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Yuan Zhisheng knew that Gu Ran was mocking his statement that night that "the underworld is the leader of the weak," but in reality, the so-called leader of the weak always only wields his knife against the even weaker.
He had no way to refute this.
“This Miss Zhen is a witness; she helped me,” Gu Ran said with a smile. “I wonder if the Snake Clan has a witness protection program?”
Yuan Zhisheng recognized the girl; she was the timid girl from the comic book and toy store that night.
Chapter 402 Sequelae
Genjiro was deeply impressed by Aso Makoto; Sakura had only casually startled her, and she was terrified.
At this moment, Aso was barefoot, her cheongsam was torn, her fair skin was covered with bruises, and she was wearing an oversized windbreaker, which was obviously Gu Ran's.
However, the timid look on her face from a few days ago was gone; instead, her expression was very strong.
She stood behind Gu Ran, but did not flinch. Instead, she looked at Yuan Zhisheng and the others.
Yuan Zhisheng said, "I will compensate Miss Zhen and protect her. I guarantee that no gangsters will cause her any trouble."
"I don't want your compensation." Aso wiped away his tears, then walked silently toward the ruins.
She went to the collapsed dressing room, opened the cabinets, and took out the body of a small black cat.
The little black kitten was only one month old and hadn't even had a proper look at the world before it passed away in agony. Aso was heartbroken and hoped to find a good place to bury it instead of having it transported to a construction waste dump by a rubble truck.
Genji saw the cat's head, which had been hit by a shotgun bullet, and half of its head was gone.
There were several injured girls nearby, some wounded by stray bullets, helpless in the ruins.
Sakura, who was standing nearby, had already arranged for her family's medical staff to come to the scene, and she also used her connections to get the local security guards to seal off the perimeter of the site.
Gu Ran walked over to Asou Makoto's side, took off his shoes, and forced her to put them on.
This was the first time a boy had ever helped Asou Makoto put on her shoes. She felt a little embarrassed but couldn't refuse, as she was a gentle person by nature.
He tied her shoelaces and took out 10,000 yen from his pocket and gave it to her: "Buy some clothes before you go home, so your grandma won't worry."
Asou looked down at himself and accepted Gu Ran's kindness: "Thank you, I understand. So you and Caesar aren't gangsters. I hate gangsters more than anything in my life!"
Gu Ran rubbed her wet head and said to Yuan Zhisheng, "Since she doesn't want your compensation, then forget it. But remember not to let the underworld harass her. If she dies for no reason... I'll hold you responsible."
Yuan Zhisheng nodded slightly.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I want to ask you," Gu Ran asked, "Did you send anyone to the airport to kidnap my mother?"
“No,” Genji said decisively. “I’m also investigating who did it.”
Gu Ran nodded slightly. He was somewhat relieved to learn that the Snake Clan had not openly pursued his mother and the others. However, he could not simply send them back on a flight. If someone were to plant a bomb on the plane and blow them up or kidnap them, it would be impossible to guard against such a situation.
But Gu Ran didn't have time to go back with them at this time, so it seemed that they would have to stay in Japan for a while.
“My mother was kidnapped by the Zhang family in Nanyang before. Can you help me find out where the Zhang family is in your Japan?” Gu Ran said. “I found out that they are helping you buy and sell people.”
Yuan Zhisheng frowned slightly: "We are not involved in the human trafficking business."
“Perhaps… someone did it, and you don’t know?” Gu Ran said. “Don’t investigate through Kaguya-hime. Just the few of you investigate. I’ll come find you later and tell you what you find.”
"Hey, you think we'll investigate just because you say so? Who do you think you are?" the crow yelled.
"Just think of me as someone who came from hell to collect a debt," Gu Ran said with a smile.
Yuan Zhisheng and the others remained silent. Speaking of which, Gu Ran and the other three people from the headquarters had actually escaped from Erii's death zone.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that they came back from hell.
"Alright, I'm leaving now." Gu Ran turned to leave.
"Wait a minute." Genji stepped forward at this moment. "Please come back with me."
Now that the four members of their headquarters had discovered the secrets of the ruins at the bottom of the sea, they could not leave easily.
Gu Ran, in particular, was able to deduce the secret that the Snake Clan had been guarding all along from just a few pieces of information about the ruins.
Gu Ran chuckled lightly: "If I want to leave, no one can catch me, and you can't catch me either."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ran activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and instantly disappeared from the spot.
Genji immediately gave chase, but gave up after less than twenty meters.
They had only chased him for about ten meters when they lost sight of Gu Ran. He disappeared into the dark night of the heavy rain, and the rain would wash away his traces, making it difficult to find him again.
"Sakura, escort Miss Shin back," Genji instructed, handing Sakura the clan crest ring he was wearing.
Sakura respectfully accepted it, understanding the young master's meaning.
"I don't need you to take me." Asou Makoto, wearing shoes several sizes too big for Gu Ran, stubbornly walked alone in the rain.
Sakura Yabuki didn't say anything, but quietly followed behind her to prevent any thugs from bothering her on the way.
After sending Sakura home, she used Genjiro's clan crest to order the local thugs not to harass Miss Makoto's family, while secretly protecting her.
