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Satsuma – Obviously, that's the name of the new man who just appeared. If you look at the name alone, if you use the words alone, it has no characteristics, and it will not even get a drop of milk when it is thrown into the oatmeal with the letters. However, unlike other names that are not usually distinctive, it is the name of a member of the Golden Sailing Family, a name of a senior member of the Golden Sailing Family. It is the name of Salen's uncle.

Speaking of which, Satsuma and Saren are not only similar in the spelling of their names, but even the two of them look quite similar. Although Satsuma is the kind of man whose actual age is difficult to tell based on his appearance alone, it is still clear that the age difference between the two is obviously very large, at least about 20 years. But even so, the faces of the two of them are very similar. Satsuma's whole life is a middle-aged version of Salen's image, saying that he is a time-traveling back from the future, and Saren himself has people who believe that as long as the time travel technology is really invented.

This is a pair of relatives who are really related by blood, and the blood relationship is still very close. Nancy, who secretly "observed" in secret, was a little surprised after seeing this.

Although the Golden Sailing Family is different from the other two major criminal syndicates of Barblair, each high-level official member is a blood relative with a real blood relationship with each other, and the entire high-level family is actually "a family belonging to the same family", but just from the huge number of high-level members of their family, it can be judged that most of them are only distant relatives of each other, and there are only a few close relatives of each individual individual. Nancy didn't expect to be able to meet two of them who were close relatives of each other here, and one of them was Salen.

That's kind of bad. This Satsuma didn't seem to be easy to deal with, and now it had to be dealt with. He's already in front of her—no, not just in front of her, he's already coming this way!

Easily brushing aside the black-clothed swordsmen who were protecting themselves in the center, Satsuma walked forward unhurriedly as if he hadn't noticed the silhouette behind Salen.

"Hey, do something!" Nancy poked Saren in the back from behind, "I don't want to push his head into the pool too - but I swear I really would if he got any closer!" ”

“……”

Saren didn't speak, didn't speak because of Nancy's words. Not to mention whether he believed it or not, Nancy would really do it, and even if Nancy did do that, I'm afraid he would have wanted to see it—the image of that terrible uncle's head being pressed into the pool was pleasant to think about.

But what he didn't expect was that although he didn't say anything, his uncle's stopped. He stood there with his legs touching his heels and his toes apart, his body standing straight, like an upper-class elite businessman who was about to sell to a large customer, with a smile on his lips, and his hands were naturally slaughtered behind him. He looked at Saren with interest, and glanced casually to the side, not knowing what he was looking at.

The black-clothed knife hand quietly moved behind Satsuma, spreading out irregularly, and after stopping, they turned into statues one by one. But what they all had in common was that their eyes were all looking straight at Salen's side, without blinking.

Of course, Saren himself understands that they are not paying attention to themselves, they do not have themselves in their eyes, just as they do not have them in their own eyes. He didn't look at the shadows that were in some ways as human as the one behind him, and his eyes were fixed on his uncle. Even if he has been tossed enough, his body is still standing straight at this moment.

Looking at Salen's appearance, Satsuma smiled. "Honestly, I'm pleasantly surprised, my dear nephew." He said slowly, not in a hurry, as if nothing of great importance was going on, "although I have a hunch that you might ...... It's a bit naughty, but I didn't expect it to be naughty to this extent. ”

"Oh?" Saren sneered, grinning the corners of his mouth, his teeth clenched together, "yes, I don't understand." May I ask what trouble has my naughty nephew caused you? ”

"Does it count as soiling my pool?" Satsuma turned to the side and pouted at the pool directly behind him, his eyes squinting at Salen, "You should know how much I like that pool, how much I like this room—and you're making a mess of it." ”

“……”

"In addition to this, there are two small things." Satsuma said, putting one hand in his pocket and holding out two fingers at Salombi with the other, "You have broken the trading agreement between us and Miss Safatina of the Dark Paradise, deliberately interfering with the family's arrangements, hindering the El Dorado's emptying plan, and affecting the reputation of the Golden Galleon. ”

"Oh...... That's exactly what I did, right? Saren smiled, his eyes flashing with a cold light, "I am indeed the one who did all this—but who gave me the opportunity?" ”

“……”

