues, and use logical thinking to make judgments. Then, he could synthesize the clues Akai Shuichi already had, the clues he could obtain, and the time to obtain the clues, allowing Akai Shuichi to 'solve the case' within his scheduled time.
Rum had informants in Sanmu Bridge and Ryokudai, who could keep him informed of the progress and control the pace.
According to the news from Rum's informants, the FBI only left one or two people guarding each location, and the others had gone to Ichikawa City.
So, this step of calculation was also successful.
The third problem: Would Akai Shuichi directly stay in Ichikawa City and not rush from Tokyo to Ichikawa City temporarily?
According to common sense, this is possible, but he was certain Akai Shuichi wouldn't.
The Boss was willing to show him Akai Shuichi's previous action records in the Organization.
Some appearances and personalities can be disguised, but some information cannot be hidden, such as Akai Shuichi's 'strong execution ability' and 'trusting his own judgment'. When he was in the Organization, he had shown this more than once during operations.
Once or twice could be disguised, but many times, it's his habit.
Because he trusts his own judgment more, Akai Shuichi, in order to accurately and promptly judge the situation, would inevitably stay in Tokyo, waiting for the key information of the 'Organization's operation time' to surface.
Because of his strong execution ability, Akai Shuichi wouldn't mind running around, it's become a habit, and he would rush over immediately after making a judgment.
Moreover, he could calculate that there were at most ten FBI personnel in Ichikawa City. Akai Shuichi wouldn't let his colleagues face the Organization, which was used to collective action, so he would definitely go to reinforce…
Sometimes, kindness or evil, selflessness or selfishness, intelligence or stupidity, are essentially the same. Whether it's an advantage or a disadvantage, as long as one has the intention to calculate, one can see through some of a person's behavior and habits, and then set traps accordingly.
After solving these problems, there was only one step left—
Getting Akai Shuichi's car onto their planned route!
During the two days he was remotely controlling things, Rum hadn't been idle either, and was still making arrangements. If he hadn't diverted the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City, the operation would revolve around Rum's prepared plan, so he didn't have to worry about failure. As long as he didn't ruin the overall situation, he could try casually.
…
As dusk approached, the sky was dyed orange-red by the setting sun. Occasionally, one or two cars sped past on the main road leading to Ichikawa City.
Andre Camel sat in the back seat, suddenly noticing a car following them from behind, and said, "Mr. Akai, there seems to be a car following us."
In the passenger seat, Akai Shuichi glanced at the rearview mirror, then took out a cigarette and lit it, "I know."
It wasn't 'seems', but 'indeed'.
Camel didn't dare to confirm at this time, his reaction was a bit slow, and his vigilance wasn't high enough…
Andre Camel: "..."
Even if he wasn't surprised, shouldn't Mr. Akai say what to do?
What did this calm and helpless response mean? It was as if he was speechless.
"Although I'm not sure when they followed, it should have been when there were still many cars on the road before," Akai Shuichi looked towards the rearview mirror, "They've been following for at least twenty minutes."
"Is it someone from That Organization?" Jodie asked.
"Probably." Akai Shuichi smoked, letting a wisp of smoke drift in front of him, his gaze wandering without focus.
Something was wrong…
Jodie's gaze was serious, "Should we shake them off?"
If the other party had locked onto them, the success rate of shooting from behind wouldn't be high. They might even be surrounded and shot at.
Her driving skills were pretty good. Why not have a race and shake them off!
"Uh-huh…"
Akai Shuichi recalled the map route, but couldn't help but think of other problems.
That the Organization's people locked onto their car so quickly, was it because they were discovered on the way here? Or…
He had a slightly bad premonition.
Andre Camel kept paying attention to the car behind, "Mr. Akai, that car is speeding up!"
Akai Shuichi caught sight of the car coming from under the overpass ahead, and immediately said, "Don't accelerate, turn left immediately! Go straight, at the intersection in front of the Motoisse Convenience Store, turn right sharply onto the path, then turn right again, you can go straight to Ichikawa Bridge on another road…"
"Ok!" Jodie responded resolutely, sharply turning the steering wheel, making the car drift to the left, onto another road.
Akai Shuichi looked at the rearview mirror. The car that came down from the overpass clearly missed them, "Don't slow down, let's get out of here as soon as possible… They're probably after me!"
At an intersection ahead, the Black Zelas was one step ahead onto the driveway.
Soon, a TV broadcast van sped closer, narrowing the distance between the two cars.
Jodie didn't pay attention to the black car in front, surprised by Akai Shuichi's words, "You? Say so…"
"It's a trap, we've fallen for it. Anyway, our people in Ichikawa City will rush here via Ichikawa Bridge, try to rendezvous with them, and also, contact Tokyo…"
Akai Shuichi looked ahead, his pupils constricting.
Unknowingly, they had closed the distance with a black car ahead.
On the passenger seat of that car, the car door opened, and a young blond and blue-eyed face poked out to look at them, wearing an earphone on his right ear, seemingly communicating with someone.
Seeing the other party's black clothes, he knew who it was, and the other party had already planned to wait for them ahead.
