Chapter 222: Araki Yui, Catch Them All

Facing Mata's challenge, Araki Yui did not dare to act rashly and could only say respectfully:

"The Shang Mansion was established not long ago, so it can only do some small things. Compared with the great things done by the Special High Section led by Chief Mata, it is not worth mentioning!"

At this time, Ma Tian reprimanded seriously:
"Stupid! We are all serving the Empire and the Heavenly Locust. There is no such thing as big or small!"

Mata glanced at Araki Yu with disdain, but did not continue to scold him.

In fact, what made Mata most unhappy was that Araki Yui rejected his recruitment.

You have to know that his foundation in the Special High Police is not deep. It was all thanks to the support of Lin Hao and the surrender of Lin Hao's former subordinate, Guan Gu Yukizue, that he was able to gain a certain amount of power and temporarily stabilize the Special High Police.

He originally wanted to recruit Araki Yu's Shang Gongguan and make him part of his team, but this guy refused. How could he not be angry?

Then, without paying any attention to Araki Yui, Mada raised his glass and said to everyone:

"Everyone, let us raise our glasses together. Cheers to the great cause of the empire!"

Then everyone raised their glasses and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

Different from the ganbei in China, the ganbei in the island country means it as a token of respect, while the ganbei in China generally refers to the literal meaning.

At this time, Ma Tian took Tang Manqing's hand and said to everyone:
"Let me introduce you all. This is Miss Tang Manqing, whom I have known for five years. She is my best friend in China. Let's get to know each other!"

Because Tang Manqing knew most of the islanders here, even Gao Mu, who she didn't know, had greeted them before.

Only Araki Yui, who was late, didn't recognize him, so he said in Japanese:

"Nice to meet you. My name is Tang Manqing. Please take care of me in the future, Mr. Araki!"

However, Araki Yui said in fluent Chinese:
"It's our first meeting, please give me your guidance, Miss Tang!"

Tang Manqing looked at Araki Yui with a smile on her face, and with a surprised tone in her voice, she switched back to Chinese and said:
"It turns out that Mr. Araki speaks Chinese so well!"

Araki Yui continued to praise in Chinese:
"Ms. Tang speaks Japanese with a fluent accent. If I hadn't known in advance that Miss Tang was Chinese, I would have thought you were Japanese!"

Tang Manqing also said politely:
"Mr. Araki, you are so polite! My Chinese is far inferior to yours!"

Seeing the interaction between the two, Mada felt unhappy, so he pointed at Guan Gu and said to Araki Yui:
"This is Guan Gu Yukisa. The Yukisa Agency he founded has been serving the Empire. Now it has directly joined our Special High Section!"

Araki Yui immediately said to Guan Gu after hearing this:
"I have long heard of the great reputation of Guan Gujun's Koza Agency. It is a great honor to meet you today. Please take care of me in the future!"

"Mr. Araki, you're too polite. Let's take care of each other!" Zuo Qiuming said reservedly.

The two then clinked glasses and got to know each other, but there was not much communication.

In fact, Araki Yui knew that the purpose of Asada introducing Guan Gu to him was simply to say that even if there was no Shang Mansion of you, Araki Yui, there was Guan Gu Yukisa's Yukisa Agency.

You, Araki Yui, are not the only choice for Mada, so why don’t you come and join him!

In fact, Araki Yui came to this cocktail party just to deal with it. He would be better off planning tomorrow's actions with this time.

But at this moment, Araki Yui saw someone he was interested in, so he walked up and said hello.

"This must be the famous President Hashimoto!" Seeing Lin Hao looking at him, Araki Yui continued, "Please take care of me in the future!"

Lin Hao looked at Araki Yui with some surprise, not understanding what this guy's purpose was, so he asked doubtfully:
"Araki-kun knows me?"

Araki Yui smiled and said:

"Of course, we at Shang Mansion have also purchased a lot of sulfonamides from President Hashimoto's Chamber of Commerce!"

"By the way, I heard that Milijian recently mass-produced a miracle drug called penicillin. I wonder if I can buy some from President Hashimoto!"

Araki Yui's words immediately made Lin Hao alert. Was this guy simply buying penicillin, or was he intentionally testing something?
So Lin Hao said without leaking anything: "Araki-kun is quite well-informed!"

"As for the penicillin you mentioned, this drug is strictly controlled by MiLiJian, and it's not easy to get it!"

"Please, President Hashimoto!" Araki Yui said, and bowed to Lin Hao.

Not to mention that Lin Hao didn't understand Araki Yui's purpose, even Chida Eiko next to him was confused.

