"P-Probably not, right? We only divulged his location. I don't think that is enough to kill us, so there's no need for us to ditch our homes and run, right?"
Abe Chuunan had clearly been startled by Nakai Koichi's words.
He had called Nakai Koichi over to remind him that Ye Fan's men might be here and merely wanted to tell Nakai Koichi to be more careful.
However, Abe Chuunan didn't think that Nakai Koichi would react so strongly and tell him to take off.
"Not enough to kill us? You are an idiot! Sato was the one who ordered his troops to kill Chu Tian-Fan, so he deserved to die. But the first division was only guilty of abiding by his order. Did they deserve to die? Look what happened in the end! 8,000 men died without a burial! They even dared to slaughter the first division. Do you think they would let us off? Don't forget we were the ones who divulged Chu Tian-Fan's location. If we didn't, he wouldn't have died on the Pacific Ocean!"
"Since they are here to avenge Chu Tian-Fan, they will slaughter anyone who is even remotely involved. If we don't leave, we will only invite death! You might even end up implicating your entire clan,” said Nakai Koichi anxiously.
Sweat gathered on Abe Chuunan's forehead, and a chill went down his back as he listened to Nakai Koichi.
Abe Chuunan trembled before his legs went limp and slumped onto the couch.
His eyes were overwhelmed by terror.
It never crossed Abe Chuunan's mind that he would end up digging his family's grave with just a few words.
They never dreamed that the revenge that Chu Tian-Fan would exact on them would be equally horrifying even in his death.
Abe Chuunan continued hoping they might get lucky even at this stage. He asked, "Barely anyone knows about this, so he is probably incapable of finding out we were the ones who revealed his location, right?" After all, only Chu Zheng-Liang, Sato, and the two of them were in the hotel room on that fateful day.
Even though they had told Sato about Ye Fan's whereabouts, no one else knew about it.
Hence, Abe Chuunan felt no one would be able to find out it was them even if they wanted to seek revenge for Ye Fan.
Nakai Koichi shook his head. "Even if we said nothing, it doesn't mean Sato did the same. Maybe Sato exposed us before he died and told the man that we were the ones who disclosed Chu Tian-Fan's location. In any case, we should not stay here to be safe. Listen. Leave Tokyo immediately and lie low in the countryside. After three or four years passes and this blows over, we can return to Tokyo."
Nakai Koichi was always careful, even if all they could do was guess.
However, they didn't dare take the risk.
After all, if he guessed correctly, then the two of them were in grave danger.
Nakai Koichi might be a grandmaster level fighter, but he would never dare go against someone who could single-handedly kill countless soldiers.
Hence, the wisest option was to escape.
Abe Chuunan finally gritted his teeth and decided, "Fine. We will leave tomorrow."
"Not tomorrow. We will leave tonight," said Nakai Koichi sincerely. His anxious tone left Abe Chuunan even more worried.
"Fine...fine... T-tonight then. I will go get ready."
Abe Chuunan was clearly frightened. All these years, he held supreme power in Japan ever since he became head of the Abe clan and never once felt threatened.
Now his life was suddenly at stake, so Abe Chuunan was incapable of staying calm.
Abe Chuunan asked his men to pack up in the middle of the night and prepared to drive to a safe place overnight.
The soft glow of the moonlight radiated in the dark skies.
Outside the lavish residence, countless posh cars waited.
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