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Fifteen minutes later, Gu Ran wiped her lips and finished her breakfast.
At this moment, the old butler of the Blackstone Mansion came over respectfully, asked Gu Ran to go out and inspect the goods, and handed over some identity information to Gu Ran.
Su Enxi and Jiu De Mai are soaking in the hot springs, so it seems they won't see Gu Ran again. Gu Ran doesn't care. He just helped Jiu De Mai out of the blue and then took advantage of the potato chip girl.
Without Chip Girl's help in preparing the weapons, he would have to rob the nearest Self-Defense Force base, because guns were definitely needed for his next plan, and ordinary police firearms wouldn't do; they had to be military weapons.
"Mr. Gu, the car you requested is here." The butler of Blackstone Mansion led Gu Ran to the parking lot, where a white Honda Civic was parked.
"Why only a Civic? That's so stingy! At least give me a GT-R!" Gu Ran said with some dissatisfaction. "I want a GT-R!"
"You said you wanted to keep a low profile, so Miss Su arranged this car for you, a red Civic with a modified engine—a 6-cylinder twin-turbocharged one—and it comes with a factory-installed rear wing. Its performance is no worse than a GT-R," the old butler said.
Next, the old butler gave Gu Ran two Japanese driver's licenses, as well as the two people's file information.
Unlike China, in Japan, you don't need an ID card to take public transportation, whether it's an airplane or a Shinkansen; you just need to pay and get a ticket.
Therefore, Conan, the elementary school student in "Detective Conan", can frequently cause trouble in various parts of Japan.
You don't need an ID card to go abroad, just a passport.
In Japan, people don't have national ID cards. Students use student IDs, and citizens generally use driver's licenses or resident registration certificates (similar to household registration certificates, which record residents' identity information) to prove their identity.
The driver's license that the old butler gave Gu Ran was the two new pieces of identity information he needed to deal with the security guards and the Snake Clan's questioning.
One of the two men was an old man, and the other was a college student. He could switch between the two identities at will, and the tools for disguise were also prepared for him.
But Gu Ran doesn't actually need these disguise tools because he can transform.
Inside the car, there was also a black suitcase. Gu Ran rolled her eyes at it; it was full of firearms.
There were two Type 89 rifles, equipment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, and two M4A1 rifles, which should be the equipment of a US military base. I don't know how Chip Girl and her friends got them.
The only pistol I had was a Glock.
The rifle ammunition was approximately 600 rounds, all 5.56mm, and the pistol ammunition was approximately 200 rounds.
There are about two hundred Frigga bullets left.
Su Enxi also thoughtfully prepared several flashbangs, smoke grenades, and other tactical grenades for him, as well as a black mask.
This setup looks like it's for robbing a bank.
"Here are two satellite phones and a charger for you." The butler handed the satellite phones to Gu Ran. "Is there anything else you need?"
"That's all, I'm leaving. Please tell Su Enxi I thanked you!" Gu Ran got into the driver's seat of the white Civic, started shifting gears, and prepared to test drive the car on the mountain road.
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After Gu Ran left, the little devil boss went to the Black Stone Mansion and met with Su Enxi and Jiu De Mai.
Mai Shude handed the core of the skeletal dragon embryo, which she had found in the wreckage of the Lenin at a depth of over 8000 meters, to the young boss.
This embryonic core is a first-generation species. It has only been away from the Abyss for less than twelve hours, yet it is already able to re-invade the surrounding things. As expected of a dragon, its vitality is astonishing.
The little devil boss instructed Mai Shude to reseal the embryonic core and put it to sleep using low temperatures.
Then he explained their next task—to continue being the wet nurses for Caesar's group.
Because the Caesar team will be facing the real Dragon King, the so-called 'god'.
'God' is not something that can be easily dealt with.
Chapter 393 Monster vs. Monster
The dragon kings that Kassel College faced before were: Constantine, who was obsessed with his brother; Norton, who was a manic idiot; Fenrir, who was mentally challenged; and Jormungandr... who was just a girl with a split personality.
None of them can be considered true, complete dragon kings.
Su Enxi and Jiu Demai exchanged a glance. They had watched Jormungandr and Chu Zihang's battle through monitors in Nibelungen, the capital city. In their hearts, Jormungandr was already perfect enough.
