Chapter 869: Rite of Passage (I)
Forty-six hours ago, Yingzhou.
At 23:05 a.m., the sky was drizzling, and outside Kobe-Jinling Street, a car with a Tamba license plate quietly stopped at the intersection.
The young man in the back row pushed the door and held up the umbrella unhurriedly.
When the slightly immature face was raised, it was illuminated by the neon lights that flickered in the distance.
In front of the street entrance, two rows of men in suits without umbrellas, bathed in the rain, with serious expressions, shouting loudly, respectfully bowing down to greet the visitors.
"Wow, it's such a big show?"
The cabin in the woods whistled and laughed: "Do you want to be so magnificent when your family eats a meal?"
In the co-pilot's position, someone stepped out of the car.
The middle-aged man's painting style is very strange, wearing a sportswear, but he carries a crooked knife at his waist. His face was scruffed, his hair was curly, and his back was stiff, like an old monkey.
Follow behind the young man and grin at the greeters who 'greeted' on both sides.
The cigarette at the corner of his mouth spat on the ground and was trampled on.
In this way, he swaggered and followed the young man into the heart of the Liuhe.
After walking through the silent long street, under the gaze of countless eyes, I stepped into the vermilion main door, passed through the hall, and walked straight forward.
Familiarity is like going home.
Along the way, Lin Shijiu smiled enthusiastically and greeted his acquaintances. It's just that this time, the smiles that were full of enthusiasm in the past have become a little reluctant, and they have retreated, not daring to speak more.
And outside the hall, in the waiting clearing, the expressions of those extra unfamiliar faces were not the same.
Silla people with tattoos, Russian people in sportswear, and Yingzhou people in suits and leather shoes who are as meticulous as office workers...... Bronze-skinned Americans, and even pitch-black Egyptians.
The outsiders, who were separated from each other, were smoking and chatting, young and old, male and female.
It's just that there is a certain cruel aura on all of them without exception.
Like a beast in the midst of a crowd.
When I heard the footsteps approaching from afar, my eyes became unkind.
The old monkey who followed behind Lin Shijiu scratched his cheeks.
The cabin in the woods turned a deaf ear and continued on its way.
All the way unimpeded.
Until he was stopped by an arm from a blood relative in front of the final gate.
The middle-aged man with his hands in his arms leaned in front of the gate, looked at Lin Shijiu's appearance, raised his hand, and motioned for him to spread his arms.
"Do you still want to search your body, Brother Eleven?"
The cabin in the forest widened his eyes suspiciously: "So raw?"
Lin Shiyi pursed his lips: "Uncle Sixth said, everyone else can do whatever they want, but Xiao Nineteen wants to search it, in case there is another immortal jump, his old man can't stand it." β
"Where, haha. β
The innocent booth in the forest hut let his cousin search: "The teacher is not here, even if I am covered in explosives, I can't hurt the sixth uncle, right?"
Brother Eleven didn't answer, he searched him carefully and carefully, and finally let go of his hand, patted him on the shoulder, got out of the way, and let the way open.
The old monkey with the knife wanted to follow, but Brother Eleven raised his hand and stopped him.
The middle-aged man smiled mildly and reminded: "Idlers are exempt, thank you." β
"I'm carrying a bag. The old monkey raised his eyes and explained earnestly.
Lin Shiyi didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile.
The old monkey laughed and looked at his neck.
The fingers around his waist flicked.
It's like jumping on invisible keys.
Silent eye contact.
Until the forest hut in front of the door turned back: "There's no need to worry, Komagawa senior, the family just has a cup of tea...... Uncle Sixth won't hurt me, right?"
The second half of the sentence was said to the smoky room.
Inside, in a frozen atmosphere, the long tables were already filled with guests from all sides, and smoke hung over every cold and gloomy face.
Only the old man at the end of the long table still smiled kindly.
"Where is this, my little nineteen is on the territory of the sixth uncle, who can still touch a single hair of you?"
And so the smile of the cabin in the forest became more and more pleasant.
Walk in and close the door.
After swaggering off his coat and hanging it on a hanger, he sat down in the last chair at the end of the long table, looking up at the faces around him, familiar or unfamiliar.
Kind regards.
"Did you all come so early? Have you eaten? Don't just drink tea when you're old, it hurts your stomach. β
No one responded.
