Chapter I: Entrustment
It's Friday again.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it should be the time for afternoon tea.
Uesugi Kiyoshi is indeed drinking tea, but it's not black tea, it's... Herbal tea.
He has basically stayed in the Baiwen Pavilion recently, and he found that Li Fuyao is simply an encyclopedia, and he doesn't know where to use it better than any search engine.
The search engine will not tell him how many demon kings ruled the world during the Heian period, will not tell him the tidal fluctuations of the dream mirror caused by the moment of the demon, will not tell him how many evil ghosts have put on divine robes, and how many gods have fallen into evil ghosts.
When the girl held her cheeks and said the secrets that were not mentioned in many history books, Uesugi Kiyoshi always felt that the three views were impacted again and again.
Today is no exception, the door of the Baiwen Pavilion is half open, and the wind and drizzle outside the house are slanting, and the sunset is not visible.
Taking a sip of refreshing tea, Uesugi Kiyoshi leaned on the back of his wheelchair a little bored.
From last weekend to this Friday, it was probably the most laid-back days of his two lives combined.
It's so leisurely that he's almost slacking off.
At this time last week, he and Towen Maki met for the first time and rescued him from the hands of the ghost clan of Dajiangshan.
And now, what he said has become a pivotal position in the Dongwen Society.
Destiny and life are wonderful things.
Li Fuyao still carried the chair and sat next to Uesugi Kiyoshi, lazily curled up in the wide chair, and looked at the book in his hand without a match-Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't know what kind of book it was, and he didn't know the words on it.
The atmosphere between the two is very harmonious, even a little warm.
Just when he thought he would spend the day in peace, some familiar footsteps sounded.
Uesugi Kiyoshi frowned, coughed lightly, and pretended to be casual: "Fuyao, it's a little cold, close the door, it's better to lock it." ”
"It's hard to be lazy for a few days, but don't have uninvited guests to disturb my leisure."
Li Fuyao raised his eyebrows, revealing a smile with a hint of teasing, although he was about to stand up and close the door, his movements were very slow.
Then, I heard the footsteps outside the house suddenly speed up, and immediately after, a black jade cane first came into the eyes of Uesugi Kiyoshi.
"I said, Uesugi-kun, I can understand you referring to Sang scolding Huai."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa smiled bitterly and symbolically knocked on the door, paced in, bowed slightly to say hello to Li Fuyao, and set his eyes on Uesugi Kiyoshi.
"It's a shame that you can sit still, and the poles in Tokyo are in a mess."
Uesugi Kiyoshi pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly: "It's not a day or two of extreme chaos. ”
"Do you mean that yesterday Maki started streamlining the Tobunkai? I've seen it, and all that has been purged are some chicken ribs and tumors, which are harmful and useless, and it's a good thing to lose them early. ”
Ryunosuke Akutagawa patted the rain that was not present on his coat, stared blankly, and shook his head.
"What am I talking about, don't you know?"
"I'm talking about the fact that Yuan Longhai, the president of the Kowloon Source Society, was shot dead in the headquarters late yesterday night, and the Yuan Society turned into a sea of fire."
Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't even raise his eyelids, and looked at the blue and white porcelain teacup, as if he could see the flowers.
"Oh, that's really happy, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, justice is in the world, congratulations, congratulations."
The tone of his words was a stick reading without the slightest bullying, and he simply wrote these three words on his face.
The helplessness in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's heart was even stronger.
Could it be that the collectors of the Collectibles Society... Can't you just be a normal person?
“...”
"Forget it, whatever you want."
"I'm just here to tell you, the president of the Kowloon Group, the Ninth Long Xin, said that he was not sick, and Yuan Longhai's family was quickly taken over by Liu Hui, and Shanxin Jilong took advantage of this to make a-for-tat confrontation with Liu Longren in the Kowloon assessment, and as a result, the Kowloon Young Master Luo listed Yuan Longhai's crimes - he was not clean, after such a counterattack, Shanxin Jilong had no way to take Liu Longren for the time being, and the situation in the Kowloon Group gradually stabilized."
"However, the defense of the Shanxin Jilong residence has been strengthened a lot, so it should be against you."
Uesugi Kiyoki nodded, did not express any opinion, but gave an eviction order.
"Well, I know, it's hard to pass the word, you can go and get busy first if you don't have anything to do, don't block me from watching the rain."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa had the illusion that the tone in which Uesugi Kiyoshi spoke to him was becoming more and more similar to Yuichi Kudo.
He couldn't leave like this, and hurriedly spoke.
"No, there's one more thing."
"Uesugi-kun, you've also taken a week off, how about doing something for me?"
"It's been raining for a week, don't you think... Isn't that weird? ”
This remark slightly raised some of Uesugi Kiyoshi's interest.
"Oh? What do you mean... This rain, is it greasy? ”
Ryunosuke Akutagawa took a folder out of his arms and nodded.
"It's not small, it's not small – Tokyo has never had such a big continuous rain this season before."
