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Dutch nodded firmly in agreement to Captain Balalaika's question. Neither he nor Levi had any objections to the matter. After all, Black Lagoon was a business similar to a general store. Since their employer had already agreed to the proposal of joining forces with the powerful Li Mo, Black Lagoon would naturally not have any objections. Moreover, having just been unilaterally defeated by Li Mo, Dutch did not think that his objections would be of any use.

Having confirmed Dutch's meaning, Captain Balalaika immediately turned to look at Li Mo. This Slavic beauty smiled, but ignoring her slightly menacing grin, she spoke earnestly to Li Mo:

"Then, we would be very happy to cooperate with Lord Li Mo!"

Chapter 30 The Targeted Xiangsha Society

Three days later, neon-lit Tokyo under the cover of night.

This is still a seemingly bustling international metropolis. On the edge of a commercial street near the central and outer areas, a six-story building with a sign that reads "Takeda Loan Company" is brightly lit, indicating that many people are still busy working inside the building.

However, the passersby around were clearly not interested in this loan company. Anyone with eyes could see that loan companies in Japan were actually loan sharks. Smart Japanese people who knew how ruthless they were would never want to get involved with those loan companies unless they absolutely needed money. However, there were always people who took a chance or needed money. In Japan, a country where interpersonal relationships are very weak, ordinary people were unwilling to lose face by asking their relatives and friends for money, and would rather go to those loan sharks.

As for ordinary people who borrowed money from Japanese loan sharks, those who were lucky enough to repay the high-interest loans on time were fine, but those who couldn't repay by the due date would suffer a very miserable fate. Therefore, smart people who knew what these loan companies in Japan were would never consider going to them. Occasionally, ordinary people who urgently needed money and had a bit of wishful thinking would go to these loan companies.

However, tonight, two medium-sized vans with "XX Moving Company" written on them parked directly at the back door of the loan company. As soon as the doors opened, soldiers dressed in camouflage uniforms and wearing combat helmets, carrying AR-15 rifles, rushed out!

"Listen up, those guys whose repayment deadlines have passed, we're going to send people to collect the debts and make them pay up obediently. If they really can't pay, we'll send the pretty women in their families to make porn or work as prostitutes, and the men will do hard labor to pay off their debts... What?!"

In the conference room of the loan company, a burly, comically fat middle-aged man was spitting as he instructed his subordinates to collect debts when the door was suddenly flung open. Turning around, he saw several soldiers dressed as special forces and instinctively uttered his last question.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—plop!

The next instant, the elite soldiers holding the AR-15 short assault rifle pulled the trigger. The AR-15 short assault rifle, equipped with a silencer, made a low noise, but it accurately called out the names of everyone in the conference room one by one. More than fifteen targets fell to the ground screaming with blood splattered all over their bodies.

Faced with the 5.56mm bullets of the AR-15 assault rifle, whether it was a middle-aged fat man enjoying money and beautiful women, or a key member of a loan company such as a finance person or a thug, a single shot would send them sprawling like dead dogs. A shot to the head or other parts of the body would be an instant kill. These elite soldiers were extremely skilled marksmen, and at close range of less than 30 meters, they were unerring. They stopped firing in less than ten seconds because more than a dozen enemies were all dead.

Upon closer inspection, the dozen or so corpses lying on the floor of the conference room were mostly shot in vital areas such as the head and heart. The marksmanship of the elite soldiers did not even damage the other furnishings in the conference room. Moreover, after confirming that no one was standing, they sent a signal to their comrades downstairs who were clearing other floors, while simultaneously going forward with their guns to check if there were any survivors left by sheer luck.

After a brief inspection of the scene, it was confirmed that the president and members of the "Takeda Loan Company" were all dead. The leading elite warrior notified everyone to evacuate, while simultaneously reporting to Li Mo to gather the cleanup crew.

"Report! The Takeda Loan Company, a subsidiary of the Xiangsha Association, has been completely liquidated!"

……

At the same time, another port located in the Tokyo metropolitan area, nominally belonging to a commercial transportation company, was actually controlled by the increasingly powerful Kasaka-kai, and was an important port for their occasional smuggling of laundry detergent.

To put it simply, the Black Lagoon World was set in the mid-90s. At that time, chemically manufactured new laundry detergents were not yet popular in Japan and other countries. The laundry detergent industry still required a large amount of raw materials to be grown, processed, and transported. If Xiangsha wanted to transport laundry detergent into Japan, it would naturally not be possible to openly and blatantly bring it in through customs. Naturally, it would need to be carefully and secretly transported to Japan through clandestine channels.

