Chapter 33: First Arrival in Japan
Tokyo, Japan, Narita International Airport, at the exit of international flights, a big fat man in the crowd looks different, not because he is handsome, but because he is too sloppy. A pair of old-fashioned sunglasses rested on his red rosacea, a Mediterranean hairstyle on his head that looked oily and looked like he hadn't washed it for a long time, his face that hadn't been shaved for several days was covered with jagged stubble, and under the disgusting gaze of the well-dressed Japanese around him, he took out a small metal sake jug from his trench coat and put it to his mouth to take a sip from time to time.
Another flight landed, and soon a group of hurried passengers poured out of the exit, and from time to time this group of passengers secretly looked back, as if they were hiding from something.
The people who picked up the airport looked at this strange sight and talked about it. The man in sunglasses grinned, wiped the spout of the wine jug with his hand, carefully screwed the lid and put it in his close pocket, the person he was going to pick up came.
After the crowd came out for about a few minutes, eight figures walked out unhurriedly from a distance, and the two-meter-tall giant man walking at the back answered everyone's doubts.
"Oh my God, that guy is so tall, is he playing basketball?"
"Be quiet, look at his fierce appearance, it's definitely not easy to mess with."
The man in sunglasses walked over briskly and held out his hand to Lee, "Haber, Haber." Cook. Agent of the FBI Special Affairs Investigation Office in Tokyo. Nice to meet you, Mr. Lee. β
"Me too, Agent Haber, David keeps talking to me about you. Glad to have your help. Lee smiled and shook his hand.
"Come, please go this way." When Haber heard Li's words, the corners of his mouth turned upwards uncontrollably, "David, he's too polite, by the way, how is he doing." β
"I think it's not bad, at least the last time I saw him, he was alive."
"Hahaha, that's right, it's the best situation for those who can jump around in our business."
When they came to the parking lot of the airport's waiting area, several Japanese men in black suits and black sunglasses standing next to the four official cars saw Haber, quickly opened the car door, and bowed to them.
Looking at Li Cai's puzzled eyes, Haber smiled, "Get in the car first, and talk when you get to the place." β
After driving for about an hour, they came to the door of a traditional Japanese-style mansion, and after Li and they got out of the car, four black suits at the door bowed to them neatly.
Li looked up at the courtyard, "I really didn't expect that the FBI is still very powerful in Japan." β
"Come on, don't be sarcastic, this is not our property, it belongs to a friend of ours, come, let me introduce you, Mr. Kenjiro Kikuta." Haber introduced the oncoming man to Lee.
"Hello, Mr. Li, you are very welcome to Japan." The man who walked briskly was about 1.7 meters, and it could be seen from his steps and actions that he knew how to do kung fu, and his black hair was neatly combed back to his head, and the most impressive thing was his bright eyes. Holding his hand, Li found that his right hand was missing a little finger. "Knowing that you have been traveling all the way, I have prepared some coarse tea and light rice for you, you can rest for a while, and we can eat together." With that, several women in kimono walked up to each of them in small steps and showed them their rooms.
Li and the others happily followed the maid to the back, and John scratched his head while looking at the woman beside him, "Why do I think this scene is a little familiar." β
Jessica gave him a blank look and whispered, "Remember Alfred?" It dawned on John.
After freshening up and cleaning up, they returned to the living room, where their desks had already been set up, and everyone sat down. Kikuta raised his glass and said, "First of all, welcome to Japan. As the owner of the Sakura Society, I wish you all the best on this trip. After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine, and signaled the empty wine glass to everyone.
Li raised his eyebrows, glanced at Haber, didn't say anything, and drank the wine. The others drank their wines as well, though Locke and John expressed a slight disdain for the size of the glasses.
"Come, everyone, please taste the kaiseki cuisine that I specially asked the master chef to recuperate." Seeing that everyone had finished drinking, Kikuta picked up chopsticks and signaled to everyone.
Seeing that Li didn't say anything, the others also began to taste the delicate food in front of them.
Everyone was almost finished, Li put down the chopsticks, smiled at Kikuta and Haber and said, "Okay, the meal is also eaten, isn't it time to get down to business." β
Kikuta ordered tea to be served, and then told everyone to stand down, after which he looked at Haber. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Haber opened his mouth and said to Li: "Japan has always been one of the key monitoring areas of the CIA and FBI, after all, World War II did not pass for a long time. Since the end of the war, many believers in the spirit of bushido, who were not satisfied with the status quo, joined the Japanese yakuza and the Japanese government recognized the legalization of the yakuza as well. We have been closely monitoring this, and Mr. Kikuta is our informant in the Japanese yakuza gang. After receiving the order from the headquarters, I immediately asked Mr. Kikuta, and he seemed to know something about you, so as soon as I received you, I brought you directly. β
Seeing Li turn his gaze to him, Kikuta bowed deeply before he began to speak: "Here's the thing, our family has always been helped by the U.S. government, rooted in the Yamamoto Society, the largest society in Japan, and is responsible for collecting information and monitoring them. β
"Most of the time they are just engaged in some illegal activities to keep the society running, these are not the focus of our attention, before my brother has been lurking in their upper echelons, and slowly, my brother found out that their upper echelons are using ninjas."
"Ninja?" Lee and Dana glanced at each other, "Although ninjas have disappeared since the shogunate period, it's not surprising that there are some ancient schools left over and used by yakuza gangs. β
"No, it's not." Kikuta said, "The ninjas that my brother discovered are not ninjas in the traditional sense. β
"Oh? Let's hear it. β
"The first time I found out, it was when my brother went to report to work, and there were obviously two voices talking in the house, but after my brother entered, there was only one leader in the house."
