Chapter 100 Headache
"Manager, Lord Seal has lost contact."
Ashiya Shiki came to report early in the morning.
"He borrowed my shikigami last night to sneak into Edo District to investigate, but I sensed that the shikigami was destroyed, and there was no news from others all day long, and the entire city was under martial law." "Well, I know...
ahem , I mean Kotaro's failure to infiltrate is not something that happens only once or twice, just get used to it. Let's do
this, Ashiya-kun, you are responsible for the rescue, and I approve your use of the 'divination ball'. If you need my help, just tell me." "
Okay manager. "
Ashiya Shiki took the order and went.
Li Pan was sitting behind the manager's desk, crossing his hands to support his face, and he hadn't recovered yet.
In short, last night was not a dream. He gave the order and the black ball "killed the ghost" came back from thousands of miles away to take the person's head... He was in
a trough... He had no intention... He was so excited... It's too outrageous... Besides, if you just behead someone, why are you wrapping the head back up? ? ?
Now what? The Iga ninjas are so powerful, has Kotaro been caught? Could it be that he has already been confessed?
Damn it, bye bye, Chiki Tokugawa's head was still hidden in the toilet tank of the apartment before it could be destroyed... I can't explain it at all now... "Ah... it's
all nonsense..."
Li Pan rubbed it Face, oh, what a headache.
Literally a splitting headache.
After using the 'Fighting Ghost', Li Pan felt as if someone was using an awl to dig into the top of his head, clang, clang, clang, as if the 'Fighting Ghost' was jumping on his forehead, making him dizzy. Everything is ghosted...
I'm really impressed. These monsters are really powerful, but now their level is too low and they can't be used at all. It's really useless...
Ding ding ding, the phone rang again.
"This is General Manager 0113."
"Oh, oh, 0113, how is my product? It's on point."
For the sake of 35 million, Li Panqiang braced himself to deal with it.
0113 said, "Very good, I want the stuff, and the task has been sent to your logistics department. But I heard that you have a collector there?"
Li Pan said, "Oh, don't worry, there are people sent by 01 to be in charge. "
01 has sent people?"
0113 was silent for a while,
"0791, let's change the trading model."
Li Pan was shocked, "What? Are you telling me to change it now? Are you kidding me?"
0113 said,
"Don't be nervous. The content of the transaction between us remains unchanged, but the internal process of the company has changed. You also know that usually the internal logistics of our subsidiaries follow the DAF model, and the responsibilities are transferred after passing the door. But now you have a collector in your
plane , and you probably don’t have many private fleets under your command. I don’t feel comfortable using third-party security for this large cargo. I suggest changing it to FOB. I will send a ship to Earth to pick it up. I need your dispatch permission." Li Pan also understood the general process
. For example, in the previous DAF model, border delivery was based on the 'door' as the dividing line, and any accident on either side would be blamed on that side.
Now the delivery is on the ship, that is, 0113 sends a ship to the door, and the people from the logistics department travel across the country on business, connect the prosthetic body, get on the ship at the Calisto Company base, and then drive to Earth to pick up the goods, following the goods throughout the process.
Of course, in the FOB mode, these astronauts do not need to land on the earth. They are delivered at the near-Earth circular space port. They can choose some powerful combat prosthetics for security. Of course, the transport ship is also specially modified by 0113 for the 'Tai Sui'. It can be said that I am very careful.
In fact, the local company fleet of 0791 will also provide escort when the asteroid is brought to the Callisto Star Gate. However, for a section of the journey from the asteroid to the earth, there are only customs inspections and interstellar fleets. This time, 0113 is probably worried about the collectors. Send a fleet to intercept, and simply charter a ship to pick up the goods.
Once this transaction model changes, the responsibility for delivery will shift to the 0113 party. Li Pan himself saved a lot of trouble, so of course he agreed immediately.
This mission came just in time. Li Pan had caused a lot of trouble and didn't want to stay in the Night City for a long time. He immediately took this opportunity to get away. He arranged for Ah Qi to stay behind and handle the customs clearance documents for 'Tai Sui'. He went to Saito House to pick up the goods in person. Take a dip in the hot springs and get an essential oil massage from the proprietress to relieve your mental stress.
But who would have expected that as soon as the float vehicle left the city, Li Pan saw rows of armored army groups gathered on the deserted plain outside the moat of the City of Night, with various tanks, drones, and SMS. The Tokugawa family's Mitsuha Aoi was probably a regiment transferred back from the front line.
The slums that were originally entrenched on the outskirts of the Night City and were eager to work in the city were demolished and cleared like cockroaches and rats, and were replaced by military fortifications that were built from the ground overnight.
