Chapter 219: Walking into the Trap

Chapter 219: Walking into the Trap

According to Liu Xing's observations, aside from the staircase leading to the second floor, the first floor of the underground casino had six tightly closed doors, each guarded by two security personnel. This indicated the importance of these six doors.

Liu Xing closed his eyes and appeared to be deep in thought, pondering the locations corresponding to these six doors. He quickly determined that one of them led to the convenience store and the sewer entrance. He also identified two doors leading to the residential areas within the sewer section and one within a construction site.

As a result, two doors remained unaccounted for, leading directly towards the outskirts of Ziwu City. Liu Xing began to suspect that one of these two doors might lead to Honda Koichi's laboratory.

However, even if Liu Xing knew how to access Honda Koichi's lab, he dared not venture inside. After all, Liu Xing's character card was quite lackluster, despite possessing Nyarlathotep's customized handgun as a weapon, which could deal substantial damage. Due to limited ammunition, facing a significant number of enemies would render Liu Xing powerless.

Furthermore, from the video featuring Honda Koichi's lab, it was evident that not only were there numerous Ghouls but also members of the Dark Willow Gang inside. Entering the lab would undoubtedly be a suicidal move.

Currently, Liu Xing contemplated whether there was a way to persuade Aoki Kawaguchi to lead a team of Ghouls for a surprise assault, seizing the opportunity to infiltrate the lab and eliminate the major threat, Honda Koichi.

At this moment, Liu Xing remembered that Otonashi Takuya hadn't mentioned anything about this matter. Logically, Otonashi Takuya should have informed Aoki Kawaguchi about the contents of those videos, and Aoki Kawaguchi should have taken action. Why had Otonashi Takuya remained silent on this matter?

Could there be more to this situation than met the eye? Liu Xing rubbed his chin, pondering with suspicion.

Just then, Liu Xing saw Juri Sonoda walking towards him, looking quite frustrated. It appeared that Juri Sonoda's mission had not been going smoothly either.

Juri Sonoda sat down next to Liu Xing, sighing in resignation. Seeing this, Liu Xing spoke, "In this world, most things don't go as planned. Miss Tanaka, there's no need to be so downhearted."

Juri Sonoda glanced around discreetly before speaking softly to Liu Xing, "Today has been incredibly unlucky for me. I had found a suitable target and was about to use my skills to open the door. But guess what? Mikageichi, the leader of the Dark Willow Gang, unexpectedly returned at that moment. Fortunately, I didn't reveal my intentions and managed to escape. The stakes up there are ridiculously high, with a minimum bet of a hundred thousand yen per token. Nevertheless, my luck held, and I won over a hundred thousand yen in tokens. It seems I have a knack for this."

She chuckled as she spoke.

Liu Xing shook his head, unable to resist pouring cold water on her enthusiasm. "Miss Tanaka, you should know that a skilled dealer can manipulate the outcome to a certain extent. So, as a new high-ranking member, the dealers on the second floor will surely give you some initial wins to lure you in. Once you're addicted to gambling, that's when they'll take advantage of you."

Juri Sonoda looked at Liu Xing in disbelief and then whispered, "You think I don't know that? But, in any case, Mikageichi shouldn't have come to this underground casino so early. He should be escorting his adoptive father to the spa right now. Plus, it seems like there's some major event happening since Dark Willow Gang's top brass are also here today. It looks like something significant is about to go down. I can't help but want to eavesdrop on their conversations."

Liu Xing realized that the situation might be more serious than he initially thought. The show of force clearly indicated that they were targeting Mian Gu Lu, and Mikageichi was likely planning to seize Mian Gu Lu by force.

"Alright then, I'll drop you off on the outskirts of that residential area. There's a main road there, so it should be easy to find a taxi," Liu Xing said as he started the car and began their journey.

After dropping off Juri Sonoda, Liu Xing returned to Chen Wenbin's house, only to find it empty. "Strange, why haven't they returned yet?" Liu Xing wondered aloud.

