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Chapter 058 – Businessman

“Power?” Miyaichi Rio was a bit dazed: “What kind of power?”

If it wasn’t for the courage Luo Feng gave her, she would have already collapsed by now.

When she left the police station, she learned of Luo Feng and Yukino’s conversation, she knew there were many problems, but she still came resolutely.

“An assassin’s top-level abilities.” Luo Feng said seriously: “I’m a devil, a devil who helps people fulfill their wishes, I can give you the power to take revenge on them.”

“Hane Mihoko, if it wasn’t for her, your life wouldn’t have become this miserable, she should die, right?”

“Her father, if he hadn’t raised a daughter like this, it wouldn’t have been possible, he should die, right?”

“That reporter, after hearing your words, even knowing how much you’re suffering, he still sold his conscience for money, he should die, right?”

“Those who gave false testimony for her, they should die, right?”

“They should all die…” Miyaichi Rio sat in the same spot as yesterday, murmuring: “I’ll kill them.”

“I know you’re in pain.” Yukino couldn’t hold back after hearing these words: “But many people are innocent! They’re wrong, but not deserving of death…”

Bang!

“So am I the one who should die?” Miyaichi Rio slammed the table hard, stood up and shouted: “What did I do wrong!”

“For this matter, I’ll continue to help you…” Yukinoshita Yukino gritted her teeth: “I’ll find a chance to go on a business trip there, I promise, I’ll definitely find evidence of that man’s crimes…”

“Sister, thank you, sorry, I shouldn’t have vented on you.” Miyaichi Rio sat back down: “I know, if it wasn’t for you, my fate would have been even more tragic.”

“It’s just that you’re too impulsive, last night was also my fault, for not coordinating the action time with you, I wanted to help you…”

“Heh… I’m an ordinary person, just want to live, just want to live by my own efforts, just want to support a family, get married, have children, live an ordinary life.” Miyaichi Rio looked a bit confused at Yukino: “In the end, to protect my rights, I have to rely on your authority? What is the law for? To help the bad people?”

“The law itself is fair, the enforcers may not be.” Luo Feng said softly: “Rely on those useless police? Rely on that bureaucratic government? Japan’s underworld is all legal. To protect yourself, to protect your mother, do you know what you should rely on? Rely on your own hands, only power is eternal, only power is worth trusting.”

As he spoke, Luo Feng walked over to Miyaichi Rio, sat down, and smiled: “As long as this big sister agrees, I’ll take 30 years of your lifespan, plus your soul, I’ll give you the abilities of a top assassin and provide you with weapons ensuring you have the power for revenge.”

“Then, if they want to retaliate against you and want to use the law’s weapons against you, you can tell them: Where’s the evidence?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll give you not only power but also the experience of a top assassin, guaranteeing that the incompetent trash in Hokkaido can’t find anything.”

“No, you’re too prone to impulse now.” Yukino quickly stopped her: “Even if the mastermind really deserves to die, you can’t harm so many innocent people, they… they…”

“Not deserving of death?” Miyaichi Rio looked at Yukino, stood up, walked in front of her, knelt down with a thump: “Please, 30 years of lifespan, my soul, I can offer anything, I just want to take revenge!”

“Do you know what it means to offer your soul?” Yukino said anxiously: “It means you’ll go to hell after you die and be tortured forever…”

“So what!” Miyaichi Rio shouted: “I just want power, please… otherwise, otherwise I can’t do anything.”

“I’m a police officer, I can’t watch you break the law, nor can I become an accomplice to evil.” Yukino said decisively.

“Police? Evil? Ah! I see, so you’re on their side…” Miyaichi Rio murmured: “So, you’re here to protect the bad people…”

Hearing her voice, Yukino didn’t know why, her heart tightened.

I’m obstructing her revenge…

Emotionally, I shouldn’t do this.

Legally, I must do this!

In the past, when her mother asked her to use her position to do something, it never made her this conflicted.

She realized for the first time, what a real dilemma is.

She pressed her hand on her chest, her face pale: “Just make the trade if you want, why make me make this decision?”

Thump…

Yukino knelt on the ground, speechless.

“Big brother, please, please…”

Bang, bang, bang…

Her forehead was slamming violently on the ground, as if using all her strength with each strike.

If Luo Feng didn’t stop her, she might have directly passed out from the impact, or even die.

“Child, she’s just a hypocrite, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have let her make this decision, as a police officer, other than protecting those evil people, what else can she do?” Luo Feng raised his hand, stopped the girl who was kowtowing: “Since she doesn’t dare make this decision, since she can’t uphold justice for the commoners, let me do it then.”

“Yukino, do you understand now? The meaning of a devil’s existence.”

“If a country is absolutely just, there would be no room for a devil to exist, because everyone has the law to rely on, won’t seek the devil’s help.”

“But look at now? Without the devil’s help, what can she use to take revenge? Rely on your authority, or Japan’s laws?”

“Ridiculous…”

A contract appeared in front of Miyaichi Rio, clearly stating the price she had to pay, and what she could gain.

Looking at the hellish scene in her mind, she trembled all over: “Will Mihoko, will Mihoko be like me, forever damned in hell?”

“I don’t know, but I can guarantee, the people you kill will go to hell, how many years they’re punished, has nothing to do with me.” Luo Feng said softly: “Are you still willing to sign?”

“I’m willing!” Miyaichi Rio gritted her teeth and pressed her finger down.

The contract was established!

She felt a surge of power flowing through her limbs, the experience of using various firearms, various criminal techniques, even the indifferent mentality that Luo Feng had additionally gifted, all stimulating her brain.

For the first time, she felt that living was so wonderful.

“I won’t give you the weapons here, so that this big sister doesn’t hear and stop you again.” Luo Feng said softly: “I’ve placed those things in the places where you have the most memories, and your secret base, the place where you vent your emotions, go, go get your own things, take revenge on those who have hurt you.”

“I will.” Miyaichi Rio stood up, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

Cowardice, futility, have all disappeared without a trace.

Now, she is like a battle-hardened cold-blooded assassin.

As for how many people she will kill, how many will sacrifice their lives for her, this has nothing to do with Luo Feng.

He, is just a spectator, a businessman who has just made a profitable deal.

Chapter 057 – Do You Crave Power?

Soon, Hane Mihoko was brought to the interrogation room, face to face with Miyaichi Rio.

The other party was wearing the same school uniform as Miyaichi Rio, quite good-looking, with beautiful blonde hair, an elegant aura.

The police officer turned on the recorder and sat down beside them.

He can’t leave, otherwise if someone suddenly does something wrong, he’ll be implicated.

This isn’t a criminal case, just a civil dispute, and they’re both minors so they can’t handcuff them.

Hmm… we can’t, with the attention of the reporters.

“Hane Mihoko!” Miyaichi Rio glared at her, spoke her full name: “Just pay me back the money, why did you force me to go to those places?”

“Rio, what are you saying?” Mihoko looked afraid: “I, how could I do that to you? I really can’t lend you money anymore, I gave you all my allowance during that period…”

She didn’t expect the usually timid Miyaichi Rio to actually have the courage to go find the reporters, even dare to report it.

Because of this matter, her father severely scolded her, blaming her for being so brainless and not knowing that she should not push the person too hard, but rather do it little by little.

This time she pushed too hard, the other party wants to fish in troubled waters, their side also spent a lot of money to grease palms.

If she behaves well lately, when Rio gets into university, has a better life, one she doesn’t want to give up, then go threaten her, that would be so much better!

Mihoko planned to vent the fire from her father’s scolding on Miyaichi Rio.

But not today, the police are watching, this police officer hasn’t been bribed either, time to put on a show.

“Act, keep acting!” Miyaichi Rio said hatefully: “Dare to swear you’ve never extorted me? The money I earned working this past year, I gave it all to you, you used it to buy drinks, buy bags, all my money!”

