A suffocating silence spread through the air, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa held his cane and pursed his lips, the smile on his face gone.

He looked at Kamiizumi Hidekawa for a long time without backing down, and then shook his head gently.

"Kamiizumi Kenhao, I admit that I am interested in Uesugi-kun, and I do have a factor in considering you--I'm really curious, why did the new Yin Stream Master, who hasn't accepted an apprentice for ten years, suddenly accept a disciple."

"I've also considered that if Uesugi-kun joins us, I hope the Collectibles Association can get your support."

"Otherwise... It's just Uesugi-kun's talent, and we don't have to be him. ”

"I'll admit all of that, but... Drive the wolf and gobble up the tiger, big and small, you have said a little too much. ”

"We in the Collectibles Society have never forced our members to do something for the Society, not before, not now, and never will."

"Our collectors' monthly mandatory tasks have always been just for the sealing and containment of ghosts and gods, and the friction and struggle with other organizations have never been counted."

"The purpose of the Collectors' Association has always been to contain and protect, not to compete for power and profit, and to worry about those mundane things."

These words can be described as loud and emotional, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke was not crushed by the momentum of Hidekawa Ueizumi, but refuted it.

Umiizumi Hidekawa didn't say anything more, he didn't come this time, he didn't cut people, he just wanted to knock Akutagawa Ryunosuke and tell him that Uesugi Kiyoshi was not a rootless duckweed that he could knead - he at least had a master who could stand up for him.

This is very important, the Akutagawa family has produced many cunning fox-like characters, and he is worried that his apprentice will fall into the hands of others.

Ten years ago, he might have taught Ryunosuke Akutagawa a lesson and made him suffer a little bit of flesh, but now... There is no need for this.

Umizumi Hidekawa has passed the age of the baht, not to mention that Akutagawa Ryunosuke really didn't do anything out of the ordinary, if Akutagawa Ryunosuke really bewitched Uesugi Kiyoshi to have a conflict with the people of Shinsengumi or Heiankyo and forced himself to end, then he must not be verbose at all, first cut this little fox with a bad stomach, and then talk about anything else, that set of scenes is at his fingertips, and it is exactly the same as his father who died early.

Kamiizumi Hidekawa glanced at Akutagawa Ryunosuke deeply, shook his head, and whispered.

"The Collectibles Society... Hmph, a bunch of idealists..."

"If you let me know you're calculating..."

He left half a sentence unfinished, and then, he walked out, seemingly losing interest in talking to Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

On the contrary, Ryunosuke Akutagawa turned around a little unconvinced and looked at the back of Hidekawa Imizumi.

"Shangquan Jianhao, idealists are better than those capitalists!"

"Rather than being an eagle dog for chaebols and politicians, our Collectibles Association is a better choice for Uesugi-kun, isn't it?"

"Don't you want Uesugi-kun to learn from you and be a lone ranger! You know how tough it will be! ”

Hidekawa Kamiizumi ignored Ryunosuke's rhetorical question, and he lazily disappeared step by step into the dim lights and shadows of the underground parking lot, as if he had never been there.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's face changed several times with a gloomy and uncertain expression, and finally he sighed, sat in the driver's seat of the car, and drove away.

On the other side, Kiyomasa Uesugi took Kyoko Nohara and got on the train home.

It's more than eleven o'clock now, and there are only two of them in this car, and at this point in time, it's close to the last train, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Tram is usually officially suspended at 12 o'clock at midnight.

Uesugi Kiyoshi sat in his chair, frowning and lost in thought, he was thinking about what had happened today.

The flow of information he received today can be described as explosive, and the common sense of some "transcendents", the concepts of "ghosts" and "dream mirror worlds", and the invitation of the "Collectors' Association" have all caused his heart to fluctuate unusually.

He was a little excited.

The excitement that came out of nowhere.

Maybe it's the human yearning for transcendence engraved in the blood and bones, maybe it's the years of kendo practice that have honed his competitive heart, or maybe he is born to be an unwilling person.

How can a man live a lifetime and end up doing nothing?

Now that the door in front of him had been pushed open, and behind him was a wider sea of stars, and he couldn't wait to take a look.

On the side, Nohara Kyoko was holding her schoolbag, her head bowed with a sad face, she had stopped crying, but she still couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

After all, her maternal uncle died suddenly, and as her only surviving relative in this world, Yokotano still has a very high status in Nohara Kyoko's heart.