This port wasn't considered an important port during Japan's economic boom. The bursting of the economic bubble further devastated the port, which used to be deserted except for essential unloading workers. This made it easier for the Xiangsha gang to control the port, assigning personnel to serve as port guards and other duties. Occasionally, smuggled cargo ships would arrive to unload their cargo, which was actually used to cover up the most profitable but also the riskiest way of transporting laundry detergent.

Even in countries like Mexico and Colombia, where laundry detergent dealers later gained the upper hand and openly launched attacks on government forces or targeted police chiefs, the laundry detergent industry was targeted as much as possible. Japan also takes a similar stance against laundry detergent, and the Xiangsha Association cannot operate openly. Their cover-up work has been very thorough.

This time, the port of Xiangsha Society has been targeted. The Moscow Hotel, which received cooperation terms from Li Mo, did not hesitate to choose the port as its target, preparing to demonstrate its strength.

"Jiro, give me a cigarette... uh?!"

On the outskirts of the port, a member of a yakuza gang, ostensibly a gatekeeper but actually a member of the Xiangsha Society, was idly gazing at the night sky when he heard faint footsteps behind him. Thinking it was a shift change, he was suddenly slit in the throat with a dagger.

The last memory of that yakuza member was the cold glint of a sharp dagger slicing across his neck, and a former paratrooper wearing a hood and camouflage quietly placing his body on the ground. As the former paratrooper, who had successfully infiltrated the area, made a few hand signals, more than a dozen former paratroopers wearing black hoods quickly dispersed, rushed into the port, and began hunting down the yakuza members. Blood and corpses appeared frequently in various parts of this medium-sized port.

However, the personnel that Xiangsha arranged for the port, a key location, were indeed lax because they hadn't had much to do in the past. But they were still capable people who had been selected. In addition, the former paratroopers were not very skilled at scouting, and eventually their tracks were discovered!

Bang—da da da!!

With a gunshot, a member of the Xiangsha Society who sensed something was wrong stepped out of the room and found the former paratrooper who had just slit the throat of one of his brothers. He instinctively raised his gun and fired, but hit his brother's corpse. The former paratrooper then picked up his AKS-74U and fired a long burst, turning him into a blood-spurting sieve.

Undoubtedly, the crisp sound of the AKS-74U short assault rifle shattered the port's silence. Whether it was the remaining members of the Xiangsha Society who had been awakened, or the former paratroopers who realized they had been exposed, the port was instantly transformed into a battlefield. The former paratroopers, no longer hesitant, launched a swift attack, unleashing a burst of bullets on any Xiangsha Society members who were shouting and yelling. Occasionally, snipers provided support from higher ground, directly eliminating the few Xiangsha Society leaders who dared to show their faces.

The Kasaka Society, a Japanese yakuza organization, was clearly no match for this kind of elite combat squad's assault tactics. Even the Kasaka Society members stationed at the port were core members of the yakuza organization, and in the past, they were considered capable fighters in Japanese yakuza battles. But to think they could fight against a regular army was a joke, let alone against an airborne force that was once considered an elite unit in one of the two superpowers, the Red Bear.

In less than ten minutes, all thirty-odd members of the Xiangsha Society in the port had been killed. The twelve former paratrooper squad members only assembled after confirming that all the enemies in the port had been cleared, and then the officers tallied the results.

"Sir! The enemy at the port has been completely wiped out; we only have one person with minor injuries!"

Seeing that his unfortunate brother's arm had been grazed by a stray bullet, the leading former paratrooper lieutenant shook his head, saying that his brother's luck was hard to describe. He then used a communicator to report to Captain Balalaika, who was stationed at the temporary outpost.

"Very good, you all evacuate immediately. There are still two targets to be cleared tonight. Leave this place to the cleanup crew!"

At the temporary outpost, Captain Balalaika appeared very pleased. She considered it normal for some of her men to have suffered minor injuries. Zero casualties was a luxury even for America. Since World War II, the Red Bear had completely ignored casualty figures. She ordered her men who had completed their mission to evacuate, and then follow-up personnel would collect the bodies and clean up the battlefield.

As Captain Balalaika spoke, several firefights broke out in the Tokyo metropolitan area under the cover of night. However, the Washi-mine Group and other forces provided cover, and no major commotion occurred, so they were naturally unknown to the general public!

……

"What? The port was attacked too? All the guards are dead???"

