Chapter 134: Chapter 99: Aftermath in Japan
The sortie not only served as a warning to those Chinese special agents and earned Yan Fei a large number of Merit Points, but it also demonstrated the tremendous power of the Level 4 Drone. Yan Fei felt extremely pleased. After taking out the Chinese-Japanese army below, he piloted the Drone towards the sea surface of Tokyo Bay. Once the Drone was far from the city area, it dived back into the sea and headed towards China. It wasn’t until the Drone had put a considerable distance between itself and the land of Japan that it resurfaced and sped towards Shanghai at low altitude.
By 3 a.m. Shanghai time, the Drone finally returned to the offshore waters of Shanghai. The Drone activated its Quantum Radar and surveyed the situation off the coast of Shanghai, then landed in a secluded spot along the Shanghai coast, avoiding the busier areas. Yan Fei jumped out of the Drone Cockpit and took out a Motorcycle from the Universal Space, racing home. Meanwhile, the Drone sank its nose and dived back beneath the waves, lying in wait near the coastal waters of Shanghai.
Yan Fei happily returned to China, but behind him, Japan was in turmoil, the ripple effects of his actions beginning to appear one by one.
The Oogawa Family was shrouded in gloom and despair, as they had mobilized their Strength to hunt down Yan Fei but failed to capture him, which resulted in the disappearance of Hideo Oogawa, their pride, and has not yet returned to the family. Hideo Oogawa was the pride of the Oogawa Family and the idol of the family’s youth, never before having gone missing for so long, which left the entire Oogawa Family with an ominous premonition.
The Oogawa Family’s bad premonition wasn’t wrong: Hideo Oogawa had attempted to capture Yan Fei but was instead killed in retaliation. His body was pressed by Yan Fei into the crevices of the seabed’s rocks, never to see the light of day again. Hideo Oogawa was destined to be listed as missing in the Oogawa Family, and his whereabouts would become an eternal mystery…
When it rains, it pours. Just as the Oogawa Family worried about Hideo Oogawa’s safety, the Oogawa Bank, a core enterprise of the family, was hit with devastating news—it had been robbed. The bank robber not only forcefully entered the bank’s vault and stole a large amount of precious metals but also destroyed the vault with explosives and set it on fire, causing severe losses to the bank.
The riot police arrived at the scene of the crime quickly and even established a blockade at several key intersections where the robber might have escaped, but in the end, they failed to catch any suspects. Moreover, the Oogawa Building suffered severe damage from the explosion and fire, with massive cracks appearing in the walls and the electronic Equipment unable to function—rendering the building unusable.
The disappearance of an important family member, the vanishing of the murderer who consecutively killed direct members of the Oogawa Family, and the significant losses caused by the bank robbery—all these events infuriated Yohei Oogawa, the Clan Leader. However, after his anger subsided, he had no choice but to once again seek help from Takashi Hasegawa, one of the Four Major Famous detectives of Japan.
However, the Oogawa Family’s operation to encircle Yan Fei in Fishwoman Mountain yielded no useful clues, and the rainstorm that night had washed away all traces at the scene, leaving even the highly deductive Takashi Hasegawa powerless. He only deduced from the remaining traces that Hideo Oogawa might have met his demise and that the person who killed him was the same mysterious murderer who had killed Ryoko Oogawa and Jo Oogawa.
Although the Oogawa Family had located the house in the Tokyo Suburbs where Yan Fei had rented, it mysteriously collapsed during the storm that night, before they had the chance to inspect it. According to Japan’s construction Strength and Lifespan, such a rare storm shouldn’t have caused the building to collapse, but it did, very thoroughly. When Takashi Hasegawa began inspecting the collapsed house, he found nothing—the storm had destroyed all useful leads.
Hence, Takashi Hasegawa began investigating nearby residents for information about the mysterious murderer, but Yan Fei had altered his appearance when he moved in and had no interactions with his neighbors. He stayed inside once home, so the neighbors had no impression of him whatsoever. Unable to glean useful clues from the local residents, Takashi Hasegawa turned his investigation towards the real-estate agency that helped Yan Fei rent the house, only to discover that all the information Yan Fei had stored with the agency was fake.
Thus, all traces of Yan Fei in Japan were erased. Even with Takashi Hasegawa’s terrifying deduction skills, he couldn’t completely piece together the murderer’s information, let alone find the mysterious murderer. But after analyzing the existing data, Takashi Hasegawa concluded that the mysterious murderer was very likely a foreigner, and given the murderer’s actions, he likely harbored a hatred for Japanese people. Looking at his Asian face, the likelihood that he was Chinese was the highest. Moreover, the fact that the murderer specifically targeted the Oogawa Family suggested that the murderer must be an enemy of the Oogawa Family in China.
After reaching this conclusion, Takashi Hasegawa suggested to Yohei Oogawa to start investigating the enemies of the Oogawa Family in China, as this method might help lock down the murderer behind the recent crime spree. Takashi Hasegawa had already learned of the existence of the strong through the Oogawa Family and knew about Hideo Oogawa’s fearsome Strength, so he personally believed that the murderer was probably already dead alongside Hideo Oogawa, and the Oogawa Family’s investigation was a waste of time. However, this was just a guess without any concrete evidence, and naturally, Takashi Hasegawa didn’t voice it.