50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 319 Skull and Bones

Sun Zhiwei did not reject Old Tom's overtures; having a good reputation among the neighbors was part of his public persona.

"It's nothing, Tom. Come in and sit down. I'll go get you the money."

"No need, no need, I'll just wait at the door. I'm going to the next place soon."

"Then wait a moment." After saying that, Sun Zhiwei opened the door and went in alone to get the money.

Old Tom could see inside the house from the doorway.

The living room furniture was arranged neatly; several decorative oil paintings hung on the wall; and the tea set on the table was placed on a tray and covered with a white cloth to prevent dust from falling on it.

The room looks clean and comfortable, giving strangers a very good first impression.

A moment later, Sun Zhiwei came over with two stacks of 10-yuan bills and handed them to Old Tom at the door.

Old Tom took the money with one hand and immediately handed him the receipt he had just written with the other.

Sun Zhiwei took the receipt, exchanged a few polite words, saw Old Tom off, and then closed the door.

What a surprise today! Someone actually knocked on the door tonight.

He usually waits until after 10 pm, when most residents are asleep, before secretly leaving the house. Today was the only time he went out early, and he almost caused an accident.

It seems I wasn't careful enough; I mustn't make this mistake again.

Calling it an accident is not an exaggeration.

Given his public image, if a neighbor knows he's home but knocks on the door and no one answers, what would happen?

Nine times out of ten, people would assume something had happened to him at home, so it's highly likely that the neighbors kindly called the police.

If that happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my identity.

Fortunately, he made it back in time today. He was relieved as he returned to the basement to deal with the clothes he had hastily taken off and scattered everywhere.

The house is too small, and there are too many neighbors. The probability of an accident is higher than he imagined. He is already considering whether to move to a community near the shop.

However, we'll have to wait a little longer.

Now that I've invested all my savings in the shop, I don't have much money left to move and find a new place.

After tidying up the house and washing up, he went straight to bed, not needing to think about anything, just waiting.

Starting the next day, Sun Zhiwei searched for suitable locations to place the security mailbox on his way from home to the shop.

Three days later, he decided on the location of the security email.

Not far from the shop is a large shopping mall, and the mall's restrooms are right on the street.

When Sun Zhiwei drives by on the road, he can directly cover the mall's restrooms with his car.

He placed the security mailbox in the water tank of the mall's restroom, but didn't specify which water tank.

When there is a new message, he will put the message or item in one of the water tanks and then make a temporary mark on the surface of the water tank.

Once the liaison officer sees the markings on the water tank, he can open it and retrieve the secret message or item, which is wrapped in a waterproof bag.

Conversely, the liaison officer would send out messages or items, and Sun Zhiwei would come to collect them.

This requires a liaison officer who works as a cleaner in the mall, specifically responsible for regularly checking the water tanks and delivering information.

This isn't difficult. The wages for cleaning staff in shopping malls aren't low. In fact, the wages for cleaning staff in these respectable public places are quite high. There will definitely be people willing to be this liaison.

If the FBI discovers this method of communication, the cleaner could easily distance himself, while the one most at risk would be the intelligence personnel, namely Sun Zhiwei himself. But Sun Zhiwei is actually the safest.

Because he doesn't need to go to the mall restroom to receive or send secret messages; he can simply use the space remotely while driving by.

The FBI couldn't possibly have discovered Sun Zhiwei's operation; they don't have the Sorcerer Supreme under their command.

After confirming the location of the secure mailbox, he sent the message back to Deputy Director Han that same evening.

Assigning liaisons will take time, so we can't delay.

A few days later, a middle-aged Filipino woman started working at the mall. She took the initiative to clean the toilets, a dirty job that few people wanted to do.

Because she took on the job of cleaning the dirtiest toilets, no colleagues ostracized her, even though she was a new employee.

After all, if she's ousted, then the dirty work of cleaning the toilets will have to be done in shifts, just like before.

On the day she officially started her job, she randomly placed a confidential letter, which was wrapped in a waterproof bag, into a water tank.

That evening after get off work, as Sun Zhiwei passed by the mall, he habitually glanced at the toilet tank with his spatial awareness.

He found a waterproof bag in the water tank of a men's restroom.

After confirming that there was a cartoon sticker on the water tank, he immediately used the space to collect the sticker and the bag.

Back home, Sun Zhiwei opened the waterproof bag and retrieved a coded digital letter.

He had already obtained the codebook corresponding to the digital secret message and had memorized it; now it was time to put it to use.

He quickly accessed the codebook in his mind, translated the secret message into Chinese, and then carefully examined its contents.

The letter was written by Deputy Director Han. It first congratulated him on the launch of the secret mailbox, and then gave him a third task: to investigate the information of the new FBI head.

As the saying goes, "a new emperor brings a new court," the FBI is the largest intelligence organization in the United States, and every president relies on its intelligence to rule the country.

The FBI is directly under the Department of Justice, and its current director, William Webster, is another powerful figure since Hoover stepped down.

This Director William Webster is very mysterious, and the country has received almost no useful information about him. His name also appeared on the list of cabinet members he sent to the country last time.

It's likely that the people in China didn't know the other party's identity, which is why they sent this task down.

But Sun Zhiwei knew that this time the domestic situation was probably a lucky accident, because William Webster's identity was not simple.

According to his knowledge of history, this William Webster was actually a member of Skull and Bones.

When talking about the Skull and Bones Society, we must also mention two other organizations: the Illuminati and the Freemasons.

The Skull and Bones Society and the Freemasons are both subordinate organizations of the Illuminati, one being militant and the other civilian.

The Skull and Bones Society is also known as the Knights of the Coven, the Eurogane Club, or the Order of the Death Knights.

Founded in the 18th century, it was the Illuminati's "henchman," primarily responsible for the Illuminati's external invasions and expansions;
The Freemasons, on the other hand, use deceptive ideas, religion, and policies to assimilate or weaken the Illuminati's enemies, preparing for the Illuminati's expansion and invasion.

They prevented the enemy from actively resisting when they were invaded, and were responsible for carrying out long-term enslavement work on the enemy after the territory was occupied.

Because of their differing ideologies, these two organizations developed into two political parties in the United States, which are now the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Later, the two political parties competed for dominance, which led to the current US presidential election.

However, the Skull and Bones Society still exists, and has become even more secretive.

(End of this chapter)