After a meal, the two men came out of the barbecue restaurant with greasy faces and bulging bellies.
The young monk was not wearing his monk's robes like he did on the day he came to preach. Instead, he was disguised in casual clothes and a hat.
The two men exchanged a few words at the door of the store and were about to separate when they saw the yellow-haired gangster grabbing the young monk's sleeve tightly, begging with a flattering look on his face.
The young monk became impatient with his harassment and casually took out a few Fukuzawa Yukichi notes and threw them on the ground. The yellow-haired gangster picked them up with a smile on his face, then spat at the young monk's back, took the money with satisfaction and hailed a taxi.
Uchiha Ming changed his mind, and the crow that had been resting on the power line followed.
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The yellow-haired gangster took a taxi to Edogawa District. Edogawa District got its name because of the Edogawa River flowing in the east and the Arakawa River flowing in the west, and is sandwiched between the two rivers.
Like its fellow districts Adachi Ward and Kita Ward, Edogawa Ward is also at the lower end of Tokyo's urban contempt chain, with chaotic public security and poor economic development.
After getting off the taxi in Minamikasai Town, Huangmao waited at the intersection while talking on the phone. Soon, a white van with the words "Nishino Freight Company" printed on the outside drove over.
The yellow-haired gangster got into the car.
"How's it going? Did you get the key to the pub?"
There were four men sitting in the back seat of the van. One of them, a middle-aged man with a fleshy face and a scar on the corner of his mouth, spoke.
If this man were 20 or 30 years younger, he would definitely be a ferocious villain who could stop children from crying at night. But now he is old, with gray hair and many wrinkles on his face, and he looks a little funny.
"Brother Zhukou, the key is right here!"
The yellow-haired gangster took out a bunch of keys as if he was offering treasure.
Inoguchi Yoshio took the key, nodded with satisfaction, thought for a moment and asked again:
"Didn't your father disown you? Why did he give you the key?"
"After all, I am the old man's only son and I haven't seen him for several years. As long as I kneel down and cry and express my determination to turn over a new leaf, he will indeed soften his heart and say he will give me one last chance." The yellow-haired man said proudly.
"This way, I have made a contribution, so I can join the Iijima family."
"Yeah." Yoshio Inoguchi responded casually with a perfunctory look on his face.
"Is the team going to take action against those two bastards? Count me in! And the bald head of the Zhengxin Society said that they want to send the people to Saitama County at six o'clock tonight, before the ceremony starts."
There was an unswollen bruise on the yellow-haired thug's forehead, his right arm was wrapped in a bandage, and there was resentment on his face. He couldn't wait to speak.
"You are still a newcomer and have no experience, so don't participate in this operation. The team has high hopes for young people like you. There will be more important tasks for you in the future. You should return to the headquarters first."
"Then the money we agreed on..."
"When the final payment from the Zhengxin Association arrives, your share will naturally not be missing."
With just a few words, he sent the yellow-haired hooligans away. Zhukou Yixiong spat and said disdainfully:
"He can even sell out his own sister. How can such a scum want to join our Yakuza? Who knows if he will betray us next time."
"Yeah, we in Jidao value chivalry and loyalty the most. How could we want this kind of trash?" Several Yakuzas nearby, who were also quite old, around fifty years old, echoed.
Yoshio Inoguchi was speechless when he saw these Yakuza who were as old as himself.
The problem of aging plagues Japanese society, and gangs are no exception. According to statistics from the Metropolitan Police Department, the number of gang members has dropped from 50 at its peak in the 40s to now, with more than % of them being over years old.
Not only that, the government's crackdown on violent gangs has become increasingly severe. The 2000 "Violent Gang Exclusion Ordinance" directly stipulates that violent gang members cannot open bank accounts, cannot obtain loans, cannot sign contracts, etc., and has passed a series of policies to exclude and discriminate against violent gangs.
The economic downturn will never end. Ordinary people have a hard time, and the extreme people don’t have an easy time either.
Yoshio Inoguchi touched the dim tattoo on his arm and couldn't help but recall the glorious days in the 1980s when he first entered the industry.
Those were truly the golden years of the underworld, you could do whatever you wanted!
When the money from the Zhengxin Society arrives, the first thing I have to do is go to a tattoo shop and touch up the color of the tattoo.
The white van drove along the capital's central ring highway.
"By the way, why did the Zhengxin Society want us to kidnap these two female students?"
Yoshio Inoguchi still had concerns about this matter. This was no longer the era where the yakuza could do whatever they wanted, and this was Tokyo, not some rural place. Once the Metropolitan Police Department caught any clues, not only the Iijima family, but also the Makoto Group above them might be wiped out.
But the deposit given by Zhengxinhui was too much, and the boss had lost a large batch of goods in the group and was desperate and urgently needed money to save his life, otherwise they would not have taken such a risk.
"Maybe those bald female believers are tired of playing with them and want to try the twin high school girls?"
