Anyway, this is at least a breakthrough. Tracking and solving cases, although Lin Chuan and his team are Dark Soldiers, they require the sharp observational skills of a sniper and the insight of a detective.

Arriving at the Tokyo port.

The three of them had a conversation with a bearded man. Although they couldn't understand what they were discussing, it seemed the three were somewhat dissatisfied and turned to look for another place.

Lin Chuan pulled Miss Lan and quickly approached the bearded man.

"Hey, I'll give you a hundred thousand yen. Tell me what they said," Lin Chuan said.

The bearded man was taken aback, hurriedly pocketed the hundred thousand yen from Lin Chuan's hand, and then laughed, "They wanted me to ship a batch of goods to Italy. I asked for a price of ten thousand US dollars, and they thought it was too expensive, so they left."

"What kind of goods?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"I don't know," the bearded man shook his head, "They say it's more than a ton, but my ship is already full. Unless I unload a batch of goods, it wouldn't be worth my loss."

Lin Chuan took Miss Lan and left, continuing to track the others.

However, in the blink of an eye, the other party disappeared.

"Strange, where did they go?" Miss Lan looked puzzled.

The two of them quickly chased after, hoping to catch up with the other party. But in a port full of stacked containers, finding them wasn't easy. Just as the others were about to turn and leave, suddenly, those three blocked the way for the two of them.

"Why are you following us?" the man in the hat asked harshly.

"You... you're Thomas?!" Miss Lan asked.

"Who are you?!" Thomas asked.

Miss Lan looked up at Lin Chuan, not knowing what to say. Lin Chuan took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Thomas, let's not beat around the bush. The items you took from our country do not belong to you. I hope you can leave them behind."

Since they had already been discovered, they might as well be straightforward—beating around the bush was pointless.

"Who are you really?" Thomas's expression turned cold and threatening.

"We're Chinese," Lin Chuan smiled.

"Damn Chinese," Thomas glared at Lin Chuan, cursing, "You dare to chase us here; kill them."

The two mercenaries immediately took off their suits, stretched their limbs, and sneered, "Kid, today you're doomed."

The two of them were tall and strong, over six-foot-three, with a fierce look. You could tell they were not easy to deal with.

But dealing with ordinary people might have been fine for these international mercenaries, but running into someone as tough as Lin Chuan was their bad luck. Not to mention Lin Chuan, these two might not even be a match for Miss Lan. Lin Chuan laughed, "Xiao Lan, sit back and relax, I'll handle these two."

"Alright," Miss Lan nodded.

Then, Miss Lan stepped back a few paces, leaving space for Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan raised a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, stretching his muscles, and asked, "Are you coming at me together, or one by one?"

One of them sneered, "Just you? I can crush you with one hand."

This was underestimating the enemy, truly underestimating them.

"I advise you to come at me together; don't waste my time," Lin Chuan shook his head disdainfully.

"Damn it!" The opponent, hearing this, got furious, "Bastard, watch me kill you."

Saying this, the opponent charged over quickly.

Lin Chuan moved, quickly rushing toward a nearby container. With a powerful kick, he vaulted onto the container. Then, in mid-air, Lin Chuan twisted his body, using his knee as the point of attack, aggressively lunging towards the opponent.

The opponent, seeing this, hurriedly raised both arms, trying to block the attack with his arms. This was a typical defensive move and was always effective.

However, he quickly realized he was wrong.

Bam...

This knee strike from Lin Chuan sent the opponent flying on the spot.

The opponent's back hit a container not far away, making a loud noise. The other suited man, seeing this, swiftly joined in. He was obviously more cautious than the first man, or perhaps he had learned from the earlier lesson, thus being so careful.

Although the opponent's attacks were sharp, they gained no advantage in Lin Chuan's hands. They were quickly beaten into disarray. The first guy Lin Chuan had defeated quickly rejoined the fray, making it two against one, barely regaining some ground.

"Lin Chuan, go for it," Miss Lan shouted, "If you defeat them, I'll sleep with you tonight!"

Miss Lan intentionally said this to spur Lin Chuan on.

Lin Chuan sprinted forward with lightning-fast speed to a man, grabbed his arm with one hand, and before the opponent could react, kicked the man's chest.

Bang...

