Power is a good thing.

Although he didn't want to say it, Tsunayoshi Sawada had to admit it.

If he had the power to make changes directly, he wouldn't have to go around finding this unknown superior to threaten him... To be honest, this rude behavior is not in line with the "education" he received, and his tutor will laugh at him, saying, "Did Rambo eat everything I taught you?"

But this is a helpless act.

Fortunately, perhaps moved by his sincerity (force), after a stalemate, he agreed to his "request" with a pale face.

Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but curl his eyes.

The boy in white uniform looked innocent and gentle after being dressed up. If you ignore his behavior at that moment, such a smile would probably make people call him an "angel" and make people unable to take their eyes off him.

Feeling the gazes directed at him, Sawada Tsunayoshi tilted his head and saw Mori Ogai's not-so-good expression.

He tilted his head and thought about it, then, out of his occasional bad temper, he opened his mouth.

"Did I do well?" he said silently, as if he was a little beast looking up to be praised by others, "Brother."

Mori Ougai naturally realized that he was being "used" by this child.

However, he was unable to stop Sawada Tsunayoshi just now, and now that things have been decided, he is even more powerless to do anything about what is about to happen.

The only good thing about it was that he was trying to show the importance of supernatural powers to the battle situation to his superiors through the existence of Yosano Akiko, but the existence of Sawada Tsunayoshi made it clear.

Thinking of this, although his goal was achieved, Sen Ouwai still had a subtle and unhappy expression and secretly said "tsk" in a low voice.

"It's like you've been tricked." Alice, who was walking beside him, said expressionlessly.

Sen Ouwai seemed to sigh in frustration and replied "yes".

"I was indeed tricked." He said, and seeing the brown figure in front of him, he felt an urge to tame the gods in his heart, which made the man smile more openly. "But I am very happy."

He seemed to be speaking deliberately to the boy walking in front of him, and he even raised his voice deliberately.

"After all, Tsunayoshi-kun is my important younger brother."

The brown figure in front paused strangely, then quickened its pace, as if there was some monster behind it.

But both Sawada Tsunayoshi and Mori Ogai soon ran out of time to fight each other.

The little-known plan was gradually implemented. When the world war was coming to an end, the Japanese government, which was already doomed to fail, proposed a fight between superpowers to the enemy in order to save resources.

Still taking Chang'an Island as the area, several psychics launched a battle on the island that lasted for nearly a month. When the battle was over, this island that had been able to accommodate thousands of soldiers and various equipment for fighting had been mostly destroyed. The girl and the soldiers who were closely watching the island saw a scorching and dazzling flame just before the end of the battle.

Changan Island was originally a product of supernatural powers. There was no day on the island, only night. However, the flame tore through the darkness.

【The war is over.】

The doomed defeat was naturally irreversible, and after such a fierce struggle, they only gained a little room for negotiation to avoid being completely reduced to a vassal state.

However, after realizing that both sides would lose in the end - that is, the Japanese government failed to completely reverse the war situation, the top leaders of the Japanese government strongly condemned the so-called "secret weapon" that could overturn the war situation, and righteously demanded that he be placed in an isolation facility after the war and be closely monitored by the government.

"It is a dangerous weapon after all." An old man stroked his beard and said sanctimoniously.

"We must strictly control this! If weapons like these are left out in the wild, we don't know what kind of damage they will cause to society!"

"Well, the old men are too conservative. I think if it can be used correctly, it may bring unexpected results... But he is still a child, right?"

"Can a test subject with special abilities be called a human being?"

"Please be careful with your words, Long Island Congressman."

"And his role is actually just that... Can't the Undead Army achieve the same effect?"

"Ah... That being said, we should also consider the public's view of the army. Hiding the existence of an army and a person, the latter will be easier anyway."

——When the war had just ended and various terms were still being negotiated, the Japanese upper class was already eyeing the special existence that would balance their situation from complete defeat where they could only obey the victorious country to having the right to dialogue and negotiate.

