Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

This was the first time Li Xin had ever felt such a strong urge to kill.

However, no matter how much Li Xin wanted to get rid of those underground money lenders who were robbing him, he had to admit that he couldn't kill them yet. Not only could he not kill them, but he even had to beg them to come and rob him of his money.

Yes, in Li Xin's opinion, those guys were just robbing him of his money, he was furious!

Originally, Li Xin wanted to just let Crocodile do the work. After all, seeing so much of his hard-earned money being swindled would break Li Xin's heart. But then he thought that if he couldn't even take a look at the money that had gone down the drain, he would be even more unwilling. So he decided to go to the underground bank with Crocodile.

Is this the place?

Li Xin looked up at the building in front of him and said coldly.

"Yes, this is the place."

Crocodile nodded. He hadn't been working for nothing during his time in Tokyo. Although he hadn't secured any orders for Li Xin, he had gotten a pretty good grasp of everything happening in Tokyo, big and small, on every street corner. He knew that this financial company, despite its name, was actually involved in loan sharking. In addition to loan sharking, money laundering was also one of their main businesses, but most people wouldn't know about it. It was fortunate that Crocodile had managed to find out.

Li Xin looked at the name of the financial company and said in a murderous tone, "'Feitian Financial,' is that it? I'll remember that!"

Crocodile Man said, half-laughing and half-crying, "Ah Xin, calm down, don't get into a conflict with them!"

Previously, he was worried that Li Xin's killing intent was not strong enough to intimidate others, but now he was afraid that Li Xin's sharpness was too great and would frighten people.

Although this "Feitian Financial" looks unremarkable, it is backed by the largest financial group in all of Japan. What was it called again? The character was a bit obscure. I'm not very educated and don't recognize it, but "a scholar can recognize half a character," so it should be pronounced "food."

In short, if this "Feitian Financial" were to be taken down, it would definitely invite retaliation from that Zhong something group. It might not necessarily bring them any fatal disaster, but it would be extremely difficult to conduct any financial business. That's why Crocodile Boss told Li Xin to be patient.

"I know."

Li Xin barely suppressed his murderous intent.

Reluctantly believing Li Xin's words, Crocodile led Li Xin into "Feitian Financial". After Crocodile said who introduced them, the employees of the financial company immediately led Crocodile and Li Xin to the meeting room to wait, saying that the president would be here soon.

"It's done!"

Crocodile gave Li Xin an "OK" sign, and Li Xin nodded slightly, indicating that he was quite satisfied with Crocodile's efficiency.

This is why Li Xin didn't abandon Crocodile and go it alone. Crocodile's abilities can indeed complement Li Xin's very well. At least if Li Xin were to do these things, he wouldn't even know which way the door of the underground bank opens. No, it should be said that he wouldn't even know that he was going to launder money. He might be arrested on his way back to the Central Plains for carrying a large amount of foreign currency.

The president of "Feida Financial" arrived quickly. As his name suggests, President Feida was quite fat. Unlike ordinary fat people, although his body was large, his face looked very mean and he did not have the honesty of ordinary fat people.

Upon seeing Crocodile, the fat pig president... no, I mean, Fat Tian president, greeted him with a beaming smile and told the staff to quickly pour him a few cups of tea.

"The staff is incompetent; they didn't even know to serve tea when the guests arrived. They deserve to be scolded!"

President Hida said with a smile.

Crocodile Man smiled back and chatted with President Feida. After exchanging a string of industry jargon that Li Xin couldn't understand, Crocodile Man opened the small box containing 30 million yen in front of President Feida.

"Brother Feitian, here's 30 million. We need your help to 'digest' it. This is just an appetizer. If you satisfy us, we'll need your help with a large sum of money later. You definitely won't lose out."

Crocodile Man smiled and said to President Feitian.

The so-called "subsequent large sums of money" are still in the air, and not a single penny is in Crocodile's hands. But that doesn't stop Crocodile from saying this. Just like large transactions always come with discounts, Crocodile hopes that by saying this, President Feitian will give him a discount on his commission for the money, considering the "subsequent large sums of money".

