Chapter 3318: A Lifetime Unable to Lift One's Head

If Tawana had simply come to Japan to hold a concert and was murdered or gone missing before the concert, then the one who would lose face before the whole world would be the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

But if Tawana went missing from the Mitsui family's party, then this blame would have to be borne by the Mitsui family.

Considering Tawana's global influence, if Ye Chen had not intervened today and allowed Pete Roger and his men to succeed, the Mitsui family would become a laughingstock to the whole world, becoming sinners in the eyes of Tawana's hundreds of millions of fans, and the impact on the Mitsui family's reputation and business would be immeasurable.

Ye Chen believed this matter would certainly make Mitsui Yoshitaka owe him a huge favor; he dared not say that in the future Mitsui would obey him completely, but at the very least it would have to be a case of granting any request.

Pete Roger was no fool either; he understood the meaning behind Ye Chen's words, carefully pondered the logic, and found it sound—his own operation had failed, and even if he returned, it would mean death; not cooperating with Ye Chen would also mean death; being handed over to the Japanese police, even if not sentenced to death, would at least mean life imprisonment, and if his superiors knew his whereabouts, they would certainly not let him go, so in the end he would still be a dead man.

Now the only hope of survival was to cooperate with Ye Chen; as long as Ye Chen spoke, the Mitsui family would certainly be able to save his life, and if worse came to worst, putting him under soft detention would still be far better than the other options.

After a moment's thought, Pete Roger immediately said to the driver: "Listen to this Mr., turn the car back around!"

The driver also thought this was the best choice; seeing Pete Roger accept Ye Chen's conditions, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Boss, what about the other brothers?"

Pete Roger looked at Ye Chen and said: "Mr., aside from those few ninjas on the other vehicles, the rest are also my brothers who have shared life and death with me; if we follow you back, they will surely die, so can you also let them come with us?"

Ye Chen asked him: "Do you think they will listen to you?"

"They will!" Pete Roger nodded heavily, saying: "They trust me unconditionally; whatever I tell them to do, they will do it; if they know our operation has already been thwarted by you, they will understand I saved their lives."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Alright, you have them turn the car back around; I will contact the Mitsui family side to make preparations; when we arrive, everyone must disarm, get out of the vehicle, and surrender; anyone who dares to resist, I will have them killed on the spot!"

Pete Roger said: "You can rest assured, I will make it clear to them."

Ye Chen grunted in assent and said: "Good, you go communicate with them."

Pete Roger pressed the switch on his communicator and said: "Everyone pay attention, we are turning back at the upcoming intersection toward the dome."

The communicator immediately crackled with a question: "Boss, why are we going back?! We finally managed to get them out..."

Pete Roger said lightly: "The plan has failed; there is a master in our vehicle, and the brothers have all lost their combat ability; now we are in a busy Tokyo district, even if you all came together, you could not succeed; once the plan fails, what our fate will be, you should all know very well, no need for me to say more; now turning back is the only chance to survive; if you are unwilling to return, you can also disband right here, each flee for your lives, and pray not to be caught."

Having said that, he immediately told the driver: "Turn around now, no need to wait for their reply."

The driver nodded slightly and immediately slowed down, turning the car toward the dome.

At this moment, Tawana and Trevor, still shaken, walked hand in hand to the car; Tawana looked at Ye Chen with a complex expression, her previous arrogance and domineering tone gone, replaced by a somewhat timid voice as she said: "Ye... Mr. Ye, I want to call my family and the embassy; this is such a serious matter, I must seek the embassy's protection..."

Ye Chen said expressionlessly: "No, go back and sit down."

Tawana couldn't help but ask: "Why not? These people are assassins; such a serious matter should at least be reported to the Japanese police first?"

"No." Ye Chen's reply remained icy cold, and he said sternly: "From now on, this matter is entirely under my authority; without my permission, you have no right to make any decision."

"But..."

Tawana still wanted to argue, but Ye Chen cut her off: "There's no 'but'; if you disagree, I will immediately get out of the car and leave; I don't care how they treat you, your life or death has nothing to do with me! What do you think?"

Tawana never expected Ye Chen to be so overbearing, giving her no room to choose; she instinctively wanted to flare up, but upon thinking of what had just happened, that anger instantly vanished.

She also clearly understood that Ye Chen had saved her and Trevor's lives, but if she did not cooperate with him, once he gave up on saving her, she would surely die.

So she could only grudgingly say: "I... I agree..."

"Good." Ye Chen nodded and said: "Remember what you said; everything, entirely under my authority."

Having said that, he immediately took out his phone and called Fei Keyin.

Fei Keyin was chatting idly with Xiao Churan when she received Ye Chen's call; she immediately stepped aside and lowered her voice: "Mr. Ye, what are your orders?"

