Chapter 257 Cross-examination of Eriki, two people in disbelief
After a while, Minamoto Zhisheng took down the token and handed it to Eri Yi.
Eriyi ran over from the door of Genji Heavy Industries, holding a folding fan to Su Mo with both hands.
This is a folding fan with ink paintings of bamboo and birds. The fan ribs are made of fine rosewood. The patterns on the fan are also simple and elegant. It can be seen that it is the work of a master and can be called a work of art.
The most important thing is that the jade pendant of this fan is actually a seal with the bamboo and sparrow emblem engraved on it, which is the emblem of the Uesugi family.
In Japan, things like family crests are very important. They can be used to sign for various mails instead of a personal signature, and they even have legal effect.
This folding fan is naturally not the family crest ring of the Uesugi family, and it is impossible for Minamoto to give him such a precious thing, but it is enough to be displayed as a token of the Uesugi family. The person who possesses this token must be the confidant or pet of the Uesugi family.
The minister can exercise part of the majesty of the family head.
Although, Eriki herself doesn't have much majesty.
Once you get this thing, you only need to show it when facing ordinary underworld or members of the Sheqi Eight Families, and most unnecessary fights will be eliminated.
The Sheqi Eight are so powerful in the Japanese underworld that almost no one dares to challenge them.
Of course, showing this token to the outside world also means that the Sheqi family will know his movements, so Yuan Zhisheng doesn't mind giving this thing to him.
"Thank you Eri!"
After getting the folding fan, under Eri Yi's expectant eyes, Su Mo touched her head and thanked her.
Eriyi quickly shook her head and said you're welcome.
She was obviously the one helping, but she seemed happier than Su Mo, the one being helped.
"Then see you tomorrow, I'll treat you to something delicious tomorrow!"
Su Mo promised with a smile. His hand dropped down and quietly stuffed a metal product into the sleeve of Eli's clothes.
Realizing this, Eryi was slightly startled and looked up at Su Mo.
She may not be mentally mature, but she's not stupid.
After looking at each other, she immediately showed a happy expression.
【Well, we'll see you tomorrow】
After saying goodbye, the girl with long dark red hair held a small gift in her sleeves, waved in the rearview mirror, and watched Su Mo and Ling leave.
Although she was a little reluctant to leave, she was not as stubborn as she was on the first day.
Now she already knows that good things will not fly away suddenly, and Su Mo will definitely abide by the agreement she made, so she can just wait for tomorrow with peace of mind.
Wait until Su Mo's car disappears from sight.
Eri Yi then turned around and wanted to go back.
But he didn't expect that when he turned around, he would see Yuan Zhisheng standing behind him like a black iron tower.
Eriki was frightened by him and quickly took two steps back. The small hands in her sleeves immediately grabbed the thing Su Mo had given her, and she put on a defensive posture.
【Brother, what’s wrong?】
Later, when she realized that Yuan Zhisheng had not noticed her movements, Eriyi felt at ease, quietly stuffed the thing into the pocket inside her sleeve, and then wrote and asked.
There are many pockets sewn into her clothes, and she even carries a game console and a little yellow duck with her when she travels. Now it is even easier to stuff something less than the size of a palm into her clothes.
Naturally, Minamoto Zhisheng didn't notice the sneaky little moves between Su Mo and Eriki.
Su Mo was stuck in a blind corner of his field of vision just now, and Eri Yi was well-behaved and obedient enough. The two of them cooperated perfectly, let alone Minamoto, even the attentive Sakura didn't notice anything.
The reason why he didn't speak at this moment was because he was hurt by Eriki's subconscious defense.
He didn't know that Eriki was hiding something, and thought she didn't trust him as his brother.
Attitudes that appear invisibly are often more hurtful than those that are tangible.
However, he is the young master of the Eight Sheqi Family after all, and he has no time to indulge in such trivial matters.
Therefore, Yuan Zhisheng quickly collected his thoughts and said in a deep voice.
"Eriyi, Mr. Masamune summoned us, let's go there first!"
Hearing this, Eri Yi showed a slightly reluctant expression, but still did not refuse.
Seeing this, Yuan Zhisheng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Su Mo didn't take Eli Yi too far.
Perhaps Su Mo's status will be higher in the heart of Eri Yi today, but the status he and Tachibana Masamune have accumulated over the years has not been shaken.
Compared to the worst outcome he feared, this situation was already very good.
After a while, the two came to the Japanese room on the top floor.
Sakura's status is not enough, so she stays outside to guard.