But she is not an unreasonable person, she was at the scene at the time, and her uncle obviously seemed to be crazy, frantically attacking Uesugi Kiyoshi, if Uesugi Kiyoshi is not defeated, then I am afraid that she will not be able to escape the poison, so she did not blame Uesugi Kiyoshi for her uncle's death, she is not the kind of person who is unreasonable.

Nohara Kyoko lowered her head and sighed, and after a while, she secretly raised her eyes to peek at Uesugi Kiyoshi's side face - Uesugi Kiyoshi was thinking, her expression was focused, her eyebrows were furrowed, she was squinting a pair of fox eyes, and her handsome side face was looming under the dim headlights, adding a bit of mystery, so that Nohara Kyoko was obsessed with watching it, and she couldn't wait to smooth out the frowning brows for Uesugi Kiyoshi and make him happier.

Uesugi Kiyoshi's appearance is still quite capable of fighting among college students, at least it is very lethal to a shy and introverted little girl like Kyoko Nohara.

At this moment, Uesugi Kiyoshi was awakened from his contemplation, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, glanced at the caller ID, and the vibration just now indicated that someone was calling.

After seeing the postcard of the incoming call, Uesugi Kiyoshi was shocked, hesitated for a moment, and pressed the answer button.

Talking on the phone on Japanese trains is not recommended, it is considered a public place, and it is a bit rude to do so, and if it is an unimportant person's call, Uesugi Kiyoshi does not plan to answer it.

"Master, it's me... Be... I was on the tram home. ”

"Yes... Yes, something happened, I wasn't hurt and the police didn't embarrass me. ”

"Collectibles Society? It's one thing, they found me and wanted to recruit me, but I shirked it and said I would ask your opinion first. ”

"I'm sorry... I didn't see the outside, I just didn't want to alarm Master because of such a trivial matter, and I could solve this kind of thing myself. ”

"Why can I deal with the transcendental?"

“...”

"Master, this matter is a long story, I'll go to the dojo tomorrow and talk to you slowly..."

"Yes, I see..."

"Good night, Master."

Hung up the phone, Uesugi Kiyoshi smiled slightly, there was some warmth in his smile with a wonderful sense of happiness, he was very happy, this feeling of being cared for was great for him, and this bright smile looked at the Nohara Kyoko next to him with straight eyes.

She had rarely seen Kiyoshi Uesugi smile so pure.

Just now, Uesugi Hidekawa called, asked about Uesugi Kiyoshi's situation, and said that he also had connections in the Metropolitan Police Department, so that Uesugi Qing could rest assured that there was no follow-up to this matter, and he could settle it with the Collectibles Association, so that he had no worries, and he didn't look for himself when something happened, but faced this behavior alone and condemned it, and finally asked Uesugi Kiyoshi how he solved Yokotano, and he didn't remember that he had taught this disciple extraordinary swordsmanship.

Uesugi Kiyoichi answered one by one, and planned to go to the dojo tomorrow to talk to the master about this matter in detail, so he didn't say much on the phone.

Nohara Kyoko saw that Uesugi Kiyoshi was in a good mood, and plucked up the courage to talk.

"Is Uesugi-kun talking to Master on the phone?"

The girl's soft and glutinous voice made Uesugi Kiyoshi's tone soften.

He smiled and replied, "Well, yes, Master heard that something was wrong with me and called to ask how I was." ”

"Master is the only person I can rely on in this world..."

"Apricot, you spend the night at my house today, and I'll take you to see Master tomorrow, he seems to have a lot of connections in Tokyo, I ask Master to see if he can find you a temporary place to stay, and then I'll talk about it later, life must go on."

Originally, Nohara Kyoko heard that Uesugi Kiyoshi was going to take her to see her master, and she was a little shy, and she had a strange sense of déjà vu that she was taken home by her dating partner to meet her parents, but after hearing the second half of Uesugi Kiyoshi's words, Nohara Kyoko's mood fell again.

Perhaps before she met Kiyoshi Uesugi, she was used to being alone and living as tenaciously as a weed.

But after meeting Uesugi Kiyoshi, she felt the warmth she had never felt before, and she didn't want to live so lonely anymore.

When I was young, my mother told me that a girl's happiness is fleeting and needs to be grasped by herself.

At that time, I was still young, and I didn't understand what this sentence meant.

