"Your caution exceeded everyone's expectations. Even though Minamoto Wakasei discovered your identity, he underestimated your vigilance, and that is why he suffered a loss at your hands," Lu Mingfei said to Herzog. "Even when your plan failed, you still did not abandon your ambition, which is why the Manki-shu had vehicles and weapons prepared so far in advance, appearing at Takamagahara as if by premonition... So, did you not prepare a helicopter for yourself?"
"Helicopters are too high-profile. As you said, with my cautious personality, I would never use anything as conspicuous as a helicopter to travel within Tokyo," Herzog shook his head. "After a tsunami, whether it is the Shieki Eight Families or the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the helicopters available for deployment are bound to be extremely limited. Every dispatched helicopter must be for disaster relief or transporting an important figure. In times like this, even if there is a one-percent chance of being targeted, I would not take the risk, because the winning chips are once again in my hands. By the same token, I could easily get my hands on a flashier, faster luxury car than this one, but in times like this, playing it safe comes first."
Herzog fastened his seatbelt, and the black Volvo sedan darted from an alleyway in the street into a concealed road, while Lu Mingfei sat in the back seat, not saying a word... After Herzog's plans were successively disrupted by Lu Mingfei, this ambitious conspirator …
Chapter 598