The situation in Yamamoto's antique shop remains the same, not much has changed.
The goods originally displayed in the antique store, regardless of whether they are antique works of art or not, and regardless of their value, are basically placed in their original places.
Many seals affixed to various museum shelves, display cases, and various other places were all removed by the police.
The Tokyo police didn't do anything here. It's not that they didn't want to, but they didn't dare!
The police officers in charge of handling this case at the Metropolitan Police Department knew that Xiao Ran was very aware of the situation in this antique shop and knew what was there.
Not only that, he also took high-definition videos of the entire process, including the scenes of beating up those guys Katsuyoshi Yamamoto.
In the high-definition videos provided to the police as evidence, most of the goods displayed in the antique store can be clearly seen.
Under such circumstances, no matter how brave and greedy those guys from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are, they would not dare to play any tricks!
After all, no one knows whether Xiao Ran has more and more comprehensive video information.
In fact, he does have relevant video information, which was captured by Turner and others through the surveillance system.
More importantly, he knew what was in this antique shop.
Ordinary things are just fine. If the few treasures he focuses on disappear, the Tokyo police will be in trouble!
In addition to removing all seals, the Tokyo police also dismantled all surveillance cameras inside and outside the antique store, removed the computers in the store, and took them back for investigation.
Even so, the first time he entered the antique store, Xiao Ran secretly turned on the perspective and quickly looked through the antique store!
Through perspective, he did not find any hidden pinhole cameras or other surveillance and listening equipment.
It's relatively clean here, so you can take the next step with confidence!
In the following time, Xiao Ran walked around the first floor of the antique store and checked out the goods displayed here.
But he was not in a hurry to point out which of the goods placed on the museum shelves, on the floor and in the display cases were genuine antiques and which were high imitations and fakes.
As for those modern handicrafts and tourist souvenirs, he was even more disdainful.
After checking the situation on the first floor, he was going to the basement to check the situation in the basement.
Of course, the more important target is the things placed in the vault.
At this moment, Anthony's voice suddenly came from the invisible earphones.
"Sean, I just received a message from that guy Turner. Aida is really making some moves!"
"That guy was very cunning. He used a burner phone to call the boss who was hiding behind him."
"After seeing this through the surveillance footage, Turner and the others immediately expanded the surveillance area to monitor all calls made from that area."
"Through some technical means, they finally screened out Aida Majo's mobile phone number and eavesdropped on the second half of the call."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran's expression suddenly changed and became more solemn.
It seems that I have to be more careful when talking to the outside world in the future.
Even if all your mobile phones have been specially encrypted, be careful of being eavesdropped!
These CIA agents are really not just for free!
He made no sound and continued to listen.
"Through the second half of Aida Majo's phone call, Turner and the others quickly identified the gang boss hiding behind him!"
"The gang boss behind the scenes is the head of the Osaka branch of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. He has been entrenched in Osaka, Japan for more than thirty years!"
"Aida Shino was sent to Tokyo by that guy. He has been in Tokyo for more than 20 years. He is so hidden that almost no one knows his true identity!"
"As for Aida Antique Shop, it is one of the top-level dens for selling stolen goods and laundering money in the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. Even Morita, who died, did not know about the existence of Aida Majo."
"In addition to these, Turner also monitored some things about the smuggled antiques. He will go to the hotel to report to you in person later!"
Anthony gave a quick overview of the situation, down to the smallest details.
After listening to the report, Xiao Ran immediately walked aside, distanced himself from Qian Guzhenmei and the others, then turned on the intercom microphone and whispered:
"Copy that, Anthony, this discovery is very important, it's similar to my guess!"
"Tell those guys in Turner to keep an eye on Aida Majo and the head of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi Osaka branch, and don't relax for a moment!"
"After we finish cleaning the Yamamoto Antique Shop, we will go back to the hotel, and then I will listen to Turner's report."
"Copy that, Sean, I'll tell Turner!"
Anthony responded and immediately ended the call.
Xiao Ran turned around and walked back, saying to Qiangu Zhenmei and the others:
"Gentlemen, let's go to the basement and see what we can find."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Matthew and the others again.
"Guys, separate an exploration team and come down with me with metal detectors and ground-penetrating radar."
"Got it, Sean"
Matthew and others responded in unison and took action immediately.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran took Qian Guzhenmei and the others along the stairs to the basement.
