Back at the airport, when Sato first approached Bai Xing on his own initiative, Bai Xing had been planning to fly to Kobe City.
After that incident, the Yamaguchi-gumi canceled its series of commercial attacks against the Takahashi Syndicate.
Instead, it began supporting them unconditionally on all fronts!
It even dispatched one of the Yamaguchi-gumi's elder-level figures, Yajima Masao, to personally lead a team to Tokyo.
Furthermore, the Yamaguchi-gumi's headquarters was located in Kobe City.
After investigating these matters, Sato could have figured out with his heels that Bai Xing must have reached some sort of agreement with Yamaguchi Kazuo, the current leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
However, Yamaguchi Kazuo was no minor figure. As the head of such a massive organization, there was no way he would go this far for Bai Xing over a little coercion and temptation.
Even if he agreed on the surface, he would surely make some moves behind the scenes.
It had nothing to do with intelligence. It was simply human nature!
Yet Yamaguchi Kazuo had done nothing.
This aroused Sato's curiosity.
During that month when Tanaka and the others had been in the open carrying out assassinations while he remained hidden in the shadows,
Sato had not only been strengthening his own power and practicing his control over the "Torrent."
He had also found time to make a trip to Kobe City.
To personally verify his suspicions.
Sure enough!
Yamaguchi Kazuo had not reached any kind of agreement with Bai Xing at all.
He had simply been completely controlled by Bai Xing—controlled on the level of thought!
As though he had discovered an entirely new toy, Sato felt excitement surge from the depths of his heart!
So Magnetic Force could be used in such a way!
He simply had never understood exactly how Bai