Compared to Tachibana Masamune, Uesugi Yue's problem was obviously bigger, so as soon as Minamoto Chitose got off the plane, she went straight to where Uesugi Yue was.
The ramen stall that she had been looking for for three years was located on an old street, which was the back door of a school. Besides this ramen stall, there were some other vendors nearby.
When Yuan Zhinv came over, it was already very late. The school curfew had arrived and many vendors had closed their stalls, so there were only a few people on the entire street.
On the dim street, the dim light from the ramen stall illuminated a small area around it, and an old master with a headscarf on his head was wiping the table diligently.
Yuan Zhinv walked towards the old man. The old man noticed someone approaching but did not look up. He just asked enthusiastically: "Would you like a bowl of ramen? Hot ramen is a great midnight snack."
"it is good."
The girl's voice was very soft. Uesugi Yue looked up in confusion, but was stunned when he saw the young girl's appearance.
This is undoubtedly a very beautiful girl, but her expression is a little cold, and her beautiful eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, as if she has a lot of things hidden in her heart, and there is a bit of fatigue between her brows that cannot be concealed.
Although she looked very young, she was very different from other female students in school. The difference came from her temperament.
She clearly did nothing but stood there, yet she reminded people of a drawn knife. The bloody and sharpness of a knife that came out of a sea of blood and corpses could not be hidden.
This was no ordinary guest.
The old man frowned unconsciously, and his tone became colder: "Sorry, we are closed, please leave."
Yuan Zhinv did not move: "But I'm a little hungry."
"I just came back from the United States and haven't eaten for almost the whole day."
There was no change in her tone, and she didn't sound at all soft as she should when asking for pity. It was as if she was simply discussing the matter at hand.
Uesugi Yue knew that he seemed to be targeted recently. He should stay away from such dangerous elements without hesitation to ensure that he would not fall into that black vortex.
What if it was a huge conspiracy? He just wanted to save his face. He had retired and had nothing to do with the damn underworld. Even if Japan was to be destroyed tomorrow, it would have nothing to do with him. It would be best if he could escape to France before Japan was destroyed.
Why should he sacrifice for Japan? He had already sacrificed for this country once. He was only half Japanese and should have lived a peaceful life in France, but he was deceived and came to Japan, and finally lost everything.
He had been deceived once by those damn Japanese with sweet lies, and now these people wanted to deceive him a second time, and even used the ridiculous excuse of children.
It was obvious that he had not left any bloodline, and this cursed bloodline should have been completely cut off in his generation. However, those people actually said that he had children, three in total. I don't know who he was trying to fool with such a lame lie.
But he didn't know if it was because it was too late at night and the girl looked very lonely, or maybe it was because the tiredness between the girl's eyebrows didn't seem fake, but Uesugi Yue couldn't say the cold words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He sighed deeply, threw the towel over his shoulders, picked up the noodles at hand and threw them into the boiling water.
"Just this once, never happen again."
In the dark and silent night, only the gurgling sound of boiling water was heard. Yuan Zhinu sat in this shabby shed, looking at the long dark street outside.
After a while, the old chef brought a bowl of hot noodles and placed it in front of her. His tone was not very friendly: "Leave quickly after eating. Girls should not go out too late at night alone."
Yuan Zhinu said "hmm" and asked casually, "Master, when do you close the stall?"
Master Yue looked at her hesitantly, as if thinking about the meaning of this sentence, but in the end he did not see anything unusual, and it seemed that the girl was just asking casually.
He thought about it and felt that it was not good to be visited like this all the time, so he simply sat opposite the girl and answered her question irrelevantly: "I don't care who you are or how you know me, don't waste your time on me."
"I read your letter, but what does it have to do with me? I'm just a ramen seller. If Japan is destroyed, I'll go sell ramen somewhere else."
"To tell you the truth, I've been thinking about going to France recently."
His tone was very harsh, but the girl seemed not to hear his ill intentions. She ate her noodles in small bites and replied, "France is pretty good."
"My brother has always wanted to go to France to sell sunscreen. You two can go together, one selling ramen and the other selling sunscreen."
Shang Shan Yue felt that he could not understand this girl anymore, and asked hesitantly: "What do you want to do?"
"I'm hungry. Let's have a midnight snack." said the girl.
Uesugi Yue sighed heavily. He seemed to be completely at a loss. He spoke helplessly, as if he was talking to Genji, or to himself: "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but everything I tried to do in my life was wrong."
"When I was young, I wanted to live a playboy life and I wanted to make a big career, but I failed and I was very wrong. Now I just want to live a peaceful life and grab a little warmth before I die."
"I am old and dying. If possible, I hope to go to France before I die. It would be even better if I could die there."