The next morning, the current president of the Xiangsha Society received a series of bad news. When he heard that the ordinary port workers had discovered there were no security guards, he immediately knew something was wrong. His face contorted with rage, he ordered his trusted subordinates, "Damn it, someone's definitely targeting our Xiangsha Society! Quickly notify all the brothers to gather at headquarters and see who dares to mess with us..."

The current president of the Xiangsha Society is no pushover. He was furious that someone would dare to target the Xiangsha Society, but he immediately discovered that the society had lost nearly ten strongholds in one night and more than one-fifth of its core members had disappeared. He immediately realized that this was something that no ordinary force could do.

As a branch of the Peace Association, which is part of the Japan Yakuza Federation, the Xiangsha Society is considered to be among the top-tier groups in Japan, apart from the dozen or so large Yakuza headquarters. In particular, the laundry detergent business that the Xiangsha Society secretly runs is very lucrative. In the years following the bursting of the Japanese economic bubble, the wealthy Xiangsha Society was naturally more suited to expand its influence, and it has already absorbed several relatively weak Yakuza groups.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Peace Society and other Japanese yakuza groups, the Kasaka Society is someone they dislike but can't do anything about. Saying they have enemies everywhere is an exaggeration, but they definitely have very few friends. Now, the current chairman of the Kasaka Society believes that other yakuza groups are probably going to make a move against them. Naturally, he wants to concentrate his forces to find out the enemy's situation and then cut off their claws.

However, the current president of the Xiangsha Society is unaware that the group targeting the Xiangsha Society is not just any other yakuza organization. Not to mention the EU Group, which is already a predator-level force, even the current Eagle Peak Group and the Moscow Hotel are beyond the Xiangsha Society's ability to handle...

Chapter 31: A Surprise Attack on the Xiangsha Society Headquarters!

As soon as Xiangsha Society made its response, the core members of Xiangsha Society's strongholds that had not yet been cleared quickly returned to headquarters. Li Mo, who had sent people to keep an eye on things, immediately received the news. He did not pay attention to the other party's response, but watched Xiangsha Society's actions indifferently, and did not even intend to interfere with the other party's actions.

If Li Mo really wanted to interfere with the Xiangsha Society's response, he naturally had various methods. Even if it was broad daylight and not suitable to use any drastic measures, he could use methods such as car accidents or drunk driving to reduce the number of Xiangsha Society's core members by a third. If he were to use more ruthless methods such as staged accidents, he could at least temporarily send the scattered core members of Xiangsha Society to the police station. At most, the Xiangsha Society headquarters would only have a third of its available manpower.

But Li Mo did not do that. Instead, apart from arranging for his personal guards to test their skills last night and having the Eagle Peak Group send people to guide the Moscow Hotel and clean up the mess, he did not take any action himself. He did not even have his subordinates go all out. Otherwise, not only would he have been able to eliminate all the members of the Xiangsha Society in one night, but the Xiangsha Society headquarters and its leaders would certainly not have been able to escape.

Robert and Laisheng Rui had no objection to Li Mo's actions. They watched the events of last night as if they were watching a show. However, some people noticed that Li Mo's actions seemed to indicate that he had other ideas!

"Lord Li Mo, are you deliberately allowing the enemy to amass their forces?"

At the manor where Li Mo lived, Captain Balalaika, who had come to visit, looked at the several exceptionally beautiful women with remarkable looks with some surprise. Then, suppressing a slight regret in her heart, she solemnly asked Li Mo.

Although Captain Balalaika already knew that Li Mo was one of the high-ranking executives of the EU Group, and that the EU Group was a promising emerging international corporation, she had absolutely no intention of seeking revenge. For an individual strong enough to easily wipe out half of her subordinates, and for someone belonging to a powerful international corporation with both financial and political strength, it would be suicidal for the Moscow Hotel and for herself.

However, Captain Balalaika also had her own principles. In addition to wanting to get closer to Li Mo, she visited him to find out his true intentions. She couldn't just trust him unconditionally just because he said he wanted to cooperate.

“That’s right! The members of the Xiangsha Society were too scattered before. Once their core members gathered together, it was the perfect time to wipe them all out!”

Upon hearing Captain Balalaika's words, Li Mo nodded in agreement, showing no sign of guilt for deliberately leaving Xiangsha Society behind. He didn't even blink an eye in his deception, and presented a seemingly reasonable excuse.

"So, what are you planning to do?"

Captain Balalaika vaguely felt that something was wrong with Li Mo's reply, but after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't find anything wrong. So she didn't think about it any further and instead looked at Li Mo sitting down carefully and asked again.