“Rio, please, turn over a new leaf.” Mihoko’s tears were welling up in her eyes: “I used my own allowance, I couldn’t possibly give you my entire daily allowance…”

“Shut up!” Miyaichi Rio wanted to rush up, but she had just stood up when the middle-aged police officer pushed her back down, shook his head at her.

Miyaichi Rio glared at Mihoko again, continued the confrontation, but the other party just didn’t admit it and kept playing the victim to the end.

If the middle-aged police officer hadn’t seen a lot and was just an inexperienced young person, he might have really been fooled by Mihoko.

He can see it because of his many years of experience, but can the public see it?

The public is the most easily deceived, the most easily led.

As long as the media has a bit of authority, or the content interests them, they’re willing to believe.

Even if there are smart people, how many are there?

“Sir, we classmates haven’t properly guided Rio to the righteous path these past few years, it’s our fault.” Mihoko saw Miyaichi Rio had nothing more to say, stood up and bowed to the police officer: “That 500,000 yen I borrowed, I don’t want it back, as long as she can turn over a new leaf, I’ll do anything.”

“You scumbag, just confess yourself!” Miyaichi Rio growled.

“I know she’s a bit impulsive, sorry, I better not appear in front of her now, I feel her mental state isn’t good, maybe the pressure is too great…” Mihoko said as she left lightly.

Watching Hane Mihoko leave, the middle-aged police officer sighed.

“Since this matter is settled, you can let it go too.” The middle-aged police officer reminded, “Going on won’t benefit you either. At least the public opinion is out; she can’t openly harass you anymore. After you go to university, or get a job, move house, and learn some makeup, just avoid contact with her.”

“Let it go?” Miyaichi Rio murmured: “I paid back the money I owed long ago, that money was stolen by her. In the end my recommendation spot is gone, my mother got harassed, she might lose her job, everyone online is discussing me, as if it’s all my fault. I didn’t even provoke her, but she ruined everything for me and you said to just let it go? Is this… fair?”

“…”

The middle-aged police officer was a bit helpless; he also knew this girl’s life was basically ruined, but what could he do? He could only say she’s unlucky.

Want to help her? No evidence!

Evidence is so ridiculous, even for some murderers, great evildoers, some things are known to be their doing, but as long as there’s no smoking gun or no evidence, the police have to go protect them instead.

“I Can’t just let it go…” Miyaichi Rio suddenly thought of someone, that big brother with the warm smile last night.

She has a feeling, this person must be able to help her.

She wants revenge, revenge on the Hane family, revenge on that reporter, revenge on all the injustice in this world!

…

In the evening, Yukino went to Luo Feng’s izakaya immediately after getting off work.

Ginko was still on leave today, when Yukino arrived, only Luo Feng was there.

“Hey, you’re here.” Luo Feng glanced at Yukino, smiled: “How did it go?”

“Nothing, I was wrong before, you really are a devil.” Yukino glared angrily at Luo Feng.

“Seems this matter needs the boss to help the rookie employee clean up.” Luo Feng stretched: “Since you’re here, go to work.”

“What are you going to do?” Yukino asked excitedly.

“Work first.” Luo Feng’s indifferent voice sounded.

Yukino suddenly felt her body seemed to be out of her control, instinctively walked in front of Luo Feng, picked up the towel, then like a machine, went to the back and started wiping tables.

I, my body is no longer under my control? This is the binding power of the contract?

She not only can’t move freely, she can’t even speak.

The past few days Luo Feng didn’t summon her, and when he did, he didn’t make her do anything, she hadn’t shown any defiance.

But now, when everything is not under her control, she finally understood, how terrifying this devil is.

He didn’t use words and force to threaten,  he only used actions to show that you have to listen to him.

If you don’t listen, the contract will make you listen!

For this year, whenever Luo Feng wants Yukino to do something, she has to do it!

Yukino’s thoughts were racing, in less than ten minutes, she regained control of her body.

She opened her mouth, gritted her teeth, and continued wiping the tables.

Now is not the time to go against him, otherwise the one who will suffer the loss is definitely herself.

This feeling of everything not in her own hands, is really hateful!

She actually thought this guy likes her? Yukino felt her own thoughts were a bit ridiculous.

It was only 8 o’clock in the evening and outside the izakaya there was a new person, it was that girl from before, Miyaichi Rio!

“Big brother…” Her expression was cold, as if her heart was already dead: “I messed up the matter…”

“Then, do you want revenge? Do you crave power?”

Chapter 56: Reality

“How could it be my doing?” Yukino was stunned for a moment.

“Didn’t I ask you before if you were sure you wanted to do it this way?”

“You did ask,” Yukino said coldly. “But you kept guiding me not to ask which school she attended, right? Or rather, you said no phones and no leaving contact info from the start, all for this moment, wasn’t it?”

“Smart, much smarter than that Ginko kid.”

“So this time my mistake was due to lack of information. If I had directly dealt with you instead, her soul would already belong to you, right? But with me involved, at least she still has a chance, gambling on the reporters’ and media’s conscience.” Yukino remained calm, unfazed by Luo Feng’s words. “Were you trying to make me feel guilty? Sorry, I won’t. I did what I should have.”

She finally understood.

Hearing Luo Feng say it was her problem, Yukino completely understood what was going on.

“I know because of my lack of information, many unnecessary consequences occurred. But I will do everything I can to help, I won’t just stand by.”

“Interesting, good luck with that!” Luo Feng’s voice betrayed no disappointment.

He was just testing Yukino’s abilities and composure.

Admittedly, she was far more interesting than Sora Ginko.

Ginko had desires and major character flaws. Combined with her problematic feelings for Yaichi Kuzuryuu, she was easy to manipulate.

But Yukino was more composed than Ginko and her thinking was more logical. She didn’t regret this incident or give up hopelessly feeling powerless. She was still trying to find a solution.

She just wanted to confirm with Luo Feng if he was behind this, and why he did it, nothing more.

After hanging up, Yukino took a deep breath, looked up the number, and directly called over there to explain the situation.

They said they would try to handle it, but how could they stop the media’s momentum if the authorities didn’t act decisively?

Yukino knew this would happen, so she asked a coworker from that area for help, vouching that she knew the girl and she wasn’t that kind of person.

Her coworker was happy to help with this minor favor.

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, people came from all over the nation. After all, Tokyo was the true center of power – other officials couldn’t compare to Tokyo’s.

Moreover, many of these people had backers and frequently helped each other out.

Even with Yukino’s cold and awkward personality, many were willing to do her a small favor since the Yukinoshita family had regained its standing.

Yukino’s efforts were not completely fruitless – at minimum, they were able to protect Rio Miyaichi’s mother and prevent further reporting on her.

Rio had indeed acted impulsively, which was not Yukino’s approach of planning first. She expected Rio would act but didn’t foresee her being so boldly driven, transforming from a formerly timid person unwilling to resist.

Yukino quickly realized another factor at play – the courage Luo Feng had given Rio!

Courage was putting it nicely. For the protagonist it manifested as courage, but for bystanders or side characters, it became recklessness and stupidity.

Luo Feng simply enhanced her courage but didn’t give her corresponding strategic wisdom.

It was like he could give someone precious beauty, but without granting poise, they would just be a vapid pretty face suitable for a hostess club, lacking true grace and depth.

His simple boost to her courage was not a good thing…

…

Rio Miyaichi was brought to the police station and carefully questioned about the incident’s causes and effects. She told the full truth.

There was a limit to what Yukino could do from her side, unable to influence the local media or make the authorities give their full assistance. All she could do was first ensure the safety of Rio and her mother.

Within a single day, Rio keenly felt the impact of power and how vicious people’s hearts could be.

“Those photos the reporters got were real, but I was being threatened! My mom is just an ordinary office worker, how could I possibly threaten Mihoko Hane?” An agitated Rio exclaimed in the interrogation room. “Those unscrupulous reporters shamelessly reported it all after taking bribes!”