The Tokugawa Army's self-propelled Vulcan cannons, mobile barracks, military fortresses, barracks and ammunition depots, and various transport vehicles and ships landed in the designated areas one after another under the guidance of engineers, and built steel military cities on the spot. , all the way to the west, the sky is filled with smoke and dust kicked up by wheels and wakes. A group of four 'Falcon' supersonic attack drones in the atmosphere roar through the smoke and dust, and you can't even see it. How many armored regiments there are in the diffuse sand and dust are heading towards the City of Night at full speed.
Although these are just armies with little technical content, the Night Knights cannot kill so many of them even if they ride on a thousand enemies.
As a result, the troops under Ye's command could only huddle on the city wall, confronting Tokugawa's army across the battery moat, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
The same goes for Li Pan, whose mental pressure suddenly surged up.
Darling, isn't it just to chop off your daughter's head? Is there any need to make such a big fuss? Why are you trying to massacre the city? Damn it?
Fortunately, the two sides maintained restraint and there was no exchange of fire for the time being, and no one tried to kill other aerospace companies to target the floating vehicles, so Li Pan, the chief culprit, swaggered across the front of the two armies to take a bath in the hot springs.
What Li Pan didn't expect was that the Tokugawa family would just bring the army back to the Night Capital to show off their strength. But Saito Onsen is actually overcrowded right now!
The apron was filled with Tokugawa family's aerospace vehicles, surrounded by SBS's heavily armed police and Iga ninjas. SMS set up positions carrying anti-aircraft and anti-space electronic warfare equipment, as well as a large number of spider drones. Three-step There were security posts and sentries everywhere, and troops were everywhere. After entering the airspace, even the company-licensed aerial vehicle was escorted by two Tokugawa Air Force fighter jets, and was targeted and guided to land by a bunch of laser cannons.
Li Pan also cursed secretly, he would have called Keiko if he had known it. Could it be that Mount Hakone was used as a base camp headquarters for the returning Tokugawa Army?
However, Li Pan had all his formal clothes repaired. After struggling for a long time, he didn't have time to update his prosthetic body. He also didn't change the bulletproof insert. The only two monsters he could rely on were the 'Handkerchief' and 'Iron Gun', and only the key was left. Three pieces.
If a fight breaks out later, I can only try to use a handkerchief to transform and escape all the way. However, such an army-level central command module must have an automatic defense module to defend against the sudden descent of space forces into low-Earth orbit.
Not to mention those rail gun laser cannons, but the supersonic interceptor missiles on the roadside. The warhead can reach Mach 27 in three seconds. It is locked and tracked for high-speed maneuvers throughout the process. It is estimated that even if he changes his body, he will not be able to escape from the foot of Mount Hakone. I will be beaten like a scumbag...
Fortunately, the other party did not directly shoot down Li Pan's ship, but only sent a few spiders to lock on and control the spacecraft. Saitoya also arranged for a robot maid to pick people up.
So Li Pan bravely endured the headache and left the cabin. Looking at so many guards, he probably couldn't bring the sword, gun, and awl given by K. In order to avoid losing them, he simply put them in the car and only took them with him. Holding the silk iron ball in hand, he followed the maid into the hot spring village.
Sure enough, there were drones, guards, and ninjas observing and scanning him along the way, but the opponent's radar naturally could not scan the monster, and Li Pan did not install those outrageous combat prosthetics, so he entered smoothly. hotel.
He was greeted not only by Keiko Saito, but also by a cadre of the Tokugawa family.
"Manager Li, thank you for coming to meet. Let me introduce you to the president of Okubo Mining Development and Metal Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Takamagahara Mining Group." "Okubo Jubei, please give me some advice." He exuded the company's
energy
. The dog-like middle-aged cadre bowed to Li Pan.
"It turns out to be President Okubo, whose name I have admired for a long time."
"Manager Li attended the meeting alone, and his grace is impressive. It is an honor for me."
Li Pan shook hands with the other party and exchanged business cards. Although the directors of the chaebol bosses are reclusive, this Okubo ten He often saw Hei in various financial news. He often represented Okubo Group and Takamagahara and attended various summits and forums. He was a professional manager.
And this Jubei is also quite famous in the circle of corporate dogs in the Night City, because his growth path is quite inspiring and positive.
First of all, he was born as a commoner, not a traditional warrior. His family moved to the Night City from the countryside, and his academic qualifications were average, so he was not an elite.
After joining the company, he went through bankruptcies and reorganizations many times. Later, his company was merged into Tokugawa, and he was promoted step by step through personal efforts and outstanding performance.
Then he was first chosen by the Okubo family, adopted as an adopted son and served as general manager, and later he was appreciated by the Tokugawa family, and even married a second-married princess of the Tokugawa family! Step into the bottom seat of the board of directors!
