Chapter 23: Conflict of Ideas

Ryunosuke Akutagawa was stunned.

Two sentences, how can this person even release cruel words.

However, he is not stupid, Uesugi Kiyoshi thought about it, and he could vaguely detect it.

It's just that he still doesn't want to believe it.

Unlike Uesugi Kiyoshi, Ryunosuke Akutagawa is a very traditional Japanese, and in his eyes, the chaebol is bigger than the sky.

Even if you become an extraordinary, you can't escape this limitation, even if you have the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and offend the chaebol, you can't move an inch.

You want to eat, drink, have food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, and have relatives and friends, right?

No matter how strong you are, can you be flawless?

That's it.

However, it is clear that Uesugi Kiyoshi does not think so.

He has a fundamental lack of reverence for the chaebol.

The chaebol swooped down on him, and provoked the bad people on the street, in his eyes, it was a nature.

They all have to fight back.

"Phoenix Temple, huh? I know, tell me the name of the person who entrusted you, and I'll go settle accounts with him. ”

"You better recuperate in peace."

"Leave it to me here, don't worry, don't even think about running away."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa covered his head, a little helpless.

"I'm afraid of your hand, Uesugi, if you do this, something will happen, not to mention offending the Phoenix Yuan family to death, it's no good, if you do it wantonly in Kyoto, it is very likely to attract the attention of those transcendent organizations."

"This is smashing the field on other people's turf, if an outsider comes to Tokyo to show off his might, what will you do?"

"It's not that simple!"

"I mean, with you in charge, I also have the confidence to talk to them, waiting for me to negotiate..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Kiyoshi Uesugi waving his hand.

He looked at Ryunosuke Akutagawa with some incredulity, his face full of inexplicability.

"Dazai was beaten like that, collapsed on the bed, and suffered so many sins in order to protect you."

"Your agents were attacked in the field to take your place, killing several people and injuring everyone."

"Now, you tell me, you're going to negotiate?"

"Are you crazy or am I crazy?"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa was speechless, his face flushed, and he was silent for a while before he sighed.

"Let's put the big picture first... Uesugi, the Collectibles Association has been my work for so many years, and I can't bear to risk it even the slightest. ”

Before Kiyoshi Uesugi could say anything, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

The two frowned at the same time, Uesugi Kiyoshi did not hesitate, and said directly: "Please come in." ”

The door opened.

The man who entered, dressed in the field uniform of the Collectibles Society, walked with a limp and a scar on his face that could not be covered by a bandage, and he carried a broken sword in his hand, which was the standard sword provided by the Collectibles Society to investigators who were skilled in swordsmanship.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke scanned his memory, but he didn't expect this person's name, and he opened his mouth a little unexpectedly, and his tone was stern.

"Who told you to come here without permission?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi was not so aggressive, he waved his palm, stopped Akutagawa Ryunosuke's questioning, and looked thoughtfully at the people who came in.

"You're... Ono? ”

"I remember you, you and Yamato are good friends, this time you came to Kyoto on a mission, right?"

"Is the injury serious? It's really hard, you're coming to me? Something? ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi is even considered to be pleasant.

He used to be keen to practice swords in the training ground of the Collectibles Association, and at that time, Dongwen's swordsman was famous, and he was in the limelight for a while, and the swordsmen in the Collectibles Association system all heard the news and wanted to come to see him.

His temperament is not a rejection of people thousands of miles away, some people come to seek advice and learn, and he can put down his figure, and his popularity in the association is not bad.

This Ono, he is quite familiar, is one of the fanatics of kendo, probably because of his surname, he prefers Ono to a sword, and in his spare time, Uesugi Kiyoshi has instructed him.

Ono looked sad, glanced at Uesugi Kiyoshi, pursed his lips, and plopped to a dirt seat.

"Ghost Kiri-sama... Yamato he, dead. ”

Uesugi was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

Whether it is the past life or the present life, or the lord of the hundred ghosts, they are all people who have experienced life and death.

He even said that he was a little used to the death of people he knew.

He had lost too many people.

That "Yamato",It's the best swordsmanship among the field staff of the Collectibles Association.,If you get an opportunity.,Maybe you can step into the threshold of transcendence.,Uesugi Kiyoshi likes his serious attitude when he learns swords.,So often instruct him.,Even some new Yin current swordsmanship.,Don't hide your own teaching.。

Although Yamato didn't say it, he usually treats Uesugi Kiyoshi with teacher courtesy, but Uesugi Kiyoshi doesn't treat him as an apprentice, he doesn't want to accept another apprentice for the time being, one is enough trouble.

The relationship is not so deep, and the feelings are not so strong, so to speak, it is just acquaintance.

But Uesugi Kiyoshi still felt uncomfortable for a while, maybe because of his personality.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa stood up and wanted to be angry - this is not to blame him, no matter what, Ono's behavior is considered to be a broken rule, and he deserves to be punished.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a high-level council, and anyone could come in and interrupt for a reason.

"If you get angry, you will talk about it later, you will punish him, and wait for him to finish speaking."

Uesugi Kiyoshi glanced at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, his voice cold.

