"Have you calculated? How much should they lose by tossing rì himself like this?" After dinner, drinking coffee, Zuo Lin asked with some curiosity.

The Siren basically completed the entire operation and was anchored in the open sea. With the ship's inefficient freshwater purification unit, they can stay at sea for a long time as long as there is enough fuel and food. After leaving the coast of Rìben and heading south to the vicinity of the equator, they also lifted the strict alert of radio silence and evasion of any means of reconnaissance, turned on the satellite antenna, and collected relevant reports on Rìben while allowing everyone to surf the Internet. Contact with the Druid Council headquarters was also reconnected, and everyone was happy to learn that the Watchmen Guild was interested in speaking with the Druid Council about returning to the Council. Sophocles is in the process of reapplying for identity documents, and in a few days nine veteran druids, including Sophocles, Sun and Bernard, will depart from Scotland for Rìben. Naturally, so many people on the Sirens would find a place to meet them first. The initial location was in the Philippines, and Sun Digui happened to go to see the plantation.

But in the days they waited, they couldn't really go on vacation after all. Hiding in the boat to fish, occasionally driving the submarine to the bottom of the sea, discussing topics of concern to everyone on the boat, playing cards and game consoles, and doing everything anyway. It really looks like a vacation, although it is a bit extravagant to use a scientific research ship worth 80 million yuan to be used as a vacation yacht, but a lot of equipment also provides a lot of fun for everyone. As for the food...... Isn't the sea full of seafood?

Zuo Lin asked how the losses should be calculated? Or did a squire who had experience as the owner of a fishing boat write and calculate for a long time, and reported a figure that made people gasp: the visible losses were between $1.6 and $1.8 billion, including the sunken and scrapped boats and the resulting insurance payouts. Including the bereavement of the captains of the dead crews, the repair costs of several second- and third-tier ports that they easily destroyed, including the bankruptcy of the entire luxury industry chain that depended on whales.

At the same time, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, the report presented by several experts to the Prime Minister ranged from $5.5 to $6.5 billion. The figures, analysed by a group of finance and finance experts, made the prime minister dizzy. Everyone knows how much they can do with $5.5 billion, and now all of a sudden it has become a foam on the sea.

In the analysis of the experts, there are not only direct losses that everyone can think of, but also a large number of derivative costs, such as meaningless lawsuits and investigations that will definitely occur, and those who live by whaling and are now unemployed may not be looked down upon, but in order to settle down, it is still necessary for zhèng fǔ to come forward to solve the problem of job placement for some people. In any case, whaling is also a highly technical and professional job, and it is the target of public criticism, and there is absolutely no courage to immediately rebuild the whaling industry at this juncture, but these professionals must first be raised and controlled, regardless of whether or when the decision to rebuild the whaling industry will come. The related industrial chain related to whaling has also been broken into a thin mud, and part of it is the enterprises and sales networks that use whales as luxury goods. The other part is a small part of industrial raw materials, and there are also products such as sperm whales that can generate huge profits, which cannot be specifically valued. If the figures obtained by Zolin are only a calculation of superficial losses, then the report obtained by the prime minister is the product of detailed research and analysis after establishing an industrial economic model based on whaling. The loss of $5.5 billion to $6.5 billion is a big wound for the economy.

As a politician, the prime minister has long honed his knack for pampering without being shocked, and after carefully reading the report, which is only six pages long, he said lightly to the experts who were waiting respectfully and fearfully: "Thank you. He turned around and walked out of the living room and asked the driver to drive him to a courtyard on the outskirts of Tokyo.

This place, called Tsukashinji, is no longer a temple. In fact, from the earliest times, it has never been a temple in the formal sense, at most it has been in the name of a temple. But the owner of this place has some influence no less than that of the abbots of the largest monasteries in the country, and this influence is not limited to the faithful.