He's a conman, so this kind of talk is practically instinctive for him.

When President Feida saw "Fukuzawa Yukichi" in the box, his two little eyes lit up. He was even happier than when he saw his own father. He smiled and said, "Of course, of course!"

Crocodile felt confident and asked President Feitian with a smile, "So, Brother Feitian, what do you think is a reasonable percentage for our 30 million? And how long will it take to get the money?"

"Fifty points, credited to your account in a month."

President Hida said with a smile.

Crocodile, who was about to drink his tea, was scalded by the hot tea. He slammed the teacup down on the table and said with an ugly expression, "What did you say? How much?"

"Fifty percent, the money will arrive in a month. Of course, if you're in a hurry, you can raise the commission to sixty percent, and it can be done in a week."

President Feitian still had that same smiling face, but in Crocodile's eyes, that face had become even more sharp and mean.

Seeing Crocodile's angry face, President Feitian blew on the hot tea, took a small sip, and said, "That's how it is. The police have been keeping a close eye on things lately, so there's nothing I can do. If you think it's too expensive, you can try other places, but they might not be as easy to talk to as I am."

Crocodile looked at President Feitian deeply, then said to Li Xin, "Xin, let's go."

Fifty points? Are they treating them like pigs to be slaughtered?

President Feitian's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even glance at Crocodile and Li Xin as they left, seemingly unconcerned about losing the deal.

In fact, he wasn't worried at all, because he knew that Crocodile and Li Xin would definitely come back to beg him again.

After the two left, President Feida called over a female employee and instructed her, "Fujii, send photos of those two people to the other branch offices."

The female employee, whom Hida called Fujii, replied expressionlessly to President Hida, "Yes, President."

After the female employee left, President Feida took another sip of tea.

The money laundering business in Tokyo is now monopolized by his big boss, and even in the surrounding prefectures. Who else can Crocodile and his gang launder their money? Once other underground banks receive photos of the two of them, they will demand even more exorbitant commissions from him once they arrive. So in the end, they will still come to him to launder their money.

Haha, the new boss has real guts to take over!

President Feida was genuinely pleased.

Such a task, requiring the cooperation of the entire financial group, is naturally beyond what President Feida can accomplish. It is a new rule set by the group headquarters. However, this rule does not apply to everyone. Those who are famous in the underworld or have great power will naturally receive great benefits, even if they do not make a profit.

That's right, they're targeting the lower and middle-level members of the underworld, because they're weak!

After receiving instructions from President Feitian, the female employee went to the security office and asked the security guard for a photo—Li Xin and Crocodile had already been secretly photographed by the security guard at the entrance of "Feitian Financial".

"Thank you."

The female member said to the security guard, who was already used to President Feitian's actions and knew what the female member wanted to do with the photos. He could only mutter to himself, "Looks like another unlucky person has been targeted by the president!"

After receiving the photo, the female employee left the security room, keeping the two people in the photo firmly in her mind. However, instead of faxing the photo to other financial companies under the group as usual, she threw it into the shredder, letting it devour and shred it bit by bit...

Chapter Thirty-One: Smoking is Harmful to the Body

"This is outrageous! How can anyone be so ripped off! They're taking 50% and want 60% too! Are they taking advantage of me because I'm from out of town?! That greedy fatso, watch out, he might die from counting his money!"

After leaving "Feitian Financial", Crocodile became angrier and angrier, and couldn't help but curse loudly.

However, he was mistaken about one thing: President Feitian wasn't bullying him just because he was from out of town. When it came to ripping people off, he didn't discriminate between foreigners and locals; he treated everyone equally.

"So what do we do now?"

Li Xin had his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket, his fists clenched. As long as Crocodile gave the word, he would immediately go back and smash the head of that Feitian president. He had already surveyed the area before going in and remembered how many surveillance cameras were in "Feitian Financial". As long as he smashed those cameras remotely with a rock first, and then acted quickly, no one would know that he did it.

Crocodile also had the idea of ​​killing President Feitian, but the thought only flashed through his mind and quickly faded away.