“Ahem, Miss Miyaichi, do you have any proof of that?” The middle-aged officer sighed. “Audio recordings would work…”

He had seen too many cases like this. This young girl was clearly innocent, but the other side didn’t even need to use resources before she crumbled.

Police work was all about evidence…

“I…don’t…” Rio said dryly. “If it was really like they said and they were afraid of me, why would they unanimously call me a bad person? Weren’t they afraid of retaliation?”

“I understand the reasoning, but no evidence,” the officer shook his head.

“Right, the security cameras! There was no surveillance at first when I was taken to those blind spots, but there were cameras on the way there and out on the streets – those are evidence, right? Mihoko took me there several times.”

Japan disliked privacy invasion from cameras, but some public spaces still had them to reduce crime.

“When Tokyo called, I already checked for you. Those cameras were all under maintenance,” the middle-aged officer sighed. “There’s no data left about you at all.”

“How is that possible? Isn’t it obvious enough?” Rio felt dizzy. “The call from Tokyo was…”

“From my nephew asking me to look after you. But you have zero evidence, so I really can’t help,” the officer said. “I can only stop those reporters and categorize this as a civil dispute.”

“She won’t face any punishment?” Rio asked dazedly.

So the kind person from yesterday did try to help, she was just too useless and botched it all.

“Punishment?” The officer shook his head.

Currently, the other side had evidence while she had none. Forget punishment, it was a huge favor they weren’t pursuing her further.

“No way, I can’t accept this…” Rio clenched her fists. “A confrontation, I want to confront Mihoko Hane!”

“Are you sure you want to confront her?” the officer asked.

“Yes, and that reporter too. I saw his press pass, his name is Shuji Tanaka!” Rio said hatefully. “He promised to give me justice, but then he…”

“I don’t think a confrontation will do any good, but…never mind, if I don’t let you try, you’ll never give up,” the officer shook his head.

He felt that with him present, nothing worse could happen. He’d just let this girl learn her lesson.

Ensuring the situation didn’t escalate further was the only thing he could do.

Chapter 55: Accomplice?

Yukino knew all too well how the media could twist and turn things. An ordinary person’s matter could easily be swept under the rug. To make money, reporters might even go to her bullies’ families instead.

For Yukino to successfully leverage the media, there was an important prerequisite – she had to be able to intervene and provide testimony for that girl.

But now? She couldn’t do that at all!

It was too far away, with its own local forces…
The Yukinoshita family was just the Yukinoshita family of Chiba, not a massive presence like the Shinomiya family. They had no control over such a distant place.

Moreover, the city that girl was in wasn’t even a major city…

What to do, what to do?

Yukino didn’t have Rio Miyaichi’s phone number or email, so she couldn’t contact her at all.

That’s right, Luo Feng, find Luo Feng!

Just then, a news alert popped up in the bottom right corner of Yukino’s computer.

‘The Fall of a Model Student, The Truth Behind It All Is Thought-provoking…’

Yukino quickly opened the news article.

The gist was that Rio Miyaichi appeared to be a good student, but was actually a party girl who often hung out with delinquents.

From a single-parent family, she had been rebellious since childhood without a father’s love and guidance. She would do anything for more attention and spent money lavishly.

After accidentally spending the class funds, she borrowed money from a kind classmate who hoped she would reform, but she never intended to pay it back.

Over the next year, Rio continued going out and playing around recklessly. Even when she ran out of money…

The teachers didn’t know her true nature and kindly recommended her for admissions.

But what did she do? Right before graduation, she went to harass that kind classmate, demanding either more loans or she would report that the classmate was loansharking at exorbitant rates, because her father was in the yakuza!

That kind classmate gave an interview in tears, saying her father was yakuza but a good man who never harmed civilians. She never expected Rio could be this kind of person.

The news was filled with photos of Rio hanging out with delinquents. Due to the camera angles, it didn’t look like she was being extorted, but rather that the delinquents were deferential to her.

Not only that, there were pictures as proof!

Next were interviews with Rio’s classmates.

Public opinion was overwhelmingly against her. They said she appeared obedient in front of teachers, but was actually very intimidating and everyone was afraid of her.

The reporter was already on the way to interview her mother.

If the report said she was threatened, or did it to ease her mother’s burden, the reporters could understand. But she did it for herself…

The most terrifying part was the article’s intent – to bring attention to education issues!

Just exposing Rio wouldn’t attract much attention.

Simply saying she did this or that could be seen through by smart people. But framing it as a social issue made it seem natural.

Yukino hurriedly looked at the comments:

“This girl is too much! Even single parents can’t act like that.”

“Model student? Yeah right, good actor.”

“With that acting skill, she should be an actress, not a student.”

“I feel so sorry for that kind classmate who lent her money.”

“Not bad looking, what a waste.”

“Someone like her should just die!”

“Her mother’s parenting failed big time.”

“Scum, trash!”

“She even got a recommendation? Those teachers must be blind!”

Yukino’s hands trembled.

If she hadn’t met that girl yesterday, even she might have been swayed by this article’s convincing narrative. It was written so matter-of-factly, it seemed completely truthful!

This was bullying at its core!

Her entire class stood united on the bully’s side, not a single person spoke up for the real victim.

And they were going to interview her mother too?

That poor girl had contemplated suicide yesterday, how would she cope today?

Yukino took a deep breath. No, now was not the time to dwell on consequences, she needed to find a way to help!

For now, this was still just a local news story, it hadn’t spread widely yet…

Wait, a local news story, why was it being pushed to her?

“Did you get a push notification about a model student’s fall from grace?” Yukino asked her coworker.

“What notification? No idea,” her confused coworker replied. “I just got one about FGO.”

“It’s nothing, just a news article,” Yukino said, her hand trembling slightly.

She suddenly recalled what Luo Feng had told her yesterday: “Yukino Yukinoshita, are you sure you want to do it your way?”

Did he already know this would happen?

Did he deliberately not tell her that his shop could be in Hokkaido, Chiba, or anywhere nationwide?

Did he make her drowsy last night on purpose?

What was his aim in doing all this?

If there was still a chance to turn things around before, there was absolutely none now!

That poor girl had been driven to the brink in less than half a day’s time.

Yukino knew all too well the damage internet vitriol could inflict on a person.

If this was all Luo Feng’s doing…

A chill ran down Yukino’s spine.

Everything he had done before was just to lower her guard, deliberately making her think he was kind so she wouldn’t question many things.

But what did he want?

He clearly had the ability to force a transaction and keep her from interfering.

Unless…he needed an accomplice, and she had become one?

Even though she had only been working for a year, her mind raced rapidly.

Unlike Sora Ginko who only knew shogi, Yukino quickly grasped the situation’s causes and effects.

She grit her teeth and dialed Luo Feng’s number, as much as she didn’t want to face him.

“Hey.”

Luo Feng’s lazy voice came through the phone.

“You knew this would happen, didn’t you? And you pushed this news article too, right?”

“Of course I knew. That girl was camped outside the magazine’s office first thing, that’s why the news came out so fast. The courage was something you helped buy her. As for the push, I just wanted you to see your handiwork.”

“What do you have against me? She’s just a child!” Yukino’s phone-gripping hand trembled.

Not everyone could withstand this kind of public pressure!

“Think carefully about who caused this outcome. Wasn’t it you?”

Chapter 054 – The Devil’s Trap

Luo Feng revealed a smile.

Yukino isn’t the type of keyboard warrior who just makes others pay, for something that doesn’t cost her much, she’s willing to help.

Many people only talk, but when it actually comes to paying even a little bit of a price, they’re not willing to.

One week’s time isn’t long for Yukino, this is a good start.

Let her see what price she pays, and what kind of result it can bring.

Suddenly, Luo Feng’s large hand lit up briefly, then dimmed, and time returned to normal.

“Resist… the media, right, and the media.” The girl opened Luo Feng’s hand, suddenly looked up: “I just need to find the media, I’ll report it, find the media, I’m not even afraid of death, what else am I afraid of?”

