Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 369, Section 363: Level One Warning. Ireland

"I'm very sorry, Chairman Lin! I'll have someone investigate right away!" Why is the intelligence department delaying? This is one of the main reasons.

An undercover agent who had access to the organization's list of spies died under mysterious circumstances.

How much joint liability would that entail?
If all the undercover agents are exposed, Rum will be the first one to be implicated.

If things aren't going well for Rum, then those working in their intelligence department will be doing well?

Lin Longma hung up the phone without saying a word, returned the phone to Tu Jing, and then began to think.

By the time the intelligence department found out, it was too late.

Upon realizing this, Ryoma immediately instructed Doi: "I remember we should have some of our men in the Nerima district, right?"

Find the nearest one and have him get to the Resting Forest as soon as possible.

"I need to know what's going on with Masaaki Okakura."

Move fast! "

"Yes, brother. I'll go arrange it right away." Doi hurriedly left to complete the task assigned to him by Ryoma.

Half an hour later, Doi brought back firsthand information from the Nerima Ward.

"Brother, when our men arrived at the scene, it had already been taken over by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department."

There were many criminal police officers at the scene, more than at a typical murder scene.

“Is that so…” Lin Longma frowned. Logically speaking, the death of a member of parliament’s secretary should not warrant such a large fuss, since Okakura Masaaki was just a secretary and not the member of parliament himself.

However, considering that the secretary was traveling with a member of parliament, it's understandable that the Metropolitan Police Department would send more personnel to appease her.

Regardless of the Metropolitan Police Department detectives' competence, at least they showed the right attitude.

Incompetence is incompetence, and lack of concern is lack of concern. The two should not be confused.

For "big shots" like members of Congress, incompetence is never the problem; a lack of concern is.

"What about the intelligence support department? Any news?" Lin Longma asked again.

"Not yet..." Doi had barely finished speaking when his phone rang.

"Brother, it's a call from the intelligence department."

"Go ahead and accept it," Lin Longma waved his hand.

"Moshi Moshi, I am the earth well."

"Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department have already gone to investigate Masaaki Okakura's house?"
"What? You're not sure where Okakura Masaaki kept the list of undercover agents? Does that mean Okakura Masaaki actually had that kind of thing?!"

"What are you all doing? How can you allow something like this?!"

Although Doi didn't resort to swearing, his attitude was quite intense.

The idea that an undercover agent on a mission would have a list of undercover agents is already absurd enough.

The intelligence department still hasn't figured out where the list is.
Something's about to happen, this is going to be really bad...

After ending the call, Doi asked Ryoma Hayashi, "Big brother, what should we do about this?"

"How to handle this... Lin Longma snorted coldly. Rum is in trouble this time."

If the organization's undercover agents suffer significant losses due to Masaaki Okakura's list, even if Rum is the organization's second-in-command, he will still be held responsible.

Do you think Ryoma and the Isshin-kai can escape unscathed? Impossible.

The Safety Countermeasures Division and the Isshinkai are inseparable; the Safety Countermeasures Division's primary responsibility is to provide early warnings and promptly address major risks to the organization.

If Rum gets into trouble this time, that old bastard will try to drag Isshin down with him after this.

I need to find a way to extricate myself from this situation.

Lin Longma had already made up his mind, and immediately ordered Doi: "Doi, issue a Level 1 risk warning in the name of the Safety Countermeasures Division."

Contact Gin and Vodka in the Executive Department, and Vermouth in the Intelligence Support Department.

"I'll contact the boss myself!" "Yes, sir!"

After Doi left, Ryoma Hayashi edited an email and sent it to the boss.

Soon, the boss called Lin Longma's cell phone.

"Boss, I am Lin Longma."

"Is what the email says true?" the boss asked, getting straight to the point.

"It's the real boss. I've already arranged for the security countermeasures department to issue a level-one risk warning and contacted Gin and Vermouth."

The police have taken over the crime scene and residence of Masaaki Okakura.

My people can't infiltrate."

With the phone call and the voice changer, Lin Longma couldn't accurately gauge his boss's emotions.

But judging from the boss's long silence, he's probably cursing under his breath right now.

Rum, Rum, you really showed your ass to the boss this time.

Rum is innocent in this case, but if he's not, he deserves it.

Despite being a low-ranking officer in the Intelligence Support Department, Masaaki Okakura's position was not high enough for him to report directly to Rum.

In other words, it's uncertain whether Rum even knows of such a person.

But then again, leaders should share in the credit when their subordinates make contributions; they can't just wash their hands of it when their subordinates cause trouble, can they?
That doesn't make sense.

At the very least, he bears undeniable responsibility for misjudging people.

"Should the boss contact Rum to take remedial measures?"

This statement, which only added fuel to the fire, was tantamount to stabbing the boss in the lungs.

The boss was initially pleased that the research department had made significant progress on drug A.

As a result, with the help of Lin Longma and his colleagues, Rum successfully became the boss's "biggest threat".

The work was done one task after another, and each task was a tough one.

Now that Lin Longma has brought up Rum again, the boss is even more exasperated.

And they even let Rum get involved? Don't they want things to get bigger enough?

"Forget it! Rum has other tasks to handle. You, Gin, and Vermouth can discuss this matter!"

The boss decisively rejected Lin Longma's proposal.

"But we haven't made any progress within the police force..." Lin Longma subtly stirred up trouble.

The Metropolitan Police Department has always been Rum's "private domain." Aside from the boss, no one knows how many people Rum has planted within the police force.

Lin Longma planned to take this opportunity to make Rum bleed a lot.

It's unfair that my brother spends all his resources to help you clean up Rum, and then gets nothing in return, right?

In the end, Rum won't offer any benefits on his own initiative, but Lin Longma doesn't mind asking for them.

The boss pondered for a moment, fully aware of Lin Longma's thoughts. However, the Security Countermeasures Department had just received a promotion, and the boss didn't want to offer any more benefits so soon.

The boss then said, "I'll send you another person. Rum has the authority to move his mole within the police force."

Could someone be involved with Rum's mole? Is it Curaçao or Binga?
With this curiosity in mind, Lin Longma ended his call with the boss.
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When everyone gathered at the Yixin Society's stronghold, Lin Longma met the legendary member who could command Lin Longma's secret agents.

Surprisingly, this person was neither Curaçao nor Binga, but a complete stranger.

He has a dark complexion and blond hair, and looks like a mixed-race person. He's somewhat similar to Amuro Tooru.

But judging from his physique, he is not at all as "thin" as Amuro Tooru.

"Let me introduce myself. I am from Ireland, and I was transferred to headquarters two weeks ago to serve as the Deputy Minister of Intelligence Support."

(End of this chapter)