Chapter 494: Chapter 494

The next day, both Japan and several mainstream media outlets around the world reported the explosions of the Japanese Fishery Agency ships and the visiting nation's Fishery Agency ships.

The reports claimed that all the Fishery Agency ships from Japan and the visiting nation had been destroyed in the explosions, killing a total of thirty-two people aboard. The discovery of a large number of sharks in the vicinity of the explosion made it clear that there was no chance of survivors.

Both nations attributed the cause of the explosion to mechanical failure.

Although this explanation seemed a bit too coincidental, for now there was no better evidence to suggest another reason for the blasts.

Apart from Japanese Fishery Agency ships, there was no one else on the vast ocean. To say that the sharks caused the explosion was simply too far-fetched, so the two nations used this seemingly coincidental reason to explain the incidents.

Both Fishery Agency ships exploded due to malfunctions!

While many people were still discussing this coincidental explosion, Ding Fan had already arrived on the soil of Japan.

Ding Fan disembarked on the coast of Kyushu Island.

According to Zhunxing, Mei Li had been mysteriously missing while monitoring Kojima Saburou in Kyoto; less than five hours had passed since the incident happened, so Ding Fan decided to investigate in Kyoto to see if he could find any clues.

Upon arriving in Kyushu, Ding Fan immediately made a call to Red Spider's contact point in Japan.

As Ding Fan could not understand the local language, he needed assistance while there.

Ding Fan made the call, and soon Red Spider sent someone to meet him.

Given that Red Spider's new boss was now Ding Fan, the person who came to pick Ding Fan up was very respectful.

The man who came to receive Ding Fan was in his thirties, a man of Chinese descent who was a Japanese citizen. His name was Mitsui Hiroshi, and he was responsible for Red Spider's contacts in the country.

Ding Fan briefly discussed the situation with Mitsui Hiroshi before directly asking him to arrange a car for a trip to Kyoto.

Japan's geographical area was not large; it took less than two hours by car from Kyushu to Kyoto.

Once in Kyoto, Ding Fan and Mitsui Hiroshi quickly found a small bar.

This bar was managed by Mitsui Hiroshi's older brother and was initially funded by an investment from Red Spider. Usually, the income from the bar was split between the Mitsui brothers unless Red Spider needed them to collect information for their operations.

There were at least several dozen information points bar in Yahuan State, and it was exactly because of this network that Red Spider was able to have such a strong presence in Yahuan State!

"Brother Fan, this gentleman here is my brother, Li Feng," Mitsui said, introducing a middle-aged man to Ding Fan as they entered the hotel.

Ding Fan was slightly taken aback. It turned out that Mitsui's brother had a Huaxia Country name.

Mitsui Hiroshi seemed to detect Ding Fan's hesitation and said bluntly, "My brother is my cousin. I was also surnamed Li before I took Japanese citizenship. My cousin does not like Japan, so he has never applied for Japanese citizenship."

Ding Fan nodded, understanding. His main concern was Mei Li's situation, so he swiftly changed the subject and asked about Mei Li, "What's the news about Mei Li's situation?"

"I have already reported Miss Mei Li's circumstances to headquarters. She went missing while surveilling Kojima Saburou and we haven't had any contact for eight or nine hours now," Li Feng told Ding Fan.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment before asking, "Has there been any unusual activity from Kojima Saburou?"

When Ding Fan asked, Li Feng continued, "After Mei Li went missing, that Kojima Saburou has also disappeared."

Kojima Saburou has gone missing too?

Ding Fan's brows furrowed slightly. "What happened?"

Li Feng explained, "After Mei Li's disappearance, I sent people to look for both Mei Li and Kojima Saburou. But since Mei Li vanished, Kojima seems to have disappeared as well. I had people check the bars and nightclubs he frequents... but there has been no sign of him."

Ding Fan mulled it over. "Do you know the last place where Mei Li was before she disappeared?"

Li Feng nodded. "I do know. It was at the Cross Path Nightclub in Kyoto, but I have already investigated the nightclub myself and found nothing."

"Could you take me there?" Ding Fan asked.

Li Feng nodded again. "Yes, I can."

Ding Fan knew that with every minute Mei Li remained unfound, there was an added minute of danger. Since there was little information about Mei Li's disappearance, Ding Fan had no choice but to go to the location where she had last been seen.