But the little devil boss said that if the 'god' of Japan were to awaken, it could instantly kill Jormungandr.
"To become the nanny for the Caesar Group, we first need to find the Caesar Group, but right now, all we know is Gu Ran's whereabouts," said Mai Jiude.
"Don't worry, they'll go to Tokyo. Coincidentally, God is also in Tokyo," the little devil boss said calmly. "Tokyo is the next stage; all our actors have gathered there."
The young boss planned to introduce a girlfriend to Lu Mingfei, so Su Enxi suggested Uesugi Erii.
"A bond between monsters? I'm quite looking forward to it," said the little devil boss.
Two cats then lazily jumped out. One was beautiful and cunning, the older sister, while the other was clumsy and cowardly, the younger brother.
The Blackstone Mansion was very large. When Gu Ran arrived, they were playing around somewhere until they smelled the young master's scent and then they finally arrived.
The shopkeeper kissed the tops of their heads and said, "Tokomori, Takanashi, you two are really too fat! You've almost turned from Siamese cats into Garfields!"
The two cats seemed to understand, yet not quite, and affectionately acted cute in front of him.
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The distance from the Black Stone Mansion to Tokyo is about 100 kilometers. Gu Ran wasn't in a hurry. He hadn't slept all night and needed to catch up on his sleep.
Currently, he has only sensed Lu Mingfei's location. The place where Caesar was rescued should be in Nagasaki Port in the southwest, which is quite a distance from Tokyo.
In other words, Gu Ran will have about a day of free time. He can meet up with them by going to the 'Mambo' internet cafe in Chizuru Town, which is located on the border between northern Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture, around tomorrow evening.
He drove slowly along the coastline, thinking that if he saw a Corpse Guardian, he would help kill it.
However, the Snake Clan had prepared for this, with strict deployments along the coastline, so few residents saw the corpse guards.
There are quite a few videos online taken by anglers, and many anglers who never go home empty-handed have caught corpses guarding the spawn point and uploaded the videos to YouTube.
But soon, the video was taken down; the fisherman's phone had been hacked by Kaguya-hime, who deleted all the video information.
An invisible hand envelops the entire nation of Japan.
When Gu Ran arrived in Yokohama, he encountered Japanese traffic police checking vehicles. There were several burly men with tattoos standing next to the police, who were probably members of the Snake-Headed Eight Family.
Gu Ran rolled down the car window, and the traffic police let him go without even checking his driver's license.
It seems that the members of the Snake Clan felt that Gu Ran and his companions had a low survival rate, so they did not specifically search for them.
So he arrived in Tokyo without any problems, checked into a chain hotel, ate some street food, and had a good night's sleep, sleeping straight until noon the next day.
There was a little incident when we checked out at noon. Apparently, there was an older woman from Kyoto who was upset that the man in the room downstairs was smoking and the smell of smoke was wafting into her room. She kept asking to change rooms.
"I always said that people in rural areas like Edo have poor manners. They secretly smoke even though smoking is not allowed in the rooms," the older woman complained.
When the young woman at the front desk heard Tokyo being described as a rural area, she didn't argue back; she just kept apologizing.
Although everyone generally agrees that Tokyo is the capital of Japan, Japan, unlike other countries, does not specify which city is the capital in its constitution.
Therefore, some Japanese people do not consider Tokyo to be the capital of Japan, such as people from Kyoto.
Kyoto—just looking at the name of this city tells you that it was once the capital of Japan for a long period of time in ancient times.
Therefore, people in Kyoto have always felt a sense of pride, believing that other parts of Japan are rural areas, even the international metropolis of Tokyo.
The Kyoto lady was eventually satisfied with the room change, while the receptionist gently reminded the man who was smoking not to smoke in the room, otherwise he would be charged extra. The man who was smoking also assured her that he would not smoke indoors.
After settling things with the older man and woman, the receptionist bowed to Gu Ran and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting," before quickly processing Gu Ran's check-out.
The receptionists in Japan have it tough too; they have to bow countless times every day.
With nothing to do, Gu Ran flipped through a magazine and discovered that the Tokyo Fashion Week new product runway show was in a few days.