"So, I'm not interested in your affairs, and please let me go, okay? I'm just an ordinary person, and I just want to be an ordinary person."
His tone was extremely serious and helpless, just like those tired men who were scolded by their boss at work, complained about their incompetence by their wives when they got home, their sons were bullied at school, and their daughters hooked up with bad boys but they were helpless to do anything about it.
After finishing her last mouthful of noodles, Yuan Zhinu took out some change from her pocket and put it on the table. She did not look at the man again, but just said softly, "I understand."
"I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm afraid Japan won't be very peaceful from now on. If possible, you should go to France as soon as possible."
After saying that, the girl smiled at him. It was a very shallow smile, just slightly pulling the corners of her mouth, but it was this small movement that made her somewhat cold and pale face look lively.
“Plus, the ramen is delicious.”
She turned and left, leaving only the girl's dark shadow on the dim street, stretched out by the dim light, lonely and stubborn.
Chapter 40: Stubborn Child
"And then you left?"
Sakurai Kogure stood in the dark room, looking at Minamoto Chitose who was sitting in front of the window with great surprise.
The only light in the whole room was from that window, with dim street light shining in. However, the light was too dim to make out the expression on the girl's face. Only the glass of liquor in her hand reflected a shimmering light.
"Aren't you going to give him more advice? Or are you just going to throw yourself on him and hug his thighs and cry or something?"
Gen Chikō didn't say anything. She was too lazy to even turn around and talk to Sakurai Kogure.
Seeing this, Sakurai Kogure smiled bitterly, and his joking tone became more serious: "In fact, I think that if you just stand in front of him without saying a word and shed a few tears, he should soften his heart."
"Isn't this person an important part of our plan? Wouldn't it be a pity to give up like this?"
"Everyone has the right to choose to be cowardly."
Yuan Zhinu still didn't turn around, and said softly: "No one owes anyone anything. If he doesn't want to, forget it."
Sakurai Kogure was still somewhat unwilling to accept the fact. She felt that it was a very stupid thing to give up when such a great help was right there because of those messy reasons.
She wanted to continue persuading her, but after seeing the look on Genji's face, she couldn't say the words anymore.
The girl's back was straight, like a sword drawn from its sheath. She just sat there, lonely and stubborn, like a dead child who would not turn back until she hit the wall.
No, it should be the kind of person who will keep going even if he hits the wall. If you want to make such a person bow his head, the only way is probably to chop off her head.
It was a really foolish insistence, but Sakurai Kogure knew what kind of life Minamoto Chitose had lived for the past three years. If she hadn't maintained such persistence, she would have been corrupted by the king's ghoul long ago.
The price of such persistence is that you become as stubborn as a donkey when you need to give in.
Facing a guy like this, it's wishful thinking to persuade her to change her mind, but... just because she refuses to give in doesn't mean that others can't go for her.
Sometimes this kind of stubborn child is really pitiful, especially when you see her hitting her head and bleeding but still being stubborn and refusing to bow her head. No parent would be able to bear to do nothing about it.
Sakurai Kogure had an idea in mind, but said sourly: "Okay, okay, you are the queen and you rule the world, you don't need help from others at all."
"Then what are your plans, Your Majesty? I spent a lot of money to hack your flight record, and now no one knows you've returned to Japan."
"General Wang probably didn't expect that you went through so much trouble to leave, and you came back in such a short time. Now is the time when he is least prepared."
"I want to go to the main family." Genji turned to look at Sakurai Kogure and thought, "Is there any way to sneak in without being discovered?"
"There are some."
Sakurai Kogure blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "The Japanese underworld has been in chaos recently. In order to check and balance them, the main family is now gathering those underworld bosses every day to listen to some kind of Yakuza culture and loyalty talk."
"There's a lot of personnel turnover, so it's not hard to get in. But what do you want to do? Gather information? During this kind of chaos, their defenses should be pretty strict."
"No, I just want to kill a few of their pet snakes." Yuan Zhinv picked up the liquor beside her and drank it all, with a faint smile on her face: "I think the magnanimous Mr. Tachibana will not be stingy."
……
On the same day, Genji Heavy Industries.
The office workers passing by were looking curiously at a corner of the hall, where dozens of people were standing. Their hair was dyed in various colors and their bodies were covered with large, strange tattoos.
There are naked women, evil ghosts, and all kinds of ugly monsters.
The oldest among this group of people looks no more than middle-aged, and the youngest doesn't even look like an adult.
Guys like this can be seen everywhere in the streets of Japan. If they pick up a baseball bat, all ordinary people around them will take a detour when they see them, and while doing so, they will show looks of fear and contempt.
To put it nicely, they are gangsters; to put it bluntly, they are a group of thugs who collect protection fees.
