Chapter 363 Kawakami Wataru: There's Even Ready-Made Evidence

【Of course not, only a fool would kill the sheep when there's still wool to be fleeced.】
Kawakami Wataru denied,
【According to my plan, Kuromi must die in the organization, or be kicked out if he doesn't die.】
Although there are many key figures, when carefully analyzed, the actual harm to the organization is not significant, so Kawakami Wataru can righteously keep them to reap benefits:
Akemi Miyano, Shiho Miyano, and Jinpei Matsuda's group basically posed no threat due to their identities, while Black Org suffered a trust crisis, and the Scottish connection was severed.
Bourbon and Kir are slightly more troublesome, but still within controllable range:
After all, Bourbon's superior is the suspicious Rum, so he may not be able to win. As for Kir... she still has a long way to go in terms of seniority, and her identity as a public figure like a TV host also limits her from delving into the dark core of the organization.
Among so many key figures, Kawakami Wataru was the only one who took out Amaniac...
Actually, it was also a last resort. He killed him for self-preservation, and Kawakami Wataru admitted that he was a bit over his head at that time.
Calm down and think about it. It's actually more beneficial to spare the other person's life.
"So you plan to use Akemi Miyano to fabricate unfavorable information, forcing Black Rye Whiskey to expose themselves? Then you can test the system based on this?" The Mad Hatter asked.
[That's right, you're perfectly following the train of thought.]
The gray-haired youth ate another lemon candy. He had already roughly categorized the information on Akemi Miyano's communication facilities, and now it was time to carefully examine it.
Kawakami Wataru decided to start with the chat records.
[Previously, it was only after Amaniac and Scotland were exposed that the mission option of 'changing the predetermined fate' was triggered...]
In other words, the mission is triggered only when key figures are in danger. Although there is randomness due to the small sample size, this line of thinking should be correct.
Kawakami Wataru paused for a moment, then let out a soft chuckle.
【But if that's really the case, why should I passively wait for an unpredictable fate?】
【I could take the initiative and force key figures into perilous situations, triggering missions and then reaping a wave of character points...】
Let's start with rye whiskey as the test subject. If my idea is correct, then character points can flow in continuously.】
Hearing this, the Mad Hatter's mechanical voice was filled with helplessness: 【...... You're exploiting a bug here.】
[Solutions are always found through trying] Kawakami said calmly.
[Let me throw a bucket of cold water first. There's a high probability that this loophole can't be exploited. From the system's previous judgments on task nodes, you should be able to see that, from a certain perspective, it can almost predict your reactions and how things will unfold.] The Mad Hatter added.
He's not wrong, Kawakami Wataru thought.
The Amaniyak case was still okay, although it almost went wrong in the end, Kawakami Wataru had a general guess about the possible development of the situation.
But in the Scotland case, Kawakami Wataru basically had no idea about the situation at the beginning... even the key evidence to frame Heimai was obtained under the influence of the system.
But what's the matter if you can't exploit loopholes?
Even without the system and character points, Kawakami Wataru really wanted to kick Black Rye Whiskey out.
This guy Yuri is an undercover agent from an opposing faction. It's already very polite not to kill him directly. In terms of personal feelings, Black Rye Whiskey staying in the organization is a hidden danger for the truly exposed Scotland.
"I just want to give it a try anyway." Therefore, Kawakami Sai said with an air of righteousness, "The main reason is because I want to, everything else is secondary."
After saying this, the gray-haired young man temporarily ceased his interaction with the Mad Hatter.
Or rather, the Mad Hatter simply stopped paying attention to Kawagami's inner monologue. So Kawagami focused his attention on his computer while quickly consuming lemon candies.
After about ten minutes, Kawakami Wataru stopped his movements.
"To be honest, I suddenly realized... if we really wanted to kick Black Rye Whiskey out of the organization, I wouldn't even need to fabricate evidence."
Kawashima Wataru looked at the documents he had dug up, his expression complex as he murmured,
"Because there's even ready-made evidence..."
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The next morning.
Scotland found Kawashima Wataru on the living room sofa, the gray-haired youth moving sluggishly like a wandering soul, yawning incessantly, but he still tenaciously refused to fall asleep and instead fiddled with the pothos on the coffee table.
"This flowerpot is quite interesting, Scotland,"
Kawakami said lazily as he poured muddy water into the pot,
"Actually, I'm doing a little experiment."
"If you add excess water to a flower pot, the water will leak out through the small holes at the bottom of the pot. However, if you collect this leaked water and use it to water the plant again, you will find that the amount of water leaking out the second time is reduced. Similarly, the amount of water leaking out the third time will be even less."
The gray-haired young man introduced his experiment to his partner with great interest.
"So I'm curious, if this leakage pattern doesn't change, how many times do I need to water it before the flowerpot can completely store all the water? Or is it impossible to achieve the goal because——"
Scotland, with a gentle smile on his face, directly grabbed the edge of the pothos plant pot and snatched it away from Kawakamiji's clutches. This action interrupted the gray-haired youth's enthusiastic explanation.
The muddy water dripped all along the way.
"Stop playing. This potted plant is almost killed by your fiddling. By the way, you've done this experiment before, so I can directly tell you the result - the pothos will die, and the coffee table will end up filthy," said Scotland.
Scotland no longer wanted to recall how the previous few pots had died. Although he had stopped Kawakamiwataru's excessive watering behavior several times, he couldn't completely control Kawakamiwataru.
Who knows how many times the gray-haired young man had secretly conducted such experiments; anyway, the pothos plants had to be replaced every one to two months, with the shortest period being a week.
"I'm only doing it this one time, and don't pothos plants like water?" Kawagami Wataru protested in a low voice.
Scotland rolled his eyes imperceptibly while maintaining a smile - it was hard to tell how he managed to roll his eyes and smile at the same time. The blue-eyed organization member placed the lucky-to-be-alive pothos plant on the windowsill, keeping some distance from Kawakamizai.
"If you haven't had enough fun, I can buy you some water beads, the kind that expand after being soaked in water. They should be more interesting than pothos," Scotland said, still wearing a smile. "I'll go prepare breakfast. You clean up the mud on the floor, Kawakami."
Although his tone was gentle, it carried a hint of undeniable authority, making it seem more like a command than a suggestion. Therefore, Kawakami Wataru lifted himself from the sofa and stared at Scotland's back with suspicion.
[Tsk, when did Scotland become so sharp-tongued? Could brainwashing have such a significant impact on one's personality? It doesn't feel right... Could it be that it triggered a second personality or something...?]
Kawakami Wataru mumbled in his mind.
【Is it possible that Scotland has wanted to confront you for a long time, but didn't show it before due to his position at work?】The Mad Hatter, who had been silent, put forward another perspective, 【Moreover, many of your actions can indeed... raise one's blood pressure.】
From this perspective, Scotland has already been very gentle, which is why Kawagami Wataru felt that they were quite compatible with each other.
[Tsk, anyway, I suddenly find Scotland in a brainwashed state a bit interesting...] Kawagami Wataru crawled up from the sofa.