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Oops, I've been entangled by a fool! : Chapter 122 Taking the blame

In response to Gold Dust's resentment, Topa simply shrugged and said calmly:

"The inability to stop the hacker is a problem of the interstellar internet. What does it have to do with us? She's not the only one participating in this competition. We're also victims of the same taunts we just received, like, 'What I want to do is none of your business,'"

This tricky angled way of unloading the pot instantly made Sha Jin feel much better.

Yes, whether it's Madam Black Tower or the Star Core Hunter, I didn't provoke them. If I don't drive the tiger to devour the wolf, who else can compete with Madam Black Tower? Could I invite a Lord of Extinction?

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Even though neither party had the intention to publicize the battle between Silver Wolf and Screw Gum, it still made Silver Wolf famous. Even Gold Dust had to admit that unless he could recruit another genius, this wanted criminal who spoke up on his own was the best candidate to defeat Ms. Black Tower.

If that's the case, just report it and let the department handle the dispute with Interstellar Internet. The Strategic Investment Department doesn't have any previous grudges against this Star Core Hunter, so why should their plans be affected by another department's mess?

However, although Sha Jin approved of Toppa's method of unloading the pot, he still did not believe Toppa's words at all.

I'm not a blind man with all my pupil power exhausted. When you came here, you were having so much fun with the other side's Ether Front, just like one big happy family. Did you think I didn't see it?

Even if you didn't collude, didn't your boyfriend collude with her? If he did, wouldn't that be the same as if you did? I thought I'd never seen this method of establishing a dynasty through harem marriages in history books? How retro!

Not wanting to be taken advantage of by the Habsburgs, no, the Yelena Dynasty, the gold dust bargained very decisively:

"Let's submit this report together, otherwise I won't be able to carry it."

"Deal!" Topa agreed readily. After all, from the beginning, she hadn't intended to let Shajin shoulder the responsibility alone.

Whether it's eating alone or using a non-stick pan, it's a serious taboo in the workplace. Since everyone is at Yalilo No. 6, no one will believe me even if I completely take the blame. It's better to take the initiative to take responsibility, otherwise who will be willing to work with me next time?

So after the two of them jointly reported the amazing development plan of "Star Core Hunter vs. Lady of the Black Tower" to Jade via a private encrypted email, they quickly received a secret approval.

As expected by Gold Dust and Toppa, Diamond had no interest in arresting serious criminals for other departments, but he also didn't want to arouse the anger of other departments because of such a thing.

His instructions to Shajin and Toppa were simple: any disruptions must stem from the reckless actions of the Star Core Hunters and the masked tycoon's playful activities, and have nothing to do with the company. Do what you can, but if you can't, disassociate immediately. Otherwise, you'll bear the consequences when the board of directors calls you to account.

Sharing blame is the essence of a united and caring corporate atmosphere. Everyone shouldered the responsibility for the oversight, and with the natural excuse of "the Black Tower Space Station did it too," giving them three glasses of wine as punishment and pretending nothing happened—isn't that more comforting than exchanging barbs in the boardroom?

"Well, it seems like it's time for me to take another gamble." Looking at the decrypted email, Sha Jin said easily.

He didn't think Diamond was asking for his opinion. Wasn't the Strategic Investment Department rapidly promoting him, a gambler, just to capitalize on his good fortune and win in one risky bet after another?

Even though he would be made a scapegoat if he lost this bet, Sha Jin was not afraid. As a bargaining chip, he had long been aware of his role. If a chip didn't even dare to be put on the gambling table, what was its value?

Furthermore, based on his recent understanding of Giovanni, as long as he wasn't treated as a fool, he wouldn't mind taking the blame for anything, even if it wasn't his, and adding fuel to the Masked Fool's strange reputation. Given this, he still had a chance to win this gamble between the two major forces.

Although this kind of playing with fire is incredibly dangerous, Jiang Yan's forces, which have inexplicably recruited a large number of people, such as Lady Black Tower, the Star Core Hunter, and the Masked Fool, risk completely capsizing if any of them are not properly handled. But without risk, how can there be huge rewards?

