While in America, the system says Roosevelt was an emperor.

At noon, in the FBI's listening room in New York, two young men wearing headphones and holding coffee were listening to something.

"Knock knock knock~"

Ethel, dressed in a business suit, entered the listening room and said:

"So, did you catch anything?"

Ethel was not only Roosevelt's daughter-in-law and a direct descendant of the DuPont family;

He was also the head of the secret investigation unit of the FBI's New York field office, wielding even more power than the FBI's New York field director.

After all, the cooperation between the DuPont and Roosevelt families was more than just a marriage alliance.

The DuPont family is deeply intertwined with the Roosevelt family, collaborating in both military industry and secret police matters.

A young man took off his headphones and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Sir, there's no useful information."

Ethel frowned slightly, somewhat displeased, and said:

"Have you been recording and listening to everything Tom has done these past few days?"

The young man scratched his head, flipped through his notebook, and replied:

"Except for the time Tom is driving, everything is under our control."

"I am quite certain that Tom did not have any dealings with any foreign powers during this period."

"There has been no contact with the disbanded Weil Group either."

Ethel took the register, which only had a few pages of entries and contained little useful information.

Either I'm giving a speech today, or I'm having dinner with my parents yesterday.

Tom's private life was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

If there are no problems with routine monitoring, then why can't we monitor while driving?

The problem must have occurred while driving!

Ethel seemed to have figured out the key point and questioned:

"Why can't we listen in while the car is running?"

"Don't you know?"

"Back then, members of the Wel group used mobile radios to contact major Eastern European countries."

"This overlooked clue caused the FBI to spend an extra six months investigating it."

The young man said with some helplessness:

"There's nothing we can do; the listening devices installed elsewhere are working perfectly fine."

"But every time I put it on Tom's car, it always fails immediately."

"Once, we had just installed it for less than ten minutes when the bugging device went offline, even though no one was near the vehicle."

"Even when we can make contact, all we hear is useless white noise."

Ethel frowned, as if she had found the final answer, and instructed:

"It must be Tom's car; it's been specially modified."

"In a few days, I will apply for a batch of special listening devices."

"I refuse to believe that Tom really has no connection with Europe!"

The subordinate could only nod; he didn't know what to say. He genuinely didn't think there was anything wrong with Tom.

Just as Ethel was about to leave, the young man who had been eavesdropping suddenly changed his expression and scratched his face somewhat awkwardly.

Ethel, keenly noticing the anomaly, asked:

"Did you hear some useful information?"

Another young man quickly put on his headphones, and instantly his expression also became extremely awkward.

But the two young men quickly shook their heads and said in unison:

"Nothing, Commander Ethel, we didn't hear anything."

"Really, there's nothing there. Commander Ethel, you can go now."

"If there is any major intelligence, we will report it immediately."

Seeing that his two subordinates were acting this way, Ethel didn't care about anything else and grabbed one of the earpieces to start listening.

"Here comes the little flying stick!"

"Take this hit from Tom's Sausage!"

"Dani, the milkshake on you looks delicious~"

Instantly, Ethel's face turned bright red, and she slammed her headphones onto the table.

To indulge in lewdness in broad daylight is utterly disgraceful!

Moreover, judging from their conversation, the two were wasting food!

The two young men looked at Ethel; though they didn't speak, their eyes conveyed everything.

See? I told you, Commander Ethel, you should go first.

Ethel realized her lapse in composure and quickly pointed to her notebook, questioning:

"Tell me, why weren't these things recorded?"

The two young men were a little embarrassed, and finally, the older one spoke up:

"Commander Ethel, is this really something that needs to be recorded?"

Ethel forced herself to remain calm and said:

"It definitely needs to be recorded, in case foreign forces have planted listening devices around Tom."

"What if both sides have pre-arranged codes to communicate?"

"To monitor a spy of Tom's caliber, every detail must be recorded."

"Any small detail could be evidence of his treason."

The two young men nodded and then replied:

"Commander Ethel, you'd better approve more funding for us."

"Otherwise, we might not have enough notebooks and pens."

Ethel: "???"

Ethel stopped talking, her face dark, and turned to leave the listening room.

Only two pitiful young men remained, recording Little Tom's deeds with trembling hands.

Stepping out of the listening room, Ethel's face flushed again—

That shouldn't be the case, is Sister Denise eating so well?

At 2 p.m., Tom took Denise back to the Finance Bureau.

Today, the Finance Bureau will compile tax revenue statistics and report them to the city government and the federal government.

Tom took a box of money from the trunk; it contained his tax revenue for this trip, a total of one million two hundred thousand US dollars.

Tom then opened the car door for Denise and led her by the hand into the Finance Bureau's conference room.

The meeting room was packed with employees, just like it had been a dozen days earlier.

Everyone looked at the overly sweet couple with envious, jealous, and hateful eyes once again.

Only Tom's team leader, Jacks, still looked at Tom with a sigh.

The meeting began, and the tax collectors started reporting their achievements.

Most people completed the task perfectly, and a few local elites even exceeded the target by a small amount.

Finally, all eyes turned to Tom.

Denise knew that Tom didn't levy taxes in the wealthy neighborhoods, and William hadn't told her that Tom was rich.

Therefore, Denise decided not to mention Tom by name and let Tom get away with it.

It wasn't just Denise who thought this way; the other employees felt the same way.

Everyone believed that Tom, like Jacks, got his job at the Treasury Department through connections.

The only difference is that Tom got in through the current chief's connections, while Jacks got in through the chief two years prior.

Just as Diane was about to adjourn the meeting, Tom walked up to her and placed his suitcase on her.

Opening the suitcase, one found bundles of 100-yuan bills, a total of 120 bundles.

Tom didn't say anything, and under everyone's surprised gazes, he walked straight towards the conference room door.

Only Dani covered her mouth in surprise for a moment, then rushed behind Tom and pounced on him.

Denise shouted:

"I knew it! My man is the best!"

Tom didn't reply, but carried Denise out of the conference room, leaving everyone with complicated looks.

Among the crowd, only Jacks had a smile on his face.

He knew that the smuggling operation could be accelerated.