He wasn't the impulsive type. He knew that if they did something like this, and even a little word got out, it would be difficult for them to maintain their foothold in Tokyo's underworld. There was no need to pay such a high price for a moment of anger.

"Ah-Xin, forget it, let's go find other underground banks instead."

Crocodile Man spoke to Li Xindao.

Tokyo has a well-developed financial industry, and there's more than one underground money exchange. While this one, Feida, is known for its exorbitant fees, there must be others that offer fair rates.

"It's no use. The entire underground banking industry in Tokyo is now monopolized by the big boss behind Feida. Those underground banks and Feida are in cahoots. If you go to other underground banks, you'll only get even more outrageous commissions than Feida!"

A voice came from behind Li Xin and Crocodile. Li Xin and Crocodile turned around and saw a woman with medium-length hair running towards them, panting.

"You are... an employee of 'Feitian Financial'?"

Li Xin recognized the woman; he had just seen her at "Feitian Financial".

The woman tidied her hair, which had become disheveled from running. Seeing that Li Xin recognized her, she nodded and said, "That's right, my name is Fujii Takako, and I'm an employee of 'Hida Financial'."

“Just now, that guy Feitian asked me to send your photos to other underground banks. They’re in cahoots and will ask you for a higher cut, so you’ll end up having no choice but to go back to Feitian to launder your money.”

Fujii Takako took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, put one in her mouth, and lit it.

"What grudge do we have against him? Why is he going to such lengths to deal with us?"

Crocodile asked, puzzled. "They haven't been in Japan for long. Could it be that one of the people they killed was a relative of President Feida? That can't be! If President Feida knew they were the killers, wouldn't he call the police right away?"

"There's no grudge or hatred between us, it's just because you don't seem to have any power."

Takako Fujii exhaled a puff of smoke.

"?"

Seeing that Li Xin and Crocodile looked puzzled, Fujii Takako said to them, "Let's go somewhere else to talk. You don't really want to talk to me about this in the middle of the road, do you?"

Li Xin and Crocodile Lao exchanged a glance and could only follow Fujii Takako.

The three of them went to a secluded spot nearby. Fujii Takako smoked a cigarette as she spoke: "Not long ago, there was a major personnel upheaval at the headquarters of 'Hida Financial.' The original chairman died, and his daughter, a middle school student, took over. However, although she is young, she is extremely vicious. She not only designed many roundabout clauses to increase loan interest rates, but also monopolized the money laundering business in Tokyo and even several nearby prefectures. As long as money is laundered through her underground banks, she takes 50 or even 60 percent of it."

"Isn't she afraid of inciting public outrage?!"

"The crocodile man roared."

Although those who go to launder money are mentally prepared to be ripped off, this rip-off is just too ruthless!

"What's there to be afraid of? Whether it's loan sharks or money launderers, how many of them are clean? Do they dare to call the police?"

Fujii Takako sneered, making Crocodile seem a little ashamed. That's right, he's the kind of person who's unclean but doesn't dare to call the police.

Fujii Takako took a drag of her cigarette and said, "Besides, she doesn't charge just anyone such a high percentage. If it's a big shot, her fees can even be lower than others in the industry. The reason Hida charges you such a high percentage is because you're not famous and are probably not any powerful figures. Of course, she wants to make money off you!"

That's just how the world is sometimes. Some people are clearly richer, but instead of making money off the rich, they focus on squeezing every last penny from the poor.

Why are you telling us this? Because you can't stand it?

"The crocodile man asked Fujii Takako."

"Hehe, although I do disapprove of it, that's not a reason for me to come to you. My sense of justice hasn't gone to that extent."

Fujii Takako smiled, but there seemed to be a lot of bitterness in her smile.

"then you……"

“I have a grudge against Mitsuhiro Hida, and I hope you can kill him for me.”

Fujii Takako to Crocodile Man and Li Xindao.

"For revenge?"

"The crocodile man asked."

