Chapter 17: An Unforgettable Morning
The shrine was quiet.
The night wind swept through the snow in the courtyard, and the dim lights flickered in the hut, and Zuo stood in the snow, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and knocked on the door.
"Please come in. A woman's voice came from inside the door.
The woman's name is Yu, and she belongs to the Usami family. No one knows what her previous name was, only that she had another name - phoenix tail.
As the founder of [Nine-Tails], this woman also stood on top of the world, swept away all the underground forces in Japan back then, and did not disappear from the public's sight until she was attached to the Usami family.
As for the name Nine-Tails, it comes from Japanese mythology and legend, according to legend, its demon is a nine-tailed fox, a monster that specializes in transforming into a peerless beauty to confuse the king. With this legend as a foreshadowing, in the eyes of the world, the image of the phoenix tail is the kind of peerless beauty in a thousand forms, but how many people in the world have really seen her face?
Sao pushed open the door, and the room was dimly lit, and the walls were filled with bookshelves. Yoo kneels on the tatami mat, flipping through the book in his hand, and the fire on the table flickers on and off.
"Are they back?" Yu said softly, without looking up, and continued to flip through the book in his hand. "Relax, Emmi, you don't have to be so reserved every time you see me. ”
Emi is her real name, and Yuu always calls them by her real name.
"Okay, okay...... It's Nanako who has returned, and they are waiting for you in the main hall. ”
After a few seconds, Yutsu closed the book, probably finished reading the page, and stood up, his white kimono unfolded.
"Let's go, Miss?"
"Yes, yes, it's all in the main hall. ”
"Next time there is such a thing, remember to call me first, then Miss. ”
Sao closed the wooden door, lowered his head and followed Yuu, and said, "Miss has been waiting in the lobby since the morning......"
"Well, they will soon be the heads of the house...... Why is this still the case?"
The sky is foggy and the moon is not visible, but Tokyo is like this, it is sunny in the morning, but it snows in the evening. Coming to the main hall, there were many people in the hall, but it was very quiet, the red-haired girl knelt in the center, and at some point, there was a mask on Yuu's face, which was the image of the evil ghost in ukiyo-e.
Quickly walked around the crowd, came behind the girl, and whispered, "Miss, I'm late." ”
The girl shook her head and did not speak, she looked at the crowd in front of her and asked, "Did you find him?"
Nanako, who was wearing a night suit, stepped forward and replied, "Miss, according to your orders, we have already investigated, but it shouldn't be the person you said......"
"Nanako, it seems like you haven't been punished for a long time......," Yuu said, who was standing there.
Nanako hurriedly knelt down, bowed her head and said, "No, Sister You, we really went to investigate! There is indeed a teenager, but the other party, the other party...... Very vulnerable, one punch was knocked off......"
"You killed someone?"
With the sudden increase in the tone, the next moment, the air in the room instantly froze, like viscous mercury, Nanako and the Thai strong man behind him were overturned in an instant.
The air was pumped out of the lungs, and everyone was lying on the ground writhing wildly, until the red-haired girl who was sitting raised her hand, Yusei nodded slightly, and the next second, Nanako suddenly took a sharp breath, like a fish that had been reborn, greedily inhaling oxygen in the seawater.
"Thank you, thank you...... Big...... Miss ......"
"Do you see him clearly?" asked the girl softly.
One of the strong men replied: "Look, see clearly, it's a very, very ordinary person, very thin...... "I was not proficient in Japanese, and coupled with the urgent murderous aura around him, the strong man basically lost his ability to speak.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"Good, good young lady......"
For the next fifteen minutes, several strong men organized their language with each other, and finally told what was happening in the toilet, and the girl sat there, silent, as if in thought.
After a long time, she said, "You go back first, Sister You, do you have anything to do after that?" I want to tell you something. ”
"No, it's all up to the eldest lady's arrangement. ”
Sao, who was waiting outside the house, hurriedly stepped forward and helped Nanako on the ground, and when everyone pushed out of the main hall, Sao gently closed the wooden door again, helped Nanako out for dozens of meters, and said, "You're not dead yet, are you?"
Nanako kept retching, her pale cheeks contrasted sharply with the black night clothes, she took a few fresh breaths, and said, "Very, very bad, I feel like I've just died......"
"You! Tsk, who made you kill someone? This is Sister You's shot, if Miss, hehe, you're really finished!"
"Forget it, don't talk about it, the problem is that I didn't kill people! What about the Thais? I must kill them tonight!"
"You better stop the meeting, I have also been fortunate to experience Sister You's ability, how can I say it? I haven't gotten up for three days. You're relieved now, and you'll be better tomorrow!"
