Eunuch, do you really know these martial arts?

Chapter 651 Choking Up

In contrast, Takeshi Tano's attitude was much better; even his simple words were tinged with a sob in his voice.

Yuriko remained silent, staring at the teacups on the coffee table.

For a moment, only Takeshi Tano's choked voice filled the large living room, making the atmosphere extremely awkward.

“Mr. Jeremy, I’m sorry, this is a matter between my daughter and me. I would like to speak with Yuriko alone for a few minutes, is that alright?”

Perhaps feeling that his sobbing sounded strange, or perhaps feeling too embarrassed by Yuriko's attitude, Takeshi Tano looked at Jeremy with a hint of pleading in his voice.

He portrayed the image of a pitiful and loving father very convincingly.

Jeremy was already secretly laughing to himself.

Hearing Takeshi Tano's pleading words, he didn't speak, but just looked at Yuriko.

Noticing Jeremy's gaze, Yuriko looked up at him.

Her mind was in turmoil. With Mr. An not here, would he suspect something if she and Takeshi were alone together?

Yuriko's gaze seemed to give Jeremy an answer, and he turned and left.

Only Yuriko and Takeshi Tano remained in the living room.

Watching Jeremy leave like that, Yuriko opened her mouth to call him back, but her expression changed when she saw Takeshi Tano's serious expression.

No one knows what Takeshi Tano and Yuriko talked about when they were alone together.

Even Jeremy didn't go near the villa to eavesdrop.

Takeshi Tano and Yuriko were alone for less than ten minutes before Tano stormed out, his face full of anger.

Seeing Takeshi Tano's furious expression, Jeremy even showed a rare hint of self-doubt.

This shouldn't be!

Shouldn't Takeshi Tano and Yuriko be discussing serious matters? If Takeshi Tano's behavior is an act, Jeremy has to admit that his acting is quite good; he could definitely compete for the Best Actor award.

That night, apart from Jiang Nian and Zhou Zhou, who had already boarded the cruise ship and sailed into the sea, neither Takahashi Matsuki nor Tano Takeshi slept well.

After finishing his business with Takahashi Matsuki, Zhou Zhou came back to find Jiang Nian.

Now that the transaction had been decided to take place at sea, they, as the persons in charge, needed to inspect the goods beforehand. And now, the cruise ship carrying the two missiles lay quietly on the sea, awaiting the arrival of Jiang Nian and Zhou Zhou.

As for why no one noticed such a large cruise ship anchored at sea, that is naturally a unique secret of the Shadow Organization.

"Host, there is a cruise ship anchored two kilometers ahead. It should be the Shadow Organization."

Just as Jiang Nian was looking ahead through the binoculars but couldn't see anything, the system suddenly spoke.

Jiang Nian was stunned.

It wasn't because of what the system said, but because he genuinely couldn't see anything through the telescope.

The system will never lie to itself.

Therefore, the only possible explanation for this outcome is that the Shadow Organization's cruise ship is hiding other secrets.

Previously, Jiang Nian had been sitting on the cruise ship the whole time, so naturally he wouldn't have noticed this problem.

This time, if Zhou Zhou hadn't specifically mentioned that the transaction would take place at sea, Jiang Nian would still have been unable to notice that the Shadow Organization's cruise ship was capable of becoming invisible.

Actually, it shouldn't be called invisibility, but rather that something was painted on the outside of the cruise ship, which led to this result—on the vast ocean, the cruise ship was clearly there, but no one could see its existence.

The cruise ship that Jiang Nian and his group were on was still silently approaching another cruise ship.

With Zhou Zhou around, Jiang Nian naturally doesn't need to worry about these things.

Two kilometers is not a long distance. In less than half an hour, Zhou Zhou had already directed the cruise ship to the location where the Shadow cruise ship was docked.

Jiang Nian already knew the secret of the Shadow cruise ship, but he still pretended to know nothing. He went to the command room and asked Zhou Zhou suspiciously, "Have we arrived at our destination? Or what happened? Why did you stop now? Did something go wrong with the cruise ship sent by Shadow?"

Because the cruise ship had stopped, Jiang Nian's face was full of doubt, and his tone was very serious, indicating that he really cared about this issue.

Hearing Jiang Nian ask this question, Zhou Zhou looked at him with suspicion. After confirming that Jiang Nian's face was indeed full of confusion, he slowly explained, "It's like this, our cruise ship has already docked here, but for some reason, we can't see it right now."