At that moment, Liu Xing received a text message from Yin En. It turned out that Yin En and his team had finished their visit to the spa and met with Sawada Yinyin's father, Sawada Tsuo, the current head of the Sawada Family. Under Yin En's persuasion, Sawada Tsuo had agreed to take in Mian Gu Lu. Currently, Yin En and his team were staying in a villa provided by Sawada Tsuo. Yin En sent a message to Liu Xing and others, urging them to abandon Chen Wenbin's house and move to the villa area.

After reading the message, Liu Xing sighed and prepared to drive from the southwest corner of Ziwu City to the northeast corner. He estimated that by the time he arrived at the villa area, it would be around 11 or 12 at night. Liu Xing quickly had a light meal at home before heading towards the villa area.

As expected, Liu Xing encountered rush-hour traffic when passing through the central commercial district of Ziwu City, causing a delay of over an hour. When Liu Xing finally arrived at the villa area, it was already 11:00 PM.

Fortunately, Yin En was waiting just outside the villa area, so Liu Xing was able to enter without any issues.

Ziwu City had two villa areas, one in the southeast and another in the southwest. The southeast villa area had a higher class of residents, with a lower villa density, larger distances between them (over 500 meters), and dense vegetation, making it difficult to see neighboring villas. However, the southeast villa area had a cluster of villas developed by the Sawada Family, with the main Sawada residence at the center. The Sawada Family's mainline members resided in the Sawada mansion, while branch members and visiting dignitaries stayed in the surrounding villas. Private security personnel and some servants lived in the outermost villas.

According to Yin En, Sawada Tsuo had arranged for them to stay in one of the guest villas and had deployed a professional security team from the security company he invested in, called the Red Eagle Security Company, to protect Mian Gu Lu.

Speaking of the Red Eagle Security Company, Yin En shared some information. "Liu Xing, this is quite fortunate. I just contacted my friends, and they provided information about Sagami Hayato, the head of the Red Eagle Security Company. Sagami Hayato is skilled in analyzing situations, organizing formations, and strategizing, although his personal combat skills are average. Within his team, there's a mercenary named Akashi Izumi, known for extraordinary marksmanship, capable of hitting targets with pinpoint accuracy. Overall, their strength is impressive, and they should have no trouble dealing with the small-time hooligans from the Dark Willow Gang. Furthermore, Sawada Tsuo mentioned that in this villa area, there are over a hundred private security personnel armed with firearms. Heavy machine gun emplacements are positioned in the outermost villas, and the Sawada mansion has armored vehicles on standby. It's highly unlikely that the Dark Willow Gang could mount a successful attack here."

Hearing this, Liu Xing felt relieved. With such a robust defense by the Sawada Family, it would be challenging for the Dark Willow Gang to breach it, unless they resorted to using the dreaded artificially created Monsters and employed SAN attacks against the Sawada Family's private security, causing chaos.

"By the way, Yin En, have you already informed Sawada Tsuo about Mian Gu Lu's situation?" Liu Xing suddenly thought of something and asked Yin En.

Yin En nodded, "Of course. If we don't tell Sawada Tsuo about Mian Gu Lu's situation, how could he provide us with so much assistance? However, Sawada Tsuo's attitude seems a bit too enthusiastic. After hearing about Mian Gu Lu, he insisted on keeping us here and even mentioned using any means necessary to protect Mian Gu Lu."

Liu Xing couldn't help but feel uneasy. He sighed and said to Yin En, "Yin En, it's possible that we've walked into a trap. Sawada Tsuo may not want to protect Mian Gu Lu; he might want to control him."

Liu Xing then shared the information he had obtained from Juri Sonoda about Sawada Tsuo with Yin En.

"I see. It seems we might have indeed walked into a trap. Sawada Tsuo sees himself as the protector of Ziwu City, and if we can't help Mian Gu Lu break free from the possession of the Eldritch God Taketori, Sawada Tsuo might choose to eliminate Mian Gu Lu to rid himself of Taketori's influence," Yin En affirmed.

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