But now Kyoko Nohara seems to understand something.

Uesugi-kun in front of you... It's the happiness you can't ask for.

If she does nothing like before, happiness will quickly slip away in front of her!

At the beginning, it was also on the rooftop, and I mustered up the courage to confess, although it didn't succeed, but I was able to stay by Uesugi-kun's side, and escaped from those gossips and malicious bullying.

So, Nohara Kyoko plucked up her courage again, raised her head, opened her wet eyes that were a little red and swollen from crying, and begged in a weak voice with some grievances.

"I... I don't want to be separated from Uesugi-kun..."

Nohara Kyoko rubbed the corners of her clothes in a little panic, and her eyes met Uesugi Kiyoshi for a second, and then she moved away in a little panic.

"I know I'm asking for that kind of excessive... But... Can Uesugi-kun take me in! ”

"I... I..."

"Uesugi-kun is also the only person I can rely on in this world..."

The girl's helpless and gloomy tone made Uesugi Kiyoshi a little overwhelmed, he is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, if you come with him, with a bad attitude, even if he doesn't turn his face in person, he can keep this grudge in his heart behind his back, until the revenge comes back.

But if you ask him softly, and you know how to ask him with emotion and reason, as long as it is not too demanding, he will not mind taking a hand and helping.

Not to mention this kind of girl's tear offensive, he has been single for two lifetimes, and he has seen this there, and his immunity is basically negative.

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded hurriedly, he thought that it might be Nohara Kyoko who had misunderstood something, and Wen Sheng explained.

"Apricot, I'm not going to leave you, I'm a man after all, if we live together, it will have an impact on your reputation..."

His words are not perfunctory, people's words are like knives, they can kill, in Japanese high schools, dating is not a big deal, but cohabitation is news, I don't know how many versions of the campus love story can be made when it is spread, he is afraid that Nohara Kyoko will not be able to hold up those cold words, her character is too weak.

Nohara snorted, shook her head, and smiled sadly.

"Uesugi-kun... I don't care about the reviews anymore..."

"I don't have any friends, I don't have anyone to talk to at school, I have to go home to cook and do chores, and I don't have time to join clubs... No one in the school cares about me. ”

"Uesugi-kun reminded me that if I stay at Uesugi-kun's house, it will affect Uesugi-kun's reputation... I'm sorry, I didn't think about it that much, I was so selfish..."

Maybe it was the protective desire in the male heart that was stimulated, Uesugi Qing gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and felt that with his ability, it shouldn't be a big problem to take care of Nohara Kyoko, she still has the matter of the Yingcao Demon Soul not clear, on the hundred ghost scrolls, this little girl is close behind him, if he really lets her go out to live by herself, he is not at ease, there are ghosts and gods raging in this world, who knows if Nohara Kyoko will be targeted by a certain ghost god?

It would be better to let her stay with her.

As for the difference between men and women... Kyoko Nohara doesn't mind anymore, he's a boy, and there's no need to be pretentious - no matter how you say it, this kind of thing is also taken advantage of by him.

Thinking of this, he touched Nohara Apricot's little head and said softly, "Okay, since Apricot doesn't mind, then let's stay with me first." ”

"I'm living a pretty poor life, the apartment is small and broken, and when I get to the place, I don't mind if Apricot regrets it."

He made a joke, and Kyoko Nohara obviously took it seriously, and she shook her little head quickly, her eyes full of surprise and determination.

"I won't go back!"

"Thank you, Uesugi-kun... Willing to take me in like this! ”

"I'll listen to Uesugi-kun obediently! I can cook for Uesugi-kun, clean the apartment, do laundry... I'm not going to trouble Uesugi-kun! ”

"I'm going to go out to work too... I won't eat for nothing! ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi was even more pitiful when he said these words... Nohara Kyoko was cautious to a humble degree, for fear that Uesugi Kiyoshi would change his mind, and this cautious appearance reminded him of himself when he was under the fence.

He smiled with a lot of emotion and shook his head.

"I don't have to go out to work, I'm not to the point where I have to make money from apricots to make a living."

"Anyway, I'll ask for a lot of advice in the future."

Kyoko Nohara was stunned for a moment, stood up in a hurry, and bowed formally to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

"Uesugi-kun, please advise!"

A heartfelt smile appeared on the cute little face that was hidden by the hanging hair.

Mom... You're right.

The happiness of girls must be actively strived for!