Upon hearing Zhou Zhou's explanation, Jiang Nian finally looked enlightened.

But at this moment, Jiang Nian was already shocked—not by the cruise ship issue, but by the expression on Zhou Zhou's face when he looked at him.

Zhou Zhou's expression clearly suggested that Jiang Nian should know about the cruise ship issue, rather than looking puzzled. Had Zhou Zhou guessed something?

"I'll have them remove the guardrails right now."

After saying that, Zhou Zhou picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke a few words into it.

Less than five minutes after Zhou Zhou finished speaking, a cruise ship appeared in Jiang Nian's line of sight.

At this moment, the two cruise ships were less than thirty meters apart.

At such close range, they didn't even notice the cruise ship on the other side. If it were an enemy, ramming it would have meant certain death.

"Mr. Jiang Nian, do we need to board that cruise ship now to inspect the missiles?"

After confirming that the other cruise ship had appeared, Zhou Zhou asked Jiang Nian this question.

After all, this business deal was led by Jiang Nian, so Jiang Nian has to take responsibility no matter what.

"Of course we need to check it out. Otherwise, if something goes wrong with the missile, I can't afford to take the responsibility."

Jiang Nian said this with a faint smile. His seemingly teasing tone carried a hint of something indescribable.

Zhou Zhou's smile gradually faded. He understood the meaning behind Jiang Nian's unfinished words, but he didn't say anything more, only nodding.

The two cruise ships slowly approached each other, and soon planks were set up on the deck, allowing Jiang Nian and the others to walk along the planks to the other cruise ship.

Led by Zhou Zhou, Jiang Nian boarded another cruise ship.

However, when he saw the person who came to greet him, a look of shock appeared on Jiang Nian's face. This time he wasn't wearing a mask, so the person who came saw his shocked expression. "It's rare to see Mr. Jiang Nian with such a shocked expression."

Wearing a mask, Dark Eagle's expression was obscured, but his tone carried a deep sense of probing.

With a slight pout, Jiang Nian spoke without any politeness: "I never expected that Mr. Dark Eagle, who is in charge, would actually come to deliver goods in person. I wonder if the Shadow Organization has declined so much that Mr. Dark Eagle has been reduced to doing delivery work."

Speaking of which, within the Shadow Organization, Jiang Nian and Dark Eagle had the worst relationship. The two were always at odds.

Especially this time, what Jiang Nian did to Dark Hawk before leaving the Shadow Base.

Although that incident made Dark Hawk temporarily compliant for a few days, it doesn't mean that Dark Hawk will always compromise.

This time, Dark Hawk came out specifically to deliver missiles, which, to some extent, was also a deliberate attempt to trip up Jiang Nian.

“Mr. Jiang Nian, you can rest assured about that. No matter how badly our Shadow Organization falls, we can still support you. You signed a three-year contract with us. Even if the Shadow Organization is completely destroyed by the enemy during these three years, you will still be a member of the Shadow Organization and will not be able to escape.”

Dark Eagle also retorted to Jiang Nian's words without any politeness.

Now, whenever he sees Jiang Nian, he thinks of the pain he felt all over his body—especially a certain part of his body, which Jiang Nian hadn't held back at all.

Although Dark Eagle cannot directly attack Jiang Nian due to certain rules, it does not mean that he will always be bullied by Jiang Nian.

However, because the beating was too embarrassing, Dark Hawk kept the matter quiet.

Darkhawk is responsible for the overall security and protection of Shadow Base.

He later investigated all the surveillance footage and discovered that at some point, all the surveillance cameras in the entire base went out of service—a mere ten seconds was enough for Jiang Nian to enter his room.

Dark Hawk was extremely frustrated by this.

He had always been proud of his network security capabilities, but he never expected that Jiang Nian could easily break through his defenses.

Dark Hawk was genuinely angry.

Regarding this transaction between the Sakura Kingdom and the Shadow Organization, Dark Eagle insisted on personally delivering the goods to Jiang Nian. However, what he truly desired was to prevent Jiang Nian from easily facilitating this deal.

Whether he makes money or not, Dark Eagle doesn't care at all. What he cares about is making Jiang Nian look bad.

