The damn wedding was scheduled to take place on a cruise ship belonging to the Yanagi family in two days' time, in the city of Otaru, Hokkaido, in the Ishikari Bay. This information was confirmed by precise intelligence gathered by Macedonia. Upon learning this, Yang Chen decided not to rush into disrupting the plans and instead arrived in Sapporo, Hokkaido, ahead of time to meet up with Jane.
Jane had just finished attending a symposium at the Royal Society of London as a non-speaking participant but one of the final adjudicators. When she received Yang Chen's email requesting help, she felt anxious. However, Yang Chen assured her that everything was under control for the time being. She suppressed her impatience and waited for the academic conference to conclude before traveling to Japan.
