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Chapter 353
chapter 0186 part 1
# Chapter 186: Finding the Entrance, Major General Stryker, Leaked Information
Iceland, a pitch black mine tunnel. Frank, wearing a mining lamp on his head, held a dull yellow Jade Talisman in his hand. Facing the collapsed mine tunnel blocked by fallen rocks, he raised his hand, aiming the Jade Talisman at the rockfall.
A beam of earthy yellow light shot out from the Jade Talisman, shining onto the pile of fallen rocks. The earthy yellow halo rippled out like water waves.
The hard underground rock crumbled into dust in the yellow light, revealing a tunnel two meters square.
Frank stood in front of the tunnel, using the light from the mining lamp on his head. He saw that opposite was a wooden mine track, artificially constructed for transporting coal. At the end of the track was a rock wall that had been knocked down.
"Call Professor Trevor over, I think we've found the place!"
Frank turned around and waved towards the back. A big man standing not far behind Frank, on guard with a gun, heard this and quickly ran out along the mine track.
Professor Trevor quickly reached the end of the track in a coal transport vehicle along the wooden rails. Before him was a collapsed wall.
"It's truly hard to imagine, you actually found this place!" Professor Trevor leaned forward, looking at the familiar cave before him, and turned back to Frank in disbelief.
Frank saw Professor Trevor's shocked reaction and knew he had found the right place. He breathed a sigh of relief, finally free from being a miner in this godforsaken place.
After completing this mission, he definitely had to talk to Boss and take a few days off.
Speaking of which, Kane had become the Director of the Secret Service. Could he go over and get a Deputy Director position? Then, appearing before his Marine Corps colleagues with Secret Service Agents would surely be interesting.
"Are you sure this is the place?" To be safe, Frank asked Professor Trevor again.
Professor Trevor said with certainty, "Yes, this is it. This cave is at the bottom of an extinct volcano and contains many associated mineral crystals, including precious rubies and diamonds!"
"Listen, mate, I don't care what your Boss wants to do in the Subterranean World, but he needs to think clearly. It's thousands of kilometers from here to the Subterranean World."
"Even if he can follow this passage down to the Subterranean World, how will he come back after thousands of kilometers?"
"We were able to return back then by using the rising thermal currents from a volcanic eruption. The current Subterranean World might not have such conditions."
"Moreover, when we came out, the temperature in the Subterranean World had already risen to over a hundred degrees Celsius. Humanity simply cannot survive in there—"
As a geologist, Professor Trevor deeply understood the harsh environment of the Subterranean World at that time. Although he had been kidnapped, he didn't want to see many innocent people lose their lives because of one person's wild fantasy.
Most importantly, his girlfriend and nephew were still in the other party's hands. If that Boss really went down to the Subterranean World and couldn't return, he worried that the three of them would face retaliation.
That's why he was earnestly trying to persuade Frank, hoping they would abandon this Subterranean World expedition.
"Professor Trevor, your mission is complete! Go back to the camp above to rest first! Your advice can wait until Boss arrives, you can tell him yourself!"
Frank took the Satellite Phone from a big man and said while dialing, "I think there's a high probability that Boss won't listen to you!"
Tang Manor, inside Tang Song's two-hundred-square-meter master bedroom. After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped on the Huanghuali large bed, Tang Song, wearing a bathrobe, came to the viewing platform of the master bedroom. Smoking a cigar and playing with a Jade Box in his hand, he looked down at the blooming lotus flowers in the Artificial Lake.
A breeze blew, and the bowl-sized lotus flowers swayed in the lake. Gold, pink, and white intertwined, a truly beautiful sight.
Footsteps sounded from behind Tang Song. Mariko Yashida, also wearing a bathrobe, walked out of the bedroom with two wine glasses, her pale, beautiful legs visible as she swayed. She placed the wine glasses on the table and sat directly in a rattan chair opposite Tang Song, crossing her beautiful legs so that her pale feet rested on Tang Song's leg.
Mariko Yashida playfully tapped Tang Song's thigh with her feet, the nails painted red.
Tang Song's gaze swept over, and Mariko Yashida giggled sweetly.
"When do you plan to return to Japan?" Tang Song rotated the Jade Box in his hand. At this moment, the flowing translucent green Qi inside the Jade Box was almost half full.
