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One late autumn day, the first snow fell in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Sapporo is located in western Hokkaido, with a population of nearly five million. It is the metropolitan city of Hokkaido and the administrative center of Hokkaido.
The first snow of the day began to fall at night. Pedestrians on the road watched the thin snowflakes land on the tips of the locust trees and the green leaves sprinkled with silver frost.
Sentimental Japanese people expressed their feelings about the arrival of the first snow, some saddened, some joyful, some celebrating together, and some grieving alone.
However, everyone's noise was different; some people didn't even notice the arrival of the snow.
The larger the city, the more places it harbors filth and corruption.
The snow fell all night and didn't stop until dawn.
An abandoned factory in the suburbs, with no lights around.
A black Hummer with all its lights off slowly drove past the abandoned factory, its engine barely audible.
"Brother Crow, tomorrow... oh no, today is Saturday, I should be resting. You brought me all the way from Tokyo to Hokkaido... I'm not happy!"
"Brother Gu Ran, it's not that we want to trouble you, it's just that this matter is really a bit difficult for us..."
“Brother Crow, isn’t ‘Don’t do things that are difficult’ your catchphrase?”
"Brother Gu Ran, when have I ever used such a catchphrase? Are you mistaking 'Crow' from the 'Young and Dangerous' movies for me?"
Gu Ran sat in the passenger seat of the Hummer and yawned helplessly: "My wife is coming to Tokyo at 10 a.m. today, and I promised to pick her up from the airport."
"Don't worry, you can have Miss Su change her flight to Osaka after she wakes up. I've already asked Princess Kaguya to reserve a first-class seat on a commercial flight, which only Miss Su can buy. I'll also have your secretary pick her up at Osaka Airport and take her to Sapporo. By the time Miss Su arrives in Sapporo, it will be around noon, and we'll have everything taken care of. Then you can stay in Hokkaido and soak in a hot spring together, right? A couple soaking in a hot spring... that's a wonderful thing, hehehe!"
The crow gave a knowing smile, then took out a cigarette and lit it.
"Speaking of which, when Genji was around, did you often go to the hot springs together after completing missions?"
"That's how it is in Japan. If the leaders of the same company are on good terms, they'll have a late-night snack and go for a bath together after get off work. If they're not on good terms, they'll go home separately."
"What about Miss Sakura? Should she take a mixed bath with you?"
“No, of course we’ll soak them separately.” Crow chuckled. “Don’t let her aloof demeanor fool you, she’s actually quite shy. She’ll blush if the young master sees her bare back…”
“Great, I’ve recorded that. I’ll play it for her when we go to Oarai beach later.”
"No, no, no, you want me dead!" the crow pleaded hastily. "She's the young master's wife now. If this were during the Shogunate era, she could have beaten me to death..."
"Hahahaha, just kidding." Gu Ran shook his phone, but didn't actually turn on the recording.
"Let's get down to business." Crow pointed to the abandoned factory not far away. "We received news that some die-hard members of the Oni Clan are using the King's research results to continue their genetic experiments. There are witnesses who saw strange creatures with snake bodies and dog heads appear and posted them online. Fortunately, Princess Kaguya has been patrolling the internet and found the video and blocked it immediately."
"How many people are there?" Gu Ran asked.
"do not know."
"grade?"
"do not know either."
"So you dare to call me here directly?"
“You’re invincible…” Crow said with a fawning smile. “As you can see, this factory is located in a remote area. In the 1980s, it manufactured building materials, but after the Hiroshima Agreement, the real estate bubble burst instantly, and a large number of building material factories went bankrupt. This factory also went bankrupt at that time. There isn’t even a telephone line inside, so there’s no network or surveillance. In addition, these remnants of the Ghost Clan don’t accept new people; they only hire people they know. Therefore, it’s very difficult for our Enforcement Bureau to infiltrate.”
Gu Ran asked curiously, "Then they need a lot of supplies for eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping. Can't you infer this from their consumption of supplies?"
