This time, Rum had traveled all the way to Hokkaido to win over a research conglomerate.
The mission had gone very smoothly. Before long, the conglomerate would be working for the organization. But before that, there was one small problem.
—This conglomerate had quite a bit of illicit income. After the heir took over, he had committed plenty of tax evasion. And a hacker specializing in corporate blackmail had discovered it.
The hacker had obtained the real account books and demanded an enormous ransom.
After receiving the olive branch extended by the organization, the conglomerate's young heir quickly chose to submit. But he also demanded that the organization silence the hacker, lest the company's illegal dealings be exposed.
The hacker was just a small fry. Curacao had originally planned to deal with him last night, but unexpectedly, she had encountered a plane falling from the sky along the way.
...Compared to the hacker who was still peacefully waiting for his ransom, Irish and Uzo, who had been caught up in the plane crash, were clearly more worthy of attention. Curacao had therefore changed targets on the spot.
Who knew that after being delayed for only a little while, the hacker had actually returned to Tokyo? Presumably, he believed his Hokkaido extortion scheme was a sure thing and that all that remained was receiving the payment, so he had gone back to Tokyo to line up his next job.
"I remember that because the hacker had asked for an exorbitant ransom, the heir of that conglomerate successfully stalled for half a month to raise the money." Curacao recalled the mission still in progress. "As long as we deal with him within half a month, it'll be fine. Fortunately, he thought he had covered his tracks well and didn't deliberately erase them,