Thinking of this, Sha Jin said goodbye to Topa, Jiang Yan and others very straightforwardly, and did not leave Yalilo No. 6. Instead, he came directly to the original old weapons test site, now the main venue of the Interstellar Victory Ceremony, ready to have a fight with the masked rich businessman who had been sitting on the Diaoyutai here.

There is no better scapegoat than the Masked Fool. No matter what happens to them, it can be explained by saying "those fun-loving people are up to something again."

But there is no worse scapegoat than the Masked Fool. The Fool is not a fool. Those who are smart enough to try to take advantage of the Masked Fool end up becoming his entertainment.

So Shajin planned to use his best area - exchanging benefits - to see if he could bribe the Masked Fool with fun.

Today, the old weapons testing ground no longer has any trace of a military fortress. After not being here for a while, Sha Jin was surprised to find that it had become completely new. The infrastructure has basically been laid out and it can be put into use soon.

They are indeed a group of unreasonable lunatics...Shajin complained in his heart.

To complete such a massive venue in such a short time, God knows how many credits this masked tycoon had spent on it. It wasn't that the Interstellar Peace Company lacked the engineering prowess, but rather that they would never do anything at a loss. They were frantically investing manpower and materials to compress the construction schedule, just to have a show as soon as possible.

They'd go to such lengths just to get a venue. Just to have fun, what kind of perverted things could they possibly come up with? Thinking of this, Shajin couldn't help but become even more cautious.

Following the massive elevator, Shajin quickly reached the center of the arena and immediately spotted Giovanni. He was methodically directing a large number of workers and autonomous machines to make various arrangements. Aside from the flamboyant mask on his face, he looked every bit like a dedicated tournament organizer.

When Giovanni saw Gold Dust, he walked over and greeted him warmly, as if he was completely unaware of Gold Dust's recent investigation and various tricks.

"You're here, my friend. The grand stage has been set up, and all we have to do is wait for the actors to enter. I wonder if you have brought any good news about them this time?"

Good news? Is there any better news than you inviting Ms. Black Tower?

Thinking about the cruelty this guy had put him through, Shajin longed to strike right then and there, smashing the damned mask to smithereens with a pile of chips. However, Shajin wouldn't actually do that. Just like so many of his friends before him, before someone took the fall for the Star Core Hunter, no matter how much he disliked them, Shajin would still treat them as friends, until the moment the exchange of interests was complete.

Soon, Gold Sand responded with a smile:

"Mr. Giovanni, I just received a message. The famous Punklode hacker, the Star Core Hunter known as Silver Wolf, is planning to infiltrate this event and challenge Ms. Black Tower after hearing that you successfully invited her to become a champion candidate. I wonder if you, as a co-operator, would agree to the company allocating some professionals from Pierpoint as an additional network security measure to prevent this uninvited challenger?"

Faced with the shocking news revealed by Shajin, Giovanni calmly replied:

"Stop? No need. The Ether Front welcomes any player to join, regardless of race or identity. As long as they identify themselves as a 'player,' the Star Victory Ceremony will not refuse their participation."

"On the contrary, Miss Silver Wolf won the regional championship in the last competition. It would be rude of me to wait for her to register. I will send her a special invitation later, inviting her to participate in this competition in a proper manner."

Although Giovanni's unscrupulous behavior was anticipated, Sha Jin never expected that the other party would directly send the invitation letter through official channels and completely ignore the company's wanted order.

"I think the company will never accept this approach. The information warfare force will reach the planet's orbit halfway through the game."

Even if he wanted to facilitate Silver Wolf's one-on-one fight against Black Tower's Gold Dust, facing Giovanni's ruthlessness, he was forced to speak up and make his position clear. Otherwise, if Giovanni later said, "Gold Dust didn't object," he would probably be caught by the Talent Incentive Department and given a good "motivation."

However, facing the opposition of his partners, Giovanni said calmly:

"What if I tell you that if she loses the game, I'll help you catch this wanted criminal?"

“???” Shajin suddenly raised his head and looked at the guy with disbelief who had just claimed that he would accept any player.

