The Hakodate Gang Has No Manners / The Yakuza's Last Shred of Dignity

So, with the arrival of the hot air balloon, these thugs finally noticed Jiang Hang, who looked quite different from all the photos on the internet.

Then, what was even more astonishing was that when one of the thugs secretly took a picture of Jiang Hang from a distance with his phone, he discovered that the picture of Jiang Hang he took seemed to be somewhat similar to a version of the picture on the Internet.

The younger brother took the photos he had taken to his boss.

The boss was also a bit confused when he saw the photo.

This guy looks pretty good from a distance, and he seems quite energetic, so why does he look so bad in photos?

So, could this guy be Takuzo Axe River Jiang Hang looking for?

The gang leader looked at the man chatting and laughing with two pretty girls, and the staff around him who were in charge of controlling the hot air balloon, and decided to report the matter to the Takuzo Axe River first, and see how they wanted to deal with him.

Chapter 559: The gangs in Hakodate are so rude!

When Takuzo Axe River received the explanation from the group of yakuza, he couldn't help but show a hint of doubt.

But after all, he wasn't a famous detective, nor did he have much of a brain.

If he had any sense, he wouldn't have squandered the legacy built up by two generations of his ancestors in just one or two years.

He first noticed a man and two women in the photo, and then he subconsciously assumed that Jiang Hang in the photo was a lecherous man like himself, deliberately trying to please his female companion.

He had no idea that his ancestors had done the same thing in Goryokaku more than half a century ago, and he didn't connect Jiang Hang's actions with the secret treasure at all.

Looking at the two girls in the photo, whose faces he couldn't quite make out but whose figures and outfits were quite good, he couldn't help but curse inwardly at how this famous detective really knew how to enjoy himself.

He enjoyed a hot air balloon ride at Goryokaku Park on a snowy day, and he plans to do the same next time he has the chance.

Thinking this, he then gave orders to his subordinates on the other end of the phone.

Find out if the other party is indeed Jiang Hang. If so, follow the plan and find a way to make things difficult for him, so he can't live such a carefree life.

If not, try to find out more about this guy.

If you don't have any special background, you can also do something small to the other party.

After receiving this reply, the group of underlings near Goryokaku exchanged glances.

After carefully observing and assessing the situation around Jiang Hang and his group, the leader decided that since Takuzo Axe River still their boss, these requests had to be met in order to obtain the secret treasure.

After thinking for a while, he decided to wait until the other party's hot air balloon took off before dealing with these people.

While the person who could manage to get a hot air balloon in this weather must have quite a background, this is Hakodate after all.

Although the Onoe Family has declined, it is still a powerful family in the Hakodate area.

As long as they don't do anything particularly outrageous, they can generally be kept in check by the Takuzo Axe River's side.

Moreover, if it really comes to the point where they need to take the blame, these gangsters naturally have plenty of ways to find their underlings to take the fall for them.

So after watching Jiang Hang board the hot air balloon from afar, they sent a few people over to inquire about Jiang Hang's identity.

After confirming that the person sitting on the balloon was the one they were looking for, their attitude immediately became arrogant.

Jiang Hang and his team originally planned to adjust the altitude little by little with the help of the staff below, so they could enjoy the surrounding scenery while searching for the possible location where the treasure might be hidden.

The staff were having a bit of a headache because of the interference from these thugs.

While the underworld in Hakodate isn't as powerful as those in the Kanto or Kansai regions, most people obviously wouldn't want to get involved with these petty thugs.

These staff members were just ordinary people on a paycheck, and naturally they were afraid of the threats from these thugs.

Under the demands and threats of the thugs, and seeing them deliberately pull out gleaming daggers in front of them, the staff had no choice but to leave the hot air balloon and hand over control of it to the thugs.

On the hot air balloon, Jiang Hang, who had already noticed the situation below, couldn't help but frown.

He had only seen a hint of provocation in the eyes of these thugs, but he hadn't taken them seriously.

But unexpectedly, the other party actually came up to cause trouble.

At least he could be sure that the other party's provocation was intentional.

But he probably didn't offend anyone in Hakodate, right?

Why would someone who just arrived here deliberately let himself be harassed by thugs?

