Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Compared to Li Xin's muscles, what Azuki Yuko was more concerned about was the tan lines on Li Xin's body. Because Li Xin's face, neck, the back of his hands and other exposed parts were very dark, Azuki Yuko had always thought that Li Xin was just naturally dark-skinned. Now she realized that Li Xin's dark skin was not natural.

His hands and shoulders were black, and below his neck, only a half-circle of his chest was black. But apart from that, his upper body was mostly white. The only black part of his lower body was his calves. His thighs and soles were white. Because the towel wasn't big enough, Yuko Azuki also saw half of Li Xin's moon, which was also white, even dazzlingly white.

Just as a Black person's teeth appear exceptionally white, the white parts of Li Xin's body also appear exceptionally white, at least in Azuki Yuko's eyes.

In an instant, a scene flashed through Yuko Azuki's mind: under the scorching sun, Li Xin, who originally had fair skin, was wearing only a tank top and shorts, undergoing all kinds of extremely arduous training every day. With each day of exposure to the scorching sun, the fair and tender Li Xin gradually turned into the charcoal-black figure he is now.

Is this black? No, this is the masculine energy built up from countless drops of sweat!

Yuko Azuki was deeply moved.

If Azuki Yuko were to ask Li Xin at this moment, "How did you get so tanned?", Li Xin would readily tell her, "From working in the fields."

Yes, that's right. There wasn't the arduous training that Azuki Yuko had imagined. It was just working in the fields and getting sunburned. The southern sun is much more intense than the northern sun.

Li Xin wasn't the only one startled by Ayumi Yuko's scream; the slightly drunk Ayumi Natsumi also woke up almost immediately after hearing the scream. Although she still felt a little unwell, she couldn't care less about anything else because she was worried about her sister's safety. She rushed towards the source of the scream and saw a naked man standing in front of her sister.

Slightly drunk, Ayatsuki Nazaki paused for a moment, then let out a scream, throwing everything within reach—spoon, pot, bowl, cleaver, cutting board—at Li Xin.

Downstairs, Ai and Hitomi, who had heard the screams through the eavesdropping device, immediately sprang into action. They hooked onto the balcony of Aya's sister's room with a grappling hook, quickly climbed up, and then...

Wow, what sexy tan lines!

Kisugi Ai exclaimed in the same amazement as Azuki Yuko.

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"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I misunderstood!"

Realizing she had misunderstood, Azuki Natsumi kept bowing to Li Xin, who was already dressed. Azuki Yuko watched from the side. Azuki Natsumi caught a glimpse of this and became furious. She pressed Yuko's head down and bowed to Li Xin with her, saying, "Yuko, it's all your fault! Apologize to me now!"

With her head being pressed down, Azuki Yuko reluctantly said, "Mr. Oshin, I'm sorry, I was overreacting and made you..."

Well, what follows is a bit complicated.

"It's nothing, just a misunderstanding."

Li Xin's voice was calm, but as for whether he was really that calm, well, his face was too dark to tell if he was blushing or not.

After accepting Azuki Natsumi and Azuki Yuko's apologies, Li Xin turned his gaze to Kisugi Ai and Kisugi Hitomi, who were looking down.

The two sisters looked away, clearly avoiding Li Xin's gaze. Li Xin ignored them and asked directly, "Ladies, could you explain why you've appeared here?"

Both Kisugi Ai and Kisugi Hitomi wore extremely awkward smiles. Kisugi Hitomi glanced at Kisugi Ai, implying that she should take responsibility for what she started. Kisugi Ai had no choice but to say, "Well, I was worried that Yuko and Natsumi-nee might be attacked by the murderer, so I came here specifically to protect them!"

Of course, she wouldn't mention that besides the murderer, Li Xin was also someone she was wary of.

Li Xin stared at Lai Sheng Ai for a while, his black sunglasses revealing no emotion, like a black hole full of unknowns, causing Lai Sheng Ai to sweat profusely.