It can be said that this guy is the standard protagonist of workplace stories who perseveres, works hard, gets promoted and gets a raise, becomes general manager, becomes CEO, marries Bai Fumei, and reaches the pinnacle of life!
The Tokugawa family also often publicized his personal deeds and gave blood to the company dogs under his command. Incidentally, they also expressed that horses with a thousand li a horse often exist but bole does not always exist. The Tokugawa family has a reputation for knowing people, and all talented people in the world will Come to the Tokugawa family to show off your ambitions.
Of course there are similar characters in the Hashiba family, named Ishida or something, but essentially, no matter how much internal strife Takamagahara has, the essence of property and power is still changing hands within the samurai family, but they only accept a few elites as sons-in-law, and act like There is also an ascending channel, just fool the people below, they all understand.
But bluffing is bluffing. People like Okubo Jubei are very capable. When he debuted in the Night City, Li Pan was still cleaning toilets in the military academy. Of course, he did not dare to neglect and must be very energetic. Fortunately, Keiko Saito was also there to help, and she personally arranged a restaurant for the two of them to have lunch talks, while secretly sending some private messages to Li Pan to give some background information.
It turns out that Tokugawa and Hashiba negotiated a peace, and the armies returned one after another. Now the main force has basically withdrawn to the vicinity of the Night City, and Hakone Mountain has been requisitioned as the headquarters of the group army.
In view of the instability of public security in the Night City and the large army gathering now, many Tokugawa executives and cadres have directly stayed in the villa hotels in the hot spring village.
Even Keiko Saito hinted that even the head of the Tokugawa family briefly appeared. Of course, now that Tokugawa's private security forces have completely taken over the defense of the hot spring village, she has also been demoted to a senior maid who helps serve tea and water. She can get The information is limited, and it is unclear who is in charge now.
What a coincidence. It turned out that yesterday she called the company to make an appointment. She was instructed by the Tokugawa family to request a meeting with the representatives of Monster Company. Li Pan didn't understand it and came to the hot spring by accident. It was really stupid. The cat encountered a dead mouse and allowed the troops and guards to enter the defense circle of the base camp.
But since you have come here, you can talk. Being a general manager means meeting this and that all day long. It’s not easy to get two thousand five thousand a month.
So this time Okubo Jubei came forward on behalf of the Tokugawa family and chatted with Li Pan while eating.
Everyone talked very politely, politely, restrainedly, and professionally, but their meaning was also very clear. After all, the Tokugawa family's intention was completely to inform, with almost no room for negotiation, and Okubo had no room for maneuver, so he could only use The business talk was used to express the Tokugawa family leader's intentions euphemistically.
After all, now that the internal problems in Takamagahara have been resolved, the Tokugawa family is free to naturally chat with restless elements like Li Pan and settle the accounts.
Qianglong still can't overpower the local snakes. No matter what, Gao Tianyuan is still a force that dares to go to war with the heavens. Although he is wary of losing his strength now, he still doesn't have to show much face to a mere branch manager.
The Holy Grail Procurement War is no longer one or two, and the number of general managers who died at the hands of Takamagahara is not one or two. Besides, people don’t know that the Oda family is for your Monster Company, so of course they have to rely on what they have. Soldier, you are fearless in highlighting an ignorant person, and your high price is not false at all.
The general idea is that your monster company has been dancing higher than anyone else in the Night City recently, killing my Tokugawa people everywhere, ransacking my Tokugawa home, and beating my Tokugawa dogs. You can't bear it.
I heard that you are currently obsessed with being a bounty hunter and cutting people from the Dongcheng Society like leeks, right? Although those few people are not worth mentioning, it is not easy to raise them. Your five hundred and one thousand yuan were taken away as scraps. Isn't it a bit too much?
Moreover, the Fountain of Youth, Saito House, is a private welfare facility for the directors of Takamagahara specifically for their elderly care. Everyone is not dead yet, and you are being asked to inject capital and acquire it?
Not to mention that Jinyao Academy and Sky City were also mixed up with you and the Security Bureau, making it a mess, right?
My Tokugawa family is also half the owner of the Night City. Can the owner allow outside guests to behave like this? This is not the way to treat guests!
Therefore, the Tokugawa family requested that
the contract signed between Monster Company and Saito House be deemed to be cancelled. This place is the private property of the Tokugawa family and does not intend to be sold.
Dongcheng will suffer heavy losses these days, and there was originally going to be bloodshed, but Chairman Dongcheng gave face. As long as Monster Company compensates 100 million for mental damage and apologizes in person, the Tokugawa family can pull the strings and arrange for both parties to sit down and reconcile.
If you don't agree, then Gao Tianyuan is at peace anyway and the army has been brought back, so we can continue the fight.
