Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 1008 At your own risk
The morning after the black-clad men from Japan succeeded, Zhang Heping went to the top-floor laboratory of the Heping Big Health Medical Research Institute as if nothing had happened.

Subsequently, all land, sea and air border crossings on Hong Kong Island strengthened their inspection efforts, especially on suspicious liquids leaving the country. Any liquids that departing passengers dared not drink had to be taken to the testing personnel in white coats for inspection!
In response, the Hong Kong government contacted the Peace Group first.

When the Americans learned that the Peace Health Medical Research Institute had been robbed, they feigned shock.

But when they learned that the materials for Zhang Heping's Lifespan 200 drug research and development project had been stolen, they no longer needed to pretend. They were genuinely shocked that the Japanese islanders had actually stolen Zhang Heping's core technology materials!
Judging from the menacing inspection posture of the bodyguards and security guards from the Umbrella Corporation, it's entirely possible that the Japanese islanders stole the most crucial materials!
Therefore, the Governor of Hong Kong immediately sent someone to secretly contact the head of the Japanese Embassy in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Sato!" The Governor's personal bodyguard looked at the short, thin old man in front of him and said expressionlessly, "I'm just relaying a message from His Excellency the Governor. Are you sure you want me to reply to what you just said?"

“Mr. Cliff, we have indeed shipped that item away by ship.” Sato, the head of the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong, said apologetically, “If we had known that His Excellency the Governor was interested in it, we would have kept a copy for you to collect!”

The Governor's personal male bodyguard stared at the old Japanese man silently for half a minute, then turned and left.

However, just as this middle-aged man from the United States was about to leave the embassy lobby, he uttered a harsh remark.

"Mr. Zhang already knows that the biological experts from Macau and Canada are acting as your inside agents. You'd better pray that nothing unexpected happens while you're in Hong Kong!"

After the Japanese men watched the tall, over six-foot-tall American man leave, a middle-aged Japanese man next to him whispered, "Sir, Umbrella Security has increased the checks at all checkpoints. What they got last night is probably no small matter!"

"Hmph!" Sato, the head of the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong, sneered. "This governor must know what that is, otherwise he wouldn't have arrived so quickly!"

Snapped!
A strange noise was heard, and the room went dark!
"What happened?" Director Sato looked at the extinguished lights above his head, his brows furrowing slightly.

"I'll go check right away!" the male secretary said, and then jogged to the door.

A moment later, the male secretary rushed back, looking worried, and said, "Sir, the electrician from the renewable energy company cut off our power, saying he needs to repair the equipment!"

"They reacted quickly!" Director Sato arrived at the door, looked at the electric construction vehicle with its orange roof peeking out from outside the wall, and laughed, "Too bad we had to send the stuff away overnight!"

The male secretary asked worriedly, "Sir, what if Zhang Heping secretly tries to assassinate us?"

This secretary, Himawari, is too young. She actually asked the question in front of so many people, forcing Director Sato to answer in person to appease the others.

"We are the Embassy in Hong Kong!" Director Sato said confidently. "If Zhang Heping dares to harm us, it would be tantamount to declaring war on Japan. He's just a small-time businessman; he doesn't have that kind of guts..."

Before Director Sato could finish speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Suddenly, a group of armed bodyguards in black, with dogs on their leashes, rushed into the courtyard. They then spread out in a line and began a thorough search, completely disregarding the Japanese people inside the embassy!

Just as the guards from the left and right islands stepped forward, intending to reprimand them, they were struck by streaks of blue electricity before they could even utter a word, collapsing to the ground and convulsing.

"This is the Japanese Embassy in Hong Kong, we enjoy..." The male secretary said as he backed away, but was still knocked unconscious by an arc of electricity!

Just then, Wei Chunqiao, the head of the Umbrella Corporation, walked into the embassy compound with a gloomy face.

The head of the bodyguards leading the way looked towards the entrance of the embassy building, frowned at the group of Japanese people huddled inside, and asked, "Who is the embassy director?"

