Armed helicopters shuttled through the night sky of the city, and searchlight beams were like giant fingers, scanning every dark alley.
Armed vehicles from the security police, the Self-Defense Forces and the US military drove through the streets, setting up checkpoints at intersections to check the identity documents of passers-by - whether they were driver's licenses, national health insurance, passports, student ID cards, etc.
Li Ang, who had no ID, observed the intensity of defense at the intersection and immediately turned around and left.
He could force his way through the checkpoint, but that would be instantly locked by low-orbit surveillance satellites, and armed helicopters would arrive within a few minutes.
We need to find a place to hide and repair first...
Li Ang observed the crowd through his sunglasses and quickly noticed in his mind.
He turned into a commercial pedestrian street. It was late at night, and there were still many young men and women dressed in fashionable clothes on the street. It wasn't that they didn't want to go home, but because of the traffic jam, they could only walk on foot.
Li Ang quietly approached three female high school students in plaid skirt uniforms, swung a thin string out of his hand, and hooked one of them into the pocket.
The thin thread moved flexibly, quietly opening the zipper of the waist bag and stealing the wallet inside.
In addition to a few banknotes and change, the wallet also contained a student ID card named Akihara Jin and family photos and other items.
"Miss, please wait a moment."
Li Ang closed his wallet and chased after him. The three female high school students heard the sound and turned around in confusion.
"This wallet fell to the ground,"
Li Ang stood still, pulled down his scarf, smiled as gently as possible, and said to the girl in the middle: "It should be yours, right?"
"Eh?"
The pretty girl glanced at the zippered pocket on her body, took the wallet in surprise, checked that the family photos inside were not lost, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much. The photos in my wallet are very important to me."
She held the photo to her heart with both hands and bowed sincerely: "I really don't know how to thank you."
"Why don't you treat me to a meal?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ang regretted it. He originally wanted to say, "Can you lend me your cell phone to make a call?"
But maybe he was too hungry, so he subconsciously said he would treat me to a meal.
"Eh?!"
Not only Akihara Jin took half a step back in surprise, but the two companions around her also cast surprised looks.
Although you should be grateful for picking up the wallet, but is it a bit too straightforward to ask for reward...
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One misstep will lead to eternal hatred. After all, I am also a so-called superpower, but I have actually reduced myself to the point of asking a little girl to treat me to a meal in return of a favor.
Li Ang, who was extremely regretful, silently followed the three female high school students and came to a roadside izakaya with a flag of [一多] shop name hanging on the eaves.
The izakaya occupies a small area, with only six tables. The wine cabinet is stocked with sake, shochu, beer, plum wine and other alcoholic drinks.
The somewhat sinister-looking shop owner was holding the car keys and preparing to go out. When he saw someone opening the curtain at the door, he subconsciously said: "Sorry, customer, our shop has closed..."
"I'm back."
Akihara Jin walked in and casually hung his pocket bag on the wall hook. His two companions said "Hello, uncle" and followed him in.
"Why are you back so late?"
The shop owner who saw his daughter said helplessly: "It's very chaotic outside now, and your mother is very worried about you."
"There's traffic control. We walked back and went to the drugstore to buy medicine for our mother on the way. Sanae-chan and Ruri-chan's homes are far away, so we're staying here tonight. Oh, by the way, this is Mr. John Smith. "
Qiu Yuanjin explained Li Ang's matter by the way.
The shop owner glanced at Li Ang with the same surprise, nodded and said, "My dear, thank you for taking care of me. What would you like to eat?"
"Where, where..."
Li Ang, who had a beard made of non-element substances on his face and went by the pseudonym John Smith, coughed awkwardly, "Just make something with the leftover scraps in the store."
"How can that be done?"
The shop owner shook his head and refused, insisting on taking out the menu and letting Li Ang finish ordering before going to the kitchen to prepare the meal.
Qiuyuan Jin and two friends went upstairs, and Li Ang was the only one left in the store.
He scratched his head, sat at the counter, and picked up the landline phone.
Who should I call? The embassy's line must be monitored. If you call it, you will be located immediately...
After thinking for a moment, Li Ang first entered the international phone code of 010, then the country code of 86, and finally his personal phone number.
All - all -
After a moment the call was connected, and Li Leling's voice came from the phone, "Hello?"
"Hello? Miss Li, it's me, Li Ang."
Li Ang silently breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he didn't enter the wrong number.
"Mr. Li Ang, are you okay in Tokyo? I saw on TV that there was a terrorist attack there."
"I'm okay."
Li Ang smiled helplessly, "I'm sorry to disturb you at this time, but Miss Li, you should know some senior personnel of Yin City Government, right?"
"Well?"
Li Leling didn't expect that Li Ang would ask this. She was stunned for a moment before she realized, "Well... I can't say that I know each other. My family has business dealings with the government. We can still contact him."
Large groups have to pay huge taxes every year, and sometimes cooperate with local governments to operate some projects, so they can contact people when necessary.
"Is such that,"
Li Ang took a deep breath and told his experience in the past few hours in the shortest possible time, "... In short, I am now wanted by the Self-Defense Forces and the US military stationed in Japan.
Judging from the armed helicopters and armored vehicles traveling in the city, they would really open fire directly in the city in order to capture me.
Can you explain it to the authorities? I can only trust you now. "
"..."
There was silence for a moment on the other end of the phone. Li Leling was obviously shocked by this story about a meteorite parasite and a wanted man by the US military.
"Okay, okay. Then I'll ask my family for their contact information."
"Well, thank you. If you need a certificate, the meteorite on the shoe cabinet at the entrance of my house is it.
Long international calls may be monitored, so I hung up first. "
Li Ang hung up the phone, and at this time the shop owner also brought out the meal.
Conch is available as an appetizer, as well as edamame, cold tofu, salmon sashimi, chicken wings and chicken meatball skewers, oden, and chazuke rice.
"Thank you very much."
Li Ang put his palms together in a salute, picked up the kuaizi and started eating.
"Here, the beer brewed in my hometown."
The shop owner, who looked slightly sinister, was unexpectedly gentle and elegant. He brought some ice-cold beer, put it on Li Ang's table, and started chatting.
"Do guests also like Death Sabbath?"
"Well?"
Li Ang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized when he saw the store owner pointing at the baseball cap with a skull pattern on his head, "Yes."
Death Sabbath? The name of the band?
