Chapter 96 Jade Syndrome

At Binhai Airport, a plane bound for Japan was parked on the tarmac, and passengers were boarding in an orderly fashion.

Jiang Chen's seat was a business class one arranged by the 749 Bureau, providing quite a spacious area.

The seat next to him had been adjusted through negotiations by the 749 Bureau, so the person originally scheduled for that seat had been moved elsewhere.

Thus, Jiang Chen occupied two spacious seats all by himself.

A small indulgence of power, nothing more.

Just then, when the announcement sounded in the waiting hall, the passengers preparing to board picked up their luggage and began to board the plane in an orderly manner.

There were few people in first class, and some seats were separated by partitions or curtains. When two young, pretty girls excitedly thought they were the first passengers to run into first class...

They discovered that in front of them, a figure was already sitting in a seat, eyes closed, resting.

Behind Jiang Chen sat a young man with a crew cut who looked slightly excited and nervous.

"Hey, Xiaojiao, look, someone is faster than us!"

Xiaojiao looked over, but the first thing she saw wasn't the man, but a mysterious iron sword placed diagonally beside his seat.

"How could someone be allowed to bring a controlled weapon onto a plane!"

"That's so lacking in class, I'm going to report him to the flight attendants!"

"Are you stupid? Anyone who can bring a controlled weapon onto a plane must have connections!"

Xiaojiao nodded at this and sat in her seat.

After a while, all the passengers were on board, and after the flight attendants gave a reminder, the plane began to taxi on the runway.

A short while later, accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness and palpitations, the plane slowly lifted off the ground.

The flight attendants began to kindly ask the passengers what they needed; the food and drinks in first class were more sumptuous.

But those flight attendants only occasionally glanced curiously at Jiang Chen's side and did not take the initiative to speak to him.

Before this flight took off, their superiors had urged them that unless this person needed something, they should not disturb him during the flight.

Although they didn't know exactly what his background was that could make the flight leadership give such personal instructions, these flight attendants were all observant.

If Jiang Chen had shown interest in them, some of them wouldn't have minded offering themselves.

But now that Jiang Chen was resting with his eyes closed, looking completely like he didn't want to talk, these flight attendants dared not disturb him.

However, while the flight attendants didn't disturb him, someone else did.

Not far behind Jiang Chen, two girls were chatting very loudly.

They were both university students who had saved up money from working during several winter and summer vacations, usually living frugally, just to go on a trip to Japan.

In their daily lives, they were loyal fans of Japanese anime and otaku culture, often going to various manga exhibitions to cosplay.

"Xiaojiao, just thinking about stepping onto Japanese soil makes me so excited!"

"Yeah, I've been studying Japanese for so long just so that one day I can join the Japanese nationality and become Japanese!"

"The quality of Japanese people is truly high. If they do something wrong, they will definitely say 'Sumimasen'~ Unlike the Chinese..."

"Yeah, yeah!"

"..."

After listening for a while, Jia He, who was sitting behind Jiang Chen, couldn't take it anymore.

This time, after the 749 Bureau communicated with their superiors, although they agreed to let Jiang Chen go to Japan alone, they still had Jia He accompany him.

For one thing, Jia He was both a member of the 749 Bureau and a registered Disciple of the Maoshan Sect, so his status was acceptable. Secondly, he was there to keep an eye on Jiang Chen so he wouldn't do anything excessive.

At critical moments, he could also reveal his 749 Bureau identity to ensure a safe exit.

At this moment, listening to the two girls talking behind him, Jia He couldn't stand it any longer.

He couldn't help but turn around and retort: "Even if you like anime, there's no need to join the Japanese nationality and become Japanese, let alone slander your own country!"

The two girls were chatting excitedly when they were suddenly interrupted by someone, and their faces were full of displeasure.

Especially when they saw that the person lecturing them was a boy who looked about their age.

Whether it was because of shame or some other reason, their anger flared up instantly.

"Who are you? We're talking, what does it have to do with you?"

"And you were eavesdropping on us, are you trying to peep or take secret photos? Great, I've caught you, you voyeur, you pervert!"

"Is there any justice or law left? You can even get secretly photographed on a plane; can women's safety still be guaranteed?"

"Xiaojiao, I feel like I'm going to get depression. As expected, Chinese people have no class; such voyeurism doesn't exist in Japan."

"Yellow-skinned Chinese are just yellow-skinned Chinese, all they know is moral kidnapping. My parents are Chinese, I was born in China, that doesn't mean I am Chinese, understand? You hick!"

"Exactly, why can't you just admit your own shortcomings? Look at our Japan, if there are any shortcomings, they know how to learn and improve, unlike Chinese people, hmph, all they know is moral kidnapping!"

"..."

The two of them were talking back and forth, quickly attracting the attention of many people.

The flight attendants hurriedly persuaded some people who had unbuckled their seatbelts and left their seats to watch the commotion to go back.

Jia He was now red-faced, trembling with anger, but he was not good with words and didn't know how to refute them.

On the other side were two women, and he was too embarrassed to use force.

When the two women saw Jia He red-faced and at a loss for what to do, they became even more smug.

Especially when seeing Jia He trembling with anger, the girl named Xiaojiao exaggeratedly shrank her arms and said "scared": "You, you still want to hit someone, right? Even if you hit me, it will only prove how unbearable you yellow-skinned Chinese are!"

And the other girl was even smarter; she knew how to use public opinion to create momentum.

She immediately took out her phone and started filming, saying as she filmed: "Everyone look, the two of us were just taking a plane and encountered a perverted voyeur, and after being discovered, he even used moral kidnapping on us."

"He couldn't win the argument, had no reason, and he actually started hitting people directly. Look, my friend has such a big slap mark on her face, he hit her!"

Saying this, the girl even shoved her phone toward the back of Xiaojiao's head and filmed intensely.

And Xiaojiao timely showed a sobbing sound of pain and fear.

After filming, Xiaojiao smiled triumphantly at Jia He: "Hit me if you dare, hit me if you dare! If you dare to hit me, I'll have you doxxed on the internet the next day!"

"That's right, if you dare to make a move, we'll get recommended for postgraduate studies when we get back!"

"Exactly, last time someone surnamed Xiao provoked our Senior Sister Yang, and then that person surnamed Xiao ended up with a broken family, while Senior Sister Yang was fine and even got recommended for postgraduate studies!"

Just as Jia He didn't know what to do, Jiang Chen, who was sitting in the front row, moved.

Clang!

A silver light flashed throughout the cabin.

Slap! Slap!

Xiaojiao subconsciously closed her eyes, and the next second she felt a burning pain on her left cheek, and a few teeth were spat out from her mouth.

Immediately after, her right cheek also felt an even more intense pain, and a few more molars were slapped out.

"Ah!"

A scream that pierced the eardrums rang out, and Xiaojiao covered her burning face in disbelief.

"Jun, Junior Martial Uncle?"

Ever since he learned about the relationship between Jiang Chen and Maoshan, especially knowing that Jiang Chen's seniority might be his Grandmaster, or even his Grandmaster's ancestor, Jia He didn't know how to address Jiang Chen.

Looking at Jiang Chen's young face, Jia He couldn't bring himself to say it.

In the end, he just called him Junior Martial Uncle; this was still a bit more acceptable. Anyway, even if the title needed to be changed later, it would have to wait until Jiang Chen's seniority was confirmed.

(Don't feel this is surreal; reality is even more abstract)