Chapter 907: Kidnapping Plan |
"A good action movie, how did it inexplicably turn into a historical drama?" Liu Xing sighed and said.
Yin En nodded and said helplessly, "This is not good news for us. At that time, the division of forces in the Island Nation will be allocated according to the territories of the Sengoku daimyo. Various secret cults should also choose to rely on major families. After all, those families hold righteousness and the hearts of the people. Our Sawada Family's position will be very awkward then because there are only a few of us. Returning to Ziwu City to occupy land and become kings is no problem, but the pattern is so small that we will only be annexed later."
As Yin En said, the current Sawada Family is just a paper tiger, relying on Taketori's tiger skin to occupy a place in the Warrior Faction. So if a new Sengoku era really begins, the Sawada Family, this paper tiger, will be exposed sooner or later.
At that time, Liu Xing and other "important figures" of the Sawada Family will be in trouble.
"Ah, my head hurts. We worked so hard in the early stage to accumulate so many Contribution Points, but in the later stage, they will directly become a pile of useless numbers. I think my mentality will collapse then." Zhang Jingxu looked up at the ceiling and said.
Ding Kun shrugged and said helplessly, "From the current situation, if it really develops as we imagined, then Contribution Points will indeed become a pile of useless numbers because the Warrior Faction no longer exists. So what use are its Contribution Points... But speaking of it, this is very Cthulhu-like—everyone worked hard for months, and suddenly you are told that all this is useless. Anyone would have a mental breakdown, especially players like us who are at the top and fight for their factions."
Liu Xing looked at the mahjong tiles in his hand, a bad hand.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, I think those old guys' strength is not that great. In the world of Cthulhu RPG Game, they can only be considered middle-level. Their reputation is only popular in the Island Nation, so those secret cults may not buy it. Moreover, their internal problems may also be severe. After all, their ancestors suddenly jumped out of the ancestral grave and want to control the family power. There may be a generation gap." Zhang Wenbing said with a smile.
As the saying goes, there is a generation gap every three years, and it is not easy to cross more than a hundred generation gaps.
Liu Xing and others continued to play mahjong.
Not long after, Shi Zixuan sent today's gossip.
In the past few days, Shi Zixuan took the opportunity to interview the current heads of several Shimazu Family industries as a reporter and found that these guys did not know the current situation of the Shimazu Family. They only thought they were appointed by Shimazu Nakano because of their outstanding abilities.
Of course, the Shimazu Family industries that Shi Zixuan could interview were not high-end, after all, Shi Zixuan was just an intern reporter.
But it shows that Shima Takeshi's coup has not been spread, and Shima Takeshi's control of information is still very strict.
However, the interesting news is that Shima Takeshi has been going to work on time these days.
According to Shi Zixuan's tracking investigation, Shima Takeshi has been living a two-point-one-line life as usual these days—leaving his luxury apartment in Kagoshima City at eight in the morning, going to the headquarters of Shimazu Group, and returning home at eight in the evening.
From the photos taken by Shi Zixuan, this person looks exactly like Shima Takeshi, but it cannot be confirmed that he is Shima Takeshi. After all, in this parallel world of Cthulhu RPG Game, it is not difficult to make a person's appearance exactly like another person.
Moreover, there is a special profession called "kagemusha" in the Island Nation.
Kagemusha has existed since ancient times because it is essentially a professional double. However, during the Sengoku period, various forces often arranged ninjas to assassinate the daimyo or important figures of enemy forces, so kagemusha became popular during the Sengoku period. Anyone with status began to cultivate kagemusha. If they encountered dangerous situations, they would arrange for their kagemusha to handle it.
So even today, many chieftains of major families in the Island Nation still have their own kagemusha. Even Sawada Yinyin mentioned that her father once planned to cultivate a kagemusha. Unfortunately, it is time-consuming and laborious to cultivate a qualified kagemusha, so Sawada Yinyin's father finally gave up the plan.
However, in history, there have been many rumors of kagemusha replacing their lords. After all, an excellent kagemusha not only looks exactly like the lord but also behaves, speaks, and has the same personality.
So it is easy for a kagemusha to replace the lord. Therefore, the lord will leave behind measures to prevent such situations.
"According to Shima Mitsuhiro, Shima Takeshi should be staying in Shimazu Residence and not going out. So this Shima Takeshi should be fake, right?" Liu Xing said, holding his mobile phone. "As the head of Shimazu Family industries, Shima Takeshi used to have social engagements every day. He rarely went to the headquarters a few times a month, and even if he did, he only stayed for a few hours to handle documents and then left early. So staying in the headquarters all day like this has never happened before."
At this moment, Yin En suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "How about we kidnap this fake Shima Takeshi!"
Liu Xing's eyes lit up, instantly understanding Yin En's meaning.
"This is a good idea. Although this Shima Takeshi is probably a kagemusha, as long as others think he is Shima Takeshi, we can let Shimazu Nakano find a reason to imprison this fake Shima Takeshi. Then the real Shima Takeshi will be in trouble." Yin En said with a smile.
If the plan goes smoothly, as long as this fake Shima Takeshi is convicted, the real Shima Takeshi will become a wanted criminal if he dares to appear in public.
Moreover, at this time, Shimazu Nakano can take the opportunity to replace the management of Shimazu Family industries with his own people, isolating Shima Takeshi in Shimazu Residence. Then Shima Takeshi will have little to do.
If Shimazu Nakano is ruthless enough, he can stage a self-directed act, first releasing the fake Shima Takeshi from prison, disguising it as an escape, and then shooting himself, framing Shima Takeshi for attempted murder. This way, Shimazu Nakano can justifiably attack Shimazu Residence with mercenaries.
