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Apr 26, 2018 16:31:37 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 26, 2018 16:31:37 GMT -5
It's a quarter before noon on the day after Lei received a message, from Yoshimitsu, to meet a possible lead at the Tokyo Tower. There is quite the crowd today, due to the Mashima Zaibatsu protesters doing a sit-in around the tower. Police presence is in sight but none of the officers look prepared for anything to happen. The day is stunningly sunny, but not hot. There is a cool breeze to where the people in the area could truly enjoy the day. Along the west side path of the Tokyo Tower, there is an old man tossing out bird-feed to a flock of different birds: sparrows, crows, and pigeons. Is this the old man Lei is to sit next to?
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Apr 26, 2018 18:17:59 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 26, 2018 18:17:59 GMT -5
Lei made it to the designated meeting place. He was supposed to go pick up his girlfriend at the airport. He was so excited to see her and greet her, even though it's only been a day. But now, he'll have to wait to see her. He had to go meet this old guy. He didn't bring Helena along and told nobody about this meeting. He simply told his brother to go pick up his girlfriend for him and that he had to go file some paperwork at the station.
Once Lei made it to the bench, there he was, the old man as described feeding pigeons. Said he would know how to get in touch with his contact. Hopefully, this isn't the Hachijo that he and Helena pissed off the other day. He hoped that man wasn't going to kill him. Lei took a seat on the bench, and grabbed some crackers he had in his pocket for this occasion and started feeding the birds.
"Lovely weather outside, isn't it?"
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Apr 27, 2018 0:35:11 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 27, 2018 0:35:11 GMT -5
"Lovely weather outside, isn't it?"
The old man turned to Lei and laughed. "Oh! Ho! Ho! That may be up for debate if you talk to someone like me." He reached back in his paper bag and threw more feed out to the birds. "Every man has an experience even if it's with the weather, wouldn't you say? Me personally, I prefer the rain." He smiled at Lei as a few more pigeons came swooping down to join the feast. The old man tossed another handful out before closing the bag.
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Apr 27, 2018 7:45:38 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 27, 2018 7:45:38 GMT -5
Lei nodded as this man was indeed much older than him. "Rain is fine, just as long as it doesn't flood, really. You should come to Hon-Kong, it rains all the time during the monsoon."
Lei watched as more birds arrived. Of course, with a man feeding them, more shall come. Hopefully these pidgeons don't get hostile if someone stops feeding them.
"Truth be told, I hate the cold. It gets really cold here in Japan, doesn't it?"
Lei ran out of crackers to feed the pigeons. He simply sat there on the bench, legs spread out, trying to give off a relaxed posture despite being tense.
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Apr 27, 2018 12:15:31 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 27, 2018 12:15:31 GMT -5
"Oh, You are from Hong Kong?! I've been there before... very crowded city that place. Hard to have a peaceful day. Mmhmmm" The old man nodded. He looked around at the protesters and several tourist in the area. "This place is becoming quite crowded as well."
The crowd of protesters began chanting "Down with Mishima!" over and over. Some of the tourist became interested in what was going on, but there were several tourist who seemed to have no interest in anything but Lei and the old man.
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Apr 27, 2018 13:18:59 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 27, 2018 13:18:59 GMT -5
"Yeah, it's crowded. But it's still home..." Lei muttered.
As Lei talked with the old man and watched the riot unfold, Lei had that nagging feeling that he was being watched. It was literally the only reason why assassin's haven't killed him yet.
Lei tensed up a little and looked around. He picked out some people in the crowd. Lei couldn't pull out his gun in public. So he had to somehow get out of the situation.
"Okay, I think we're being watched, sir."
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Apr 27, 2018 13:48:46 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 27, 2018 13:48:46 GMT -5
"Oooh! I do believe YOU are the one being watched. Ho! Ho!" The old man got up from the bench and began walking away. All the birds scattered and several of the tourist who were watching began making their way to the bench.
A large hand grabbed Lei on his shoulder. "Detective do not panic." The voice was deep but calm. "Detective, my name is Doppo Hachijo and we were supposed to meet here today, but as I suspected, I do believe your home has been bugged. We cannot stay here any longer, Russian intelligence has the place surrounded. Please follow me, so we can speak." Several of the tourist were approaching at a quicker pace once Doppo arrived.
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Apr 27, 2018 14:38:20 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 27, 2018 14:38:20 GMT -5
Lei was ready for a fight, but the stranger calmed him down.
"Oh thank the ancestors." Lei sighed with relief. "Detective Lei Wulong. I am sure you already know that."
When Doppo mentioned that his place was bugged Lei could only shout "DIU! Li-Mei!" He feared the worst. But he will deal with that later. Right now he needed to leave.
"Lead the way!"
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Apr 27, 2018 17:47:59 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 27, 2018 17:47:59 GMT -5
Doppo was surprised to Lei's quick compliance. Brother Yoshi was right about his recklessness. The men who were revealed by Doppo to be Russian Intelligence, were now running toward Lei and Doppo's location. Doppo smiled and pulled out what looked like a small rock. "Close your eyes detective!" Without waiting fir Lei to react, he threw the rock on the ground and a giant cloud of white smoke covered the entire west path to Tokyo Tower. There were some screams from the crowd of protesters and the police in the area began to yell to keep the peace.
Doppo grabbed Lei on the shoulder to pushed him in the direction they were headed so they could speak in peace.
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Apr 27, 2018 18:03:56 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 27, 2018 18:03:56 GMT -5
Lei closed his eyes as told. He found himself being pushed away and instinctively took off, while Doppo had his hand on his shoulder.
