Chapter 294 Officially Launched
After hearing what Makino said about “choice”, the expression on Vermouth’s face changed from surprise to solemnity.

After a moment’s silence, Vermouth picked up the cup in front of her and took a big sip of the cool barley tea.

Under the stimulation of the cool tea, her brain completely regained its calm.

The next second, she looked up at Makino across from her, her lips slightly raised: “Although this question is a bit redundant, I still want to ask again. Officer Makino, have you really thought it through?
I don’t know how you want to act, nor do I know what you have in mind. But you should know that this is probably the only and last chance to defeat the organization. If the demon hunting operation fails…”

Makino looked at Vermouth in front of him, chuckled and interrupted, “Perhaps there really are demons like the ones you mentioned in this world, but even great beings like gods, demons, or angels cannot easily control everything in this world.

From ancient times to the present, those who want to change the current situation of the world and their own destiny have never been these great beings, but us small and weak humans. Just like you and me, right? “

Hearing this, the arc of Vermouth’s mouth became noticeably wider, and a tiny but surging flame appeared in her eyes: “Before, someone used the word ‘madman’ to describe me, but now I think that’s because he has never seen you in person.”

“Vermouth, you don’t think this is a compliment, do you?”

“Oh? How about you teach me what a compliment is?”

“…”

At the same time, in a luxurious apartment in Beika Town.

After reading the information on the computer, Rum picked up the mobile phone beside him and quickly dialed a number.

After the call was connected, he immediately said: “Binga, the operation proceeds as planned. Also, don’t forget to keep a close eye on the target person at all times, if…”

Having said that, Rum frowned and paused for a moment, as if hesitating.

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and continued, “Everything will be based on that system. If other members want to attack the target person, don’t stop them.”

After finishing speaking, Rum hung up the phone, threw the phone on the sofa, and slowly closed his eyes: “Boss, do you really want to completely…”

……

Late at night, at Makino’s house.

After carefully checking and verifying the organizational intelligence compiled by Bane, as well as the world’s intelligence organizations and important military departments, Makino couldn’t help but smile strangely.

Lighting, props, actors, costumes…

All the elements are ready.

The next thing to do is to let Bain send the right information to the right person at the right time.

After sorting out the next steps in his mind, Makino asked in his mind: “Bain, are you ready? Also, how is the investigation of Karasuma Renye and Rum going?”

——【We have prepared everything, all routes are clear, and we can start executing the plan at any time. In addition, I have basically found all the information related to Karasuma Renya. Also, based on the currently known intelligence and satellite monitoring, Rum is likely to have been in the Beika Town area. I have locked Beika Town with satellites, and as long as he shows up, I can locate and track him instantly.】

After listening to Bain’s report, Makino slowly stood up and walked to the dormitory terrace, looking up at the bright moonlight.

Under the moonlight, a lukewarm breeze blew by, rustling the leaves and vegetation in the courtyard.

……

Two days later, in the morning.

It is located near the pier not far from Suzuki Resort Hotel.

A white Metropolitan Police Department bus slowly stopped at the pier.

As soon as the vehicle stopped, Inspector Hasegawa in the back seat immediately opened the door and got out. He quickly walked around to the door on the other side of the back seat and respectfully opened the door for Makino.

Makino: “…”

Inspector Shiratori: “…”

Manager Kuroda: “?”

After seeing Hasegawa’s smooth “butler-like” movements, Inspector Shiratori and Manager Kuroda in the front row were obviously stunned, with different expressions on their faces.

Unlike the confusion and doubt on Manager Kuroda’s face, there was a clear flash of regret and annoyance on Inspector Shiratori’s face, as if “Damn it! I was one step slower again!”

Makino looked at Inspector Hasegawa in front of him and sighed helplessly. This was the main reason why he seldom took Inspector Hasegawa out with him.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department’s long-standing principle, attendees at similar events must be accompanied by one or two subordinates.

Since his police rank is “Superintendent of Police”, he is accompanied on the visit by two subordinates, whose police rank must be of the “Superintendent of Police” level.

Apart from Kuroda Heibei, who had long been included in the list of designated Superintendent of Police by senior officials of the National Police Agency, the other position of Superintendent of Police naturally fell on Makino’s assistant, Superintendent Hasegawa.

