Taito-ku, Tokyo.

The crowded buildings on the street are the characteristics of Tokyo's architecture, and between the two modern new high-rise buildings, there is a very abrupt façade house that is only more than five meters high, this house is very old, from top to bottom, it seems to be made of hundreds of years of wooden planks, in addition to the dilapidated, but also a touch of antique.

Less than two meters away, there is an equally shabby signboard hanging on the door, but the small signboard is full of words, the largest of which is clearly in the middle - "Gozomae Study", and there are two small characters written vertically in front of these five words, "Asakusa".

This study is not only dilapidated and short, but even the door is as far as the eye can see, there are stacks of books and bookshelves, very crowded, although there are three ways to enter, but each one is crowded so that it can only be entered horizontally, and it is estimated that only children can be unobstructed in it.

At the innermost part of the study, an old man sits in the middle of the stacks of books, the owner of this bookstore, although this bookstore is old, but there are many books, and people often come to patronize it nearby.

But today there are two new faces.

The two men, a man and a woman, looked like two high school students, but they didn't dress like students, they were wearing black leather jackets and dark jeans, they looked like delinquent teenagers, but they didn't have the fancy jewelry of those people, and their faces were very clean, which didn't match their clothes.

The old man, as usual, glanced up at them, and then lowered his head and looked at the book to himself.

Here, in addition to time, the most important thing is the books that have not been read.

"Sir, we're looking for a copy of "Ryoma is Coming". ”

The old man glanced at the young man again, and the girl behind him seemed to have no interest in the books here, but stared at him with him, not as if she had come to buy books.

"There, Ryotaro Sima's books are there. The old man pointed to the innermost bookshelf and said lightly.

The boy didn't even look in the direction he was pointing, "No, what we are looking for is not the one written by Ryotaro Sima, but by Matsuhei Akai." ”

The old man didn't raise his head this time, he stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, knocking on the wall behind him, and the bookshelf he was pointing to just now with Sima Ryotaro's works suddenly "Kara" sounded, and opened a crack outside.

The boy didn't ask any more questions, and led the girl to the bookshelf.

In a crowded bookstore, the innermost bookshelf was not conspicuous at all, but when it opened, there was a secret door behind it.

The boy opened the bookshelf and led the girl inside.

Inside the secret door was a passage, just entered, the bookshelf behind him closed again, and at the same time the top was lit up, and the not bright light provided enough light in this narrow passage, the two did not hesitate, and walked along the passage.

After not going far, a staircase descending appeared at the end, and at the end of the staircase was an iron door.

The door was not large, with a conspicuous sliding window on the door, barely large enough for a pair of eyes.

The boy knocked on the door, and after a while the window opened, revealing a pair of eyes.

"Number. ”

"The Juhe Leaping Sword Stream Juban Team. ”

"Bang", the window was pushed shut, and at the same time the iron door opened, and a middle-aged uncle in a black kimono stood behind the door, glanced at them, and then retreated to the side of the cushion to continue drinking tea.

The two of them walked into the door, this is a large street, crowded with brightly lit shops on both sides, who would have thought that there is such a large commercial street under such an underground, here people come and go, very lively, it looks like an underground Kabukicho.

The boy did not look at the bustling shops, but went straight into the depths, followed by the girl, who seemed not as familiar with the place as he was, but was not interested in them.

At the end of the underground shopping street is a door, and the old display plate on the door can be seen that it is an elevator. There was a man in a kimono standing next to the elevator with a serious expression, and when he saw them approaching, he said vigilantly, "Where do you want to go?"

"Mr. Matsudaira Akai called us. The boy replied.

"Wait a minute. The man turned around and pressed the button next to the elevator, and the elevator door opened.

The two walked into the elevator, the door closed, but there was no movement.

After a while, the girl asked, "Why don't you move?"

"He's thinking about whether to send me to him or to send us straight to hell. ”

"Who's thinking about it?"

The teenager looked up and looked at the display on the elevator door, "Him." ”

The girl then looked over, but saw that the dark display suddenly lit up, revealing an old man in a kimono sitting at a desk, and the bookshelf behind the old man was full of books.

"Who are you?"

"The leader of the sixth team of the Dongzhou Royal Family, Kenichi Yuan. This is the first heir in line to the White Bird family, White Bird Ling. "Yuan Jian didn't report his real name until he came here.

Shiratori Ling said, "You are the head of the Akai family, Akai Matsudaira?"

Akai Matsuhei nodded, "Yes, yes." The two of you came from afar to find you, and I don't know what advice you have?"

Kenichi Gen said, "I came to talk to you about a business, it is related to the spirit town of the 24th ward, I wonder if the head of the Akai family is interested?"

Through this high-definition display, Shiratori Ling saw a trace of fluctuation on Akai Matsudaira's face, and sure enough, he said without hesitation, "Please come for an interview." ”

With that, he cut off the display, and then the elevator started to start.

It seems that this elevator should be the same as the one in the knife shop of the Shiratori family, and it can directly send them to the Akai family's Reichomachi mansion, but compared to the Shiratori family, it is really a lot more generous.

