Chapter 249 Exchange!

y far too many people in this world who are colder-blooded than me.""You can investigate yourself. I believe you will find a satisfactory result." Wang Zheng said coldly."Why should I investigate Inve...Chapter 249: Exchange!

Wang Zheng was lying in bed at the hotel with Li Xiaoxiao, watching the original Japanese audio version of "Bloody Monday," while He Yan reclined against the headboard with his eyes closed, lost in thought.

They had turned the tables on the Japanese. Kawasaki Hideo initially wanted to exhaust these people's energy but ended up losing both manpower and resources. Wang Zheng had arranged for someone to take advantage of the situation to destroy Japan’s cash cow—the Hakone hot springs.

The raging fire burned for three or four hours, turning all wooden structures in Hakone into ashes. The once bustling area turned pitch black with thick smoke rolling around, a sight too gruesome to bear.

This time, the Japanese government backfired and was outwitted by others. Preliminary estimates showed that this fire alone caused over $3 billion worth of economic losses.

Famous Hakone hot springs would be virtually unable to operate within a decade. Wasn't such a lesson painful enough

"I'm afraid it's not good for Shang Chen." He Yan opened his eyes and finally voiced his concern.

Indeed, Wang Zheng’s action, though intended to force the Japanese to reveal their cards sooner, would undoubtedly truly infuriate them. He Yan was worried that once the Japanese lashed out in anger, they might vent it on Shang Chen, a result not desired by anyone.

"Don’t worry, everything will be fine." Wang Zheng comforted him: "If I were these little Japanese, I would immediately call and force you to exchange."

As predicted, right after Wang Zheng spoke, He Yan’s black phone rang.

"Chinese people, are you good at playing tricks" After picking up the call, Kawasaki Hideo's voice came across stiffly.

"Flattery will get you nowhere," He Yan replied coolly: "When and where do we exchange"

“3 PM this afternoon in the factory of Mikage Heavy Industries in Yokohama.” With these words, Kawasaki Hideo hung up.

Meanwhile, Li Xiaoxiao had already found out information on the instrument: “Mikage Heavy Industries is a Japanese company from early times. The factory has been abandoned and located in the outskirts of Yokohama city, southeast of Hakone, about 150 kilometers away.”

“About 150 kilometers. We need to pass through congested areas of Yokohama city on our way there. Assuming we drive, it will take us around two hours for the whole trip,” Wang Zheng mused for a moment and said: "We should leave immediately."

"Let's go," He Yan said instantly, his heart pounding in anxiety over any possible danger to Shang Chen. But now that events had unfolded this way, however anxious he was, it would be futile. They could only follow the Japanese’s arrangements.

One hour later, Wang Zheng drove into Yokohama city with a Highlander. At this moment, He Yan's black phone rang again.

"Chinese, I've changed my mind," Hattori Hideki's voice was cold.

"What" He Yan frowned.

"We'll meet at the Yokohama Port pier at three o'clock in the afternoon as planned. Wish you good luck." Hattori Hideki chuckled and hung up.

"This bunch of tricky Japanese! They've changed the location to the Yokohama Port pier!" He Yan's voice was low, and everyone could hear the suppressed anger in it.

"Yokohama port is now northwest of us. It’s two hundred kilometers away," Li Xiaoxiao said. "They want to wear us out so we won’t have any energy left."

Wang Zheng drove the Highlander to do a beautiful drift, tires skidding on the ground and leaving sparks as he turned around in place, heading towards Yokohama Port.

This one drift maneuver from Wang Zheng nearly caused three Japanese sedans to collide; all of a sudden, there were only screeching brakes heard on this road!

Two Japanese police cars nearby saw the Highlander's audacious behavior and sounded their horns before chasing after it.

Wang Zheng grinned with amusement at this sight. He overtook continuously; the Highlander ignored all traffic rules of Japan, disregarding all traffic lights, driving as dangerously as possible. Many times he came perilously close to colliding with other vehicles on the road, causing a constant stream of curses from those around him.

However, the two police car drivers seemed quite skilled and were also breaking every convention on the highway, swerving left and right; even when driving like this, Wang Zheng wasn't able to shake them off by much.

"Two hundred kilometers. That’s enough for us to drive over two and a half hours," He Yan seemed completely unaffected by Wang Zheng's speeding, rummaging through the car and pulling out a package. "Here, eat some compressed biscuits to hold you over until we can fight."

“Boss, it’s this stuff again, do we have any beef jerky” Li Xiaoxiao took the compressed biscuits with a grimace.

"Nope, only this. Suck it up and eat," He Yan said somewhat irritably. "Do you want me to arrange a female geisha for you"

"Well, if there is one, sure." Li Xiaoxiao chuckled. "It’s a national treasure of Japan."

Wang Zheng held the steering wheel with one hand and the compressed biscuits with another; he used his teeth to open the packaging and bit off a large piece, squinting slightly as if deep in thought.