Courage is something hard to explain, some people are just naturally bold, some people are naturally more cowardly.

This can also be cultivated, not every daredevil is born that way, not everyone is coward because they were born that way.

Parental upbringing, the growth environment, all have a huge factor.

This girl is from a single-parent family, she must have gotten used to being looked down upon since she was little, her inherent cowardice is not hard to understand.

“Mm, keep it up, I’ll definitely help you with all my might!” Yukinoshita Yukino said.

After saying that, she couldn’t help but feel a bit sleepy.

Her physical strength isn’t very good, even after professional training, staking out for a day and night is still too much for her.

At this time, she usually would have already gone to sleep.

Just now it was because of excitement, so her spirit was in an excited state, but after the excitement subsided, she became a bit listless.

“Big brother, big sister, thank you.” The girl stood up: “I understand, I’ll fight to the end!”

“Go home and rest early, go find a reporter to expose her tomorrow.” Yukinoshita Yukino said: “Oh right, what school are you from? What’s your name?”

“My name is Miyaichi Rio, I’m from…”

She said the name of her school and even her class, took out her wallet, carefully said: “How much for the dinner?”

“2,000 yen, it’s been tough on you.” Luo Feng smiled: “At cost.”

2,000 yen is equivalent to over 100 RMB, not cheap but not expensive either, don’t be fooled by the little she ordered, everyone knows the most expensive thing in a restaurant isn’t the dishes, but the alcohol…

A plate of chicken skewers, a side dish, a bottle of sake, normally 3,000-4,000 yen isn’t excessive.

“Your phone number and email…”

“Can’t leave that.” Luo Feng raised his hand to stop Yukino: “It’s the rule.”

“Strange rule…” Yukino frowned slightly.

Could it be, he’s afraid his customers might contact each other?

Or he feels this girl might come make a deal with him, to avoid affecting him?

As long as I properly resolve this matter, this girl doesn’t need to make a deal with him, right?

Should be a rule they made to prevent this kind of thing, can only understand it this way.

“Thank you, you two are really good people.” Miyaichi Rio placed the money on the table, took her umbrella and left quickly.

After she left, Luo Feng returned to his seat, continued looking at the computer.

“You’re not an evil devil.” Yukino said as she cleaned up the table.

Although she comes from the Yukinoshita family, Japanese girls learn housekeeping when they’re in school, cleaning and so on, these basics of course she knows.

Plus Yukino moved out a long time ago and lives alone, she’s very self-sufficient.

Serving others is a bit unfamiliar, but she’ll figure out a way to adapt.

“Mm, I’m a great philanthropist.” Luo Feng smiled: “No one said devils must be incurably evil, right? After you’re done cleaning up, go home, you’ll have to keep that girl company in the media battle tomorrow.”

“Okay, thank you.” Yukinoshita Yukino said sincerely.

Luo Feng didn’t have her stay overnight, nor did he want to do anything to her, just had her work a bit at the izakaya like a normal part-timer.

Yukinoshita Yukino felt it was a bit unreal, Luo Feng really doesn’t seem bad, those things he said before, were just to scare me, right?

Mother’s soul and such, that was mother’s own willingness…

Yukino revealed a slight smile, or, does he have thoughts of pursuing me?

Yukino isn’t the type of girl who’s overly modest, she’ll acknowledge her own cuteness, excellence, even if a devil pursues her, she’s not too surprised.

As she was cleaning up, the rain gradually weakened, eventually stopped.

After Yukino finished cleaning up, she said goodbye to Luo Feng, wanting to leave the izakaya.

“Let me drop you off.” Luo Feng said softly: “This late, you didn’t drive and don’t have a gun, it’s not safe to be out.”

“Thank you.” Yukino looked at the time, and accepted.

Snap!

After a finger snap, Yukino disappeared from the spot.

Watching Yukino disappear, the outside scenery changed.

Inside the shop it was hard to see the street, only the people outside were visible.

Luo Feng walked out of the izakaya, opened his eyes slightly wider.

The street was very clean, not a drop of rain, as if the torrential rain just now never existed.

Feeling the cold midnight wind, Luo Feng took a deep breath, contributing a bit to global warming.

His gaze was very cold, even colder than the sky.

…

Early the next morning, Yukinoshita Yukino came to the Public Security Bureau, prepared to look up the school Miyaichi Rio mentioned, then go find her.

After getting back home last night, she slept very well, it’s been a long time since she slept so comfortably.

Realizing Luo Feng isn’t bad, she didn’t feel any pressure.

“Morning, Yukinoshita.” A female detective greeted Yukino.

“Morning, the rain was really heavy yesterday.” Yukino casually remarked.

“Rain? What rain? You must have dreamed it.” The female detective covered her mouth and laughed.

“Huh? Didn’t you notice? The weather is drying up too fast now…” Yukino sat down at her desk, puzzled.

Chiba had rain, Tokyo didn’t? They’re not that far apart, how strange.

“There really wasn’t any rain yesterday.” The female detective looked at her puzzled: “Are you under a lot of stress lately.”

“Sorry, I was talking about Chiba.” Yukino sat at her desk.

“I see.” The female detective was a bit at a loss, muttered: “Chiba had rain?”

Yukino opened the computer, prepared to look up the school that girl mentioned last night.

But this search, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

This school… is in Hokkaido?

Why Hokkaido?

She’s certain Luo Feng’s shop was in Chiba, how did it end up in Hokkaido?

How, how am I supposed to contact her?

Even though she’s an excellent student, it’s impossible for her to remember the name of every school in Japan, if she could remember the name of every city, that would already be considered good at geography.

Plus she hasn’t been back to Chiba in a few years, didn’t even notice the school situation.

No no no, this problem is big!

The other side is a local force, I’m in Tokyo, the Yukinoshita family’s influence is in Chiba, even if the other party is just a small gang leader…

I’m just an ordinary person!

Chapter 053 – Social Issue

“I really didn’t want to die…” The girl lowered her head slightly.

She originally planned to eat and drink well, then find somewhere to lie down overnight under the influence of alcohol, so she could just die silently, right?

That way, she’ll never be bullied again, right?

“You have to consider your mother.” Yukino didn’t dare ignore Luo Feng’s words, she felt that what Luo Feng said was most likely to be realized: “Weren’t you worried earlier? Worried about your mother, not wanting her to spend money to help you, so you didn’t tell her the truth.”

“…” The girl didn’t speak.

If it wasn’t for me, wouldn’t mom’s life be easier?

The current difficulties, isn’t it all because of my useless existence?

I shouldn’t have existed in this world in the first place, if it wasn’t for me, everything would be fine, right?

“Can you tell me? Tell me how they bullied you, I’ll try to help you solve it.” Seeing the girl didn’t respond, Yukino continued.

She couldn’t just watch a vibrant life disappear before her eyes, this matter must be resolved at the root.

Otherwise, she can handle it today, but what about tomorrow, the day after?

The girl has thoughts of wanting to die, she’ll commit suicide sooner or later, Yukino can’t follow her every day.

Suicide due to campus bullying, is not just one case, there are many such cases every year, this is a societal problem.

“I…”

Drip drop…

The girl started crying.

She gritted her teeth, since she’s already decided to speak, why still be afraid of embarrassment!

Can they really help me?

Is it really possible?

“After she lent me the money, because I couldn’t pay it back, I can only go out to work, but the money I earned working, I’ve already paid back, she, she still pestered me, telling me this is just interest, if I don’t pay her back in full, she’ll expose the matter of me losing the class funds, even threatened me, threatened that she’ll go to my mom’s workplace to see my mom…” The girl covered her face.

“Then what?” Luo Feng seemed to have not heard, still had the same gentle expression on his face.

Looking at his expression, Yukino couldn’t help but feel a chill in her heart.

