Zero blinked, looking at the paper once more.
It was a bank transfer document, wherein the Bank of Yamato transferred 50,000,000 yen to Shinzo Sakawa bank's account.
"What the hell is going on here," he muttered under his breath. "Why the hell would the Government of the Yamato Empire pay a right-wing nationalist fifty million yen? "
There was never a reason as to why the Bank of Yamato made that transaction, so Zero could only guess.
Is it possible that the government of the Yamato Empire is involved in the conspiracy? Like funding Shinzo Sakawa to do their dirty work. So if he gets caught, Shinzo is the person to blame?
Zero contemplated briefly, coming up with an explanation to make sense of this situation. So the Yamato Empire paid Shinzo Sakawa fifty million yen to harm the Grand Duchesses of the Ruthenia Empire and Shinzo used the money he received to bribe one of the Generals in the army to lend his troops that will participate in the operation.
No matter what angle Zero thought about all of this, one fact remains; Shinzo Sakawa, the enemy and the government of the Yamato Empire are working together with one goal. That is to harm the Grand Duchesses of the Ruthenia Empire or worse, kill them.
Zero could feel the anger bubbling inside of him and his fingers pinched the papers tightly, crumpling the paper a little. The Grand Duchesses just arrived and they are now making a move?
He must report this to the agency as soon as possible so that they could warn the security detail of the Grand Duchesses and leave the country immediately. Otherwise, they would fall into a trap the Yamato has already set for them and spark another major conflict that had been prevented four years ago.
Well, logically speaking, even if the Grand Duchesses weren't harmed and were notified beforehand, there's no saying what action Ruthenia would take. The Emperor, who is the head of state, finds out that the Yamato Empire government paid a man to hurt his sisters. No diplomacy can solve the issue, it's straight-up war.
Zero is also aware of the geopolitics existing between two nations and it can be summarized in a few words. "They hate each other and are itching to beat one another."
However, there is still no definitive proof that the intended target was the Ruthenian Grand Duchesses. This bank statement could mean a lot of things but it can serve as evidence.
There are still ten minutes left, so he can take pictures of the paper, set up the listening device, leave and wait for Shinzo to blurt out the name of the Grand Duchesses or other incriminating evidence.
He took a picture of it, replaced the paper back into the briefcase as if he never touched it.
Looking around the room, he soon finds a blind spot to plant the listening device before hurrying to leave the house from where he entered.
Then just across the street, he set up the signal emitter and the receiver to activate the Passive Cavity Resonator, commonly referred to as the "The Thing," it was the greatest go-to for spies of the Ruthenia Empire to conduct audio surveillance.
It was invented in the Imperial Dynamic Systems, a large arms manufacturer that supplies the Ruthenian Army, and is also one of the largest corporations that produce literally everything from machinery, appliances, automobiles, electronics, food, and many more. It was owned by the Emperor himself, Alexander IV.
I digress. Let's go back to how "The Thing" works.
First and foremost, "The Thing" doesn't have electrical parts, which makes it a marvel in the modern world. To work, a signal emitter would beam an ultra-high-frequency radio signal to an antenna inside the Passive Cavity Resonator. It picks up conversations and then beams them back to a receiver.
A passive Cavity Resonator is basically a device that will only be activated upon radio waves or microwaves. And since it's not transmitting anything, it wouldn't pick it up under normal circumstances.
Alexander knew that by making a Foreign Intelligence Service, it had to have the toys they needed to perform their work. Signal Intelligence and Reconnaissance Satellites for example planned to launch in November and December for intercepting radio signals and conducting aerial surveillance better than aircraft.
But those things are expensive and take time to build whereas the Passive Cavity Resonator can only take minutes to make.
Originally, it was invented by a famous Soviet musician and scientist named Leon Theremin for the KGB and was used to spy on the American Ambassador to Russia, Averell Harriman.
Now that everything is set, Zero waited patiently outside for Shinzo to make a mistake.
Three hours have passed and it's still nothing. It's almost six o'clock and the sun is starting to glow orange.
Zero was watching him over the binoculars, for audio, he already started beaming ultra-high-frequency for him to hear everything inside. Shinzo was walking around the house, dusting up and cleaning things. Then a ringing sound can be heard.
Zero shifted his attention to the telephone. Shinzo picked it up and answered the phone.
"Is everything set?" Shinzo said to the person calling him. He chuckled softly. "Very well. The Grand Duchesses that the Emperor of Ruthenia was fond of dearly shall die for our plan to proceed..."
Upon hearing that, Zero's eyes widened. He had just confirmed who the target was. It was really the sister of the Emperor of the Ruthenia Empire.
He recorded the audio through his recorder which will serve as irrefutable evidence. He must get out here and report this to the Embassy.
With that, he took all the equipment inside his car and drove off to the Embassy. Since there was an intention of harm directed at the Grand Duchesses, it's uncertain whether peace between the two countries will remain intact or not.
Unbeknownst to Zero, a pair of figures emerged from behind a bush wearing camouflaged clothing where he parked his car after he drove off. These figures are the secret service of the Yamato since ancient times. Coming from secret sects hidden in the many deep forests and valleys of Yamato. Trained from birth to be ultimate assassination and spying agents. They are the Ninjas of Yamato.
The very same that assassinated one of the secret envoys from Choson.
And now their mark has done something that requires more lethal action. With a special ultrasonic whistle, they blew a tune to alert nearby ninjas to pursue and eliminate their mark. And with that, they slide back into the bushes and disappear.