After a moment of silence, Makino finally chose to skip this topic: “Shiratori, then you can drive to the nearby Suzuki Resort Hotel to wait for us. We can’t be back until 3 or 4 pm at the earliest. We will contact you in advance before we come out.

I remember you haven’t had a vacation for a long time, right? I have already booked a room with three meals included in advance, so you can take this opportunity to have a good rest. “

Hearing that Makino was so considerate of him, Inspector Shiratori looked at Makino with a touched face: “Counselor…”

Makino waved his hand casually, and walked towards the boat marked “Metropolitan Police Department” near the pier with Inspector Hasegawa and Manager Kuroda beside him.

After seeing Makino and his two companions, the captain and police officer immediately raised his hand to salute, and welcomed Makino and his two companions onto the boat.

Soon after, by the pier near the ocean buoy.

After saying goodbye to the captain temporarily, Makino and the other two walked towards the “main gate” of the ocean buoy while observing the surroundings.

Seeing the impact of this massive ocean buoy with your own eyes is obviously greater than seeing it in information or photos.

Even the usually calm and steady Manager Kuroda turned his head curiously and looked around. It was unclear whether it was out of pure curiosity or out of a sense of “vigilance”.

Two minutes later, Makino and the other two climbed up the stairs in front of them and reached the building platform.

Two figures, a man and a woman, suddenly appeared in the sight of the three people.

After seeing Makino and the other two, the man and woman immediately walked towards them.

After walking up to the three people, the two immediately bowed, and the middle-aged man also said, “Thank you for coming all the way here!”

After a brief greeting, the middle-aged man stood up and quickly observed the three people in front of him, focusing his eyes on Makino for a moment: “Hello everyone, I am the director of the Ocean Buoy, Makino Yosuke.”

After the middle-aged man introduced himself, the young woman next to him smiled and said, “My name is Naomi Argent, and I’m an engineer here.”

After saying that, the two of them couldn’t help but look at Makino, who looked very young but was obviously the leader of the three Metropolitan Police Department officers. Similar to the two of them, Manager Kuroda and Superintendent Hasegawa focused their attention on the chief of the Ocean Buoy, Makino Yosuke.

Before they came, they already knew that the director of the Ocean Buoy Bureau seemed to have some relationship with Counselor Makino.

Makino chuckled and extended a hand to Makino Yosuke across from him: “Director Makino Yosuke, although I have heard of your name before, this should be the first time we meet, right? My name is Makino Ryuichi, nice to meet you.”

Upon hearing this, a light immediately flashed in the eyes of Makino Yosuke and Naomi beside him.

Makino Yosuke held Makino’s hand and said with a smile: “In fact, I have heard of your name a long time ago, but before I saw your information, I didn’t dare to recognize you at all~”

After releasing his hand, Makino turned his head and looked behind him, smiling and introducing: “These two are my subordinates, my assistant, Inspector Hasegawa, and Inspector Kuroda, the management officer of the Investigation Division 1.”

After hearing Makino’s introduction, Makino Yosuke and Naomi beside him also smiled and greeted Hasegawa and Manager Kuroda behind Makino: “Nice to meet you!”

After getting to know each other, Naomi walked to the front of the team and led the way: “Please follow me, the entrance to the ocean buoy is just in front~”

Soon after, Makino and his companions, led by engineer Naomi, arrived in front of a huge circular deep hole.

“Please wait a moment, the entrance will soon appear~”

As Naomi finished her words, the deafening sound of flowing water and machinery suddenly rang out.

A huge circular facility, surrounded by sea water, slowly rose from the big hole in front of everyone.

After the building was fully erected, Director Makino Yosuke smiled and introduced it: “How is it? It’s spectacular, isn’t it? Although I participated in the design of this building, I was also very shocked when I saw the real thing for the first time.

This is the entrance. Most of the facility is in the sea, using ballast tanks to float and sink, while controlling the power of the waves. The reason it is built in the sea is also to cool the huge number of servers. “

Following the director’s introduction, everyone walked into the building and took the elevator directly to the “underwater”.

The entrance to the building they were in was on the top floor of the elevator.

