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Chapter 399 Opposing Free Trade! (Third Update!)

In the sky northwest of Tokyo, Catherine's private plane emerged from the clouds, then flew along the northern edge of the city towards the northeast of Tokyo.

Looking down at the megacity below, she couldn't help but complain to her attendant beside her:
"This is what happens when you're America's dog. When a plane takes off from your own country's capital, you have to immediately change course, or you'll be shot down."

The attendant beside him simply smiled and nodded without uttering a word in response. After all, these EU leaders were like dogs; they could be cursing America in secret in the morning, then be hanging out with America's people by noon, and then be separated again in the afternoon to continue cursing.

It's really hard for those below to grasp their direction; they can only do whatever their superiors say.

A moment later, Tokyo Narita International Airport appeared at the window, and the attendant opened the documents in his hand:

"This trip to Japan is divided into three days in total, plus today, making it three and a half days in total."

"Today is just for reception. There will be a cocktail party at 7 pm and it will last until 10 pm."

"Those involved included the Japanese Prime Minister, and high-ranking officials from the agricultural, industrial, and defense departments."

"The reception is over, and today's schedule is finished."

"The main task tomorrow is to hear Japan's initial opinions on the launch of the free trade agreement. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and end at 12 p.m., and then start again at 3 p.m. and end at 6 p.m.."

"At 8 p.m., there was also a cocktail party, but this time the people attending the party were the actual owners of several large multinational conglomerates in Japan."

"The party lasted until 11 p.m.

"The main task the day after tomorrow will still be to exchange opinions between the two sides, but there will be no cocktail party in the evening."

"The day after tomorrow, which is the last day of the itinerary, mainly involves sightseeing."

"According to the itinerary, we will arrive at Mount Fuji at 9 a.m. to see Mount Fuji and stay until noon."

"After having dinner at Mount Fuji, we'll visit a shrine in Japan in the afternoon..."

The attendant frowned as he looked at the document, and after a long while, he looked up and said:
“They didn’t clearly label the shrine’s name, and I suspect there’s something wrong with that.”

Catherine took the document, flipped it open casually, and found that there was indeed no name on it. She then handed the document back to the attendant: "Don't worry about it!"

"As long as they still want to do business with the EU, they won't dare to do anything!"

"The plane is about to land, get ready to pack your things!"

The captain announced that everyone on board should return to their seats, fasten their seatbelts, and wait for the plane to land.

After some more trouble, the plane finally landed in Tokyo. As soon as she got off the plane, she was greeted by a group of old men in black suits with a few stray hairs on their heads walking towards her.

"Ms. Catherine, welcome to Japan. I am Japanese Foreign Minister Yuzo Fujita. I will be accompanying you throughout your three-day trip in Japan!"

"Minister Fujita, I am also very pleased to be able to visit Japan at this time. I have seen Tokyo in many cultural products, so I have always longed to visit it. Seeing it today, it is truly extraordinary..."

"Then, on behalf of the Japanese people, I must express my gratitude to Ms. Catherine. Thank you for appreciating Japanese culture. This way, please. We have prepared a hotel for you. Please rest for a while..."

Amidst mutual compliments, the two walked with the main group to the convoy not far away, got into the vehicles, and then left together.

Tokyo Narita International Airport is located in Narita City, east of Tokyo. To get back to Tokyo from the airport, you need to take a highway.

As their vehicle turned onto the highway, a car with smoke coming from its front was stopped at the highway entrance, and two men were standing next to it, kicking the car angrily.

However, as their convoy appeared, the two furious men shifted their attention from the damaged vehicle to the passing convoy.

Once the convoy had completely disappeared from the highway, one of the men took out his phone and made a call.

When the call connected, he raised his watch on his left wrist:
“The target is already on the highway and is expected to enter Tokyo in 40 minutes. We have about 35 minutes to make our move.”

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a response came:

"Come back first!"

After hanging up the phone, the man turned and walked to the front of the vehicle. He pulled a small metal box from the gap in the engine compartment. Inside the box was a burning mosquito coil.

He casually tossed the thing into the bushes beside him, turned around, got into his car, started the engine, and drove off toward Tokyo.