“Yes, for revenge.” Fujii Takako nodded. “I joined his company to wait for an opportunity to get back at him. I infiltrated his company for three years and gathered a lot of evidence about his crimes…”

“No one in his line of work is clean. I originally thought that exposing his crimes to the Metropolitan Police Department would bring him to justice and at least lock him up for ten or eight years, but no, because of his outstanding performance, he was protected by his superiors. On the contrary, I almost got exposed. So from that time on, I didn’t plan to rely on the police to deal with him.”

"I was originally prepared to kill him myself, but then I saw you. You guys must be those so-called desperados, right? Killing for money isn't a problem for you, is it?"

Fujii Takako looked at Li Xin and Crocodile Man, mainly at Li Xin.

She had worked at "Feitian Financial" for several years and had some contact with people in the underworld. She could tell at a glance from the strong murderous aura on Li Xin (the murderous intent generated because he was about to be robbed) that he was definitely a ruthless person who would kill without blinking an eye.

Since the power of the law could not help her get justice, Fujii Takako had no choice but to resort to illegal violence to get rid of Hida for her.

Therefore, when Fei Tian asked her to send Li Xin and Crocodile's photos to other underground banks, Fujii Takako threw the photos into the paper cutter and left the company to find Li Xin and Crocodile.

Fujii Takako said to the two men, "Kill Feitian, and I can help you launder your dirty money. I've worked at Feitian Financial for so many years, and I know a bit about money laundering channels. If it's not too much, I think I can help you clean it up for you, and you'll only have to pay 25 percent. How about that? Isn't that a good deal?"

After a pause, fearing that Li Xin and Crocodile would misunderstand that she was there to take on side jobs to make money, Fujii Takako explained, "Twenty-five points is the minimum cost. I'm not making any money off you yet. This is the limit I can do. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Li Xin glanced at Crocodile Old Man, who nodded slightly. Twenty-five percent—this was indeed a discounted price he had never heard of before, and it was tempting just thinking about it.

How much can you charge us for washing?

"The crocodile man asked Fujii Takako."

Money laundering is different from labor-intensive industries. Sometimes, the more money you launder, the more expensive it becomes and the harder it is to launder. There is also a time limit.

The money laundering channels that Fujii Takako mentioned are most likely affiliated with "Feitian Financial's" money laundering channels, and the amount that can be laundered each month is probably very limited.

Fujii Takako thought for a moment and said, "I haven't been in this line of work for very long, and I haven't been involved in money laundering for very long. I can launder up to 20 million yen for you each month... Can I continue to launder for you for a year? If not, I've saved up some money in the last two years. I can afford five or six million yen."

She works in the financial industry and earns a high salary. Don't be fooled by the small size of "Feida Financial"; it's actually very lucrative. It's just that Mitsuhiro Feida is stingy and reluctant to spend money. Otherwise, they could have moved to a larger office building and hired more employees.

Of course, it was also because Mitsuhiro Hida was so stingy that he wanted to do the work of two people, which gave Takako Fujii the opportunity to get involved in money laundering and obtain evidence of his crimes. It just goes to show that some money just can't be saved.

Li Xin and Crocodile Lao exchanged a glance, both considering the compensation plan offered by Fujii Takako.

Twenty million yen a month, that's two hundred and forty million yen a year. Even if we take the minimum commission of thirty percent for regular money laundering, and Fujii Takako only takes twenty-five percent, that would save Li Xin and Crocodile Boss twelve million yen, far exceeding Fujii Takako's five or six million yen in savings. The only question is whether Li Xin and Crocodile Boss can earn two hundred and forty million yen a year.

Of course you can!

Crocodile was full of confidence. Li Xin earned 30 million yen in one night, and 240 million yen a year would be a piece of cake!

Of course, there were many coincidences involved in Li Xin earning 30 million yen. Such good things may not happen often in the future, but it is still something to look forward to. Moreover, even if he doesn't earn that much money himself, he can still make a fortune by using 240 million yen to help others launder money!

Li Xin and Crocodile Lao exchanged glances for a while and reached a consensus on Fujii Takako's compensation plan.

"We've chosen to let you help us launder money!"

Li Xin and Crocodile Man said in unison.