Araki Yu certainly has his own ideas. He knows that Taro Hashimoto has put in a lot of effort for Asada to get to the top.

Looking at Asada who was still chatting and laughing with Tang Manqing, Araki Yui felt that if he had Hashimoto's support, he could completely replace Asada.

Lin Hao, however, did not understand his purpose for the time being, so he said ambiguously:

"I will try my best!"

"Thank you!"

Then the two of them clinked glasses together, and the laughter of Matan and Tang Manqing came from not far away. Lin Hao shook his head.

At this time, Tang Manqing seemed unable to bear the harassment from Matan, so she turned around and called the resident singer Huang Ying over to be a scapegoat.

It’s not true that Matan has great ambitions but little talent. After all, he definitely has some abilities. But his anxious look makes people’s impression of him plummet.

He was somewhat respectful to Tang Manqing, but he just went all over Huang Ying.

However, Huang Ying was also an old hand. He made Ma Tian happy with just a few words, and then started to force Ma Tian to drink.

At this time Lin Hao discovered that Araki Yui next to him was also shaking his head and sighing, and Araki Yui noticed that Lin Hao was looking at him, so the two looked at each other, and seemed to have reached a consensus on some strange points.

As time passed, after the party ended, Lin Hao took a bus back to Hashimoto Trading Company in Hongkou.

However, when the car was halfway through its journey, Lin Hao changed to another car and arrived near the abandoned factory on Beihai Road.

After the round with Chen Shan, Lin Hao looked at the situation of the abandoned factory and listened to Chen Shan’s report:
"Director, I have confirmed that the people who came to scout our territory are from Japan. It seems that our meeting place has been leaked"!
Chen Shan said with lingering fear, but he was also very grateful for Lin Hao's arrangement to keep an eye on this place, otherwise he would be in trouble here tomorrow.

Looking at the abandoned factory full of people, Lin Hao murmured:
"It was leaked for sure, but I don't know where it came from!"

Then Chen Shan said: "Director, since this place has been discovered, why don't we notify them to meet at another place!"

Lin Hao said nonchalantly: "No need, it's fine to connect here!"

Chen Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Why?"

Lin Hao's eyes flashed with danger, and he said calmly:
"I want to see who is ambushing me, or whether they are coming for me, or targeting the people from Shancheng!"

In fact, Lin Hao already had a rough guess in his mind. It was most likely Araki Yui, and the person who came from Yamashiro to convey the order was most likely Xiao Zhengguo.

At the same time, Lin Hao was even more curious about who leaked the news!

Lin Hao looked at the time, then said to Chen Shan:
"Leave three of us here to continue monitoring. Come back with me to the villa to arrange things for tomorrow!"

"Okay!" Chen Shan said and arranged for someone to monitor.

Then the two returned to Lin Hao's villa, and Mingtai had already returned.

Seeing Mingtai smiling and looking happy to see everyone he met, Lin Hao knew that the father and son must have recognized each other.

But Lin Hao still asked, "How is it!" "I've seen it!" Mingtai said.

"When you are free, you can spend more time with him!"

When Lin Hao finished speaking, he noticed that Mingtai looked a little nervous, so he asked:

"what happened?"

"Director, how did you know about our father?" Mingtai paused for a moment, then summoned up the courage to say, "And his identity!"

"Haha!" Lin Hao patted Mingtai on the shoulder, and then said: "When we have time in a few days, let's talk about this alone!"

"As for now, let's discuss the mission first!" Then he called Chen Shan and Mingtai into the study.

Afterwards, Lin Hao asked Chen Shan to introduce the meeting with the people from Shancheng tomorrow, and told Mingtai that the abandoned factory where the meeting was held had been leaked.

After some discussion, Lin Hao said:
"Mingtai, you are a good shooter. You will lead the 20 sniper teams in this operation!"

"Yes!" Mingtai said seriously.

Then Lin Hao said to Chen Shan:
"Chen Shan, you will lead eight fire teams to suppress the fire in the factory. I will arrange the weapons for you in advance!"

"I understand!" Chen Shan said excitedly.

Both Mingtai and Chen Shan licked their lips subconsciously.

Because Lin Hao suffers from a fear of insufficient firepower, both the sniper team and the firepower team are equipped with a rather luxurious configuration and should be extremely brutal.

Lin Hao's firepower team used a 12.7mm caliber Browning M2HB dual-purpose heavy machine gun.

This thing is mainly used to shoot down aircraft and counter armor, while Lin Hao uses it for fire suppression.

