episode_0509
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Tiffany Mabel was a freelance journalist specializing in economics.
She let out a silent scream when she saw the armed men blocking the lobby of the NextGen Financial Building.
‘What the hell is going on… ?!’
Is there anything like this in the world?
How could this happen on the day she visited the NextGen Financial Building?
The reason she came here today was to interview the president, not to become a hostage to those terrorists.
‘Of course it wasn’t an interview that had been agreed upon in advance… ‘
She had a reputation in the economic field and had a deep information network in related industries.
To her, the existence of a company in the center of New York, with a significantly smaller number of employees compared to other securities companies, and with a company that specialized in handling only over-the-counter stocks and made huge profits, was like food with a delicious smell.
A foul smell that would make news.
Since there is no good article that attracts the public’s attention more than exposing the corruption committed by a corrupt rich person, Tiffany came to the company without any intention of getting something that could be a clue.
Behind that power of action was the fact that people’s interest in the stock market, her main focus, had recently decreased relatively due to things like coins and NFTs.
If the Black Feet were healthy, they would have used their power to block Tiffany’s coverage.
However, now that all the leaders had been killed by Minho, there was no way to make reporters who were digging into their background disappear or to pressure them to stop reporting.
Until now, it had only been covered up by the power and connections of Black Foot, but now that the veil had disappeared, the suspicious nature of NextGen Financial was gradually being revealed.
Just as Minho predicted that they would soon fall into ruin on their own, Tiffany was destined to write an article that would be the starting point of their downfall.
Unless Minho attacked the building.
Tiffany’s eyes moved quickly as she lay on her stomach on the floor.
‘… Still, I don’t think you have any intention of killing the hostage? If you listen to the story, it seems like the goal is NextGen Financial’s money. As expected, it was a company with a dirty corner. ‘You were managing the money of such terrorists.’
She seemed to have no journalistic instincts, and was able to deduce the situation based on the information Minho intentionally leaked.
There was a serious sound of gunfire upstairs, as if there was a fight going on, but in any case, not a single hostage or security guard was killed in the lobby.
As she lay down on the floor following the monsters’ instructions, a bright idea passed through her mind.
That was to cover this incident vividly from the hostage’s perspective.
‘No matter how much of a grudge you have, I don’t know why you attacked a securities company rather than a bank with a lot of cash, but this is an opportunity.’
An attack that took place in broad daylight in the middle of New York.
Tiffany, who was almost illiterate in the military field, couldn’t tell what kind of equipment the gunmen had, but she didn’t need to be discerning enough to figure it out.
What was important was that the gunmen’s equipment was authentic, as if it had been stolen from a special forces unit.
An incident that may once again stimulate Americans’ sense of crisis regarding terrorism.
If we could publish it as an exclusive article, it would not be a dream to receive attention from all over the country, or even the world.
‘If you do well, this is your chance to win the Pulitzer Prize… !’
The Pulitzer Prize, also called the Nobel Prize for journalists, is an extremely prestigious award in the field of journalism.
Although Tiffany had a job as a journalist, she never once dreamed that she would be able to win the Pulitzer Prize.
But not now. The presence of the Pulitzer Prize felt more vivid and closer than ever.
Rustle~
After making up her mind, she carefully took the smartphone out of her arms.
Is he planning to get the job done quickly and run away, or is the equipment seemingly great, but the strategy wasn’t as carefully planned? I don’t know why, but those terrorists didn’t take the hostage’s smartphone.
There was a risk that the hostages’ information would be passed over if they contacted the police, but Tiffany thought that they were lax in unexpected ways.
Minho actually wanted this incident to spread further, and even if the police got information, it was not a threat at all, but there was no way she could have known about that situation.
‘Anyway, it’s a good story for me.’
She hid the smartphone in her palm, carefully spread her fingers and pointed the camera lens at the assailants.
Her smartphone was a bit older, so it didn’t have a large screen like the newest smartphones. But right now, at this moment, the small screen was a great help in hiding the smartphone.
Of course, there were no problems with image quality, which is most important in video shooting.