The speedometer on the Highlander was now at 100 kilometers per hour. At this stretch of road, speeding like this was akin to suicide.

Behind them, two police cars were following closely and not falling behind!

"Leo, those two vehicles are yours to handle." Wang Zheng swallowed a large chunk of compressed biscuits and said.

"I love doing this kind of work!"

Little Li Xiao finished speaking and took out his pistol from the waist. He stood up and leaned half his body out of the sunroof, pulling the trigger repeatedly!

In less than ten seconds, a series of ear-piercing tire bursts echoed on the congested road! Dozens of cars were hit in their tires by bullets, losing balance and crashing into each other.

As car after car collided with each other, the originally narrow road was completely blocked. Two police cars could not brake in time either and crashed straight ahead!

Little Li Xiao put away his gun and sat down, disdainfully saying: "Don't the Japanese have any sophisticated methods"

"They would like to be sophisticated, but they encountered a group that's even more so." Wang Zheng’s face showed a confident smile. “The Japanese will definitely act after we hand over the little bottle to them; these guys won’t let us leave Japan safely."

“I’ve already informed the embassy and we can enter it at any time.” He Yan said.

"If we just return this biological warfare agent, wouldn't that be a bit of a waste" Li Xiaoxiao asked. "Can’t we think of a win-win solution where we get Auntie back while also taking the biological weapon with us"

“I’ve already had someone take some samples; for such genetic weapons, the DNA structure is the same whether it’s one drop or a whole bottle. There's no difference. Even if the Japanese get their hands on it, we can still continue our research.” He Yan said.

"But I really don’t want to just let them take it; that would be a threat to us." Li Xiaoxiao said.

“They are also unwilling to let us go,” Wang Zheng reminded him. “Once we exchange for our Auntie, it’s likely the Japanese will start attacking us; we need to be cautious.”

"Don't worry, with us here, what do we have to fear from these little brats" Li Xiaoxiao said with a dismissive gesture. "They are just bowlegged and even in a foot race, they wouldn’t stand a chance."

“One day, I will flatten this place,” He Yan vowed fiercely.

The entire way, Hishikawa Hideki did not suddenly change the meeting location again, and the Highlander arrived smoothly at the Yokohama port.

At this moment, the black phone rang once more.

"Five kilometers east of the docks is an abandoned factory. I’ll be waiting for you there." Hishikawa Hideki’s voice was icy cold.

"Little Japan, here I come!" Li Xiaoxiao snatched up the phone and cursed, but all he heard was a busy signal.

"Get ready," Wang Zheng took a deep breath and stomped hard on the accelerator.

...

"Is this the factory" Looking at the wide-open door, Li Xiaoxiao asked uncertainly.

"It should be. Look at that dilapidated building; it’s clearly been abandoned for a long time," He Yan was slightly agitated: "Drive right in."

Wang Zheng drove the car all the way to an open area in front of the factory, and as soon as he got out, a bullet suddenly flew from somewhere, shattering the glass of the Highlander!

"Damn!" Li Xiaoxiao was startled and looked up at the factory building, spat on the ground, and angrily said: "Is this their welcome"

At that moment, Kawasaki Hideki in a black suit appeared on the second-floor long balcony of the factory. He stood twenty meters away from Wang Zheng and his group. Beside him were about thirty black-suited men holding machine guns, forming quite an imposing formation.

"Welcome," Kawasaki Hideki said haughtily from above to the three people in the open space below.

"I welcome myself too," Li Xiaoxiao retorted with a bad temper: "Why do Japanese people always have so much to say"

“Where’s my wife” He Yan stared at Kawasaki Hideki and asked coldly.

“Over there,” Kawasaki Hideki pointed behind He Yan, saying, “Don’t worry, she is fine.”

A ladder truck slowly emerged from behind the factory. A tall ladder rose high into the air, on top of which was a woman with her hands and feet shackled—none other than Shang Chen.

Seeing He Yan, tears immediately welled up in Shang Chen's eyes. Over these few days, she had endured too much humiliation and fear, facing so many Japanese people daily put tremendous psychological pressure on her. Seeing a familiar face now, the defenses she had maintained for such a long time crumbled instantly. She just wanted to hold He Yan tightly and cry her heart out.

“Shang Chen, I am here to rescue you! Everything will be alright! Believe me!” He Yan put his hands to his mouth and shouted loudly.

"Uh-huh... uh..." Shang Chen could not speak for sobs and only nodded her head repeatedly with tears streaming down her face.

“Release my wife, I’ll give you a bottle of something!” He Yan called out at the top of his voice.icks landed on Chen Kang's back!"Please stop hitting him! Please stop!" Huahong sobbed heartbreakingly when she saw how badly beaten up Chen Kang was by those people.Hu Mingli also joined in the fight...