At this time, Qiangu Zhenmei and the others secretly regretted it.
What they regretted endlessly was that they handed over the Yamamoto Antique Shop to Xiao Ran too early.
Since time was short and everyone's attention was on Kikuichi Mononori Sect, they wanted to exchange the national treasure as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams.
Neither the Japanese Ministry of Education, the National Police Agency, the Tokyo Police, nor Zenitani Mami and the others had time to carefully explore the Yamamoto antique store, or even think about it.
They just checked what was on display and hurriedly gave the antique shop to Xiao Ran in exchange for his favor and reached a deal with Ju Yiwen Norizonomi.
Judging from Xiao Ran's current behavior, there may be some unknown secrets hidden in Yamamoto's antique shop, and even some unknown and priceless top antique artworks hidden there.
Thinking of this, Qian Guzhenmei and the others pinched their thighs in regret, but they didn't dare to show off.
While talking, Xiao Ran and the others had gone down to the basement of Yamamoto's antique shop.
The basement is almost the same size as the first floor, but one-third of the area has been converted into a garage.
The remaining two-thirds of the area is divided into different rooms and separated.
Directly opposite the staircase is a warehouse with several museum racks and shelves, as well as some boxes of different sizes.
Those museum racks and shelves were filled with all kinds of goods, in large quantities.
The conditions in those boxes are probably similar, and they should contain various goods.
As for the authenticity and value of those goods, it is unknown. It all depends on everyone's vision.
Next to this warehouse is a utility room filled with all kinds of sundries.
Then a lounge, then the vault.
Just like the situation upstairs, many of the seals originally posted here have been removed.
The surveillance probes installed in the basement have also been removed.
After entering the basement, Xiao Ran took a quick glance at the situation here, and then walked straight into the warehouse opposite the stairs.
The rest of the people followed in one after another and looked at the situation here.
The next moment, Xiao Ran suddenly reached out to open the wooden box on the floor and took a look inside.
Contained in the wooden box is a stone carved Buddha statue, and it is an eight-faced Buddha. Judging from the shape, it should come from Thailand and Myanmar.
This Buddha statue can also be regarded as an antique cultural relic, with a history of four to five hundred years, but the market situation is average.
Buddha statues like this from Southeast Asia are very common in Japanese antique markets, and most of them are smuggled antiques.
Since Southeast Asian countries do not attach much importance to the protection of cultural relics, they rarely carry out international recourse for stolen cultural relics.
When the Japanese police see such antiques and cultural relics, they basically turn a blind eye and are unwilling to interfere.
Due to their large quantity and average cultural value, the price of such Southeast Asian Buddha statues is not high.
Compared with the Buddha statues from China, these Southeast Asian Buddha statues can be said to be cheap.
Xiao Ran glanced at the Eight-faced Buddha in the box, then sneered and said:
"This is obviously a smuggled antique cultural relic. My guess is correct. Yamamoto Antique Shop is dealing in smuggled antique cultural relics."
"The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi group behind Yamamoto Antique Shop is obviously suspected of smuggling antiques and cultural relics. The police should investigate it carefully."
Hearing this, Qian Guzhenmei and the others blushed, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Yamamoto Antique Shop has existed under their noses for so long, but they don't know that it is an antique shop controlled by gangsters and used to sell stolen goods and launder money. How can they not be embarrassed?
Or maybe they have discovered some clues a long time ago, and even know the details of this antique store, but they are just pretending not to know!
Whether they knew it before or not, it doesn’t matter now!
While talking, Xiao Ran opened another wooden box.
Inside this wooden box are several small bronze sculptures, but they are all fakes and of little value.
Xiao Ran glanced at the contents of the box, and then closed the box again.
Immediately afterwards, he came to the museum shelf nearby, picked up a piece of porcelain from the museum shelf and admired it.
This is a blue and white garlic vase with entwining branches and lotus patterns. It is a porcelain from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Its production level and value are relatively average.
Of course, this is for him.
For ordinary collectors, this piece of porcelain is still worth collecting.
Just when he put down the blue and white garlic bottle, Matthew and the others took their exploration tools and went down to the basement.
Xiao Ran looked at them and then gave instructions.
"Guys, scan all over this basement, including the garage, and see what you find."
"If you find anything, please notify me as soon as possible and I will go over to check the situation."
After the words fell, Matthew and the others immediately responded in unison:
"Okay, Sean."
With that said, these guys took action.
