Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1328 Are You Threatening Me? (5200+ words)

The three ministers of the alliance received the relevant report before they even arrived at the security center.

Because in today's intelligent era, intelligence gathering capabilities are much stronger, and even the slightest online disturbance can be detected by intelligent systems.

Especially the publicly available information found online.

"Tsk tsk!!" The Minister of Homeland Security of the Union was also somewhat surprised after seeing the news.

The Propagandist Killer Organization is a very old organization.

I never expected that the website would be breached by white-hat hackers from the alliance.

The extent of the specific losses suffered by the Propaganda Killer organization is currently unknown, as the Secretary of Homeland Security has not yet seen the relevant data.

However, since it has triggered the highest level of the intelligence system.

That proves that the information inside is extremely sensitive!
However, the specific sensitive aspect remains unknown.

Soon came the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense.

The reason the Minister of Defense was involved is because the military also has an intelligence system.

The military's intelligence system is called MI6.

The head of the intelligence department is not authorized to unlock this information.

The three arrived at the Department of Homeland Security's security center, and then they entered the most classified S-level archives center.

The information stored here is all top secret of the Alliance!
To get the data out of here, several people need to simultaneously gain access!
Moreover, most of the information here is physical data.

Even electronic data will be converted into physical data for storage.

It's easy to take away tens of gigabytes of electronic data.

However, it is not easy to take away tens of gigabytes of physical text data.

One gigabyte of data would require approximately 140,000 to 200,000 A4 sheets of paper.

Therefore, many top-secret documents are converted into physical documents!
There is a temporary storage area here. When three people unlock it at the same time, they can see this information.

The three individuals used the intelligent system to automatically search and, upon discovering the sensitive content, immediately notified the Supreme Court of the Alliance.

The Supreme Court of the Union randomly selects three justices.

After reviewing the relevant documents, the three justices immediately signed the Grand Justices' Order!

At the same time the Supreme Court's order was signed, the information of the alliance accounts involved in the documents was instantly frozen.

Then the Secretary of Homeland Security applied to the Supreme Court to track digital currency identity cards!

The three Supreme Court justices then signed an order.

Then the Union Secretary of Homeland Security signed the order.

By using the ID cards of the frozen digital currencies, a massive number of suspicious accounts were discovered!
Then these accounts were frozen by a Supreme Court order!
Because this information involves S-level content.

Therefore, the Supreme Court Justice and the Secretary of Homeland Security must process the relevant documents immediately.

Within the alliance, all document processes are categorized into levels, with each level having a different processing timeframe.

Just like a regular E-level document, it takes seven to fourteen working days, of course, this is the standard working days.

Level D requires three to seven days.

Level C requires three days, Level B requires twenty-four hours, and Level A requires two hours.

S-level immediate processing means processing the information immediately upon receipt.

The suspect account was identified by using the digital currency's identity information, and more digital currency was then identified from the suspect account.

They then used digital currency to identify even more suspected accounts.

Ultimately, more than 70 million suspected accounts were frozen, with frozen funds exceeding 1900 trillion credit points, of which 700 billion credit points were directly related to the case.

In other words, the accounts in the Propaganda Killer organization's data total 700 billion credits.

By tracing the path of these 700 billion credit points, there are 190 trillion credit points in the accounts along the path.

The three ministers were also taken aback when they saw the data.

"The Propaganda Killer Organization is finished!" The Alliance Defense Minister shook his head.

“These guys will be hunted down endlessly!” The Secretary of Homeland Security nodded.

The three men said this because the people involved in these funds were either the person who had placed the bounty or the assassin.

Now these people have nothing left.

This situation is caused by the security issues of the Propaganda Killer organization's website.

Therefore, the owners of these accounts, or the owners of these funds, will definitely cause trouble for the Propagandist Killer organization.

"I never expected Yang Bo to have such a high level of hacking talent." The head of the Alliance's intelligence department was also very surprised.