"It looks like a group of wolves, tigers and leopards."

In the isolation ward of [Swallow Rider], Sawada Tsunayoshi turned his head and looked at the guy who seemed to have suddenly appeared beside him.

"He" is a man, with medium-length linen hair that is slightly curved and has distinct clumps, and looks like he hasn't washed it for a few days. The other person has a typical foreign look, with a high nose bridge. Although he is not handsome, he has a bit of an exotic look.

The most special thing was the man's eyes, which were wrapped in a linen bandage that was as worn as his sack. When Sawada Tsunayoshi looked at him, the man turned his head as if he had noticed something and smiled.

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet." He said happily, "I'm Homer, a wandering poet for the time being...Want to go with me, kid?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi looked at the other person's face and listened to his enthusiastic invitation. He tried to hold back but couldn't, and finally spoke hesitantly.

"Actually I'm on the other side... at 23 o'clock on your left hand."

Man - Homer got stuck.

He quickly changed direction and laughed heartily.

Hearing the other party's invitation in a strong tone, Tsunayoshi Sawada thought about it and decided not to tell the other party that he was facing the wrong person.

Tsunayoshi Sawada knew about the existence of "Homer".

The existence of the other party was told by his good elder brother (not) Mori Ougai. It is said that he can see the past and future of people. There was even a rumor that he had witnessed the existence of gods with his own eyes. It was precisely because of this that Homer, who once had bright eyes, lost his eyes and became a wandering poet traveling between countries, and at the same time, a mediator in wars.

——One of the most powerful people with special abilities in the world, the wandering blind poet Homer.

"Even the most lively flower will wither if it stays in one room." The other party said so, and without any hesitation, he secretly conveyed the "arrangement" of his superiors in front of Sawada Tsunayoshi, and stretched out his hand to invite, "Will you come with me? Collect materials with me and compile the most soul-stirring epic!"

He laughed heartily, and this heartiness reminded Sawada Tsunayoshi of his friend, a gangster named Yamamoto Takeshi.

He was also a cheerful guy. When they were all ordinary students at Namimori Junior High School, Yamamoto Takeshi became the most popular guy in the school with his good character and cheerful temper.

In other words, this type of person is a bit socially awkward.

Especially when the other party extended his hand, Sawada Tsunayoshi more or less hallucinated the existence of some friends.

So he thought about it for a moment, then stretched out his hand and agreed.

Therefore, when the Japanese government was still arguing about the ownership of the weapons, the artificial little gods they thought were firmly under their control had already been stolen from them.

All that was left was probably a paper butterfly, cut out in some unknown way, resting on the window frame, flapping its wings as the ship moved.

In the same month, a huge explosion of unknown cause occurred in Yokohama, Japan. The Japanese government explained it as the enemy's final sneak attack, but in fact, it was the result of an internal laboratory explosion.

The explosion created an area later known as "Leibo Street," and at the edge of the explosion, the ochre-haired boy opened his hazy eyes.

The following month, the laboratory data that caused the explosion in the middle of the previous month was permanently sealed, and the whereabouts of the experimental subject [Prototype A258] was unknown in the explosion. Another experimental subject who ran away from home and was once the focus of internal controversy was once again placed at the center of the controversy. After the bloody storm, the opinions doubting the latter's loyalty gradually gained the upper hand.

After failing in his mission to bring back a crucial experiment from Japan, the blond young man accidentally learned that Homer was traveling around with another experiment. After hesitating, he gradually began to search for information about the two while carrying out assassination missions for his motherland as usual.

One year later.

The boy who was following Homer in grilling fish turned his head warily.

They are now "collecting folk songs" in a small place - although they say so, in the past year, Sawada Tsunayoshi has only seen Homer collecting folk songs and has never seen him write anything - to be more specific, they are now by a clear river, and after Homer had a chat with the natives, the two successfully obtained the fishing rights of this river, which is said to be the mother river of the local natives.