The reason Shimazu Nakano is so passive now is that he has no legitimate reason to deal with Shima Takeshi.
So, Liu Xing and others began planning the kidnapping of "Shima Takeshi"... Actually, there wasn't much to plan because this "Shima Takeshi" had a very predictable routine, either at home or at the company, or commuting between the two. Therefore, Liu Xing and his team's operational space was limited to staking out either at the home entrance or the company entrance.
As for robbing him halfway, considering the traffic conditions during the morning and evening rush hours in the Island Nation, Liu Xing and his team wisely chose to abandon this idea.
There would be no place to run at that time.
Finally, Liu Xing and his team decided to act in the underground parking lot of the high-end apartment where "Shima Takeshi" lived.
Because no matter how good the security measures of this high-end apartment were, they couldn't be higher than the security level of the Shimazu Group's headquarters.
When Liu Xing and his team told Shima Mitsuhiro about their plan, Shima Mitsuhiro shook his head and said, "I support your plan, but the last step of this plan must be modified, that is, to change the place of capturing this fake Shima Takeshi to outside the Shimazu Group's headquarters. Because although that high-end apartment is said to be an ordinary apartment on the surface, it is actually the real stronghold of the Shimazu Family in Kagoshima City. The security guards inside are all retired special forces. If an emergency occurs, the entire apartment can be completely sealed off within half a minute. If you can't leave the apartment within half a minute, you will be trapped."
"And most importantly, the daily management of that apartment is handled by Shima Takeshi. Because he lives in the apartment almost all year round except for holidays, the security guards there should all be his people. We have no way to persuade them to turn a blind eye; as for the security personnel of the Shimazu Group building, they are managed by an illegitimate son of my grandfather... This is also a dark history of our Shimazu Family that is not known to outsiders. When my grandfather graduated from university, he got drunk and accidentally had a relationship with a female classmate. As a result, he found out more than ten years later that he had an illegitimate son. In the end, he could only arrange for him to be the security chief of the Shimazu Group building."
"My uncle, how should I put it, is the kind of person who is content with the status quo and has no scheming. So, his relationship with my father and others is quite good. Everyone recognizes him as a member of the Shimazu Family. Therefore, he is very grateful to my father and others, especially after my uncle took power and changed his surname from Ono to Shimazu, truly treating him as a member of the Shimazu Family. Therefore, he is very obedient to my father. So, my father should be able to get him to assist us in capturing that fake Shima Takeshi."
Hearing this, Liu Xing suddenly felt that Shima Mitsuhiro seemed to have set up a flag.
Liu Xing had seen this kind of drama about illegitimate children of wealthy families in movies and TV dramas countless times, so he suspected that the illegitimate son had been hiding his true abilities and had bigger plans.
Of course, this was just Liu Xing's wild imagination.
"In that case, Brother Hirodo, please contact your uncle as soon as possible to push this matter forward. We should strike first. After capturing this fake Shima Takeshi, we won't be so passive." Yin En said seriously.
Shima Mitsuhiro nodded, took out his mobile phone, and started calling Shimazu Nakano.
At this time, Liu Xing also arranged for Shi Zixuan to continue tracking "Shima Takeshi" and to plan the escape route in advance.
In this regard, Shi Zixuan was the professional.
Shima Mitsuhiro quickly finished his call with Shimazu Nakano.
"My uncle has agreed to our plan, but we have to wait for him to confirm the situation at the group building before giving us a specific answer. He is worried that Shima Takeshi has already controlled the security system of the group building. After all, although Shima Takeshi is only the general manager of the Shimazu Group, in the absence of Shimazu Nakano, the chairman, who hasn't been to the group building for several years, most of the employees in the group building now look up to Shima Takeshi."
Hearing this, Zhang Wenbing couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Shimazu is too generous in giving Shima Takeshi power..."
Zhang Wenbing realized halfway through his sentence that there was a problem with what he said because the main reason Shimazu Nakano did this was to maintain the balance between Shima Takeshi and Shima Mitsuhiro... In other words, Shima Mitsuhiro was not competent enough, so Shimazu Nakano couldn't directly designate him as the next chieftain of the Shimazu Family.
Fortunately, Shima Mitsuhiro knew that he needed Liu Xing and others' help now, so although his face turned a bit ugly, he still smiled and said, "No way, my uncle valued him so much before, but I didn't expect this Shima Takeshi to be a white-eyed wolf, colluding with outsiders to seize our Shimazu Family's property."
Liu Xing and others immediately laughed along, brushing off the matter.
Because the kidnapping plan still needed a comprehensive risk assessment, it couldn't be implemented within the next two days. Therefore, Liu Xing and others found an excuse to go back to their room to play mahjong.
"Brother Zhang, you were a bit careless today." Zhang Jingxu said with a smile, "If we weren't in a strong position now, Shima Mitsuhiro might have turned against us."
Zhang Wenbing shrugged helplessly and said, "This matter is still Shimazu Nakano's fault. Why did he have to raise a gu? If he could have decided on the next head of the Shimazu Family earlier, today's situation wouldn't have happened; but speaking of which, hasn't the China Dao Sect deciphered those canned codes yet?"
Zhang Jingxu shook his head and said, "Of course not. The person responsible for deciphering the codes is a friend of mine. He has been complaining to me today that these cans are probably just randomly placed because he has tried many decryption methods and still found nothing... So now I also suspect that these cans might really be randomly placed."
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