"That's great. The new religion has money and women. I want to join it too."
Several middle-aged and elderly yakuza started making dirty jokes.
"I know this!"
Among the four men, there was a fat man in his thirties, picking the pimples on his face with his hands and said.
Seeing that everyone else's attention had been drawn, the fat man smiled complacently and said:
"I have a fellow villager who is a believer of the Zhengxin Society. He has participated in many ceremonies. So I know a little bit that the Zhengxin Society worships the Twin-bodied Buddha. They believe that twins are the best sacrifices."
"Twins, why?"
"It seems to be related to the teachings of the Shoshikai. But this is also normal. We Japanese have a long-standing custom of believing that twins are unlucky, and even killing twins. In the new anime "Onmyoji" I'm following this season, the heroine is a twin born in the family of the shrine's chief priest. They are regarded as a warning from the gods against natural disasters and become living sacrifices."
"As expected of a young man, you know so much."
Among this group of Yakuza who are over fifty years old, the fat man in his thirties is naturally considered a young man.
And it sounds like this fat guy is actually an otaku.
It is quite rare for otaku to become yakuza. There is a saying that the aging of gangs is closely related to the popularity of otaku culture. Those young people with dark personalities, who are excluded by school and society and cannot find jobs, were originally reserve members of gangs, but with the popularity of otaku culture, they have become otaku instead.
Just like after the launch of pay-to-win card-drawing mobile games, the business of pachinko parlors has declined.
"It is said that the leader of the Orthodox Church has extraordinary powers!"
The fat man lowered his voice and said in a mysterious tone: "That fellow villager once told me after he got drunk that the leader of the Orthodox Church has been gaining extraordinary power by sacrificing living people!"
"Extraordinary? How is that possible? Which of these fraudulent leaders doesn't brag about his boundless magical powers?"
"It's different. Although I haven't joined the church, the Zhengxin Church is very famous in my hometown. The Zhengxin Church was able to grow to tens of thousands of followers in just a few years, thanks to the fact that the leader appeared in the Dharma meetings many times and demonstrated extraordinary power."
"Those religious and foolish believers all say the same thing."
A Yakuza said disdainfully. Although he was not well educated, he still felt intellectually superior to the new religious believers.
"Okay, stop talking. Whatever the Zhengxin Society wants to do is none of our business. We just need to deliver the goods."
Inoguchi Yoshio interrupted the conversation impatiently: "Check everyone, have you brought all the anesthetics, towels, sleeping pills, handcuffs, and masks?"
It has been several years since he last did this kind of kidnapping work, and Yoshio Inoguchi felt that his skills were a little rusty, although he had done this kind of thing a lot when he was young.
Several other gang members checked their pockets and nodded to Yoshio Inoguchi.
"Then proceed as planned. We will open the store door and hide on the second floor. Once the two sisters come in, we will use two against one and quickly knock them out. Then we will put them in the car and take them to the Zhengxin Society. Don't come back after that. Take the money and hide in the countryside to avoid the limelight!"
Several other yakuza responded in unison, their faces filled with a mixture of excitement and cruelty.
"Ito, when we take action, you just drive the van to block the store door and be careful not to be seen by outsiders." Yoshio Inoguchi turned his head and instructed the driver.
But Ito did not respond. Instead, he stepped on the accelerator and continued to drive the van forward without saying a word.
A crow suddenly jumped out from the passenger seat and looked at him with its scarlet eyes.
Crow? When did Ito raise a crow?
But now is not the time to think about such trivial matters. Inoguchi Yoshio shouted:
"Ito, did you hear that? And why were you driving so fast!"
Ito turned a deaf ear to him and instead went even further, stepping on the accelerator. The van sped along the road at an exaggerated speed like Grand Theft Auto and rushed onto the Arakawa Bridge!
Inoguchi Yoshio was very uneasy, and he quickly grabbed Ito's neck from the back seat and yelled:
"You're crazy! You're driving so fast, are you heading for Sanzu River?"
"Sanzu River? Yes, this is the death carriage leading to Sanzu River."
Ito turned his head, his eyes were dull and his face was expressionless. He spoke in a strange and indifferent tone, which made Yoshio Inoguchi's scalp tingle.
Before he could do anything, Ito stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, turned the steering wheel, and the van crashed into the guardrail of the Arakawa Bridge. The whole car rolled over and fell into the Arakawa!
A huge wave exploded on the wide Arakawa River.
But it soon returned to normal. Even though there was some debris, it could not stop the Arakawa from flowing forward.
Chapter 45 The Beginning of the Wujiashan Incident
"Things are really becoming more and more complicated." Uchiha Ming opened his eyes and muttered to himself.
His right eye still had two magatama, and there were three black magatama rotating in his left eye.
[Sharingan LV2 (50/100)]
The three-magatama Sharingan in Uchiha Ming's left eye was naturally not opened because of emotions stimulating the brain to secrete special chakra, but entirely because of the system's added points.