An hour and a half later, the vehicle stopped in the parking lot of a very ordinary-looking hot spring inn in Adachi Ward.

The two men got out of the car and entered the hot spring hotel through the main entrance.

At the hotel reception, a blond man who clearly looked like an Onsa was busy. When he saw the two men enter, he beckoned to a nearby waitress to take over his work, and then directed the two men to the back courtyard.

After passing through the hot spring pool, the three went into a room in the backyard. As soon as the two men sat down, the man on the left looked up and asked:
"Randy, why don't you let us just take action?"

Randy, the blond man, stood by the door with his arms crossed, shaking his head, and answered softly:

"The Great Feathered Serpent's order is that the other party is a high-ranking EU official. If the other party dies suddenly on Japanese soil, and is assassinated, it will trigger EU sanctions against Japan."

"The Japanese economy has finally started to improve after more than a decade. If the EU imposes economic sanctions on Japan at this time, we will have a very difficult time."

"The Great Feathered Serpent God leads us so that we can live a good life, not a worse one. He does not want to see that happen, so this operation needs to be carefully planned."

After speaking, Randy crossed his arms in front of his chest, placed his palms on his shoulders, leaned forward slightly, and softly recited in Japanese:

"By the Great Feathered Serpent God above, have mercy on all living beings, may your souls live on forever, and may you return to the Void in peace."

As Randy chanted, the two people on the sofa next to him did the same, closing their eyes and softly chanting:
"By the Great Feathered Serpent God above, have mercy on all living beings, may your souls live on forever, and may you return to the Void in peace."

They recited it nine times in a row before all three of them put their hands down at the same time.

Lowering their arms, the two men on the sofa continued to stare at Randy. This time, it was the man on the right who spoke up:
"So we're just going to watch them betray our interests?"

“It’s not just looking!” Randy shook his head softly, turned around and walked to the opposite side of the two people. On the wall opposite them was a map of Tokyo.

Randy walked up to the map, placed his left hand on it, and calmly said:
"Our church members are organizing people to protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence tomorrow."

"Protest against those guys for betraying our agricultural and industrial interests."

"We need to spread this word and get the Japanese people involved so they know that the so-called free trade agreement is nothing more than a traitorous treaty signed by those damned officials in collusion with EU officials to betray our interests."

“If we kill that woman now, we will lose our target and wander around like headless flies.”

"So we can't kill that woman now!"

"Then we won't kill them?" The man on the left interrupted, staring intently at Randy. After a moment of eye contact, Randy shook his head again.
"Yoshikawa, I know you're in a hurry, but please let me explain."

"According to the information we have, this woman from the EU will stay for three more days, excluding today." "Tomorrow and the day after, they will exchange the so-called conditions for the free trade agreement at the Prime Minister's residence."

"In reality, it was about negotiating a treaty that would sell out the country."

“Our church members organized the march not only to let the general public know that these people are signing a traitorous treaty, but also to disrupt their negotiations.”

"Of course, those damned guys are only interested in selling out the country, so they will inevitably ignore the people and may even send people from the Metropolitan Police Department or the military to forcibly disperse the people."

"Then on the third day, according to the information, they will go to Mount Fuji and then visit a shrine."

"What we need to do is take them to Mount Fuji, or to a shrine, and kill them!"

"Tell them what the consequences will be for ignoring the people!"

"So what you need to do tomorrow and the day after is rest and be in good spirits."

"The day after tomorrow, the two of you will kill them together when they go to the shrine to worship."

"Kill that woman from the EU, kill those traitors!"

Randy became more and more excited as he spoke, and at the end, he clenched his fists, raised them high, and waved them vigorously.

Meanwhile, the two men from Yoshikawa beside him also raised their hands high and waved them forcefully, shouting, "Kill those traitors!"

…………

At 8 a.m., the gentle sunlight shone on Tokyo as Catherine's motorcade departed from the hotel and slowly drove toward the Japanese Prime Minister's Office.

However, just as the vehicle arrived in front of the Prime Minister's residence, it collided with the oncoming parade.