Minamoto Chisheng and Eri Yi stepped in one after another.
This meeting was said to be a summons from Tachibana Masamune, but it was actually the result of Minamoto Chisei's initiative.
However, even if he didn't take the initiative to inform, Tachibana Masamune would definitely let them come.
After all, whether it is the attack by the monsters or the envoy from the academy headquarters, it is very important information. Even if the information has been obtained, it is more accurate to tell it personally from the person involved.
But now, the heads of three of the eight Sheqi families gathered together. Tachibana Masamune looked serious and asked about what happened today.
Regarding Tachibana Masamune, Minamoto Zhisheng naturally had nothing to hide and told everything he knew.
After listening, Tachibana Masamune looked slightly shocked.
"Although I knew the information before, I still couldn't believe it. I didn't expect that the envoy from the academy headquarters would have arrived long ago and be so close to us! He was actually lurking next to Eriki!"
He sighed.
Su Mo arrived in Japan on the day they submitted the strike application.
In other words, after receiving the news, Angers made a decision immediately and asked Su Mo to go to Japan to stop their rebellion.
By the time they discovered Su Mo's true identity, Su Mo had actually been with the most important weapon of their Sheqi family for three days.
"Sorry, Mr. Masamune, this is my dereliction of duty!"
Yuan Zhisheng immediately bowed his head and apologized.
His face was full of shame.
It was clear that Tachibana Masamune had doubted Su Mo's identity, but he misjudged it because of his blind trust in Kaguya, and allowed Su Mo to have contact with Eriki for three days.
Obviously Tachibana Masamune reminded him the day before that the monsters might attack Eri.
Although he was aware of this possibility, he did not make sufficient preparations, so that the ferocious ghosts took advantage of him and even forced Eri's "trial".
Although the final result was not particularly bad, overall, there is no doubt that he was derelict in his duties.
He was unable to restrict Eri's travels, and he did not have enough protection after allowing Eri to travel. Whether as an elder brother or as the young master of the Eight Sheqi Family, he was undoubtedly disqualified.
He had just been hit by Su Mo and Eryi, and now he was hit again.
Seeing Minamoto's ashamed look, Tachibana Masamune shook his head.
"Don't blame yourself, Zongsheng, this is not your fault! No one thought that Angers would give such an important task to a new student who has not yet entered school."
"Moreover, if it hadn't been for the attack by the monsters this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to discover Su Mo's identity. This can be considered a blessing in disguise."
A negative makes a positive. Putting the two oversights together, we got a good result.
At least, they know the identity of the enemy and don't have to be so dismissive as before.
Tachibana Masamune's comforting words made Minamoto feel even more ashamed.
As the young master of the Eight Sheqi Family, he has to rely on luck to solve problems. This is simply a shame and a great shame.
Seeing his appearance, Tachibana Masamune shook his head helplessly.
"Do you remember what I told you yesterday?"
"……Remember."
Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head, not daring to look at Hui Liyi.
Yesterday, he made an agreement with Masamune Tachibana that if he still couldn't control Eriko, he would hand it over to the family.
Now that Tachibana Masamune mentioned this, it meant that the so-called agreement between Eri Yi and Su Mo to meet tomorrow would be broken.
Seeing Minamoto's naive look, Tachibana Masamune said earnestly.
"Children, don't hesitate, put the interests of the family first!"
"--yes!"
Yuan Zhisheng put aside his hesitation and nodded to accept the order.
In front of Eri Yi, the two of them did not speak so directly, but in these words, the ending was finalized.
The tomorrow that Eri is looking forward to may not come as expected.
Tachibana Masamune will definitely cut off the connection between the two.
Su Mo's previous judgment was not wrong. Although Yuan Zhisheng wanted to be a righteous partner and a good brother, he was indeed not trustworthy. Once the aura of family justice was revealed, he could sacrifice anything, including
he himself.
After finalizing Eriki's subsequent actions, Tachibana Masamune did not relax his vigilance, but continued to cross-examine Eriki.
Although the contact time between Su Mo and Eri Yi was very short, his skills were too superb.
In just three days, his status in Eriki's heart has surpassed that of their two "father and brother".
Su Mo is the executive officer of the college headquarters, the envoy of Angers, and the enemy of the family.
Thinking about it from another perspective, if they stand in Su Mo's position and have established such a psychological advantage over Eri, they will inevitably export some words to Eri that slander the Sheqi Eight Family, Minamoto Chisei, and Tachibana Masamune.
Discourse.