"The Japanese Embassy is inviolable!" Inside the embassy building, someone hiding behind a window loudly protested in Chinese: "You are declaring war on our Japanese island!"

"Let's start a war!" Wei Chunqiao strode forward. "If you don't hand over what you stole today, I'll throw you all into international waters to feed the fish!"

Although Wei Chunqiao did not know what the Japanese islanders had stolen from the Medical Research Institute's laboratory, he and Zhu Chengguang knew about the intrusion the night before and had the bodyguards and security guards on duty make way for them, which allowed the Japanese islanders to steal their things.

As for his decision to bring people here at this time, it was naturally at Zhang Heping's behest.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!" Director Sato walked out of the embassy building with a smile, bowed and extended his right hand, and almost ran to Wei Chunqiao's side.

However, before he could get close to Wei Chunqiao, a bodyguard stopped him and searched him from head to toe to make sure there were no dangerous items. Only after Wei Chunqiao nodded did he let the old man from Japan come forward.

"Mr. Wei, there must be some misunderstanding here!" Director Sato bowed and extended his right hand. Seeing that the other party did not make any move, he hurriedly bowed again and said, "Could you tell us what happened so that we can give Mr. Wei a satisfactory answer?"

Those inside the embassy who hadn't come out felt indignant at the sight, but more than anything, they were worried.

There are rumors that the fire that destroyed the Imperial Palace in Toto, Japan, was orchestrated by the Peace Group!

Although the upper echelons of Japan have not yet defined the nature of the incident, nor have they tried the Japanese people who burned down the Imperial Household Agency, many people within the Japanese system know that it was definitely a retaliation by the Peace Group!
The Dongdu Huangwu incident was suppressed, let alone an embassy in Hong Kong.

Most importantly, don't be fooled by the fact that these bodyguards broke into the Japanese embassy; it may seem like a serious offense.

But when it comes to settling accounts, the hawks who still control Hong Kong Island will definitely try to smooth things over and dodge the question!
The mainland, which is responsible for safeguarding the security of Hong Kong Island, will also shirk its responsibility by saying that Hong Kong Island has not yet returned to China and this matter is not under their jurisdiction.

But when the Japanese army comes to settle accounts with the Peace Group, they will find that what stands in their way is definitely the mainland army!
Putting all these factors aside, is the Peace Group really someone you can easily get along with?

In the past year alone, the number of times that Umbrella Corporation's bodyguards and security personnel have clashed with local forces over the rights to overseas gold mines is no less than a hundred!

These messages were simply suppressed by the Peace Group and did not circulate among ordinary people.

It is precisely because the bodyguards and security personnel of the Umbrella Corporation are fighting fiercely overseas that people on the Japanese island feel that the Umbrella Corporation on Hong Kong Island may be short-handed, thus creating a security loophole.

Otherwise, how dare they plot to kidnap Zhang Heping!
Although the kidnapping plan failed, they overconfidently discovered a vulnerability in Umbrella Corporation's defenses at the laboratory through last night's actions!
Director Sato bowed and waited for a long time, but Wei Chunqiao did not speak. However, Wei Chunqiao did not move his feet. In addition, he did steal something from Zhang Heping's laboratory last night, so he continued to bow guiltily.

Hong Kong Island has a cool climate in January.

When the sun is out, you need to take off your coat to avoid catching a cold after sweating.

The head of the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong was wearing a black suit, his back to the sun, sweat gradually beading on his forehead and dripping down, but he did not straighten his back, instead keeping his posture extremely humble.

After a while, the bodyguards who had been searching around surrounded the embassy building.

"Report!" The captain of one of the bodyguard teams in charge of the search ran over to report, "No suspicious liquid was found on the outer perimeter, only this building in the middle hasn't been searched!"

"Take him over there and call everyone out of the building!" Wei Chunqiao pointed at the still-bent-over Director Sato and said coldly, "Then, you all put on masks and take him inside..."

