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"Being too greedy isn't a good thing," Arthur said, a little pained by the money.
He had written ten million on the check. Even for him, it wasn't a small amount.
He had given Bradley ten million dollars as payment because he was angry and because Daniel's group had caused him a huge loss.
That money was for a job that was to be done later. This, however, was for a job that had to be paid for now!
"The more I take, the more leverage I have over you," Morin said, putting everything out in the open.
"Do you want to pay a little more to resolve this once and for all, or do you want to fight a lawsuit with the IRS until you're bankrupt?"
"...How much do you want to add?"
Arthur was finally swayed. He knew that what Morin said was completely true.
"Double it, twenty million," Morin said, tapping the check. "Including this one, that's thirty million in total."
"You have a big appetite..." Arthur gasped.
In reality, if Morin had only asked for one or two million, Arthur would have been suspicious, so he had given him a ten-million-dollar check right away.
But he never expected Morin's appetite to be so big.
Thirty million, three times the original amount!
"It can't be more than the loss you're about to face if you don't agree to this deal with me...
Oh, and don't think about using a recording to threaten me now. You should consider why I'm capable of investigating you by myself instead of as a task force."
Morin crossed his hands, rested his chin on them, and looked at Arthur. "Believe me, my abilities, both my personal ones and my position within the IRS, are much greater than you can imagine!"
Arthur suddenly understood.
He had been wondering why the IRS had only sent one person to investigate a large company like his, and with a document signed by the director, no less.
It was only now that he was sure: there must be someone behind Morin, someone with an extremely high and powerful position, a position that could manipulate things and operate freely within the IRS!
Otherwise, a single person investigating such a large company? That was a joke!
Arthur, of course, couldn't guess how Morin had done all of this.
Morin didn't reveal everything, and he didn't need to. He had achieved his goal.
This was an art of conversation. He only had to say half of the truth and leave the rest for the other person's imagination to fill in.
What they would fill in depended on a series of complex factors like the environment, tone, and a person's demeanor.
Therefore, this kind of rhetoric was very difficult to pull off. If it was used improperly, it could easily have a negative effect.
"...I agree," Arthur thought for a while and finally chose to compromise based on his own assumptions.
"But I have one condition. Not only must you keep this a secret and never reveal it, but you also have to help me fix my books!"
"That's interesting," Morin said, a little surprised. He then smiled. "You're asking an IRS agent who was sent to audit your books to help you fix them?"
How was that different from asking a police officer for help while you're robbing a bank?
Of course, for Morin... he would indeed help Arthur now, because he needed to make this deal a success.
As for how he would deal with Arthur later, Morin already had a plan.
Morin wasn't the kind of person who would help others do bad things for profit. When he violates a principle for one thing, it means he will definitely make up for it in a big way in another.
He had to make money, and he had to have a conscience~
"What's wrong with that? As long as we make a deal, we're in a business relationship, we're partners," Arthur said logically.
"You're right," Morin nodded and didn't refuse. "Then... it's a deal."
This time, Morin's goal was to make the deal and get this huge amount of gray income.
So, to ensure the deal was real and valid, Morin wouldn't report the true situation to the IRS. Instead, he would change the information and then report it.
Theoretically, this went against Morin's principles, but that was only if he didn't take the next step.
Morin quickly began to plan the next step to uphold his principles.
After making some changes to the financial statements, Morin left with the twenty million dollars and sent a message to Dylan and Bradley.
"It's time for us to go and talk to the Four Horsemen."
Morin had indeed made a deal with Arthur regarding his job as an IRS agent and intended to abide by the agreement and not expose the tax evasion issues in the Arthur Group's finances, but
He never said he wouldn't cause trouble in other areas!
The Four Horsemen, led by Daniel, were such good tools. It would be a waste not to use them!
From the perspective of his [IRS Agent] profession, Arthur had already been completely exploited.
But from the perspective of his [Magician] profession... if there's no more wool, he could eat the lamb!
After reporting to his superior that the Arthur Group's finances were fine and submitting the corresponding evidence, Morin successfully gained three thousand experience points.
The experience points for [IRS Agent] rose to 3,200.
He still had a long way to go before the next level, so Morin wasn't in a hurry.
...
A few days later.
What happened next was more or less the same as in the original story. As planned, Dylan "accidentally" discovered a tracking and listening device on his phone. He then used a signal finder to locate the address of the room where Daniel's group had originally gathered and attempted an arrest.
The arrest, as expected, was unsuccessful. Jack faked his death in the pursuit and escaped by using a car explosion to get out of sight.
He also successfully handed a document to Dylan, although on the surface, it looked like Dylan had snatched it.
That document was top-secret information about a company called Elken Safe Company.
This safe company was already on the FBI's investigation list because internal FBI intelligence showed that they had hidden five hundred million dollars in a factory in Queens, New York!
The document had been leaked from Dylan's phone, so Dylan, having "failed to do his job," was removed from the task force. A new FBI agent, who had been transferred in, took over and led the investigation.
This was all part of Dylan's plan. Elken Safe Company was also one of his targets for revenge.
Elken Safe Company was the same company that had made the safe his father, Lionel, had used for his last magic trick.
The safes they made were defective!
Even if Lionel's magic trick had failed, he had another way to escape, a "Plan B" that all magicians leave for themselves.
But after the safe was deformed by the water pressure at the bottom of the river and the poor quality of the materials, his escape route was completely cut off.
Lionel didn't make it out alive, and the safe company also had to bear a large part of the responsibility. So, Dylan's plan included stealing their money.