This reason is still too far-fetched. Even if it can explain her purpose in being here, how can it explain how they ended up at the Aya-tsuki sisters' house? You know, the Aya-tsuki sisters' house is currently locked!

Li Xin simply said, "Oh, is that so? Well, thank you for your hard work. But I'll protect you here. It's getting late, and your families will worry if you stay here. So please go back now."

They just let them go back without even asking them why they ended up in Aya Yue's house?

Lai Sheng Ai looked up in surprise at Li Xin, whose expression was unfathomable, wondering what he was thinking.

"That's true. Well then, we'll take our leave!"

Hitomi chuckled dryly and pulled Ai Kisei down, urging her to nod quickly.

Since the other party isn't pursuing the matter, what are you planning to do by staying here?

Hitomi Laisheng said to her younger sister with her eyes.

"Okay, then we're leaving..."

Lai Sheng Ai said regretfully, "I never expected that she would do something so chivalrous, but she didn't achieve anything and even made a fool of herself. What a failure!"

The sisters left through the main entrance, and Li Xin went to the balcony and kicked the grappling hook off the balcony.

Of course he knew that the Kisei Ai and Kisei Hitomi sisters were not simple. The people he had heard in the next room earlier were probably them. However, they had nothing to do with his work, and he was not the kind of person who was overly curious or liked to cause trouble. He would not lose sight of his priorities and be distracted by other things when the Ayazuki sisters needed protection. Therefore, after confirming that the two had no ill intentions towards the Ayazuki sisters, letting them leave was the best choice for Li Xin.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day arrived quickly.

On the school playground, Ai Kisugi, who was having a PE class, pulled Yuko Azuki to a corner and whispered, "So, nothing happened last night, right?"

"Yes, with Ashin protecting me, I sleep very peacefully."

Yuko Azuki said with a sweet smile.

What's going on? It's only been one night, and they've already started calling him "Brother Ashin"!

Kiyosa's lips twitched slightly. She suddenly remembered that Azuki Yuko seemed to have a particular fondness for tough guys like those in "Terminator," and judging from Li Xin's naked appearance, he certainly fit Azuki Yuko's taste. Could it be...?

Shaking her head, Ai Kiyoshi continued, "So where is he now?"

Why are you asking this?

Yuko Azuki asked warily.

Even though we're best friends, the person you need to be most wary of is your best friend!

"I'm just concerned about your safety, so of course I want to find out how he protected you. Is that not allowed?"

In the next life, I will love you with a clear conscience and honesty.

Because Ai's reasons for the next life were so compelling, Yuko Azuki could only answer truthfully: "After Shin accompanied me to school, he took my sister to work. As for what happened after that, I don't know. Anyway, he will pick me up after school. We agreed on that!"

Yuko Azuki's high school and Nanako Azuki's company are both heavily guarded, and ordinary people can't get in. There are also many people inside, so Li Xin doesn't need to protect them. Besides, Li Xin, as an outsider, can't get into either of these places either.

Kiyosa Ai opened her mouth, wanting to say something but too embarrassed to speak, but finally couldn't help but ask, "Um, Yuko, last night, really nothing happened?"

A grown man, two women, one mature and dignified, the other innocent and adorable—one night passed, and nothing really happened? She just couldn't believe it!

"Ah, it's not that nothing really happened."

Azuki Yuko said suddenly.

I'll say it, I'll say it!

Lai Sheng Ai was pleased that her judgment was correct, but soon worried that her good friend had been taken advantage of, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Yuko Azuki said happily, "Last night, my sister, Ashin, and I were watching TV together. Our TV broke down, and Ashin fixed it for us. Ashin is so amazing!"

Love in the Next Life: "..."

What the heck is repairing a TV?!

"I'll love you in the next life," she thought to herself.

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Inside the cheap rental room, Li Xin was fiddling with the television. It was a secondhand item that Crocodile had picked up from the market; it was quite old and had broken down after only a few days of use. Li Xin had tried to fix it for several days without success, and he was feeling somewhat discouraged.