"You're not an idiot, Uncle Satsuma, I'm sure of that, I know it better than anyone. But why, when I'm deceiving you, do you believe it so easily without a hint of doubt? Why did you leave the ship so easily and put control in my hands? Saren grinned and licked his lips, "You and I know why...... You knew I was going to do something—you wish I could, didn't you, uncle? ”

“…… That doesn't make sense, my dear nephew. Satsuma frowned, looked at Salen "confused", and spread his hands, "It's not in commercial interest, and there's no special reason for it—what drove me to do it?" ”

"yes," Saren squinted, "what is it?" ”

The two looked at each other, Saron's eyes were like hiding a scimitar trying to pull something out of Satsuma's eyes, while Satsuma calmly half-opened, letting Saren dig through his bottomless eyes. And when he coughed dryly and opened his mouth again, he saw Salen's well-disguised, uncontrollable gnashing of teeth.

What a contradictory guy...... He inherited the bloodline of both families perfectly. Before, he could only see his mother's shadow on his body, but now he had begun to prove that he was still a man of the Golden Sailing Family. I don't know if it's a relief or a concern, but for now, he's having a great time.

Smiling slightly, Satsuma put one hand behind his back, and the other made an extremely expressive motion in the air, like a fallen leaf blown by a headwind.

"Anyway, dear nephew, you did something wrong." He said in a sad tone, but everyone could hear the calmness in his voice, "The family has to apologize to the Dark Heaven, to Miss Safatina, because of you, and I have to clean up this mess for you once again. Thankfully, it's not that hard to ask. ”

"Of course." Salen snorted and turned his head, "Of course! ”

If it was really a difficult question, the family probably wouldn't let him break out - as he said, this uncle of his was not a fool, he was very smart!

"But that doesn't mean you won't be punished in the future." Satsuma paused as he said this, and tilted his head again to look in the direction of the pool behind him, "In particular, there is a precious, loyal, and promising law enforcement man of the family who sadly lost his life so young because of you. ”

“…… I was on the verge of throwing up. The corners of Salen's mouth twitched twice, and finally he hugged his shoulders angrily and sneered, "When did the family care so much about a dispensable cheap dog?" ”

"My dear nephew, it's so sad that you say that." Satsuma lowered his eyes slightly and said calmly.

"Whose heart is it breaking? Theirs? Saren looked at Satsuma with an exaggerated expression, then his eyes swept around the black-clothed swordsmen behind him, sighed and shook his head, "Save it, this little bit of false emotion doesn't have to be wasted on them - a place where everything is measured by money and numbers, what do you think will raise a group of things?" Do you think these heads haven't thought about what kind of people they are working for? ”

“……”

"And he's not a member of the family anymore." Salen snorted coldly and added, "He did it to me—to his master, and he's a killer. ”

"You are not his master, his chains are in my hands." Satsuma didn't smile anymore and looked at Saren indifferently, "And his authority is given to him by me, in order to prevent you from doing anything that will seriously damage the interests of the family - whether you are willing or forced. ”

"No matter whose hands his chain holds, he's the family dog – the 'family dog', you know? His ownership is in the hands of the family, not yours, you are just using him for the family. But whoever is using him, every official member of the family is also his master, and he is not in a position to show his fangs to any of them. Salen's tone didn't rise or fall without any fluctuations, "Not under any circumstances!" ”

"According to the rules of the family, I have the power to give him ......"

"According to the family's rules, as long as the law enforcer dares to take action against the official members of the family, it can be regarded as an automatic defection from the family, no matter what reason he has." Saren snapped his uncle off and took a big step forward under the gaze of the other party's suddenly widening eyes, his eyes staring straight at him, condensed and aggressive, "Or am I no longer an official member of the family-uncle?!" ”

That dog, or me, you can choose one-Saren's meaning is so obvious that even Nancy in the back can already see it. She stood quietly in the shadows, out of Salen's back, looking at the uncle and nephew drama in front of her with interest, rubbing her hands together excitedly. But immediately, she tilted her head and looked in the direction of the door.

At the same time, a very light but clear knock on the door in the quiet space reached the ears of everyone present. Saren and Satsuma tilted their heads at the same time, looking at the figure that appeared quietly in the doorway.

"Well," Gotti coughed dryly, "Am I here at a bad time?" ”