Ono saw the opportunity and bowed down fiercely.

"Ghost Kiri-sama, please! Help Yamato get revenge! ”

"You gave him a sword, only investigators are qualified to use Horcruxes, and he treats them as treasures."

"When he was attacked that day, he could have retreated, but the sword weapon was snatched, and he was enthusiastic, and he went to snatch the sword regardless of it, but was hit by the other party's blow... I didn't even get the body back..."

"Ghost Kiri-sama, I know I shouldn't have crossed the line like this, but... Yamato him... You can't die in vain! ”

A big man knelt on the ground, crying silently.

Uesugi Kiyoshi exhaled and turned his head to look at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the corners of his mouth curled like a cold blade.

"Akutagawa, isn't it ridiculous that you say that a man lost his life for a sword?"

"Obviously, that kind of standard sword, I can get as much as I want."

When Ono heard this, his mouth grew big, his expression was a little indignant, and he wanted to say something, but he was glared at by Uesugi Kiyoshi fiercely, and shouted, "I didn't ask you!" ”

Then, he turned his head and continued to stare at Akutagawa Ryunosuke's haggard face, and asked word by word.

"Akutagawa, what do you say?"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa could feel Kiyoshi Uesugi's anger before the storm.

He didn't quite understand where this anger came from, but when he thought about it, he could actually understand it.

When a subordinate dies, of course he will be sad, but this sadness will not stay in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's heart for a long time.

Tzu is not in charge, he is the leader, and he wants to lead the collectibles association forward.

What can be given up is to be given up.

If you can make peace with the Phoenix Courtyard family, then these lives will be considered to be in vain.

This is a common thing in Japan, and the lives of people who don't matter are not that important.

Just like the classic train puzzle, can you say that Ryunosuke Akutagawa is a cold-blooded, ruthless, and unsentimental person?

He is also for the collectibles association, if the association can develop better and better, then it will definitely be able to redeem more people who have suffered from ghosts and gods.

But looking at Uesugi Kiyoshi's expressionless face, he couldn't tell the big truth.

Because he suddenly understood that those words, for the young man in front of him, I am afraid they were nonsense.

He could be that person.

For the sake of Nohara Kyoko, who has never met a few times, to fight ghosts and gods alone, for an explanation from the master, he overturned the entire Dongwen Society, and for a Ueno Sanshi who has just known him for a long time, he went to kill the dream mirror of the outer gods without regard for his life, and fought to the death.

Now, he is likely to turn Kyoto upside down because of a vain death.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke didn't know why, but there was some envy in his heart.

He also wanted to act in such a wild wave, but he couldn't.

He carried a thousand pounds on his back, and he had to be careful with his every move.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa exhaled deeply, and the cold air swirled around in his lungs, clearing his brain a little.

"I'm sorry."

He just whispered those three words.

Even he didn't know why he apologized, the Collectibles Association had a mission, and death was inevitable, not the first time.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke's somewhat dejected expression, and suddenly felt a little excited.

He sighed and shook his head.

"Akutagawa, your subordinates work for you to earn money, but no matter how much you pay them, they won't make their families die."

"They do things for you, and when they die, you have to take responsibility."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa glanced up at Uesugi Kiyoshi blankly, and said unconsciously, "I'll give them a pension..."

This answer was not what Kiyoshi Uesugi expected.

"When the money is in place, can people live?"

"Make a symbolic gesture, cry twice, give some money, and pass away."

"In the long run, have you considered the gathering and dispersion of people's hearts?"

"That's what we do, it's too normal for dead people to die, if it's to contain ghosts and gods and eliminate extraordinary disasters and die, then I have nothing to say, it's reasonable to go through your process."

"But ah, someone came to the door, played yin, seriously injured your companions, and your men died, and you still want to negotiate and negotiate peace?"

“...”

"People are good and are bullied, and if they kneel for a long time, they can't stand up."

"Luckily, I don't have the habit of kneeling."

Uesugi Kiyoshi stood up, glanced at Ono, and turned his gaze to the sword in his hand.

"Is this the sword?"

He asked.

Ono nodded again and again, holding his sword in both hands.

"Yamato snatched the sword back before he died and entrusted it to me."

Uesugi Kiyoshi took the remnant sword and solemnly put it on his waist.

"To be honest, dying for a sword is really stupid, life and death are more important than the sky, Yamato is bound to become an excellent swordsman in the future, it's a pity that he died."

"However, it is precisely this obsession that makes him improve so quickly in kendo."

"Talking too much is useless."

"I took this sword, I will avenge him, you can rest assured."

After saying that, Uesugi Kiyoshi ignored Ono's ecstatic face, just quietly turned around, reached out and took off the sword-shaped badge of Oni Kiri, the representative of the Collectibles Association, from his chest, and threw it on the table.

"If you think this could affect the future of the Collectibles Society, then I won't do anything in the name of a collector, and I'll give you back."

"You are afraid of them, but I am not afraid."

"Now, it's a personal vendetta."

"Who did this, I'll find out for myself."

"I found out, I killed it myself."