Are you also playing Dark Duel? You're so quick to turn your back on me!

Feeling Sha Jin's surprise, Giovanni simply spread his hands and said pompously:

"Don't look at me like that. My game only protects all 'players.' When Miss Silver Wolf is no longer a 'player,' as a partner of the Interstellar Peace Company, I will naturally help out a little for the sake of our friendship."

Faced with Giovanni's nonsense, which was so unbelievable that not even a single punctuation mark could be believed, Sha Jin was forced to display his professionalism and not show any rude expression.

Friendship? Principles? Would the Masked Fool care about such things? Having encountered them several times and even received an invitation, Sha Jin could guarantee that these lunatics had only one reason for doing anything: fun.

And this bastard was so active that Sha Jin thought he probably wanted to do a sting operation to make the star core hunter look ridiculous, that's all.

Maybe after that, he would improvise and stab the company in the back, making the company look ridiculous as well, giving them a double treat!

These damn lunatics!

As long as it could exchange for more benefits, Sha Jin never minded being betrayed by others. However, this kind of betrayal, which had nothing to do with any interests and was just for fun, was completely unacceptable to Sha Jin.

After all, if the other party is very happy to choose a lose-lose outcome, what is the point of gambling and gaming?

If the whole universe is full of crazy people like this, how can I have fun?

What made Shajin even more uncomfortable was that he had to admit that the choice made by the other party catered to all his needs, and he even intended to take on the hatred from the company.

Coincidence? How could there be so many coincidences in front of these guys who are good at weaving comedy scenes?

Did he guess something, or was he just one of the fun members?

The information at hand was insufficient to support Sha Jin's conclusion, but that didn't stop him from relying on his gambler's intuition and choosing to cooperate with the fun-loving person in front of him:

"That's great! Thank you, Mr. Giovanni, for your friendship. I will report this to the company and mobilize real experts to apprehend this serious criminal on this stage where everyone is watching!"

Since Giovanni has taken the initiative to take the blame for the trouble, Shajin will naturally do him a favor in terms of fun.

Legend has it that a true pageant requires the capture of several wanted criminals to prove its worth, and even if that Star Core Hunter lacks quantity, its quality is more than sufficient. Since the Masked Fool wanted to add this scene, Gold Dust naturally didn't mind reporting the intelligence, adding some extras who didn't need credit points to this classic plot, as well as a bunch of scapegoats who would take the blame alongside him, to satisfy the Fool's perverse taste.

After being repeatedly humiliated by the Star Core Hunters, countless people from Star Interconnect, Star Peace Entertainment, and the Marketing Department were eager to get back at the hordes. Just leak the information that Silver Wolf was alone, and a large number of people would naturally come.

With so many people taking the blame, how much responsibility does he have left for his own "failure to oversee"? Sha Jin thought happily.

As for whether this group of people would take action in advance and disrupt the arrangements, he was not worried at all.

The Black Tower Space Station is no tourist attraction, but a renowned cosmic research center, home to a vast array of brilliant minds. Even a simple researcher could be the brains of a particular planet, and the stationmaster is a true queen, someone who would even be polite to a diamond.

Going to a place like this to cause chaos and violent arrests, while offending both Ms. Black Tower and Ester? If you want to resign, you can just write a letter or email it. Why torture yourself like this?

So no matter how much those guys want revenge, Sha Jin believes that the strong survival instinct will still make even the most crazy person choose to give up honestly, allowing Silver Wolf to come to this final decisive stage as a qualified player in the competition area.

Since the main cast and extras are all going to be gathered here anyway, what's the point of panic? Regardless of success or failure, I'm sure the gold dust will satisfy the masked tycoon's need for entertainment. Of course, if he's also destroyed and becomes a Star Core Hunter or Star Train Pioneer, that would be even better!

Fight, fight, meow!

Sha Jin has extremely devout expectations for this group of guys who are constantly making trouble for him and causing him a lot of trouble.

Oops, I've been entangled by a fool! : Chapter 123: Running in Both Directions

Shajin's recruitment plan was a huge success. Although he knew the other party was a wanted criminal, due to the limited business overlap, Shajin still didn't expect that the other party's ability to attract hatred was so strong.