Because Yang Bo sent the data using his white-hat hacker identity, all three ministers and the Supreme Court judge could see who sent it!

"This guy's struck it rich!"

"I'm poised to become the top young billionaire in the alliance." The reason for this statement is that white-hat hackers receive commissions for their involvement with these criminal accounts.

"This is probably the case with the largest amount of money involved in the history of our alliance!" There is so much money in the accounts that have been frozen directly.

If it is found that the owners of these accounts are also involved in crimes, then these people have other assets.

"I think we need to handle this quickly!"

"Ok!"

"I will report to the President immediately!"

"Then convene a general meeting of the House of Representatives and the Senate!" Because this matter is so important, it requires parliamentary authorization to establish a temporary special task force for investigation.

By this time, the news was everywhere, because the frozen accounts would send messages to everyone, and the owners of these accounts would be restricted from appearing in public.

Of course, some people are not actually in the league; they just have an account in the league.

Other funds belonging to the owners of the directly involved accounts will also be frozen.

For example, if the owner of the account of the person directly involved in the case has other accounts, those accounts will be frozen as a result.

In other words, anyone whose account has been frozen by order of the Supreme Court can no longer access the money in their account except for walking around.

Even other related assets will be subject to judicial freeze, as they may be involved in a case!

The relevant banks also received orders signed by the Supreme Court Justice and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

The president of the alliance was also very surprised when he received the report.

Moreover, the president of the alliance felt incredibly lucky, as the military had just destroyed a pirate base, saving countless lives.

And now they've destroyed one of the oldest assassin organizations.

Before the league could even announce this, another huge event occurred.

That is the Propagandist Killer organization, and they are demanding that the Alliance return the funds involved in the Propagandist Killer organization's case.

Because the Propaganda Killer organization launched a terrorist attack in Gut City, kidnapping more than 3,000 Alliance citizens who came to Gut City for sightseeing!

However, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that this was probably something Gute City did themselves.

The official authorities of Gute City immediately condemned the terrorist attack launched by the Propaganda Killer organization against Gute City and also broadcast related footage.

There were terrorist attacks, bomb explosions, and other sounds coming from the mountains in the center of Gutt.

Isn't this just another tactic used by Gutt City to threaten the alliance?

While ostensibly condemning the propagandist killer organization, it was actually meant to be a show for the Alliance.

These citizens who came from the Alliance for tourism were kidnapped right inside their villas.

The Federal President and Vice President also quickly condemned the propagandist killer organization and demanded that Gut City rescue these Alliance citizens as soon as possible.

When Yang Bo saw the news, he rolled his eyes. He had long suspected that this Gute City was related to the Propaganda Killer Organization, and now it seemed that he was right.

But thinking about it again, these guys had no other choice.

Because Yang Bo received a progress report from the Department of Homeland Security, he naturally knew how much money had been frozen.

The owners of these funds must be going crazy right now.

A large portion of the owners of these funds are hitmen.

These assassins watched as the money they worked so hard to earn was frozen by the alliance.

Of course, unlocking these funds is also very simple; all you need to do is prove that the source of these funds is legitimate.

But how could that be!

Will these assassins go insane?

Why did the killer have funds in these accounts?
That's because assassins need to pay a deposit when accepting high-level missions.

Because penalties are necessary to incentivize these assassins to complete their missions quickly, higher-ranking assassins have more security deposits in their accounts!
Also, after an assassin accepts a mission, the mission bounty will be deposited into a third-party account.

Additionally, funds will also be deposited into the account when tasks are posted.

These task publishers haven't had time to post the tasks yet, or they have posted the tasks, someone accepted the orders but didn't complete them, and the funds are in a third-party account. Now, the other person hasn't completed the task, and they've lost their money. To make matters worse, their other accounts have also been frozen.

Will these people go crazy?

Upon receiving the message from the Propagandist Killer organization, the Alliance immediately activated its emergency plan.

