Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

"No need, I'll go by myself."

Li Xin said to Shangshan Hongci.

After seeing off Hiroji Ueyama, Li Xin simply packed a few changes of clothes and headed to the airport.

Long Wu may seem cold, but he is very thoughtful. When he asked Li Xin to come and help, he made sure to arrange everything for Li Xin, so there was no need for Li Xin to bring too much stuff.

The fact that Hiroji Ueyama personally delivered the plane ticket was an unexpected surprise for Li Xin.

Although the Yakuza are somewhat disreputable in Japan, the Black Tiger Society's influence should not be underestimated. Ueyama Hiroji is a prominent figure. He delivered a plane ticket to Li Xin and knew that Li Xin was leaving Tokyo to help Long Wu with a mission. Therefore, no one would associate him with "fleeing from justice." This does not mean that he is completely innocent, but it at least reduces the suspicion considerably.

Moreover, at least on the surface, Li Xin and Tsukamoto Kazuo had no interaction.

The fact that Kazuo Tsukamoto sent bodyguards to arrest Yu Xue was something that would definitely not be publicized. At most, only the internal members of the bodyguard team would know about it. In yesterday's battle, Kazuo Tsukamoto's bodyguard team was not completely wiped out, but more than half of them were lost. What were the chances that someone who knew about it was among the survivors?

Even if they did, they wouldn't know who Yu Xue was. At most, they would know that Tsukamoto Kazuo had taken a fancy to some respectable woman and sent people to kidnap her, but they failed. If asked, they wouldn't know what Yu Xue looked like.

Finally, since Li Xin used the same bodyguard named Okamoto Sho when he killed him, it became even more impossible to find him.

The temptation of one hundred million US dollars was too great. Li Xin didn't know what kind of monsters and demons it could attract. What if it had some kind of method of searching for enemies from the void? Such methods did exist in the old witch's notes, so even though Li Xin had kept his hands clean, he was still very cautious.

As the plane took off, Li Xin closed his eyes as he watched the ground shrink.

Perhaps facing an uncertain crisis, Li Xin was more eager to become stronger than ever before.

He has only mastered the sixth level of the Mingyu Skill. Although he is already considered a master, he is not without opponents. He cannot completely ignore modern weapons. Therefore, he must temporarily avoid the assassins who are attracted by the one hundred million US dollars.

But what will happen when his Mingyu Gong reaches the seventh or even eighth level?

Li Xin had experienced the power of the eighth level of the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill." The "Bright Jade Skill" was a top-tier internal skill of the same level as the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill." Therefore, when his "Bright Jade Skill" reached the eighth level, its power should not be inferior to the eighth level of the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill." Coupled with the "Eight Forms of Famous Swords" and the "Boundless Divine Palm," even if he went to the Tsukamoto Group headquarters and directly said that he was the murderer of Tsukamoto Kazuo, the other party would probably say, "No, you are not!"

Chapter 117 Long Wu: I am patriotic

Mexico, a tropical country in Latin America, is perhaps most famous for its neighbors and drug lords.

In 1995, Mexico had just experienced a financial crisis in which its currency plummeted and stock prices crashed. Although the crisis had subsided temporarily, its damage had not yet faded.

With the economic downturn and sharp decline in income, even though Mexicans are known for their passion, romance, optimism, and easygoing nature, they still appear somewhat dejected under the real economic pressure.

After Li Xin got off the plane, he could feel the oppressive atmosphere that lingered in Mexico the whole way.

Li Xin is currently sitting in an SUV. The driver is a Mexican man with brown skin who speaks English. In addition to being the driver, he is also the guide that Long Wu arranged for Li Xin to lead the way.

Li Xin could speak English, but he had only learned it for exams and was quite bad at actual communication. Fortunately, the guide seemed to have hosted many guests from the Central Plains like Li Xin before, and had no problem communicating with Li Xin normally.

After driving for four or five hours in an off-road vehicle, on a mountain road that was no longer a normal road, and becoming increasingly rugged, the guide stopped the vehicle and pulled two bicycles off the vehicle, saying to Li Xin, "Mr. Li Xin, from now on, we can only use these to travel."

Li Xin didn't care about this. He rode a bicycle with the guide for an unknown amount of time until it was almost dark. Then the guide stopped in front of a dense forest and said to Li Xin, "Mr. Li Xin, from now on, we will have to walk."