As for the manpower configuration, each fire team is equipped with 5 people, including 1 commander, 1 main shooter and 3 assistant shooters carrying ammunition.

As for the configuration of the sniper team, it was the Browning M2A2 heavy sniper rifle that Lin Hao asked Mi Lijian's arms company to manufacture a few years ago based on the Browning M1.

Due to the serious excess of firepower, the arms company reduced the caliber to 7.62 mm and manufactured the Browning M2A2 general-purpose sniper rifle.

For terrain like the abandoned factory, Lin Hao equipped the sniper team with 7.62mm Browning M2A2 general-purpose sniper rifles.

Each sniper team consists of a sniper and an observation room. If the main sniper is killed, the observer will be needed to take over at any time.

In fact, Lin Hao’s arrangements went beyond that. In order to prevent these islanders from escaping, after the two sides exchanged fire, Liu Tian would lead people to surround the abandoned factory.

In short, there will be no chance for the Japanese to survive, but of course those who should be captured must be captured!

Seeing that the two of them were eager to try, Lin Hao continued to say to Chen Shan:

"Also, Chen Shan, you will take Mingtai to the scene to investigate and find a suitable sniping location to counter the ambush of the Japanese!"

"Can you sneak into the abandoned factory before 4 a.m.?"

Chen Shan and Ming Tai shouted at the same time: "Make sure to complete the task!"

Lin Hao nodded and said: "Then you can start to act!"

"Yes!" Chen Shan and Mingtai left the villa and began to make preparations.

next day
The sky was slightly bright, but it was completely white outside, and the sun hadn't started working yet, so the sky above was filled with white mist, making the sky above Shanghai even more bleak.

At this time in a movie theater, Xiao Zhengguo pushed people on both sides.

When the two woke up, Jiang Yuanbao, who was sleeping soundly beside them, woke up, glanced at Xiao Zhengguo, and then said with some complaints:

"Hey, Chief Xiao, we came all the way from Chongqing to Shanghai, we should at least find a hotel to stay in! What's the point of renting out the theater to watch a movie all night?"

Before Xiao Zhengguo could speak, Zhou Haichao on the other side closed his eyes and said:

"He wanted to be safe and not leave any traces in Shanghai!"

At this time, Xiao Zhengguo glanced at the two of them and said:

"You have forgotten what Director Guan said. The last two times people came to Shanghai, they were either killed or arrested for unknown reasons. If we don't act carefully again, we may come here alive but not be able to return alive~!"

"Besides, this time we are meeting a God of Death!"

Seeing that the two were awake, Xiao Zhengguo said, "Check the watches!"

The three of them took out their watches and adjusted the time to the same. Then Xiao Zhengguo continued:
"It's five forty-five now, and there's still half an hour until the meeting time. It will take us at least fifteen minutes to walk there!"

Then he stood up and said, "Let's go!"

Three people came out of the cinema and walked straight towards the abandoned factory. Fifteen minutes later, the three people arrived outside the factory.

Looking at the silent abandoned factory, Xiao Zhengguo said vigilantly:

"Why do I have a bad feeling?"

"What's wrong, Chief Xiao? Are you scared?" Zhou Haichao said with disdain and ridicule in his tone.

He ignored Zhou Haichao's ridicule and ordered:
"Yuanbao, go in and check it out!"

"Yes!" Jiang Yuanbao walked carefully along the obstacles in the factory to check the situation inside the factory.

"Zhou Haichao, go to the back door and check if there is anything unusual!"

"I understand~!" Zhou Haichao said and went out through the back door.

Ten minutes later, the meeting time was almost up, and Jiang Yuanbao came back and said:

"Nothing unusual was found!"

Xiao Zhengguo nodded, then walked towards the warehouse with Jiang Yuanbao. However, the further they went inside, the more uneasy they felt.

When we arrived at the meeting warehouse, the meeting time had already arrived, but the meeting person was nowhere to be seen.

After a few minutes, Xiao Zhengguo looked at the time again and found that it was 5 minutes past the time limit.

At this time, Xiao Zhengguo felt that something was wrong, so he said, "Yuanbao, let's go!"

Jiang Yuanbao was not vague when he heard this. He picked up the briefcase and turned around and left with Xiao Zhengguo.

However, the Japanese who were lying in ambush here became anxious when they saw Xiao Zhengguo turn around and leave without hesitation, so they looked at Araki Yui who was standing aside.

Araki Yui looked at the situation in front of him and said helplessly to Chida Eiko:

"I was originally thinking about catching Xiao Zhengguo and Lin Hao in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)