"Isn't it...... Emmi-chan, you're going to save me!
At the same time, the lobby returned to silence, and at the table, you took off her mask and sat in the guest seat, and opposite her, it was still the red-haired girl.
"Miss, maybe the news is wrong, he didn't come to Japan?"
"I wish he hadn't come more than seeing him. I can feel that the person tonight is him. ”
"But ......" Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Kanako said that the man is dead......
"Dead ......" a flash of desolation flashed in the girl's eyes, and it was a long time before she said, "They told me the same thing five years ago. ”
"Let me go, and if it is him, I will bring him. ”
"What can you do with it, kill him?" the girl's voice changed, and the temperature in the room dropped visibly.
Yuu immediately got up, bent down and said, "I'm very sorry, Yuu means, maybe there is some way to get him out of Japan......"
"Leaving Japan...... He naturally came here for his reasons, I know him, and he won't leave until he achieves his goal...... Go and bring him to me, and I will get him to leave. ”
"Yes. The subordinates will do it. ”
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It's hard to say what I've seen in my dreams, it's like going back to the days when I'm in a coma, and there's a feeling of being out of control. Perhaps it was the collapse of the psychological defense, and the proud bloodline did not seem to play a role, but instead became the driving force to fuel the fire.
When he opened his eyes, the sky was not yet bright, the surroundings were dark, the brain quickly searched for the lost memory, and before he came back to his senses, he heard a slight cough around him, Mu Zeming was stunned, but his hand still subconsciously covered Su Mo with the quilt, and after waiting for a long time, he completely reacted, sat up in the dark, and an indescribable mood came to his heart.
Mu Zeming, what did you do......
Damn! Someone drugged in the wine!Who is it?
The brain reacted quickly, Su Mo, the people of the Usami family, Dugu, and thought like this, and in the end, Mu Zeming even suspected Long Yan, but after half a sound, he put away these unrealistic thoughts, covered his eyes with one hand, and in the dark, he laughed.
"Hehe, hehe...... Mu Zeming, you are really ......."
In the end, the word "" was not spoken, he breathed a sigh of relief, his thoughts gradually became clear, and the figure of the drug man gradually formed in his mind, that's right, who else could there be besides Hasegawa Jomoto?
With a long sigh, looking at the starry sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows, after a long time, I don't know what I'm thinking, probably some future plans, since I have taken this step, some things have to be considered......
Looking out the window, Mu Zeming sighed, and said with a wry smile in his heart: Alas, why don't you even pull the curtains......
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The first rays of sunlight shone into the house, indicating that it was another sunny day today, and it took a long time for Su Mo to wake up, and the blankness of her brain made her a little dazed, unlike Mu Zeming, she lay on the bed for half an hour before her memory began to reorganize.
What's going on? uh...... I remember coming to the hot springs and I seemed to be crying...... Zeming seems to have said something very important to me, what is it? Oh, by the way, never give up, live for me...... Hey, hey, live for me...... For me, for me, for me......
The tear under her body almost made Su Mo angry, she raised her head suddenly, looked around, and looked at herself, she was not wearing clothes, what about the people around her?
"Ah, it hurts......"
No way...... It doesn't really look like I do, does it......
Su Mo, who was still deceiving herself, was instantly beaten back to reality by the mess on the futon, yes, it was indeed what she thought!
The quilt was draped on his body, and with the greatest strength in his life, he gritted his teeth and stood up, and just took the first step, his body softened, and he fell back again.
"Ouch!"
"Su Mo?" Mu Zeming's voice came from outside.
"Wait a minute, you, don't come in yet......"
"Su Mo, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine, don't come in yet. ”
"If you don't say me, I'll come in!" Mu Zeming's voice was close at hand.
"Wait a minute! I'm really fine! Stand back! Stand back...... I need to calm down......"
Somehow, there was no sound outside the house suddenly, and after another half an hour, Su Mo reluctantly put on a nightdress for herself, and Mu Zeming's voice sounded again.
"Su Mo, what happened last night...... I'll take care of it. ”
What is responsible? Su Mo, who was rubbing her calves, was a little puzzled, her brain confusion had not eased yet, she was still trying her best to recall the process of last night, and of course, the most important details......
That's my ...... Why is it so easy to get drunk? I didn't even prepare, it's over, if it's a shame, how can I see Mu Zeming!
It's over, it's over......
Thinking like this, Mu Zeming outside the house said again: "Since the incident happened, I will definitely be responsible, even if you beat me and kill me, I will be responsible to the end." ”
Beat him, kill him, what is Zeming talking about? No, did I really lose my temper last night?
In this way, separated by a door and different thoughts, the two spent the most unforgettable morning in their lives.