The lively fish were skewered and placed beside the fire. When the blond young man arrived, Sawada Tsunayoshi was sprinkling seasoning on the fish in an unexperienced manner. Hearing the noise behind him, he turned back vigilantly.

"This is our fish." Sawada Tsuneyoshi said cautiously, having experienced countless times that after grilling fish, the natives who had never smelled the aroma of seasonings were attracted to snatch the fish.

Verlaine looked at his silhouette in the firelight and almost immediately recognized that this was the face he carried with him, the face of the child who had a special ability and appeared at the end of the war and was also his experimental subject.

The usually cold and hard young man couldn't help but adjust his posture, and even his face softened for a moment in the firelight.

"I won't steal your fish." He said. He had heard a little about the treatment of this child by the Japanese authorities, and felt sad for the child who was abandoned by the country and had nothing to eat or drink and even a grilled fish.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was relieved. He observed the young man who suddenly appeared and found that although he was covered in dust, he was obviously not the same kind as the natives who were shirtless and speaking bird language.

...Then, maybe it was a traveler who wandered here like them?

Thinking of this possibility, Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but twitch his lips, feeling that it was unlikely.

After all, probably not many people were as idle as Homer, who would drag him thousands of miles to come here just because the fish in this river were said to be the best fish in the world for grilling, and almost took over the entire river.

And they were in Siberia just a few days ago.

He said "Oh" slowly, looked at the other party's expression, and made some space in a friendly manner.

"So do you want to eat?" he asked.

As long as they were not trying to steal their fish, Tsunayoshi Sawada felt that he could accept it.

Verlaine, on the other hand, was somewhat flattered.

He looked hesitantly at Homer, who seemed to be sleeping. The blind poet was sleeping soundly as if he knew nothing. One of his hands was rubbing inside his clothes, making a smacking sound. He must have had a good dream.

Still wary of this legendary figure, Verlaine withdrew his gaze, took this as tacit agreement, and sat down next to the brown-haired boy.

He was unusually reserved.

After learning of the other party's existence, Weilun searched for a lot of information about the child.

Forget about Japan. After he and his relatives and friends infiltrated and caused the explosion, Japan strengthened its vigilance. The intelligence on this child was upgraded at this time, so even he would find it difficult to obtain it.

But it's different in other countries, especially those with special abilities who have fought against this child.

When Weilun had nothing to do, he would "visit" each person one by one, and pry information about the child out of the mouths of those who were so frightened by the presence of the "King of Assassination" that they began to stutter.

Therefore, Verlaine felt that he still understood him.

But when he actually saw the child, he found that he was physically younger than he had imagined for his peers, and as for his biological age... Weilun thought about the time when the child was mentioned by those families, and concluded that this was a baby who had just been "born" not long ago.

Similarly, when other families' children were still in their infancy, his own child had to wander outside and fend for himself. This contrast made the assassination king, who usually had no emotions, feel a little gloomy.

Tsunayoshi Sawada thought this blond young man was a little strange.

After seeing the other party, in addition to ruling out the possibility that the other party was a local native who came to steal fish, Sawada Tsunayoshi also smelled the scent of blood on the other party.

——This smell was indeed something he hadn’t smelled for a long time. After leaving the “battlefield”, he hadn’t smelled such a strong smell of darkness and blood on other people for a long time.

Five people? Ten people? No, at least hundreds of people.

The Godfather, who possessed unique authority in strange ways, thought that this man held the lives of at least a hundred people in his hands.

So why did he appear in such a deserted place?

Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but think of himself.

But after carefully examining Verlaine's features and asking him indirectly what country he was from, he closed his eyes and ruled out the possibility that he had come for him.

That leaves Homer.

Sawada Tsunayoshi thought for a moment, glanced at Homer who still had his back to them, and felt that the course of events today was quite strange.