Legend has it that there are three major aesthetic standards in the world, and the girls selected by them are all extremely beautiful: the first is the chaebol of South Korea, the second is the Tokyo fashion show, and the third is a certain coconut juice brand in China.
Tokyo fashion shows have always focused on everyday life and relatable experiences. The models on the runway are all lively, cute, and have innocent, charming smiles.
In other fashion shows, like Victoria's Secret, the models are very aloof, as if they're owed a fortune, with a bitter and resentful expression, as if they're about to pull out a watermelon knife and chop someone up at any moment. Moreover, their facial makeup is quite frightening, like the strange patterns on the faces of ancient African tribes.
Therefore, everyone considers the Tokyo Fashion Show to be of normal aesthetic quality, as the models are all bright and lovely girls.
Gu Ran checked the time; it was in three days. He wondered if he would have time to go to the fashion show and buy clothes for Su Xiaoqiang.
Well, the main reason was to buy clothes for my fiancée; looking at girls was just a side thing!
After checking out, Gu Ran strolled around the maid cafes in Akihabara in the afternoon. Around 3 p.m., she prepared to drive to Chizuru-cho to scout out the area.
However, as soon as he got into the car, he suddenly paused for a moment, then looked up at the sky blankly.
"Why are they here?"
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Haneda International Airport, also known as Tokyo International Airport, is located in Tokyo Bay. Flights from Shanghai to Tokyo take only three hours from takeoff to landing.
Zhang Qiong, along with Su Xiaoqiang, Tang Shishi, and Zhou Xinqing, were the four women who had just passed through security and were preparing to leave customs.
Why were they at Tokyo Airport? Because they were there to attend the Tokyo Fashion Show.
Two weeks ago, Su Xiaoqiang and Zhang Qiong had morning tea at a Cantonese teahouse in Shanghai. Their relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was harmonious. They often went shopping and ate together, just like mother and daughter.
Then Zhang Qiong flipped through a magazine and came across a news article about the Tokyo Spring/Summer fashion show. She figured she had some free time, so she might as well go check it out, since it wasn't far.
Of course, while she ostensibly went to a fashion show, she also wanted to take the opportunity to investigate the affairs of the Zhang family of Nanyang and the Sheqi family.
Although Gu Ran had instructed her not to act on her own, and Zhang Qiong had listened, as time went on, Zhang Qiong became restless and decided to use the excuse of attending a fashion show to go sightseeing in Tokyo.
She knew about the connection between the Japanese branch of the Secret Party and the Hebi family, but she thought that since the Japanese branch was still under the jurisdiction of the headquarters, the Hebi family probably wouldn't dare to do anything to her openly.
Moreover, the Chinese aristocratic families are not entirely without influence in Japan.
Therefore, Zhang Qiong thought that she could protect herself without any problem.
As for Su Xiaoqiang, Zhou Xinqing, and Tang Shishi, the three of them had made plans to visit Tokyo Disneyland a long time ago because there was a limited-time spring event where they could buy limited-edition 'Minnie' bows at Disneyland.
Girls all love cute things, so Su Xiaoqiang immediately wanted to invite Liu Miaomiao to Tokyo.
But Liu Miaomiao couldn't go to class, and the little girl was very diligent, even choosing two classes on the weekend.
So Su Xiaoqiang invited Zhou Xinqing and Tang Shishi to join him.
The three of them often met at the top-floor clubhouse and got along well. After all, Su Xiaoqiang was lively and could chat with anyone, and Tang Shishi had also let go of her previous burdens and become much more cheerful since coming to China.
Although Zhou Xinqing remained quiet and reserved, she enjoyed spending time with the cheerful Su Xiaoqiang.
So, after a while, the three of them became good friends and decided to come over for a couple of days over the weekend, since Shanghai isn't far from Tokyo anyway.
Then the three of them ran into Zhang Qiong on the plane.
Zhang Qiong hadn't expected such a coincidence. She had originally planned to investigate the Zhang family in Nanyang, but with Su Xiaoqiang around, she couldn't act without fear of implicating her future daughter-in-law. So she gave up her plan and decided to go to Disneyland with the three girls.