Looking at the locked antique store in front of him, Xiao Ran shrugged helplessly.
"Director Hasegawa, this is the third antique store we have encountered that has temporarily closed down."
"Is it my bad luck, or did I come at the wrong time?"
"Is today a collective day off for antique shops in Tokyo? All antique shops and galleries are closed today?"
After hearing these ironic words, the faces of the director of the Tokyo Museum of Art and others turned red and looked quite embarrassed!
At the same time, these guys are unhappy.
Don't pretend to be dumbfounded. You probably know better than anyone why these antique shops are temporarily closed!
With these antique shops in Tokyo, who wants to follow in the footsteps of those antique shops of yesterday? Who wants to be crazily robbed by a greedy guy like you and become the protagonist of another tragedy?
Yamamoto Katsuyoshi's lesson is right in front of him. None of the owners of these antique shops are frightened. It's normal to avoid you, you bastard!
Although I thought so in my heart, the Japanese people at the scene did not dare to say it. That was really embarrassing!
After a moment of pause, Director Hasegawa spoke up, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Mr. Sean, we didn't expect that these three antique stores would temporarily close."
"Maybe they have something to do, so they closed down temporarily. It just happened to be a good time!"
"But that's okay. There are many antique shops and galleries ahead. You can take your time and browse around."
"There is an Aida antique store not far ahead. When I passed there just now, I saw that Aida antique store is open!"
"Aida Antique Shop is well-known among Tokyo antique shops. It often sells some good antiques and artworks. It is well worth a visit!"
As he spoke, he pointed forward.
Following the direction of his finger, Xiao Ran looked forward, then smiled and nodded.
"In that case, let's go shopping at Aida Antique Store, hoping to find something."
Before he finished speaking, he continued walking along the sidewalk.
Director Hasegawa did not follow him, but quickly glanced at the director of Nezu Art Museum.
The other party understood instantly and quickly took out his phone and started sending the message.
The person who received the information was the owner of Aida Antique Shop.
The message is simple. Aida Antique Shop must open today and must not close temporarily again.
Hasegawa and the others knew in their hearts that even if Xiao Ran picked up some more big leaks today, they would not be frightened to death or that all antique shops in Tokyo would temporarily close down!
In that case, the Japanese Antique Shop will be completely reduced to a laughing stock and will never be able to raise its head again!
In the blink of an eye, the director of the Nezu Museum of Art had finished sending the text message and hurriedly followed him.
Following along were a large number of people watching the excitement, as well as many media reporters.
At this time, Xiao Ran was suddenly the most eye-catching figure in this neighborhood. Almost everyone on the street looked at him curiously.
Of course, some people, including many Yamaguchi-gumi members, secretly gritted their teeth!
But they had nothing to do with Xiao Ran. They could only stare at him with blood-red eyes, not daring to do anything!
Outside this neighborhood, there are many people who are always paying attention to Xiao Ran's movements and watching his every move.
For example, almost everyone in the Japanese antique shop, people from the Japanese government and the National Police Agency, and so on!
Xiao Ran and the others were already used to this situation and didn't take it seriously at all.
They were walking on the street, laughing and chatting while admiring the surrounding scenery as if there was no one else around!
Only the two beauties, Xu Lin and Wang Jue, were somewhat nervous.
Seeing Xiao Ran chatting and laughing freely around them, and Anthony and others who were armed and on high alert, they were no longer so scared.
After a while, Xiao Ran and the others arrived at the door of Xiangtian Antique Shop.
The owner of the antique shop, who had received the news in advance, was waiting at the door with his clerk.
However, there was a bit of reluctance and worry, as well as fear and hatred deep in their eyes.
If it hadn't been for the message received from the director of the Nezu Museum, they would have locked their doors and temporarily closed down.
They didn't want to follow in the footsteps of yesterday's antique shops and galleries, which were ransacked by Xiao Ran!
However, for the sake of the reputation of the Japanese antique shop, Hasegawa and the others will never allow all antique shops and galleries in Tokyo to temporarily close their doors!
The owner of Aida Antique Shop would never dare to offend heavyweights like Hasegawa.
Otherwise, they will no longer be able to survive in the Japanese antique shop.
Looking at the little devils standing at the door of the antique store and bowing to greet them, a sneer flashed quickly in Xiao Ran's eyes.
This Xiangtian antique shop was the target that Ma Ming asked him to investigate.
The shop owner standing bowed in front of the antique shop was the guy who had gone to Osaka to meet with the antique broker who provided information to the task force.
After the antique broker was killed at the hot spring hotel, the owner of Aida Antique Shop immediately left Osaka and returned to Tokyo.
