NFBE Chapter 1175 Taking one step back is an endless sea of suffering, a bottomless abyss.
Chapter 1175 Taking one step back is an endless sea of suffering, a bottomless abyss.
At the Fujiwara family's base, Fujiwara Shizuka had just taken a shower and came to the living room in her pajamas. Tachibana Hayako poured her a glass of red wine and handed it to her. Fujiwara Shizuka sat on the sofa and slowly sipped the wine.
At this moment, Long Sihai strode in, bowed to Fujiwara Shizuka, and Fujiwara Shizuka swirled her wine glass and asked indifferently.
"Have you made plans?"
Long Sihai hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
"My lord, I've heard that the HSBC vault has been sealed off by the Security Bureau. The person in charge is named Chen Zhichao. I checked carefully, and it turns out that Mao Rengui left a will for his teacher, James Eisen, who is now the former US Secretary of State's chief advisor."
If anything were to happen to his son or family member, all his assets would be automatically donated to the US government. Therefore, James Eisen personally contacted the Governor of Hong Kong and initiated the protection mechanism in the name of the US government.
Now all that's left is a backup of the safe deposit box left by Mao Jing. Once the safe deposit box number and combination are available, the FBI agents will take the contents, and HSBC will immediately unfreeze the account.
Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Shizuka's face turned ashen. With a crack, the wine glass in her hand shattered, and the remaining wine and blood dripped onto the carpet.
Upon seeing this, Tachibana Hayako hurriedly took out a white handkerchief, knelt down in front of Fujiwara Shizuka, and bandaged her hand.
Fujiwara Shizuka leaned back against the sofa and murmured to herself.
“I said I just felt something was wrong. Mao Rengui had been in charge of the Military Intelligence Bureau for so many years and never made a mistake. How could such a cunning and calculating person not have foreseen that someone would covet his property after his death?”
For a spoiled brat like Mao Jing, the wealth he held was like a three-year-old child carrying gold, walking around in a bustling market. It turns out that Mao Rengui had a backup plan here.
That's really impressive, using an entire country as his backing. I bet the Mao family must have had some demands since they donated so much gold, so it must be... hahaha..."
At that moment, the Fujiwara family's butler tiptoed in and presented a telegram with both hands.
"Miss, a telegram from the master of the house."
Fujiwara Shizuka stopped laughing, reached out and took the telegram, unfolded it, and after a long while, threw it on the table. She waved her hand, and the butler tiptoed out again.
“Birds fly away, bows are stored away, birds fly away, bows are stored away. Is this a ploy to make me pay with my life for Mao Jing? You bastard! You want me, a noble of high blood, to pay with my life for a lowly person? Father, are you really that afraid of James Eisen?”
Tachibana Hayako snatched the telegram, skimmed it, and after reading it, she flew into a rage. She roared...
"Bagaya Road! Die!"
Tachibana Hayako pulled out a long sword from the table, raised it with both hands, and slashed down fiercely. With a crash, the hardwood wine cabinet was cut in two.
Tachibana Hayako pointed her long sword at the ground, her gaze cold, and a sinister smile appeared on her lips.
“My lord, James Eisen will personally lead the FBI to Hong Kong to receive this batch of gold. The patriarch said that you should try your best to get his forgiveness, otherwise, he will cover his face with a white cloth, commit suicide to atone for his sins, and not be buried in the ancestral grave or included in the family genealogy after his death. This is too much.”
Long Sihai had also read the telegram. Although he was an orphan raised by the Fujiwara family, he was even more loyal to Fujiwara Shizuka. After thinking for a moment, he knelt down in front of Fujiwara Shizuka and said...
"My lord, we cannot sit idly by and wait for our doom. As the ancient Chinese books say, taking a step back leads to an endless sea of suffering and an abyss."
Fujiwara Shizuka trusted her two trusted subordinates very much, and she nodded slowly after listening to Long Sihai's words.
"What do you think we should do?"
Long Sihai pondered for a moment and then said in a low voice.
"The people in this villa are all elders of the family. If we can gain their support, the local side will not act rashly. So we need to gather them together, unify their thinking, and if anyone disobeys, we should retaliate with thunderous fury and execute them in court."
Having resolved our internal troubles, we can now deal with external threats. Since we paid the price for this gold, it is rightfully ours; anyone who touches it will perish. We must demonstrate our strength to the Governor of Hong Kong, forcing him and James Eisen to sit down and listen to us.
If they could gain James Eisen's support, their ancestor's status within the family would be second only to the patriarch and the first heir.
Fujiwara Shizuka nodded thoughtfully. She had already figured it out. In terms of madness, Ryutaro far surpassed Tachibana Hayako. This was because Ryutaro hated the world and everyone in it. However, this was also the biggest reason why she valued Ryutaro.
"Zaoko, did you bring what I asked you to bring?"
"Hai, we obtained the plague research from the water supply unit from Colonel Kamo. If it is put into the drinking water of Hong Kong people, half of Hong Kong people will fall ill in less than three days."
"Alright, have the butler gather all the elderly people in the villa together for a meeting. I'm going to make an example of them."
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Although Da Bao's information wasn't as precise as Fujiwara Shizuka's, he still got the general idea. However, he couldn't have imagined that Fujiwara Shizuka and her group would be so ruthless as to use a virus left behind by the waterborne troops to harm all Hong Kong residents and threaten the Governor and American advisors. After all, this wasn't their territory, and they could do whatever they wanted.
However, in the 1960s, the US dollar was pegged to the Bretton Woods system, and the price of five tons of gold was around 120 million. Not to mention that era, even in modern times, countless people would go crazy for it.
If the Fujiwara family had this $200 million, the value of their businesses in the country would have increased rapidly. So, the fact that the head of the Fujiwara family would voluntarily give up this gold shows how much pressure the US government put on him.
Da Bao didn't care about any of this. Mao Rengui, that bastard, plundered the property of the Chinese people, so it must be returned to China. Anyone who dared to lay a finger on him, Da Bao would break their hand.
Lu Jianbang has already reported the matter of the gold to the central government. The central government's order is that the gold must be returned to its rightful owner. What belongs to China must be taken back, no matter the cost.
This task undoubtedly fell to Da Bao, but Da Bao refused the request from the country to send people to help. These people would not only be a hindrance, but more importantly, if Da Bao took some extreme actions, such as avenging his sister and slaughtering all the Japanese devils, these would fall into their hands and one day bring Da Bao to his doom.
However, this also aroused dissatisfaction among some people in China, who believed that Da Bao wanted to take all the credit and not leave anyone else even a drop of soup. Therefore, these people stood by and watched, and even hoped that Da Bao would fail. Of course, Da Bao did not know these things yet. When he returned to China, he realized that he had been surrounded. This is a story for later, but it was also the cause.