"This is also what we find very strange. We can't find any signs of their supply replenishment at all. We only found out from the power department that there was large-scale industrial electricity use here. However, since the money was paid in a timely manner, we didn't investigate who was using the electricity."
Gu Ran opened the passenger door, got out, and rolled his eyes as he observed the factory.
The factory was pitch black, but Gu Ran used his X-ray vision to look down and immediately discovered that there was a hidden world inside.
Beneath the factory, there was originally an underground base that was interconnected and had multiple exits.
"I think you should ask Princess Kaguya if she has any historical background about the construction of this factory."
"Historical background?" Crow was taken aback. He had asked Princess Kaguya for a floor plan of the factory, but he hadn't thought about why he needed the historical background.
So he made a phone call and immediately discovered the problem.
"This factory was designed and built during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the US-Soviet rivalry was at its most intense. Hokkaido is close to the Soviet Union, and rocket artillery could hit Sapporo directly from the Soviet coast. To prevent possible shelling, many factories had air defense shelters built underneath them, and this factory was no exception."
The crow took out its laptop, looked at the data for a while, and then said, "Kaguya-hime reported that all the data is stored in the Ministry of Defense, and because it is so old, it is all paper archives, not electronic archives, so Kaguya-hime cannot access it."
"So we still have to go and investigate ourselves?" Gu Ran asked.
"Yes."
"Then let's go." Gu Ran had already rolled his eyes; there were only ten people below, which he and Crow could handle.
"It's so good to have you here. Otherwise, we would have had to spend ten days or half a month collecting data, and we wouldn't know how far they would go with their experiments or what kind of monsters they would create!" the crow exclaimed.
Since Genjiro left, the Executive Bureau of Japan has been lacking top-notch combat power.
Sakurai Nanami, Fuma Kotaro, and Inuyama He are at most A+ level, far from being 'Emperor'.
Therefore, when faced with a difficult problem, they can only ask Gu Ran for help.
They had witnessed the great battle between Gu Ran and Genjiro, and knew that he possessed strength comparable to an 'Emperor'. Crow had seen Genjiro and knew that Gu Ran's strength was far greater than that; his abilities could even rival those of a 'Dragon King'.
Because when Gu Ran chose Japan as his internship location, the Snake Clan was genuinely happy about it.
Chapter 608 The Silver General of the Fierce Ghosts
Together they found the underground entrance to the abandoned factory. Just as Crow was about to go down, Gu Ran stopped him.
“There are surveillance cameras.” Gu Ran pointed to a camera below the entrance.
The crow lay on the ground, looked at the camera below, and said, "This is a bit troublesome. The camera is powered by PoE, which means it uses a local area network. Kaguya-hime can't hack into this camera. If we directly break into it, it will make them wary."
Gu Ran thought for a moment, then looked at a transformer not far away: "Do you think that if a transformer in an old factory is struck by lightning, it might overload due to voltage?"
After saying that, Gu Ran began to chant the dragon script. A majestic voice floated from his mouth, and then thunder began to rumble in the sky.
The Word Spirit: Cang Lei dominates!
A bolt of lightning struck from the sky, a flash of purple-white light tearing through the night sky and landing directly on the transformer.
The transformer then emitted an explosive sound and burst into blue-white and orange sparks before bursting into flames.
The crow remained perched on the ground, glancing at the camera out of the corner of its eye. When it saw the camera's infrared dot go out, it knew Gu Ran had succeeded.
“Let’s go, it seems they don’t have a backup power source, and the cameras are malfunctioning,” said the crow.
Gu Ran followed the crow down to the underground, which resembled a vast underground parking garage. This was the original design; normally these areas were civil defense facilities, but in peacetime they served as underground parking spaces.
However, since the factory had long been abandoned, the underground parking spaces were not used. Instead, they were used as a secret base by some remnants of the Ghost Clan.
"This kind of civil defense facility must have more than one exit, right?" Gu Ran could already feel that the air circulation underground was actually convection, which meant that there must be many exits to create convection.
