Chapter 33 - calculating

The Federal Finance Bureau.

  In the Twenty-Fifth District, there has long been a saying: "Better to provoke the peacekeeping forces than to evade taxes."

  Because at most, the peacekeeping forces will only send special agents to arrest you, but if you evade taxes, you will face the mechanized forces.

  Of course, this law does not apply to those top-tier financial conglomerates.

  But dealing with organizations like the Fate Consortium, lurking in the shadows, is certainly more than adequate.

  Angus was uncertain when he leaked the intelligence.

  Logically speaking, apart from himself and a few upper echelons of the Fate Consortium, no one else should know about the transactions between the Fate Consortium and other major financial conglomerates.

  And the one who truly controls this information and has the ability to present it as evidence to the Federal Finance Bureau is just one person.

  —Tian Yu Mozi.

  The timing of this incident is too coincidental. Just when everyone is suspicious of Tian Yu Mozi, the intelligence of the Fate Consortium is leaked.

  This further confirms to Angus that this series of events is indeed a scheme aimed at the Fate Consortium.

  The people from the Federal Finance Bureau are indeed tenacious, but fortunately, the Fate Consortium had prepared a contingency plan long ago.

  After confiscating a series of forged materials, the investigators from the Finance Bureau simply left.

  Of course, there may be some new troubles caused by these materials in the future, but by then, those financial conglomerates cooperating with the Fate Consortium should take action to resolve them.

  After all, the exposure of transaction details is also bad news for them, and these conglomerates will not sit idly by while their interests are violated.

  Although no actual losses were incurred, the actions of the Fate Consortium will undoubtedly be restricted in the future.

  In other words, it is almost impossible for them to make any big moves in the future.

  ........

  District of Enlise.

  Angus's eyes were obscure as he leaned back on the sofa, with the wine still unfinished in front of him. Looking at the man in front of him, he spoke:

  "Mr. Scar, what do you want from me?"

  The man known as Scar couldn't help but sneer when he heard this. He looked at Angus and asked in turn:

  "Don't you know why I'm here?"

  Angus frowned at his words, but before he could speak, he heard the man continue:

  "If you can't even control your own people, why ask me what I want from you?"

  With these words, Angus guessed the purpose of the other party.

  His heart sank, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the man continue:

  "The Bond Consortium will terminate its cooperation with you in the future." Scar said unilaterally, without giving Angus a chance to explain.

  Angus couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart, and he asked:

  "Why?"

  "Why?" Scar sneered, "We can't trust an organization that could leak intelligence at any time."

  "This is..."

  Angus was about to say it was a conspiracy of the Weiting Consortium, but he stopped halfway.

  He knew very well that regardless of the true situation, it was a fact that the Fate Consortium had leaked transaction details.

  So he fell silent and did not refute.

  Seeing this, Scar also lost interest in holding Angus accountable. He stood up, saying:

  "The Bond Consortium reserves the right to hold you accountable. When this phase of cooperation ends, the Bond Consortium will no longer have any form of cooperation with you."

  With that said, he left without looking back, accompanied by his entourage.

  After the other party had completely left, Angus couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

  The termination of cooperation with the Bond Consortium was tantamount to adding insult to injury for the current Fate Consortium.

  The only fortunate news was that for now, only the Bond Consortium had chosen to terminate cooperation, and cooperation with the Bond Consortium had already reached its final stage, with losses still within acceptable limits.

  He took a deep breath, thinking about what to do next, and it was at this moment that a sudden ringtone interrupted his thoughts.

  He looked to the upper right corner and found it was a communication from an unknown user. After hesitating for a moment, he chose to answer.

  A slightly low voice came from the other end of the communication:

  "Have you been investigated by the Finance Bureau's people?"

  Angus recognized the voice of the person in charge of managing the intelligence department of the Fate Consortium, called Rick, known as the top hacker "Gecko".

  In the last attack on the Weiting Consortium, it was he who broke through the surveillance system of the Alt District, leading to the complete loss of control over the Alt District.

  Angus vaguely guessed the intention of the other party, but still spoke truthfully:

  "Someone leaked the transactions between us and the consortium."

  "Who do you think it is?"

  The voice from the communication, belonging to the "Gecko", carried a hint of gloom.

  "I don't know," Angus replied.

  "No, you do."

  The voice from the communication became somewhat impatient, and he said darkly:

  "Do you think those financial conglomerates we're cooperating with would leak this information?"

  Angus was well aware that those people from the conglomerates valued their own interests the most and would not do something that harmed others and didn't benefit themselves.

  But he remained silent instead of speaking up.

  "Don't you understand yet? It's that bitch, Tian Yu Mozi."

  Rick's voice became completely irritable.

  "Idiot, fool, you're still hesitating!"

  "Do you know what information I crawled from the communication scripts left by the organization members?"

  "They're planning to personally interrogate Tian Yu Mozi and have already prepared for accountability afterwards."

  "If this really happens, what are you going to do?"

  Angus took a deep breath and said:

  "I won't let this happen. If someone is causing trouble within the organization, I will root them out. I won't spare anyone who tries to sow discord within the Fate Consortium."

  "Do you think I don't know about these things?"

  Rick laughed coldly:

  "But now it's time for a decision. If you still hesitate like a coward, and the Fate Consortium falls apart, you'll be the biggest culprit."

  With that, the communication was cut off.

  Angus fell into silence.

  ........

  Weiting Consortium.

  Jonas looked at the communication interface in front of him and smiled as he spoke:

  "Mr. Scar, thank you for providing the information this time."

  The person on the other end of the communication was indeed Scar Bond, but at this moment, his expression was not good. Anyone who was threatened to terminate cooperation would not show a good expression.

  "I've fulfilled your conditions, you can delete the