Li Xin: "..."

To be honest, although this level of travel didn't tire Li Xin out, the seemingly endless journey still made him a little uneasy. He asked the guide, "Excuse me, how much longer until we reach Mr. Long Wu?"

"It will be quick, we should be there before noon."

The guide replied, then took out a few cornbreads from his backpack and asked Li Xin, "Mr. Xin, are you hungry? I have some food here."

Li Xin looked at the dense forest in front of him, somewhat speechless. He said to the guide, "It's okay, I'm not hungry. You eat. After you finish eating, let's hurry on our way."

The guide didn't stand on ceremony; he just laughed and ate the cornbread. He even went into the dense forest to pick some wild fruit, which he wrapped in the cornbread and ate together.

After finishing their meal, the guide wiped his mouth with his hand, then waved to Li Xin, and the two of them plunged headfirst into the dense forest.

The guide was right. Around midnight, he led Li Xin to a place that resembled a military camp, surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by men with guns in all directions.

When the guide arrived at the location, soldiers immediately pointed their guns at him. He skillfully raised his hands and then spoke a long string of words in a language that Li Xin couldn't understand.

After he finished speaking, one of the soldiers went to report, while the others did not relax and kept their guns pointed at him and Li Xin.

Faced with the threat of machine guns, the guide remained calm and said to Li Xin, "Mr. Li Xin, don't be afraid. They are all under the command of Mr. Long Wu. I told them that you, Mr. Long Wu's good friend, have arrived, and they have already gone to find Mr. Long Wu."

Li Xin nodded slightly. A short while later, the gate of the military camp opened, and Long Wu, dressed in jungle combat uniform with an AK-47 hanging on his chest, strode out. Upon seeing Li Xin, he ran up to him without saying a word and patted Li Xin's arms, saying, "Xin, you've finally arrived!"

"Fifth Brother, I should be the one saying that I've finally arrived."

Li Xin said with a smile.

Long Wu knew that Li Xin must have suffered a lot on his way here, so he smiled and said, "You've worked hard. There's no time to prepare now, but once the mission is over, I'll definitely take you out for a good time."

"Forget about being carefree, Fifth Brother, what exactly is this job? You didn't explain it to me clearly beforehand."

Li Xin asked Long Wudao.

If Long Wu was looking for him, it must be because he needed to deal with other extraordinary people. However, the guide had led him for almost a day to this deep forest, and Li Xin really couldn't understand what Long Wu's mission was.

Long Wu looked at the guide who had led Li Xin all the way and said to him, "Rest for the night, and go back to Lao Huang to settle the bill tomorrow."

The guide nodded with a smile, then went to find a place to sleep, seemingly familiar with the area.

As Li Xin followed Long Wu into the military camp, he looked around and found that the camp was quite large, with at least several hundred soldiers inside. He asked Long Wu, "Fifth Brother, are all these your men?"

Long Wu nodded and said, "That's right, they are all brothers who fought alongside me back then. They don't know any other way to make a living, so they can only rely on this guy to eat."

As he spoke, Long Wu patted the AK-47 on his chest.

Li Xin understood. Long Wu had said that he was an overseas Chinese from South Vietnam who had fought in the Vietnam War and was a member of the special forces. After the Vietnam War, he came to Hong Kong and built up a business there. But now it seemed that he had influence in other places besides Hong Kong. These hundreds of well-equipped professional soldiers who had been on the battlefield and had seen blood were a force to be reckoned with wherever they were.

The two arrived at a tent in the center of the military camp. Long Wu asked Li Xin to sit down before explaining the mission to him.

"A while ago, a high-ranking government official... I'm sorry, Ah Xin, I can't reveal his identity. Anyway, his daughter was kidnapped by a drug lord in Mexico, who was threatening him to do certain things. I accepted the official's commission to rescue his daughter. However, besides having many henchmen and fierce firepower, that drug lord also has some highly skilled individuals with unique abilities. My brothers and I can handle the drug lord's henchmen, but we are powerless against those skilled individuals. That's why I thought of you, Ah Xin, please help Fifth Brother this time!"

In the end, Long Wu's tone became somewhat pleading.

"Fifth Brother, what are you saying? How could I not help you?"

Li Xin was somewhat angry.

Long Wu touched his nose and said somewhat awkwardly, "Ah Xin, I can't give you much in terms of reward this time, only 500,000 US dollars."

The fact that the usually cold-blooded Long Wu could make such a move clearly shows that he was indeed somewhat guilty, and he really was guilty.

In the previous incident in Hong Kong, Li Xin dealt with a leader of the "Nine Chrysanthemums Sect." Ueyama Hiroji gave Li Xin three million US dollars in total. Now, Li Xin is facing a major drug lord with countless arrogant and fierce subordinates. This drug lord is not afraid of the government army's encirclement and suppression, and even dares to kidnap high-ranking government officials for blackmail. Long Wu can hardly believe how many experts he has. The danger level of this operation is definitely far greater than that of the previous incident in Hong Kong.

For such a dangerous mission, Long Wu only gave Li Xin 500,000 US dollars, so of course he felt guilty.

In fact, Long Wu hadn't explained the mission and reward to Li Xin before, and was only telling him now because he was worried that Li Xin wouldn't come. But this mission was too important to him, so even if he felt bad for Li Xin, he had no choice but to do it this way. At worst, he would compensate Li Xin with himself afterward.

"Five hundred thousand US dollars?"

Li Xin did not show any disappointment or anger when he heard the number.

Five hundred thousand US dollars, which is more than four million RMB at the current exchange rate, is actually a lot for Li Xin. Moreover, Li Xin came out to avoid the limelight, so he was not dissatisfied with the price offered by Long Wu. He was just curious about Long Wu's attitude, so he asked Long Wu, "Fifth Brother, is this mission very important to you?"

Although Long Wu didn't say it, Li Xin could sense that this mission was very important to him. Otherwise, given Long Wu's arrogance, he would have simply refused to do it at all, and there was no need for him to be so humble and plead with Li Xin for help.

"Ah-Xin, I won't hide it from you..."

Long Wu let out a long breath, then said to Li Xin, "You've seen all the brothers outside."

Li Xin nodded; of course he had seen it.

Long Wu continued, "I was originally a captain in the 19th Company of the South Vietnamese Special Forces. After the Vietnam War ended, I left the army and came to Hong Kong. By being brave and daring, I managed to establish myself in Hong Kong."

"Later, one of my old comrades-in-arms also came to Hong Kong. Ashin, you may not know this, but for us who have served in the military, comrades-in-arms are like brothers!"

Long Wu spoke these words with such force and conviction that Li Xin, standing beside him, fully felt the weight of his words.

“My old comrade-in-arms came to see me, and of course I had to treat him well. But he didn’t come to reminisce. Instead, he told me that he and several hundred other comrades were planning to leave the army and didn’t want to serve anymore.”

“After the Vietnam War ended, I saw through South Vietnam. No matter which side was in power, the people would not have a good life. So I left South Vietnam and went to Hong Kong to make a living. But my brothers could not. Their homes were there, and they had no other means of making a living. The only way to have food was to stay in the army. But after the incident in 1979, they did not want to continue to serve the government and prepared to break away from the government’s control.”

1979?

Li Xin recalled that year. Although he was still wearing open-crotch pants that year, his textbooks taught him about the major events that happened in Nanyue that year.

"So what exactly happened?"

Li Xin asked Long Wudao.

"My comrades have been captured."

With an indescribable expression, Long Wu recounted, "They originally thought they were doomed, and that they would even have to endure tortures more cruel than death, because that's how the soldiers treated prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. But the army that captured them didn't do that. Not only did they not mistreat them, but they also protected their safety, gave them food and water, and made them feel more dignified than they would in their own army."

"Later, the two sides exchanged prisoners, and they returned to the South Vietnamese army. However, the South Vietnamese army described that army as a demon, attributing all the things that the soldiers had done to that army. My comrades who defended that army were instead treated as spies by others and several of them were beaten to death."

At this point, Long Wu's eyes also became a little moist. Among those comrades who were killed were those who had saved Long Wu's life and taken bullets for him.

He wiped his eyes and said to Li Xin, "In short, because of that incident, my comrades could no longer stay in the army, and their families were also affected by the war. There were only a few left, so they deserted with the remaining family members."

"They are not deserters!"

Li Xin suddenly said.

After learning about the fate of those soldiers, he could not regard those who had awakened as deserters.

Long Wu smiled with relief upon hearing Li Xin's words. He patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said, "I thank you on behalf of my comrades!"