Even though he smiled so warmly, even though his voice was like having a magical power, comforting the girl, Yukino couldn’t feel any warmth in his voice at all.

“She, she said she’ll get me a job, let me, let me go keep those uncles company drinking…”

“This is a crime!”

Bang!

Yukino’s voice turned cold: “The other party is committing a crime, you can completely report it to the police and seek their help.”

“Not a crime.” Luo Feng smiled: “The law only prohibits the final step, before the final step, it’s all in the legal realm, isn’t that right, Miss Yukinoshita?”

“…” Yukino was at a loss for words.

In Japan, even if high school students go work at those places, it’s legal, but the premise is only to keep them company drinking and chatting. The UN has statistics, 13% of Japanese students have engaged in this industry.

And this 13% is referring to long-term engagement in this industry, nearly 25% of girls have done this before.

One in four, this number is really terrifying.

“Moreover, she doesn’t have any evidence either.” Luo Feng said: “Without evidence that she’s the one who instigated it, is it useful?”

“Sigh…” Yukino let out a long breath.

The law is just annoying like that, everything requires evidence, even if she knows, it’s useless.

Why can those capitalists do whatever they want? Not because they are too clean, without any evidence, but because they have the ability to make ordinary people retract their own testimony in court.

“Young lady, the other party treated you this way, didn’t you think about resisting?” Luo Feng said softly.

“Resist? How can I resist!” The girl this time didn’t pour another drink, but picked up the bottle, gulping down a big mouthful.

Yukino was just about to stop her when Luo Feng pressed her down.

“Her dad is the notorious gang leader nearby, she herself is the vice-captain of the karate club, what can I resist with!” The girl’s tears stopped flowing, she roared: “Now she even has photos of me keeping the uncles company, if I don’t listen to her, who knows what terrifying things might happen in the future! If the weather wasn’t so bad today, I still have to go earn money!”

“Then are you just going to let her control you for life?” Yukino’s voice also became a bit excited: “Do you know that at this time you’ll just sink deeper and deeper! Can’t you just throw caution to the wind and not care about the recommendation spot, directly expose this matter, rely on reporters, rely on the media, rely on the police, break free from her control, and return to your own life?”

Luo Feng’s squinting eyes opened a bit wider.

This Yukino is a bit interesting, she’s not the kind of person who only knows to rely on the law, she also knows how to get around it.

Is that so?

She doesn’t want to be a law enforcement justice warrior, she wants to genuinely help others, help everyone, interesting, so interesting!

If she’s so rigid, it doesn’t seem as fun?

Her suggested method is very good, public opinion is the last weapon of the ordinary people.

As long as they stir up a commotion, attract the attention of the whole society, even if the other party has influence, they can’t handle it hastily.

This public opinion battle, as long as it’s started, this girl still has hope, out of the habit of social sympathy for the weak, some schools want to admit her, have to admit her, as long as she passes the exam.

Thinking of it is simple, but will things really be this simple?

“You’ve already thought about dying, right? You’re not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of a recommendation spot?” Yukino said: “Go resist! Even if you die at this time, she won’t be punished at all! Don’t worry, I’ll help you, we’ll make that person pay the price together, okay?”

“Wah wah wah… I don’t dare… ” The girl lay on the table, crying again: “This will implicate my mom, if mom loses her job, loses her job… how will she take care of herself in the future?”

Yukino didn’t even need to ask to know she’s from a single-parent family.

“If you don’t dare, I’ll do it!” Yukino said: “I’ll help you!”

Just then, the girl’s colors turned to black and white, meaning her time had stopped, or Yukino and Luo Feng’s time had stopped.

“Actually, it only takes a little bit of courage.” Luo Feng gently stroked the girl’s head: “Yukinoshita Yukino, are you sure you want to do it your way? Let’s make a deal, you give me an extra week of your work time, I’ll give her courage and boldness. These kinds of things, it’s best for the person themselves to do it, right?”

“Otherwise, if you help her, she won’t dare say anything in the end, won’t you have done all this in vain?”

“Can you really give that?” Yukino was taken aback.

“Of course, in my world, there’s nothing that can’t be traded.” Luo Feng’s gaze rested on Yukino: “Just one week.”

“I agree!”

Chapter 052 – The Suicidal Girl

“Don’t worry, even if it’s just a verbal agreement, I have no need to deceive you, the life and fate of mortals, I don’t care about at all, what impact my actions have on society, what impact they have on you, has nothing to do with me.” Luo Feng said lightly: “Believe in the contract spirit of a devil.”

“When do I get off work?” Yukinoshita Yukino asked.

“Midnight.” Luo Feng said softly.

“I’ll bet!” Yukinoshita Yukino decisively agreed, losing just means singing a song, but winning means she can catch a serious criminal!

“It’s settled then.” Luo Feng revealed a slight smile.

Yukino’s sense of justice is her weakness, Luo Feng feels she’s not suited to be a police officer, a person with such a strong sense of justice, being a police officer in Japan, that’s just courting death.

If it wasn’t for him, she would sooner or later die under the weight of her own sense of justice.

After that, the two fell silent again, time passing bit by bit, Yukinoshita Yukino standing there not finding it boring at all, not moving much for a few hours, clearly she’s had special training.

Yukino watched the time passing, soon it was 11:30 pm, couldn’t help but get more and more excited, she won the bet!

But just then, she saw a figure with an umbrella slowly approaching.

“In extraordinary times, extraordinary people will come to discuss extraordinary matters.” Luo Feng had a confident smile on his face.

“You anticipated this?” Yukinoshita Yukino’s gaze was a bit complex.

“No.” Luo Feng shook his head: “It’s just that the other shops are already closed at this time.”

He didn’t bother calculating this just now, for him, the outcome of this small bet doesn’t affect his overall calculations at all.

“Then the answer…”

“Cooled for a week.”

Seeing Luo Feng insist, Yukino felt a bit helpless.

Soon, the young woman stepped into the shop.

She had beautiful long hair, quite good-looking, should be the type that ranks fairly high in the class.

Due to the heavy rain, parts of her body were wet.

She was wearing a school uniform, seems to be a student.

She put away her umbrella, placed it in the umbrella stand at the entrance, and said to Yukino: “Please get me a bottle of sake and an order of fried chicken.”

“Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol.” Yukino automatically replied.

“Mind your own business!” She glared at Yukino: “I’m almost done with high school, why can’t I drink?”

“Twenty years old…”

“Yukino.” Luo Feng called out to Yukino: “This is the time for your work here, not your regular work, everything is done my way.”

“Okay…” Yukino took a deep breath, helplessly said.

The law prohibiting minors from drinking alcohol, in many cases is just a joke, like in China they have clear regulations that any business premises cannot sell tobacco and alcohol to minors, but this law has never been paid attention to…

Can’t manage them all.

Moreover, some people can’t really tell if a high school girl is a minor or not just by looking.

Like the girl in front of her, if she wasn’t wearing the uniform, who would know if she’s an adult or not?

She’s noted down this girl, let whoever wants to manage her go manage her.

“Thank you.” The girl politely bowed to Luo Feng, then casually found a seat.

“You’re welcome.” Luo Feng went ahead and fried her some chicken skewers, didn’t make her wait too long, placing the side dishes and sake in front of her.

She poured herself a glass of sake, downed it in one gulp, her face revealing a somewhat bitter expression.

“Seems like you have something on your mind?” Luo Feng sat down in front of her, speaking softly: “Since we’ve met, it must be fate, mind telling me about it?”

Luo Feng is not bad-looking, especially his expression is very gentle, at this moment he can easily give people a sense of security, making one instinctively want to trust him.

Plus when the girl just came in, Yukino had already advised her that minors can’t drink, no matter how you look at it, he doesn’t seem like a bad person.

“Why are there so many bad people in this world?” The girl’s face looked a bit bitter: “At school, why can’t everyone get along well?”

“Were you bullied?” Luo Feng asked softly.

