Chapter 127: To Each His Own Calculation
At a hotel in the southern part of Manhattan, Mr. Kim and Mr. Jang sat around a table, carefully studying a map of New York on the table.
In the past two days, they have walked several nearby blocks many times, and they are also very familiar with the surrounding environment.
However, due to the importance of the operation of the treasure map photo negatives this time, they still rehearsed it, carefully considering all possible scenarios and specific countermeasures.
In this action, Kim Jae-seok made a military order in front of Park Jin-kyo, the chairman of the Uisong Association. If he doesn't get his hands on the treasure map negatives, he'll take the blame and resign. And if he really goes to that point, then his years of painstaking layout will be in vain.
Therefore, despite Jang Jae-won's participation, Kim Jae-seok still didn't dare to be careless.
According to the information provided by the shadows, the Black Dragon Society has designated Mr. D, who came to pick up the photo negatives of the treasure map, and will visit several large financial institutions on Wall Street with the group tomorrow. However, just this morning, the route they visited was temporarily adjusted, and the last stop was changed to the New York Stock Exchange.
The Black Dragon Society's sleeper agent in New York will hand over the negatives to Mr. D on the trading floor. However, it is not known whether the agent is a man or a woman, what he looks like, etc.
According to the plan, at around 11 o'clock, after visiting the New York Stock Exchange, Mr. D will go with the delegation to take a group photo at the bronze bull statue on Wall Street. After that, the group rushed directly to the airport and took a flight back to Tokyo at 5 p.m.
In fact, this Mr. D is one of the shadows that Kim Jae-seok has worked hard to cultivate within the Black Dragon Society. It is precisely because of this that he was able to obtain such detailed information.
Mr. D, whose real name is Shinji Docho, is a descendant of Koreans living in Japan, who was developed by Kim Jae-seok to become a peripheral member of the Uisong Society seven years ago, and entered the Black Dragon Society under Kim Jae-seok's arrangement.
For so many years, Kim Jae-seok has not used him easily. This operation is the first time it has been used, and it may be the last time.
As a lurking agent, always on the edge of a blade. Once activated, it can make a difference, or it can kill you at any time.
Of course, as for Mr. D's true identity, there is no second person in this world except Kim Jae-seok who knows.
Even though Jang Jae-won was his father's personal disciple, Kim Jae-seok did not tell Jang Jae-won any information about Mr. D's identity, but always referred to him as Mr. D.
According to Kim Jae-seok's plan, this operation to seize the treasure map negatives is not only to ensure that the negatives are obtained, but also to ensure that Mr. D's identity is not revealed as much as possible. It is conceivably difficult to achieve these two goals at the same time.
Therefore, he has been repeatedly scrutinizing every detail of the action in his heart, hoping to be seamless. However, in fact, he also knew very well in his heart that Mr. D was extremely likely to be exposed this time.
Although Kim Jae-seok has other shadows within the Black Dragon Society, a lot of money and time have been spent on the cultivation of each shadow. Therefore, he really didn't want to lose any of his shadows until he had to.
To be on the safe side, Kim Jae-seok divided the action plan into two steps.
The first step was for Jang Jae-won to take action on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange and use his superb theft skills to directly replace the real negative from Mr. D with a fake negative film.
In this step of action, the key to success depends on Jang Jae-won's skill and his judgment of timing.
Before Jang Jae-won can do it, he must be sure that Mr. D has completed the handover with the Black Dragon Society's sleeper agents. And to do this, he can only rely on his own on-the-spot observation, and no one can help him.
Because, Mr. D didn't know Jang Jae-won, and he didn't know that Jang Jae-won would do something on the exchange. Kim Jae-seok did not tell Mr. D that he would send someone to do it in the hall of the exchange.
Asking Jang Jae-won to exchange the fake for the real instead of taking it directly is to keep Mr. D from being aware and let him continue to carry out Kim Jae-seok's second-step plan.
It is impossible for Mr. D to look at the negatives on the exchange, and he has not seen them in their true form.
In addition, this is also to prevent other organizations that may be involved in the robbery to be aware, and it will also be more conducive to Zhang Zaiyuan to send the negatives safely later.
This first step was deliberately arranged by Kim Jae-seok, and Mr. D did not know about it, in order to quietly take away the treasure map negatives.
The reason for this was that he was afraid that he would be preempted and that he would have to take the treasure map negatives as soon as possible. Moreover, the news of Zhang Zaiyuan's release from prison is still known to a very few people, and it is easier to get out after getting the treasure map negatives.
After Jang Jae-won got the treasure map negatives, he would rush directly to the South Korean consulate in New York and hand the negatives directly to Park Jin-kyo, who was waiting in the consulate to respond. At this point, Jang Jae-won's task is completed.
Park Jinjo attached great importance to this operation, and she made a special trip to New York to personally bring the treasure map negatives back to South Korea by special plane.
The second step is that Kim Jae-seok negotiated with Mr. D, and Kim Jae-seok will connect with Mr. D on Broder Street and take the opportunity to take the treasure map negative.
The design of this step is that one of Kim Jae-seok's subordinates first snatches Mr. D's handbag and pushes Mr. D down. Then, Kim Jae-seok stepped forward and pretended to pick up Mr. D, taking the opportunity to take the treasure map negatives from him.
Mr. D was informed of this second step. Because this is the way Kim Jae-seok made an appointment with him to act.