“Don’t worry, I actually brought more than twenty people with me, and I’ve already had them guard the other exits,” the crow said.
The Tokyo Incident resulted in the deaths of too many elite members of the Snake Clan, and they are now severely lacking in manpower.
Fortunately, they have now recruited a group of members from the Fierce Ghost Clan. These people have somewhat unstable bloodlines, but since there is no one else to use them and they have no other choice, they have to make do with them.
"Fortunately, they didn't run away. They seem to know that the lightning outside is the culprit." Gu Ran rolled his eyes at the ten people.
Before long, the two of them reached the very center of the underground area and saw the ten people.
There was no backup power underground, but there was still an emergency light source. All ten people were wearing white coats and drawing under the emergency lights.
Gu Ran rolled his eyes and looked over, only to find that their white paper was covered with formulas, and he didn't know what they were deriving.
Later, after listening to their conversation for a while, he and the crow finally understood what they were talking about.
They are calculating how to feed the dogs to help them grow up as quickly as possible.
In this underground location, they used dragon genes to study dragon subspecies, such as dragon-dogs and dragon-snakes.
Because the Snake Clan is very strict, they are not allowed to conduct large-scale human experiments. They are also worried that the Dead Servants produced by human experiments will be too strong and they will not be able to control them. That's why they conduct training for dragon subspecies.
At this moment, the group of dogs with dragon genes suddenly started barking.
These dogs, after having their genes altered, have an even more sensitive sense of smell, and they must have smelled Gu Ran and the Crowman.
Crow took out his phone and typed: "This is a bit of a problem. There seem to be more than twenty dogs, and they're covered in scales. Let's retreat. I'll report to headquarters and call in an army..."
"No need. That would take too long, and I'd have to come back again. It's too much trouble. I think we should resolve this now." Gu Ran patted Crow on the shoulder. "Go and bring people over. I'll take care of things here."
After saying that, Gu Ran flashed and instantly appeared in front of the dog kennel.
The barking attracted the attention of the ten people. They glanced at the kennel and discovered that there was an extra person there at some point.
At this point, the dogs stopped barking.
Because they were all hypnotized by Gu Ran.
Those who were still deriving the formula suddenly stood up, and one of the leaders shouted, "Baka!"
After cursing him, he was about to take action, chanting incantations to guide the power of words.
However, Gu Ran simply used his Rinnegan to hypnotize them, instantly suppressing them.
Although these people were hypnotized, they were still conscious, and they were greatly alarmed.
It should be noted that they were considered cadres among the Fierce Ghosts, and each of them had bloodlines of grade A or above. Even if they faced the Dragon King, they would have the strength to fight. However, at this moment, they were stunned by a single look from Gu Ran.
What exactly is he?
"Come on, let me see what you're up to." Gu Ran walked up to the leader and used his Rinnegan's 'memory reading' ability to figure out their purpose.
They actually planned to use these dragon subspecies to carry out terrorist attacks, then seize power, take revenge on the Snake Clan, and regain their position as leaders of the underworld.
These genetically modified dogs, once released, will indiscriminately attack living people, with an attack effect no different from a nuclear bomb attack!
Twenty dogs could wipe out all the living animals on the entire island of Hokkaido in a week, and human guns and cannons would be powerless against them, making it more environmentally friendly than nuclear bombs.
Because these dogs have thick scales, ordinary police weapons cannot harm them at all.
Fortunately, Gu Ran discovered it early; otherwise, even if one of them had been released, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
He drew his Ichimonji Norimune sword, which he always carried with him. The blade flashed coldly, and he severed all four of their limbs.
Just like when he dealt with the thugs outside Mambo Internet Cafe.
Immediately afterwards, he went to the front of the dog cage and quickly stabbed the dragon-gene dogs to death with his knife. More than twenty dogs were stabbed to death by Gu Ran in the dog cage.
Crow had already called his men over. He had seen everything clearly. Gu Ran handled the dogs and people very efficiently, finishing the whole thing in just a minute.
Seeing what the dogs really looked like, he was frightened and guessed what these people wanted to do.