Tang Song reached out and grabbed the calf of this Japanese woman who was both inexperienced and loved to play. He turned into a massage master, gently kneading. "The people from the company have gone to Washington. It will take at least two or three days for them to finish visiting the newly appointed Mr. President with the Prime Minister, Tang-kun. How about we don't leave the bedroom for these two days—"
Mariko Yashida's pure yet alluring face said something that made one's blood surge.
Of course, Boss Tang was a cultivator, and especially in his current state, he was practically an enlightened monk, an Arhat descended to the mortal world. Women were but fleeting clouds!
"Two days without leaving the bedroom, are you sure you can handle it?" Tang Song gave the long-legged little rookie before him a look. "Then you'll have to keep me company yourself tonight!"
Mariko Yashida immediately fell silent.
Just now, with several people together, and Fox and Skye assisting, she still hadn't recovered. If it were just her, she might break!
With the Federation's abnormal change in leadership this time, as a loyal ally of the Federation, Japan certainly had to show its support. The Japanese Prime Minister organized a visiting delegation in Japan and personally led the team to visit the Federation.
This delegation included not only High-level Staff from Japan but also the heads of well-known domestic enterprises, a truly luxurious lineup.
As Japan's leading Yashida Corporation, it was naturally on the list of the visiting delegation. However, as soon as they arrived at New York Airport, Mariko Yashida, the acting president, transferred to New York to meet her lover at Tang Manor.
"How many people in Yashida Corporation support you now?" Tang Song picked up a glass of red wine from the table and started talking business with Mariko Yashida.
"Thanks to you, Tang-kun, supporters within the group's High-level Staff now account for half, evenly matched with my father—" Saying this, Mariko Yashida smiled like a flower.
Her slender jade hand raised the wine glass and clinked it with Tang Song's. She raised her long neck, as graceful as a white swan, and took a sip of red wine.
"However, the four Fūrinkazan ninja clans of the Family/Clan are still controlled by my grandfather. That is the foundation of the Yashida Family. To completely control Yashida, I must gain control of these four clans!"
Mariko Yashida didn't have a high alcohol tolerance. After a large gulp of red wine, a blush like a fiery cloud immediately rose on her fair face.
"Ninjas, how do they compare to The Hand?" Hearing Mariko Yashida mention ninjas, the first thing Tang Song thought of was The Hand, which he had destroyed.
The Hand's ninjas cultivated Qi from K'un-Lun, but The Hand's Five Fingers were unwilling to pass down the true Qi inheritance. Instead, they combined it with local Japanese Concealment Technique and Assassination Technique, forming a unique assassination style for The Hand's ninjas.
Tang Song's evaluation of The Hand was just so-so. His impression of ninjas was more from his previous life, from the anime called "Naruto".
Shouldn't ninjas be able to breathe fire, form hand seals, perform Shadow Clone, and cast Five Elements Ninjutsu?!
As a result, that's it! The Hand left him with a very disappointing impression. As for the Arashikage that Storm Shadow previously belonged to, Tang Song had inquired about them and found they didn't have any special abilities, not even comparable to the Brotherhood of Assassins who possessed secret arts like Curved Shooting.
Hearing Mariko Yashida talk about local Japanese ninja organizations immediately piqued Tang Song's curiosity.
"The four Fūrinkazan clans first appeared during Japan's Sengoku period. They were four ninja clan villages, named after a phrase from the Eastern Military Strategy by Sun Tzu: 'Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, aggressive as fire, immovable as the mountain!'"
At this moment, the bedroom door opened. Sleepy-eyed Skye rubbed her eyes, walked to the viewing platform, and directly sat into Tang Song's arms, resting her face on his chest, listening to Mariko Yashida tell the story.
"These four ninja villages were active among Daimyo and some General clans, taking on assassination missions from them. While called ninjas, they were essentially four Assassin Organizations!" Mariko Yashida just glanced at Skye and didn't mind, continuing to tell Tang Song the origin of the four Fūrinkazan ninja clans.
"In modern times, due to the development of modern technology and the updating of firearms, the ninjutsu and assassination methods these ninjas relied on for survival were simply vulnerable under night vision goggles and infrared scanners. The four ninja villages also declined day by day."
"Later, after my grandfather made a fortune, he invested in the four ninja villages and took them in as vassals. Only then did these four ninja tribes avoid disappearing."