The moment she carefully started filming with her smartphone, the person who appeared to be the leader of the gangsters who had gone upstairs returned to the lobby.
Minho, the leader of the terrorists, glanced around the lobby and stood near Tiffany to give instructions to his subordinates.
‘good… ! ‘Stand in just the right spot!’
Tiffany cried out in joy, not knowing that Minho had deliberately stood in a good position to be captured on video.
Soon, her smartphone began to contain the distorted voices of the gunmen.
“The operation is over. I killed the target and took all the cash and gold bars stored in the safe.”
“So what should I do now?”
“I guess I should clean up after myself and escape. The area around the building is already surrounded by police. If we wait any longer, special forces will arrive. We escape through the underground passage and disperse.”
‘underground? Did they dig a tunnel?’
A question arose in Tiffany’s mind as she overheard the story.
In fact, Minho was planning to just use the key and escape somewhere, but since he couldn’t soar into the sky with so many eyes watching, his intention was to pretend that he had gone down to the ground instead.
“The meeting location will be communicated through Enigma Chat later.”
“Is that really safe? I guess I’m anxious… ”
“Yes. Verification has already been completed. Not only is it absolutely untraceable, but developers can’t spy on our conversations either. Even if you succeed in hacking the main smartphone, Enigma Chat cannot be penetrated.”
‘Enigma Chat… ? ‘Is this a messenger with a security system applied?’
Tiffany filmed the entire conversation with a serious attitude.
***
According to Maria, the woman who just happened to take out her smartphone was a reporter.
For some reason, I thought he was bravely trying to secure evidence on his own, but it’s not just any other job, it’s a reporter. He happened to be exactly the talent we needed.
‘You’re taking good pictures.’
I smiled, satisfied that Tiffany was acting on my intentions.
Maria spoke to me, as if the PPL advertisement she had just filmed was somehow awkward.
-Will this really work?
‘If you put an advertisement like this in a movie, it will immediately be criticized as trash, but this is a real situation, right? They might be interested because they think there might be something there. Maria only cares that Enigma Chat doesn’t go off the market.’
-It’s not difficult. Since it is simply a service with strict security, there is no reason to cancel it. Perhaps the secret society will try it out and if they like it, they will try to protect it?
After that, I continued to have a fruitless conversation, and when it seemed like Tiffany had taken enough video, I gave directions to Maria.
‘Send out the ordinary employees who are not involved with Blackfoot. ‘Can Maria mark it for you?’
-Please leave it to me.
“Now, we have to negotiate with the police, so I’ll get you guys out first. Don’t do anything stupid, stand up slowly and raise your hand.”
The crew got the ordinary people marked by Maria out of their seats and sent them out.
Among the hostages released was Tiffany.
-Couldn’t that woman report it to the police and bury the video?
‘There’s no way a journalist would do that.’
Maria didn’t seem trustworthy, but I saw the look in her eyes. Burning eyes that want to accomplish something with this incident.
Rather, he looked anxious because he wanted to quickly write an article based on the video he had just filmed.
‘Well, if by some chance the article doesn’t come up, Maria can hack it and upload it for me.’
-I’ll prepare just in case.
Another bomb was also placed in the lobby. And it was detonated along with a bomb that had been previously installed in the president’s office.
Kwaang!
Due to the impact of the bomb exploding, almost all the windows in the building were broken at the same time.
All of the secret society members remaining in the lobby were killed in this explosion.
As chaos was growing outside due to the bomb suddenly exploding, we opened the door with a key and leisurely exited somewhere out of sight of others. I guess they didn’t know that they would release some hostages and immediately detonate the bomb, saying they were negotiating.
Unless you know our true purpose, you will inevitably feel like you are dealing with a crazy person.
Perhaps for the time being, the police will be looking hard into the basement of the building to find tunnels that don’t exist.
And just as I expected, Tiffany reported the story exclusively on America’s highest-rated news channel that very evening.
“The shocking appearance of the terrorist organization, Cyphers.”
I smiled as I read a sentence from the article out loud.
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