Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 435: Beauty Trap
"There is another document, and there is also a problem." Ke Lan suddenly said.
"What do you mean?"
"A resignation document." Ke Lan turned around and glanced at Aya standing behind him. "Team Leader Breya, I wonder if you still remember a colleague named Maeda Xia Xi... a former colleague?"
"Maeda Natsuki... I have some impression of this name. If I remember correctly, she should be a member of the Sixth Field Team, but I have never had much interaction with her, nor have I ever spoken to her."
"On the same day that Park Sangyou's application for naturalization was approved, Maeda Natsuki took the initiative to submit her resignation to the Security Bureau, citing excessive psychological pressure and no longer being suitable to be a frontline agent." Ke Lan paused and continued, "But in the routine physical examination conducted just half a month ago, her physical examination report showed 'good condition' in the column of mental health... And in the past half month, let alone high-intensity and cruel missions, she didn't even participate in field missions. How could she suddenly be 'overwhelmed by excessive psychological pressure'?"
"Maybe it's because of other reasons... maybe he was forced to resign... People like us have a special status and rarely resign voluntarily, because even if we resign, it's actually very difficult to return to the life of an ordinary person..." Aya said uncertainly.
"This is the file that can be viewed by the highest level of authority in the archives. If there is something else going on, there must be another related file to explain it... but there isn't. This means that either the situation is already like this, or the 'hidden secret' is something that even the 'highest level of authority' in the Security Bureau cannot view."
"Tsk, the highest authority in your Security Bureau is really not prestigious." Hearing this, Hound couldn't help but complain, "Could it be that your director has been sidelined by someone..."
"Do you think this former agent is also related to this matter?" Aya said.
"Maeda Natsuki, 26 years old, her last field mission was three and a half months ago, a mediocre exile base clearing mission. She has not made any outstanding achievements, nor has she made any serious mistakes. Her work ability, attitude, and related evaluations are all at the average level... If we exclude the days of field missions, she is just like an ordinary civil servant working in an official agency, clocking in every day, working diligently, and occasionally going out to eat sukiyaki and tempura with colleagues in the same group on holidays. Her favorite restaurant is 'Mishima-tei' in the East Fifth District..."
"But," Ke Lan continued, "after she resigned, she went to two medical beauty institutions for micro plastic surgery, and then with the help of 'a friend', she got a new job at the Molten Fire Mine Garrison Base - a nurse at the Garrison Base Medical Center, and registered for marriage with a man half a year later. And this man happened to be the returnee who was exiled to the Molten Fire Mine District, Mr. Park Sangyou."
"Do you suspect that Maeda Natsuki was specially assigned to Park Sangyou to monitor him?" Aya said, "But our Security Bureau has at least 30 permanent staff members in the Molten Mine District office. There is no need to arrange an additional agent..."
"It may not be surveillance, but perhaps a honey trap... In order to ensure Mr. Park Sangyou's loyalty, the people above need to 'create' some concerns for this returnee. A young and beautiful wife who loves him wholeheartedly is a good option, and it would be even better if there are a few pairs of lovely children. After all, it is difficult to guarantee that a person who is alone and has no worries will not betray again and sell the information to the enemies of the Ark." Ke Lan said, "The time when this former security agent resigned was too coincidental, and with such a far-fetched reason, it is hard not to suspect this... After all, how could an agent who resigned from the Security Bureau due to psychological problems go to a place like the Molten Mine to be a nurse?"
"But the question is, if this was arranged by the superiors, why can't we find the relevant task records?" Aya said. Although she also felt that Ke Lan's analysis made sense, she still had a trace of doubt in her heart.
"That only means that Maeda Natsuki's superior is not the Security Bureau, but someone with higher authority than the Security Bureau." Ke Lan said, "The person who knows the details of the entire project."
"So where is this Natsuki Maeda now? Is she also in the Molten Mine Area? Isn't she also out of contact like everyone else?" asked the Hound.
"No, her name is not on the missing list - she returned to the Ark for maternity leave two months ago because she was pregnant." Ke Lan said, "She must know something about the 'project'."
"But it's useless to say that... We can't contact the Ark right now, let alone find this Maeda Natsuki." The Hound complained, "And what makes me speechless is that since the people above knew that there was a primitive creature called Yagu Thor in the Molten Mine Area, why did they send us to investigate the cause of the earthquake? And sending us here is fine, but they even concealed such critical information from us. What's the matter? It's obvious that they are trying to trick me to death."
"I don't know about that." Ke Lan shrugged, looking helpless.
The Undead Crew must know about this "Aguna Tor" and the corresponding "project", but they did not tell me about these things. Is it because this is also part of the "assessment content"?
Considering the fact that all the undead crew members would behave like Riddler, Ke Lan felt that this possibility was not impossible.
But...if the assessment is really about investigating a living "primitive species", isn't this a bit too difficult? These guys are overestimating themselves...or are they planning to use the primitive species to get rid of me?
No... this possibility is not high. If the undead crew members want to get rid of themselves, they have plenty of ways to evaporate themselves from this world quietly. There is no need to go through all this trouble.
However, it cannot be ruled out that some people in the Undead Crew want to die, but they must find a legitimate reason. Ke Lan still remembers what the guy who hacked into his computer said. He mentioned that Chiron's proposal to "let himself join the Undead Crew" was agreed by more than half of the members, but several members still expressed opposition.
Maybe among those people who voted against it...someone wants to kill himself?