The Sheqi Hachike's rescue team then entered the scene and began treating the injured, treating everyone equally, whether they were thugs or injured residents.
“Young Master,” Yaksha walked over at this moment, “I have looked around at the wounded. Of these more than one hundred people, although they have survived, all four of their limbs have been broken and cannot be reattached. Some of them cannot be saved due to excessive blood loss.”
Whether these more than one hundred disabled people are handed over to the Snake-Headed Eight Families or to Japanese society, the subsequent care and support will be a heavy burden.
It would be better to just kill him and let the family give out some condolence money all at once.
Now, the Snake Clan can't ignore this situation, because these hooligans all have insurance from their own families, and these are just eighteen or nineteen-year-old kids... The family will be responsible for their living expenses for nearly fifty years to come.
This amount of money won't be much; it'll only be enough for everyone to maintain a basic standard of living and avoid starvation.
But these people can no longer be involved in organized crime, they can't even find ordinary jobs, and without limbs they can't even find women... Their lives are destined to be tragedies.
Previously, Yuan Zhisheng thought that Gu Ran was merciful for sparing these people's lives, but now it seems that he is the most ruthless.
Living a painful life is more agonizing than dying a quick and easy one.
At this moment, Crow came over with a brass bullet and pointed to the dragon-transformed corpse not far away, saying, "That corpse over there is the leader of 'Red Guard.' He was silenced by the gunman, and then the gunman was killed by Gu Ran with a kunai."
He continued, "I asked around, and they said Lu Mingfei, Caesar, and Chu Zihang are all there."
"Can we track down Caesar and the others?" Genji asked.
“They carried the wounded, so they shouldn’t have gone far. We’ve already sent the surrounding gangs to search for them, but there’s been no news yet,” Crow said. “In the end, Lu Mingfei was injured. When the gunman was trying to silence him, Lu Mingfei thought he was going to harm Caesar, so he pushed Caesar away and got shot himself. Gu Ran gave him some basic first aid, and then Caesar and Chu Zihang took Lu Mingfei away. Gu Ran stayed here just now to buy some time.”
Yasha also said, "'Red Guard' is such a small gang that it actually has MP7 submachine guns issued to the German army and Beretta pistols issued to the US army. It seems that the person behind it is not an ordinary person."
“Investigate, you must find out who’s behind this,” Yuan Zhisheng said. “Bring him to me.”
*……*……*
In a parking lot 20 kilometers away from Chizuru Town, a white Civic was parked in front of a convenience store.
Gu Ran changed into dry clothes inside.
Suddenly, his eyes stung.
The side effects of the Mangekyou Sharingan have reappeared.
The Susanoo I just used consumed a lot of my eye power, much more than Tsukuyomi.
He instinctively covered his eyes, enduring the pain, and kept his mouth shut, trying not to make a sound.
The intense pain caused him to curl up like a boiled river shrimp, and his eyes felt as if they were being pricked with needles.
After about ten minutes, the pain gradually subsided.
The dry T-shirt that I had just changed into was now soaked with sweat again.
Gu Ran opened his eyes somewhat nervously, and the light of the 7-Eleven convenience store slowly appeared before him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, I'm not blind; I can still see.
There seemed to be some liquid in the corner of his eye. He gently touched it and took a look in the dim light inside the car.
It is red blood and tears.
He took two tissues from the car, wiped away the blood and tears, and then looked at his eyes in the rearview mirror.
There was nothing unusual about him, except that his eyes were red, as if he had been crying for a long time.
However, his vision has been affected. His vision was originally 5.2 with no astigmatism, but now it seems to have deteriorated. He can see distant illuminated signs in a blurry way, and he also has astigmatism.
Even with my farsightedness reduced to white vision, the scene in front of me was still somewhat blurry, indicating that it wasn't just a matter of nearsightedness.
We need to find a way to collect more blood samples and upgrade the Mangekyou Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as soon as possible.
Furthermore, during this period, you should try to minimize the use of the Mangekyou Sharingan.
After a while, he took out a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers, which was stained with the blood of Caesar, Lu Mingfei, and Chu Zihang.
These blood samples could be collected repeatedly, so they were submitted to the system.
[Blood sample being tested]
[Rewards Distributed]
[Reward: Chakra +3, Current Chakra Total: 105 cards]
[Current progress of unlocking the Immortal Body is 85%]
[Eternal Kaleidoscope unlock progress: 42/48]
[The progress of unlocking the first form of Susanoo is 24/24]
Susanoo has evolved from its initial form to its first form.
[Unlocking Susanoo's second form is at 2/36]
[Learned A-rank Ninjutsu: Clone Explosion]
[Learned S-rank ninjutsu: Lightning Blade]
According to the system's information, Susanoo has six forms: initial form, first form, second form, third form, fourth form, and complete form.
Chapter 403 So old and still involved in organized crime?
Susanoo has evolved from its initial form to its first form, and its defensive range can almost cover the entire body, except for the gaps at the feet.
But Gu Ran wasn't very happy, because a higher form meant that more pupil power would be needed.
Currently, every time he uses the Mangekyou Sharingan, the risk of him going blind increases.