Ye Chen said: "There is someone on the car who wanted to assassinate Tawana, already subdued by me; I have told them to drive back now; you go tell Mitsui Yoshitaka to clear all unrelated personnel from the internal parking lot and strictly forbid party members from coming out."

Fei Keyin was startled, immediately realized the seriousness, and hurriedly said: "Please wait a moment, I'm on my way."

Having said that, she hung up and immediately headed toward Mitsui Yoshitaka.

At this time, Mitsui Yoshitaka had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, but his daughter Mitsui Kokomi kept feeling something was off, so she asked him: "Uncle Duo, why did those American agents take Tawana away? I always feel something is not quite right."

Mitsui Yoshitaka smiled faintly and said: "Ah, Kokomi, you may not understand politics; although Tawana is a current top star, she has participated in many things she should not have participated in given her status, and she also placed the wrong bet; using a Chinese saying, 'the victor becomes king, the loser becomes bandit,' she is now a 'bandit,' and settling accounts with her is only a matter of time."

As he spoke, Mitsui Yoshitaka added: "That victor himself is already dissatisfied with her past actions, has even publicly stated that once victorious, he will launch related investigations; moreover, he is the type who seeks revenge overnight, so launching an investigation into Tawana immediately is entirely expected; he may even hold many pieces of evidence unknown to the outside world; once those pieces of evidence are produced, Tawana's career will likely come to an end."

Mitsui Kokomi pursed her lips, hesitated a moment, then still spoke: "But Father, if the other party truly has a character of repaying kindness and vengeance promptly, then why, at this moment, not openly take Tawana back to the United States for investigation? Once Tawana is taken back to the U. S. for investigation before the concert begins, this matter will inevitably become a world-shaking major news story; in that case, the blow to Tawana would also be very great, after all, standing up tens of thousands of spectators is no small matter in any country."

"This..." Mitsui Yoshitaka seemed also stumped by Mitsui Kokomi's question, but he did not think his judgment was wrong, so he casually said: "Perhaps it's just leaving a line of retreat; now privately seeking out Tawana for a talk, if Tawana can turn from darkness to light, that would also be a good thing for him; politics is such a thing, inherently complex, just like top-tier business warfare—two companies may be fighting to the death yesterday, and tomorrow they might just merge under one contract; you are still young, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future to slowly understand."

Mitsui Kokomi hesitated a moment, did not say anything different, but instead said: "Uncle Duo, it's only three hours until the concert starts; why don't you take a moment to call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ask about the specific situation, and also have them inquire roughly when Tawana might return; delaying the performance by half an hour for opening is no big deal, but if delayed by an hour, some spectators might cause trouble."

Mitsui Yoshitaka smiled faintly and said: "They just set out not long ago, they still haven't reached the embassy yet; no need to rush; in half an hour I will call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel, have them help inquire."

"Alright." Mitsui Kokomi saw this and then said nothing more.

At this moment, Fei Keyin came to Mitsui Yoshitaka's side and said softly: "Mr. Mitsui, there is an urgent matter I need to tell you."

Mitsui Yoshitaka immediately nodded and said politely: "Miss Fei, please speak."

Fei Keyin glanced at Mitsui Kokomi and her mother, lowered her voice, and said: "We had better move to the side to talk."

Mitsui Yoshitaka saw this, guessed the matter might indeed be important, so he quickly stood up and went with Fei Keyin to one side.

Mitsui Kokomi quickly stood up and followed; Mitsui Yoshitaka saw her also coming over and hurriedly said: "Kokomi, Uncle Duo and Miss Fei have important matters to discuss; you must not follow."

Mitsui Kokomi anxiously asked: "Miss Fei, Kokomi dares to ask, is this related to Tawana?"

Fei Keyin saw her expression carried a hint of worry, knew she must have sensed something, so she did not prepare to avoid her; seeing no one else around, she said to both of them: "Mr. Ye just called me; the people in the car are all assassins sent from America who wanted to kill Tawana Svet!"

"Ah?!" Mitsui Yoshitaka's expression instantly turned to shocked disbelief, and he blurted: "How... how could this possibly be..."

Fei Keyin looked at his shocked expression, helplessly shook her head, and said: "Mr. Mitsui, you have struck great luck today; if not for Mr. Ye, Tawana and her boyfriend would already be two corpses; by then, your Mitsui family would likely be scolded by global media for years, Tawana's fans would boycott everything Mitsui worldwide, and as the head of the Mitsui family and the initiator of this party, you would become a street rat everywhere in the world; with Western media's style, they would surely pin the hat of 'Japan's shame' on you; over a hundred million Japanese people would also suffer disgrace because of you; you will never be able to lift your head again in this lifetime!"