Chapter 136: A Strange Status Quo
There are several huge cargo ships of about 100,000 tons or more temporarily docked in the harbor, the most conspicuous is the huge ship described by Noma Ruma as an indication landmark, and the smuggling ship of the Konoe family is obviously not among them as a tool for the marginal industry, according to the chief Hojo, the freighter with 42 old nuclear warheads and production tools is just an ordinary 10,000-ton class, and it is extremely inconspicuous mixed with a large number of docking ships and ships to be maintained, and it is not easy for even those who know its location to locate it immediately at night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
But these are small problems that only take some time to solve, and the big question is how do I choose how to deal with them? Although it is inevitable to suppress the hidden danger of the outbreak of the crisis, should the way to deal with it be biased towards Ken Nakamura or Hiko Hojo?
As long as the hidden danger is eliminated, the agreement with Chief Hojo will not be violated, but I don't have to take all the goods to the open sea to indulge and hand them over to Ken Nakamura's team to control, it seems that it may have a great incentive effect on Minister Nakamura's political career, but it may also cause a bad backlash, making Ken Nakamura the unified target of the Hojo Hikokachi family, and even making Minister Nakamura's backstage jealous of him?
I don't think it's going to be that bad, and if I don't have to think about it that much, I think I've got a way to deal with it so concisely that I can outrageously do it.
While thinking like this, I was speeding through the uninhabited port area to observe the ships, presumably because the contradictions between the two major political factions intensified and the work of the port came to a standstill tonight, so the surroundings near the sea were unusually quiet, and every boat was like a ghost ship, I think my unscrupulous and efficient search should be very conspicuous, as long as the two factions are still secretly confronting and monitoring the harbor area, it is not difficult to find an unusually arrogant figure.
As a result, while discovering the most suspicious target ship from a distance, he was also blocked by a figure in a neat suit, and as soon as he opened his mouth, I confirmed his identity: "Five or six days of farewell, mysterious little girl, you really haven't given up revenge." β
"You're Ryutaro Noma," I said with certainty as I looked at the forty-year-old man in front of me, who was tall and inconspicuous in appearance, even if I didn't feel the slightest breath beyond the scope of a normal person, "I was the one who contacted you with a secret tool forty minutes ago." β
"So, you've met Mr. Hojo? And ......"
"I didn't threaten him, I didn't use spells to control him, he voluntarily revealed the news to me, and asked me to pull the smuggling freighter of the Konoe family to the open sea and sink."
Mr. Noma was noncommittal, and he didn't show the slightest sign of wanting to do it, not even like a mysterious master with great powers, "This kind of handling is also Mr. Hojo's style, it seems that Mr. Hojo does not trust his allies." β
"Aren't you his ally?"
"Of course, I'm an ally of Mr. Hojo, and I used to be his subordinate, so I'm sure you've already inquired, but now that my agency has changed to the Ministry of Defense, Mr. Hojo may not be able to trust his former subordinates anymore...... I hope you understand. β
"After being in the outside world for so many days, no matter how much fools squatting at home will become smarter, not to mention that I am already much smarter than per capita, Mr. Noma doesn't have to worry that I can't understand your words," I approached him and looked at him carefully, and felt more and more that this person did not match the mysterious master who rescued Wei Lingxiang that night--he was really a little different from everyone except for his very unusual and unfamiliar official bearing, and the rest of the way - so I couldn't help but doubt, "Although Miss Succubus introduced you to me, I still suspect that you are a fake sent by Mr. Noma to impersonate him and approach me. β
"It's a pity that I didn't send someone to impersonate me," he said, "and for various reasons, I really don't want to use spells, but I haven't banned them either, but these days...... Coincidentally, I couldn't use my supernatural powers. β
There were some thoughts attached to his words, which proved that this Mr. Noma was indeed not impersonated by others, and he vaguely explained why he was unable to use his supernatural powersβalso because of the self-test in his practice, I did not understand the mechanism of its action, but I knew that what he said was true, and as for the way in which the mind communicated, it had become instinctive, and did not belong to the category of supernatural powers, and there was no obstacle to using it.
"I thought someone more mysterious had sealed your mana." I'm referring to Reimu, who stays behind the scenes and barely seems to show up except for me, and I'm also tentatively asking if he's ever had a Reimu that has been looking for him since last night.
"I don't remember that there are such masters in Tokyo." His answer made me almost understand, Reimu really stayed behind the scenes, never showed up, and apparently she didn't plan to show up tonight, just trapped me in a labyrinth cage, and then let the struggle between the two factions continue to evolve - could it be that the purpose of her swaggering plan to guard Mr. Noma at Konoe's house last night was not simply to threaten him, but to quietly seal his spells? Merely......
"Maybe you didn't realize that you had fallen into a plot and mistakenly thought it was a turning point or a test in your practice," I said, "of course, maybe you were aware that there was something darker behind it, but you didn't intend to figure it out. β
"In my eyes, you who appeared in Tokyo without warning are the most mysterious," he deliberately changed the subject and lightly said, "I thought that the person who used Mr. Hojo's secret tool to contact me was his backhand, if not himself, but since it was you who appeared here, I think that Mr. Hojo was indeed calculated by the Metropolitan Police Department, and his backhand has lost its meaning." β
"When I met him, he was still under surveillance by the Special Search Department, and he had no chance of contacting the outside world." It also comes with a mental message about my experience tonight.
"Oh," Mr. Noma, who seemed to see through everything, was not too surprised by what happened to Chief Hojo, "it seems that there must have been an insider or an ally who betrayed him, otherwise he would not have been imprisoned unprepared by the Special Investigation Department, no wonder he chose to trust a stranger, and most of the people of the Public Safety Committee could not be trusted, and it may be more in line with his beliefs to entrust the information to the little girl who seems to have mysterious powers than to wait silently." β
"I see. It's a pity that all he can give is some vague information, and the rest is empty words, and I don't have to solve the crisis exactly as he hopes, but then again, since Mr. Noma appeared in front of me, the crisis should not have turned into a disaster, or I was ...... It's been delayed for too long, and the factional struggle has already been decided? β
"No, of course it's not over yet, or I should have left the harbor too."
"So what do you mean? I see that the ship not far ahead looks like a target, there is someone on board? β
"There's someone on board, and it's likely to do some crazy things, so I have to warn you not to come near that ship for now, at least until a solution is discussed."
Guarding here is Mr. Noma, a master who refuses to use and can't use magical spells, and he and his people are obviously helpless about the status quo, and it seems that the effect of Reimu delaying me has been shown to be small.
"Although I probably know the reason, I still want to ask, even if you don't want to, you can't use supernatural powers, you shouldn't be helpless against a few ordinary people, as far as I know, even the mental instinct without combat power is enough to solve many people."
"The situation is a little special, each of them is tied to some ordinary explosives, and the slightest mistake will detonate in a chain, and a little mental instinct that disturbs the mind is more likely to make the crisis break out early."
"Ah...... Wait, it's the smuggling gang of the Konoe family who occupies the cargo ship? Not Ken Nakamura's man? β
"Yes."
"Aren't the Konoe family friends with Mr. Hojo? What's going on? β
Mr. Noma's eyes became erratic, "The three brothers of Konoe Yong were also controlled by the Metropolitan Police Department at about the same time that Mr. Hojo was controlled, and the remaining members of the smuggling gang were desperate and chose to occupy their own cargo ship, intending to fight with the police, I am no longer from the National Police Agency, and I was a step late in reacting, which led to the embarrassing situation I am in now." β
Ken Nakamura...... Metropolitan Police Department people are nearby? β