CHAPTER 587: DETERMINING THE LOCATION

At this time, Liu Xing suddenly had a bold idea, which was to try to win over Tanaka Fuji to their side.

Compared to Ooyama, who was already working hard for the Deep Diving Society, Tanaka Fuji had not yet "gotten into character" too deeply because he was merely assisting his grandson "Oyamaya". Therefore, there was still an opportunity to persuade Tanaka Fuji to abandon the dark side and join them. Even if that failed, Liu Xing should at least be able to get Tanaka Fuji to reveal some information about the Deep Diving Society’s Tokyo Comprehensive University branch.

"Okay Ryuusei, I’ll hang up the phone for now, and I’ll contact you if there’s any news." After saying that, Oko Hayato hung up the phone.

Since Liu Xing habitually enabled speakerphone when receiving calls, Zhang Jingxu and the others also heard the conversation between Liu Xing and Oko Hayato.

"It seems that this Oko Hayato already knows about our situation, or rather, the entire Island Nation officials have already learned what we intend to do now. This is not good news," Zhang Jingxu said, frowning.

After all, the Island Nation officials were quite peculiar, and they had connections with many secret cults. So it was uncertain whether the Island Nation officials would inform the Deep Diving Society about their group’s circumstances.

Of course, although Liu Xing and his companions were somewhat worried, they also knew that under normal circumstances, the Island Nation officials would not do such a thing. Firstly, because the Island Nation officials needed to maintain a "balance" among all the secret cults within their borders, so they would not easily help any particular secret cult.

More importantly, at the moment, Liu Xing and his group were only players in the Hound of Tindalos region, and they could not engage in an all-out confrontation with the Deep Diving Society, as the difficulty was too high. Unless Liu Xing’s group actively sought death, the Deep Diving Society would not know about all of this before they entered the Cthulhu region.

So, the Island Nation officials should not harm their group for now.

However, Liu Xing suddenly remembered something else: he still needed to "liberate" the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect. If the Island Nation officials were watching them now, this matter could become troublesome.

Although the Island Nation officials maintained an ambiguous attitude toward secret cults, this was only the case for the fierce foreign secret cults that had crossed the river, as well as some local secret cults that had existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. The Island Nation officials found it too difficult to deal with these secret cults.

However, when it came to newly emerging secret cults, the Island Nation officials adopted a "harvesting leeks" approach. As long as these new secret cults did not cause major incidents or randomly expand their scale, the Island Nation officials would turn a blind eye to their existence. But if these secret cults caused a significant incident or grew beyond the scale the Island Nation officials could tolerate, they would unhesitatingly strike them down. Even if they did not completely destroy the new secret cult, they would at least severely cripple it.

The main purpose of the Island Nation officials’ actions was to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, letting other secret cults know that they should not be provoked. Additionally, given the unique cultural background of the Island Nation, the officials were well aware that these secret cults were like leeks in the field. Even if you harvested them repeatedly, they would eventually grow back after some time.

The Island Nation’s ghost culture was the "leek root" of the local secret cults.

The former Worshipers of the Yellow Sect was a true reflection of this situation.

Initially, the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect developed smoothly, and occasional killings did not cause much trouble, as the Island Nation officials treated them as ordinary missing persons or homicide cases.

However, when the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect grew to a certain scale, not only did they come into conflict with surrounding secret cults, but they also attracted the attention of the Island Nation officials. Consequently, the Island Nation officials decided to take action against the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect. As a result, Watanabe Ryuusei’s father and other important members of the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect were swiftly arrested, severely crippling the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect, which subsequently became an insignificant secret cult.

Therefore, Liu Xing could now confirm that if he dared to "liberate" the Worshipers of the Yellow Sect again, it wouldn’t be long before he ended up in prison to meet his cheap father. So, it seemed that he had to behave himself for now...or submit an "application" to the Island Nation officials.

For emerging secret cults in the Island Nation, there were only three paths to survival.