Yukino heard this and instantly thought of something.

Campus bullying!

Bullying among female students, is mostly verbal threats, intimidation, ostracization and silent violence. Therefore, campus bullying among girls is more concealed and harder to detect.

Yukino herself has experienced campus bullying, this kind of thing doesn’t surprise her at all.

“It’s just because I got a bit close to him, that everyone started ostracizing me…” The girl poured herself another glass of sake, drank it down: “I’m the class rep, I usually have to help everyone with their studies, getting a bit close to him isn’t my fault, he’s the one who kept pestering me…”

She feels that since she probably won’t show up in this shop again in this lifetime, might as well just say it all, tell them about her experiences!

People in this kind of situation often have a strong urge to confess, as long as the other party is willing to listen, she’s willing to speak.

“Then what happened? They gave you the silent treatment?” Yukino clenched her fists.

This campus bullying is really too difficult to deal with, hard to stop it legally.

Not just excellent people get ostracized, introverted people, those who offend the circle of normies, will also be ostracized.

The word “person” is often interpreted as people supporting each other, but the written form isn’t slanted to one side?

“The class funds I collected went missing…” The girl bit her lip: “I know who stole it, but I don’t have any evidence… A classmate I thought was very kind lent me the money, but, but she lent it to me like a loan shark.”

“When you lost the money, you should have sought the teacher’s help, sought your family’s help, or even chosen to report it.” Yukinoshita Yukino also walked over, sat down next to Luo Feng.

“The teacher? How would the teacher help me? If he knows the class funds went missing, my recommendation spot will be gone!” She slammed the table hard, growled: “I need the good grades to get into the university I want, but I’m still far behind!”

“Mother, mother is working so hard, if I ask her for money, she, she…”

“Recommendation…” Yukino muttered softly.

High school recommendation for university, this is indeed a shortcut for enrollment, the ones recommended aren’t necessarily the best, but must be the ones the school trusts the most, seems this child is probably quite excellent too, otherwise she wouldn’t have been recommended.

“Then what?” Luo Feng asked softly: “You won’t just want to die because of this, right?”

“Die?” Yukino suddenly looked at Luo Feng.

“How did you know?”

The girl was shocked: “No, I, I didn’t want to die! Really! Didn’t want to!”

“It’s hard for you to lie in front of me.” Luo Feng smiled: “Tell me, tell me everything, maybe… I can help you? After all, you have no other choice, why not try seeking my help?”

Chapter 051 – The Benevolent Devil?

Yukinoshita Yukino passed these three days anxiously, but when she found that Luo Feng didn’t come find her again, she couldn’t help but relax.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the family’s situation has become better and even returned to how it used to be, she would have really thought it was just a dream.

The previous shooting case ultimately ended in failure.

She couldn’t possibly go ask Luo Feng, in the end she could only attribute it to a supernatural event, and sealed that file.

She drove her own car back home, planning to do as before, study some cases at night to improve her case-solving efficiency, but just like before, as soon as she opened the door, she found an unexpected guest in her home.

At this time she’s already off work, it’s impossible for her to be armed, her instinct was to back out and call the police.

She’s seen too many cases where the lone hero ends up being killed and the criminal getting away scot-free, absolutely can’t act rashly.

“You’re back?”

Luo Feng’s voice sounded from inside the room.

He didn’t turn on the lights, wasn’t watching TV, just playing with his phone: “Come in.”

“What do you want from me?” Yukino said warily.

Three days without seeing Luo Feng, she thought he had forgotten about her, just let her guard down, and he came to find her.

“What do I want? Guess?” Luo Feng’s gaze rested on Yukino, opening his squinting eyes a bit.

Because the room was dark, only lit by the phone’s glow, when he turned his head and opened his eyes, Yukino was startled by the gleam of crimson in his eyes, instinctively took a step back.

Seeing his gaze, Yukino pulled up her immaculate collar, gritting her teeth, seeming a bit wavering.

Is it finally time?

Seeing that Luo Feng had only come for this, Yukinoshita Yukino didn’t know why, but actually felt a sense of relief.

However, Luo Feng glanced at Yukino’s chest, revealing a somewhat disdainful expression.

You’re already working, the same size as Ginko, how can you have the nerve?

“You, what are you looking at!” Yukinoshita Yukino didn’t know what was going on, felt inexplicably angry being looked at by him.

Isn’t it because of this kind of thing that you contracted with me?

“Ginko took a leave today, you’ll do her work.” Luo Feng stood up, walked to Yukino.

“Leave?” Yukinoshita Yukino was puzzled: “What work?”

Hearing the words “leave” and “work” come out of Luo Feng’s mouth, she felt quite puzzled.

The girl she saw that day, it seemed she was just normally cleaning the house? The work he’s talking about is just this?

Could it be, this is a benevolent devil?

“Just to watch the shop with me, not a difficult task.” Luo Feng revealed a faint smile.

Leave like this, for such a minor matter, of course Luo Feng doesn’t mind.

He also knows this is Sora Ginko’s test, wanting to see what he’s really like for her, so Luo Feng generously gave her three days off, giving her a sense that taking leave is an easy thing.

When she has something important, will he give her this leave without any cost? No need to say.

“Okay.” Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath, knowing Luo Feng had paid such a big price, just for some minor things, even without the contract, she would have gone to help.

Or rather, having him ask her to do something, she actually feels more at ease, she doesn’t like owing others.

Since there’s a contract, she’ll definitely fulfill her responsibilities.

Snap!

Luo Feng snapped his fingers, the next moment, Yukinoshita Yukino and Luo Feng appeared together in Luo Feng’s shop.

“You… I haven’t changed clothes yet.” Yukinoshita Yukino is currently wearing casual clothes, a beige suit, white shirt inside, beige trousers, very well-coordinated.

“It’s fine as is, if you don’t work when it’s time, I won’t be a good boss.” Luo Feng sat in his position, told Yukino: “You should know how a waitress should do it, wipe the tables, mop the floor, that’s enough.”

“Mm.” Yukino indicates, her cooking skills are actually pretty good too, especially the high-end ones, but there are no customers coming now, so she doesn’t mind.

Seems the previous worries were unnecessary, he really isn’t a bad devil, right?

Too bad about mother’s soul, if Luo Feng is really this easy to deal with, shouldn’t it not require such a painful price?

Yukinoshita Yukino couldn’t help but feel heartbroken, at the time she was just thinking about how evil the legendary devils were, without considering the possibility that he might be a benevolent devil.

Time passed quickly, half an hour later, Yukinoshita Yukino was wiping the floor, Luo Feng playing on the computer, neither hindering the other, a very harmonious scene.

In the dim light, after Yukino finished wiping the floor, she stood at the door, suddenly smelled the earthy scent mixed with dampness.

The next second, small black dots started appearing on the asphalt road.

Two dots, three dots… the number of black dots gradually increased, raindrops fell from the sky, making clear dripping sounds.

Finally, those black dots completely covered the ground.

Yukino looked at the weather outside, couldn’t help but be curious, in this weather, will anyone come?

Maybe they will, maybe they won’t.

Wait, Tokyo should have been sunny today, why did it suddenly rain?

When leaving work, the sky didn’t have any clouds, did the weather change this quickly?

Yukino didn’t pay much attention, this kind of situation should be quite common.

“With this weather, probably no one will come.” Yukinoshita Yukino said softly.

She gazed out the window, that sense of absurdity still hadn’t dissipated.

She’s a police officer living the life of a civil servant, yet without realizing it, she’s ended up in a devil’s shop, working as a waitress.

“Wanna bet? Someone will come before you get off.” Luo Feng said softly: “If you lose, sing the  “Xue Mao Jiao” (Meowing like a Cat) song to me in Chinese.”

“Huh?” Yukinoshita Yukino looked puzzled at Luo Feng: “If you want to hear it, this kind of non-illegal thing, with the contract binding me, I can’t refuse, right?”

