Chapter 24 Trading

After nightfall in Shinjuku Ward, on the street of Kabukicho, outside a Vietnamese shiatsu shop, several insiders who are in charge of soliciting customers are holding drinks outside the store, and when they see a customer approaching, they will come up to talk to them, and once they show a certain interest, these people will bring the customers into the store to talk. What happened after that was that only the guests and the massage girls knew the secret.

The so-called insider, outside of Kabukicho, refers to the person in charge of receiving tourists, while in Kabukicho, it has a more tacit and subtle meaning. These people often appear at Kabukicho night joints, most of them wearing crisp suits, and they will talk to passing guests in several Chinese dialects, and once the guests accept the insider's arrangement, the entertainment venue that accepts the guest pays the insider a handsome commission.

But...... It's not easy to be an insider in Kabukicho, because the first thing you have to do if you want to do business here safely is to find a backstage for yourself. And in Kabukicho, the most powerful backstage here is undoubtedly the Sumiyoshikai. Here, Sumiyoshi will play the role of a policeman at night. For example, they can resolve troublemakers, mediate disputes between merchants, maintain law and order in the streets, and even act as temporary tour guides for first-time visitors to Kabukicho...... But...... The premise of all this is that you must be able to speak Japanese. If you can't communicate in Japanese, most of the shops will politely ask you out, and if you don't listen to the other person's advice, someone from Sumiyoshikai will come forward to resolve the dispute.

But...... As a sacred place for men all over the world, there are always people who don't speak Japanese who come to Kabukicho to experience the fun. For these people, although Japanese-run establishments are not open to them, there are also entertainment venues run by Vietnamese and Koreans for these guests to choose from. So...... Behind the Vietnamese and Koreans, there are groups similar to the Sumiyoshi Kai to maintain the interests of everyone. Although everyone does not violate the river water on weekdays, once there is a dispute over interests, there will inevitably be some open or dark battles.

But...... Not everyone comes here to have fun.

When a middle-aged man dressed as an office worker passed under the torii gate in Ichiban Street in Kabukicho, he lowered the brim of his hat with some vigilance, and then slowly walked over to the front entrance where the camera could not photograph him.

"Guest, would you like to see a show? There will be a passionate dance of female college students tonight, if you don't like it, we can introduce you to another store......

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When this middle-aged man walked down the street, there were always insiders around him from time to time to talk to him, but ...... He just smiled and waved his hand at the other party, and then politely rejected the other party's kindness. It wasn't until the middle-aged man strolled to the door of the Vietnamese shiatsu shop that he took the initiative to step forward and accosted the insider standing outside the door.

Next, the middle-aged people, like other tourists, followed the insider into the alley, but when the two walked into the alley, the middle-aged man was not taken to the Shiatsu shop by the insider. I saw the two of them walk in from the back kitchen of a restaurant, and then went straight through the kitchen to another exit, and then the Vietnamese man who was responsible for leading the way looked around, and then took the middle-aged man into an iron gate on the opposite side of the alley.

The middle-aged man followed the other into the iron gate, and they first walked through a long alley, and soon came to a dimly lit pachinko shop, as they passed the rows of game consoles in the store. When they came to a door on the opposite side of the hall, a man in a suit who was guarding the door blocked the other party's way, and it was not until the other party raised his head and whispered a few words to the man that the middle-aged man walked through the door. Then the two of them went straight up the stairs to the basement of the whole building, and it was only then that the person in the case was stopped in his way, and then the middle-aged man was taken in by another person.

The middle-aged man was left in front of a pile of goods, but the man who brought him in casually lifted the tarpaulin covering the goods, and then he picked up the crowbar standing on the wall and inserted it into the gap in the wooden box, and then with a little force, he pried open the top wooden box, and only then did the middle-aged man nod with satisfaction, and then reached into the wooden box and took out a pitch-black and cold Black Star pistol.

The man skillfully opened the chamber of the gun, and after seeing the oil applied on it, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and then he suddenly asked seriously:

Can you make sure that these pistols are all products from the assembly line of the arsenal and not from some small workshop?

"Of course, my credibility you should know ......"

"Okay...... This gun is good, but ...... What else do I want?"

"This ...... Something is going on for the time being, and things are still off the coast of Kanagawa Prefecture, and our people are trying to figure out how to do it!"

"Oh?"

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After hearing the other party's answer, the middle-aged man couldn't help but be silent for a moment, but ...... At this moment, there was an urgent knock on the door.

"Mr. Lai, there is movement outside, the police car of the Shinjuku Department has just driven into Kabukicho, and a large number of police officers have also come in, I don't know what happened!"

Hearing the reminder of the wind-free outside, the Vietnamese man named Mr. Le and the middle-aged man all stopped what they were doing, only to see Mr. Lai Minh quickly put the lid of the wooden boxes back on, and then covered the wooden boxes with the oilcloth just now. The middle-aged man casually put the pistol he had just picked up in his briefcase, and then he took out a roll of dollars from his coat pocket and handed it to Mr. Li, and then said to the other party:

"These are deposits, and the rest will be given to you when I receive the goods!"

"I understand, it's really not a coincidence today, I'll send you out later, Mr. Kuroda!"

"No need, so why don't we set the time for our next trade on Halloween?"

"Huh?"

"The Shibuya Parade that day was supposed to be a good opportunity for us to deliver the goods, and when the time comes, the police from Shinjuku will gather in Shibuya to maintain order, and I will come to inspect the goods myself, so ...... Please make sure to bring the ship from the sea to the city before Halloween......"

"Understood, Mr. Kuroda!"