In Shibalipu Village, Li Xin is the third most respected person after the village chief and the village party secretary. It's not because he's a good fighter who can chase down ten people from the neighboring village by himself, nor because he's good at farming and can help several other households in the surrounding area after finishing his own few acres of land. Rather, it's because he has a skill that no one else in Shibalipu Village knows: repairing televisions!

The village chief of Shibali Village has a black and white television. Although the village chief's character is a bit... hard to describe, he is truly good to the people in the village. He doesn't keep the television, which he bought with his own money, to himself, but places it in the village's brigade so that everyone can watch it together.

However, this TV was a second-hand item that the village chief had bought. It was quite old and would occasionally malfunction, turning into a static screen. Usually, when this happened, you could make a knife shape with your hand and chop the TV at a certain angle to restore normal operation. But one time, no matter how you chopped the TV, it wouldn't work, which made everyone who couldn't watch TV extremely anxious.

The village of Shibalipu is far from the town where televisions can be repaired. The roads from the village to the town are all narrow and difficult to drive on, so televisions cannot be delivered to the town. The repairmen in the town are also unwilling to come to this remote mountain village of Shibalipu. As a result, the televisions could not be played properly for a long time. That period can be described as the darkest time for Shibalipu.

Seeing the villagers looking worried every day, the village secretary was also anxious. So he used his connections to get a book on repairing electrical appliances and started to study it on his own. After studying for three days, he gave it to Li Xin to study.

Li Xin did not disappoint the village secretary's expectations. He learned from the book and fixed the television in one night. After that, whenever the television had a problem, Li Xin fixed it in no time. As a result, Li Xin was gradually called "the god in charge of televisions in Shibalipu Village" by the people of Shibalipu Village (PS: not really).

Now, the "god in charge of televisions in Shibalipu Village" has encountered a television that he can't fix, and he feels that his whole life has become bleak.

No, I have to find a way to learn more advanced TV repair techniques to restore my reputation as the "TV God of Shibali Village"!

Li Xin secretly swore an oath.

Just then, Crocodile, reeking of alcohol, returned to the rented room. He saw Li Xin fiddling with the broken TV again and couldn't help but laugh, "Xin, fixing this broken TV again? If you ask me, just throw it away, it didn't cost much anyway!"

Li Xin remained silent. This wasn't about money... well, there was a little bit of money involved, but more importantly, it was about his honor as the "God of Television in Eighteen Mile Village"!

However, at this stage, Li Xin really couldn't do anything about this broken TV, so he could only put it down for the time being, stand up and say, "Crocodile, do you also go out drinking during the day?"

Crocodile chuckled and stood on tiptoe to hook his arm around Li Xin's shoulder: "Don't talk about me, Xin, tell me what you did last night? You didn't come back all night!"

"Nothing done."

Li Xin said calmly.

Crocodile didn't believe it. He put his nose close to Li Xin's clothes and smelled them. He closed his eyes and savored the scent carefully: "It's the scent of women, and two of them. One is about twenty-five years old, youthful and beautiful, a career woman. The other is sixteen or seventeen years old, probably still a high school student. Although she's young, she's almost mature... Ah Xin, you're so lucky!"

Li Xin: "..."

You actually have this skill!

Li Xin slapped the crocodile man's hand away from his body, straightened his clothes, and said, "I have serious business to attend to, unlike you, who goes out to have fun every night."

Crocodile Man smiled and shook his head slightly: "How can you call it seeking pleasure? I'm helping you get business. If I hadn't personally built up a relationship with Kao Chieh, would I have been able to get business from him?"

Li Xin's eyes lit up: "Business?"

Crocodile Man shook his head and said, "Not for now."

Li Xin felt disappointed.

Crocodile Man smiled but didn't say anything.

He said Kao Chieh hadn't made any requests, which was a lie to Li Hsin. In reality, he had. Kao Chieh had been subtly trying to get Li Hsin to help him get rid of a few rivals, but Crocodile had politely refused each time.