The local gangs in Hakodate are so rude.

However, once this question flashed through Jiang Hang's mind, he actually had a pretty good idea of what was going on.

Now that he's in Hakodate, the only person he might really offend is the descendant of the Saburo Axe River hid the secret treasure there.

After all, the Sonoko had just gone to the other family's house this morning, saying they wanted to find out the whereabouts of that secret treasure and then each of the three of them would get a share.

So, the other party doesn't dare to target the Suzuki family, but they also don't want their family's secret treasure to fall into the hands of other strangers, so they've come here specifically to target an ordinary detective like him?

Judging from the attitude of the thugs below, he probably didn't intend to kill them in front of everyone.

But those people probably just wanted to keep them on the hot air balloon for a few more hours, to teach them a lesson and give them a warning.

Jiang Hang looked at the Miyano Sisters.

They naturally noticed the situation below and couldn't help but frown slightly.

They are now more than 100 meters in the air. It would be fine if they were just trapped in the air, but they will slowly descend once the hot air balloon runs out of fuel.

But the fear is that the other side will simply cut the ropes below, leaving them to fly freely in the air.

Then they really wouldn't know where the strong wind would blow them.

Miyano Shiho could also guess who would do such a thing, so she looked at Jiang Hang with a questioning gaze, wanting to know what he was going to do now.

Jiang Hang glanced down again to assess the distance between the hot air balloon and the ground.

Unfortunately, the moat surrounding Goryokaku had frozen over due to the weather.

Otherwise, he would have to perform Leap of Faith from a height of 100 meters to broaden the horizons of these people.

However, there are still other ways to go on.

Jiang Hang told Miyano Shiho and the others to continue searching for the treasure, and then he took out a grappling hook from his waist.

Then he greeted Miyano Shiho, indicating that he would go down and clear out the smaller fry first.

As he said this, he did not hesitate to flip over, hook the grappling hook onto the rope, and then slid down to the ground at an astonishing speed.

Under such acceleration, a normal person's arm would naturally not be able to withstand it at all.

But Jiang Hang was never a normal person to begin with.

Visually, when Jiang Hang was nearly 100 meters in the air, sliding down a rope at an angle of nearly 70 or 80 degrees, he was still able to steadily control his body and land smoothly on the ground.

Just seeing Jiang Hang elegantly put away his grappling hook and give them a friendly smile was enough to put the psychological pressure on these thugs to their limit.

Chapter 560: The Last Dignity of the Underworld

Upon landing, Jiang Hang smoothly retracted his grappling hook, then turned back to greet the Miyano Sisters in the sky, signaling them to focus on studying the secrets of the treasure.

Then, he turned to look at the thugs whose bodies were already trembling uncontrollably.

"It seems you have some issues with me?"

As Jiang Hang said this, he took a few steps closer to the other side's leader.

"I think you have something to say to me, and you can still say it now."

The leader of the thugs looked at Jiang Hang, who had just slid down from a height of nearly 100 meters and now seemed completely unaffected. Reason told him that the best course of action now was to surrender and obediently explain everything to this unfathomable man.

But as a gangster, his sense of dignity as a leader made it impossible for him to bow his head at this moment.

After all, the underworld relies on reputation and the organization's name to do business with people.

In private, they can become henchmen for a conglomerate, or when no one is watching, they can bow down to other big shots or even act as their dogs.

But none of this can be done in a place where everyone can see it.

If a weakness is exposed even once, it can be considered a complete disaster.

Although the yakuza forces in Hakodate are far less powerful than those in the Kanto Kansai regions, they do have a few rivals.

If he were here today, with so many underlings, and he bowed down to one person before the fight even started, their organization's reputation would be completely ruined.

So even if they can't beat them, they're going to get a beating here anyway.

For the underworld, defeat is still more honorable than fleeing without a fight.

Even if he is ridiculed by other organizations, it is due to Jiang Hang's overwhelming personal strength, and it will not have a significant impact on the reputation of their organizations.

And what if the other person is faking it too?

Aside from that one move, maybe the other party is just all show and no substance?

So the leader forcibly suppressed his inner shock and told his underlings that the situation was now ten against one, the advantage was on his side, and there was no reason to be fooled by the other side at this time.