“That’s too boring, I want you to sing it willingly.” Luo Feng thought about it, it’s been a long time since he’s been to a bar, letting Yukino wear a bunny girl outfit and go sing it, even better if her colleagues are there, won’t that be interesting?

“What if you lose?” Yukinoshita Yukino asked.

“I’ll tell you who the culprit was in last year’s serial murder case.” Luo Feng said casually.

Yukinoshita Yukino’s eyes widened.

She suddenly realized, Luo Feng’s abilities seem terrifyingly powerful!

She had thought about asking Luo Feng before, but thinking about the price, she was a bit reluctant.

If the work is just like this, exchanging her work time for case progress, absolutely not a bad deal, right?

Catching one more criminal, won’t that reduce the occurrence of tragedies?

Chapter 050 – Fear

Early the next morning, when Haruno walked out of the Yukinoshita family villa, she suddenly felt something was off, her expression instantly turning cold.

The things her mother said last night were very logical, seemed to withstand scrutiny, Yukino’s performance was very good, no matter how you look at it, she doesn’t seem like someone who’s seen a devil.

But… mother’s old friend? What a joke.

If such a person really existed, she would have gone to find them on the first day!

She knows her mother too well, that’s someone who doesn’t shy away from underhanded tactics, she absolutely wouldn’t care about face.

Why didn’t she think of it last night? Still believed her lies? Was this the devil’s doing?

In this matter, Luo Feng has helped Raphiel take the blame, it’s purely because of the feather left over from Raphiel’s visit here last time, telling them not to send…

Haruno was constrained by common sense at the time, plus the guidance of the angel’s power, so she didn’t think of it, the principle is the same as why Kiyotaki Keika and Kuzuryuu Yaichi didn’t go find Luo Feng that day.

But when she walked out of this villa, she was completely awake.

Haruno stomped her foot, damn it, judging from her mother’s behavior, she must have taken Yukino to make a deal with the devil, Yukino’s performance last night was perfect, but precisely because it was too perfect, her tone was less nervous.

How could Haruno, who has known her for so many years, not notice the problem after waking up?

What to do now? Go directly find Luo Feng? That’s simply going to be slaughtered!

Negotiation, transaction, requires capital, and the current Yukinoshita family simply doesn’t have any negotiating capital.

Especially after observing Luo Feng’s trading methods, Haruno has to be cautious.

It’s basically impossible to get anything out of her mother about what kind of deal she made, it would just be alerting the snake.

Wait until these past few days’ matters are dealt with, get through it, try to get the details out of Yukino, or try contacting others who have had dealings with Luo Feng, see what the specific terms of the transaction are.

Only by knowing the specific terms can she try to come up with a solution.

And there’s also a prerequisite, that is the Yukinoshita family must be stable.

Absolutely can’t touch the stocks, they’ll probably continue to plunge, better stick to the orthodox path first.

Damn it, she should have realized earlier that her mother’s personality would set her sights on Yukino, but didn’t expect it to be so fast, she’s still dealing with the family’s problems on her end, and her mother went directly.

Plus the shooting case, she was taken back for questioning, missed the best opportunity…

Stay calm, must stay calm…

Can’t show any abnormalities lately, can’t let Yukino worry.

I’ll handle it well, I’ll definitely handle it well.

Yukino, wait for me.

…

At the same time, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Yukinoshita Yukino went to work with a somewhat anxious heart, her eye sockets now sporting dark circles, clearly she didn’t sleep well last night.

In the process of investigating the case yesterday, the more she thought about it, the more worried and unnerving it became.

As long as it doesn’t violate the law, there are still many things that can harm her, making her shout “I’m flat-chested” on the street is just embarrassing, but what if he makes her work part-time at a brothel or something?

Just thinking about it makes her afraid!

Although Yukinoshita Yukino is upright and proud, that doesn’t mean she’s fearless.

In wartime, so many hardened men couldn’t endure it, how could she, born in peacetime, endure it?

Especially since Luo Feng doesn’t approach her, doesn’t say to make her do anything, this makes her even more prone to overthinking.

At first when signing, it was fine, at that time she was already subdued by her mother, no choice but to sign, but after signing she realized how deep the trap was.

That contract indeed doesn’t have legal effect, but tell the devil about the law? Is it useful?

Thinking about it now, if Luo Feng only lusts for her body, that would actually be the best outcome?

Although she hasn’t had a boyfriend all these years, to do that with him… is a bit of a pity, but she’s an adult, the responsibilities she should bear, she must bear.

“Yukinoshita, Yukinoshita?”

“Yes, is there something?” Yukinoshita Yukino sat behind her desk, her superior called her name a couple of times before she reacted.

She is a detective in the First Investigation Division’s Special Investigations Fourth Section of the Metropolitan Police Department, equivalent to Satou Miwako’s position in Detective Conan, at such a young age securing this position, in a few years becoming an assistant inspector can be said to be an absolute certainty, the prerequisite being the Yukinoshita family doesn’t have any problems.

“Why do you look so bad?” The superior frowned slightly, then relaxed: “Your sister must have been shocked yesterday, right?”

“My sister is fine.” Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head.

“Mm.” The superior nodded: “Don’t worry, this is the Metropolitan Police Department, if you want to help her, this is the place that can help.”

“I understand.” Yukinoshita Yukino couldn’t help but relax a little.

Right, this is the Metropolitan Police Department, even if that guy is supernaturally powerful, how could he influence this place?

This is the national law enforcement agency, a place impervious to all evils.

“About last night’s shooting case, your sister was also at the scene, any clues?” The superior sat down in front of Yukinoshita Yukino.

“Can’t find any, I looked at the statements, when they went in, no one should have noticed the presence of the gun, no possibility it was brought in through the entrance. When in the garden, he didn’t contact anyone, nor did he leave anyone’s sight.” Yukinoshita Yukino thought.

If it was before, she should have thought the other party’s methods were superb, had some details she didn’t know.

But after meeting Luo Feng, she feels this might be a supernatural case?

His gun, could it really have appeared out of thin air?

“An untrained person having this kind of marksmanship, it just doesn’t seem right, was he hiding it extremely deep, or just extremely lucky?” The superior was a bit puzzled.

Every shot hit, the target was shot in a symmetric pattern after being hit, if it was just luck, the chance of being struck by lightning every day would be higher, right?

“The cause has been investigated.” Yukinoshita Yukino said: “It was a revenge killing, Ishiyama had an affair with the criminal’s wife and sister.”

“Mm, now we just need to find the source of the gun.” The superior stood up: “This incident is extremely heinous, we must investigate thoroughly.”

“I think he deserves to die.” Yukinoshita Yukino muttered softly.

“We are the police.” The superior said seriously: “Even if he deserves to die, he should die by the law, not by revenge, one thing is one thing.”

“I know.” Yukinoshita Yukino nodded.

The superior left Yukinoshita Yukino’s side.

The only special thing about this case is that Haruno just happened to be at the scene, and there were previous call records with Ishiyama, but no matter how they investigated, this line was broken, impossible to have anything to do with Yukinoshita Haruno.

The superior came to ask Yukino, not because of her high clearance rate, but simply to see if Haruno had any clues he didn’t know about.

After all, the bigshots they brought back for questioning yesterday, they couldn’t ask them in detail.

Investigating in Tokyo is really absurd, because many cases can’t really be solved at all.

Yukino looked at the files in front of her, for some reason, she had a rather absurd idea, she wanted to call Luo Feng and see if he knew any clues.

As a police officer, she has always been very qualified, serious in her work, not bureaucratic, impartial, leading by example, her mother has hinted a few times about using her position for convenience, but she has always evaded it.

Even, she has turned around and advised her mother not to do those things.

In Yukinoshita Saori’s eyes, she is definitely not a good daughter, but at least among the civilians, she can find some fairness here.

“Sigh, I don’t even know that guy’s phone number.” Yukino muttered softly to herself.