"Mr. Wei, some foreign reporters have arrived at the door!" A young bodyguard whispered, "The Governor's personal secretary is also here, and she wants to see you!"

Director Sato had just straightened up and was preparing to call the people out as Wei Chunqiao had instructed, and then lead them to search the building. After all, the items had already been taken to international waters by ship, so he wasn't worried about them searching.

But after waiting for a long time, they finally got foreign aid.

Even if Zhang Heping's methods were ruthless, he would not dare to openly give others leverage against him. Otherwise, they would not have sent a few Japanese islanders to burn down the Imperial Palace in Dongdu while they themselves remained behind the scenes.

However, to save face, they couldn't let these bodyguards go back easily, nor could they allow outside reporters to report things inappropriately.

"Mr. Wei, how about this?" Director Sato, without wiping the sweat from his face, bowed and said, "You leave two teams here to continue searching for what you're looking for, and I'll go outside with you to explain."

"Just say that our embassy wants to hire your Umbrella Security Company to build a security system. You can bring people over to personally inspect the security vulnerabilities of our embassy. How does that explanation sound?" Wei Chunqiao pondered the matter Zhang Heping had entrusted to him, feeling that he had made enough of a scene here and it was time to move on to the next step: making some tough statements.

Then, Wei Chunqiao, who had been keeping his hands behind his back, placed them in front of his chest.

Just as Wei Chunqiao was coldly staring at the old man from Ridao in front of him, a bodyguard captain behind him with a pulse cannon saw Wei Chunqiao change his hand gesture and then answered a phone call.

Then he quickly walked to Wei Chunqiao's side and whispered, "Mr. Wei, we've found the escape route of those nine Japanese island men in black from last night!"

"However, the three suspects arrested on the new island have committed suicide by poisoning, and the other six suspects are still at large!"

Wei Chunqiao turned to the side, frowning as he looked at the bodyguard captain who had come to rehearse his lines. "Where are those six Japanese islanders?"

"There are three people on a ship in international waters. This ship is approaching Taiwan, and the boss has already asked Taiwan to help intercept it!" The bodyguard captain said, glancing coldly at the frowning Director Sato, before continuing:

"The other three people went to India, but their exact location has not yet been determined!"

After hearing this, Wei Chunqiao turned to look at the tense-faced Director Sato and sneered, "You'd better pray we don't catch anyone alive, otherwise all the masterminds behind the scenes will..."

Before Wei Chunqiao could finish speaking, he simply gestured with his finger to his throat!
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Foreign media reporters surrounded the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong, and also blocked the entrances to the Peace Group and the library.

The group consisted mainly of reporters from Japan, with some reporters from other countries mixed in. They seemed to be offering support, but in reality, most of them didn't understand the situation.

After giving instructions at the top-floor laboratory of the Heping Big Health Medical Research Institute, Zhang Heping went to the library with a sullen face to continue entering various books, papers and other materials.

Last night, Professor Hua and Director Wang held a video conference with the capital and decided to follow Zhang Bei's suggestion to select young people to join Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team and learn from Zhang Heping.

Therefore, they did not rush to find Zhang Heping this morning. Instead, they prepared to send the middle-aged and elderly experts from Shenzhen and Xishu back to Shenzhen by train, leaving only a dozen or so young assistants behind to see if Zhang Heping would still reject them.

If Zhang Heping doesn't object, it means that the method of selecting young people to follow Zhang Yi is feasible, and thus a brain-computer interface cooperation relationship can be considered established.

As for those veteran experts, they can at most become assistants, following behind those young people in conducting research.

After Mr. Hua and Director Wang escorted the person to the train station, they discovered that today's inspection was much stricter than before.

In particular, there was a row of long tables covered with white cloth next to the inspection point, and white-coated laboratory personnel sitting behind microscopes to assist in the inspection.

When Elder Hua sent someone to inquire, the answer he received was to investigate for dangerous liquids!

