Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1544 1516. Interweaving of Networks

"So how do you feel about sparring with them?"

Lan Endo asked again, but he actually already had a guess in his mind.

really.

"Ah~" Wuming covered his forehead and stretched out his voice, showing his madness, "They looked at my naginata sickle moves. Each one of them is more skilled than me!"

"It's clearly a technique that has been lost among the Chuye Ya clan, yet they're still saying things like 'too superficial'!"

"These guys... I doubt if they even know the lost secrets of the naginata sickle, [Transformation Raging Waves] and [Transformation Prairie Fire]? What are they doing?!"

Lan En looked at Wu Ming's confused expression.

In fact, the opponent has already demonstrated his familiarity with the naginata sickle moves to this extent. Even if Wuming has a simple character, he can actually guess the general idea.

At this moment, he still insists on winning five consecutive games against those old warriors, which is nothing more than his desire to win and his persistence to save face.

Immediately, Lan En wisely shut his mouth.

Those old warriors wanted to pass on their naginata and sickle skills, the techniques that Chuye Yashu had once passed down intact, to Wuming, and Wuming seemed to be enjoying it. What else could he say?

When you are busy, the day goes by quickly.

Night gradually enveloped Lushan City.

The black sky was gradually suppressing the last trace of sunset redness in the sky. The lights in the castle tower had begun to be lit one after another.

In Lan En's room, Fujiyoshiro was kneeling on the side with a worried look on his face.

Lan En used his big hand to casually and effortlessly pour two cups of tea and gave one to Fujiyoshiro.

"Master Dao San has roasted tea here, not matcha powder. Luckily I found it, otherwise it would have gotten moldy if left for a while longer."

As he spoke, Lan En, who was sitting casually cross-legged on the tatami, pushed the teacup towards Fujikichiro.

How could Fujiyoshiro, who is very versed in the ways of the world, ignore his benefactor?

Immediately, his knees slid over the tatami, not letting Lan En's hand push too far, and he carefully picked up the teacup with both hands.

Then he returned to his original position holding the teacup.

"Thank you very much! Ah~ As expected! I also prefer to brew the tea directly after roasting it. The long aftertaste needs time to settle!"

After Fujiyoshiro took a sip from the teacup, his face had an expression that could be described as 'happy'.

Lan En raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips to look at him: ".I just want to have a little taste in my mouth when I quench my thirst."

"Simple!" Fujikichiro opened his mouth almost seamlessly following Lan En's words, "Precisely because of simplicity! This is the true meaning of tea frying!"

"But you are not simple at all now, pretending to know everything."

"Uh." Toukichiro scratched his head, and an embarrassed, bitter smile appeared on his face, which was not good-looking at all, but it was hard to create a sense of distance. "Is it so obvious, Lord Lan En?"

"Not only is it obvious that you don't understand tea," Lan En also took a sip of the cup in his hand and said without looking up, "but also your frustration of trying so hard but getting nothing accomplished is also obvious, Toukichirou."

"I, I am extremely ashamed!"

Putting the clay teacup aside, Fujiyoshiro bowed down and made a sitting position.

The sound was muffled by the bowing head.

"Don't give up your position so easily, Fujikichiro." Lan En spoke calmly about an unimportant topic. "You are only doing a small matter now, but you give up your position so easily. If you really mess up something big in the future, how will you apologize?"

"Then, then I can only die."

"Then you better tell me what happened before you die."

".yes."

Fujiyoshiro got up obediently and sat down again properly.

The dim candlelight flickered, and the shadow cast by the screen with the beast painting on it swayed along with it.

Lan's animal eyes flickered in the swaying shadows.

Fujiyoshiro felt uneasy.

It’s not that he was afraid. After these days of contact, he was no longer afraid of Lan En’s appearance, and was even attracted by his extraordinary grace.

He just said that I don't need to call myself a "little man" anymore, even in front of him.
"Xiao Bu." As if a sigh of relief had been released from his chest, Toukichiro's shoulders slumped, "I was unable to obtain even a verbal commitment from any of those people."

The face that was so carefree and smiling just now now revealed real bitterness.

"I came to visit them and wanted to ask them to meet you privately before you formally meet with the lords in the city, but..."

No matter in ancient or modern times, in China or abroad, the truly important events have always been decided in a small circle before they are put on the table.

Most of the complicated and trivial meetings and righteous debates on the surface are just going through the process, or making a final effort at the last minute.

For example, when the acting city lord takes office, it stands to reason that all the bureaucrats and family representatives in charge of the city should come together to pay their respects in a formal setting.

After meeting with the city lord, everyone finally met each other and confirmed their identities and responsibilities.

The next step was to naturally start managing and rectifying many things in the city.

Before the formal meeting, it is self-evident that one should first meet the city lord in private. However, Fujikichiro went to invite him personally but did not even get a reply. Lan En sipped his teacup and showed a beautiful smile.