The House of Representatives and the Senate held emergency meetings.

Furthermore, the Propaganda Killer organization released a video showing thousands of kidnapped Alliance citizens squatting on the ground in a basement-like space.

However, Yang Bo felt that among these 3,000 people, only a small portion were tourists, and the rest had other purposes.

However, Yang Bo saw an opportunity: John Lee's fleet, which was not far from Gutram.

Both houses of the alliance have agreed to establish a temporary task force to deal with the Propagandist Killer organization.

The task force was headed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, with two deputy heads being the Directors of Military Intelligence and a presidential envoy.

Then the league spokesperson held a press conference.

At the meeting, a spokesperson for the alliance announced: "Our alliance's white-hat hacking group has breached the website of Propagandist Killer, one of the largest criminal organizations, and obtained a large amount of data."

Three justices of the Supreme Court of the Union signed a judicial order freezing tens of millions of accounts, with direct involvement amounting to hundreds of billions of credits and indirect involvement amounting to 190 trillion credits!

We hereby strongly condemn the actions of the Propagandist Killer organization in kidnapping Alliance citizens.

And here we urge the federal government to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

The press conference was held virtually online.

Yang Bo knew that this was a tricky matter for the league.

First of all, the alliance cannot send troops directly to the rescue!

Furthermore, everyone is aware of the current situation within the federal government.

Madhya Pradesh is preoccupied with its own problems and has no capacity to go to Gutra to rescue people.

In the past, Gutra State would have given the federal government some face, but now the federal government has been humiliated by pirates.

While all the cities in Gutrak have condemned the Propagandist Killers, what good has it done? The Propagandist Killers might also have connections with other cities.

Yang Bo's identity as a white-hat hacker is known only to the Alliance Department of Homeland Security; he is referred to by a code name when speaking to the public.

So Yang Bo came to the laboratory and then to John Lee's fleet.

Yang Bo impersonated John Lee and logged into John Lee's social media account, then used it to send messages to the Union Department of Homeland Security.

The Union Minister of Homeland Security is cursing: "These bastards from Gutra!"

"And those damn bastards from the Federation, they deserved to be beaten by pirates!"

This task fell to the Minister of Homeland Security of the Union.

The Secretary of Homeland Security also knew that perhaps more than half of these three thousand Union citizens were criminals.

However, without direct evidence, no one can convict them.

If only a dozen or so of these three thousand people are chosen, then my position as minister will be over!
And there's no way to send troops directly to the rescue!
Because the federation is, after all, a sovereign nation!

The Secretary of Homeland Security has already sent a message to the Secretary of the Federal Department of Homeland Security, but the other party has not replied at all.

The Union's Homeland Security Secretary also knows that the federal government is currently powerless to deal with their internal affairs!
Just then, the Secretary of Homeland Security saw a message pop up on his wristwatch!
This was sent to me by my own secretary!

After seeing the information, the Union's Homeland Security Secretary left the task force.

"Minister!" The Secretary of Homeland Security arrived at his office, where his secretary was already waiting.

"Minister, Governor John Lee of the Federal State of Karaya has sent a message. He can help us rescue the hostages, but he wants us to sell him warships, and specifically, Class A warships!" the secretary quickly said.

"Has your identity been verified?" the minister asked quickly!

"The identity has been verified; the message was sent using his social media account!"

"I'll go report to the President right away!" the Secretary of Homeland Security said, as if grasping at a straw.

The Secretary of Homeland Security then came to the Presidential Office to report on his work.

“John Lee’s fleet currently has three Class B warships and two Class C warships outside, which are fully capable of crushing Gutra State!”

"And for us, this is an internal struggle within their federation, it has nothing to do with us."

"Anyway, the warlords within the Federation are constantly fighting each other!"

"The key issue now is that we can't directly sell Class A warships to John Lee."