Just as Hua Lao and his group were wondering what kind of liquid the checkpoint was going to check, the news that Wei Chunqiao had stormed into the Japanese embassy with his bodyguards was relayed to Director Wang by phone, who hoped they would persuade Zhang Heping not to act impulsively.

The impact of storming the embassy would be enormous!

On his way to the library, Director Wang tried to call Zhang Heping, but the phone was switched off.

She called Chen Shuting, who answered, but the response she received left her silent for a long time.

Even after Mr. Hua pressed her for details, Director Wang ultimately did not reveal her guess, but merely relayed the meaning behind Chen Shuting's words:
The Japanese islanders stole some of the research materials for the Lifespan 200 potion; those materials are very dangerous!
Thinking back to the inspections of dangerous liquids at the train station, Director Wang had a fleeting thought that this was a trap set by a peace sheet!

A trap that the Japanese islanders foolishly walked into!

Mr. Hua frowned and asked, "Did Mr. Chen say how dangerous those materials are?"

Director Wang shook her head, still pondering Zhang Heping's intentions. Was it to let the Japanese people bring the dangerous liquid back to Japan, and then cause something bad to happen?

If that's the case, the higher-ups' covert vigilance against Zhang Heping and the Heping Group will only become more solid.

Hua Lao had actually thought of this as well, and felt that the station's increased inspections and the sending of people to break into the Japanese embassy were somewhat self-deceptive.

After all, outsiders don't know how powerful Hong Kong Island's smart city surveillance system is, but those on the mainland do know what upgrades have been made to this system on Hong Kong Island.

Because the Space-Based Computing Centre's auxiliary intelligent system had previously been connected to this city surveillance system on Hong Kong Island, they knew how meticulously it was deployed.

When Mr. Hua, Director Wang, and the others arrived at the library, they found the bodyguards standing quietly on the flat ground outside the library, while the media reporters of various skin colors and hair colors stood quietly on the steps outside the flat ground, as if they were keeping to themselves and not interfering with each other.

However, when Mr. Hua and Director Wang tried to enter the library, they were stopped by the bodyguards.

The bodyguard captain said coldly, "Our boss is busy and is not receiving guests right now. Please leave!"

“We can ask Xiao Bei too!” Director Wang deliberately used the word “Xiao” instead of Zhang Bei’s full name, trying to show their close relationship with Zhang Bei through this form of address.

"Young Master Bei didn't go out today. You can go up the mountain to find him!" The bodyguard captain obviously knew Director Wang and his group, so he answered in detail, perhaps also implying that they should leave quickly.

Director Wang looked at Elder Hua and asked, "How about we go ask Shuting?"

Old Hua looked at the bodyguard and asked, "Is your boss the only one inside?"

"Hmm!" After saying that, the bodyguard captain looked away, not wanting to say anything more.

Hua Lao took a deep look at the library gate before going with Director Wang to the Peace Group to try to find out what had happened from Chen Shuting.

However, when they arrived at the Peace Group building, they learned some bits and pieces of information from Bao Jiajun, the Peace Group's public relations manager, who was answering questions from a group of media reporters.

Reporter 1: "Mr. Bao, how dangerous exactly are you referring to?"

Bao Jiajun: "The level of danger cannot be assessed because the virus originated from a frozen layer billions of years ago. We were still culturing these viruses and hadn't had time to do any tests when the culture medium was stolen!"

Reporter 2: "Mr. Bao, there are rumors that the stolen items are closely related to the Lifespan 200 potion. Is that true?"

Bao Jiajun: "No comment!"

Reporter 3: "Mr. Bao, did the people from Japan steal your virus culture medium?"

Bao Jiajun: "According to the confessions of two moles at the Peace Big Health Medical Research Institute, it was the Japanese from Japan who broke into the lab and stole it last night! Here, I want to warn the Japanese from Japan to destroy that batch of culture medium as soon as possible, or they will bear the consequences!"

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(End of this chapter)