It's not that Crocodile doesn't love money, but Kaohsiung's enemies are all powerful figures in the local underworld. These people all have guns, and more than one. They also travel with a large group of men. Li Xin is indeed very skilled, but Crocodile doesn't know how effective Li Xin's skills will be when facing guns. He wonders if it will turn into a situation where "the gun is fast from seven steps away, and within seven steps, the gun is both fast and accurate."

Crocodile is indeed a conman, but he's not the kind of person who's heartless and ungrateful. Li Xin spent some time with him and genuinely liked this younger brother, not wanting anything to happen to him.

Of course, it's also possible that he's afraid that if something happens to Li Xin, his cash cow, he won't be able to use his influence anymore.

"How much longer do we have to wait for a killing mission?!"

Li Xin sighed.

While being a bodyguard is a decent job, it's not as lucrative as killing. Bodyguards have to guard people for days, but assassins get paid as soon as they eliminate their targets. For Li Xin, who desperately needs money, this is undoubtedly a more efficient way to make money.

Crocodile patted Li Xin's waist (not his back) and said to Li Xin, "Don't rush, it'll be quick. Tokyo is a small place, but there are many people, and there will be no shortage of people who are hated. It's just that not everyone who is hated is worth a five million yen bounty. Be patient, you'll get your chance eventually."

Five million yen?

Li Xin was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, in Tokyo, a murder case typically costs at least five million yen."

"That's what Crocodile Man said calmly."

"That previous deal..."

"Hey, didn't I already say that the female doctor treated me before? I was too embarrassed to ask for more money. Besides, this is your first business deal. It's a great start, so we should at least make a fair deal. Being a fool doesn't sound good, so I only asked her for two million yen."

Crocodile Man pretended to be nonchalant, but in reality, he was bleeding inside.

He had just arrived in Tokyo and didn't know the going rate for hitmen. When Iwasaki Megumi offered two million yen, he agreed without much thought. Later, after hanging out with Kao Chieh for a while, he learned that the minimum price for a hitman in Tokyo was five million yen. Anything below that was considered disrupting the market. Unfortunately, he and Li Xin inadvertently disrupted the market once.

Li Xin took a deep breath, wishing he could rush to Iwasaki Megumi and make her hand over the remaining three million yen. However, thinking that she was suffering from cancer and would not live much longer, Li Xin's anger dissipated, and he could only sigh and say, "Don't do this again next time, or you'll have to compensate me for the part I lost."

"Don't worry, don't worry, it won't happen again!"

After spending a lot of time with Kaohsiung, Crocodile would occasionally blurt out a phrase from Taiwan when he spoke.

Seeing that Li Xin looked a little depressed, Crocodile thought for a moment and said, "Xin, if you can handle a pistol, then I might... never mind, never mind, a pistol is still too dangerous."

Crocodile Man ended his sentence before he could finish speaking.

Li Xin's heart stirred: "As long as I can handle a pistol, you can help me find a job?"

Crocodile Man chuckled and said, "That's true, but the problem is, where are you going to find a pistol to try it out?"

Japan is a country where guns are prohibited, and guns are not easy to obtain. Li Xin wanted to test his ability to handle a handgun, but he couldn't find a place to do so. He couldn't very well attack a police officer, could he?

Li Xin didn't say anything more, only to Crocodile Lao: "I'll be busy these few days, so don't worry about me if I'm not in the rented room."

"Going to find women again? Take care, have fun!"

Crocodile waved to Li Xin.

For him, Li Xin knew that finding a woman was a good thing. What kind of person would a young man under twenty years old look so gloomy all the time?

Chapter Eleven Maintenance

On their second night at the Aya sisters' house, nothing happened, which should have been a happy thing. But the problem was that on the third day, the Metropolitan Police Department still hadn't caught the murderer, which made the Aya sisters anything but happy.

Of course, Li Xin was even more unhappy.

What was originally thought to be a matter that would be resolved in two or three days turned into two nights with no news of the killer. Despite Azuki Yuko providing details about the killer's appearance and car model, the police still hadn't caught him, leaving Li Xin speechless.