"If something is abnormal, it will be a demon."
"Seven days of heavy rain have almost reached the limit of Tokyo's drainage system, and now there are different degrees of stagnant water in various districts of Tokyo, which has seriously affected the work and study of ordinary people, and the government is very anxious."
"With this level of rain, those artificial rain stop techniques don't work at all, but the civil servants are not all stupid, they found the Onmyoji of the Heiankyo Tokyo branch and wanted them to stop the rain."
The earliest work of the Onmyoji was astronomical legislation, divination and sacrifice, and for those practitioners who had real skills, asking for rain and calling the wind was an old business, and it was a matter of casual practice.
Uesugi Kiyoshi glanced at the small rain outside the house and smiled gloatingly.
"So, of course, they failed?"
Ryunosuke Akutagawa nodded, then shook his head again.
"I can't say it's a complete failure..."
"Didn't you notice that the rain was a little lighter today?"
Uesugi Kiyoshi craned his neck to look at the end, and simply shook his head.
"I don't feel it, I don't think it's changed."
"Herein lies the problem."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa also had a hint of doubt on his face.
"The rain in the 23rd ward of Tokyo and other wards has been slowed down to varying degrees, but only in Arakawa Ward, it is still raining like a waterfall."
"Those onmyoji are like seeing ghosts, they can't help but lose face, and they are a little suspicious of life."
"It can solve the problem of the regional-level elite onmyoji personally taking action, setting up altar drawing talismans, and causing wind and rain, but the result is in vain."
"The conclusion they came to was that there were ghosts and spirits."
"Although there is a bit of a sense of shirking responsibility, I think there is some truth in what they say, and in this way, the nature of the matter changes."
"The person in charge of the government's contact with the Transcendent Organization simply asked us to solve this matter."
"They really can't help it, Uesugi-kun, the water level of the main stream of Arakawa under this rain has risen a lot - if this rain continues for a while, Arakawa bursts, and the whole of Tokyo is probably going to be flooded."
"The Shinsengumi are not good at this kind of thing, and the Onmyoji has hit a wall again, and the government has found us and wants us to deal with this matter."
"Well, are you interested?"
Uesugi Kiyoshi shook his head like a rattle.
"I can't help, Akutagawa, I'm injured, you don't know, this movement hurts all over your body, you really can't do this job, you go to Yuichi, his brain is active, he reasoned and reasoned casually, and this matter was solved."
He just wanted to say that he was squeezing and squeezing Akutagawa Ryunosuke, but this Akutagawa-kun had offended him at the beginning, he didn't have a big heart, and he wanted to take revenge when he had the opportunity.
If Akutagawa Ryunosuke really can't do anything, he will definitely take care of this matter.
After all, the Collectibles Association was really standing behind him in the battle of Towen at night, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa dared to take the risk and come to Dream Mirror to help him.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa sighed faintly, not surprised by Uesugi Kiyoshi's answer.
"Okay, okay, it's true that I owe it to me, and after the big battle, you should rest for a few days."
"Kudo has been in a hot fight with his girlfriend recently, Dazai has gone to spend time drinking, and I've been busy testing whether there are any followers of the Great River Ghost King in Tokyo recently, and I really can't find anyone who can handle this matter."
"I'll go back and ask if any of the investigators dare to accept this task, and if not, I'll pass this trust on to other transcendent organizations, hoping they can handle it."
"It's a pity that the 30 million commission... The misers of those governments are rare in their generosity, and they have been outrageously deducted in the past, and they are eager to prostitute our extraordinary combat power in vain. ”
Uesugi Kiyoshi paused.
"Wait!"
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's action of turning around and leaving was stopped by Uesugi Kiyoshi.
Uesugi Kiyoshi, who was sitting in a wheelchair, rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "I remember that in the contract I signed at the beginning, it was mentioned that if I completed the tasks of the association, in addition to [performance], I could also get a commission commission?" ”
"What's the ratio?"
Akutagawa Ryunosuke immediately understood, and replied quickly.
"Ten percent for investigators, twenty percent for collectors, if it's you... I'll give you thirty percent. ”
"I am in charge of the association's accounts, and I can say as much as I want."
“...”
"Thirty percent of thirty million..."
Uesugi Kiyoshi touched his chin, suddenly stood up from his wheelchair, snatched the folder in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's hand, and flipped through it casually.
Here are some information provided by the government, as well as the results of a simple investigation by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
"That's right..."
"Do you suspect that there are followers of demons and gods preparing for the ritual, and this rain is a sign?"
"It's not unreasonable..."
"Alright, put the things here, you can go back."
"I'll solve it for you, hey, I've been idle for a long time, people are about to rust, and it's good to move your muscles and bones."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa was relieved when he heard Uesugi Kiyoshi's tone, and he was not too happy, but a little frustrated.
Co-author... The face of the president of the Tokyo Collectibles Association, and the identity of the next head of the Akutagawa family, is not as valuable as a few million yen?
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It's too bullying!!