Kamekura didn't show any honor or enthusiasm for the prime minister's arrival, and he didn't even bother to go to the main gate to greet the prime minister. Instead, as always, he wore a loose traditional costume of dark blue sè and sat in the backyard while drinking tea while admiring the carp in the pond.

The prime minister did not feel any dissatisfaction with Kamekura Yuzeru for being so supportive, but first thanked Kamekura Yuzeru for his willingness to meet him in his busy schedule. Sounds a bit like an insult. Although Kamekura Yuce is currently a first-class master of dual cultivation of abilities and spells in his own country, he is not busy at all. As for the reception...... Nor does this kind of vocabulary, which clearly divides the upper and lower grades, seem to be very appropriate.

"Mr. Kamekura, this is the assessment of some experts these days on the damage caused by the sinking of a whaling ship. Please take a look at it. The prime minister pushed the folder in front of Kamekura with both hands.

"Your Excellency, you know that I don't ask too much about things. I don't really care about these losses. What I want to know is, what do you want your lord to do?" Kamekura Yusaku didn't go to that folder, and he could roughly guess the Prime Minister's intentions. Dozens of whaling ships in the entire Pacific Ocean were completely lost in less than a week, causing great panic among the news media and the people, and even some pretending to be ghosts and cults were in a bit of a stupid situation. Although the JǏNG side, the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the intelligence department have tried their best to investigate, they have not been able to give an answer to the strange cause of the shipwreck: how did it cause it? Was it a natural phenomenon, a living thing, or was it caused by man? If it was man-made, who did it? Was it a terrorist organization or some other group?

By the time the results of the various investigations were brought to the Prime Minister, he already knew that there must be forces in another area at work. And this kind of power, even if he is the prime minister, cannot be controlled and controlled. In the rì book, there are many factions of cultivators, most of them are families and sects with deep histories, and they have a lot of assets in their hands to provide for their own needs, or they are supported by large families, and some children are also sent to work for those big families. He had been in contact with some of these people, though. Little is known. However, if you want to mobilize this force through those big families, you also want to learn from some other countries and organize special special departments, but you have to give up because of the obstruction of the big families. If it weren't for the fact that there was also a team of "chrysanthemum" tattoos stationed at Meiji Jingu, there would hardly have any power of cultivators who could be mastered. And although the chrysanthemum character team practiced hard, it was only suitable for fighting. That is not good at complicated investigation work and intelligence organization work. It can even be said that as long as it is not a threat to the emperor's family, they don't bother to care about anything else.

This time, when the prime minister knew that there must be a special force involved, he consulted some people behind the scenes, and he had the opportunity to learn more about this matter. After all, to calm the situation, he still needs to come forward as the prime minister, and when he learned that the chrysanthemum character team is not very effective, an old-timer recommended this Kamekura Yuce to the prime minister.

"The sinking of the whaling ship one by one is too strange. Rumors began to circulate among the people, even the zhèng fǔ organs, and even the intelligence agencies investigating the matter. I have always admired the masters who can participate in the cultivation of the Great Dao of Enlightenment, and I don't dare to take the worldly things to spare. However, this time the situation is more serious, and I hope that the master will guide me. Doesn't it mean that cultivators and supernatural beings generally don't intervene in the world? Why are some people so bold this time? If the master can cooperate in the investigation, let us know who did it. Whether we negotiate or dispose of, we can be regarded as having a direction. The Prime Minister said humbly.

Kamekura Yushi was a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid I'm not qualified for this kind of investigation." After many years of practice, I have sharpened my thoughts, but I have neglected other ideas, do you have a detailed record of the results of the investigation? If you can, I hope to be able to take a look, and maybe you can see some clues from it. ”

The prime minister, who had expected such a request in Kamakura, immediately summoned the secretary who had been waiting on the side, and handed over a stack of documents more than half a meter high, which had been carefully printed and sorted out by category.