"I apologize for yesterday. My partner a lose cannon." Lei said this in his heavy Mandarin accent, with slightly broken English, unable to focus on his fake American accent that he uses, due to the stress of the situation. The fact that the Russian intelligence might kidnap his daughter for leverage. Lei had to send Li-Mei back to her mother. However, Lei was sure Doppo wouldn't harm him, but he felt that Doppo needed to know the story. "I no trust her, but she still useful until she betray me." He continued.
Hopefully the Russians wouldn't pursue. And Lei could sort this out. He wasn't worried about his son. Wanrei can handle himself. He wasn't worried about his niece, either. Xianlong proves herself to be formidable. And Wilson... he doesn't think the Russians would use some random rich dude from England as leverage. Plus, he knows Kung-Fu. But Li-Mei. She's tiny. Very naive. She's an easy target.
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Apr 27, 2018 19:21:53 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 27, 2018 19:21:53 GMT -5
"I no trust her, but she still useful until she betray me." Doppo noticed Lei's accent change due to stress.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha!" Doppo laughed as he moved through the white smoke. "Detective! I can hear your nervousness! I assure you Ms. Andreas is clean and the men you saw here are here for me, so your family is safe. I asked my brother Yoshimitsu to leave some Manji clan members in the area to watch your home for precaution." One of the Russian agents ran into Lei in confusion from the smoke and Doppo leap-kicked him out of the way.
"The ride will get quite bumpy dealing with me detective. We Hachijo have made quite a few enemies over the years. Ha Ha!" Doppo's excitement was racing as it always did when he was thrown in action. Some of the agents pulled their guns out and began to fire in the direction of Doppo's voice. None of the shot's were accurate, but they were in the direction of Doppo and Lei." Ohhh?! I see he's decided to use better soldiers this time." Doppo said as the exited the smoke. Both Doppo and Lei ended up at the street entrance of Tokyo Tower. A black van pulled up with men in black suits and white demon-mask. They opened the sliding door for them to jump in.
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Apr 27, 2018 20:10:40 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 27, 2018 20:10:40 GMT -5
Lei was confused. Helena really did want to help Lei out? How odd. Lei calmed down a little as Doppo mentioned that his family is safe.
"Good. I can relax." He said with clearer English, though his accent remained.
Once the Russians started firing Lei ducked and continued to run and jumped in the van with the masked men.
"So um... If my apartment is bugged then... Oh... They heard everything... Like everything!" Lei face flushed in embarrassment. "Like even... Oh shit! They know about Elise! And her involvement with the Devil Gene Experiments!" He placed his hand over his face. He knows Doppo sent the Manji Clan to protect everyone, but is Elise included? Lei hoped Wanrei was with that accompanying that lovely lady.
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Apr 28, 2018 12:47:47 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 28, 2018 12:47:47 GMT -5
"Like even... Oh shit! They know about Elise! And her involvement with the Devil Gene Experiments!" Lei yelled as the van screeched off. Several of Russians managed to make it out of the smoke and began firing at the van. The bullets were ricocheting off the van some of them came through the back window shattering it forcing all the passengers to duck down slightly.
"Haaa! you can always count on the Russians to make it exciting!" Doppo was smiling from ear to ear. "Detective I promise this is not what I had in mind for today. Once we pick up my son, we can discuss any questions you have for me about my family." The driver made a sharp right turn and drove around the perimeter of the tower's park. The pulled up to an opening where the old man Lei was sitting next to was standing. The van stopped in front of him and he jumped in.
"Finally!" the old man said. His voice was not like it was before when he spoke with Lei, it was the voice of a much younger man. "Do you know how hard it is to stay in character when people are shooting guns around you?! Oh Hey Dad, Detective Wulong, nice to meet you... officially." The old man held his hand out for a proper greeting.
"Detective. Meet my brilliant son, Jiro!" Doppo said proudly.
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Apr 28, 2018 13:41:55 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Apr 28, 2018 13:41:55 GMT -5
Lei was glad that they were in the van. As shots fired, Lei ducked and pulled out his revolver. He fired a few blind shots at the attackers before falling over when the van made a turn.
"You got that right. It kinda makes you feel alive, doesn't it?" Lei replied to Doppo.
When they picked up the old Man, who revealed himself to be a young man, Lei smiled. He shook Jiro's hand. "Nice to meet you as well, Jiro. Yes, and just call me Lei." He said, wanting to go by his surname. "You're just like my niece. She wants to be an actress someday. She should totally learn from you... If possible..." Lei realized that this is a highly secretive clan. So of course... Probably won't happen.
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Apr 28, 2018 16:49:55 GMT -5
Post by Doppo Hachijo on Apr 28, 2018 16:49:55 GMT -5
"You're just like my niece. She wants to be an actress someday. She should totally learn from you... If possible..." Lei said to Jiro as he pulling off the mask, revealing his much younger super-model like face.
"I gotta do something about the heat in this mask, jeez... Um yeah, I'm sure I could show her a few things. How old is she?" The van was still driving quite swiftly. They zig zagged through several blocks of traffic
"Sir, I've received word we are no longer being followed." One of the masked men said to Doppo who slowly petting his beard but still alert.
"Hmmm... very well, pull over and let us out at that pizza restaurant." He pointed towards the Mario Pizza towards the end of the street.
"Yes, sir." The driver pulled over and the other Manji clan member got out the car to open the sliding door.
"Here is where we will talk detective."
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