Chapter 260

But they had originally thought the village chief was just responsible for industrial emissions that had caused large areas of dead fish in the nearby waters.

In the past, they had protested against environmental pollution in the surrounding area.

But now? Now that they knew the truth, they nearly fainted.

You have to understand that the environmental impact of drug manufacturing lasts a long time.

By the time they weathered this environmental crisis, all the fishermen would already be dead from starvation.

And those poppies found in the back mountain—those things can even alter geological conditions.

If the underground water supply was contaminated, it would truly be catastrophic.

The impact of this situation was quite significant.

Indeed, even outsiders Mao Li and Chuankenan had already found out.

"The village chief is a drug manufacturer and trafficker…"

"Besides drug trafficking, he's also tied to dozens of murder cases."

"…."

Mao Li didn't know what to say.

Based on what he knew, these charges combined would likely amount to a death sentence.

There was no longer any question of life imprisonment.

With these charges piled together, life imprisonment wouldn't hold up—only the death penalty could.

"Young Lady Asai."

Mao Li shifted his attention over.

But he saw that Dr. Asai had remained utterly stunned since hearing the news, like a puppet with its strings cut.

"Young Lady Asai!"

Mao Li raised his voice, finally jolting the dazed Asai Narimi into awareness.

"... Huh? Mr. Mao Li, do you need something?"

"Not me needing something—your problem is huge."

"Me?"

"Ever since you heard about the village chief, your emotions have been unstable."

Asai Narimi slowly exhaled—thankfully, it was just about that.

She couldn't quite control her emotions, but could only give a slight shake of her head.

"I just... can't believe that behind Moonshadow Island lies such a massive drug trafficking organization."

"And I never imagined the village chief could do something so outrageous."

Seeing her disbelief and earlier daze, Mao Li could understand why Dr. Asai felt this way.

Who could bear such a thing?

"Dr. Asai, it's no wonder you find it hard to believe."

"After all, this case is huge—Bandoubu Society rarely launches such swift, large-scale operations unless they've been watching Moonshadow Island for a long time."

Standing beside Mao Li, Chuankenan also agreed with this point.

Such a large-scale operation must have been planned for a long time.

As a drug traffickers' staging ground, Moonshadow Island had likely been under Jingshiting Sect's surveillance for years, and this operation was probably deployed months in advance.

All operations against drug traffickers are swift, with personnel deployment highly precise, especially in their ruthless targeting of traffickers.

The operation unit's members were all deployed to suppress drug traffickers immediately.

They advanced on both the community center and the back mountain.

After the operation unit completed their clearance, detectives moved in to gather evidence.

This entire sequence of actions was extremely swift—nothing like the sluggish pace usually seen in Tokyo.

This level of efficiency was clearly the result of a long-planned operation........

All to deceive the drug traffickers on Moonshadow Island, directly achieving near-total annihilation of armed traffickers and the arrest of all major drug lords.

By the way, wasn't the letter sent to my uncle also triggered by the discovery of drug traffickers on this island?

Chuankenan felt the possibility was quite high.

Especially after learning that the client had died over a decade ago.

"Uncle Mao Li, did the client also discover the situation on Moonshadow Island?"

"And perhaps, even Masaru Keiji's death over a decade ago was connected to the village chief? Did the client intend to steer your attention toward the case from over ten years ago?"

"Hmm, there is indeed such a possibility."

Mao Li also thought this possibility was quite high.

"The client paid the retainer upfront and used the name of Masaru Keiji, who had been dead for over a decade."

"Considering what the current village chief has done, perhaps Masaru Keiji was eliminated years ago because of the village chief's drug trafficking."

"Someone recently noticed evidence of the village chief's drug trafficking, so they used a false name to hire me to investigate."

Asai Narimi, who had listened the whole time, felt slightly embarrassed.

The reasoning and conclusion were correct—but the problem was, she had originally intended to act herself, yet in the end, Jingshiting Sect had sent people.

Their methods were brutally direct: killing every drug trafficker in one shot, and detaining the main culprits including the village chief.

There was literally nothing left for her to do.

Jingshiting Sect's operation unit and detectives had done everything she planned to do—and done it perfectly legally.

It left her, who had yet to act, feeling utterly helpless in her revenge.

But then again, isn't this a good thing?

It should count as a great good thing.

Perhaps the result and the process deviated greatly from her plan, but the ringleaders of the drug trafficking were caught.

They also uncovered dozens of murder cases hidden on Moon Shadow Island.

The planner, she, didn't even have to get her hands dirty with blood before going to prison.

In terms of the result, apart from her being slightly embarrassed, everything seemed to be a good thing.

So, she should better not reveal the fact that she was the letter sender.

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