"Could it be a secret passage?" Hobbes asked.
At first, my brother thought so, but then something made my brother suspicious. As the largest club in Japan, Yamamoto Society is a natural tree, and many clubs will not accept it or challenge their position. But it's strange that the most threatening or overly brazen community leaders have all died. β
The elder brother noticed the cause of their death and noticed something even stranger. There was a man who died in his bathroom, his throat had his entire throat slit, but the outside was full of his men, and the bathroom was inside the bedroom, closed on all sides. The other died on an open golf course, and the cause of death was a poisonous needle in his foot, but no murder weapon was found after digging three feet into the ground at the scene. Later, there were several strange deaths like these cases. β
The elder brother felt that there was something wrong with this, so he planned to venture into the leader's office and search for clues. Before I went, my brother told me that if he didn't come back, he would contact Mr. Haber immediately. Mr. Haber advised me not to be in a hurry, but to quit first and look for opportunities slowly, so I broke my finger and left the club and returned to my hometown. But I swore before my brother's spirit that I would avenge him. So, I really hope you can help me. After speaking, Kikuta threw himself on the ground and gave Li Shi.
A good move to kill people with a knife, not only to avenge the killing of his brother, but also to kill Japan's No. 1 club and break away from the club? Are all your black suits farmers? Li drank his tea and didn't say anything, just left Kikuta there. There was an eerie silence in the room, and looking at the scene, Haber also drank his tea, and did not dare to say anything.
Five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, Haber's teapot was empty, but looking at Locke's teapot-sized fist, he still couldn't muster up the courage to say anything round.
"Okay, get up, next time you can say anything directly, I hate people being so secretive." Lee finally spoke.
Kikuta endured the pain and hurriedly agreed: "Hay, I'm very sorry for Your Excellency, there will never be a next time." β
Haber, who was sitting on the side, didn't know that just now it was not that he didn't want to get up at all, but that Li didn't know what means to use to press him to the ground, and he couldn't even speak, and the coercion from the top of his head made him like a lonely boat in the waves of the angry sea, he couldn't go up or down, and life and death were in the hands of heaven and earth.
The moment Li spoke, he regained his consciousness and felt the things around him, and the experience of hanging by a thread at the ghost gate made his shirt completely soaked with sweat, and he never dared to hide or disrespect Li from then on.
And Haber, who helped him deceive Li by his side, he didn't have the heart to care, life and death were in peace.
After straightening up, he immediately asked someone to bring all the materials and put them in front of everyone.
"Mr. Li, judging from the information we have, the Yamamoto Society is actually just a faΓ§ade on the surface, providing funds and materials for the hidden force behind it, and the force behind it should have a great connection with the person you are looking for." Kikuta took out a stack of materials from it, pointed directly to the key points, and explained in detail to Li.
"You see, Yamamoto Society was originally founded by just a fisherman named Yamamoto Akiyoshi, and it was originally just a club of low-level fishermen and gangsters, and then by chance it began to engage in a performance business, so as to develop and grow."
"Wait, the show business? I remember reading from the sources that one of the last ninjas' destinations was juggling and cabaret performances. Lee frowned.
"Hay, you're right. This is also where we are suspicious, because not long after Yamamoto came into contact with the performance, it quickly grew and expanded, occupying the entire Kobe area and expanding with the performance team. β
"Not long after this, the orthodox heir of Yamamoto Society, the second generation of Yamamoto Nobomi, was assassinated, and the new Wakatou Kazuo Fujita in charge of performance affairs was appointed as the third generation."
"Then, in a short period of ten years, under the leadership of Kazuo Fujita, Yamamoto Society assassinated and killed all competitors by force, ruled the Kansai region, and became one of the largest associations in Japan."
After that, Yamamoto began to try his best to clear his name and began to transform into a legitimate industry. But in fact, it is still done all kinds of illegal activities, including drug trafficking, arms smuggling, human trafficking, **** and money laundering in Japan and other countries. And what I care more about is that the current leader of the sixth generation currently has another name in the field: Si Ren. β
"Shinobi, hehe, it's interesting, what do you mean by the ninja who gives orders? Okay, let's meet this shinobi first. β
"Say, rest assured, I will do my best to provide you with his whereabouts. Please rest in the humble house first, and if you have any requests, just order my subordinates directly. β
"Okay, there you go." Seeing that Li had no other instructions, Kikuta bent over, walked backwards out of the reception room, turned around and walked out, and instructed his subordinates to do their best to entertain Li and his party as he went.
And Haber, who was completely left aside, smiled awkwardly and muttered sourly: "This group of unfamiliar wolf cubs will forget the old master as soon as they see the new master." β
Li looked at him with a smile and said to him softly: "I don't want to know why you stayed in Japan, and I don't care, but I hope you don't affect our operation this time, otherwise, even if David and the entire Special Affairs Investigation Office protect you together, you will die, if you don't believe it, you can check my origin." After speaking, he continued to look down and read the information. Haber had no choice but to leave the room in a gloomy manner.
"Hmph, old thing. Senior brother, do you want to kill him, and promise not to leave a trace. John looked at Haber's back and looked at Li Jian with eagerness.
"Forget it, for David's sake of cooperating with us, you tell David about this, and it's none of our business how to deal with it. By the way, you are not allowed to go out, and you are forbidden to make any extraneous problems during the mission, in case the opponent finds out, it will be troublesome. Li deliberately glared at him after the last sentence.
"Okay." John went out to make a phone call with his head down.