“I can tell you.”

“Ah!” Yukino was startled by the suddenly appearing voice, stood up immediately.

She suddenly found that all the people in the police station were not moving, except her and Luo Feng, everyone else’s colors had turned to black and white.

“You, you…” Just now, Yukino was thinking this was a law enforcement agency, how could a devil sneak in like this?

Where are the local deities of Japan? Just watching idly?

Moreover, since there are devils, shouldn’t there also be espers and such? Drive him away!

“What do you want from me?” Yukino calmed herself down.

“Nothing, just came to tell you my phone number.” Luo Feng casually wrote his phone and email on her notebook: “I didn’t stop the flow of time in this world, I just slowed yours down to almost a stop, they’re fine.”

After writing down the number, Luo Feng looked at Yukino and smiled: “Remember to call me if you have anything.”

“Was this case done by you.” Yukino, since Luo Feng came, asked the questions troubling her: “Is it the work of a supernatural being?”

“Guess.” Luo Feng lowered the brim of his hat: “If you want to know the answer to anything, you can ask me, the prerequisite is to make a deal with me.”

“I, I didn’t already…”

“Not that deal, your soul is mortgaged to me, I only took one year of your service, how about it, want to renew the membership?” Luo Feng raised his head: “Understand the annual membership?”

“I won’t continue signing.” Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath and said decisively.

“Hmm, I see.” Luo Feng turned and left: “I’ll be going first, still considering what to make you do, like, doing a pole dance in the Metropolitan Police Department? Tsk, seems quite interesting.”

Yukino was shaking all over, she doesn’t know if Luo Feng will really do that!

What she can be certain of is, Luo Feng can do it…

Chapter 049 – Sisters

When Yukinoshita Saori returned home, the first thing she saw was Haruno lying on the sofa, seeming a bit listless.

After all, she witnessed a shooting murder, and it was Luo Feng manipulating it all along, killing the only hope of the Yukinoshita family, now she doesn’t even want to move.

What other option is there? What other option can there be?

Time to think about which family is worth relying on, at least need to ensure survival.

“Haruno.” Yukinoshita Saori sat down next to Haruno, with an elegant smile on her face: “The matter is resolved, there’s investment, it’s a loan, a one-year loan.”

The previous fear and unease, the hellish scenes, have all been thrown to the back of her mind, what remains is only yearning for the future.

People like them are very good at adjusting their mindset, if they think about bad things every day, wallow in self-pity, it would be hard to succeed as well.

She has no intention of telling Haruno about her and Yukino going to see Luo Feng.

Luo Feng can think of Haruno’s fondness for her sister, of course Yukinoshita Saori can too, keeping it from Haruno for now, get through it then deal with it.

Yukino won’t lie, but she can withhold information.

Yukinoshita Saori believes Yukino will understand, and won’t let Haruno suffer.

Yukinoshita Saori has this all calculated clearly, Haruno’s abilities must be utilized, otherwise in the future even with more investment the Yukinoshita family still can’t truly rise up.

“Loan? What loan?” Yukinoshita Haruno was taken aback: “What’s the interest rate?”

“Whew, it’s an old friend of mom’s, this loan is interest-free.” Yukinoshita Saori said softly: “But if we can’t pay back the principal in a year, the Yukinoshita family might have to become his vassal.”

The interest is your mother’s soul… this interest is more valuable than money.

To say this money is free, definitely can’t fool someone as sharp as Haruno, but by stating a price she can understand, she should be able to accept it.

Just like when she buys things, she absolutely won’t buy the free ones, because the free ones may have an unimaginable price behind them.

What she said doesn’t have any problem, if they can’t pay back in a year, the Yukinoshita family could indeed become a vassal, but that’s just one of the options she won’t choose.

“Vassal…” Yukinoshita Haruno murmured: “An extra year of buffer? How much was borrowed?”

“It’s all in this card, check for yourself?” Yukinoshita Saori placed the card in front of Haruno.

Yukinoshita Haruno perked up, quickly sat up, checked online, seeing the numbers in front of her, her eyes widened: “This much? Two billion more than what was lost in the stock market.”

What shooting case, what Ishiyama, what do those have to do with her?

With this money, it’s really possible for the Yukinoshita family to get through, even if only for a year!

“Mm, how much you can earn back in a year to make up for the losses in the stock market, depends on your abilities, I don’t want the Yukinoshita family to become a vassal, and even less for them to take back this capital and us still can’t hold on.” Yukinoshita Saori smiled.

“But, isn’t this too cheap for us?” Haruno still found it hard to believe.

“Not that cheap.” Yukinoshita Saori shook her head, instructing Haruno: “Mom has put in a lot of effort for this capital, and after the US stock market crash, the impact is on the global economy, making money this year will be very difficult, he thinks we can’t earn it, and in the end when we have no other choice, we’ll still rely on him, no matter how you look at it, relying on someone else is better than relying on someone willing to bring firewood in the snow, right?”

“That makes sense…” Yukinoshita Haruno said thoughtfully: “You’ve already agreed to him that if we have no other choice, we’ll rely on him, right?”

“Mm.” Seeing Haruno had already imagined the terms herself, Yukinoshita Saori couldn’t help but be very gratified, no wonder she’s the daughter I personally raised.

“Moreover, if this capital has too much loss, he might withdraw it at any time.” Yukinoshita Haruno said: “Just don’t know where his bottom line is, can you tell me his family?”

“Don’t know the bottom line, can’t tell you his family, he doesn’t want people to know our relationship.” Yukinoshita Saori said seriously: “Especially you two.”

Yukinoshita Haruno’s eyes widened, suddenly felt her father’s head might have a bit of green?

Yukinoshita Saori’s old face flushed a bit, she knew what Haruno was thinking, but at this moment she really couldn’t refute it.

Yukinoshita Haruno shook her head, whatever, the family is almost gone, how could she possibly consider her mother’s romantic affairs? She’s never noticed it, it’s really well hidden.

Right, the family is basically all under mother’s control, father is like a puppet, after all mother is too domineering.

“I’ll just pretend I don’t know about this.” Yukinoshita Haruno said: “I’ll operate well, but you have to promise me, even if we become vassals, you and father can’t get divorced.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t let the Yukinoshita family be disgraced.” Seeing she didn’t pursue the question, Yukinoshita Saori couldn’t help but feel relieved.

Yukinoshita Haruno means, you’ve already brought disgrace, am I and Yukino really father’s biological daughters? Not half-sisters from different mothers?

She casually picked up the phone and called Yukino.

Yukinoshita Saori immediately tensed up, this is the most difficult hurdle, must ensure Yukino doesn’t cause any trouble!

Her plan is good, but imagination and actual implementation can’t be completely the same.

“Hello, sister, sorry, I’m still investigating the shooting case.”

“It’s not about that.” Yukinoshita Haruno said a bit excitedly: “The family matters, mom has resolved them. As for the shooting case, just investigate it casually, I’m not hurt.”

“No, even if I’m not hurt, it’s still a life, my leave of absence delayed the case progress, I must thoroughly investigate.”

“This kind of case is hard to get results, Japan’s public security is just good on the surface.”

“This is my responsibility.”

“Okay, since you like it, go investigate.”

Haruno thought for a bit, these are trivial matters, and Yukino doesn’t know about Luo Feng, can’t find anything on him either, better not let her know about this.

Also need to tell mother, since there’s another way, absolutely don’t go find Luo Feng, and don’t tell Yukino about that person’s existence, that person is too dangerous, she saw with her own eyes how Luo Feng trades, doesn’t trust him at all, even this lifetime doesn’t want to see him again.

“How did mother resolve the family matters?”

“Just a business partner investing, all kinds of twists and turns.”

“Mm, I understand.”

“You should sleep early too.”

Haruno hung up the phone, heaving a sigh of relief.

The younger sister wants to protect the older sister, the older sister wants to protect the younger sister, what a harmonious scene.