Once they stopped paying , the ninja profession would lose its ground for survival.Therefore, the Iga family must find a way to stand on its own feet. As Kazuo thought of this, his face grew solemn and serious. “Father, I understand what you have in mind! Please don’t worry. I’ll do my utmost best to complete the mission!”Hanzo nodded, satisfied. He urged, “Kazuo, you have to be careful. Make sure you keep a low profile when you go to the United States. Don’t use your original identity when you enter the country, and don’t let the Ito family find out about this mission.”Hanzo then added, “I also want you to examine the situation in the United States when you’re there. The ninjas’ survival in Japan might already be very poor, but it’ll certainly be much better in the United States. If the conditions are appropriate, we might as well bring the entire Iga family over to the United States!”“To the United States?!” Kazuo’s eyes widened in surprise. “Father, the situation in the Un
“Really?!”Claire was surprised to hear Charlie’s explanation. Flabbergasted, she asked, “Honey, is that true? Quinn Golding’s team really wants to invite you to New York to check the Feng Shui?!”Charlie nodded and said seriously, “Of course! I’m the famous Master Wade. They originally thought that I was in Oskia, and were initially worried that I’d be unwilling to come. It so happens that I’m in the United States, and my current residence isn’t that far away from them. Thus, they insisted on inviting me.”Claire was very excited, but her doubts didn’t leave her completely. “Honey, is it really necessary to look at Feng Shui for a concert venue?”Charlie laughed. “The entertainment industry values Feng Shui the most. It is not only the residential companies that need to have a good Feng Shui layout. There must also be an opening ceremony before a film or television series is launched. For concert tours, one must do enough work on Feng Shui to ensure the smoothness of the subsequen
Kazuo and his seven subordinates followed the young man into the ballroom, rather depressed. They had assumed their arrival would be celebrated, but reality was different.Not even a shadow of the staff could be seen in the ballroom building, let alone anyone from maintenance.The young man led them through the huge ballroom and passed several empty private rooms with open doors. Finally, he stopped in front of a private room with a closed door.Immediately after that, he knocked on the door and said, “Mr. George, Mr. Hattori and the others have arrived.”Finley, who was inside the private room, said loudly, “Invite them in!”The young man opened the door and said to Kazuo, “Mr. Hattori, please.”At this moment, Kazuo finally met Finley for the first time.He didn’t know Finley before today, nor had he ever seen any reports related to Finley in any media. Thus, he was curious about Finley, who was now in front of him.However, he was keen enough not to stare at Finley for too l
The first thought that came to Kazuo’s mind after he surveyed the place thoroughly was that this mission seemed a little too easy. When his clan assisted Matsumoto Yoshito to kidnap Jaime and Sophie, the difficulty was so much more compared to this mission.That time, all of the Schulz family’s entourage were killed in silence. The remaining family members were taken away from a few dozen stories high. Compared to that, Finley’s mission was oddly simpler and so much easier. Kazuo also participated in the operation against the Schulz siblings. After that mission was successful, he didn’t take the siblings to Kyoto.Therefore, this mission was technically not very difficult for him. After surveying the site, Kazuo asked Finley, “Mr. George, I wonder if you can tell me the relevant information about the person I’m meant to kidnap?”Finley said lightly, “You don’t need to know her identity for now. Wait until the eleventh. By then, I’ll tell you.”In Finley’s plan, the matter of
They couldn’t believe that a mere female Oskian singer would have such a strong fan base in the United States. After all, they’ve always felt that American singers were the global leaders of pop music.They were arrogant and were convinced that a female Oskian singer couldn’t possibly have such a huge influence.Some local media even deliberately wondered if the fans at the airport were group performers hired by Quinn’s agency at their own expense.Quinn used her strength to respond to the Western media’s scathing doubts.Her New York and Boston concert tickets were opened for sale on time, three hours after her arrival in the United States. The two concerts, selling a total of ninety thousand tickets, were instantly snapped up in less than a minute and generated a sales volume of over a billion US dollars!The performance market in the United States was well developed, but the celebrity base was also very large. Thus, it was difficult to sell out most performances. Even if th
Fisher was so frightened that he almost burst into tears. He had no time to mourn for the tragic death of his nanny, despite his sorrow. He begged bitterly over the phone like a madman, “I beg you, don’t hurt my family! I’ll agree with all your terms…!”The other party was satisfied. “I hope you’ll be as cooperative as you say. Play any tricks on us, and I guarantee you won’t even see your family members’ corpses!”Fisher cried, “I will cooperate… I will cooperate! Please tell me what you need me to do!”The other party said indifferently, “Open the door now. My leader will communicate with you face-to-face in person.”Fisher was slightly taken aback by this. Then, he heard the doorbell immediately after.He panicked and said into the phone, “I…I’m going to open the door now…”The other party snapped coldly, “Fisher Charles, remember what I told you. All of your family members will die a miserable death if you try anything funny!”Just like that, the call was cut short.Fishe
Fisher replied in a shaky voice, almost weeping, “If you guys want to do something bad and I take you in, the authorities won’t let me go afterwards…”Kazuo smiled. “Then maybe you should sacrifice yourself for the safety of your family.”Fisher barked back, “Even if I did as you said, how will you guarantee my family’s safety?!” Kazuo’s smile remained. “Well, you can only choose to trust me. I can’t give you any other guarantee aside from my promise.”He growled threateningly, “Firstly, your family will surely die if you don’t do what I say!”After that, Kazuo’s expression instantly softened and he said seriously, “Fisher Charles, I’m not a psychopathic murderer. I just want to finish my mission and leave the United States safely with my money. I don’t need or want to kill your family.”Fisher was guarded. He retorted in disbelief, “Who knows if you’ll kill them after the mission is completed? In most kidnapping cases, the perpetrators will still kill the hostages in order to a
Very soon, it was already the eleventh.Under the bustling morning rush hour in New York was an undercurrent surging at an extremely fast speed. More than a thousand soldiers from the Ten Thousand Armies had already arrived there, and many were hidden in every corner of the city.Finley and Homer were also beside themselves with impatience.Early in the morning, Homer called Finley to his study. He sounded both excited and nervous. “Finley, these days, the media headlines are all about Quinn Golding. If she disappears tonight, it might trigger a global sensation. Are you sure you and I won’t be implicated?”Finley nodded confidently, smiling. “Young Master Fox, the Iga ninjas have already taken care of Fisher’s end. Today, they’ll enter the hotel ballroom as temporary workers under Fisher’s arrangements. Fisher will also use their lack of experience as a reason to keep them behind to help out, while taking the others away from Quinn Golding’s lounge. All the tools they needed hav
No one except Raymond expected that the terms would be agreed upon so quickly.He was utterly confident in his judgment and even more so in his value appraisal.He was convinced that once they had a good look, any one of these collectors who could afford twenty million wouldn't miss this bargain.After all, an opportunity to secure an item worth millions more than the price they paid was very rare.In fact, when the other nine collectors heard that the first collector was buying it, it was only to be expected even if it left them all gloomy. They had all held the bronze sculpture in their hands—they knew it was definitely worth that much.However, no one in the room was more shocked than Trippy.He looked utterly flabbergasted, his eyes wide and bulging as he stared at the bronze sculpture while asking himself the same question repeatedly.Was that crap really worth twenty million? How?!While Trippy was still stunned, Raymond had already sent his payment details to the first
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo