Charlie and Nanako sat in the helicopter. After flying for nearly thirty minutes, they finally approached Nishitama.
Nanako’s ninjas were still tracking Jasmine's whereabouts, while a huge number of police officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department were also nearby searching.
Hence, Charlie found a relatively flat ground on the hilltop, which was five kilometers away from the incident site, for the helicopter to land.
The five-kilometer distance would be able to avoid the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's search temporarily. At the same time, they would not be too far away from Jasmine. 3
After all, her speed would not be too fast, considering the fact that she had to use her legs to walk around the deep mountains. One reckoned that from the time of the accident till now, she could have walked for at most five kilometers.
Therefore, even if Charlie’s helicopter was unlucky and landed in the completely opposite direction, he and Jasmine’s furthest distance between each other, calculated in a straight line, would not be more than ten kilometers. 3
In this harsh weather, Charlie stood on top of a huge
rock at the hilltop at the height of about two thousand meters from the ground. He was very worried.
The Rejuvenating Pill given to Jasmine by him could only save her once, not twice. If she met the mobsters or ran into any danger, Charlie would not be able to do anything.
Looking at Charlie's worried expression, Nanako, who was beside him, immediately took out her handphone. She wanted to call her ninjas to ask for updates.
Right then, her handphone happened to vibrate. It was the leader of the ninjas who had contacted her.
Nanako hastily answered the call and asked, "What's the situation? Have you all found Ms. Moore’s whereabouts?"
The other party promptly replied, "Miss, we have indeed found Ms. Moore's whereabouts. She is at the incident site, about four kilometers in the northeast direction in the valley. The closest we were to her was about five hundred meters in a straight line. However, I found that Ms. Moore was in good condition. So, we didn't alert her. Due to the absence of signals on the hilltop, I climbed to the hillside to make a call to consult you. The others are secretly following and protecting her.” 3
Nanako sighed with relief and blurted out, "That's good!" 1
At that point, Charlie hurriedly asked, "Has Jasmine been found?" 1
Nodding quickly, Nanako answered, "Charlie-kun! My men have found Ms. Moore. She's now walking in the northeast direction. Her condition looks good. Even though my men are about five to six hundred kilometers away from her, they haven’t alerted her yet as they wanted to consult me first on the next course o f action. So, in your opinion, what should we do?" s
Once Charlie heard this, the rock in his heart instantly dropped to the ground.
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