# Chapter 186: Finding the Entrance, Major General Stryker, Leaked Information
Iceland, a pitch black mine tunnel. Frank, wearing a mining lamp on his head, held a dull yellow Jade Talisman in his hand. Facing the collapsed mine tunnel blocked by fallen rocks, he raised his hand, aiming the Jade Talisman at the rockfall.
A beam of earthy yellow light shot out from the Jade Talisman, shining onto the pile of fallen rocks. The earthy yellow halo rippled out like water waves.
The hard underground rock crumbled into dust in the yellow light, revealing a tunnel two meters square.
Frank stood in front of the tunnel, using the light from the mining lamp on his head. He saw that opposite was a wooden mine track, artificially constructed for transporting coal. At the end of the track was a rock wall that had been knocked down.
"Call Professor Trevor over, I think we've found the place!"
Frank turned around and waved towards the back. A big man standing not far behind Frank, on guard with a gun, heard this and quickly ran out along the mine track.
Professor Trevor quickly reached the end of the track in a coal transport vehicle along the wooden rails. Before him was a collapsed wall.
"It's truly hard to imagine, you actually found this place!" Professor Trevor leaned forward, looking at the familiar cave before him, and turned back to Frank in disbelief.
Frank saw Professor Trevor's shocked reaction and knew he had found the right place. He breathed a sigh of relief, finally free from being a miner in this godforsaken place.
After completing this mission, he definitely had to talk to Boss and take a few days off.
Speaking of which, Kane had become the Director of the Secret Service. Could he go over and get a Deputy Director position? Then, appearing before his Marine Corps colleagues with Secret Service Agents would surely be interesting.
"Are you sure this is the place?" To be safe, Frank asked Professor Trevor again.
Professor Trevor said with certainty, "Yes, this is it. This cave is at the bottom of an extinct volcano and contains many associated mineral crystals, including precious rubies and diamonds!"
"Listen, mate, I don't care what your Boss wants to do in the Subterranean World, but he needs to think clearly. It's thousands of kilometers from here to the Subterranean World."
"Even if he can follow this passage down to the Subterranean World, how will he come back after thousands of kilometers?"
"We were able to return back then by using the rising thermal currents from a volcanic eruption. The current Subterranean World might not have such conditions."
"Moreover, when we came out, the temperature in the Subterranean World had already risen to over a hundred degrees Celsius. Humanity simply cannot survive in there—"
As a geologist, Professor Trevor deeply understood the harsh environment of the Subterranean World at that time. Although he had been kidnapped, he didn't want to see many innocent people lose their lives because of one person's wild fantasy.
Most importantly, his girlfriend and nephew were still in the other party's hands. If that Boss really went down to the Subterranean World and couldn't return, he worried that the three of them would face retaliation.
That's why he was earnestly trying to persuade Frank, hoping they would abandon this Subterranean World expedition.
"Professor Trevor, your mission is complete! Go back to the camp above to rest first! Your advice can wait until Boss arrives, you can tell him yourself!"
Frank took the Satellite Phone from a big man and said while dialing, "I think there's a high probability that Boss won't listen to you!"
Tang Manor, inside Tang Song's two-hundred-square-meter master bedroom. After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped on the Huanghuali large bed, Tang Song, wearing a bathrobe, came to the viewing platform of the master bedroom. Smoking a cigar and playing with a Jade Box in his hand, he looked down at the blooming lotus flowers in the Artificial Lake.
A breeze blew, and the bowl-sized lotus flowers swayed in the lake. Gold, pink, and white intertwined, a truly beautiful sight.
Footsteps sounded from behind Tang Song. Mariko Yashida, also wearing a bathrobe, walked out of the bedroom with two wine glasses, her pale, beautiful legs visible as she swayed. She placed the wine glasses on the table and sat directly in a rattan chair opposite Tang Song, crossing her beautiful legs so that her pale feet rested on Tang Song's leg.
Mariko Yashida playfully tapped Tang Song's thigh with her feet, the nails painted red.
Tang Song's gaze swept over, and Mariko Yashida giggled sweetly.
"When do you plan to return to Japan?" Tang Song rotated the Jade Box in his hand. At this moment, the flowing translucent green Qi inside the Jade Box was almost half full.