"Are you sure he'll help us?" asked Kenichi Minamoto, who had already told her when she came.

"To each his own. You want your niece, I want a thousand sons key sword. And Akai Matsuhei will definitely be interested in the things in the hands of the Qianzi Key Sword, and now there are two people who are willing to help him take care of this person and help him get what he wants, and what is in front of him is a deal that is sure to make a profit, he is a businessman, and he will definitely not let go of such a good business opportunity. ”

Seeing that he was so sure, Shiratori Ling didn't ask any more questions.

After losing to Shiratori Ling in the duel, Kenichi Minamoto readily agreed to her request for cooperation, and the moment she said her request for cooperation, Kenichi Gen even felt that the duel was completely unnecessary, and if he had told him that their enemy was the same, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Shiratori Ling thought so at first, but Ah Ping told her that if she wanted to establish a foolproof partnership, that battle was inevitable.

Indeed, without that battle, the two sides would have only been in a relationship of mutual exploitation, and after she won this battle, she became the dominant force in this cooperation, which is necessary.

The elevator was fast, but it also ran for ten minutes before it stopped.

As soon as the elevator door opened, there was no obstacle, and you were greeted by Akai Matsudaira's study.

It's not as big as I imagined, it's just an ordinary study, and it's just a very ordinary rectangular structure, facing the elevator door is his desk, and there are bookshelves on both sides, it seems that each floor of the elevator is a room, and the entire Akai Mansion is a three-dimensional structure.

Akai Matsudaira was very particular, and at this time there were two low tables and cushions on the left side opposite his desk, and tea and snacks were placed on the low table, and the teacups were still steaming, and it seemed that he had been prepared for hospitality in the past ten minutes.

"Please take a seat. ”

This seating arrangement is very old-fashioned, and he is like a Sengoku daimyo.

According to ancient Chinese etiquette, in the early days, the right was respected, but after the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to the left, and Japanese etiquette was mostly taken from the Tang Dynasty in China, so the left side of the Japanese seat was set up to respect the guests, indicating that he attached great importance to these two guests.

Kenichi Gen was very polite to ask Shiratori Ling to sit down first, and Shiratori Ling took the lead in picking a seat a little farther away from Akai Matsudaira, which was the accompanying seat of the guest seat in the seat, and Gen Kenichi, as the leader of this conversation, naturally sat in the guest seat close to the host.

It seems that Akai's family style is like the Asakusa Gozomae study, which is very old.

"Mr. Yuan, how is Your Majesty feeling recently?" Akai Matsuhei did not talk about business as soon as he came up, but chose to be polite first.

"Your Majesty's health is getting stronger, and if you can be of the same heart with Your Majesty, then Your Majesty will have a lot less sorrow. ”

"The Akai family is naturally loyal to His Majesty, but with Genji's influence in the Society, it is impossible to decide what to do with the Society. Mr. Yuan is also surnamed Yuan, and I am afraid that Mr. Yuan is also very familiar with this situation. ”

"I'm just an outcast of Genji, but thanks to His Majesty's grace, I have been able to survive to this day, and I naturally repay Your Majesty with death. ”

These two Japanese said these polite words in Chinese at this time, and Bai Toriling who listened to it was uncomfortable, "Both, just be free from the kind words, otherwise talk about business first?"

Gen Kenichi didn't expect her to be impatient and a little embarrassed. Akai Matsuhei laughed and said, "This heir of the Shiratori family is really straightforward. I haven't seen you before, I think you have just arrived in Dongzhou, and you don't know the relationship between our Juhe Society and Mr. Yuan's Imperial Spirits, right? At this time, our two families are friends and enemies, so it can be said that they are watching each other and guarding against each other, so polite words still have to be said at this time. ”

Genkenichi sneered and said, "The head of the Akai family is more straightforward than Miss Shiratori. ”

"Hehe, I have already reached an agreement with Your Majesty, if you Imperial Spirits can help me bring down Genji, my Akai family will do my best to assist Your Majesty and maintain peace and peace in Dongzhou. So in essence, although the relationship between your group and our association is tense, you can be regarded as friends with the Akai family, right?"

Yuan Jian was stunned when he heard this, and glanced at Bai Bird Ling.

Shiratori Ling could see from his eyes that he didn't know anything about this, and it seemed that the news within the Imperial Spirit People was not interconnected, which even Akai Matsudaira didn't know.

Shiratori Ling can imagine that in an organization like theirs, the members may not even know each other's identities.

But Yuan Jian reacted quickly, and immediately followed his words, "That's right, so in the face of the same enemy, we can naturally achieve the same hatred, right?"

Akai Matsuhei smiled and nodded, "That's right. So Mr. Gen is referring to business ......"

Yuan Kenichi showed a smile, "Naturally, it is still in the hands of the 'Shura Sword Demon' Qianzi Key Sword, the proof of the Ghost King of the Twenty-fourth District Lingcho." ”