The next momt there was a soft ding. It was a ssage from my local bank.
[Dear Mr. Smith. $3,000,000 has be credited to your account ding in 457...]
Luckily, the money laundering service included the hassle of dealing with a bank. The US, in particular, had strict rules about large wire transfers.
Since most criminal organizations use mules, an average Joe suddly amassing millions would be flagged as suspicious. The sa could be said if large organizations suddly emptied their reserves by giving their money to people.
In the capitalist world, the truth lay not in words, but in where money was being spt. From the governmt's point of view, if one of your people suddly beca filthy rich, there were only two ways to react.
One would be fear, man feared what he didn't understand. Money, the lifeblood of the prest world, would not suddly move without a good reason.
The other would be greed, if such a common man could amass a lot of money in a short period of ti. The governmt would want its share, so an appropriate tax would be created on the spot.
That was why ev the bastards who won the lottery were robbed by the authorities. No one could dy that it felt that way, because the winner had no choice but to pay, otherwise you could not claim your prize.
The reapers who understood this probably already have people in key positions. Otherwise the laundering wouldn't be so fast. But how high does one have to be to know such information?
During the Enlistmt, Tesla, Google, and Facebook all created Reaper teams. They were ev heavily ard. Results aside, how many people actually know about the existce of the Reapers?
"That seems like a can of worms I don't want to deal with right now."
I would probably need to know at so point in the future, but it was unnecessary now. My mind was currtly filled with two things: finishing my laundry list of chores and eting the Sirs.
Ev though I wasn't dirty, I felt extrely tired for so reason. I took a momt to joy a quick shower in the hotel room. Th I had a big breakfast in the dining hall. As I was about to leave, I noticed one of the employees grinning exaggeratedly.
'Ah, that must be the bastard who got bullied by Noelle. I promised him a tip, didn't I? What was his na again?'
{Gather} only worked for sothing I saw or touched. It didn't work for sothing I heard in passing. To avoid the awkward situation of not knowing his na, I zood in on his na tag. It really was a good thing that people in the service industry had such badges.
"Good morning, Mr. Limitless! I hope you had a wonderful night!"
Now that I think about it. From their point of view, I never wt back to the hotel. I was with Aki wh I was summoned last night. It was also a good thing those guys didn't notice that I wasn't on any surveillance caras.
'Ev a five-star hotel would be concerned about security, so why didn't anyone bother to question ?'
This was sothing that seed mundane, but was actually a big deal. Everyone from the security guards to the hotel staff should have noticed by now that I do not appear on the caras.
If up until now they hadn't be on the lookout for a reason. That would have be them being stupid, or maybe...
"They already know," I said aloud.
"I beg your pardon? Could you repeat that, Mr. Limitless?"
I invoked the death resonance and confronted Nathan with my concern.
"Tell the truth, why doesn't anyone ask why I don't show up on the security caras?"
Unlike the trembling response I usually get, Nathan seed to be in a daze. He kind of reminded of those people who get neuralyzed in the M in Black movies. The hotel clerk th responded to as if he were high on drugs.
"All the employees in this hotel are trained how to react to a "ghost". Once we idtify a ghost, we follow protocol and training. This includes never questioning what a ghost is doing, saying or going. "
A ghost must be their code word for reapers. Not only was it subtle, but it allowed for diability if a human overheard them by mistake.
"You are trained? Th tell , how do you idtify a ghost?"
"We are told that ghosts are extrely beautiful people who do not appear in photos or surveillance caras. They use fake nas or nas of people who have already died. They also appear and disappear at a momt's notice. However, they are extrely gerous tippers, so we are always on the lookout for them."
"..."
Well, I can't argue with that. If ev the people at my hotel are trained to find and serve Reapers, th do all high class hotels know? What about other industries? Are only the one perct aware?
"No, wait, let think for a momt."
Reapers gerally make a lot of money. Aside from the souls needed for the tax, a Reaper would gerally spd his money the only way he knows how. Most would splurge on earthly luxuries or start businesses.
It follows that the business Reapers would know how to recognize their own kind. If souls could be bought in the GRI, th ev weak-assed reapers would be able to evolve by using the power of money.
"Hmm. If you think about it that way, of course the % would know about the reapers. More likely, the reapers would be the %. Nathan, wh did you know I was a ghost?"
"The momt you walked in the front door. The owner has caras in every room and hallway. Wh we see a person, security tells us if they can see the person. If not, th we have interacted with ghosts."
'Well, shit. Turns out I wasn't as inconspicuous as I thought. It makes a lot of sse, though. Why bother reapers who were just looking for a place to crash.'
I'm glad Nathan volunteered this information on his own. I still didn't know why he did it.
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