"This might provoke a backlash from the federal government, and the federal government's relationship with John Lee is not good!" The Secretary of Homeland Security came to the President's Office and had already figured out John Lee's current situation.

The president also knew that this matter was very difficult; if some of the more than three thousand hostages died, he would have no choice but to resign.

Even if he doesn't resign, the opposition will still impeach him.

However, this matter cannot be discussed publicly right now.

Because the federal government would definitely object.

“Hold a closed-door Senate meeting,” the federal president quickly came up with a solution.

That is, this matter must be discussed in the Senate because there are opposition members in the Senate.

If the Senate does not pass the relevant proposal, then if a hostage crisis occurs, he can blame it on those who voted against it in the Senate.

The Senate held a closed-door meeting, essentially dragging the opposition into the fray.

Those opposition figures are definitely plotting against me behind my back.

The Senate immediately convened a closed-door meeting.

The opposition senators in the Senate cursed John Lee in their hearts after seeing the proposals submitted by the president and the secretary of homeland security.

Because the opposition is already preparing to impeach the president and the Minister of Security!

Because the opposition knew that rescuing the hostages was simply impossible.

The alliance itself cannot send troops!
It's possible to secretly send troops, but the distance is too far.

Of course, there are definitely Alliance agents in Gutrak, but their numbers are too small to be of any use!

Moreover, as everyone knows, the Propaganda Killer organization definitely has a close relationship with Gut City.

It might also be related to other cities in Gutrak.

Unless we send a main fleet.

Even if the main fleet is mobilized and the propaganda killer organization still doesn't release the hostages, they might as well kill all three thousand hostages. Then all the officials, from top to bottom, will have to resign.

Therefore, the opposition coalition has been preparing an impeachment motion overnight.

I never expected that John Lee would suddenly appear!

It has to be said that John Lee's timing in appearing was perfect.

Moreover, the opposition also knew that the president had a conspiracy with the Secretary of Homeland Security.

If, in a closed-door meeting, those who vote against the decision disagree, then the rule of man is dead, and the responsibility will fall on their own people!
If they agree, then the president and the others will be unable to be impeached.

Therefore, these opponents hated John Lee to the core.

Even if senators are dissatisfied with the president, they wouldn't dare to vote against such a thing.

Because if the hostage dies, it will be the responsibility of those who voted against it!
As for the sale of Class A warships, the Senate has also authorized the president to negotiate.

Therefore, Yang Bo quickly received a video negotiation with the Minister of Homeland Security of the Union.

"Governor John Lee, hello, I am Haite, Minister of Homeland Security of the Alliance!" Haite quickly greeted him upon seeing that it was John Lee!
"I think I'm the only one who can solve your problem right now!"

"I won't take your Class A warships for nothing. I'll buy them with my own money—two Class A warships," Yang Bo said.

Hait can't criticize John Lee's attitude right now because things are urgent!
“Governor John Lee, the authority to sell Class A warships does not belong to us…!” Haite said.

"Never mind then, I don't want to cause trouble. Goodbye." Yang Bo didn't give the other person a chance to say anything more and directly closed the video.

Haight was surprised by John Lee's rudeness, so he quickly sent a message: Your Excellency, our warship sale needs to be authorized by the House of Representatives and the Senate.

John Lee: Then you should submit your proposals as soon as possible. If anyone objects, I will release the information. Just like now, if you disagree with my plan and the hostages die, I will release the information about what happened between us.

Threat, naked threat!
The Union Secretary of Homeland Security turned green with rage!

You, John Lee, are supposed to be a governor, yet you're so shameless!
good good!
Are you threatening me?

You have indeed threatened me. Of course, it's not enough for me to be threatened alone. I must submit a bill to the House of Representatives and the Senate to threaten everyone else into being threatened as well!

The House of Representatives convened an emergency closed-door meeting!
These members of the House of Representatives saw the chat logs released by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

These lawmakers turned green with anger. How the hell is this the responsibility of us lawmakers?
(End of this chapter)