It turns out that this bug existed in the Naruto game. Probably because it takes 3 proficiency points to upgrade both eyes of Sharingan to LV100, but only 50 points for one eye, and the system also inherited this bug.
Although he only has one three-magatama Sharingan, it is also a hypnotic eye that can cast illusions.
It turned out that Uchiha Ming saw the yellow-haired gangsters, monks from the Shoshikai, and gangsters hanging out together, and they were going to stage a plot where the trash brother colluded with outsiders to seize the family property.
If it was just the former, there would be no need for Uchiha Ming to take action. He could just inform Matsudaira Chiyo of the news. With her power, she would definitely be able to protect the Takasaki sisters.
But I didn't expect that they were kidnapped because they were twins, and the new religion, the Orthodox Christian Association, was involved. Anything related to religion would be very troublesome.
Not to mention sacrifice, it is simply a cult act!
more importantly……
Extraordinary and sacrifice, these words touched Uchiha Ming's sensitive nerves.
Unlike those low-level gang members, Uchiha Ming knows that this world exists with monsters and evil spirits, and that there are real supernatural powers.
Could it be that this leader who claims to have real magical powers is also an extraordinary person?
But according to what the six-handed monster he met said, there are no superhuman humans like Onmyoji in the world, only Uchiha can do it.
Is the information about the six-armed monster wrong, or is the world changing, and after monsters and evil spirits, human supernatural beings are beginning to appear?
Uchiha Ming felt uneasy when he thought that the situation might be beyond his imagination. Monsters and evil spirits were fine, but if humans also began to master extraordinary powers, it would definitely be bad news for him.
"The leader will display his magical powers at the ceremony. There will be a ceremony at six o'clock in the evening..." Uchiha Ming tapped the table with his index finger and pondered.
After school, Uchiha Ming called Takasaki Tsuki directly to ask for leave, then left the school and came to the North District, transformed himself into an ordinary student with ordinary looks, went to an Internet cafe and asked for a computer.
Japan's household registration management is very lax. Because of the post-war vigilance against the strict household registration management system established during the military period for conscription, it has become politically correct to oppose strict household registration management. You don't need proof of identity to go to an Internet cafe, you just need to pay.
Uchiha Ming turned on the computer and searched for information about the Zhengxin Society.
These new religions are legal religions established with official permission. Because they need to preach and understand the principle of keeping up with the times, many of them have their own websites and even opened Twitter accounts to communicate with believers, and believers can also raise funds electronically.
The homepage of the Zhengxin Association is very well-made and novel, much better looking than the monotonous homepages of some Japanese county governments that have remained unchanged for more than ten or twenty years.
Uchiha Ming browsed the information on the homepage of the website. The Shoshin Society is a new religion registered in Chichibu County, Saitama Prefecture, and has obtained religious legal person status. Its registration history is only three years, but the website says that the Shoshin Society has more than 200 monks registered with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Religious Affairs Division, 100,000 lay Buddhists, and 300,000 believers!
Of course, the Mashinkai will certainly brag about itself on its homepage, but it is hard to say how much water there is in this number, as the entire population of Chichibu County combined is not that many.
But even so, even if it is only one-tenth or one-twentieth, for a new religion with a registered history of only three years, its development momentum can be said to be in full swing.
Uchiha Ming raised his eyebrows, wrote down the address of the Zhengxin Society's headquarters, and left the Internet cafe.
"Let me go meet this leader and see if he is a charlatan who deceives the world and steals his reputation, or a true extraordinary person!"
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Mount Buko, located in Yokoze Town, Chichibu District, Saitama Prefecture, is 1,300 meters above sea level and is named after the armor of Takeno-no-miya enshrined there.
At the foot of Mount Wujia lies a huge Japanese-style courtyard. The main gate and some of the towers inside have obvious Buddhist style. Under the eaves of the main gate hangs a plaque inscribed with "Zhengxinhui". The characters are so vigorous that you can tell at first glance that they were written by a great calligrapher.
A handsome young monk, wearing a white robe, was waiting anxiously.
"It's almost six o'clock, why haven't the Iijima family arrived yet? Damn it, they didn't run away with the money, I knew the Yakuza were a bunch of scum! Trash! Borers!"
The young monk cursed loudly with an angry look on his face.
At this time, a Subaru drove over, and a 30-year-old handsome young monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a couple, pulling a pair of children about ten years old, got out of the car.
"Master, the two lay Buddhists are willing to donate their children to the Zhengxin Association. This is truly a great deed! Go in from here first. The Dharma Assembly will begin soon."
With a pious look on their faces, the couple brought their ignorant children into the courtyard under the guidance of a monk.
"Junior Brother Kimura, haven't you completed the task assigned to you by the leader? I brought the twin boys here." The young monk said provocatively.
"Damn...the twin sisters will be here soon, Senior Brother Ida." Monk Kimura lowered his head and said reluctantly.