"The investigators' original materials are here. The Prime Minister took the top stack of papers, presented them to Kamekura, and said, "These are some relatively concise conclusions, and perhaps the master can draw something from them...... I don't know, Master, how many days will it take you to come up with an answer?"

Kamekura quickly went through the stack of documents, and although the results were incorrect, the idea of starting with material analysis still validated. At least, it's common sense among those who conduct the investigation.

Kamekura Yusaku saw a lot of shocking content in this document. Although I can't say for sure before I really meet the other party, I can't leave ten. Kamekura Yuce's heart was a little weak when he thought of the other party's strong strength and unpredictable spells.

"Your Excellency, I don't know if you've heard of a group called the Druids......"

The prime minister was a little stunned and said, "You are talking about the Druidic sects in the United States, but they are not a terrorist organization." ”

"The Druids are a joke, just a non-threatening group made up by some strange people. However, there is a group of people in this world, and they are druids who have passed on ancient wisdom and made it their mission to defend the entire natural world. They were very powerful, and judging by the way these whaling ships sank and destroyed, the way the druids did their best work, controlling the animals. …… As for the whaling industry...... Your Excellency, whaling is also considered unpopular, let alone druids who are countless times more powerful than any environmental organization. ”

The prime minister said with some eagerness: "But why are they so blatant? Doesn't the international community have their own private agreements on supernatural abilities and cultivation groups?"

Kamekura Yusaku smiled bitterly and said, "There is indeed an agreement, especially to restrict cultivators and supernatural beings from being involved in state and political behavior, and try not to conflict with the state apparatus. However, if we want to talk about the source of this matter, I am afraid it is still in our country. Your Excellency, have there been any recent cases of loss of original archive files in China?"

Reminded by Yuichi Kamekura, the prime minister's face turned a little pale, and he said, "There is a serious leakage of archives in Kure Harbor. It is still being investigated, and it may be related to the Chinese side. Do you think the druids did it?"

Kamekura Yusaku, who had never known that there were Chinese in the Druid Council, said a little strangely, "If it's Kure Port, it should be right." I'll tell you what I know later, so you can decide. But the druids probably have nothing to do with China. It was an ancient European mystical community, probably thousands of years old. …… The origin of the incident was a few decades ago, and it was a large-scale conflict between our cultivators and druids, but in fact, it was not until a long time afterwards that everyone realized that it was being used by others. However, it is an indisputable fact that some of the best druids of that year came to our country with good intentions, but they were besieged and then cursed and killed by our practitioners.

One of the elders of Kamekura's family was involved in the incident, but the practitioner was more intelligent, and he was "wounded" and "unconscious" during the preparatory battle to lead the druids into the encirclement, and then performed a trick to commemorate the dead after the incident had passed, saying that "I hate to die with you." But it is precisely because of this elder that Yusaku Kamekura can know these things, so that he will not be at a loss when the prime minister inquires. Unlike ordinary cultivators, and unlike those who dare to come out and hang out after learning a little something, Kamekura Yuce yearns for power, but he uses improving his strength and knowledge as the basis for fighting for power in the future. It's just that I didn't expect that before his cultivation was basically over, the opportunity came to the door like this.

After telling the prime minister about the events of that year, the prime minister was a little frightened. With more than 1,000 people besieging 10 people, everyone had to put up a big formation that would end up together. Although it is true that the cultivators involved in it have uneven cultivation and have to deal with the pressure of being questioned by the US military stationed in Rì, it is indeed an indisputable fact that the strength of the other party is strong.

"Back then, because it involved a wide range of people, and very few people knew about it, everyone thought it was over. Although the druids had sent a lot of people to investigate, perhaps because they didn't want to conflict with the local practitioners, they didn't make much progress. If the druids had come to seek revenge after knowing what had happened back then, I am afraid that the destruction of the whaling industry would have only begun. Kamekura deliberately exaggerated the possible consequences because he knew too well how important an opportunity this was.