He hesitated for a moment and asked Verlaine, "This gentleman..."

"Verlaine." Verlaine gave his name at the right time, "Paul Verlaine, you can call me that name."

The golden-haired god paused, looked at the boy who was about to speak, and before he could speak, he continued, "Or, you can call me brother."

- In other words, although they are not derivatives of the same experiment, they still have a relationship that is not blood-related, but to some extent, deeper than blood-related.

Tsunayoshi Sawada paused.

He did not think that Paul Verlaine was just saying such polite words to get closer to them. He just felt that Homer still had not realized the strangeness of the incident.

If it was normal, the blind poet who usually lost his way but could find him at this moment would have already groped his way over when he was carefully sprinkling seasoning on each fish. Normally, when he turned around, the other person might have already finished the whole fish without even bothering with the bones.

But he hasn't woken up yet today, and the sounds that come from time to time, besides mumbling in his sleep, also have a subtle urging meaning.

The brown-haired boy thought for a moment and then handed another fish to Weilan in a friendly manner.

"Brother?" He joked, "Someone once said he was my brother..."

However, after being cheated by him, that guy seemed to have never come to him again.

After hearing this, Weilun took the lead in defending his identity.

"He's not." He looked at Sawada Tsunayoshi seriously and explained, "That guy just wants to use you."

As he said this, he thought for a moment whether it would be better to bring the head of the guy who tried to deceive his stupid brother before that.

Verlaine looks to be around 20 years old, but due to some past events, his actual mental age is younger. He feels a little uneasy after not having been here for a long time.

In fact, since he escaped from the control of the Shepherd and became the human Weilan from an experimental subject, there have been very few such moments.

Although he is shaped and educated by his motherland most of the time, he is free within a certain range.

Coupled with his rare ability and arrogant personality, Verlaine has had very few anxious moments as a human being since he opened his eyes.

He still didn't quite understand what this tense emotion was.

Even when he saw his other "brother" who was born in Japan not long ago, refusing the order from his motherland to bring the child back to his country and hoping to take him back to his hometown and the world of ordinary people, Weilun had never been so nervous.

This feeling was really unfamiliar to him, but he had no way to vent it - according to those guys who had fought against this kid, "he" always looked very thin and in poor health.

Therefore, Weilun was not only nervous, but also worried that if he revealed a little emotion, he might scare the child.

While Verlaine was feeling anxious, Tsunayoshi Sawada was actually observing him.

From the moment the other party denied that he was his "brother", Tsunayoshi Sawada further confirmed his guess - as expected, this person knew Homer and his identity.

Maybe he is Homer's friend, or maybe he came for other purposes.

His strength and darkness were almost obvious to Tsunayoshi Sawada - anyone else who had been immersed in various mafia for ten years would be able to achieve this - and he looked very indifferent, which made Tsunayoshi Sawada couldn't help but be on guard when talking to him.

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In Weilan's eyes, this look was a sign that he had scared the child. He moved slightly without leaving a trace and paid close attention to the changes in the brown-haired boy's expression. When the boy seemed to relax a little, he stopped moving and stared at Sawada Tsunayoshi with his eyes as deep as the earth.

It actually looks kind of seriously cute.

Sawada Tsunayoshi cautiously stretched out his claws to test, while Weilun, adhering to the principle of not scaring his stupid younger brother who looked weak (physically) and seemed like he would be fooled by an unknown creature from outside and call him brother (referring to Mori Owl), carefully considered his words and controlled the distance between them. For a moment, both sides were reserved and sensitive, and the atmosphere became strange.

The two of them were like some kind of alert and sensitive cats. After testing each other, they kept their distance and continued to test each other, which made people say that they wanted to drive them crazy.

Perhaps Homer, who was pretending to be asleep, could not bear to watch it anymore, so the cheerful playboy moved between the two of them familiarly, sniffed back and forth with his nose as sensitive as a dog, and finally touched the grilled fish in Sawada Tsunayoshi's hand that he had not yet taken a bite of.