Due to the rumors and distance, they couldn't hear what the other party was saying, but the other party's actions were too blatant, as if arrogantly declaring: You've already stepped into the trap, and I don't need to care anymore!
End of Chapter
Chi Feichei sat in the passenger seat, checking his belongings and bulletproof vest, and sent an email to The Boss using his mobile phone.
【Goal has entered the racetrack, preparing for manual trajectory correction.——Raki】
And…
To Ireland…
To Gin…
To Stout…
The goal this time has been only one from the beginning to the end—Akai Shuichi.
After finding out the foothold of these FBI agents, Rum began to prepare for the operation. Adrian, an American with political status, came to visit, which became the chess piece Rum chose to lure out the FBI.
Of course, even if it wasn't Adrian, Rum would find other people who could get the FBI to move.
The original plan was to pretend to assassinate Adrian, lure the FBI out, confirm the FBI's arrangements, find a way to draw away the other FBI agents, and then take action against Akai Shuichi when he was alone or had few companions.
This is similar to a year ago, when Belmode disguised herself as the Silver-Haired Killer to lure Akai Shuichi out.
But a year ago, Belmode was in America, the FBI's hideout. She chose the identity of a 'lone murderer' to make Akai Shuichi careless.
This time, these FBI agents illegally immigrated and wouldn't have powerful external support. They planned to use information asymmetry, premeditated personnel diversion, and other methods to trap Akai Shuichi.
Armstrong wasn't in the original plan.
Because Armstrong planned to travel with Adrian, it was decided shortly before departure. But it just so happened that Rum, because a subordinate of Armstrong had contacted Organization intelligence and paid attention to this person, thought that Armstrong could be used as a spare, so he arranged for someone to shoot Armstrong's subordinate in America that day.
When this spare was needed, it could also give the FBI a suitable reason—Armstrong might have access to Organization intelligence, and the Organization wanted to silence him.
In fact, the Organization confirmed that Armstrong didn't know much and was just a spare for 'Plan B'.
Three days ago, after Rum investigated the general itinerary of Adrian and Armstrong, he reviewed it, combined the data of the two, and made some adjustments to the original plan—
Adrian was set as a semi-obvious target, utilizing Akai Shuichi's calculations in Otaru Town to make the FBI discover their 'premeditated plan', participate in the protection of Adrian, and trap a portion of the FBI personnel in Tokyo.
Armstrong was set as a hidden target, diverting the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City.
After using these two false targets to restrain the FBI's personnel and energy, they would try to lure Akai Shuichi to travel from Tokyo to Ichikawa City when he had few companions.
On this stretch of road, the Organization's trap was waiting for Akai Shuichi, the dead end where they planned to kill him!
Three problems were worth worrying about in the entire plan.
The first problem: How to ensure that a portion of the FBI personnel are trapped beside Adrian?
He utilized the time difference in information.
After calculating that the FBI could almost confirm that 'the Organization planned to assassinate Adrian', he had someone feign an opening, being discovered as abnormal by the Secret Service while investigating Adrian.
In this way, the FBI would suspect that the Organization wanted to assassinate Adrian, and would negotiate with headquarters and the Secret Service, first applying for 'cooperation'. Akai Shuichi would only hear from the Secret Service people after the FBI and the Secret Service confirmed their cooperation and formally met—the Secret Service had also discovered some abnormalities, making Akai Shuichi think 'it's too easy to be noticed, the Organization shouldn't be this incompetent, something's fishy', thus noticing someone like Armstrong.
But at this time, the negotiation between the FBI and the Secret Service would have been completed. By the time Akai Shuichi investigated the shooting of Armstrong's subordinate and suspected that the Organization's target was Armstrong, the FBI personnel arranged there would not be able to withdraw.
After all, it was the FBI who proposed to participate in the protection. Everyone had followed the procedure. Notifying all parties, obtaining approval, negotiating communication, confirming the plan, even the Secret Service cooperating with the FBI's infiltration were almost complete. The FBI would then say 'Sorry, we may have made a mistake'. How would the Secret Service think?
For the sake of harmonious relations, the FBI couldn't withdraw the personnel they had sent.
The FBI wouldn't expose all their personnel in one place. They would definitely have spare personnel. Plus, Adrian wasn't impossible to be assassinated, so these people didn't need to be withdrawn.
The FBI initially came to ambush the Organization, so the number of people arranged near Adrian wouldn't be small, at least ten, otherwise, they would easily be ambushed and beaten.
Such a large number of personnel would be equivalent to being tied to Adrian. Even if the FBI discovered that the 'real target' was Adrian, it would be unlikely to withdraw the people, but would choose to use other personnel.
From the investigation results, the FBI did send at least ten people, and they also replaced some staff members around Adrian. The FBI would then need to leave some people to protect those staff members.
He estimated that at least fifteen people from the FBI were trapped in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward and Shimono Town.
The second problem: How to make Akai Shuichi divert the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City?
General reasoning is to collect clues, synthesize clues, and use logical thinking to make judgments. Then, he could synthesize the clues Akai Shuichi already had, the clues he could obtain, and the time to obtain the clues, allowing Akai Shuichi to 'solve the case' within his scheduled time.
