Grief, Betrayals, and a Core of Blaze
Baron immediately grasped the key point. James nodded and said, "Yes, I joined later. I heard Rachel has been with the Boss for over twenty years. She's a favorite of the Boss. But she's a sleeper agent, not allowed to be easily exposed. She's not allowed to interfere in other matters to avoid exposing her identity. However, if she needs help, all of us must follow her orders." Baron's long fingers tapped unconsciously on his knee, his mind racing. "A sleeper agent... meaning she was planted in the Stone family?" "I guess so. Rachel's mission is top secret. We have no right to ask, nor are we allowed to. We just heard there's a 'big shot' in the Stone family, requiring her to lie low there." James said what he knew. Because Baron knew about Moses, he naturally made a connection. "Besides Rachel, if you're captured or have an accident, who do you go to for help? Don't tell me your Boss handles it personally. Since your rank isn't even as high as Rachel's, it's unlikely the Boss would personally intervene to save you." Hearing this, James gave a self-deprecating laugh. "Yeah, I definitely don't have that privilege. But if I get into trouble, someone will come to save me. This person should be someone within the system." "Who is it?" Baron immediately tensed up. If the other party was within the system, then the person who quietly took Natalie from the police station might be this person. Baron's eyes stared intently at James. James said with a bitter smile, "I don't know. I've never met them. Mr. Baron, you know, people like that are more cautious than anyone. They would never show their face." "Then how do you contact them when you're in trouble?" "The Boss gave me a phone number. Said if I'm in trouble, just have someone call this number, and someone will naturally get me out. At first, I didn't believe it. But after getting out safely several times, I started to rely on it and stopped asking questions." James' words made Baron's eyes narrow slightly. It seems the other party was very cautious indeed. "Do you have the phone number?" "Yes." James quickly told Baron the phone number. After Shauna recorded it, she immediately had someone start tracing the owner of the number without waiting for Baron's order. Seeing this, James quickly said, "Mr. Baron, I don't know much, really. My role is just to accumulate wealth quickly and hand it over to the Boss. They said the Boss is doing some research that requires money. I don't have much education, but I'm good at making money, so I'm used as a tool for wealth accumulation. I know the business I'm in isn't exactly legal, but my hands are tied, aren't they? Eighty percent of my annual income goes into the Boss' pocket. I only take twenty percent. I'm really not lying." "Doing research? The Boss behind you is a scientist?" Baron sharply caught the key point in James' words. But James just shook his head blankly. Just then, Shauna entered holding a phone. "Mr. Baron, we've identified the owner of that phone number." Both Baron and James were stunned.James was astonished. He had tried to trace this number before. But no matter how much effort or money he spent, he couldn't find anything. It's not that he didn't try to find hackers; firstly, good hackers aren't easy to find, and secondly, he didn't know any top-tier hackers. So, although he was very curious about the owner, he hadn't found them after all these years. He never imagined Baron's people could find it in the span of a breath. Baron was slightly stunned because he knew the skill level of his subordinates. A phone number that could be traced this easily... could it really be useful? "Speak." Although this was what Baron thought, he still spoke. Shauna's brow was tightly furrowed. She said in a low voice, "The owner of this SIM card is Payne." "Who did you say?" Baron's eyes narrowed slightly. Shauna was also surprised, but she said firmly, "It's Payne's. I checked several times. This is the right number. And this number was registered over ten years ago, has regular monthly fee payments, and has always been in a normal state of use. But it's not the SIM card Payne normally uses. I pulled the call log for this card. There aren't many records, and they are basically all related to James." As soon as this was said, James trembled. "I only contact him when I'm in trouble. I really never dare to contact him casually. I don't even know if the person is male or female. I was just afraid of causing trouble. You have to believe me, I didn't lie!" When James heard the owner of the number was Payne, he was somewhat shaken. After all, for so many years, Payne had been the enforcer and leader of the Security Bureau, and on the surface, had always been targeting people like them. How could his own protector be Payne?
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