Chapter 11: The First Sight of the Green Mountains (Part II)
Tokyo Station is located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and is divided into two entrances, the Marunouchi Exit to the west and the Yaesu Exit to the east.
The place where Lu Xihua got out of the taxi was the Marunouchi side exit.
The entrance to Marunouchi is a Renaissance-style red brick building with octagonal roofs on the north and south sides, and a four-story triangular trapezoidal roof in the center. The industrial-style red and infrared brick walls, the Western-style church-style dark roof, and the classical white windows are embellished with classical white windows, which has a little bit of the torrent feeling of the Western Industrial Revolution impacting the imperial shogunate during the Meiji Restoration.
Swords and samurai were swept away by the waves of the times, cannons and iron ships poured into the waves, and Japan, a small country propelled by the waves of industrialization, moved madly forward, with ambition, biting towards the old people on the other side of the sea, and finally turned into a bloody neon.
Standing alone in front of the station, he loved the feeling of being alone in the middle of the night in the midst of a brightly lit metropolis. Isn't it interesting to be away from the hustle and bustle of the city, to explore the path and practice alone, to exist in the city, and yet to observe this busy society as an outsider, to experience the lives of thousands of people, and to appreciate their ups and downs?
Tokyo is also one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world, and it is also the pride of this era. This area with a radius of 80 kilometers covers an area of 13,400 square kilometers. It is one of Japan's miracles that it is home to 37 million people, one-third of the country's population, and 70% of Japan's GDP.
The earliest shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka runs at 07:10 in the morning via Shinagawa, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto and finally Osaka, a two-and-a-half-hour journey that takes two and a half hours to get there, with a one-way ticket cost of JPY14,000.
Tokyo to Osaka is a 550-kilometre journey, and if you're willing to sleep in the car, you can also head to the airport station and take the overnight bus to Osaka, departing at 23:50 and arriving in Osaka in close to nine hours. This was unappealing to Russihua, so after buying a Shinkansen ticket for a few hours of departure at a self-service ticket machine, Russihua resolutely turned around and prepared to find a place to pass the remaining hours.
Even in a city like Tokyo that never sleeps, there are no restaurants, bars, song halls, theaters, cinemas, or other places that stay up all night because it is not a commercial district like Shinjuku, which is famous for its kabuki shopping. Even if there is, it is hidden in high-rise buildings, there are not too many bells and whistles advertising signs, and most of them are high-end membership access systems, not a strange outsider like Lu Xihua can enter and exit casually, after all, the land price here is very expensive, and there are also countless rich people living here.
On the street, there are few passers-by who are walking in a hurry, not knowing whether they are on their way home or on their way to the next wine party, and there are almost no people who stop to enjoy the street scene at a slow pace. Lu Xihua was a special case, and he used his eyes to wander under the light of the street lamps and the nearby high-rise buildings, and walked leisurely and slowly, looking for a place to pass the time.
Passing by a small park hidden on the corner, Lu Xihua heard a voice coming from inside.
"I have already paid off the money I owe you, but why don't you let me go..."A woman's voice came from the depths of the park, and Lu Xihua immediately looked for it.
"That's the debt you should have paid us a long time ago, we people have been out for so long, and it took half a month to find you, isn't everyone eating, drinking, and living money? A fierce voice said.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of the bag being turned, and all kinds of small objects inside fell on the ground in the park, making a ding-dong sound, and it seemed that there were indeed a lot of things in the woman's bag.
"Is that just that? Do you look down on us, do you think we're beggars, and send us away like that?"
"But I don't have any money anymore, and I have a week to go, and I won't pay my salary for this month, and after deducting the rent, I only have some money for food," the female voice said pitifully.
"You don't need to give money, as long as you accompany our boss for one night, it's cheaper for you, hehehe..."
"No, please let me go, I'll find a way to send you the extra money. ”
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get in the car with us, or you'll look good!"
I didn't finish talking here, and suddenly the little brother who was on guard outside noticed Lu Xihua who was slowly approaching, "Hey, the East Pole Group is doing business, it's irrelevant, go away! Talk to you, did you hear it, and go forward?!"
"Inoue, what are you doing with so much nonsense, drive him away, if you don't obey, just leave him a mark, hurry up, don't attract the attention of the police!" a figure who was clearly a big brother spoke in a calm voice.
The little brother who was sentry got the permission of the eldest brother, and walked towards Lu Xihua with a cruel smile, as soon as the wrist of his right hand was loosened, a matte dark metal pipe fell on his hand, and he was held tightly, he was ready to teach this disobedient kid a lesson, let him know that it is better to live in this society.
The younger brother lifted the metal pipe in his hand and knocked it on the young man's knee, he knew the strength of his hand, this poor young man would probably need to stay in the hospital for some time.
The younger brother waved the metal pipe and looked up into the young man's face, hoping to see fear and fear in his eyes, which was his favorite thing, and it was more comfortable to watch the weak cry and beg for mercy at his feet.
But the young man in front of him was different, he looked at himself without waves, what kind of eyes was this? The younger brother suddenly remembered, isn't this the kind of look he looks at the flowers and plants on the side of the road when he walks?