"But! Sir!" Fujikichiro was very resilient at this time, and he was trying to muster up his energy. "The main problem is that it happened so suddenly! The adults all said that the more sudden it is, the more we have to follow the rules!"

"As long as you complete the formal meeting with them, the adults will naturally..."

The more he spoke, the more Fujiyoshiro believed in what he said, and even his originally depressed mood became a little more excited.

People with strong inner strength can encourage themselves and never feel depressed or discouraged.

But sometimes, this encouragement seems a bit like self-deception.

But Lan En ruthlessly burst Fujikichiro's excited bubble.

"Afterwards, they will naturally join forces to boycott and embarrass me after the formal and amicable meeting."

The demon hunter was calm, as if he was narrating a story that had already happened and had nothing to do with him.

And it was this calm tone that made Fujikichiro's voice completely silent.

Lan En looked at Fujikichiro without any blame, nor any smug look of "See, I told you so."

He simply took out a folded paper and pushed it towards him across the tatami.

The paper made a slight friction sound against the tatami, and finally stopped in front of Toukichiro's knees.

"My Lord, this is..."

Fujikichiro muttered in confusion at first, then picked up the folded paper and unfolded it with the rustling sound of papers.

"This is.!"

When the contents of the memorial came into view, the emotion in Fujiyoshiro's words suddenly turned into shock!
It was as if something that challenged his original narrow thinking and poor knowledge was drilling into his brain through his eyes!

"How old are you, Toukichirou?"

Lan En seemed not to notice the other party's shock and asked an irrelevant question casually.

"Sir, I am going to be twenty-five this year."

Fujiyoshiro spoke haltingly, which was very different from his usual fluent speech, and his eyes were always fixed on the document in his hand.

It was as if he had forgotten to respect Lan En.

Lan En didn't care, but nodded with interest.

Fujikichiro's age was much older than normal in history. But it was normal. According to the date he saw in the archives, if it was calculated according to normal history, no one would believe that Fujikichiro's face was 18 years old.
"Then you are a little older than me." Lan En raised the hand holding the teacup towards him. "But... don't get me wrong, I don't mean to belittle you. It's just that the depth of experience and the breadth of knowledge are not rigidly related to age."

"You haven't seen enough, Toukichirou."

"This memorial is a gift to you. What do you think? I think you have great potential. You may become a high-ranking official in the future."

"I am here, I am here." Fujiyoshiro was almost incoherent at this time, and his hand holding the paper was almost shaking, as if he didn't want to let go, but was afraid of damaging this precious thing.

"I've learned a lot! I'm so grateful for the insights you've opened up for me! Thank you so much!"

Fujiyoshiro looked at the eyes of Zhezi in his hand, and his eye sockets almost became round!
This is the supreme secret technique to regulate one's connections and coordinate talents!

On that memorial, each individual name was marked out in the form of a network of relationships, and what linked each individual name was their family name, their position, the responsibilities and power of the position, the level of responsibilities, and their connections.
Just one-fifth of the names listed here cover the people that Fujiyoshiro visited during the whole day.

He hadn't even asked about the remaining four-fifths!

After all, if you want to find out about someone, you have to know that such a person exists before you can find a way to find out about him, right?
As a newcomer, Fujiyoshiro undoubtedly had no idea who the real key to the operation of this city were.

"I see. I see! Lord Hanara is from the Okuyama family, but his position is the director of engineering, and his department boss is a distant uncle of the Okuyama family."

"But the key to his duties is actually in the hands of another department, the Kanjo Bugyo? And Lord Hanara doesn't get along well with his family, which means that the one who can really influence Lord Hanara is actually Lord Tsuchishiro, the chief Kanjo Bugyo!"

"And Lord Toshiro is."

Fujiyoshiro murmured excitedly, like a little child who had discovered a huge secret but was afraid to announce it loudly, and he laughed as he spoke.

Unable to suppress laughter.

Less than a minute had passed since Lan En gave him the memorial, and Fujiyoshiro had already sorted out the cause and effect from a line of relationship and found out the truth behind the adult who had been the coldest to him during the day!

If he had this understanding during the day, he would probably be the VIP guest of that adult whenever he went to a place!

Not to mention asking them to come and visit the acting city lord in private.

There is no problem at all even if we let them kneel in front of the door and wait to be summoned!

Such power. Such power that can see through the intersection of human connections and human hearts!

Is this the legendary [Kirin King]? !
Fujiyoshiro raised his head, staring at Lan En with blazing eyes.

And Lord Lan En... No! My Lord! Did he spend a whole day to see the hearts and connections of the people in this city and write this memorial?

The world belongs to everyone in the world! And those who can control the human connections formed by the interweaving of human hearts, even if he doesn't want to, or even disdains it, it is inevitable. [Everyone in the world]!
Swords and knives are power, but social interaction and management are also forces that cannot be ignored!

I, Fujiyoshiro, was born for this day!

(End of this chapter)