"I think this tastes the best," he said solemnly.

Sawada Tsunayoshi uttered a "hmm", but it wasn't that surprising.

After all, this is not the first time... Homer has a nose that he is extremely proud of, which is said to be able to keenly distinguish which food around him is the most delicious. When the two began their "travel", Tsunayoshi Sawada began to suspect that it was not the nose that could distinguish which food was the most delicious, but which food was in Tsunayoshi Sawada's hand.

——In other words, this guy always likes to eat the food he chooses.

The same is true today.

Sawada Tsunayoshi had expected this, and adhering to the principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young, he sighed and prepared to hand over the grilled fish in his hand as usual.

However, before that, a hand squeezed his.

"This belongs to Tsunayoshi." The golden-haired god said word by word, "Even you can't take it away."

——I don’t know if it was Sawada Tsunayoshi’s illusion, but in the eyes of this young man who had a frosty face and was defending himself, there was a mysterious contempt hidden in his eyes, which was like “Who the hell are you to steal food from children?”

…

Verlaine joined them in their wanderings.

As they got along, Tsunayoshi Sawada finally remembered why the name "Verlaine" sounded familiar.

The opponent is the famous "Assassination King", who was emphasized by Mori Ogai before the battle and was speculated to be a key figure in the battle with him.

But in the end, they did not meet on the battlefield.

Indeed, the opponent's title of "King of Assassination" has already revealed his home turf. Not every powerful assassin is like Varian, who treats assassination as open murder and adheres to the twisted principle of "killing all the people who see the assassination is also called assassination if it is exposed", so this is normal.

Whether the other party was carrying out some unknown assassination mission in Japan during this period...this is not something that Tsunayoshi Sawada should worry about.

Although it is his own country, Tsunayoshi Sawada is very cautious and maintains a wait-and-see attitude towards the Japan of this world.

But I just don't understand why the other party calls me brother all the time.

If this is a setting of this body, then it is even more outrageous than Mori Gugai. Mori Gugai is a Japanese who claims to be his half-brother, while Verlaine is already French...

"Maybe it's because you're all the product of some kind of experiment."

When Sawada Tsunayoshi asked this question, Homer, who had seen through everything, said while drinking, "Don't look at him like that, maybe he has a similar origin to you?"

These words made Sawada Tsunayoshi's eyes light up.

As they traveled, they encountered many things, both big and small, so Tsunayoshi Sawada had some guesses about the abilities that Verlaine displayed.

He had become quite familiar with Verlaine by then, to the point where they could sit together and drink and chat (although Verlaine would often refuse him by saying "you're underage and can't drink"). So after hearing what Homer said, he turned around and looked at him.

"Is that so?" he asked, somewhat curious about his own setting in this world.

Verlaine was silent for a moment.

Deep down, he hated the experiment that created himself and Tsunayoshi Sawada, and if possible, he would never want anyone to mention it for the rest of his life.

The same is true now. If the person asking the question was not Sawada Tsunayoshi, if the person who started the topic was not Homer, he might have overturned the table and calmly and efficiently taken the life of the guy who crossed the line.

But the fact is that it is this child.

The brown-haired boy had grown a lot during his travels, and his once thin body had gradually swelled up like a small balloon that had been inflated, no longer attached to the skin. The soft flesh on his cheeks looked plump and might be very pleasant to touch - Verlaine himself had tried it before, proving that it might be completely removable.

But the most important thing was the pair of warm brown pupils. Even the calm and self-sustaining Weilan would sometimes feel that these eyes might be filled with honey, which would show up under the sunlight, flowing into his heart and comforting his dark heart which had nothing.

"Yes," he said, but preferred to be vague, "but the direction may be different... I can manipulate gravity and also make attacks ineffective."

——Oh, he is familiar with this.