In this regard, the antique shop owner is undoubtedly very suspicious.
This guy is most likely related to the batch of smuggled antiques and cultural relics, and knows the whereabouts of the batch of smuggled antiques and cultural relics!
One thing is for sure, this guy is from the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, but he hides it even deeper than Yamamoto Katsuyoshi!
His antique shop is another hideout for the Kobe Yamaguchi Group to sell stolen goods and launder money. Its status is more important and more secretive than the Yamamoto Antique Shop.
The first time he saw these guys, Xiao Ran secretly turned on the clairvoyance and quickly looked through these guys.
He also quickly looked through the Aida antique shop behind them.
Xiao Ran saw a large number of tattoos on the bodies of antique shop owners and clerks, including some unique to Yamaguchi-gumi members.
Like Yamamoto Katsuyoshi, this antique shop owner also has tattoos all over his body, except for his exposed neck and wrists.
The two clerks had far fewer tattoos, but they were enough to prove their identity as members of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
And there are some really good things in this antique store.
As soon as his eyes penetrated into this antique store, a look of surprise flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes.
Fortunately, he was wearing sunglasses so he didn't have to worry about being exposed.
While he was talking, the antique shop owner and two clerks came quickly to greet him.
When they came closer, they all bowed at ninety degrees and said respectfully:
"Good morning, Mr. Sean, Director Hasegawa, Director Nezu, gentlemen, welcome to Aida Antique Shop. It's a great honor for our little shop!"
"My Majesty Aida Majo, I'm very happy to meet you all. Please give me your advice!"
This guy spoke Japanese and acted very respectfully.
As soon as the words fell, Xu Lin translated in a low voice.
Xiao Ran nodded slightly, then smiled and said:
"Good morning, Boss Aida, I'm Sean, nice to meet you!"
"Director Hasegawa said before that your antique store is very good and quite famous in Tokyo."
"And there often appear some valuable treasures, so we came here to visit, hoping to find something!"
Before Xu Lin could translate, Aida Majo responded in broken English:
"If anything, it's Director Hasegawa's favor. This small shop is not even ranked among the Tokyo antique stores."
"You are all top experts in the industry. It is my honor to visit our store."
After a few polite words, Hasegawa and Nezu took over the conversation and said hello to Aida Shinjo.
They all knew each other, and Hasegawa and his friends often visited this antique shop.
But how did they know that Majo Aida was actually a senior member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, and this antique shop was an important base for the Yamaguchi-gumi to sell stolen goods and launder money.
After greeting each other, everyone walked into the antique store.
At this moment, the two media reporters who followed also wanted to follow up on the antique store and follow up for interviews at close range.
However, they were stopped by the Japanese police responsible for peripheral security and could not approach at all.
Not only them, but from now on, no one else can enter this antique store.
In an antique store.
Everyone who had just entered the store was looking at the situation here.
This is a store that specializes in Chinese antiques. There are a large number of so-called Chinese antiques in the store. Of course, some are real and some are fake. Most of them are imitations and fakes.
In addition to Chinese antiques, the store also has some Japanese antiques and antique artworks from other Asian countries, but the number is not large.
Then there are a small amount of Western antique art, paintings and sculptures.
Unlike other antique stores I visited yesterday, this store does not sell travel souvenirs or modern crafts, nor does it sell second-hand luxury goods or watches.
In this regard, this antique store seems a little more professional.
While looking at the interior of the store, Xiao Ran turned on the perspective again and began to look through the places he had not seen before.
Such as in basements and deeper in antique shops.
In the basement of this antique store, in addition to the utility room and lounge, there is also a large vault.
When his eyes penetrated into the vault located in the center of the basement, Xiao Ran's eyes couldn't help but pause.
Immediately afterwards, a sharp murderous intention suddenly flashed in his eyes, and it disappeared briefly.
What made him feel murderous was the few things hidden in the vault.
But it's not time for a showdown yet.
He quickly glanced at the situation in the underground vault, then withdrew his gaze and looked at an antique cultural relic on the ground in front of him.
The next moment, he suddenly pointed at the antique artifact and said:
"Boss Aida, what's going on with that Buddha head? Judging from the saw marks on the neck, it's obviously sawed off from the Buddha statue."
"And that Buddha head looks a bit familiar. It is very similar to the shape of the Buddha head at Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi, China. Can you explain it?"
With that said, he turned to look at Aida Zhenjo.
Hearing his words, Aida Shino suddenly felt frightened and regretful!
Sean, this bastard, has such sharp eyes. If he had known this, he should have put away that Buddha head earlier!
Yungang Grottoes
