1004 Settle the Bill (1/2)
”Bro Bei! We've been tricked by that idiot Umekawa Shichijiro!” Tanaka Tsuyoshi's voice came over the phone. He sounded agitated.
”What happened?” Chen Xiaoebei asked.
”I followed Umekawa Shichijiro to his house to retrieve the Spiritual Stones from his vault.” Tanaka Tsuyoshi said, ”It took us ages to locate their mansion. And when we got to the door of the vault, the idiot told me that he didn't have the keys! Tell me he's not messing with us?!”
Chen Xiaobei said, ”Send his address to me and I'm coming over now!”
”Alright! I'll send it to you now!” Tanaka Tsuyoshi thought for a while before asking, ”Wouldn't that affect your operation over there?”
”No, I have the Somersault Cloud. I'll be back before the sun is up!” Chen Xiaobei replied as-a-matter-of-factly.
When he got the address, Chen Xiaobei summoned the Somersault Cloud and disappeared into the darkness.
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The mansion was located on the hill in the outskirts of Tokyo.
Considering that the entire hill belonged to the Umekawa Organization, no outsiders were allowed
It was dawn and there was not a shadow in the mansion.
Chen Xiaobei changed into Chen Zhufeng's mask.
In the dark, Chen Xiaobei followed Tanaka Tsuyoshi's instructions and snuck into the mansion's basement.
There were many different paths and traps in the basement. After a while, Chen Xiaobei finally found Tanaka Tsuyoshi.
”Bro Bei! You're finally here!”
Tanaka Tsuyoshi was more than happy to see the familiar face.
Chen Xiaobei nodded and looked at the Umekawa Shichijiro cowering in the corner.
”Mr. Chen… Save me… Your man kept hitting me just now… They want to kill me… Waaaa… Help me…”
Umekawa Shichijiro's was swollen like pig's head, red and bumpy! In fact, as he was talking, blood was dripping down the side of his lips. Tanaka Tsuyoshi had clearly given him a good beating!
”Bro Bei! This idiot is full of lies so I taught him a lesson!” Tanaka Tsuyoshi explained.
”Mr. Chen… I've already brought you to the door of the vault… How was I lying? You torture me like that… You've crossed the lime!” Umekawa Shichijiro gnashed his teeth, feeling wronged.
”No shit! We wronged you?” Tanaka Tsuyoshi's blood curdled. ”You promised to give us the Spiritual Stones but you wouldn't open the door! How is that being honest? You're lucky you're still alive!”
”Hmph! If you kill me, you will never get your hands on the stones!”
Umekawa Shichijiro harrumphed, suddenly emboldened.
”You…” The corners of Tanaka Tusyoshi twitched. It was true that he did not dare to kill him yet. This was, after all, the matter of 1,300 Spiritual Stones and a vault. From what Tanaka Tsuyoshi could see, Chen Xiaobei was really set on getting his hands on this resource so he could not kill Umekawa Shichijiro.
Umekawa Shichijiro knew that too. That was why he was not afraid.
Why don't you tell us then, how could we open this door?”
Chen Xiaobei half-smiled.
”That's simple!” Umekawa Shichijiro's eyes lit up. He thought that Chen Xiaobei was going to compromise so he said excitedly, ”Take out your phone and call my uncle! I'll ask him to bring the key and pay you the Spiritual Stones!”
”Idiot! Do you think I'm a child?” Tanaka Tsuyoshi burst out in anger, ”Once we make the call, your uncle will come wielding katanas to kill us instead!”
Umekawa Shichijiro snorted and said, ”If you don't believe me, then we can just sit here all day. My uncle will find us eventually!”