Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 131.002. Archives
"Huh?" Fujiwara Chizuru was clearly taken aback.

She nodded immediately and said, "I understand."

Tanaka smiled with satisfaction.

Her impression of me must have changed by now, right? Section Chief, I will protect you.

But Fujiwara clearly still had doubts: "Why are you suddenly deciding to join? Didn't you say it was very dangerous?"

Tanaka's heart pounded as he looked at the policewoman's disdainful gaze: "Uh, if that section chief isn't afraid, I have even less reason to be afraid of danger."

He scratched his head and said, "And it's strange, actually. I'm afraid of the White Walkers because they're so terrifying, but when I heard that humans are the ones who assassinate them, I'm not so scared anymore. Although I might not be able to handle them."

"OK then."

Fujiwara Chizuru was promoted to head of the Special Operations Section by Director Kuroshiro. Currently, she has no subordinates and needs a lot of manpower to build a new team. She is not too concerned about Tanaka's matter.

“Congratulations on becoming the second member of the Special Operations Section.” Fujiwara Chizuru stood up and shook hands with him.

what?
Tanaka looked embarrassed.

Shake hands?

Fujiwara narrowed his eyes with disdain: "I know you're going to complain, but I always feel like your focus is off."

"Ha, ha." Tanaka scratched his head awkwardly.

"What will happen to your job in your original department?" Fujiwara asked.

Tanaka said, "Don't worry, just leave it to Akasaka. That guy who always wears a jacket is actually quite reliable."

Fujiwara nodded and said, "Then you hand over the information, and we'll analyze the new intelligence later."

"New intelligence?" Tanaka was taken aback.

"Hmm." Fujiwara turned the laptop around. It was an external website address. The black and red color scheme gave it a depressing feel. The language was all Latin, and it displayed personal information, but there wasn't even a photo.

Tanaka immediately noticed that this guy was worth a string of zeros, and upon closer inspection, he counted them—there were seven of them.

"This is... a bounty?"

"Ten million?"

Alliance Coins, ten million...

Fujiwara Chizuru nodded, her fighting spirit burning beneath her glasses.

"This is probably a wanted criminal by the entire alliance... What exactly did he do?" Tanaka muttered to himself.

"Yes, to understand him, we need to dig up what he did in the past. A person who hides his identity and has reached this level of status must have had connections in many places outside."

Fujiwara turned the computer back and said, "I only went to the dark web on a whim. I also have an account that I probably registered when I was younger."

"The dark web?" Tanaka clearly didn't dare to inquire about Fujiwara's audacious past.

"A platform for bounty hunters, mercenaries, and various factions to communicate and even trade anonymously."

"At least we know the two IDs this opponent used: the Latin 'Black Hat' and the Chinese transliteration 'Mirror,' so we don't have to keep searching aimlessly," said Fujiwara Chizuru, resting her chin in thought.

Tanaka shook his head and said, "Section Chief, how can you be sure he's the criminal lurking in Sakyoto?"

Even with the dark web, there are so many people on it with bounties, it's impossible to pinpoint the right person immediately. If you mistake someone else for someone else, it'll be a huge blunder.

“Most bounties provide some information: the umbrella-shaped weapon and the pale mask that's half-crying and half-laughing. That should be enough to confirm it’s this guy,” Fujiwara said.

“That’s true.” Tanaka nodded, then asked in confusion, “How do you know about umbrella-made weapons?”

"I—" Fujiwara wanted to continue, but suddenly became speechless, and suddenly couldn't remember how he found out.

She covered her head and couldn't help but frown.

What about my memories? It seems like something is missing.

Suddenly I felt a little confused. I was so sure of myself, but I was just one step off.

They learned that they had been inexplicably brainwashed, without even knowing who or what organization it was.

She thought of the grinning woman. Although being brainwashed was none of her business, it didn't stop her from gritting her teeth and grumbling, "Damn it."

"Section Chief..." Tanaka asked tentatively, noticing that she seemed unhappy.

The policewoman waved her hand and said, "It's alright. Anyway, I'm sure this is the person we're looking for."

"oh oh."

"Regarding 'Mirror,' I have also searched on various intelligence websites and identified a listed assassin, ranked around 500th. He is skilled in close combat, possesses all sorts of strange and mysterious techniques, and also has some technological means."

A series of honorary messages flashed across Fujiwara's eyes. In order to study this assassin, she had spent three days thoroughly studying his file.

Fujiwara analyzed, saying, "We don't have the ability to arrest them for the time being. We can only try to avoid direct contact. I will apply to the higher-ups for other personnel. Only when the team is fully developed will we have the strength to confront them."

"So what should we do next?"

“No rush. Everything is still in the planning stages, and we don’t have the necessary military force. We can only conduct basic intelligence gathering for now.” Fujiwara adjusted his glasses and said, “I have a feeling that we will really have to fight him.”

This sounds more like self-encouragement.

Tanaka didn't say anything, as he didn't want to dampen Fujiwara's enthusiasm.

The policewoman appeared capable, but in reality, she lacked understanding of many social dynamics. She never considered why the Black Chamber Director would entrust her with leading the Special Operations Division.

To put it in a conspiracy theory way, Tanaka even suspected that Kuroshiro and Fujiwara had a grudge, to the point that the chief wanted to use the assassin's knife to eliminate his rival.

Originally, this assassin was a problem even for the White Walkers, but because he was human, he could move easily during the day, while the White Walkers could not move easily in the dark, so the Metropolitan Police Department had to send people to investigate the matter.

In short, it was a thankless and arduous task, but seeing how energetic Fujiwara Chizuru was, he really couldn't bring himself to discourage her.

That's what I said, but I jumped right in headfirst, and it's really...

Tanaka inwardly smiled bitterly.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back now." Fujiwara took out a document and began to read it carefully.

Despite having access to modern technology, she still prefers paper documents.

"Hai." Tanaka saluted.

Just as he was about to leave, his communicator suddenly beeped.

Fujiwara pressed the ringer, and a man's shout came from the other end of the communicator:

"Officer Fujiwara, a street fight has broken out in Honhara-cho. An eyewitness saw a guy wearing a strange mask!"

Fujiwara Chizuru perked up, exchanged a glance with Tanaka, and immediately took over: "We'll head over right away. Please ask Director Kuroshiro to send more people. Please send the specific address via text message."

She got up, quickly put on a women's coat, checked her gun, and strode outside.

Tanaka quickly chased after him.

"Section Chief, wait for me!"

(End of this chapter)