Today is New Year's Day, and the shrine may be busy. Kitahara Shuji followed Suzuki Noki in a circle and headed towards the interior of the shrine. He didn't see a single figure along the way. The shrine seemed unprepared. It is probably not a rumor that the shrine has the lowest theft rate in Japan.
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Suzuki Noki had memorized the map in advance and led the way without hesitation, crossing several places closed with white paper and hemp rope, which were probably so-called boundaries.
The confusion and fear in her eyes had disappeared, leaving only a calm and sinister look. Occasionally, she turned her head to look at Kitahara Shuji, who was on full alert. The sinister look turned into cunning, looking like a little fox ready to steal a chicken.
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They soon arrived at the residential area behind the small factory that produces ema and sacred fortune-telling cards at the shrine hall, and that's when they met the first person. A shrine maiden wearing a Chizuru dress was waiting there.
Kitahara Hideji came, looking confused, but he quickly saluted deeply: "Hello, Miss."
Kitahara Shuji gently broke away from Suzuki Noki's hand, took half a step back, carefully looked at the costumed miko, and judged that the girl had basically no fighting ability, and could only be considered healthy at best. Suzuki Noki changed her body, revealing her and
A different attitude than usual.
There was a trace of majesty on her little face, and she just lowered her head slightly and returned the greeting: "Hello, I came to visit the God of Qushangfang as promised."
"Yes, please come inside." The witch saluted again, led the way through the corridor, then knelt down and opened a sliding door, and then said again: "The Lord of God will be here soon, please wait a moment."
Suzuki Noki nodded slightly, and then went in. Kitahara Shuji followed closely behind her. The miko raised her hand slightly as if she wanted to stop her, but hesitated and gave up. She just closed the door and knelt down to guard.
Close the door.
Suzuki Noki clasped her hands in front of her lower abdomen, and walked silently on the tatami in her snow-white footwear. She entered the room and sat down on her knees, calmly and calmly. Kitahara Shuji sat behind her, lowered his eyelids slightly, keeping his heart calm and calm.
A lively and weird mental state.
No one is watching here, at least no one is watching him. He can be sure that this is a phenomenon that is difficult to explain scientifically. As long as he calms down and can judge whether there is eyes falling on him, even through surveillance
If you observe him with a device, he will react instinctively.
I really can't tell the reason, but he's not the only one who can do it. The monster at home can do it too, and it even feels more keenly than him.
When Xueli was forced to take tutoring lessons, he and Little Luobotou were after school in the afternoon. Xueli was searched on campus more than once, and Xueli escaped more than once. However, he was punished by the disciplinary committee afterwards, but Xueli was never found.
There, it was just him and Little Luobotou. Unfortunately, the few surveillance cameras in the campus could never capture Xueli. They were either a blurry shadow, or they could only capture a section of the body with a weird figure. Even the head, face, and height of the picture could not be judged.
, and from the first grade to the third grade, no one was willing to stand up and accuse Xueli of violating school rules and running around and making trouble in the academy, but there were a lot of people who were willing to accuse Fuyumi.
Kitahara Hideji was taken to the Discipline Committee to have a heart-to-heart talk. He also asked Yuki how he did it, but Yuki himself couldn't tell. He just rubbed his head and giggled. Kitahara Hideji suspected that this was an animal instinct.
As soon as he confirmed that the quiet room was safe for the time being, the door to the inner room was opened, and an old man wearing a tall black hat and priest uniform came out, rolled up his wide sleeves and sat down
Across from each other, they glanced at the calm Noki Suzuki, then set their eyes on Hideji Kitahara for a moment, then slightly tilted their heads and greeted Suzuki Noki with a smile: "You're here."
Suzuki Noki nodded with a smile and pushed the wine over: "Hello, Master Qushangfang, I have always been inconvenient to disturb you. Please accept my small kindness."
Qu Shangfang thanked her, took the wine, took a look at it, put it aside, and said with a smile: "It's the right thing not to come. There is my adopted daughter outside the door. You can trust her. No one knows what we are talking about here."
He actually wanted to ask who Kitahara Shuji was, but the question was quite tactful. Suzuki Noki pretended not to understand and had no intention of introducing Kitahara Shuji. She just blushed and glanced at Kitahara Shuci shyly.
Qugamibo understood a little bit, and judged that Kitahara Shuji was the breeding partner of the Izumi Suzuki family. He avoided the topic, his expression became serious, and he asked softly: "There is still a lot of time, has it been decided?"
"Yes." Suzuki Noki's expression was calm and calm: "Although there are still more than two years to go, we can't make a decision until the end of the matter. Lord Qu Shangfang, you should have heard about what happened some time ago,
Now my father still keeps me, he just hopes that I can die on my own to avoid serious turmoil within the consortium, but I am not sure that I can really live beyond the age of twenty. Even if he doesn't want to do it, the people around him will not let me go.
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"Is that so, the matter is irreversible?"
"I am the only direct descendant of the Izumi Suzuki family. Do you want to bet on their kindness?"
Qu Shangfang fell silent, gently tapped the palms of his hands with the seven-fragmented fan, and asked again: "I remember the will left by Mrs. Suzuki. Miss Liyi can only inherit the shares after the coming-of-age ceremony, so what if she wants to take it now?"
Can you control your business when you return home?"
Suzuki Nozomi lowered her head and smiled: "That was just a will left by my grandmother to ease my father's heart. After all, I was too young when she couldn't bear it, but it clearly stated that if I were the only one in the Suzuki family, no matter my age,
I can inherit all her shares, and..."
Suzuki Nozomi raised her head, her eyes sparkling, "My father's shares came from a gift from my grandfather. According to the agreement, as long as I am still alive, his shares can only be left to the direct bloodline of the Suzuki family.
