Crossover Anime: The Heroine is in Trouble? I Take Advantage of the Situation

Kato Megumi instantly regained her senses.

What...what did she hear?

mission completed?

All recovered?

So fast?

It's been less than 24 hours since he told himself the plan last night!

She looked at Seiji Fujiwara in disbelief, her eyes filled with shock and questioning.

Seiji Fujiwara simply smiled at her and then said calmly into the phone, "Understood. Ship the items back as planned."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, then turned to look at Kato Megumi, who was still in a state of great shock, and said with a smile:

"Did you hear that, Hui? Your parents' bodies have been recovered. They're on their way back to Japan now."

"..."

Kato Megumi's lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't utter a single word.

Overwhelmed with surprise and emotion, tears welled up in my eyes once again.

She could no longer control her emotions, and suddenly threw herself into Seiji Fujiwara's arms, burying her face deeply in his chest, and bursting into tears.

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A C-17 Globemaster III transport plane, fully loaded with wreckage and remains, takes off.

PMC representatives contacted the Japanese government.

The encrypted phone of the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan suddenly rang.

On the other end of the phone was an electronic voice with its sound processed.

"This is XE Corporation. We have completed the recovery of the remains of the victims of Flight NH915 and the wreckage of the aircraft, commissioned by a private client. The aircraft is expected to arrive at Yokota Air Base in eight hours. Please make the necessary arrangements for its reception."

"What?!" The Chief Cabinet Secretary was so shocked that he stood up abruptly from his chair. "Who...who commissioned you?!"

"No comment."

The other party gave a cold reply and then hung up the phone.

The Chief Cabinet Secretary stood frozen in place, holding the phone that was already dialing a busy signal, his mind a complete mess.

He immediately activated the emergency plan, frantically contacting the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the embassy in the United States to try to confirm the situation.

Minutes later, unofficial sources from the US confirmed the accuracy of the news.

At this moment, the entire high-ranking officials of the Japanese government were completely plunged into unprecedented shock and passivity.

This news, like the most powerful typhoon, instantly swept through the entire upper class of Japan.

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In the study of the Toyokawa family, Toyokawa Sadaharu's secretary was giving him an urgent report with an expression that looked like he had seen a ghost.

"President! We just received news... The wreckage and remains of NH915 have been brought back! It's said that someone hired XE Corporation to recover them!"

"what?!"

Toyokawa Sadaharu accidentally knocked over the teacup in his hand, spilling scalding tea all over the floor, but he was completely unaware.

"Hired by someone?"

The name Seiji Fujiwara uncontrollably surfaced in his mind.

"Fujiwara Seiji...could it be him?"

He paced back and forth in the study, bewildered and uncertain. "But an armed operation of this scale... just for a woman? It doesn't make sense! But who else could it be besides him?"

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In the living room of the Wakaba family home, the television was broadcasting an urgent news report about the plane's arrival at Yokota Air Base.

The reporters excitedly described the enormous transport plane and the vaguely described "mysterious private force."

Wakaba Takafumi frowned and muttered to himself, "This... privately hiring a PMC company to recycle..."

Minami Mori's expression turned serious. She tentatively asked her husband, "Darling, do you think it might be Mr. Fujiwara?"

The couple exchanged a glance, both seeing the same shock and disbelief in each other's eyes.

Mori Minami murmured, "If it really is him... then all our previous judgments were wrong."

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The atmosphere in the Cabinet Office's emergency meeting room was terrifyingly oppressive.

The top officials from all the relevant departments were gathered here, their faces filled with confusion and unease.

"PMC is keeping their mouths shut. They only say they were commissioned by a private client and refuse to reveal the identity of any client." The Chief Cabinet Secretary's voice was full of exhaustion.

"Last night's intelligence also came out; they used private forces to conduct precision strikes with F-16 fighter jets... This is extremely rare internationally!" The Defense Minister's face was ashen. "Even if the Air Force staff are just trying to make extra money, they'll have to find a way to buy them!"

"Yes, and the starting price is a million dollars!"

Who would spend this money?

"Could it be... Seiji Fujiwara?"

Someone brought up the name that everyone had thought of but dared not say easily.

The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

Yes, who else but him could have this motive?

But... just for a female secretary?

All officials who considered themselves "elites" felt that their worldview had been violently impacted like never before.

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The media and the public were swept up in a nationwide guessing frenzy.

Online, the identity of the "mysterious benefactor" is being hotly debated.

Seiji Fujiwara's name has been mentioned countless times, but because there is no solid evidence, it has always remained at the level of "speculation".

Chapter 147 Kato Megumi, even more beautiful in her final moments (3/3)

Meanwhile, military experts on television analyzed the professionalism and efficiency of the operation, as well as the powerful force it represented, over and over again.

On this day, the entire nation of Japan was shocked, bewildered, and deeply awestruck by this mysterious "private force" that had accomplished what even the nation could not.