After the elevator started, Engineer Naomi took over the baton from the director and continued to serve as a tour guide: “The main control room is downstairs, and only by taking this elevator can you reach the designated floor.

Do you see those huge rings around? They are power generation devices. The black current in this area is very strong, so they can be used to generate electricity~”

After the elevator door opened, Director Makino Yosuke spoke again, “This floor not only has a control room, but also the living area for the staff. Please follow me and go through the corridor in front of you to the main control room.”

After seeing the scene in front of them, Manager Kuroda and Inspector Hasegawa both showed surprise on their faces.

They originally thought that this “ocean buoy” was just the office of Interpol, and the interior decoration style and space should be unsatisfactory.

But the bright and spacious environment before them broke their perception.

There are even green plants for appreciation and vending machines for various drinks around, making it like a huge “shopping mall”.

Even Makino, who had already “seen” the environment inside, nodded secretly. To be honest, the environment here was much better than that of the Metropolitan Police Department building.

Apart from anything else, the “Director Makino” in front of him had a good understanding of interior design and decoration and had a good personal aesthetic taste.

Two minutes later, a huge metal gate appeared in front of everyone.

Director Makino Yosuke walked quickly to the door and placed his index finger on the fingerprint machine nearby.

The door slowly opened, and the director turned to look at Makino and the others, and explained, “Besides Naomi, me and other five main engineers, only a few staff members have the authority to open this door. Although this facility was just put into use today, the internal security is still quite strict. After all, the Frankfurt incident just happened, so we naturally have to pay more attention.”

Makino and the other two nodded. One of the important reasons why the Metropolitan Police Department sent them here was what the chief called the “Frankfurt Incident.”

Not long ago, the “Europol Surveillance Camera Network Center” in Frankfurt was hacked by unknown persons.

Since the internal surveillance cameras were turned off in advance by the intruder, only an external camera without night vision function vaguely captured the “unknown person”.

From the picture, all that can be seen is that the intruder is a man with dreadlocks.

Europol has so far been unable to catch the intruder.

After the door was completely opened, a circular space that was much more spacious than the “living area” just now suddenly appeared in the eyes of Makino and his companions.

The first thing that catches everyone’s eyes is the huge column in the center of the hall, with several huge display screens hanging on it, giving it a full sense of technology.

Surrounding the cylinder were several main control seats that looked quite large, which were obviously the offices of Naomi and other key engineers.

After walking near the cylinder, the director turned to look at Makino and others and began to introduce the main engineers here.

In addition to Naomi Argent, who was always by their side, there were three main engineers here.

——Grace from France, Reinhardt from Hans, and Ed from India.

Makino paid close attention to the engineer named Grace, and a smile appeared on his lips.

After everyone greeted each other, Director Makino Yosuke nodded and said, “The ones who are mainly responsible for carrying out the mission are these engineers.”

At this point, he looked down at his watch and said, “Looks like it’s about time…Everyone, take your positions!”

Following the order from Director Makino Yosuke, Naomi and the other four main engineers as well as other staff members present immediately returned to their seats and began typing quickly on the keyboards in front of them.

Seeing this scene, a smile flashed across Makino’s eyes, and he said in his mind: “The system will be officially launched and connected to the Internet soon, Bain, is everything ready?”

——【Ready.】

Hearing this, Makino withdrew his thoughts and looked up at the screen in front of him with anticipation.

After a moment, Director Makino Yosuke sat down at his seat and spoke again: “The first connection has officially begun!”

As Makino and the other two looked on curiously, the word “CONNECT” appeared on the huge display screen in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, several huge screens were quickly filled with countless real-time surveillance images.

After seeing the surveillance footage on the screen, Director Makino Yosuke slowed down his movements and a smile subconsciously appeared on the corners of his mouth:

“It has been connected successfully. In addition to monitoring images, this system can also use many excellent technologies such as facial recognition. Now let’s test the cross-age recognition system developed by Naomi.”

As soon as Director Makino Yosuke finished speaking, Bane’s voice came into Makino’s mind.

——【The system has been successfully hacked, and key data is being copied and transferred. Do you need to display information about “Grace” on the screen in front of you now?】

(End of this chapter)