After patting Li Xin on the shoulder, Long Wu said to Li Xin, "After I learned about this, I immediately went back to Nan Yue and helped them escape abroad. But as I said before, they don't know anything except fighting. There was no other way, so I could only take them with me as mercenaries."

"mercenary?"

Li Xin had heard Long Wu mention mercenaries before, but Long Wu hadn't gone into details, so Li Xin didn't really know what mercenaries were. He figured they were a group of people who would do anything for money.

Long Wu looked embarrassed: "It's a group of people who participate in wars for money. Some of them even fight for other countries. But we don't want to fight anymore, so our main job is to help the government fight drug lords or other terrorist organizations."

"That's amazing."

Li Xin said to Long Wu.

Long Wu forced a smile: "I wouldn't dare say anything remarkable, but I really don't want to do those inhumane things again."

Li Xin understood somewhat that the days fighting in South Vietnam seemed to be an experience that Long Wu and his men really didn't want to recall.

"Fifth Brother, please continue."

Li Xin said to Long Wu.

Long Wu explained the origins of his mercenary group, but still didn't say why this mission was so important.

Long Wu replied, "That high-ranking government official promised us that if we could help him rescue his daughter, he would help us clear our identities and even recommend us to join the peacekeeping force."

In reality, all the high-ranking official gave Long Wu was a promise to help them clear their names and join the peacekeeping force; he didn't give them a single penny. The $500,000 that Long Wu mentioned came out of Long Wu's own pocket.

Over the years, Long Wu has devoted himself to supporting these hundreds of brothers and their families, sparing no effort whatsoever. Although he can manage for now, Long Wu knows that these brothers are getting old. They all participated in the Vietnam War, and the youngest is now almost forty. Although veterans are a scarce resource on the battlefield, it must be said that even the most capable soldiers will eventually be unable to fight when they get old.

Therefore, Long Wu must arrange a way out for his brothers before they become completely unable to fight. For this reason, he must complete this mission no matter what.

After telling Li Xin everything, Long Wu said to Li Xin, "Ah Xin, if you find it difficult and don't want to help me, I understand. We can still be good friends."

"Fifth Brother, you're not suited for acting. Don't perform this kind of act in front of me."

Li Xin smiled, making Long Wu blush slightly.

Yes, they've brought Li Xin to this place and poured out all their grievances to him. It would be unreasonable for Li Xin not to accept it.

Li Xin punched Long Wu on the shoulder and said, "As long as what you're doing isn't something that harms the country, just say the word and I, Li Xin, will help you."

Long Wu immediately nodded and said, "You don't need to worry about that, I'm patriotic!"

Chapter 118 The Despicable Outsider

"Alright, since you've decided to stay and help me, Ashin, you can rest for the night. I'll explain the mission to you in detail tomorrow."

Long Wu told Li Xindao.

It was nearly midnight when Li Xin arrived at the military camp. After Long Wu finished talking with Li Xin, some time had passed, and it was now actually the next day. Considering that Li Xin had taken a flight of more than ten hours and then traveled for a whole day, no matter how urgent the matter was, Long Wu had to give Li Xin some time to rest, otherwise it would be too inhumane.

"Okay, Fifth Brother, you can make the arrangements."

Li Xin didn't care at all. He could go for days and nights without sleep. Even if Long Wu asked him to set off immediately to rescue people, he would do it. However, if Long Wu asked Li Xin to rest, Li Xin would not refuse.

The next day, Li Xin woke up in a military tent, feeling refreshed and full of energy. Sure enough, although he could go without sleep for several days, sufficient sleep still allowed Li Xin to be in good condition.

He had just stepped out of his tent when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the military camp. At that moment, Long Wu also came out of his tent. The two exchanged a glance and immediately headed out of the camp.

Outside the military camp, Long Wu's men stood ready, a dozen or so forming a semicircle, pointing their guns at the two men.

The two men were dressed similarly, both wearing white T-shirts, blue jeans, and dark bulletproof vests. One of them was wearing a red headscarf, while the other wore a blue baseball cap and sunglasses.

Both were tall, white men, exceptionally robust, and no less so than Li Xin before the transfer of his skills.

Facing a row of dark gun barrels, the man wearing a red headscarf grinned, completely disregarding Long Wu's men.

As Long Wu stepped out of the military camp, he immediately frowned upon seeing the two muscular men: "Ralph Jones, Clark Steele, what are you two doing here!"