If the first step goes well, in fact, the negative on Mr. D's body is already fake at this time, and the real negative has been taken away by Zhang Zaiyuan. At this time, Kim Jae-seok played the role of a trick.
Although the Yisong Society is very secretive, as the vice president, Kim Jae-seok's identity may have been grasped by relevant organizations in some countries for a long time, and it has been recorded and archived. Therefore, he will be more likely to be the target of others, and it will be easier to attract the attention of others.
In this way, Kim Jae-seok can successfully attract the power of other national organizations, thus ensuring that Jang Jae-won can escape quietly.
If the first step doesn't go well, the pressure to capture the treasure map will be transferred to Kim Jae-seok. Not only did he have to ensure that he got the treasure map, but he also had to find a way to get rid of the entanglement of other forces and get the treasure map safely to the South Korean consulate in New York.
If he really comes to this point, Kim Jae-seok also knows that the possibility of success of the operation will probably be relatively small, including whether he can protect himself, there are certain risks.
Therefore, he basically pinned all his hopes on Zhang Zaiyuan. And whether this hope can be realized will be revealed by 12 o'clock tomorrow at noon.
Due to Professor Inoue's claim that the treasure map retrieved by Ichiro Chiba was fake, and he was unusually angry, both the Black Dragon Society Intelligence Office and Yoichi Watanabe were under tremendous pressure. They had to make sure that the photo negatives of the treasure map were sent back to Japan without any mistakes.
In this case, Yoichi Watanabe did not dare to be careless. So he came to New York himself to take the negative of the treasure map from Red Sakura.
Prior to this, Yoichi Watanabe had already given instructions to Red Sakura to copy the treasure map negatives into three copies.
One of them is to be handed over to those who come to the Hudson River at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. And the person who joins this joint is actually Yoichi Watanabe himself, but Red Sakura doesn't know it at the moment.
When Yoichi Watanabe gets the treasure map negatives, he will bring them back to Japan directly. In order to keep it secret, he is not prepared to return to Japan through diplomatic channels, as Chiba Ichiro did. After all, the more people involved in the action, the more likely it is that mistakes will occur.
Another treasure map negative was originally planned to be given to Shinji Docho by Red Sakura at the New York Stock Exchange, and then brought back to Japan by Shinji Dooka.
Shinji Dooka didn't know Red Sakura, but Red Sakura had already got his picture. Therefore, it is entirely up to Red Sakura to decide how to hand over the treasure map negatives to Shinji Dooka. Du Qiu Shinji is just a passive recipient.
In this link, Yoichi Watanabe has only one requirement for red cherry blossoms, that is, he must not reveal his identity. Even if he can't hand over the treasure map negatives to Du Qiu Jinji in the end, and the operation fails, he can't reveal his identity.
The last one was brought back to Japan by Red Sakura herself. To complete this last link, the premise is that the red cherry blossoms themselves must be safe. This is also the reason why Yoichi Watanabe emphasized that red cherry blossoms must not reveal their identities.
At the end of the day, compared to Shinji Toka, Yoichi Watanabe believes more in red cherry blossoms.
The ultimate purpose of his arrangement is to diversify risks and avoid being cut off by organizations in certain countries.
In short, in this operation, according to Watanabe's vision, the main mission of Shinji Dooka is actually to attract the attention of relevant organizations in certain countries and minimize the risks that Yoichi Watanabe and Red Sakura may face.
To put it bluntly, Du Qiu Jinji will play the role of cannon fodder in the operation. Of course, only Yoichi Watanabe himself knows this.
If the plan doesn't go awry, both Yoichi Watanabe and Red Tassel can quietly send the treasure map back to Japan.
Judging from the current level of secrecy, the news of Yoichi Watanabe's visit to the United States is only known to the head of the Black Dragon Society's intelligence office. Other than that, even the red cherry blossoms don't know. Therefore, he felt that his own line was the safest.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Rum also arrives in New York. His aim was to further investigate the interior of the museum.
After obtaining Weitz's authorization, Hayden did not embarrass Rum again. On the contrary, she was even quite supportive of Rum's investigation. This flattered Rum a little.
In fact, the reason why Hayden did this was also out of helplessness. She was stressed by not making the slightest progress in investigating the whereabouts of the original treasure map.
After reading Stried's memories before her death, Lisa the Adeger, provided a clue to the investigation, which was the message sent by Striae at the end. The intelligence department in charge of Hayden did find a way to track down the messages through technical means and implement 24-hour surveillance.
At first, she was quite excited about this clue. However, since the start of monitoring, there has been no movement. This made Hayden realize that the approach she had taken to wait and see the rabbit would not work in the short term.
In this case, Rum's addition, although it will bring competition, if it can help to find the whereabouts of the original treasure map, it is also very worthy of her cooperation.
After all, Weitz values the result, not the process. If she does not achieve results for a long time, it is bound to make Weitz feel disappointed and even disgusted.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Hayden decided to cooperate with Rum and use the resources of the Intelligence Service to give Rum some support.
Rum once again carefully checked all the surveillance footage inside the Natural History Museum, and at the same time analyzed and checked everyone who visited the museum that day.
However, it turned out that nothing was found, and he did not find any object worthy of suspicion.
However, he believed in his analysis, believing that Stria must have seen someone before he died, and gave him treasure maps and other items.
Therefore, he did not give up and decided to go to the Natural History Museum to conduct a field survey.