The reason the FBI was investigating this safe company was because of this very thing: they were producing defective products and selling them for a high price, all while hiding cash and not paying taxes!
(IRS: You're stealing our business?)
Naturally, the FBI thought Daniel's group's goal was the five hundred million dollars and sent people to protect it.
However, the safe had already been made to "disappear" by Daniel's group using a huge mirror to create a visual illusion (by placing the mirror at a forty-five-degree angle to create a spatial illusion.
The most classic magic trick that uses this principle is the [disappearing rabbit in a box]). They also made a fake safe.
Afterward, Merritt hypnotized a police officer and had the officer instruct the staff to transport the fake safe away.
The new FBI agent, who thought he was one step ahead (and was actually being used as a scapegoat by Dylan), decided to play along. After intercepting the truck carrying the safe, he had his men not say a word, and a few of them got into the truck, planning to wait for Daniel's group to come and open the safe so they could arrest them.
No one but the actor Dylan, Morin, and Daniel's group knew that the contents of the safe were all fake and not the five hundred million dollars in cash.
It was just bait to attract them.
On the other side, Jack, who had faked his death, went to the factory, ignored the police officer who was still in a hypnotic state, broke the mirror, took the five hundred million in cash, and then used it to frame Arthur.
Originally, in the original plan, they were going to frame Bradley, but now...
Due to the events of the past few days, their plan had changed
"Morin?" Daniel opened the door and was stunned. "How did you find this place?"
"I brought a few friends," Morin said, stepping aside to reveal the people behind him. "Can we come in and talk?"
"What's going on?" Daniel asked, surprised. "You..."
"I'm not here to expose you, otherwise you'd be surrounded by a group of police officers right now," Morin said, pointing to Dylan behind him.
"Remember those four cards with the Eye of Providence logo you got? He gave them to you."
"What the f*ck?" Daniel swore in shock.
"And this person here, Bradley, is an official member of the Eye of Providence," Morin said, pointing to Bradley. "To be precise, we're all on the same side."
"Then... why was he one of our targets?" Daniel asked.
"That's also the reason we're here."
Soon, Morin and the others entered the room and explained the cause and development of the situation to Daniel's group.
At first, Daniel's group didn't believe them, thinking that Morin, Dylan, and Bradley were just trying to gain their trust so they could arrest them.
However, after Dylan explained the details of their plan, they finally believed him.
If he had such a detailed understanding of their actions and really wanted to arrest them, he could have done it long ago. There was no need to deceive them.
"So, the target was wrong?" Daniel couldn't help but say after Dylan finished. "You were impersonating a member of the Eye of Providence, and our mission was fake?"
"It was fake, but now it's real."
Catrina said, "My father has applied to the Eye of Providence, and now, all of you are probationary members. You can take on an evaluation mission, and the one we've chosen is to make Arthur pay for what he's done."
"So, we don't have to change our original plan?" Jack asked.
"Of course, you still need to make some changes. For example... my father is no longer one of your targets," Catrina explained.
"Correspondingly, we need to get the money you steal and give it to Arthur to frame him. And you need to pretend to be..." Morin then explained the improved plan.
The improved plan was very simple. It was just a matter of swapping the targets, removing Bradley from the plan, and then putting a huge, black pot on Arthur's head.
After putting the five hundred million dollars in Arthur's name and recording a video, Daniel's group quickly began their final performance.
Leaving the details of the performance aside, when Arthur found the five hundred million in cash piled up in his mansion, he was completely baffled.
I remember one hundred and forty million of mine being stolen, but what's going on now?
I got five hundred million back, and it's all in cash?
At this moment, Arthur only had one thing he wanted to say
"This pot is truly big and round!"
Arthur's confusion lasted until Dylan came to arrest him.
"Sir, you need to cooperate with our investigation into a malicious theft case," Dylan said, pulling out a pair of handcuffs. "There's evidence that Daniel's group and you have some kind of relationship."
"Are you an idiot?" Arthur asked, incredulous. "Don't you know they're my enemies? They just gave my one hundred and forty million to all those poor people!"
"It seems you need to add another charge of insulting an FBI agent," Dylan said, unfazed, and cuffed Arthur. "As for you saying they're your enemies, heh, you think you can fool us?"
"What do you mean?" Arthur suddenly felt that something was wrong. "Why are you slandering me?"
"Save those words for the interrogation room."
Dylan sneered, "The amount involved in this case is so huge that even your team of lawyers can't bail you out immediately. It seems you'll be spending some time in the interrogation room!"
"That video is a little strange," Alma, who was still in the dark, said to Dylan. "I've watched the video, and it's all just one-sided statements from Daniel's group. I think this is a very obvious case of framing..."
"I know," Dylan interrupted Alma. "I know that video is fake."
"Then why are you..." Alma frowned, then her expression softened slightly, as if she had figured something out.
"You've figured it out, too, haven't you?" Dylan said. "Even though I know it's not real, what the Four Horsemen have done has had too much of an impact on society. And now they're completely gone. If we don't find a target quickly, not only will I be disciplined, but the entire FBI might face enormous pressure."
"Besides, Arthur isn't a good person. Based on what he's done, he should have been sent to prison a long time ago, but he's been relying on his lawyers..." Dylan chuckled. "This time, he's hit a wall."
"How long will he be in there?" Alma asked.
"That depends on how much bail he can put up," Dylan said. "Just for this one case, the amount involved is already five hundred million. Plus all the old and new debts... it looks like he'll be spending a good amount of time in prison!"
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