Chapter 1: Charred Corpses

Due to geographical limitations, most of the one-family buildings in Japan are made of pure wooden structures, which has the advantage of being light, cheap, and earthquake-resistant, and the disadvantage is... A single fire can burn into nothingness.

Ahead, the red flames that encroached on the Nishinomiya family's house leaped, spitting out pitch-black billowing smoke and soaring into the sky.

It's true that his house is on fire!

A house is surrounded by neighbors, either sad and sympathetic, surprised and confused, or anxiously calling the fire phone...

Seti hurriedly looked around.

I didn't see my mother in these faces!

Mom won't really be in the house, will she... Sethi looked at the house that had been completely shrouded in flames, and did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately broke through the crowd and rushed into the fire with an exclamation.

Yuka Nishinomiya followed closely and equally anxiously.

Bang –

Kicking through the door, which was still strong in the heat, Seti stepped into the familiar hallway.

The quiet and peaceful appearance of the past is long gone, and the shoe cabinet that was neatly arranged by my mother, the shoe changing stool embedded in the wall, and even the latex cushion at the entrance are now covered by flames and turned into a red patch.

"Quick, go find Mom first!"

Nishinomiya Yuhua waved his hand lightly, and the flames that lingered on them were significantly reduced.

Give her a little more time, and she'll be able to wipe out all the flames here... But now, it's just that the two of them are short of this time!

"I'll go upstairs."

Seti left such a sentence, and the whole person suddenly galloped, stepping on the stairs that had been burned into the shape of black charcoal, and came to the living room on the second floor.

The sofa and the TV are all burning, and even the glamorous flowers that my mother carefully tended to have turned into ashes by the flames at this time.

The living room also doesn't have...

After 0.1 seconds, Sethi turned around again and rushed into the kitchen where the fire was most severe.

It's almost a crimson world in its entirety.

The kitchen utensils that Seti had just bought for her mother had been burned to the point of scrap in the fire, and the floor was ...... Lying a charred corpse ...

Seeing this charred corpse, which was no longer visible, Seti was stunned.

His brain was buzzing, his eyes were dark, and the flames were burning uncontrollably on his body, and he no longer felt any pain...

The world before him was nothing but this charred corpse... This... A corpse of the same height as my mother.......

From his senses, he couldn't sense any breath of life on this corpse.

Seti didn't even dare to step into the kitchen again.

His footsteps stayed at the door forever, even Seti, who had never been cowardly in the face of a level 8 human immortal in the outside world, did not dare to face all this at this moment.

Plop –

Seti sat down on the ground.

He saw that there was a blackened meal on the shelf next to him, densely packed, there must be four or five plates... It's not hard to imagine how much trouble my mother went out of her way to make this dinner.

Oh, yes... She's still waiting for me to eat with my old sister......

Seti took a deep breath and got back to his feet.

Coming to the charred corpse in the center of the kitchen, and seeing the burned corpse with only bones and black charred flesh, Seti immediately turned his head, not wanting to take a second look.

But when he turned his head, he saw the oven he had just bought for his mother today.

Although it had been burned, Seti still seemed to see it, "During the day, he asked his mother, 'Where is this oven?' scenes.

Everything is vivid... But everything is like a world away.....

"You... No... I'm going to decorate a big kitchen for you... Why are you so .....?"

Seti lowered her head again, couldn't help but babble, bent down and grabbed the corpse despite the heat, and touched the arms and shoulders that had been burned hard by the flames.....

The pupils of the eyes gradually blur.

"Let's go... Take you away

Open here... I'll help you find a quiet place..."

Seti held the corpse and walked slowly out of the kitchen.

Bumped into the old sister Yuka Nishinomiya head-on.

As soon as they met, the other party said, "I searched all the rooms below, but I couldn't find my mother."

Seti bowed her head, but did not speak.

Naturally, Yuka Nishinomiya also found the charred corpse in Seti's arms, and asked curiously, "Who is this?"

Seti was stunned.

Immediately looked up and asked, "Isn't this my mother?"

"Huh?" Nishinomiya Yuka looked surprised, and said, "This is obviously a witch, with the breath of a ghost and god, it is estimated that the Amaterasu formation I set up here was destroyed by this guy."

Witch???

Seti threw the charred corpse to the ground from his arms, and couldn't help but step on two feet.

Dry!!

How deceiving my feelings!!

After venting, Seti frowned and asked, "Since this is not my mother, where can my mother go... Shrine maiden, mom won't be captured by Ise Jingu, right?"

"I'm also curious as to why a shrine maiden is in our house." Nishinomiya Yuka also had a solemn face.

The two of them had just slaughtered the deputy elder of the Ise Jingu and injured the elder Zheng, when suddenly a fire broke out in the house and the corpse of a shrine maiden appeared, which made it easy to think too much.