Suddenly, the little brother's face became even more hideous, and the strength of the metal pipe in his hand was a little more, he believed that if he went down with this tube, the annoying young man in front of him was afraid that he would say goodbye to the fierce exercise in this life.
Suddenly, he saw only a silver flash in the young man's eyes, and he didn't know anything.
In the park, the woman who was pulled was a mature working woman in her twenties, with a thin waist and hips, although her breasts were not big, but a pair of slender thighs under the professional short skirt were very eye-catching, so attractive to the body of male hormones No wonder these loan sharks were unwilling to let her go easily, even after receiving the full amount of money, they also wanted to occupy her body with lame reasons.
Seeing innocent passers-by involved in her own affairs before, she couldn't bear it anymore, sharp nails quickly grew on the ten fingers behind her, and her lowered eyes were replaced by a pair of green vertical pupils, "It seems that you can only solve it quickly, find a way to solve these annoying reptiles, and then knock this stupid young man unconscious, I hope he won't have a nightmare tonight." ”
But the afterglow of her eyes made her frightened next, a silver thread shot out of the strange man's eye, and circled around the body of the underworld who intended to commit the murder, and suddenly the little brother holding the metal pipe disappeared, only a wallet fell from the air, and was grabbed by the young man casually, showing a smile.
Lu Xihua smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not short." ”
The woman couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation, ignoring the secret that was discovered, and raised her head to look at Lu Xihua.
"Inoue, be quick with your hands and feet! You..." The big brother seemed to hear that something was wrong behind him, and immediately turned around with a few of his subordinates, ready to scold Inoue for his incompetence, but saw that the young man was holding a wallet in his hand, but the person in Inoue was gone.
Lu Xihua didn't bother to look at them, stretched out his hand and tapped it, and the silver thread flew out and fell on the bodies of several underworld elements, and suddenly several people disappeared without a trace, just like the previous Inoue, and there were a few wallets left on the ground, indicating their existence before.
"Who are you? Thank you for your help. The woman straightened up, trembling all over. She had already seen that the silver threads flying out of the tips of the man's fingers were clearly terrifying thunder, and she no longer doubted at this moment that the few underworld elements who disappeared were transferred away by some kind of trick, but in front of her eyes, in an instant, silently, they were turned into flying smoke by the thunder.
Similarly, if the silver thread falls on him, he will also end up with the same fate as others, and he can't resist it at all, and he will use the great law order beyond the limit of the Dao Law between his hands, which is not something that ordinary cultivators can do, it can only be the ability that only those spirits who have practiced for I don't know how many years in the legend can have, and as a little demon who has transformed into a shape, he is really unable to resist.
"I'm just passing by, kitten, don't be nervous. Excuse me, is there any place nearby where I can spend my time, I'm going to stay for a few hours, have a few delicious beers and a few delicious side dishes, and take the Shinkansen in the morning. Lu Xihua took out the money in Inoue's wallet, and then the wallet also turned into smoke and disappeared, and then asked.
Under the tremendous pressure of Lu Xihua, the black hair on the woman's head grew two cat ears, and in the depths of the short skirt, a long fluffy tail involuntarily fell to the ground, trembling slightly, and a pair of turquoise vertical pupils were full of fear.
Is it just to ask for directions?, the cat demon roared in his heart. But he didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction on his face, stretched out his skillful hand with sharp nails, and pointed to an alley, "Go in there, until the intersection is a little further ahead, there is a good izakaya called Yeheyan, the owner specializes in late-night dinner, open from twelve o'clock to seven o'clock in the morning, the price is cheap, the food is delicious, I often work overtime on the way home, I used to drink a few beers." The owner is very nice, I felt very tasteful, a good place to pass the time. ”
"Ye Heyan, huh? Then go and sit down, thank you. Lu Xihua nodded to thank the kitten, and then stretched out his finger and clicked on the remaining wallets on the ground, "Scared you, the money in it is my compensation." Kitten, it's late at night, just go home early, don't stay outside, Tokyo seems to be a little uneven tonight, it's better to go home early and go to bed. ”
"Accidentally said so much, go, bye-bye. Lu Xihua walked towards the alley in the distance, and at the same time raised his left hand and waved goodbye to the cat demon behind him.
The cat demon looked at Lu Xihua in the distance, and suddenly sat on the ground limply, panting heavily, like an animal that had just been rescued from drowning.
"Where did this big monster come from?!How dare he blatantly appear on the streets of Tokyo, doesn't he know that there is a ban in the city?Forget it, no matter so much, it's good to get out of here quickly~" The cat demon remembered Lu Xihua's warning, quickly picked up a few wallets on the ground and the things he dropped, happily took out the banknotes inside, and then threw the remaining wallets into the dirt, covered them up, and hurriedly left the scene.
Lu Xihua followed the alley deeply, passed by an intersection, looked left and right, and saw a red lantern in the distance.
The red lantern hung high above had a big crane written on it, and the hanging curtain revealed the light in the room, and he nodded suddenly.
A trace of mist gradually filled the street, and it began to thicken gradually, Lu Xihua frowned slightly, did not speak, and walked towards the place with an unhurried pace.
In this way, Lu Xihua, who had just come to this world and killed a few underworld elements, lifted the curtain outside the door, pushed the door and walked into this tavern called Yeheyan.