The cabin in the woods also did not expect an answer.
Without embarrassment, he propped his chin and looked at them.
The third-in-command of the K-shaped party, "Red Nose" Ronnie, the Grand Pope of the Illuminati Sect, Kanichi Numehara, the representative of the Nuji Troupe, Dajin Kuanshi, the red stick Chen Libo of the Great Circle, Johnson, the old godfather of the American Mafia, and the Egyptian banned drug giant Silas......
The leaders of the entire underground area of Kyoto are gathered here today.
Even the unexpected people in the cabin in the woods......
He raised his eyes and looked at the position next to the sixth uncle, the old woman in a suit with a graceful bearing: "Is the fourth aunt here too?"
"Isn't it?"
The fourth aunt smiled kindly: "I heard that Xiao Nineteen has a future, the old lady is not at ease, let me take a look." Don't worry, with the fourth aunt here, no one can touch you today. β
"Then it depends on the blessing of the fourth aunt. β
Lin Shijiu chewed the grapes in the fruit bowl and let out a sigh: "Otherwise, with such a big battle, I have some bottomless ...... Hey, why didn't you see Mr. Wajima? And the old lady Sada? Didn't you last see each other? Why didn't you suddenly come here today? Surely you were really angry?"
β......β
After a brief silence, everyone's expressions became ugly.
"They're dead. Dajin glanced coldly at the seemingly innocent young man: "One yesterday, one this morning...... It's all the hands of an old monkey-like swordsman, don't you forget?"
The cabin in the forest was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but pat its head.
"Look at my ......memory," he smiled awkwardly, "I saw that you were still alive, didn't I think they were safe and sound? β
As soon as the words were uttered, everyone's expressions became hideous.
At boiling point.
If it weren't for the sixth uncle who presided over the meeting suddenly raised his eyes and forcibly suppressed those restless killing intents, I am afraid that someone in the current venue would have drawn a knife to separate life and death.
"Little Nineteen, everyone knows that you have been fierce recently, there is no need to play prestige here. Give the sixth uncle a face, and say a few words. β
"Okay, okay. β
Lin Shijiu shrugged helplessly, tilted his head and spit grape seeds on the ground, and said casually: "If you want me to say, if it weren't for your old man to speak, I wouldn't want to come here today...... It's not interesting to come, and I can't tell the reason for the number, in case of a quarrel and it will be ugly. β
"There are some things, how do you know if you don't talk about them?"
The sixth uncle picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then suggested kindly: "Everyone just wants to do business, there is no need to make a storm in the city because of some trivial misunderstandings, right?"
"To be honest, I'm under a lot of pressure now that I'm going to go to full-scale war. β
The forest hut shook his head: "You are all big guys with heads and faces, we have a good life, and no one wants to stretch their hands into other people's pots."
However, the Tamba census and the mixed household registration statistics are arranged before the teacher leaves, and I am a student who only nods and executes, so where is there room for irresponsible remarks?"
He clapped his hands and innocently defended: "Look, this is just the teacher's task, why should you be embarrassed by me, a horse boy, right?"
With an easy flick of two, five or six, the pot was thrown into outer space.
It seems that it was not him who killed the whole family a few days ago!
Feeling those angry eyes that were about to split, Lin Shijiu was cheeky, grinned, and showed a sincere expression: "Everyone give face, how about sending those beast characteristics to register?"
Anyway, after so many years of being a tool man, there is nothing to live on, so just do something good and let them shine on the sun for a few more days at the end?"
He folded his hands together and suggested again: "Think about it, okay? β
For several days, the entire underground world of Kyoto has been restless.
The war, which lasted for more than a month, was a bloodless struggle and a bloody battle that saw blood but could not see the light.
From the beginning of the Tambo census to the registration of mixed family registration, and even the protection of human rights...... Every decision issued from the branch school is a hard dig into the pot of everyone here.
Whether it is the processing and trafficking of banned drugs, the mining of illegal precious metals, the much-needed test products of various underground laboratories, or even the custom industry, usury, food processing, etc......
The existence of every cheap human resource is the cornerstone of this city in the shadows, and it is difficult for anyone to shake the 'normality'.
This is not something that the rise of the inner circle of Tamba can change.
If you make a rash move, it will only make the predators in the troubled waters react.
Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine what happened.