The first path was to become a subsidiary church of a large secret cult. In this way, the Island Nation officials and other secret cults would not bother you. However, the biggest problem with this path was that when the secret cult you were affiliated with needed a scapegoat, you would have to obediently play that role.

The second path was to be content with modest means, gradually developing in a small city. You must absolutely not expand your scale at will or attempt to cause a major incident. A secret cult like this could survive well...unless the Island Nation officials could not find any other leeks to harvest, or the secret cult next door wanted to expand its scale.

As for the third path, that was to submit a "resume" to the Island Nation officials, and you might have a chance to become a secret cult recognized by the Island Nation officials. At that point, as long as you abided by the relevant regulations set by the Island Nation officials, you could freely develop within the sphere of influence they designated for you. Of course, such a secret cult would definitely not be able to cause any major incidents. As for the "sacrifices" needed for Ritual Ceremonies, those would be provided by the Island Nation officials.

The reason why the Island Nation officials would incorporate some secret cults as their subordinates was that they wanted to use secret cults to deal with other secret cults. So, when a secret cult became arrogant or wanted to cause a major incident, these secret cults incorporated by the Island Nation officials would take the lead, probing the depths of that secret cult. If they could resolve the situation, they would handle it themselves. If not, they would let the Island Nation officials step in and take action personally.

In other words, these secret cults incorporated by the Island Nation officials were simply their hired hands.

However, this was not necessarily a bad thing for Liu Xing, since he had never intended to become the leader of a large secret cult anyway. That would require a vast amount of time and encounter all sorts of troubles, with an extremely low chance of success.

So, if he could now seek refuge with the Island Nation officials, that would be a good choice. At the very least, the Deep Diving Society would not dare to easily deal with him.

This seemed quite favorable.

"I think the Island Nation officials will not be unfavorable to us for the time being, because their relationship with the Deep Diving Society is not good. After all, the Island Nation officials must know about the Deep Diving Society’s actions in Cosmic Country, and recently the Deep Diving Society even absorbed another secret cult that worships the Deep Ones. So there’s no way the Island Nation officials would give the Deep Diving Society any favors. Therefore, I believe the Island Nation officials may now be planning to use us to restrict the Deep Diving Society. Otherwise, Oko Hayato would not have talked to us at this time, because there must be others sitting beside him," Ling Ishikawa calmly analyzed.

Liu Xing nodded and said, "That’s right, I think the same as Ling Ishikawa. The Island Nation officials are definitely more inclined to support us now, since we haven’t done anything unfavorable to them and have even been providing them with important intelligence. So we don’t need to worry about the Island Nation officials being against us for the time being. However, I’m wondering about one thing now: do we have a chance to win over Tanaka Fuji?"

Liu Xing’s words made Zhang Jingxu and the others ponder.

After a few minutes, Zhang Wenbing spoke first, "I think this should be possible because from the current situation, Tanaka Fuji can only be considered a peripheral member of the Deep Diving Society. His connection to the Deep Diving Society is essentially through Oyamaya. Now that Oyamaya is dead, and this Oyamaya may not have been the real Oyamaya, if we tell Tanaka Fuji this, he will at least choose to leave the Deep Diving Society."

Zhang Jingxu nodded and said, "Brother Zhang is right. There is indeed an opportunity to win over Tanaka Fuji now, and this is also the right time because the Deep Diving Society’s focus is currently on the Fukushima nuclear power plant. So the remaining people they have in the Tokyo area will need to concentrate on investigating Thousand Face. The Deep Diving Society definitely can’t pay much attention to Tanaka Fuji now, since Tanaka Fuji has no more value to them."

Now that Oyamaya and the others were dead, Tanaka Fuji indeed had no more value. Even if the Deep Diving Society sent new followers to occupy the Tokyo Comprehensive University branch, they would basically not need Tanaka Fuji’s help anymore because the current Tanaka Fuji was no longer trustworthy.