Sawada Tsunayoshi thought, although he could see that Verlaine was reluctant to talk more, he still couldn't help but make associations.

After all, if there is a corresponding one, it should be "empty". Although the ability to invalidate physical attacks is not its own ability, it can be solved by some special props - such as the ancestral cloak of Vongola.

He mentioned it in casual conversation, and immediately after he finished speaking, Verlaine's eyes lit up.

"You are worthy of being my younger brother!" Weilun was somewhat happy. If he was a person who showed more emotions, he might have been holding Sawada Tsunayoshi and spinning around in circles.

However, he is not that kind of person after all, so he just said something without hiding his happiness, then changed direction and continued to study each other's abilities (the similarities) with Sawada Tsunayoshi.

And their wanderings with Homer were not just wanderings.

As mentioned earlier, Homer's wanderings were more for the purpose of experience and folklore collection. When one stage of experience was completed, it was time for him to "produce" a text.

There was nothing around Homer, but no matter where he went, the one thing he would never let go of was his horse-head fiddle.

After finishing each stage of poetry, Homer would take his matouqin and sing it around the world.

This is the Homeric poem.

Sawada Tsunayoshi stood in the crowd facing the blind poet, and heard the usually lazy voices become hoarse and long. It seemed that the charging crowds, ancient streets, and mythical wars really appeared before his eyes, unfolding like a scroll. It was exactly the appearance of the heroes sleeping in this land as described by Homer.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Even Tsunayoshi Sawada knew that in the world he once lived in, there were countless insurmountable mountains, and the "Iliad" was one of them.

According to the characteristics of the world he observed, all the "literary masters" in his world became people with special abilities without exception, and their abilities were mostly related to the works of their peers, such as "Alice (Maid)" by Mori Ogata and "Don't Die" by Yosano Akiko.

Yet Homer alone is different.

Only he was different.

He watched in boredom as Homer was briefly welcomed and then coldly treated. However, the usually flamboyant blind poet was very tolerant of this matter. He stroked the small hat that contained his money, shook it, and smiled a little.

Then I took him to the nearest bar to have a bottle of good wine and two of the restaurant's most famous signature dishes. Life seemed to be a relaxing and happy one.

During this period, seeing that they were not used to having two idle meals (Homer's language), Sawada Tsunayoshi and Verlaine were also forced to learn to write poetry.

Those strange rhythms and appearances made Sawada Tsunayoshi very confused. The Godfather, who was good at solving the problems when he couldn't solve them, faced off against a problem-setter he couldn't beat. He could only cry to his equally oppressed friends, just like he did when facing the Spartan dominance of his tutor in the past.

Then when he turned around, he found that Verlaine had already written a number of poems that even he thought were amazing.

Sawada Tsunayoshi: …

On the other hand, Homer, who had a new creative inspiration, tuned the horse-head fiddle and sang in a voice he could not understand. Just listening to it, he felt a deep emotion. It must be another good poem that could make Homer's old hat earn a lot of money.

Sawada Tsunayoshi: ...fine.

A world in which only illiterate people who cannot write poetry are wounded has been achieved.

Fortunately, Verlaine was not with Tsunayoshi Sawada every day.

The guy who considered himself his brother had his own career - although he himself seemed to have contracted intermittent salt fish syndrome after hanging out with Homer for a while - and when he was not wandering with the two of them, Sawada Tsunayoshi's pressure was greatly reduced.

This relaxed time made Sawada Tsunayoshi think that he had entered a retirement life, until one day, after Verlaine left again for an assassination mission, Homer told him.

“You can be independent now.”

The brown-haired boy was stunned for a moment.

By this time, almost two or three years had passed since he and Homer went out traveling together.

The boy who looked like an elementary school student at first gradually grew up, his figure became longer, his features became more distinct, and he reached the age where he could be called a "teenager".