The marchers held up signs at the front, which thoughtfully included English messages opposing free trade, opposing the sale of agricultural interests, and opposing the sale of industrial interests.

Catherine is from England, a long-established major exporter of parade culture. At a glance, Catherine noticed something unusual about the parade.

The group at the front were full of energy, their eyes fixed straight ahead. As they moved forward, their steps were very synchronized, clearly indicating that they had been trained.

Looking at the people next to the core team, they were waving flags, but with each step forward, they would look left and right, as if searching for people to recruit.

Further back from these people were a sparse crowd, who looked like they were just there to make up the numbers, listless and not at all like they were participating in a march.

It is clear that this was a premeditated and organized protest.

Catherine shifted her gaze from the parade to the Prime Minister's residence gate in front of her, stared at it for two seconds, and then let out a sneer: "Crazy!"

Turning her gaze away from the Prime Minister's residence, she calmly instructed her attendants, "Ignore them!"

"little tricks!"

Meanwhile, in the Prime Minister's Office, after listening to the report from his subordinates, Japanese Prime Minister Masashige Date turned around and patted Foreign Minister Yuzo Fujita on the shoulder:

"You did a great job!"

Faced with the praise, Fujita Yuzo was naturally stunned, muttering to himself:

"That wasn't my arrangement..."

There weren't many people in the room, but Date Masashige still heard Fujita Yuzo's voice. Date Masashige didn't press the matter further, but simply patted Fujita's shoulder again: "Maybe it was arranged by his subordinates!"

"What's that saying? 'The flowers you plant with care may not bloom, while the willows you plant without intention may thrive.'"

"If the public opposes free trade, then we can use that as an excuse to have a good talk with the EU."

"Be a little tougher later!"

No sooner had they finished speaking than a commotion came from outside the door. Then, led by several Japanese people, Catherine's team slowly entered the Prime Minister's residence and appeared before Date Masashige.

Under the watchful eyes of reporters, the two sides shook hands and exchanged greetings in a warm and friendly manner.

Finally, the two groups, led by Date Masanari and Catherine, entered the Prime Minister's office conference room.

After sitting down and exchanging information, Date Masahiro eagerly said:
“Ms. Catherine, a free trade agreement should benefit both parties to be called a free trade agreement. If it only benefits one party, it is not a free trade agreement, it is dumping.”

"I would like to reiterate the points I have discussed before."

"As a country, we must ensure our basic food self-sufficiency rate, so we cannot arbitrarily relax restrictions in agriculture."

"Similarly, the EU is a vast and resource-rich country, while Japan has relatively few resources, making our industrial development very difficult."

"Moreover, we also experienced a severe economic downturn in the 80s."

"We still haven't recovered, so we can't be too lenient in the industrial sector."

"Ah...of course..." Seeing Catherine's face growing increasingly dark, Ida Masashige quickly tried to cover it up:

"As a partner, we fully support the environmental issues promoted by the EU."

"We will proactively reduce the number of heavily polluting enterprises in order to meet the EU's environmental protection requirements."

"Therefore, Ms. Catherine, we sincerely want to work with the EU to establish a free trade area so that our trade can be smoother, more harmonious, and mutually beneficial."

The dog is barking!

Catherine gently rubbed her temples with her fingers. She felt that the person in front of her was talking like a dog barking. But no, dogs are so cute, how could she say that this person was talking like a dog barking?

It's not even as good as a dog barking.

At this moment, she recalled her negotiation with Lin Yi. The young man was also unyielding, but he was good at seizing key points.

With just a few words, the decision to cede profits was made.

It's a pity that the person negotiating with me now is a dog that can only bark and can't speak human language.

Knowing that the other party didn't take the free trade zone negotiations seriously and had no intention of conceding any benefits, Catherine decided not to have a proper conversation with this person and simply decided to play along:
“Mr. Date Masanari, you are absolutely right. Japan has very few resources, and you have indeed put in a lot of effort to develop your industry.”

"Therefore, we have decided to adjust the EU's environmental and labor reviews of Japan."

"Any company that fails to meet environmental and labor inspection requirements will be prohibited from importing its products into the European Union!"

(End of this chapter)