Wenjian Chapter 572: The Thief
Armed helicopters shuttled through the night sky of the city, and searchlight beams were like giant fingers, scanning every dark alley.
Armed vehicles of the security police, the Self-Defense Forces and the US military drove through the streets, setting up checkpoints at intersections to check the identity documents of passers-by - whether it was a driver's license, national health insurance, passport, student ID card, etc.
Li Ang, who had no ID, observed the intensity of defense at the intersection and immediately turned around and left.
He can force his way through the checkpoint, but that will be instantly locked by low-orbit surveillance satellites, and armed helicopters will arrive within a few minutes.
We need to find a place to hide and repair first...
Li Ang observed the crowd through his sunglasses and quickly noticed.
He turned into a commercial pedestrian street. It was late at night, and there were still many young men and women dressed in fashionable clothes on the street. It wasn't that they didn't want to go home, but because of the traffic jam, they could only walk.
Li Ang quietly approached three female high school students in plaid skirt uniforms, swung a thin string out of his hand, and hooked one of them into the pocket.
The thin line moves flexibly, quietly opening the zipper of the waist bag and stealing the wallet inside.
In addition to a few banknotes and change, the wallet also contained a student ID card named Akihara Jin and family photos and other items.
"Miss, please wait a moment."
Li Ang closed his wallet and chased after him. The three female high school students heard the sound and turned around in confusion.
"This wallet fell to the ground,"
Li Ang stood still, pulled down his scarf, showed as gentle a smile as possible, and said to the girl in the middle: "It should be yours, right?"
"Eh?"
The pretty girl glanced at the zippered pocket on her body, took the wallet in surprise, checked that the family photos inside were not lost, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much. The photos in my wallet are very important to me."
She held the photo to her heart with both hands, bowed sincerely and said, "I really don't know how to thank you."
"Why don't you treat me to a meal?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ang regretted it. He originally wanted to say, "Can you lend me your mobile phone to make a call?"
But maybe I was too hungry, so I subconsciously said that I would like to have a meal.
"Eh?!"
Not only Akihara Jin took half a step back in surprise, but the two companions beside her also cast surprised looks.
Although one should be grateful for finding a wallet, but asking for reward so straightforwardly is a bit...
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One misstep will turn into eternal hatred. After all, I am also a so-called superpower, but I have fallen to the point of asking a little girl to treat me to a meal in return of a favor.
Li Ang, who was extremely regretful, silently followed three female high school students and came to a roadside izakaya with a flag of [一多] shop name hanging on the eaves.
The izakaya occupies a small area, with only six tables, and the wine cabinet is stocked with sake, shochu, beer, plum wine and other alcoholic drinks.
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The somewhat sinister-looking shop owner was holding the car keys and preparing to go out. When he saw someone opening the curtain at the door, he subconsciously said: "Sorry, guest, our shop has closed..."
"I'm back."
Akihara Jin walked in and casually hung his pocket bag on the wall hook. His two companions said "Hello, uncle" and followed him in.
"Why did you come back so late?"
The store owner who saw his daughter said helplessly: "It's very chaotic outside now, and your mother is very worried about you."
"There's traffic control. We walked back and went to the drugstore to buy medicine for our mother on the way. Sanae-chan and Ruri-chan's homes are far away, so we're staying here tonight. Oh, by the way, this is Mr. John Smith.
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Qiu Yuanjin explained Li Ang's matter by the way.
The shop owner glanced at Li Ang with the same surprise, nodded and said: "My dear, thank you for taking care of me. What would you like to eat?"
"Where, where..."
With a beard made of non-element substances on his face, Li Ang, who went by the pseudonym John Smith, coughed awkwardly and said, "Just make something with the scraps left in the store."
"How can that be done?"
The shop owner shook his head and refused, insisting on taking out the menu and letting Li Ang finish ordering before going to the kitchen to prepare the meal.
Qiuyuan Jin and two friends went upstairs, and Li Ang was the only one left in the store.
He scratched his head, sat at the counter, and picked up the landline phone.
Who should I call? The embassy’s line must be monitored. If you call, you will be located immediately...
After thinking for a moment, Li Ang first entered the international phone code 010, then the country code 86, and finally his personal phone number.
All——all——
After a while, the phone was connected, and Li Leling's voice came from the phone, "Hello?"
"Hello? Miss Li, it's me, Li Ang."
Li Ang silently breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he did not enter the wrong number.
"Mr. Li Ang, are you okay in Tokyo? I saw on TV that there was a terrorist attack there."
"I'm fine."
Li Ang smiled helplessly, "I'm sorry to disturb you at this time, but Miss Li, you should know some senior personnel of Yin City Government, right?"
"Huh?"
Li Leling didn't expect that Li Ang would ask this, and she was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Well... I can't say that we know each other. My family has business dealings with the government. We can still get in touch."
Large groups have to pay huge taxes every year, and sometimes cooperate with local governments to operate some projects, so they can contact people when necessary.
"That's right,"
Li Ang took a deep breath and recounted his experience in the past few hours in the shortest possible time, "... In short, I am currently wanted by the Self-Defense Forces and the US military stationed in Japan.
Judging from the armed helicopters and armored vehicles driving in the city, they would really open fire directly in the city in order to capture me.
Can you explain it to the official? I can only believe you now."
"..."
There was silence for a moment on the other end of the phone. Li Leling was obviously shocked by the story of a meteorite parasite and a wanted man by the US military.
"Okay, okay. Then I'll ask my family for their contact information."
"Well, thank you. If you need a certificate, the meteorite on the shoe cabinet at the entrance of my house is.
Long international calls may be monitored, so I’ll hang up first.”
Li Ang hung up the phone, and at this time the shop owner also brought out the meal.
As an appetizer, there are conch, edamame, cold tofu, salmon sashimi, chicken wings and chicken meatball skewers, oden, and chazuke rice.
"Thank you so much."
Li Ang put his palms together in a salute, picked up the kuaizi and started eating.
"Here, the beer brewed by my hometown."
The slightly sinister-looking shop owner was unexpectedly gentle and elegant. He brought some ice-cold beer, put it on Li Ang's table, and started chatting.
"Do guests also like Death Sabbath?"
"Huh?"
Li Ang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized when he saw the store owner pointing at the baseball cap with a skull pattern on his head, "Yeah."
Death Sabbath? What’s the name of the band?
This chapter has been completed!