When Sawada Tsunayoshi heard Homer say this, he was a little stunned. However, when he waited until the next day, the other party had indeed disappeared.

——With their entanglements and royalties.

Yes, royalties.

In this world without literary talent, Homer collected those beautiful poems that sounded nice to sing and planned to compile a collection to distribute. After he and Verlaine learned to write poetry, Homer often encouraged them to submit their poems.

Logically speaking, Tsunayoshi Sawada, who had been with Homer for a longer time, should have been more outstanding, but the fact was that the poems published by Verlaine, who used the pseudonym "Rimbaud", were more popular and even received love letters from enthusiastic fans.

And what about Sawada Tsunayoshi?

Tsunayoshi Sawada: ...It's great that he can write something like that!

But now that things have come to this, he can only pack up the rest of his luggage and embark on a journey of wandering alone.

There is a subtle reluctance in my heart, but it is still within an acceptable range.

Sawada Tsunayoshi thought that he had actually accepted the separation.

In his original world, in Italy, he initially felt lonely and painful because of the temporary separation of his companions, and even secretly shed tears under his covers.

But gradually it got better.

Because no matter where his companions go or in which direction, they will always think of him first. Those who are clingy, like Hayato Jigokudera, want to keep in touch with him all the time, while those who are a little lonely, like Kyoya Hibari, also have the tacit consent of Kusabake to keep them informed.

Therefore, the separation was gradually accepted. It would be better to say that from the moment of separation, Tsunayoshi Sawada began counting the days until they would meet again.

Until he embarked on a long journey alone.

Thinking about this, Tsunayoshi Sawada felt that it was time for him to go back to Japan and take another look.

Although according to the gloomy Verlaine at the time, the Japanese government seemed to have completely concealed his existence and his role in the war, and all the glory was given to a certain congressman, and he would most likely be an illegal resident when he returned... But Sawada Tsunayoshi remembered that when he left, he did not say goodbye to other people such as Yosano Akiko and the soldiers, so he still needed to go back to see those children.

So he walked alone on the long road with a light bag, stumbling over some strange, even incomplete poems, and even when he had nothing to do, he was bored and wrote the sequels to the two books of "This Thing".

...Although it is highly likely that no one will be able to see "This Thing".

Tsunayoshi Sawada went through a process of cleansing.

By the time he slowly returned to Japan from a foreign country, another two years had passed.

By this time, five or six years had passed since he was abducted by Homer and wandered around.

After the defeat in the war, Japan did not collapse as expected. Although it stumbled at the beginning, the people's resilience exceeded the government's expectations. It can be said that as long as there is no war, everything is changing for the better.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was an illegal resident in Japan, and the Japanese government obviously could not prepare an identity for someone who had "run away from home" many years ago and whose relationship with the government at the time could not be proven to be good, so he could only rely on smuggling to enter the country.

Verlaine was tied up with other things, and Sawada Tsunayoshi had no intention of disturbing him. He simply asked a "friend" he met during his travels to find him a way to enter Japan.

"That being said, Yokohama is the only place that's easier to get into right now," the friend said on the phone.

"Yokohama?" Sawada Tsunayoshi repeated in confusion.

The other party knew that he had been wandering outside for many years, so he explained it patiently.

Since the end of the war, Yokohama, as a port city, has become a "lawless place". All the negative aspects of the war remain in this city. The unscrupulous mafia is rampant, and there are gang wars of all sizes every day. The role of the police or the government here is almost negligible. If anything, a high-ranking police officer with a bright future is not even as good as a medium-sized mafia cadre here.

There are of course many reasons for Yokohama's twisted situation, but the most important one is the involvement of people with special abilities.

——In Yokohama, most of the mafia gangs that have been able to gain a foothold have one or two people with special abilities.

These people with special abilities hold high positions in different gangs. In front of them, hot weapons are just like children's toys. It can be said that people with special abilities have greatly changed the situation of gang warfare in Yokohama.