Captain Balalaika had no choice but to be careful. While she was fearless and commanded her troops on the battlefield, it didn't mean she was a brainless idiot who only knew how to fight to the death. When she encountered Li Mo, who had fully demonstrated his combat power and influence, Captain Balalaika, who felt she was an unequal figure, naturally had to make her attitude and position clear. She had to be very careful when asking about the next steps of the plan, just like now.

Looking at Captain Balalaika, who appeared extremely cautious and humble, Li Mo nodded without saying anything, directly telling Captain Balalaika the timing and specific plan for his next move against the Xiangsha Society headquarters:

"The final assault is scheduled for 8 PM tomorrow. You and my men will launch a combined attack on the Xiangsha Society. The specific plan is to take advantage of..."

……

Li Mo's choice of timing was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. The reason was that yesterday, a commercial street not far from the Xiangsha Society headquarters announced that it would be holding a summer fireworks event, with the date set before Li Mo chose to launch his attack.

Starting at six o'clock, the commercial streets and surrounding attractions attracted local residents. Since there weren't many families willing to live near the headquarters of a yakuza organization like the Xiangsha Association, the area became increasingly sparsely populated. Most residents went to the commercial streets and attractions to set up stalls to earn money or to stroll around. Even the usual office workers wanted to come out and participate in the summer fireworks display.

After all, in Japan, when summer fireworks are held near one's home, most people will go to participate. Not to mention that businesses can take advantage of the event to make a fortune, even ordinary residents are happy to spend money at this time. They can relax with their families without spending much. Many couples even take this opportunity to confess their love and get married. Even the overworked office workers who are used to living a low-cost life can relax at this time.

On the Xiangsha Society's side, including the current president, everyone was busy gathering combat power and investigating which force had attacked them. However, Li Mo and Captain Balalaika's plan was very clear, and the soldiers who were deployed to the battle cleared out the Xiangsha Society's strongholds in a short time. They also did not openly occupy the Xiangsha Society's territories for the time being. Even if the Xiangsha Society used all its strength, it would be difficult to find any clues in a short period of time.

The problem is that under Li Mo's arrangement, Xiang Sha Hui didn't have much extra time. Unaware that she had been assigned a task, Xiang Sha Hui had been busy all day, gathering people at headquarters and investigating the situation, and it was already dark on the second day!

"Damn it, what bad luck! Which gang are we going to have to fight with?"

At the headquarters of the Xiangsha Society, several core members of the society, with fierce expressions and dressed in black suits, stood guard by the gate, looking somewhat bored. Occasionally, some of them would chat in low voices, complaining about the high-security operation that had been carried out at the headquarters since yesterday.

Perhaps it's not too difficult for Japanese yakuza organizations to find some fearless individuals, but expecting their core members to become as loyal and dutiful as the military is a gross overestimation of these organizations. While the Xiangsha Association certainly has the money to expand its territory, the discipline of its core members gathered at headquarters is, at best, just so-so.

Right now, the core members guarding the gate of the Xiangsha Society headquarters are chatting quietly while on duty. They don't think they will encounter enemies while they are at the headquarters, especially since they don't know which force they will be fighting against!

"The fireworks show has started! What?! Something's wrong..."

As the clock struck eight, beautiful fireworks suddenly appeared in the sky. A core member of the Xiangsha Society, who was lighting a cigarette, was marveling at the sight when he suddenly saw a convoy of black vans speeding towards them and stopping. Before he could even finish speaking, the van doors opened, revealing fully armed guards and former paratroopers, their weapons already spitting out scorching flames.

Da da—da da da!!

With a crisp gunshot, several core members of the Xiangsha Society, who were still reaching into their inner pockets or hadn't even reacted yet, collapsed to the ground covered in blood. They were shot dead on the spot without even having a chance to resist, not even knowing who killed them, and died in a daze.

The assault team, which had just shot and killed several guards, paid no attention. The team of more than twenty soldiers, consisting of guards and former paratroopers, jumped out of the van almost the instant the gunfire stopped. Two engineers rushed forward and attached several American C4 plastic explosive packs to the four corners of the gate. Then, at the command of the assault team commander, they pressed the button, and the two seemingly sturdy solid wood doors were blown apart, revealing the horrific scene inside.

Inside the main gate of the Xiangsha Society headquarters, a group of people who had rushed over after hearing the gunshots could be seen. They were covered in blood and flesh, some even pierced by splinters of wood. Occasionally, a few still breathing individuals were shot down by the commando team and turned into corpses. Under the cover of fireworks outside, this commotion did not attract the attention of ordinary people, except for the people at the Xiangsha Society headquarters who sensed that something was wrong.