Buzz –

The cell phone in Seti's pocket rang suddenly, breaking the silence of the siblings' contemplation in the fire.

He took it out and looked at it:

[Caller: Headlight Team Leader]

Why did Aoi Broken Branch call me?

Also... I guess it's because I haven't looked for her in a few days.

Seti thought and put the phone back in his pocket, at this point he was not in the mood to flirt with the headlight leader.

He went on to say to the old lady:

"Since there is a shrine maiden's corpse, it is very likely that Ise Jingu did it."

Nishinomiya Yuka also nodded, her face solemn: "But this is too coincidental... It can't be that Ise Jingu has already planned that we will do this... So get my mother away in advance."

"Heh, then let them pray for themselves, dare to hurt my mother at all, I will let them solve it directly.....

Seti hadn't finished her cruel words yet.

The phone rang again, interrupting him.

Seti frowned and took out his mobile phone, and when he saw it, it was the headlight team leader again.

"Who, always calling, answer, I'll find out if there are any other traces."

Yuka Nishinomiya controlled the flames and calmed herself down, walking around the room, looking for any clues. Chinese Net

It's uncertain about my mother's whereabouts.

You can only start from inside the house, since the other party set the fire, there is naturally a clue that you want to destroy.

Sethi also answered the phone.

As soon as it was connected, a happy female voice came: "Xiaoti, come quickly, Broken Branch said that he wanted to take us to eat barbecue!"

It's Mom's voice!!

Seti was breathing for half a minute.

How could mom be there with the headlight team leader...

Se asked, "Mom, are you all right?"

Hearing this question, the other end of the arc was visibly puzzled, and replied:

"Mommy's can do anything... But you haven't even told me about it, it turns out that you started a gang, no wonder you have to go out and fight every night."

...... Seti chose not to complain.

Instead, he said, "Let Aoi answer the phone, I have something to ask her."

"Oh, yes..."

Soon, the voice of Aoi Broken Branch came from the other end of the phone: "Little animal... Ahem, come to the Qinghe Group, my mother and I are waiting for you here."

I'm going to call my mother so soon...

Seti, who was in a good mood, immediately admonished, "Look after Mom, I'll rush over it immediately."

Go."

Hang up.

Seti beckoned to the old lady who was looking around for clues, and shouted, "Found my mother's whereabouts."

"Where?"

"Gangster headquarters."

......

Qinghe group.

"Lord Wrist... Good afternoon, Lord Wrist Hao... I haven't seen you for a long time......."

Looking at the gangsters who looked so fierce along the way, they all bowed their heads respectfully to their stinky brothers, Nishinomiya Yuka was surprised:

"I can't imagine that you're still cold and become a gangster."

Seti casually perfunctory: "Fight black boxing."

"But why did they look at me strangely......

"Ahem, you're so pretty."

"Hee-hee, really?" Yuka Nishinomiya smiled.

Small talking.

The two of them soon came to the office of the team leader within the Qinghe group.

Seti was just like at home, didn't knock on the door, just pushed it open.

The interior of the house is still the furnishings of the normal office.

Behind the desk sat Qingjing Crushed, at this time she was unexpectedly well-behaved, not to mention revealing the headlights, even the cold black trench coat was no longer worn, but changed into a light blue chiffon half-sleeved top, with casual loose jeans, and her fiery red lips also turned into pale pink lipstick, youthful vitality and age-reducing.

I'm afraid no one will believe this outfit and say that he is a gang leader.

Instead, it's like a young college student.

On the opposite sofa, sure enough, sat the old mother who was exactly the same as Setti's memory, still wearing the light-colored home clothes she wore when she left in the morning, and her long hair was pulled up, elegant and graceful.

At this time, my mother was sitting on the sofa eating a small snack, and there were two fierce gangsters on the side, but now one was helping her pick the nut skin, and the other was carrying a teapot to pour tea.

The attitude is quite respectful and careful, and even the atmosphere does not dare to take a breath.

"Xiaoti, Youhua, you two are here!"

Seeing Seti and Nishinomiya Yuka walking in, Nishinomiya Akemi immediately put down the snacks, got up and smiled at them.

Seti dodged and hugged her mother in her arms.

Feeling the temperature of life coming from her, Seti completely calmed down...

If you haven't experienced loss, you won't understand how precious it is.

"Timo... Why did you ...... suddenly?"

Listening to her mother's inquiry, Seti let go of her arms and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, our house was burned down, and I'm much more relieved to see that you're okay."

Yes???

Nishinomiya Akemi's face was suddenly stunned: "The house burned down?"

"yes." Sethi said.

"But... Why are you smiling so happily?" Nishinomiya Akemi is secluded.

"Because—" Sethi muttered.