It's as if in an instant it became everyone's enemy.
Everywhere hits a wall, the world is the enemy.
From the initial relaxation, followed by temptation, then friction and finally outburst, the blood washed the place where the light could not find again and again.
Obviously, the order has just ended, and all-out war is about to come again.
Everyone stood on the edge of the cliff.
Looking at the slightly immature face, and his smile.
But there was no response.
The sixth uncle stayed out of the matter, didn't say a word, just drank tea quietly, as a mediator, it was already benevolent and righteous to do it here.
Whether it succeeds or not, it has nothing to do with him.
But the eyes of the others, soon, all looked faintly at the top...... Next to the sixth uncle who is like a clay puppet, the middle-aged woman who smiles kindly.
"Actually, nothing is to the point of life or death. β
The fourth aunt finally spoke, and said with a smile: "If you can hurt harmony on the rivers and lakes, don't hurt harmony."
Xiao Nineteen is young, it is the time to make contributions, and all the uncles and uncles here are here, and it is a hand to help...... Since Tanba wants to, let's get together the hybrids we have and return them to Tanbo in half?"
The Yingzhou words with Wu Nong's soft words couldn't be tactful, but when the slender phoenix eyes glanced at the people below, there was a faint hint of coercion.
The sixth uncle still didn't say a word, just drank tea in silence.
But the palpitating depression lingered in the hearts of everyone, causing their expressions to change......
Mom sells batches, and as soon as she opens her mouth, she asks for half of it from her own hands!
It's not at all like what I said beforehand, right?
The people of your Lin family are really not good people!
But now, either the jade is burned, the fish is dead, the net is broken, or half of the black households in their hands are gone, is there any other choice?
After a brief silence, everyone finally made a decision.
"If that's the case, so be it. β
The first to speak was the dark-skinned Egyptian Silas, who in his chemistry lab was the fastest to exchange herbs and medicines, and even half of the old and sick came out without hurting anything.
Instead, the red-nosed Ronnie's face changed.
Recently, most of the profits from the mixed smuggling of Huangquan Hirasaka are in their hands, and suddenly asking him to let go is simply cutting his flesh.
But the situation is stronger than the people.
Seeing that everyone nodded their heads slowly, and even the people of the Illumination Sect chose to submit, what could he do......
I can only grit my teeth and nod.
After a short silence, Lin Shijiu looked at those faces, and finally, let out a sigh of relief.
Finally, I looked at the top.
Still not convinced.
"Fourth aunt, can you call the shots, half?"
The graceful woman nodded indifferently: "Don't worry, if there is one less, the fourth aunt will make it up to you." β
So, the cabin in the woods laughed.
Look around again.
"That's what everyone thinks?"
For a while, everyone nodded their heads, not wanting to be sideways at such a time.
"In that case, let's have a cup of tea. β
In the entire conference room, on the long table, the only young man who had the right to war laughed, took the lead in holding the teacup, and saluted from afar:
"How about today's affair in the past?"
In the face of his invitation, those gloomy faces who were originally mourning also forcibly squeezed out a smile of joy from the guests and hosts, wanting to draw an end as soon as possible.
As for the days to come, it is still a long time.
There is always an account that can be calculated slowly.
In this way, in the midst of the fragrance of tea, everyone's laughter became kind and harmless.
Happiness knows no bounds.
Whether it was jerky or skillful, they drank all the tea in their cups to show the establishment of the covenant.
Finally, the cabin in the woods put down the teacup in his hand.
Wiped his mouth.
He said:
"Then let's go to war. β
Accompanied by his words, a faint roar came.
In the distance, the rain-soaked city suddenly burst into flames.
The moment he made his decision, he traveled from Kyoto to Osaka, from Huangquan Hirazaka to distant Tsushima, Shishima, and Hokkaido...... Countless huge vehicles rushed out of the darkness, and in the carriages that were pushed away, there were long-waiting Yakuza with swords in their hands and launched an attack on the intended opponent.
All-out war is coming at this moment.
Piercing alarm bells erupted from the Liuad headquarters, and shrill screams rang from outside the door.
For a while, everyone's faces changed, including the fourth aunt who was still smiling just now. The big guys whose expressions changed suddenly drew their weapons in an instant and aimed them at the faces of the forest hut, and they were already furious.