The man spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot and fell heavily. Another man saw this and quickly rushed over. He grabbed Lin Chuan from behind, using his tall and muscular stature, he locked Lin Chuan's hands with his arms, making it impossible for Lin Chuan to fight back.

"Quick... quickly kill him!" the man shouted to his companion.

However, before his companion could get up, Lin Chuan's foot had already kicked out, landing on the opponent's eyeball.

"Ah!" The opponent screamed miserably, falling to the ground, clutching his bleeding eye, "Damn it, it hurts so much."

At this moment, the Italian businessman Thomas had already sensed something was wrong. He repeatedly retreated and turned to run. However, Miss Lan had been watching him closely, and as soon as he turned and ran, she quickly chased after him.

"Mr. Thomas, where are you planning to run off to?" Miss Lan asked with a smile.

"What do you want?" Thomas hastily said, "I didn't take anything from you Chinese, this... this is a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Miss Lan laughed, "If it's a misunderstanding, then why are you so nervous? If you didn't take anything, why are you in such a hurry to run?"

"I... I really didn't!" Thomas turned around, attempting to run again.

But this time, Lin Chuan blocked his escape route. Miss Lan and Lin Chuan trapped him from the front and back. Thomas was completely intimidated.

Soon after, Thomas was grabbed by Lin Chuan and thrown into the car, then taken away.

Inside the car, Lin Chuan asked coldly, "Thomas, I suggest you hand over the items honestly, or you know what the consequences will be."

"Don't kill me," Thomas hurriedly pleaded, "I really don't know what you're looking for."

"Let me ask you, what are you planning to ship back to Italy?" Lin Chuan questioned.

"A pile of bricks," Thomas quickly replied.

Bam!

Lin Chuan punched him, cursing, "Damn it, are you trying to fool me? Is a pile of bricks worth all this trouble, even hiring so many international mercenaries? Do you think I'm a fool?"

"I..." Thomas was immediately dumbfounded, "The items aren't mine; someone entrusted me to bring them back to Italy, saying they were just a pile of bricks from China's Ming Dynasty for research. If you don't believe me, I... I can take you to see them."

Miss Lan looked up at Lin Chuan.

"Alright, take us to see them," Lin Chuan said.

Then, Miss Lan drove, with Lin Chuan keeping Thomas in check from behind. Thomas kept pleading along the way. They arrived at the place Thomas mentioned, which was a suburban area of Tokyo, where he had rented a warehouse filled with many items.

"Here... here!" Thomas quickly said.

A large tarp was covering the items, and Lin Chuan walked over and pulled it off, revealing stacks of bricks, all nailed shut in wooden boxes. These grey bricks seemed to be several hundred years old. Lin Chuan opened a wooden box and kicked over the bricks, but found nothing suspicious inside.

"Strange." Miss Lan frowned, "Could it be that the information was incorrect?"

"We can't conclude that yet," Lin Chuan shook his head.

Thomas awkwardly said, "I really didn't lie to you; these are the items I'm supposed to take back."

Lin Chuan picked up a brick, noticing that some bricks indeed had Ming Dynasty markings, which made him feel puzzled. Could the other party really only want this batch of bricks?

Thud!

Suddenly, a brick slipped from Lin Chuan's hand, breaking into two on the spot.

A golden item rolled out from inside, which turned out to be a golden toad. It was completely made of gold, and there was a Ming Dynasty court mark on the toad's belly.

"This is a Ming Dynasty court artifact," Lin Chuan said.

"They hid the items inside the bricks?" Miss Lan was shocked.

Thomas, standing by, looked embarrassed and was just about to run when the two were surprised.

"Stop!" Miss Lan pulled out a dagger and said, "Move an inch and I'll stab you to death."

Thomas, frightened, raised his hands high and hurriedly said, "No... No!"

"How do you explain these?" Lin Chuan asked.

"I... I don't know either," Thomas awkwardly said, "Take all of it, just don't kill me. I really don't know about this; someone else asked me to bring them back, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Stay here obediently," Miss Lan said coldly.

"Yes, yes, I won't leave, I won't leave," Thomas urgently nodded.

Lin Chuan smashed the bricks one by one; some had items inside, but others didn't. Soon, Lin Chuan discovered that bricks with Ming markings had no contents inside, while those without markings contained some relics, such as jade slips, horse-hoof gold, and other smaller yet valuable artifacts...

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