Without delay, Li Feng drove Ding Fan to the Cross Path Nightclub in Kyoto.

It was getting dark, the busiest time for nightclubs, and the entrance of the nightclub was now bustling with people.

"Brother Fan, the last place Sister Mei Li was seen is right here..." Li Feng sat in the car, pointing to a spot outside the vehicle and speaking to Ding Fan in the passenger seat. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

Ding Fan looked in the direction of Li Feng's pointing.

There, in the direction Li Feng indicated, was an office building, which was quite tall, easily over fifty stories by height alone.

"The room on the 32nd floor, F105, that's the one," Li Feng said to Ding Fan.

"You wait here; I'll go take a look," Ding Fan replied to Li Feng.

"Be careful, Brother Fan."

Ding Fan immediately got out of the car and walked towards the office building. Along the way, he fully activated his Divine Sense, hoping to pick up on subtle changes in the surroundings to find some clues.

Ding Fan arrived at the entrance of the office building with a swagger. There were security guards responsible for protection. One of them said something to Ding Fan in a jumble of words.

Although Ding Fan couldn't understand, when he took out a stack of US dollars and threw it in front of the security guard, the guard closed his mouth immediately and gestured for Ding Fan to enter.

It seemed that in this world, money was indeed the most powerful thing. Regardless of whether you know someone or not, regardless of national borders, there weren't many things that money couldn't solve.

Having reached the elevators, Ding Fan proceeded to the 32nd floor as Li Feng had instructed and smoothly found room F105.

The room was locked, and Ding Fan used his Divine Sense to scan it. He didn't discover anything unusual inside. At that moment, Duorou sprang out and helped Ding Fan unlock the door.

Duorou was quite the clever spirit, particularly adept at unlocking and breaking into places.

After opening the door and entering the room, Ding Fan started to inspect it carefully.

There were signs of a struggle in the room. Judging from these traces, the fight must have been brief. Ding Fan remembered that Mei Li had at least a Human Level Fourth or Fifth Grade cultivation. To subdue Mei Li quickly, the opponent must not be underestimated.

After a thorough search, Ding Fan didn't find anything else of note in the room.

Just as Ding Fan was fretting over the lack of clues, a wave of killing intent spread over to him.

Ding Fan quickly sensed this killing intent.

As soon as he pinpointed the direction of the killing intent, a strong gust aimed at his neck blasted towards him.

The opponent made a swift move.

Ding Fan had intended to repel the attacker. Based on his Divine Sense, the attacker's cultivation wasn't high.

But just as Ding Fan was about to repel the attacker, an idea suddenly formed in his mind. In response, he pretended he hadn't reacted in time.

A muffled thud... Ding Fan then feigned being knocked out by the attacker.

Now, two people appeared in front of Ding Fan, chatting away.

Although Ding Fan couldn't understand what they were saying, from their tone, he could tell that they seemed very pleased with themselves.

After gloating for a while, they picked up Ding Fan.

They were quite skillful, lifting Ding Fan and swiftly leaving the room.

Ding Fan carefully observed the path the two men took.

From their movement techniques, they both seemed to be ninjas. With Ding Fan's experience in fighting ninjas, he assessed that these two were not of high cultivation—merely Chunin at best.

Ding Fan now suspected that Mei Li had been abducted by these two or their accomplices. Otherwise, Ding Fan would not have pretended to be knocked out by them.

What he was doing now was allowing them to take him to their headquarters.

Thanks to these two fools carrying him, Ding Fan didn't need to walk to their headquarters himself, which saved time that would have been spent on questioning.

The two men carried Ding Fan out of the office building and directly loaded him into a black van.

Lying on the rear seat of the van, Ding Fan pretended to be unconscious. However, he now sensed a familiar aura. It was very distinctive, and if he wasn't mistaken, it should be Mei Li's.

Ding Fan was inwardly delighted at this discovery. It seemed that he had not miscalculated; Mei Li had indeed been captured by this group.

The van quickly left the bustling area and finally stopped beside a villa.

This villa had a distinct Japanese architectural style. After driving into the villa compound, the two ninjas carried Ding Fan once again.

Ding Fan kept his Divine Sense fully extended all the way. Soon enough, inside a room in the villa, he located Mei Li.

At the moment, Mei Li was still unconscious.

Ding Fan silently breathed a sigh of relief. She was indeed here…