Tang Song reached out and grabbed the calf of this Japanese woman who was both inexperienced and loved to play. He turned into a massage master, gently kneading. "The people from the company have gone to Washington. It will take at least two or three days for them to finish visiting the newly appointed Mr. President with the Prime Minister, Tang-kun. How about we don't leave the bedroom for these two days—"
Mariko Yashida's pure yet alluring face said something that made one's blood surge.
Of course, Boss Tang was a cultivator, and especially in his current state, he was practically an enlightened monk, an Arhat descended to the mortal world. Women were but fleeting clouds!
"Two days without leaving the bedroom, are you sure you can handle it?" Tang Song gave the long-legged little rookie before him a look. "Then you'll have to keep me company yourself tonight!"
Mariko Yashida immediately fell silent.
Just now, with several people together, and Fox and Skye assisting, she still hadn't recovered. If it were just her, she might break!
With the Federation's abnormal change in leadership this time, as a loyal ally of the Federation, Japan certainly had to show its support. The Japanese Prime Minister organized a visiting delegation in Japan and personally led the team to visit the Federation.
This delegation included not only High-level Staff from Japan but also the heads of well-known domestic enterprises, a truly luxurious lineup.
As Japan's leading Yashida Corporation, it was naturally on the list of the visiting delegation. However, as soon as they arrived at New York Airport, Mariko Yashida, the acting president, transferred to New York to meet her lover at Tang Manor.
"How many people in Yashida Corporation support you now?" Tang Song picked up a glass of red wine from the table and started talking business with Mariko Yashida.
"Thanks to you, Tang-kun, supporters within the group's High-level Staff now account for half, evenly matched with my father—" Saying this, Mariko Yashida smiled like a flower.
Her slender jade hand raised the wine glass and clinked it with Tang Song's. She raised her long neck, as graceful as a white swan, and took a sip of red wine.
"However, the four Fūrinkazan ninja clans of the Family/Clan are still controlled by my grandfather. That is the foundation of the Yashida Family. To completely control Yashida, I must gain control of these four clans!"
Mariko Yashida didn't have a high alcohol tolerance. After a large gulp of red wine, a blush like a fiery cloud immediately rose on her fair face.
"Ninjas, how do they compare to The Hand?" Hearing Mariko Yashida mention ninjas, the first thing Tang Song thought of was The Hand, which he had destroyed.
The Hand's ninjas cultivated Qi from K'un-Lun, but The Hand's Five Fingers were unwilling to pass down the true Qi inheritance. Instead, they combined it with local Japanese Concealment Technique and Assassination Technique, forming a unique assassination style for The Hand's ninjas.
Tang Song's evaluation of The Hand was just so-so. His impression of ninjas was more from his previous life, from the anime called "Naruto".
Shouldn't ninjas be able to breathe fire, form hand seals, perform Shadow Clone, and cast Five Elements Ninjutsu?!
As a result, that's it! The Hand left him with a very disappointing impression. As for the Arashikage that Storm Shadow previously belonged to, Tang Song had inquired about them and found they didn't have any special abilities, not even comparable to the Brotherhood of Assassins who possessed secret arts like Curved Shooting.
Hearing Mariko Yashida talk about local Japanese ninja organizations immediately piqued Tang Song's curiosity.
"The four Fūrinkazan clans first appeared during Japan's Sengoku period. They were four ninja clan villages, named after a phrase from the Eastern Military Strategy by Sun Tzu: 'Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, aggressive as fire, immovable as the mountain!'"
At this moment, the bedroom door opened. Sleepy-eyed Skye rubbed her eyes, walked to the viewing platform, and directly sat into Tang Song's arms, resting her face on his chest, listening to Mariko Yashida tell the story.
"These four ninja villages were active among Daimyo and some General clans, taking on assassination missions from them. While called ninjas, they were essentially four Assassin Organizations!" Mariko Yashida just glanced at Skye and didn't mind, continuing to tell Tang Song the origin of the four Fūrinkazan ninja clans.
"In modern times, due to the development of modern technology and the updating of firearms, the ninjutsu and assassination methods these ninjas relied on for survival were simply vulnerable under night vision goggles and infrared scanners. The four ninja villages also declined day by day."
"Later, after my grandfather made a fortune, he invested in the four ninja villages and took them in as vassals. Only then did these four ninja tribes avoid disappearing."