Even the sixth uncle's action of drinking tea was stagnant.
The pitch-black pupils lifted.
The superior of the path of evil karma looked down and looked indifferently at the little ghost who made a mistake in front of his eyes.
"Little Nineteen, what are you doing here?"
"Do what you're supposed to do, Uncle Six. β
In front of those muzzles, the hut in the forest tilted its head, lit the cigarette at the corner of its mouth, and blew a puff of cigarette lightly: "The mediation meeting is over, the peace talks have failed, and the tea sent off has been drunk, what else can I do?"
He grinned, a mocking smile.
"Of course it's a war. β
In the dead silence, another pair of cold eyes looked at this place.
"Little Nineteen, is this teasing me?"
The fourth aunt's smile disappeared.
That graceful face became cold and gloomy, without the blood of a living person, only pale like ashes burned out, and the long hair curled and wriggled like a snake, choosing people to devour: "Or do you say that you have grown up and come out, and you don't even care about the fourth aunt anymore?"
"Fourth aunt, where are you, I don't want to offend your old man. β
Lin Jiu took off the cigarette roll in confusion and snuffed it out in his hand, "You see, I am very grateful for your care, and I very much agree with your idea of valuing peace, and I especially agree with your idea.
Only, the only problem is here. β
He raised his finger and pointed at himself, looking at his elders, asking in confusion, "When the fuck did I say thatβonly halfway?"
In that moment, his reverence vanished.
A hideous flame burst out from his pupils, and he rose cruelly: "When I came here today, I respect you as an elder, but what kind of onion are you?
Behind him, the door panel shattered.
It was as if it had been cut off by an invisible blade.
An embarrassed figure fell in, staggering backwards, propping up the table, barely able to get up. Lin Shiyi, who was originally guarding the door, opened his mouth, vomited blood, and raised his broken right arm, pointing at the figure who walked in from outside the door.
The samurai with curly hair and an old monkey.
The baggy tracksuit had been stained red with blood, and it had become so poignant, full of tears and gunshot wounds. The blood that flowed on that face could not hide the darkness below.
Cursed corpse spots spread across his face.
Still, I didn't dare to smile.
Facing the killing intent of the sixth uncle, he walked into the hall step by step, tilted his head and said to the young man beside him, "Everything outside is clear...... It's your cousin who accidentally cut off a hand, and that's okay. β
"It's okay, it's okay. β
The cabin in the forest glanced at the embarrassed cousin, and withdrew his gaze indifferently: "The Lin family's surgeon is a must in Dongxia, but if you take a breath, go back and get two stitches and rest for a few days." β
On the table next to him, Lin Shiyi suddenly roared, propped up his body, and wanted to catch him.
But then, a palm suddenly stretched out, grabbed his face, and pressed him to death on the table, like a chicken to be slaughtered.
As stable as an iron tong, he will not be shaken in the slightest.
It's a cabin in the woods.
"Everyone, you came to ask me to talk about things, I talked about it, you want to ask me for tea, I drank it, you want sincerity, I gave ...... But what are you telling me?
Ignoring the tugging of his cousin's other hand, he raised his bloodied face, looked around at everyone here, and told them word by word:
"I've come so fucking all this way to come here, are you here to ask for food!"
"Today, here, I'll say it one last time!
"Either it, all of it, or it, die!"
Xue Liang's knife was pulled out, shook his hand, and nailed it to the long table, buzzing, reflecting the stiff faces.
"And you, Sixth Uncleβ"
The hideous young man raised his eyes and looked indifferently at the old man at the end of the long table, like a young snake spitting a letter to a python, with the same darkness and tyranny.
"You want territory, you want to reach out to Tanbo, you can tell me, why do you push a fool in the family to come out and speak? You have to remember that no matter how many people die today and how much you lose, it will be for the fourth aunt, a fool, to die stupidly!"
A terrible scream rang out.
Burst of blood.
Because his hand holding the knife suddenly pressed down, the sharp knife cut a deep crack in the table, and cut off the cousin's other hand neatly.
A severed hand flew up and landed in front of the fourth aunt's furious face, and her five fingers were still twitching, seeking help in vain.
And below, the young man with the knife glanced at her face, and no longer concealed his disdain and disgust: "Is it useful to wear a suit and tie and take the big brother's phone?"
"Eat!"