He simply reported the situation to the criminal case investigation team of the traditional project department according to the normal process. As a result, the next day, the one who responded to him was the "Silver Wolf Capture Task Force" composed of a large number of project teams from other departments such as the Criminal Case Investigation Team, the Special Security Operations Team, and the Cyber ​​Security Special Operations Team.

Jinsha was stunned to hear these guys excitedly saying that the task force would provide their own food and lodging, would not occupy any staffing, and was only stationed in the Interstellar Victory Ceremony Security Team to capture Silver Wolf and get back their vengeance. They also looked like they would have sent a fleet directly over if they were not afraid of alerting the enemy.

When did the company become so united? Did the Amber King personally come to "unify the thoughts"? How could I, a P45, not know about this?

Besides, isn't that guy the technical leader among the Star Core Hunters? He's not the leader of any organization, so how can he pull such a steady hatred?

This is actually a case of the darkest being under the golden lamp. As a super large enterprise like Interstellar Peace Company, although it is said that dirty laundry should not be made public, once something really goes wrong, the desire of those who know the secrets to leak to the outside world will probably be unstoppable. On the contrary, no one dares to spread the news internally without paying attention.

After all, there are too many channels for leaking information to the outside world, making it almost impossible to trace them, but internal propaganda is almost 100% likely to be backstabbed by colleagues, and then severely attacked by the victims who are red-eyed and looking for someone to take the blame.

If they can't handle the enemy, how can they handle you? In this kind of situation, expulsion is the minimum punishment. Say anything more... a traitor! It must be a traitor! Even if there's no evidence, it's definitely a traitor who hasn't even had time to act yet!

This resulted in big shots like Sha Jin, who had access to top-secret internal information, becoming the least informed group of people whenever something happened in other departments. Whether it was Interstellar Peace Entertainment being targeted by Silver Wolf every few days, or the Interstellar Internet becoming Silver Wolf's playground where an unlucky person was randomly hacked every now and then, completely unaware of anything, not to mention Silver Wolf's various mockeries of the security department during the process of stealing the star core.

The arrogant Silver Wolf never causes any trouble. She keeps a low profile and hides her achievements and fame. Almost everything involving her is accompanied by spray-painted corpse whips and parting Easter eggs, which make the Marketing Development Department and the Traditional Business Department very angry, but they are completely helpless. She has become a sore spot for the security teams of various departments. Every time they fight for interests, they are stabbed by their colleagues and are made inferior to them before they can even say anything.

This kind of behavior of hitting people in the face directly led to the fact that although Silver Wolf appeared in the Star Core Hunters far less frequently than Kafka, he was full of hatred. So when he encountered the opportunity to be alone and was no longer surrounded by his group of inseparable and difficult fighters, how could the victims of the Interstellar Peace Company not be excited?

The Masked Fool? Even if he backstabbed everyone, could he be more difficult to deal with than that demon from the Heavenly Clothes Five?

When we catch that arrogant little girl, we're going to spray paint all over her face!

Seeing that this group of people were even going to allocate full-band jamming ships for interstellar warfare, even Sha Jin, who wanted everyone to fight each other until they were bloody, could no longer sit still.

Let's have a cyber war, an information war, or even a small-scale armed conflict. This is not a problem at all.

But judging by the way these people acted, they were ready to launch a planet-wide siege, leaving the planet in complete disarray. How could I, who had come here to win favors, withstand this? Wouldn't the favors I had secured immediately turn into enemies?

Sha Jin is not trying to scare himself. It's okay for other departments, but the behavior of those crazy people in the marketing department is controversial even within the company. Sha Jin, whose home planet was "developed" by these guys and he was the only survivor, is a personal witness.

However, now, he didn't want his good game to be overturned by his own people using space weapons without saying a word, so he had to turn back again and report the situation to Topa.

"Uh, do you really have to work so hard for that Masked Fool?"

After hearing that the gold sand had brought in so many "reinforcements", Topa was so moved that he wanted to kill this smart guy on the spot.

