Chapter 3343: Get over here and pick up your people

The Qing Stone Alliance originally thought capturing Tawana's head would be as easy as reaching into a bag, but now they haven't even seen Tawana's face, and already over half their people are dead or wounded.

Those who survived aren't faring well either, now facing a pincer attack from front and rear, and whether they can survive remains unknown.

Although the Yamaguchi-gumi outside had it much easier overall, they too are now caught between a rock and a hard place, as who knows how many gangsters are hiding inside; a full assault would be unrealistic, but if they retreat now, it would be as if they came for nothing.

Just as they hesitated, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter finally arrived.

Tokyo police helicopters normally have deployments across multiple urban districts, so when the order came from the person in charge at the Metropolitan Police Department, they rushed to the vicinity of the dome at top speed.

The Yamaguchi-gumi members lying in wait never expected that, just as they finished setting up their encirclement, over a dozen helicopters would come screaming in from all directions.

These gangsters were all local Tokyo thugs, and at a glance they recognized the helicopters as those of the Metropolitan Police Department.

At this moment, these helicopters were diving from the air toward the dome at great speed, nearly full throttle,

when the leader suddenly panicked, muttering: "What's going on? How come there are so many police..."

A subordinate hurriedly said: "Boss, these are all SWAT from the Metropolitan Police Department! Counter-terrorism police have arrived! We only have a dozen or so pistols—we're probably no match for them!"

The leader gritted his teeth and said: "Damn it, I bet the Yamaguchi-gumi bastards inside are pulling some big move!"

The subordinate asked: "Boss, should we withdraw or not?!"

"Withdraw!" the leader said after a moment's thought: "If we don't withdraw, we'll all be arrested later!"

Having said that, he immediately told those around him: "Quick! Everyone get in the car!"

Upon hearing this, the subordinates all scrambled into the vehicles and fled.

Although the helicopters swooped down to the parking lot at extreme speed, the airspace above the lot is limited, so the over a dozen helicopters, to maintain safe distance, slowed slightly, and when they began to hover and let large numbers of SWAT officers rappel down, the Yamaguchi-gumi members had already made good their escape.

However, the SWAT officers did not pursue the Yamaguchi-gumi members, but instead immediately surrounded the exits, and then someone used a loudspeaker to shout inward: "Everyone listen up—this is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department SWAT unit. Everyone immediately drop your weapons, raise your hands, and walk slowly to the exit to surrender; otherwise we may assault or open fire at any moment!"

Upon hearing SWAT had arrived, the Qing Stone Alliance members' faces turned ashen, and for them, the situation was now hopeless.

The Inagawa-kai were deeply regretful, knowing that with SWAT's arrival, they would certainly not get the secret flower; even if they didn't get it, it would be tolerable, but they had lost many brothers and killed many Yamaguchi-gumi members, and once in police custody, the combined sentences for these one or two hundred people would likely amount to two or three thousand years.

Meanwhile, the Yamaguchi-gumi members trapped in the innermost area were now so excited they were nearly in tears.

After experiencing true despair, the arrival of SWAT could be seen as giving them hope to survive.

For them, being arrested or imprisoned didn't matter; what mattered was being able to leave this brain-splattering purgatory alive.

SWAT's arrival meant hope had arrived.

Thus, the members were overjoyed to tears, with some even beginning to sob while clutching their heads.

Although everyone were gangsters who swaggered through Tokyo streets with nostrils flared, tonight's experience truly overturned their worldview.

Due to the loudspeaker used by the police being extremely loud, even Mitsui Yoshitaka and others in the innermost area heard it clearly.

Mitsui Yoshitaka exhaled in relief, yet still did not forget to tell Tawana, who didn't understand Japanese: "Miss Svetlana, please rest assured—the special police have arrived; we will definitely be able to leave this place safely."

Tawana calmly replied: "With Mr. Ye here, I never had any worries."

Mitsui Yoshitaka then realized he had misspoken: their safety was due to Ye Chen, not the SWAT that had just arrived.

So he hurriedly said to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, rest assured—I have already greeted the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on their side; they will help us eliminate these gang members, and I will ensure they keep a safe distance from Miss Svetlana, absolutely not letting them cross this Iga Ninja line."

Ye Chen said: "Later, you tell that Metropolitan Police Department chief to call your brother and tell him, just say you heard from your daughter that you were already killed—I want to see if he'll walk into the trap."

……

At this moment, more SWAT officers and ordinary Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers arrived at the scene, and even the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department came in person.

The chief strode up to the person in charge of the SWAT officers and asked bluntly: "How's the situation?"

The person in charge replied: "Reporting to the chief, when we arrived, we just happened to encounter a batch of armed men fleeing—they must have seen us coming and fled; after we took control of the scene, we conducted a headcount and found seven corpses in total, identities still unconfirmed."

The chief asked: "What's the situation inside?"

The person in charge said: "Just after issuing the surrender call, telling them to come out and surrender, but so far no one has come out."

The chief asked: "Can you find out which factions are inside?"

The SWAT person in charge replied: "We've already sent people to investigate all vehicles left outside; so far we've found these vehicles are basically registered under the Inagawa-kai and Yamaguchi-gumi companies or personal names."

He added: "By the way, two or three vehicles belong to the Yamaguchi-gumi; I estimate their people also came, and I suspect the fleeing ones are them."

Japanese gangsters are legal; large organizations like the Yamaguchi-gumi and Inagawa-kai have member rosters on file with the Metropolitan Police Department, so these individuals are already marked as gangsters in the police system, along with their vehicles, properties, and other assets, making inquiries very easy.

Upon hearing all three major gangs had arrived, the chief's expression turned extremely grim.

He immediately stepped aside and called Mitsui Yoshitaka; after the call connected, he politely asked: "Mr. Mitsui, are you alright?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka grunted: "I'm fine—I just heard your people shouting; when will you arrest these bastards?"

The chief said: "Mr. Mitsui, rest assured—I'm working on it now; please just hold on a little longer!"

Mitsui Yoshitaka snapped: "Hurry up! Stop dragging your feet, or things will get out of hand!"

Mitsui Yoshitaka naturally did not want the impact of this incident to spread, for once the outside world learned Tawana had been assassinated on Mitsui family territory, the Mitsui family would lose all face.

The chief also did not want this reported widely, for if this serious gangster firefight and hired killing were leaked, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department would lose all dignity.

Thus, he immediately told Mitsui Yoshitaka: "Mr. Mitsui, you need not worry excessively—the scene is now completely sealed off; outsiders cannot enter at all, and even if someone filmed our helicopters, we can claim we were conducting drills—in short, we will definitely prevent this incident from escalating."

Mitsui Yoshitaka said: "You better be able to deliver on that!"

"Rest assured!" the chief said respectfully: "I will strictly control the scene and absolutely prevent the incident from escalating!"

Mitsui Yoshitaka said: "By the way, there's one more thing."

The chief hurriedly said: "Mr. Mitsui, please go ahead."

Mitsui Yoshitaka said: "Contact my brother Mitsui Yoshikang, and tell him you deeply regret to inform him of this tragedy—say you just received a call from Xinmei, who told you I have already been killed."

The chief asked in surprise: "Mr. Mitsui, why are you doing this?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka snapped: "Don't ask nonsense—just do it!"

Having said that, he immediately hung up.

At this moment, the SWAT person in charge approached the chief and asked: "Chief, what should we do now? Should we prepare assault equipment and wait for an opportunity to storm in?"

"No need." The chief said with a dark face: "I will personally call these gang bosses and tell them to get their asses over here to collect their people!"