Boss Experience Card

The pink-haired boy staggered to his feet and walked away unsteadily into the distance.

He limped through the ruins filled with rubble and debris, his injuries still raw and blood still clinging to the corners of his mouth.

Gradually, the boy went further and further away.

Click—

The replay of the Moody Blues abruptly ended.

"Why is it gone?" The audience was very dissatisfied.

"No way."

Abbacchio helplessly shrugged, indicating that he was also powerless to help.

"Several aftershocks followed, and the terrain was severely damaged."

"Moody Blues couldn't track him down, but at least we learned the boss's true identity and got his fingerprints."

"But."

He glanced at the pink-haired boy recreated by the Moody Blues, his tone carrying a hint of doubt:

"Is this guy really the boss? He looks way too young."

"Yes."

Mista, who had once had the privilege of speaking directly with Diavolo, hurriedly echoed:

"The boss's voice on the phone was clearly that of a middle-aged man, how could he be so young?"

"And this guy looks so harmless."

He carefully examined the pink-haired boy's face, which always carried a hint of timidity:

"He has no presence and no strength in his eyes. People like him would be the ones bullied by me and those thugs in school."

Mista spoke for everyone, and Bucciarati, Giorno, and the others couldn't help but cast questioning glances at Li Qing.

"I don't know either."

"Actually, I can also sense that Tonio and Diavolo are quite different in voice, personality and even physical appearance."

"However, he just happened to appear at this time and place, and he just happened to have a cell phone that only the boss had."

"If Tonio isn't the boss, how do you explain all this?"

Li Qing took out the phone and showed it to everyone.

Earlier, when the call was connected, the man on the other end of the line clearly said Polpo, a name that ordinary people would never know.

Considering the context, it's clear that the phone's owner is Diavolo.

What's even more surprising is...

"The person on the other end of the phone seemed to think I was Diavolo."

"I tentatively responded a few times, and he not only didn't realize that I was selling counterfeit goods, but also seriously reported his work to me."

"Although I was afraid of being discovered and didn't dare to say much at the time, judging from this..."

Li Qing paused, then said with a strange expression:

"With this phone, I could very well impersonate the boss."

No one knew Diavolo's identity, appearance, or name, including the high-ranking members of the organization.

In fact, to avoid revealing his information, he would occasionally use a voice changer to alter his voice on the phone.

This practice is actually very dangerous:

No one knows who the boss is, which means that, theoretically, anyone can become the boss.

Diavolo probably never imagined that his cell phone, which he used to give orders to the organization's leaders, would be stolen—something that usually only happens after he's dead.

"It's not that simple."

Bucciarati interrupted Li Qing's reverie, and in doing so, pointed out many flaws in the plot:

"It would be too easy to seize the boss's throne with just a mobile phone."

"Putting everything else aside, as far as I know..."

"To avoid being tracked by signal strength, the boss uses disposable mobile phones that are replaced after each use."

"Getting his phone is meaningless. What truly represents his status as the boss and allows him to issue orders within the organization is an account—our Passion Organization's internal network account."

"That's the highest-level account that only the boss can log into."

"Phone numbers can change at any time, but this account remains constant and cannot be impersonated by anyone."

"Not to mention, there's also the Staff Department."

The Staff Department held a position above all other organizational divisions, essentially acting as a "cabinet" directly under Diavolo.

Diavolo typically relayed orders to the lower levels of the organization through officers in the Staff Department, who were Diavolo closest contacts.

As Diavolo's right-hand men in the organization he relied on to rule, they might have had some secret codes and coded messages with Diavolo to confirm each other's identities.

In short, impersonating the boss is definitely not that easy.

"In my opinion, we still need to find Diavolo's whereabouts first."

"Only by completely eliminating Diavolo can we have the possibility of secretly taking over the organization."

Bucciarati emphasized the words "secret takeover".

In fact, Li Qing had considered whether to reveal Diavolo's identity to the public, stirring up the waters and making him unable to care about him.

But Bucciarati and Giorno both disagreed with this idea.