Even I am his heir, and as long as he is gone, his shares should naturally belong to me."
"That's what I say, but is it possible that your father made a new will through other means?"
"There is no such possibility. He is so ambitious that he will only keep the shares in his own hands. Moreover, if he makes a will, no matter which illegitimate child he leaves to his illegitimate children, he will have to worry that the person next to him will attack him."
Suzuki Nozomi thought everything over carefully, stared at Qushangfang and continued: "My Lord, are you hesitant? Do you still remember the generational agreement between the shrine and our Suzuki family?"
Qu Shangfang nodded slightly: "Of course."
Nozomi Suzuki seemed a bit aggressive: "Then you should understand that we are in a relationship where we both prosper and suffer losses! As long as there is one person alive in the Izumi Suzuki family, support for the shrine will not be cut off..."
Qu Shangfang continued, "As long as the Izumi Suzuki family is in need, the shrine will ensure that the Suzuki family is only controlled by Suzuki's direct bloodline, no matter what."
"This pre-God covenant has been around for almost two hundred years. Many God Lords have faced the same situation as you. Will you make the same decision as them?" Suzuki Noki restrained her oppressive gaze, lowered her eyelids, and said softly: "Only
Only the blood of the Suzuki family will always support the shrine. If the Suzuki family dies, do you think my father will still invest so much every year to maintain so many charitable welfare institutions?"
"A trustworthy partner who has worked together for almost two hundred years, and a treacherous and ambitious person who seizes other people's property, God Lord, who should you support?"
Suzuki Noki finished speaking slowly and waited quietly for the decision of Lord Qushangfang, but Qushangfang did not let her wait long. He took out a mobile hard drive from his sleeve and said with a smile: "This is what your grandma ordered me to collect.
It looks like it’s time to hand over the information to you, Miss.”
Behind his back, Kitahara Shuji noticed that Suzuki Nozomi's waist was slightly slumped, and seemed to be relieved. Then he saw her grabbing the hard drive in her hand and asked: "This is..."
Qu Shangfang smiled and said: "This is the account record of embezzlement of public funds, losses and part of political donations by your father and important cronies."
"This can't defeat him." Suzuki Noki hesitated. If it was only to this extent, the shrine would not be so important to her. She would have to consider whether it is worth donating blood to the shrine every year from an overseas anonymous account.
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Qu Shangfang was confident and said with a smile: "But these are enough for you to make deals with many people. If your father is no longer here..."
"How can we prevent him from being here?" This is the question Suzuki Noki is most concerned about.
Qu Shangfang pondered for a while and said softly: "Miss Riyi, the shrine will never be detrimental to the direct bloodline of the Izumi Suzuki family. I hope you can understand this first."
"I know, if you have anything to say, feel free to say it."
"Then I'll take the liberty to speak out. After so many years of hard work, the shrine has helped countless people through mutual aid associations, welfare institutions, and nursing homes. In particular, many orphans have entered the work of Daifuku Industrial Group and its affiliated companies after they grew up.
There are even many people who indirectly serve Daifuku Industrial Group in other industries."
"I understand this, then?"
"These people are living a good life now, most of them have families and children, so it's hard to say if they risk losing everything to help the eldest lady, but it's just a small help, based on years of kindness.
, there won’t be any problems, they will all be willing to do it.”
Suzuki Nozomi was stunned for a while, then suddenly realized it, and smiled and said: "Then I'll leave everything to you."
Qu Shangfang nodded silently: "Please rest assured, just like the previous generation of God Lords, I will do what I should do."
Suzuki Noki stood up and said goodbye, silently saluting: "I will also do what a Suzuki family member should do, so please don't worry."
After saying that, she left hand in hand with Kitahara Shuji and returned along the original road. After leaving the residential area of the shrine, Suzuki Noki's expression became obviously uplifted, but she was still a little worried about gain and loss. She was actually quite suspicious, and she might have lived with her for a long time.
Relevant in danger.
She turned to Kitahara Hideji and asked: "Do you think Qu Shangfang's behavior just now was normal? Is it possible that he will betray me?"
Kitahara Shuji was still thinking about how the shrine killed Suzuki Noki's father, and casually said: "Besides trusting him, do you have any other good ideas?"
This is inherently a risk, a surprise attack is equivalent to a gamble. If it doesn't succeed, Suzuki Nozomi will choose the turtle tactic to see if he can survive until the age of twenty, and whether there will be any other opportunities by then.
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Suzuki Noki slowed down her steps and looked at his face. She was a little worried, but she smiled and joked: "What's wrong, Mr. Kitahara, are you thinking that I am a vicious and cold-blooded woman?"
Kitahara Xiuji glanced at her and said angrily: "I don't think so."
"You have!" Suzuki Nozomi observed his facial expression and smiled suspiciously: "I am going to do something vicious and unethical. You must secretly blame me in your heart for dragging you into this filth.
Do you think being with me is a big stain in your life?"
Kitahara Shuji was speechless. As far as the Japanese consortium was concerned, it was not much different from a small kingdom. In history, there were countless stories of fathers and sons killing each other and brothers fighting for their lives in order to fight for the throne. It was not new at all. He was a bit small in life.
Mysophobia, but not mentally.
Besides, this matter actually has little to do with him. He respects Fairy Suzuki's free choice and is just protecting her safety as a friend.
Seriously speaking, it was actually Suzuki Noki's father's killer mistress who took action first. Who made him unable to control his belt?
He replied helplessly: "I understand your current mood, so I won't argue with you for saying these bastard things... I really wasn't thinking about what you said, I was just thinking about how the shrine would do something."