Chapter 2: The Ueno Family
may be the result of being specially trained by the poisonous Yuichi Kudo, but Ryunosuke Akutagawa did not dwell on it for a long time.
"Hey, I said, you're different now than before, you don't have to care so much about money!"
"Didn't half of the proceeds of the Dongwen Society be given to you by the eldest lady? You're a wealthy class in Tokyo! ”
He still complained.
Uesugi Kiyoshi rolled his eyes and casually pushed the wheelchair towards Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
"You have never been poor, the eldest young master of a rich family, you know what human suffering is."
"Have you ever experienced what it's like to be hungry?"
"This thing will be returned to you, you won't need it, I won't attack Shanxin Jilong in a short time, and I don't need to pretend to be crippled."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa took over the ultra-modern wheelchair that didn't seem to be too much for an Autobot to transform, and shook his head helplessly.
"Okay, okay, if you're willing to take this job."
"You now have the formal authority of a collector, except for those investigators, you can use any subordinate member of the Collectibles Association at will, you don't need to say hello to me, you can just contact Ueno directly if you need to."
"He has served the Akutagawa family all his life, he has enough qualifications and strong ability, and he will help you deal with those trivial matters."
Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded approvingly.
Ueno Mishi was sent to take care of him for five or six days, and he was indeed very thoughtful, allowing him to experience the life of a young master with a housekeeper.
I have to say, it's pretty cool.
"Okay, then even if I cooperate with Ueno-senpai on this mission."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa was relieved to see Uesugi Kiyoshi happily agree.
This unusual rainstorm, although so far has caused no casualties, is like a dark cloud weighing on his heart - he always feels that this rain is strange.
Those onmyoji shirk the responsibility to the ghosts and gods, I'm afraid they will be right.
"Uesugi-kun, Ueno, he is old, and his strength is not outstanding, if there is a fight, you take care of him more, his old bones can't withstand injuries."
When Uesugi Kiyoshi heard this, he stared at Akutagawa Ryunosuke with interest, and his mouth was amazed.
"Can't you see, Akutagawa, are you such a compassionate person for your subordinates?"
"Obviously, you wanted to recruit me, and you gave me a dismount first, I thought you were a self-interested and ruthless capitalist."
Akutagawa Ryunosuke held his forehead and sighed, without the meaning of justification, but there was some confusion in his eyes.
"Ruthless capitalists? I don't deny this, Uesugi-kun, I don't tell you high-sounding words, I'm a very utilitarian person, talented, background people, I just have a high opinion here, such as you and Kudo, the incompetent are not as good as me. ”
"I'm not a good person."
"But Ueno... He's different. ”
"Uesugi-kun, the Ueno family, were born for the Akutagawa family and died for the Akutagawa family."
"Ueno is in his fifties this year, his wife died early, and he raised his son by himself, watching him marry a wife and have children, he should have had a good old age."
"But when I approached the headquarters of the Collectibles Society to establish a branch of the Collectibles Association in Tokyo in the name of the Akutagawa family, he asked his son to help me, and that Ueno-kun was indeed a talented person who managed the task force and agents in an orderly manner."
"Tokyo's Collectibles Association started from scratch, and he is indispensable."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's palm clenched into a fist, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.
"As a result, during a containment operation against ghosts and gods, because of my mistake, I didn't find out that his son was bewitched by ghosts and gods and fell into a sinking matter..."
"A few days later, his son had a mutation at home, and he was robbed of his mind by a ghost... He accidentally killed his wife, and was finally killed by the investigators who arrived..."
"After that day, Ueno became reticent and rarely smiled..."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa had a very rare sad expression on his face, which surprised Uesugi Kiyoshi a little.
"He didn't blame me, he even comforted me, but I felt guilty."
"When Ueno handed over his son to me, saying that he wanted to be loyal to the Akutagawa family and me, I patted my chest and promised that I would guarantee his safety."
"I... Broken on my promise..."
"Ueno didn't say anything, took over his son's job, continued to take care of the affairs of the Collectibles Association for me, and personally went into battle to fight the ghosts and gods as an investigator, becoming my right-hand man.
"Now that my wings are stiff, it's time for him to rest, that's why I let him follow you."
"You also said that I don't look like a good person, maybe the more people lack something, the more they like something."
"Uesugi-kun, among the people I've met, the one who can take on the word "good guy" the most is Ueno."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's gaze was deep and he fell into memory.
"Ueno's son left him a granddaughter, and now the two of them depend on each other."
"I am grateful for the loyalty of the Ueno family, and the salary he was given was according to the standards of collectors, but he still lived in poverty, and he lived in Arakawa Ward, where the rent was cheap and he had to save a little money by commuting by train every day."
"With all the money he saved, he opened an orphanage in Tokyo - I took care of the formalities for him, and he provided free assistance to take care of the homeless children who lost their relatives in the ghost disaster."
"He said his granddaughter lost her parents, and he did."
"But who can those children who have lost all their relatives because of the rampant ghosts and gods rely on?"
"Just let me do what I can."
"That's what he said."
"I wanted to support him financially, but when the amount was too large, he didn't accept it - he was very stubborn and insisted on nothing to lose, and I couldn't do anything about it."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa took a deep breath, took a step back, and bowed very formally.
"Uesugi-kun, Ueno is old, but he doesn't want to leave the Collectibles Association, he doesn't want to retire, he is very determined that as long as he lives for a day, he will fight to the end against the ghosts and gods who took his son's life."
"I couldn't persuade him, so I thought of a compromise and let him follow you."
"You are very strong, you can ensure his safety, and your beliefs are in line with him - it is also his long-cherished wish to kill the evil ghosts in the world."
"Uesugi-kun, my retainers will be entrusted to you, please help me take care of him!"
Uesugi Kiyoshi's eyes were lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he looked up and smiled slightly.
Pushing open the door, through the rain curtain, he shouted to Miishi Ueno, who was sitting in the cab of the sedan not far away, with silver hair.
"Ueno-senpai, Akutagawa has found me a job, and you will accompany me to do things tomorrow."
"The reward for this task is very generous, and after the matter is completed, I will share half of you, how about it?"
When Ueno Mitsushi heard Uesugi Kiyoshi shouting at him, he thought it was some order, so he quickly got out of the car with an umbrella, and when he heard these words clearly, he responded with some astonishment: "Uesugi-kun - I will share your honorarium, this is not in accordance with the rules..."
Before he finished speaking, he met Uesugi's clear eyes, and then looked at Ryunosuke Akutagawa with a shallow smile, and seemed to understand something.
His lips twitched a few times, and the old swordsman did not refuse, but bowed deeply.
"Yes, I see, I'll do it."
Uesugi Kiyoshi chuckled and waved his hand.
"Okay, Ueno-senpai, you go back today, I'll take Akutagawa's hitchhike back to the association, and accompany your granddaughter more, from tomorrow, we may be very busy."
After a few moments, Uesugi Kiyoshi returned to the Hyakumonkan, stretched, and patted Ryunosuke Akutagawa on the shoulder.
"It's rare that you're so sentimental."
"Don't worry, good people, there should be a good ending."
"With me, nothing will happen."