Because the Passion Organization has only been established for a little over a decade, its foundation is actually quite shallow.

Italy's Mafia has a long history, with many underworld families being underground aristocrats that have been passed down for hundreds of years.

These "noble lords" have long occupied their own territories, attacking, fighting, and killing each other for their own interests, causing unrest throughout the country.

Until a little over a decade ago, Diavolo single-handedly led the newly formed Passion Organization to Italy 20 administrative districts of Italy, wiping out all the resistance fighters and subduing all the "underground lords."

With the world now unified, the underworld finally found peace.

However, behind this rare peace lies the hidden ambition of countless underworld bosses, suppressed by fear.

If the boss's identity were fully exposed, his "invincible" reputation would vanish, and the prestige he had built up over the past decade would be utterly destroyed.

Those ambitious individuals who have been lying low for a long time will soon rise up and fight each other for profit.

Then, chaos will ensue.

"Although Diavolo's reign was dark and tyrannical, however..."

"That's still tens of thousands of times better than the chaotic situation a decade or so ago."

"The older folks say that back then, you could hear gunshots every day on the streets, and the next day you'd always find a few more bodies in the sewers."

"If the situation really gets out of control to that extent, we'll probably have to spend ten times more effort than we did dealing with Diavolo to have any chance of quelling this chaotic underworld."

"I can't believe it, "Bucciarati said from the bottom of his heart.

It was because of Diavolo's great achievements in unifying the underworld that he always held his boss, whom he had never met, in high esteem.

If Bucciarati hadn't been forced into this situation by Li Qing and hadn't witnessed the horrific scene of the fungal attack on the city, he wouldn't have been able to solidify his resolve to rebel against the organization.

"So."

"In order to stabilize the situation in the underworld, it would be best if we secretly took over the organization in his name."

"To achieve this, simply having a disposable phone is not enough."

"Once the boss logs into his internal network account and updates his contact information online, the phone you're holding will become useless. And any orders you issue in his name can be revoked at any time."

Bucciarati shared his thoughts and immediately pointed out a clear path for everyone:

"Currently, it seems that to replace the boss, we need to acquire at least two things:"

"First, it is the boss's account with the highest privileges on the organization's intranet."

"Second, after obtaining the boss's account, we also need to gain the approval of the Staff Department officers. At the very least, we can't let those officers find out that the boss has changed."

Although it sounds like there are only "two simple things", upon closer inspection, it is basically impossible to do.

"The second one is easier to solve."

"Once we get the account, if any cadre dares to question us, we'll just take him out like Diavolo did."

"But what about the first one?"

Li Qing adopted a deep, thoughtful expression:

"Diavolo isn't going to obediently tell us his account password."

"Do we have to learn hacking skills on our own now?"

"No."

Bucciarati shook his head:

"We don't have the technology to breach the organization's network defenses, and Diavolo is unlikely to tell us his account password."

"However, the organization's 'Tech Intelligence Unit' is responsible for building and operating the intranet."

"They are not only responsible for intelligence work using high-tech means, but also the actual managers of the organization's internal network."

"I see!"

Li Qing immediately understood Bucciarati's intention:

Let's take a president who particularly loves tweeting as an example.

It's virtually impossible to steal the president's Twitter account, but if you change your approach and directly storm Twitter and take control of the relatively weak programmers, the process of hacking the account becomes much easier.

"So, where is this Tech Intelligence Unit now?"

Li Qing asked with some anticipation.

"I have no idea."

Bucciarati helplessly shrugged:

"The Tech Intelligence Unit is second only to the Staff Department and the Royal Guard in importance within the organization, and I do not yet have the authority to know their location."

"But."

"Diavolo is currently seriously injured and busy on the run, so he probably won't have time to find a computer to log into the organization's intranet for the time being."

He pointed to the phone in Li Qing's hand:

"As long as this phone number is still valid, you are still the 'boss'."

Even if the boss's behavior was somewhat suspicious, no one would have suspected that his phone would be stolen in a short time, and no one would dare to openly challenge the authority he had built up over the past decade.

"If you have any questions, you can always call your subordinates."