So, Liu Xing looked at Zhang Wenbing and said, "Brother Zhang, if this is possible, then you’ll be in charge of it because you’re the unknown face among us. The Deep Diving Society probably still doesn’t know you’re with us, so it’s safest for you to try to win over Tanaka Fuji."

Although the Deep Diving Society may have already abandoned Tanaka Fuji now, it’s still uncertain whether they would try to protect him or lie in wait for a possible attack from Thousand Face. Moreover, the possibility that Tanaka Fuji had already truly defected to the Deep Diving Society could not be ruled out yet. Since Liu Xing and the others were already on the Deep Diving Society’s blacklist, it was not advisable for them to openly show themselves. Therefore, it was better for Zhang Wenbing to take charge of this matter.

Zhang Wenbing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "No problem, I’ll take this mission. But I might need Oko Hayato’s assistance because I’ll have to disguise myself as a police officer to meet Tanaka Fuji. Since we can’t rule out the possibility that the Island Nation police might go and question Tanaka Fuji, I’ll need Oko Hayato to help me avoid any misunderstandings that could lead to trouble with the Island Nation police."

"No problem, I’ll send Oko Hayato a message right now. If there are no issues, Oko Hayato should agree." Liu Xing said as he took out his mobile phone.

Of course, Liu Xing didn’t directly say that their group was going to win over Tanaka Fuji, but only mentioned that they wanted to have a chat with him.

As expected, Oko Hayato quickly replied, telling Liu Xing that he could use his name to meet Tanaka Fuji, and Oko Hayato would handle the ordinary police officers.

After obtaining Oko Hayato’s promise, Zhang Wenbing found Tanaka Fuji’s current hospital address and planned to visit him in two days since Tanaka Fuji was still in a coma.

Then, Liu Xing and the others went about their respective tasks.

Thousand Face’s sudden attack had completely disrupted Liu Xing’s group’s plans, and Tokyo Comprehensive University had also announced a three-day temporary holiday to prevent similar incidents from occurring again.

As for the news, since the Island Nation officials already knew this was Thousand Face’s doing, they had directly blocked the relevant information. Only some online forums were still discussing these events, drawing the attention of a small number of people.

Of course, Honekawa Suneo had also sent a message, saying that he had found a possible "office location" for the Deep Diving Society’s Tokyo Comprehensive University branch - the Sea-Buds Cafeteria.

Liu Xing carefully recalled and realized that Sea-Buds Cafeteria was the only cafeteria at Tokyo Comprehensive University that specialized in seafood dishes. Since the ingredients were freshly killed and sold, the prices were very reasonable, making it the most popular cafeteria on campus.

Moreover, because Sea-Buds Cafeteria needed to store a large quantity of fresh ingredients, it had a large warehouse, or perhaps an "aquarium." Therefore, Sea-Buds Cafeteria occupied the largest area among all the cafeterias at Tokyo Comprehensive University. Due to its unique "overall atmosphere," Sea-Buds Cafeteria was located in the northwestern corner of the campus, maintaining a distance of over a hundred meters from the nearest buildings.

So Sea-Buds Cafeteria was indeed quite likely to be the "office location" of the Deep Diving Society’s Tokyo Comprehensive University branch.

Since Tokyo Comprehensive University was temporarily closed, all cafeterias except for one comprehensive cafeteria had also temporarily shut down. Therefore, Liu Xing and the others planned to take this opportunity to visit Sea-Buds Cafeteria and see if they could sneak in.

However, they would have to wait at least two more days because the Island Nation police would certainly investigate the school during these two days, and the school would also enhance its security measures.

So, time passed quickly, and it was two days later.

During these two days, with nowhere to go, Liu Xing and the others stayed at home, preparing to infiltrate Sea-Buds Cafeteria.

Since Sea-Buds Cafeteria was located in the northwestern corner of Tokyo Comprehensive University, with the university’s wall directly behind it, Liu Xing and the others planned to climb over the wall at night and approach the back of Sea-Buds Cafeteria, which was the main entrance to its warehouse.

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