I can't say I thought you were burned to death, but now I'm happy to see that you're still alive and well.

So Seti changed the subject and asked, "Mom, why are you here?"

"Oh, Broken Branch said he wanted to see me, and you really are, you have a fiancée, and you don't bring it home for your mother to see." Akemi Nishinomiya buried the grievances.

Fiancee!

One sentence shocked the sister and brother.

Ben was also immersed in the joy of finding her mother, Yuka Nishinomiya, suddenly turned her head, looked at the only strange woman in the room, and pointed to the broken branch of Aoi on the opposite side and asked.

"Mom, that's the fiancée you're talking about?"

"yes, the Broken Branch Man is good..."

Before Nishinomiya Akemi finished speaking, Nishinomiya Yuka immediately interrupted: "It's good, it's almost thirty years old, it's really good..."

"Thirty years old, didn't you say that you were only in your twenties?" Akemi Nishinomiya wondered.

That's a bit of an age difference from Xiao Ti...

Aoi Shiedamoto's smiling face gradually froze.

From Yuka Nishinomiya's body... She felt the breath of-for-tat and enemy.....

And years of experience as a gangster allow her to instantly adjust her emotions and find her direction at the same time.

She immediately stepped forward from behind her desk, pointed at Yuka Nishinomiya and smiled at Seti and asked, "Honey, this is the sister Yuka you told me before, right?"

Then he smiled sweetly and held Nishinomiya Yuka's little hand, and introduced himself:

"Hello Sister Yuka, I'm Seti's fiancée, Aoi Shizhi."

Yuka Nishinomiya watched her performance and wanted to laugh a little.

Is this a reminder for me to understand who I am? Broken thoughts?

Nishinomiya Yuhua also didn't lose half a point, smiled and said, "Don't dare to be, this is the first time that someone so much older than me has been called sister."

It's another age crit.

Aoi Shizhi held back the corners of his mouth that wanted to twitch, turned his head to Seti, and asked with a smile, "yes, but my darling likes me like this, right?"

"Really!?" Nishinomiya Yuka also turned her head to Seti and specially added an accent to her voice when she asked!

The two of them smiled as if they had a sharp blade, and they were facing each other at all times.

Dry... Sister, you're really wrong, how can you quarrel with every fish in me... Seti was reluctant to answer the question of death.

So he digressed and asked:

"Let's get down to business first, Broken Branch, why is my mother here with you."

One move shifted the topic to Dafa, and immediately subdued the two rulers.

Aoi Broken Branch suppressed his little temperament and replied with a smile, "Of course, it's to meet my future mother—"

Still, her eyes clicked on the wall behind her office.

Seti knew it was a secret door to the butler's office.

The head of the headlight team is saying that there are some secret words that can't be said here... After Sethi judged it, he said to the old lady, "Sister, you watch the old mother here first, and I will accompany the broken branch to a place."

"I don't! I'm going too." Nishinomiya Yuka immediately frowned and refused.

"Oh, trouble my sister~ My dear and I still have some personal matters, and it's inconvenient to be disturbed." Aoi Crusheda smiled sweetly as he took Seti's arm.

Just this smile.

In the eyes of Nishinomiya Yuka, there is some provocation.

You're so brave... I'm afraid that my sister will summon Amaterasu on the spot and burn you... Seti pinched a sweat in her heart, and comforted the old lady:

"It's really something, my mother must be bored if she stays alone for a long time, you stay here for a while first, and when I come back, I'll tell you everything."

"Okay!" Yuka Nishinomiya nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Seti grabbed the leader of the headlights who still wanted to show off his might and declare victory, and immediately walked out of the office door.

After closing the door, he came to the hallway, and Seti whispered to Aoi Crush, "Don't irritate the old lady."

The latter immediately frowned, slightly dissatisfied, and said:

"You like her too?"

"Poof... She's my sister."

"But I don't think she thinks so..."

Seti hurriedly stopped, "That's all your delusion... By the way, you can tell me something."

Aoi Shizhi looked at Seti suspiciously several times, but finally didn't say anything, and said, "Let's go to the housekeeper."

"What are you doing with him?"

"Because it wasn't me who sent my mother to the Qinghe group, but the younger brother of Old Man Ishimura..."

The butler's younger brother... Seti's eyes widened.

Isn't it the elderly samurai Kojiro Ishimura!?

The only survivor of the group of people who returned from Takamagahara.

"He's in the Qinghe group?" Seti asked hurriedly.

"Well, I'm chatting with Old Man Ishimura right now, and it's said that I'm waiting for you, as if I have something I want to tell you, and what kind of scholar

related." Aoi said as he walked.

"Masanac?"

"yes, that's the name."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!"

Seti picking up the green well broken branch is a 100-meter sprint!