Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 496 - 431: The Ingenious Nozaki Cangjian, Compassionate Aoyama Xiu Xin

Chapter 496: Chapter 431: The Ingenious Nozaki Cangjian, Compassionate Aoyama Xiu Xin

"Police! Idiot! How could there be police?"

"How did the police find this place?"

"Traitor! There’s a traitor among us!"

The sudden appearance of police had left the two groups of smugglers on the fishing boat petrified and furious; they instinctively pulled out their guns facing each other, eyes filled with suspicion.

"We have no time for infighting, everyone run!" Afraid that a gunfight would break out and kill Jing Shang, Nozaki Cangjian dropped these words and immediately led by leaping into the sea, then he frantically swam towards a small vessel in the distance flying three plasters flags.

The vessel with the three plasters flags was under the command of Aoyama Xiu Xin, which also served as the signal to guide Nozaki Cangjian, he had already informed all participating police to deliberately allow anyone swimming towards the command ship to go free without any interception.

Apart from Nozaki Cangjian, they also deliberately let a few others go except for Jing Shang and Shimada, the two leaders, as the others were not necessarily needed to be captured.

Otherwise, if everyone was captured and only Nozaki Cangjian escaped, it would be too coincidental, and both the Miyazaki family and the Shimada Group would suspect him of being a traitor, ending his undercover career.

As Nozaki Cangjian dived into the sea, the others on the fishing boat finally reacted, no longer concerning themselves with how the police were tipped off and, dropping their guns, they leaped into the sea like dumplings, swimming forcefully in different directions.

Although jumping into the sea might not ensure escape, staying on the boat meant certain death, so they preferred to struggle desperately, hoping their luck would help them escape.

Nozaki Cangjian’s three underlings had followed him from Tokyo to Hokkaido and naturally swam in the same direction, "Boss, it looks like that’s the police command ship on the opposite side, should we change direction?"

After all, those three plasters flags were extremely conspicuous.

Other ships only had one.

"Police would never expect someone to dare escape towards their headquarters. Now, with others drawing their fire in this chaos, we have a great chance. Stick close to me, and if a police speedboat comes near, dive down!" Nozaki Cangjian explained seriously, gasping for air and breathing heavily.

Soon his three underlings realized their boss was incredibly calculating as all the police speedboats were busy chasing other smugglers and completely ignored them.

No wonder their boss had managed to escape from the police so many times before; it wasn’t luck, it was wisdom!

Their respect and admiration for Nozaki Cangjian escalated in the course of tonight’s escape.

Jing Shang was older, lacked physical stamina, and his photo was distributed to focus efforts on his capture, so he was quickly caught by a police speedboat and pulled aboard,"Are you Jing Shang?"

"I am... Yes... urgh~" Jing Shang had swallowed a lot of seawater, felt dizzy, and as he was gasping, he retched while repeatedly nodding to the police’s questions.

"Report to the command center! We’ve successfully captured the smuggling leader Jing Shang!"

"Report! Smuggling leader Shimada has been captured."

Standing inside the boat’s cabin, hearing the successive reports over the communication device, Aoyama Xiu Xin immediately issued a new order, "Alright, everyone pull back."

"Hi!"

All the speedboats turned and sped away.

The firearms, money, and goods on those two fishing boats were seized by the police, but the boats themselves were left unmoved.

They had to be left for smugglers like Nozaki Cangjian to use in case of escape. Otherwise, in the vast sea if they didn’t encounter a rescue boat, they would definitely drown from exhaustion.

Listening to the distant sound of police sirens, several who deemed themselves lucky breathed a sigh of relief, their hearts filled with joy at having narrowly escaped death, then quickly turned around and swam towards the two drifting fishing boats.

Nozaki Cangjian and his group were no exception, eventually a total of seven smugglers who had escaped the ordeal made it aboard; two from the Shimada Group, and five from the Miyazaki family.

"Whew—whew—"

The seven soaking wet men lay scattered across the fishing boat catching their breath heavily, too exhausted to speak, all focusing on regaining their strength.

"Today’s police raid definitely indicates there’s a traitor among us; otherwise, the police would never have arrived so timely!" Nozaki Cangjian sat up, his eyes sweeping ominously over everyone as he spoke.

The thief shouting to catch a thief first.

Hearing this, a member from the Shimada Group also sat up, saying, "The traitor must be from your Miyazaki family; we’ve never had any issues with so many transactions when following our leader."

"Right, our people have been members for many years, their loyalty has withstood the test, your Miyazaki family was only recently established, it’s mixed with all sorts, perhaps the police have infiltrated you without your knowledge!" Another member from the Shimada Group chimed in, hitting on the true nature of the situation.

"Bullshit!" Another member from the Miyazaki family, not part of Nozaki Cangjian’s group of four and having a middle-part hairstyle, was displeased to hear this, "Who says veterans couldn’t be the problem? Slandering us without evidence? Do you also want us to compensate you?"

A member of the Shimada Group wanted to argue but was pulled back by a sleeve-tug from a fellow member, then he abruptly shut up.

After all, they were only two in number now, and if an argument escalated, it wasn’t impossible for them to end up thrown into the sea to feed the fish by the Miyazaki family.

"Enough, save it, arguing is pointless now," Nozaki Cangjian stood up and spoke a fair word, "The priority is to quickly pass the news back; who can drive the boat? Start it up!"

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