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Chapter 663 - 416: The Path of the World
Chapter 663: Chapter 416: The Path of the World
"Brother, I’m so relieved to see you’re okay!"
"Hmph!"
Iwazaki Yuhei, who had just been released from police custody, scowled and completely ignored Iwazaki Hideyoshi’s outstretched arms.
With a cold snort, he walked past him and headed straight for a business van behind him.
The smile remained on Iwazaki Hideyoshi’s face, he shrugged indifferently and followed with a laugh.
"Did Grandfather give any instructions?"
"Grandfather said you should return home as soon as possible. I will take full responsibility for matters here from now on," Iwazaki Hideyoshi stated.
Iwazaki Yuhei immediately stopped in his tracks, his expression growing even darker.
It was one thing for this rival for head of the family to see his disgrace.
But for Iwazaki Hanzang to not even give him a chance to redeem himself—that was much more serious!
This indicated... Grandfather was very disappointed, and the matter was severe!
"Does Grandfather still want you to retrieve the Buddha head?"
Logically, with the Iwazaki family having caused such a stir, retreating back to Fusang would normally be the sensible move.
Yet now he was leaving Iwazaki Hideyoshi in Country Hua... That could mean Grandfather may not have given up yet...
What charm does this Buddha head hold that he still won’t give up on it even now?
"What Grandfather wants me to do is none of Brother Yu Ping’s concern," Iwazaki Hideyoshi replied with a faint smile.
Iwazaki Yuhei stared at the other’s face, which smiled but did not smile, as if wearing a mask, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
"Don’t think I don’t know about the things you’ve done, as there is an old saying in Huaxia, ’If you don’t want others to know, don’t do it yourself!’"
"Uh..." Iwazaki Hideyoshi paused. "What have I done?"
Still playing dumb, huh?
"Hmph! Sabotaging my operation intentionally, causing me such a major setback, then taking the initiative to replace me...
It was your man who stole the Buddha head, wasn’t it?
Now, if you just deliver the Buddha head to Grandfather, the merit would indeed be significant.
True to form, my Brother Hideyoshi! What a clever scheme!"
Iwazaki Hideyoshi stood dumbfounded looking at Iwazaki Yuhei, clearly dazed by the unjust accusation.
You’re going to pin this on me too?
"Brother Yu Ping, that’s quite a wrongful accusation. What you came to do in Country Hua is something only Grandfather and you knew; outsiders had no idea.
How could I have sabotaged your operation?"
"Hmph! You might not have known beforehand, but the investigation of Li Haitao was conducted using the family’s resources.
Any senior member of the family who wanted to check would know that he was my target!
So you went to Li Haitao in advance and orchestrated a play in front of me.
Pretending to cooperate while actually setting a trap for me!
Without Li Haitao as an insider, who could have possibly known my plan precisely to intercept it?
Without his betrayal, how could the Country Hua police have possibly caught me red-handed!"
Iwazaki Yuhei glared intensely at the other.
"Tell me, what did you do to make Director Li jeopardize himself and drag me down with him?
Did you hold more leverage over him, or did you kidnap his children?"
Iwazaki Hideyoshi: "..."
Your analysis is fierce as a tiger; I almost believed it was really my doing!
I admit, if I had known earlier how important the Buddha head was to Grandfather, I would have disrupted your plan no matter what.
But honestly, it wasn’t me!
He opened his mouth to explain, but realized the other’s logic was impeccably consistent, leaving no room for rebuttal.
Whether in terms of capability or motive, the prime suspect seemed to be himself...
"Brother, the failure is your own fault, don’t need to splash all the dirty water on me, right?
Even if you suspect me, you need evidence, don’t you?"
Iwazaki Hideyoshi said with a face full of grievance.
He truly felt wronged, yet to Iwazaki Yuhei’s eyes, that delicate face with slightly feminine features seemed utterly insincere.
To Iwazaki Yuhei, it simply looked like blatant arrogance!
"Don’t get too smug! Just hope I don’t find any evidence! Hmph! Drive!"
Iwazaki Yuhei gave the other a fiery glare and dived into the business van to speed away...
Iwazaki Hideyoshi stood still in disarray, his expression somewhat stiff.
He had come expecting to hear the "laments of a defeated dog," but unexpectedly he ended up catching an unwarranted accusation.
Could this guy be planning to incriminate me in front of Grandfather to shift blame away from himself, knowing he’d surely be punished when he returned?
Typical of my lifelong adversary Iwazaki Yuhei, using such a disgraceful tactic of creating something out of nothing and turning the tables on the accuser!
Shaking his head, he put aside the incident for now; the urgent priority was to find out where the Buddha head had gone...
Before even reaching Country Hua, he had mobilized the family’s influence and, aided by money, had investigated the details of the night’s events quite thoroughly.
The people Iwazaki Yuhei had sent were certain that someone had struck him from less than a meter behind.
However, the footage obtained from the police showed only one person from start to finish.
And the backpack containing the Buddha head had disappeared as if evaporated into thin air...
This matter... sounded as eerie as a museum ghost story...
Things certainly don’t just vanish into thin air.
Either it was as Iwazaki Yuhei had guessed and someone intercepted it mid-way, or... it could only be the people of Country Hua messing with things!
Thinking it through, the ability to delete or edit surveillance footage only pointed to Country Hua.
And the motive for Country Hua doing this was obvious.
If the item hadn’t been lost, how would Country Hua find any excuse to cause an uproar?
Without causing a stir, how could the Iwazaki family possibly bleed heavily?
Catching Iwazaki Yuhei was one thing, but compensating for the lost Buddha head, that was the bigger issue!
Would Country Hua ever let it go so easily without inflating the Buddha head’s appraised value by five to eight times?
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