At the same time, two muffled loud bangs came from the back and side doors of the Xiangsha Society headquarters, letting everyone know that Li Mo and Captain Balalaika were really going all out this time. Not only were there other side and back doors, but snipers were also stationed in several surrounding buildings!

"Fireworks display in five minutes! Everyone rush in and eliminate all enemies!"

Seeing the Xiangsha Society's gate destroyed by the explosion, the sergeant in charge of the assault team tonight remained expressionless. Having witnessed too many bloody scenes on the battlefields of the imperial graveyards in Central Asia, he felt no discomfort at all about this small scene. He even had the leisure to look up at the fireworks display used to cover up the commotion, sighed inwardly, and quickly gave orders to the three assault teams.

With a sergeant's order, three assault teams quickly stormed into the Xiangsha Society headquarters. The members of the Xiangsha Society headquarters, who had just heard the gunshots and loud noises, were still somewhat confused and did not know what had happened before they were subjected to a brutal baptism of fire!

……

"What happened?"

When the main gate and other doors of the Xiangsha Society headquarters were blown up, the commotion and the gunshots that came a little earlier alerted the current president of the Xiangsha Society, who had just finished dinner and was discussing the current situation with several confidants. He noticed something was wrong and shouted angrily.

If the fireworks display did indeed conceal the activities of the Xiangsha Society headquarters from the general public, then for the people at the Xiangsha Society headquarters, the continuous gunshots and the loud crash of the door being broken down at close range meant that people were dead before they even realized it. And the current president of the Xiangsha Society is no useless person. He was able to make up his mind to enter the laundry detergent industry and develop it rapidly over several years. He is no simple character.

In fact, the current chairman of the Xiangsha Society has already absorbed several small yakuza groups that were struggling financially. He even set his sights on the nearby Washi-gumi and two other medium-sized branches of the Peace Society. Ambitious, he even considered annexing these three medium-sized branches and then setting his sights on the Peace Society, the superior organization of the Xiangsha Society. If he were to take over the Peace Society, he would become one of the strongest giant organizations in the Japanese yakuza world.

Unfortunately, when the Kasaka Society discovered that the Washi Peak Group had become a subordinate of the EU Group, and knowing that they could not afford to offend the multinational corporation America, the Kasaka Society had already considered shifting their focus. However, what the current chairman of the Kasaka Society did not expect was that although he no longer considered the Washi Peak Group as a target, Li Mo had not forgotten this yakuza organization involved in the laundry detergent business and was prepared to completely wipe out the Kasaka Society.

Now, the current president of the Xiangsha Society issued a shout, only to hear the deafening roar of gunfire and explosions erupting from his headquarters. He then saw a trusted subordinate scrambling in, his face contorted with panic, shouting at him:

"President! The army is attacking outside!!!"

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"Da da—da da da—!"

Inside the headquarters of the Xiangsha Society, the assault team soldiers who stormed in through the main gate raised their automatic rifles without hesitation. The crisp gunshots were very short but extremely deadly. One by one, the members of the Xiangsha Society were killed before they even knew what was happening.

For the members gathered at the Xiangsha Society headquarters, they had no idea what was going on. They were only alerted because the chairman said that there were external enemies fighting for territory. Some of the core members were even drawn back from outside strongholds. The plan was to find out who the enemy was and fight them. They never considered that the enemy would come to their door directly, and with such a sharp special forces assault tactic, directly blow up the door and rush in to start a massacre.

In less than ten seconds, dozens of Xiangsha Society members near the gate were turned into corpses. Some were killed by the aftershocks of the previous breaching tactic, while others were directly hit by bullets from AKS-74U or AR-15. The assault team that stormed into the Xiangsha Society headquarters did not hesitate at all. Whether it was the guards fused by Li Mo with the [Seed of Fusion] or the paratroopers from the original Red Bear, they broke into the Xiangsha Society headquarters like sharp blades.

Similar to the assault team that stormed the main gate of the Xiangsha Society headquarters, several other assault teams that stormed in from the side and back gates entered directly from the parking lot at the back gate and the artificial hill and pond at the side gate. The sound of short assault rifles firing and the screams of Xiangsha Society members were incessant. The assault teams were advancing at a fast pace and had begun to cooperate with the main force at the main gate to advance rapidly.

Although the Xiangsha Society headquarters was caught off guard, it still had more than two hundred or even close to three hundred people. In addition, the headquarters had raised its vigilance against possible enemies yesterday, so many people were able to gather in time and wanted to fight back against the attacking enemy.

"Aaaaah! You damned bastards, you'd all die!!!"