In this way, it would be easy to eliminate Eriyi's trust list until only herself is left.
By using this method, you can easily win over and control Eri Yi and make her only for your own use.
Although, this approach conflicts with Su Mo's initiative to send Eli Yi back.
But it does not rule out the possibility that Su Mo deliberately sent Eri Yi in as an undercover agent in order to activate this weapon at a critical moment.
Therefore, Tachibana Masamune's questioning was very detailed. After he finished asking, he even called Sakura over to compare with her observations, not missing any detail.
This cross-examination lasted for more than ten minutes.
The cross-examination finally stopped when Eri Yi became a little impatient.
Tachibana Masamune waved his hand and asked Sakura to step back.
Then, he looked at Yuan Zhisheng with extremely incredible eyes.
"This executive officer Su Mo didn't even say a bad word or slander the family. In these three days, he didn't even mention the family at all?"
Tachibana Masamune was extremely confused.
Eriyi's performance was as frank as ever and she was not defensive about others.
Even if Su Mo could capture Eri Yi in three days, it would be impossible for him to teach Eri Yi how to lie without changing his face in three days.
Moreover, he had repeatedly checked the details several times and found no problems. Even if Eri suddenly had a brain and learned to lie, she would never be able to cope with his professional cross-examination.
Not to mention, there is Sakura's observation and the supporting evidence of the video data.
Therefore, Masamune Tachibana is extremely sure that Eri Yi is not lying at all. In the past few days, Su Mo really just took her around to play, and it did not involve Eri Yi's identity at all, let alone the dispute between the two camps.
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"I didn't expect that either."
Yuan Zhisheng shook his head, his eyes also looked very incredible.
He had a vague guess about the fact that Su Mo had no desire for Eli Yi.
If Su Mo really wanted to take advantage of Eri Yi, he would not send Eri Yi back so simply.
However, in his mind, even if Su Mo wasn't planning to use Eri Yi, he would at least want to get information about the eight Seraki families from Eri Yi, right?
This is the most basic quality of an executive. It is just about gathering information, and it cannot be called use. Even Yuan Zhisheng cannot criticize this kind of behavior.
But he never imagined that Su Mo didn't even ask for basic information, and was really just going out with Eriki.
What on earth does he want to do?
Is it possible that he really has no purpose? He just wants to play with Eriki?
Considering Su Mo's position in Eryi's heart, it wouldn't be strange no matter what he did to her. What was strange was that he actually did nothing.
Suddenly, Yuan Zhisheng understood why Su Mo's status in Eryi's heart was so high.
Putting aside all other interest entanglements, there are probably only a few people in the whole world who simply play with Eri seriously.
Although Eriki has a pure and clean mind, she is not a fool. On the contrary, her intuition is extremely sharp. In the past, she could tell if Minamoto was distracted even a little while playing games.
How could such an Eriyi be easily captured with something like "superb skills"?
In fact, the matter was far less dirty and complicated than they thought, and Su Mo was far from using hard-to-get tactics.
He was just clean and simply playing with Eriyi.
They are the ones who think of things a little more complicated.
They themselves didn't want to believe that the companionship Eryi longed for could be so simple, and they didn't want to believe that they had never been able to achieve such simple companionship.
Suddenly, both of them fell silent.
During the long silence, the subject of the conversation, Eri Yi, was a little bored. Seeing that the two of them stopped asking her questions, she took out her handheld device from a pocket of her skirt and started playing the game on her own.
As the sound of "Fight" sounded, the two woke up from silence.
Eriki immediately lowered the volume and glanced at them guiltily, like a student secretly playing games during class.
Seeing her looking the same as before, Tachibana Masamune and Minamoto Chisheng felt a little relieved, and neither of them stopped her behavior.
"It seems that there is no need to worry about Eriyi. She has not been fed any bad information. As long as Su Mo is not involved, she will remain the same as before."
Tachibana Masamune breathed a sigh of relief and concluded with such assurance.
"um, yes."
Yuan Zhisheng nodded.
Unlike Tachibana Masamune, he did not feel relieved. Instead, he felt like he was being pressed down by another big rock.
If Su Mo did not pour bad news into Eriki and was her most sincere friend, then who was the person who really poured bad news into Eriki?
The sense of absurdity I had when I was the enemy of Angers came to my mind again at this moment.
If their enemies are all dragon-slaying heroes and hard-to-criticize good people, then are they really qualified to raise the banner of righteousness?
It was so difficult to adjust my work and rest schedule, so I just stayed up all night, hoping to get back to normal.