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At the center of public attention was Seiji Fujiwara.

Right now, I'm sitting leisurely on my sofa at home, watching the news on TV.

Several days later, Yokota Air Base.

This military restricted area, nominally jointly managed by Japan and the United States but actually firmly controlled by the US military, has today opened a small window to the Japanese media for the first time ever.

Dozens of rigorously selected official media outlets were allowed access to a designated area to witness a moment that would be recorded in modern Japanese history.

A huge, gray C-17 Globemaster III transport plane sat quietly on the tarmac.

As the tail door of the aircraft slowly opened, XE Company employees in black uniforms handed over metal coffins draped with the Japanese flag and containing the remains of the victims, as well as aircraft wreckage carefully wrapped in shock-absorbing material, to the Japanese Self-Defense Force honor guard who were already waiting there.

The entire handover ceremony was solemn, efficient, and imbued with military-style rigor.

Faced with a swarm of reporters trying to dig out more information, XE's on-site manager, a white man wearing sunglasses and with a blank expression, answered all the questions with extremely brief, emotionless, and official statements.

"We are XE Security Consulting Company."

"We were commissioned by a respected private client to carry out this humanitarian aid operation."

"Any information about our clients is a top trade secret and we cannot disclose it."

After saying that, he ignored all further questions, led all the XE company personnel back onto the plane, and left Japan decisively, as if they had never existed.

They took away millions of dollars in reward money, but also left behind a huge mystery about their "mysterious benefactor" that shocked the entire Japanese world.

Faced with this almost humiliating "passive acceptance," the Japanese government displayed an unprecedented "high-handed attitude."

The Prime Minister himself attended the impromptu press conference and the ceremony for receiving the body held at the airport.

He first expressed his sincerest gratitude to "unknown, humanitarian international friends".

Then, contrary to his usual practice, he bowed ninety degrees to apologize to the people of the whole country for the government's "incompetence" and "slowness" in this incident.

This series of actions was both helpless and shrewd.

They could not openly admit their incompetence, nor could they reveal that the "mysterious benefactor" was Seiji Fujiwara—that would be tantamount to announcing to the world that the power of a private entrepreneur had surpassed that of the state apparatus.

Therefore, they could only use this vague approach to portray Seiji Fujiwara as an "unsung hero" who deserves gratitude but cannot be investigated further.

At the same time, the government is taking the opportunity to showcase its approachable image of "knowing its mistakes and correcting them," attempting to salvage some of the face it has already lost.

The media and the government tacitly cooperated to maintain this secret, but everyone at the heart of power knew perfectly well that a behemoth had grown up.

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at the same time.

The upper class in Japan.

Within 72 hours of the incident, major Japanese conglomerates, from Mitsui and Mitsubishi to Sumitomo, mobilized their top-tier private intelligence networks to investigate the true identity of this "mysterious benefactor."

Their intelligence network spans the globe, from top investment banks on Wall Street to lobbying firms on K Street in Washington, D.C., and arms dealers in the Middle East.

Countless streams of information, like rivers flowing into the sea, ultimately point to the same source.

"XE recently received a large anonymous remittance from UBS."

"The F-16 fighter jets that provided air support during the operation belonged to the 480th Fighter Squadron of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, whose commander is a member of the faction of Congressman General Johnson."

"Among General Johnson's campaign funds was an overseas political donation from a foundation registered in the Cayman Islands..."

When these seemingly unrelated clues are pieced together, a chillingly clear truth emerges before all the tycoon heads.

—It's Seiji Fujiwara.

The moment the results were confirmed, these elderly people, who could shake the Japanese economy with a stomp of their feet on ordinary days, fell into a long silence.

It was a silence that was a mixture of shock, fear, and a deep sense of powerlessness.

Once upon a time, in their eyes...

Seiji Fujiwara was merely a rising star with exceptional talent in the business world, an outstanding junior whom they admired from a superior position.

But now they are horrified to discover that they were wrong, terribly wrong.

This young man had already built an unfathomable transnational power network spanning commerce, politics, and even the military, in places unseen by them.

The power he possesses has far exceeded the scope of "business".

This is actually a prehistoric Leviathan that has been lurking in the deep sea for a long time!

After the initial shock, there was a rapid shift in attitude.

These cunning old foxes, who have lived their entire lives, understand the importance of assessing the situation better than anyone else.

The next day, Genesis Company's front desk received a flood of cooperation offers from various conglomerates.

From new energy development to biotechnology and next-generation communication technology, all the highest-quality project resources representing the future have been opened to Genesis without reservation.

Instead of trying to engage in equal dialogue with Seiji Fujiwara, they took the initiative to show goodwill.

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Compared to the shock in the business world, the reaction in the political arena was more complex and far-reaching.

The Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, through secret intelligence exchanges with the CIA, also confirmed that the mastermind behind the operation was Seiji Fujiwara.