Zhongshan Taka was jolted awake by the bumpy ride after an unknown amount of time, and he opened his eyes groggily only to be shocked by the sight outside. The vehicle was driving through a desolate wilderness, and he immediately cried out, "Stop the car!"

The driver turned a deaf ear.

"Stop the car! I need to go to the airport, where are you taking me!" Zhongshan Taka bellowed angrily.

The driver said, "I'm taking you on a shortcut."

"This is not the way to the airport, what kind of shortcut is this," Zhongshan Taka said in a fit of rage.

The driver answered, "A shortcut to hell."

Zhongshan Taka felt as if he had been struck by lightning and was overcome with terror. He tried to open the car door and jump out, but found it was already locked. Then he reached from behind to try and grab the steering wheel.

But suddenly, the driver slammed on the gas then the brakes, and due to inertia, Zhongshan Taka's body lurched forward, slamming into the windshield.

"Ah!" he let out a painful cry, his face contorted in pain.

The driver turned off the car, forcefully yanked Zhongshan Taka out of the vehicle, pulled a gun, and pressed it against his head, "Don't move."

"Who are you? Don't kill me! I have money," Zhongshan Taka begged, his face ashen with fear.

The driver just sneered coldly, ignoring him.

Just then, another car approached from afar.

"Help!" Zhongshan Taka cried out instinctively, but as soon as he remembered the gun in the driver's hand, he quickly shut his mouth.

After the car drew near and stopped, two burly men jumped out, holding rope and tape. Without a word, they moved forward and started to bind Zhongshan Taka.

Zhongshan Taka was struck by despair and yelled out in a panic, "Do you know who my mother is?"

He tried to use his background to intimidate the criminals.

"I'm not your dad, how would I know who your mom is." The previous driver slapped Zhongshan Taka across the face, "Better behave, or you'll suffer less. Otherwise, you'll be in for it."

Feeling the stinging pain on his face, Zhongshan Taka was seething with anger but didn't dare to speak out again.

"What's your mom's number?" The driver turned and fetched Zhongshan Taka's cell phone from the taxi.

Zhongshan Taka quickly gave a number.

The driver dialed it.

"Mosi Mosi, this is Zhongshan Runmei."

"Your precious son is in our hands. Have one million US dollars ready for the ransom, or else you can prepare to collect his body." The driver finished his sentence and then kicked Zhongshan Taka, "Talk!"

"Mom, come save me, I've been kidnapped!"

The other end, Zhongshan Runmei, had yet to fully process the information when she heard her son's plea for help, instantly understanding the situation.

"Taka! Taka, are you okay!" Zhongshan Runmei stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice, "Don't hurt my son! One million US dollars, I'm willing to pay the ransom, but if he's missing even a finger, you won't see a single cent! If it's money you want, you wouldn't want your efforts to be in vain."

One million US dollars wasn't much to her.

So, she decided not to alert the police, intending to buy her son's safety with money. After all, the police in Hokkaido were all Aoyama Xiu Xin's men. Who knew if the other party would take advantage of the situation, forcing the criminals to kill her son.

"There is one more condition, we have a batch of goods that your police force has seized, one hundred kilograms of crystal sugar, you need to give that back to us," the taxi driver added.

Clearly, this kidnapping was premeditated.

"Impossible, once something enters the evidence warehouse, it's very hard to take out, especially in such large quantities," Zhongshan Runmei flatly rejected and added, "You just want the goods to sell for money, right? I can provide the same value in cash as if I bought the batch."

"No! We only want the goods! Hmph, don't be so clever to believe everything goes according to your wish," the taxi driver snorted coldly and ominously said, "One million US dollars plus one hundred kilograms of crystal to trade for your son, otherwise prepare for his funeral."

"Besides, don't give me that nonsense about not being able to get the goods out, you are the Minister, the highest official of the police headquarters, is there anything you can't do?"

Zhongshan Runmei felt a burst of fury upon hearing this; these idiots could only see the surface and didn't understand the real situation at all. Her position as Minister was nothing but an empty title.

But she knew that no matter what she explained, they wouldn't believe her.

So she said no more, "Fine, I can agree to your terms, but you must ensure my son's safety."

"Don't worry, as you said, we're out for money, not for lives, we're not interested in killing your son," the taxi driver reassured and then said, "I give you one day. I'll call you this time tomorrow. Remember, don't try any tricks; think about your son's life."

After speaking, he hung up the phone, gestured to the other two to push the tied-up Zhongshan Taka into the car and drove off.

"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"

Listening to the busy tone coming from the phone.

Zhongshan Runmei slumped back into her chair, slightly dazed, and after a while, she let out a long sigh and rubbed her swollen temples.

Since coming to Hokkaido, nothing had gone smoothly.

When she first received the extortion call, she had instinctively suspected Aoyama Xiu Xin because Aoyama Xiu Xin had just threatened her, and then her son was kidnapped.

But when the criminals demanded the seized one hundred kilograms of crystal, she completely dismissed that thought, after all, Aoyama Xiu Xin had no use for that, and it made no sense for him to threaten her and then kidnap her son right away, wasn't it akin to telling her directly that he did it?

"Yangzi, come to my office,"

Zhongshan Runmei called Hashimoto Youko.

Now she could only discuss this matter with her.

"Knock knock knock." It wasn't long before knocking was heard.

Zhongshan Runmei quickly said, "Come in."

"Auntie, what's wrong?" Hashimoto Youko walked in, closed the door, moved forward, noticed her troubled face, and frowned, "Did something happen?"

"Taka has been kidnapped." Zhongshan Runmei, the Iron Maiden, could not help but cry at this moment.

"What!" Hashimoto Youko exclaimed in shock, then eagerly inquired, "How could he be kidnapped? Auntie, stop crying; tell me exactly what happened. Is Taka's life in danger right now?"

"Not for the time being," Zhongshan Runmei shook her head to steady her emotions and said gravely, "The criminals demanded one million US dollars and one hundred kilograms of crystal that our police force has seized to exchange for his release, otherwise they will kill him."

"That's good, that's good; as long as we satisfy their conditions, Taka will be safe," Hashimoto Youko immediately breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest.

Zhongshan Runmei smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It's not that simple, a million dollars isn't hard, but the difficult part is how to extract one hundred kilograms of crystal, such a large batch, from the evidence warehouse and take it away. The headquarters are all Aoyama Xiu Xin's people, he will definitely be alerted if we do this."

"Auntie, don't panic, let's think, there must be a way," Hashimoto Youko comforted.

Zhongshan Runmei walked around with a worried frown.

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