Rum had informants in Sanmu Bridge and Ryokudai, who could keep him informed of the progress and control the pace.
According to the news from Rum's informants, the FBI only left one or two people guarding each location, and the others had gone to Ichikawa City.
So, this step of calculation was also successful.
The third problem: Would Akai Shuichi directly stay in Ichikawa City and not rush from Tokyo to Ichikawa City temporarily?
According to common sense, this is possible, but he was certain Akai Shuichi wouldn't.
The Boss was willing to show him Akai Shuichi's previous action records in the Organization.
Some appearances and personalities can be disguised, but some information cannot be hidden, such as Akai Shuichi's 'strong execution ability' and 'trusting his own judgment'. When he was in the Organization, he had shown this more than once during operations.
Once or twice could be disguised, but many times, it's his habit.
Because he trusts his own judgment more, Akai Shuichi, in order to accurately and promptly judge the situation, would inevitably stay in Tokyo, waiting for the key information of the 'Organization's operation time' to surface.
Because of his strong execution ability, Akai Shuichi wouldn't mind running around, it's become a habit, and he would rush over immediately after making a judgment.
Moreover, he could calculate that there were at most ten FBI personnel in Ichikawa City. Akai Shuichi wouldn't let his colleagues face the Organization, which was used to collective action, so he would definitely go to reinforce…
Sometimes, kindness or evil, selflessness or selfishness, intelligence or stupidity, are essentially the same. Whether it's an advantage or a disadvantage, as long as one has the intention to calculate, one can see through some of a person's behavior and habits, and then set traps accordingly.
After solving these problems, there was only one step left—
Getting Akai Shuichi's car onto their planned route!
During the two days he was remotely controlling things, Rum hadn't been idle either, and was still making arrangements. If he hadn't diverted the remaining FBI personnel to Ichikawa City, the operation would revolve around Rum's prepared plan, so he didn't have to worry about failure. As long as he didn't ruin the overall situation, he could try casually.
…
As dusk approached, the sky was dyed orange-red by the setting sun. Occasionally, one or two cars sped past on the main road leading to Ichikawa City.
Andre Camel sat in the back seat, suddenly noticing a car following them from behind, and said, "Mr. Akai, there seems to be a car following us."
In the passenger seat, Akai Shuichi glanced at the rearview mirror, then took out a cigarette and lit it, "I know."
It wasn't 'seems', but 'indeed'.
Camel didn't dare to confirm at this time, his reaction was a bit slow, and his vigilance wasn't high enough…
Andre Camel: "..."
Even if he wasn't surprised, shouldn't Mr. Akai say what to do?
What did this calm and helpless response mean? It was as if he was speechless.
"Although I'm not sure when they followed, it should have been when there were still many cars on the road before," Akai Shuichi looked towards the rearview mirror, "They've been following for at least twenty minutes."
"Is it someone from That Organization?" Jodie asked.
"Probably." Akai Shuichi smoked, letting a wisp of smoke drift in front of him, his gaze wandering without focus.
Something was wrong…
Jodie's gaze was serious, "Should we shake them off?"
If the other party had locked onto them, the success rate of shooting from behind wouldn't be high. They might even be surrounded and shot at.
Her driving skills were pretty good. Why not have a race and shake them off!
"Uh-huh…"
Akai Shuichi recalled the map route, but couldn't help but think of other problems.
That the Organization's people locked onto their car so quickly, was it because they were discovered on the way here? Or…
He had a slightly bad premonition.
Andre Camel kept paying attention to the car behind, "Mr. Akai, that car is speeding up!"
Akai Shuichi caught sight of the car coming from under the overpass ahead, and immediately said, "Don't accelerate, turn left immediately! Go straight, at the intersection in front of the Motoisse Convenience Store, turn right sharply onto the path, then turn right again, you can go straight to Ichikawa Bridge on another road…"
"Ok!" Jodie responded resolutely, sharply turning the steering wheel, making the car drift to the left, onto another road.
Akai Shuichi looked at the rearview mirror. The car that came down from the overpass clearly missed them, "Don't slow down, let's get out of here as soon as possible… They're probably after me!"
At an intersection ahead, the Black Zelas was one step ahead onto the driveway.
Soon, a TV broadcast van sped closer, narrowing the distance between the two cars.
Jodie didn't pay attention to the black car in front, surprised by Akai Shuichi's words, "You? Say so…"
"It's a trap, we've fallen for it. Anyway, our people in Ichikawa City will rush here via Ichikawa Bridge, try to rendezvous with them, and also, contact Tokyo…"
Akai Shuichi looked ahead, his pupils constricting.
Unknowingly, they had closed the distance with a black car ahead.
On the passenger seat of that car, the car door opened, and a young blond and blue-eyed face poked out to look at them, wearing an earphone on his right ear, seemingly communicating with someone.
Seeing the other party's black clothes, he knew who it was, and the other party had already planned to wait for them ahead.
Due to the rumors and distance, they couldn't hear what the other party was saying, but the other party's actions were too blatant, as if arrogantly declaring: You've already stepped into the trap, and I don't need to care anymore!
End of Chapter