"Then I'm relieved. After all, you know that research projects are extremely expensive. If the Shadow Organization can't afford my expenses, then I think I'll have to return to China sooner rather than later. Although we signed a three-year contract, if you yourselves can't afford to support your research activities, then there's really no point in staying. After all, the only thing binding me now is a piece of paper. Actually, leaving would be very easy for me; no one can stop me, including you, Dark Eagle!"

Jiang Nian burst into laughter.

He didn't care what expression Dark Eagle had on his face, since he couldn't see it anyway. He uttered his sarcastic words without any politeness, his tone full of indifferent coldness.

Dark Eagle was furious. In the end, he could only flick his sleeve and turn to leave.

Zhou Zhou was caught between Jiang Nian and Dark Eagle, completely at a loss for words.

He wanted to advise Jiang Nian to stop being so arrogant in front of Dark Eagle, but before he could even speak to her, Dark Eagle, who had a fiery temper, started arguing with him after only a few words.

The key point is that these two people are of a status and position that Zhou Zhou cannot match, so he can only stand aside and worry anxiously.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest. Dark Eagle turned and left in a fit of rage, while Jiang Nian stood on the deck with his arms crossed, chuckling softly, saying nothing and doing nothing he was supposed to do.

This left Zhou Zhou unsure of what to say to persuade Jiang Nian.

After all, he's just one of Jiang Nian's subordinates now, so he doesn't really have any right to advise Jiang Nian.

"Let's go, we can't stay here too long. We need to finish inspecting the missiles and then head back."

After gazing at the sea for a long time with his arms crossed, Jiang Nian suddenly turned around and coldly addressed Zhou Zhou.

Hearing Jiang Nian's extremely cold words, Zhou Zhou frowned—it seemed Jiang Nian was still very angry. However, he really didn't know what to say, so he could only lead Jiang Nian to the cabin below.

The compartment housing the missiles occupied two entire decks. Because this was a cruise ship belonging to the Shadow Organization, no one was guarding the two missiles below.

"I'll inspect the missiles myself here. You stay here and guard the door; don't let anyone in."

After staring at the cabin for a while, Jiang Nian turned to Zhou Zhou and coldly gave him this order.

Zhou Zhou: "???"

Jiang Nian is actually going in alone to inspect the missiles? Could he be plotting something?

A series of question marks flashed through Zhou Zhou's mind.

Surely Jiang Nian isn't going to back out now, unwilling to make a deal with Japan, and planning to destroy these two missiles?

No, no, this deal was facilitated by Jiang Nian himself. How could he possibly ruin his own hard work?

At this moment, two little figures were fighting in Zhou Zhou's mind. One figure was thinking about the problem from the perspective of the Shadow Organization, while the other figure was thinking about the problem from Jiang Nian's perspective.

The two little people were so insistent on their own versions of events that they were practically about to come to blows.

Regardless of Zhou Zhou's inner turmoil, Jiang Nian had already walked into the cabin on her own and decisively closed the cabin door.

Jiang Nian hadn't examined the two missiles from Country M closely yet. This time, however, he had ample time to study them thoroughly and draw their detailed breakdown diagrams.

Jiang Nian stayed in the cabin for about three hours. No one knew what Jiang Nian did in the cabin. Zhou Zhou stood guard at the cabin door, and no one else dared to go forward to ask anything.

Because he was angry, Dark Eagle stayed in his room and was even less likely to look at what Jiang Nian was doing.

Three hours later, Jiang Nian finally came out of the cabin.

"I've checked them, and there's nothing wrong with either missile. Let's go back now."

After coldly saying this to Zhou Zhou, Jiang Nian walked directly towards the deck.

Hearing that Jiang Nian was leaving, Dark Eagle suppressed his displeasure and went to the deck once again.

"You're in charge of this deal. The Takahashi family should be here soon; you'll be responsible for negotiating with them."

Dark Eagle's tone was stiff as he bluntly gave Jiang Nian his orders.

"The one who made the deal with Takahashi Sumu was Mr. An. Mr. An originally held the identity of one of you leaders; I was merely borrowing someone else's identity this time. Now that the deal is finalized, all that's left is to deliver the goods and collect the payment. It's such a simple matter; I'm sure Mr. Dark Hawk can handle it perfectly. After all, you are one of the leaders of the Shadow Organization; you couldn't possibly be unable to handle such a small matter, could you?" (End of Chapter)