"I just can't stand your arrogant attitude. If you're not happy about it, then come and take me down!"

Jiang Hang was slightly surprised by the young hoodlum's stubborn statement.

Instead of choosing to run away or honestly confess who ordered them, they wanted to get beaten up like this?

However, considering that the underworld in this world with its high crime rate seems to actually have some so-called "underworld pride," Jiang Hang no longer cared about the attitude of this small-time gang leader.

He didn't have any particular feelings about the Japan "Yakuza spirit".

If Jiang Hang discovers that someone is doing something wrong that could be considered part of the commission, he will not hesitate to take action against them, beat them up, and then send them to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and various police stations in Tokyo, so that these guys can spend some time in jail.

So, since these thugs have already shown their "spirit," he might as well grant their wish.

One against ten?

Although he learned Master Li's Bajiquan, as long as he is careful and controls his strength, it shouldn't be so easy for him to kill these people.

In fact, Jiang Hang didn't need to use any special moves. He could have easily taken down this uncoordinated rabble without taking any damage using just some simple fighting techniques.

A straight punch with only 20% force must be delivered, and it must be deliberately avoided to prevent causing direct and real harm to the person.

He effortlessly evaded the attacks of these thugs, and then basically took them down one by one with each punch. The only exception was when he was facing the thug leader. Thinking that he still needed to keep someone alive to talk, he simply kicked the man lightly in the stomach.

While rendering the opponent incapable of fighting, one can also remain conscious.

In less than a minute, there was no one left standing in front of Jiang Hang.

After doing all this, he didn't rush to ask questions. Instead, he nodded to the stunned hot air balloon staff, indicating that the matter was resolved and they could continue to control the hot air balloon's position and altitude.

Of course, because of the incidents that had just happened, Jiang Hang generously offered to add a penalty for emotional distress to today's wages, which immediately made the staff members stop caring about the threats from these thugs and return to their posts with full enthusiasm.

One of the bolder staff members even secretly asked Jiang Hang if he wanted to contact a professional to help deal with the problem.

Jiang Hang smiled and waved his hand, "No need for that much trouble. Dealing with these thugs doesn't require that much effort. I can take care of them by myself."

He said this, and then walked up to the gang leader.

The other person is still kneeling on the ground, covered in sweat, with one hand clutching their stomach; they probably haven't recovered yet.

However, relatively speaking, he was the only one among the other thugs present who hadn't collapsed yet.

"You can still talk, right? If you can still call for reinforcements, I can continue to wait here for you to send people over, whether it's ten or a hundred people, bring all the weapons you can think of. I think I can take on the entire organization by myself without much trouble," Jiang Hang said, squatting down and looking at the other party.

So, what is your choice?

"State your purpose, or should I take care of your organization and then investigate these things myself?"

Facing the powerful Jiang Hang, and seeing that most of his men around him had lost consciousness and collapsed on the ground, the gang leader couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

I was originally thinking that with our numbers, we might have a chance to take them down.

But the fighting prowess displayed by the opponent is probably no Kanto for even the legendary yakuza of Kanto, known as the Dragon of Dojima.

He hadn't even realized that Jiang Hang was already being extremely lenient; he just thought that Takuzo Axe River was really unlucky.

Having searched for his treasure for years without finding a trace, he had no choice but to try to attract people from other places to search for it by spreading the news of his secret treasure.

According to the Takuzo Axe River, as long as he has the last few Star Prism Blade in his hands, he doesn't need to worry about the treasure falling into the hands of others.

As a result, the news spread, and the second young lady of the Suzuki family came to join in the fun, along with this exceptionally skilled detective.

Now that the information about the Star Prism Blade has been leaked to the second young lady of the Suzuki family, she has offended such a young man with explosive combat power.

It seems that not only will Takuzo Axe River not be able to turn his life around with the secret treasure, but the entire Fujie family will also be completely ruined because of it.

Hearing Jiang Hang utter those threatening words in a friendly, smiling tone, the gang leader felt that he had done more than enough to be kind to the Jiang family by enduring this beating.

After all, if he didn't confess honestly, his organization would be destroyed by this one person.