Therefore, Li Pan's meal tasted like chewing wax, and his brain was still pounding, thumping, and jumping, which was particularly uncomfortable. He had to control his facial expressions to deal with a cunning guy like Okubo, and at the same time endured the condescending talk from the Tokugawa family.
But after listening for a while, he finally figured it out. It seemed that the Tokugawa family, or at least Okubo Jubei, didn't know yet that Princess Chihime's head had been chopped off and stuffed into the toilet.
The Iga ninjas who were listening around the corner were just lying in wait in the muddy ground of the tatami bamboo forest on the ceiling, and had no intention of assassinating him.
The other party probably only found out that Panlong Construction had a close relationship with the Ye family and the Security Bureau. They didn't know that he was the most popular person on the Internet, the 'masked weirdo' who almost defeated the Dongcheng Society.
They probably didn’t know that it was Li Pan who killed the Yagyu family’s children and stole a large amount of their arms. He asked for 100 million, probably just out of professional habits...
Li Pan also heard enough, so he politely said,
"The company has received the Tokugawa family's message. Please let me report it to the superiors and I will reply to you in a few days."
Okubo also bowed,
"It is natural to understand that we all work for the company. If we can get along well, and Why bother to use a knife or a gun?
I originally wanted to ask the manager to stay for dinner, but due to busy business recently, the hot spring village is closed to the public, so I won’t ask you to stay. I’m here to see you off.” Li Pan declined politely
. After talking for a while, I was on the verge of asking the proprietress and I to have sex in private before leaving. Unfortunately, we were no match for the other party's words in the end, so we were escorted back to the parking lot by the guards.
Okay, this is a bit troublesome now... As
soon as the Tokugawa family's army arrived, Saito Keiko stopped doing things, and she didn't know if 'Tai Sui' was still in the warehouse.
Li Pan observed the defense of Hot Spring Village from side to side, and roughly estimated that the troops currently stationed in Hakone alone were at least the size of a Class A division. If they had to break into the defense circle to grab goods, even if they had elite assault troops of the level of the Mars Marines, Troops must also send a special warfare combined battalion to make it possible.
But the problem is that in theory, the internal fighting in Takamagahara is over now. Now this place is no longer a 'Private Army of Tokugawa', but a 'troop directly under Takamagahara'. If you force your way in, it will be equivalent to starting a war with Takamagahara. If you are discovered, you will definitely not be able to survive in 0791.
It just so happens that 'Tai Sui' is collected here. Without 'Tai Sui', there would be no 35 million. Without 35 million, there would be no 'Night City Development Fund'. Panlong Construction would be a pure liability.
Ouch, it hurts so much, my head hurts...
Li Pan couldn't do anything for the moment. He was in poor condition and had insufficient equipment. He was followed by a company of Iga ninjas in the dark when he walked around. Li Pan didn't know this either. How good are ninjas in fighting, but Kotaro and Kiriko were beaten to death, so they must be very good, so they had to go back and prepare before thinking of a solution.
In order to avoid missing another plot, Li Pan sent two more text messages on the way back, asking the other two gangster friends what they wanted to do with him.
Fortunately, there was nothing serious. Akiyama Masako asked him when he would go to the gym for lessons. The personal training service fee was 10 million, and he could customize clothes.
Emilia directly asked him to have another sex, ahem, and have a drink together. Of course, she mainly drank, and Li Pan could do whatever he wanted.
Gan, either he is greedy for his body or his money... It's a pity that he is not in a good state now with such a headache...
Li Pan was about to make an appointment with the two of them at another time, when Chengzi Communication also called.
Alas, secretaries also need work, right? Being a successful man is really busy.
"Li, didn't you lock the door last night? The apartment was robbed. The door was broken open, the windows were smashed, and the closet was rummaged all over." "What!"
Li
Pan was shocked. I caught the thief . So mean! Is Dongcheng going to take action?
"Go to the toilet and look at the toilet! No, look at the water tank!"
Chengzi wondered,
"There's nothing there? What, did you hide any contraband?"
"No!? Hiss... Then, it's okay... Chengzi, don't Call the police. I'll pay for the repairs myself. It's not peaceful recently, so you can go live in a factory for the time being. By the way, renovate the car and replace it with bulletproof armor." "I'll check the surveillance again. Maybe it's just a burglary. On the street
today There are three-headed dogs and NCPA everywhere, and the security of the Night City is getting worse and worse..."
After ending the communication, Li Pan felt dizzy for a moment, his head was buzzing, and he could clearly see the ball of 'Fighting Ghost' His mind was racing.
Dang-dang-dang, Dang-dang-dang...
Ah, I have a headache...
(End of this chapter)