Just then, Ozawa hastily reached out, a wide smile on his face, and stopped him.
"Please, sir, wait a moment. May I ask one more thing? What does President Mitsui want to tell us?"
At this point, Ozawa's curiosity had been thoroughly piqued by Captain Koda. If he didn't get to the bottom of it, he would be itching with impatience!
After all, Captain Koda's demeanor had been so unpredictable just now, making it difficult for him to guess whether it was good or bad.
It was only out of sheer necessity that he asked this question.
Seeing Ozawa's expression, Captain Koda inwardly thought, "The plan is a success."
"Well, it's just you. I wouldn't tell anyone else." Captain Koda didn't reveal his inner satisfaction at all, merely adopting a mysterious air and deliberately putting on a show.
After saying this, Captain Koda intentionally stopped talking and moved his feet to leave.
It seemed as if Captain Koda was striding with long, purposeful steps.
But in reality, that was just how it appeared; his walking speed was not fast at all!
Ozawa was stunned for a moment, then hastily took out several large banknotes from his pocket and hurried to catch up with Captain Koda.
"You've worked hard, you've worked hard."
After catching up to Captain Koda, Ozawa, with a face full of smiles, kept stuffing a not-so-thick wad of banknotes into his hand.
"No, no... how could I possibly accept this..." After a few perfunctory rejections, Captain Koda chuckled and pocketed the large banknotes.
This was his true objective!
If he just killed this group of people, what benefit would he get?
For Captain Koda, even if this group of people was already on the verge of death.
He still had to extort some profit from them!
Otherwise, Captain Koda felt, Ozawa and his group would have died in vain!
Having accepted the money, Koda's face broke into a smile.
He lowered his voice and said casually to Ozawa, "It's like this, President Mitsui sees how loyal you are to Priest Miyamoto, so he thinks you are promising material and wishes to recruit you."
Ozawa understood what Captain Koda was saying.
However, Koda's words were too vague.
Ozawa had no choice but to feign ignorance, asking again.
"I'm sorry, I don't seem to understand what you're saying."
Seeing that Ozawa was so slow to grasp his meaning, Koda grumbled,
"You're so dense! President Mitsui's way of recruiting people is always direct with cold, hard cash. Do I need to be any clearer?"
He had already spelled it out this much; if Ozawa still didn't understand, he'd truly have a problem with his brain.
For Ozawa at this moment, these words carried significant weight!
After all, from Ozawa's perspective, Captain Koda's words were practically explicit, and it was only a step away from saying that President Mitsui was going to give them money!
"Ah... no! No need! Thank you so much! Thank you immensely!"
Upon encountering such good fortune, Ozawa's face lit up with joy. He thanked Captain Koda excitedly and hastily offered him a cigarette.
As for Priest Miyamoto, he had long been forgotten by Ozawa!
"You're welcome. Hurry up and tell everyone to gather," Captain Koda waved at him and said this.
Then, holding the cigarette Ozawa had given him, Koda went back to make preparations.
These so-called preparations were merely to go back and discuss with his subordinates how to kill Ozawa's group in the simplest and quickest way.
At this moment, Ozawa was completely unaware of his impending doom, still smiling joyfully and saluting Captain Koda's retreating back.
"Hai!"
"Everyone! Gather!" After saluting Koda's back, Ozawa loudly called for his subordinates to assemble!
Since the number of people who came was not large to begin with, and many had already been taken away by boat.
Therefore, Ozawa was only left with about a hundred people at this moment.
With fewer people, gathering was an extremely easy task.
It didn't take long for Ozawa's small contingent to assemble.
After counting the numbers, Ozawa nodded with satisfaction and trotted off to find Captain Koda, who was smoking nearby.
"Reporting, sir, all personnel have assembled!" Arriving in front of Captain Koda, Ozawa first gave a military salute and then reported the situation with excitement.
His excitement at this moment was inevitable.
Because he truly believed that Kenji Mitsui would come over shortly and directly distribute money to him and his brothers!
Upon hearing Ozawa's excited words, Captain Koda smiled and inwardly mocked Ozawa as a complete idiot!
To be so eager to die, what else could he be but an idiot?
Of course, Captain Koda would not say these words out loud.
He merely suppressed his inner smugness and nodded contentedly at Ozawa, saying,
"Very good. Wait for me here; I'll go call President Mitsui."
After saying this, Captain Koda glanced at Ozawa's assembled group and then said to Ozawa, "Hey, you go back and wait for me; I'll be back soon."
Without waiting for Ozawa's reply, Captain Koda walked towards the armored vehicles on his own.
This was because Kenji Mitsui was sitting in one of the armored vehicles at that moment.
He had to go and put on a show.
Koda returned to his own group, while Ozawa, full of excitement, hurried back to his brothers.
Seeing Ozawa's incredibly excited demeanor, the soldiers who were already in formation were very curious. As soon as Ozawa returned, they immediately began to ask questions.
"Hey! Ozawa, why is Kenji Mitsui seeing us?"
"Exactly! We are subordinates of Priest Miyamoto. Isn't it inappropriate for Mitsui to summon us now?"
"..."
Upon hearing his subordinates' words, which were filled with a hint of displeasure.
Ozawa stood up straight and hastily lowered his voice to reprimand them.
"Hush! Do not address President Mitsui by his name directly!"
Seeing Ozawa's demeanor, his subordinates naturally did not understand and repeatedly asked why.
In response to his subordinates' questions, Ozawa's face broke into a wide, irrepressible smile.
He chuckled and briefly recounted what had happened earlier.
Then, Ozawa said with great excitement, "To tell you the truth, we are going to get rich today. President Mitsui greatly appreciates us! We are going to make it big!"