But at this moment, these guys who are considered to be famous in the underworld, are wearing ill-fitting formal clothes and even sitting there a little stiffly, as if they are waiting for something.
"Boss, do you think the family is looking for us today because they have something important to announce?"
"Be quiet! The family must have their reasons for doing this. We just need to wait!"
"Boss Black Dog is right. Now is the time when the family needs us. We must not let the family down!"
"Ah, Boss No Asakawa, you're here too? Nice to meet you!"
The two guys who looked like the leaders enthusiastically shook hands and began to talk in a low but passionate voice about their absolute loyalty to the family, as if they wanted to chop off a finger on the spot to show their loyalty.
All the younger brothers they brought with them had excited faces, except for an inconspicuous thin figure in the corner who yawned expressionlessly.
Genji was always hiding in the shadows, with her head slightly lowered. Her long hair covered her eyes, making it impossible for people to see her face. Her lack of presence would cause people to subconsciously ignore her.
It was as if he was just the most cowardly guy among many henchmen and not worthy of any attention.
Yuan Zhinv has studied a very professional stealth course. The teacher who taught her this course was a ninja who could approach any target silently.
Every time he approaches Minamoto no Chitose without her noticing, she will be pierced through the body by the ninja sword. The king will use this method to force her to learn and grow quickly.
Genjitsu could no longer remember how many times she had been stabbed. She only remembered that she finally learned the skill, and then chopped the king into pieces and gave it to the old ninja as a gift.
She still remembered the old ninja's distorted expression at that time, and it made her happy every time she thought of it.
And this skill is indeed effective, allowing her to have the face of a young master and successfully blend in.
But the waiting process was too boring. Just before Yuan Zhinv was about to completely lose her patience, a man appeared. He was wearing the family's uniform black windbreaker. He didn't say anything, but just gestured to everyone to follow him.
Everyone hurried to catch up. They followed this strange man silently through Genji Heavy Industries. Finally, the man brought them to a glass door.
Under everyone's gaze, the man whispered to the person in the glass door, "Young Master, now that the person is here, should we take him directly to the shrine?"
Through the translucent glass, you can vaguely see a handsome man and a beautiful girl in red clothes inside. They each hold a game console and seem to be playing games.
This bizarre scene made the gangsters look at each other in bewilderment, but no one dared to make a sound.
After a long time, a casual "hmm" came from the man in the room.
The man in black saluted respectfully upon hearing this, and then led everyone away. However, no one noticed that there was a pair of dark eyes at the end of the team, staring coldly at the people in the door.
Yuan Zhisheng put down the game console as if he had noticed something, and subconsciously turned his head to look outside, but saw nothing. The door was empty, with no one there.
He frowned in some confusion. He had clearly felt someone staring at him just now. Could it be an illusion?
He suddenly felt uneasy, and before he could think about it, someone gently pulled his sleeve.
Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head and saw the beautiful girl in front of him looking at him with her head tilted. On the small notebook in her hand was written: Brother, do you want to continue playing?
Yuan Zhisheng sighed helplessly, reached out and touched the girl's soft hair, and coaxed her softly: "Eri, be good, brother has something to do."
"Wait here for a while. I'll have someone pick you up. Don't run around anymore, okay?"
The girl seemed to be thinking about the meaning of these words. After a while, she slowly nodded, her beautiful dark red eyes full of childishness.
Chapter 41 Calling Sister
The so-called shrine is just an ancient-looking house deep in Genji Heavy Industries. There are incense coils hanging on the eaves and red bells hanging on the surrounding walls. It looks very old.
Tachibana Masamune, wearing a kimono, stood under the bell, his back to everyone. In front of him hung two large ink-splashed characters: the word "justice" with great dignity.
Noticing the crowd coming, he did not turn around, but spoke in a hoarse voice that sounded a little old: "Gentlemen, do you know what justice is?"
This is the patriarch of the Eight Sheqi Families and the leader of all the underworld. The moment everyone sees him, their eyes become bright, as if their blood is burning.
But they were so focused that they didn't notice the people at the end of the line gradually disappearing.
Genjitsu was too lazy to listen to the old man's nonsense. When she saw Tachibana Masamune, she couldn't help but feel itchy. She wanted to pull out the hidden dagger and hit him twice, just like she did when she chopped off the king's head.
But now is obviously not a good time. In order to avoid the tragedy like in the end, Gen Chinuo can only give up temporarily. She retreats quietly until she finally blends completely into the darkness.
Snakes are really a good word spirit. Genji Chitose released countless tiny snakes, and the extensive map of Genji Heavy Industries instantly appeared in her mind. She could clearly see where there were people and where there were obstacles.
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