Others may not know about the arrogance and domineering behavior of the company on the primitive planet, but as a beneficiary, or victim, don’t you know?

If those lunatics really start an orbital bombardment after a disagreement, how will you explain it to Jiang Yan? Use your Samsara Eye to say that he is also a "Ten Stone Hearts", so you want to kill his wife's family to see how magnanimous he is?

However, things have come to this point, and it would be meaningless to even keep the "reinforcements" out. Topa had no choice but to inform Jiang Yan of the situation, hoping that he could contact Silver Wolf as soon as possible to discuss whether to defeat the Black Tower and then start a dark duel with Xing on the spot, directly missing the finals, leaving his colleagues who were preparing to set up a dragnet completely dumbfounded.

Of course, Jiang Yan wasn't stupid enough to shake the Silver Wolf out of his arm right then and there. Instead, he returned to his room and used his energy to continuously strike his arm, causing the Silver Wolf, who was currently undergoing training with Prometheus, to call out impatiently:

"What's going on? I told you not to bother me! Do you really want me to win?"

However, soon after Jiang Yan relayed the news from Shajin, this impatience turned into great excitement:

"Want to catch me? Great! It's rare to have so many targets together. I can have some fun with Prometheus."

Although Jiang Yan couldn't see Silver Wolf's expression, he could only perceive that the other party's mental fluctuations could be described as "jumping for joy". It was as if the game he was playing suddenly had an expansion pack released, and he was excited to play with his daughter.

In fact, it was almost the same. Silver Wolf, whose strength had greatly increased after having Prometheus, had originally planned to make some big moves. On the one hand, he wanted to fully display his new power and say hello to the whole universe; on the other hand, he wanted to prove the power of Prometheus, the "god", to all the hackers in Punklord and attract them to "believe" in her by uploading valuable information to her and making cloud calls.

In this situation where she was looking for a good target everywhere, how could Silver Wolf not be happy when she suddenly heard that the Interstellar Peace Company was going to encircle and suppress her?

"Is there such a good thing? Don't worry, remember to have those two guys from Interstellar Peace Company tell that group of people that I will definitely be there on time. See you at the celebration site!"

"By the way, don't forget to urge them to prepare well and let me play for as long as possible. Thank you!"

Oops, I've Been Caught by a Fool!: Chapter 124 God's Editing

Silver Wolf's attitude of even training his enemies finally made Jiang Yan understand why this guy could attract so many people to encircle him.

Are you the one in charge of pulling monsters among your Star Core Hunters? Max out your taunt skills!

However, Jiang Yan had to admit that this guy was so confident that he refused to leave work early, which was a good thing for everyone.

After all, the grand show of the Interstellar Decisive Ceremony could be performed without him, but without Silver Wolf, who played such a large role, several scenes would be completely unplayable. So Jiang Yan could only heartlessly relay Silver Wolf's original words to Topa, which also made her look very upset.

Even though he had anticipated the arrogance of the Star Core Hunter, Topa had not expected that when facing the capture team spontaneously organized by other departments, the small hacker could still be so arrogant as to worry that the other party would not be able to satisfy her.

How come this guy hasn't been chopped in half yet? Where's Osvaldo? Give him some strength!

Even though the relationship with other departments was very ordinary, Topa, who was also a member of the company, felt very unhappy in the face of such indiscriminate ridicule.

I wonder if this brat will still have the nerve to say, "What I want to do is none of your business," when he meets a few real envoys of the company one day, Topa muttered maliciously.

Unfortunately, even within the Interstellar Peace Company, the Envoys weren't exactly easy to find; every one was a real powerhouse. Even Osvaldo, the most troublemaker among them, probably wouldn't be interested in personally apprehending a destructive hacker unless he got in their hands or got in their way.

Fortunately, since this arrogant hacker has said so much, Jiang Yan cannot blame himself and Sha Jin if he encounters any setbacks in the future. In this case, Topa naturally puts his mind at ease and devotes his energy to the bigger problem - how to shoot the damn promotional video "The Demon King Falls, the New King Ascends the Throne".