Chapter 73: The Great Gathering of Heroes in Fuyuki

Although she handled a lot of seemingly true negative information, in fact, among these four people, Suzuki Sonoko only knew Tsuruga Ren. So when a group of fan girls were shouting at the press release released by the public relations team, Miss Suzuki was no less shocked than the ordinary spectators.

She is not a fan, but she is a fangirl.

In other words, most girls still look at the personality and packaging to decide whether they want to invest their efforts in a certain idol. Suzuki Sonoko doesn't even care whether the other person has the halo of a celebrity idol. As long as the appearance reaches the level that can arouse her fanboy attributes, she will fall in love with the beauty in minutes.

The first person Suzuki Sonoko wanted to marry in her life was Mao Li Ran. She was sincere in her love for him, but was unfortunately separated from him. Until Ximen Sojiro officially came on the scene, she had fallen in love a total of 108 times.

Mr. Tsuruga Ren accounted for one-tenth of them.

Because his appearance is too strong and actors are in an industry with ever-changing personalities, although Sonoko's love is short-lived and disappears after a while, every time she sees that face appear in a new identity again - that is, Tsuruga Ren is filming a new movie and playing a new role - she can't help but be moved again.

This repetitive cycle of excitement and boredom appeared and disappeared along with Mr. Tsuruga Ren's eventful acting career. There was a period of time in between when she seriously considered whether she should use some unspoken rules to get the actor to accompany her to the park and have a meal.

Sonoko was so torn between human instinct and moral shackles that she was about to lose her hair. In the end, she made a decision by drawing lots. But when the time came, she found out that Atsuga Ren was not from her uncle's company!

Miss Suzuki was depressed for a long time because of this, so much so that when she actually met Tsuruga Ren in person at a banquet later, her first reaction was beyond the realm of being a fangirl. She held a glass of juice and sighed with emotion towards the actor.

The tone at that time stunned Tsuruga Rentan.

I was stunned, but he is still as handsome as ever.

Yuanzi suddenly felt even more heartbroken, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes uncontrollably. She immediately took a few steps back, gasped, and walked away with her face covered as if she couldn't bear to look at it.

Tsuruga Ren touched his chin calmly, looking at the back of the person who had inexplicably moved like a rabbit.

He had just come out of the bathroom, and in less than ten minutes, the actor clicked his tongue in confusion: Did he suddenly become disfigured without even realizing it, and was he so ugly that he could make people cry?

For ordinary people, half of them believe and half don't believe this kind of news, but for Suzuki Sonoko, the credibility of the information from Mr. Mimasaka is basically full marks, so she basically didn't prepare to use her brain, and she believed whatever the press release said.

So at this moment, Ms. Suzuki's mood can be summed up in one sentence: "It feels like the snack manufacturer I loved as a child suddenly went bankrupt. I'm at a loss as to what to do..."

She sat there reading gossip with mixed feelings, and the baby-like Arcobaleno had somehow come over and sat down next to her elbow, completely ignoring the students who were about to be taken away to the police station, and was also immersed in the stunning beauty of the number one male god in the entertainment industry.

"It's really hard to describe this look," the baby sighed. "On the plus side, it's perfect for gathering information and gaining the favor of the target. On the negative side, it's too distinctive, and once you see it, you'll basically never forget it, which makes it difficult to conceal your identity."

"Well," the baby smacked his lips, commenting nonchalantly, "this face is still quite valuable. It should be quite appealing to killers like the Grim Reaper."

Suzuki Sonoko blinked blankly: "Death...God?"

Could it be that Soul Society has been exposed to foreigners?

Reborn yawned without hesitation: "I don't know what you're thinking, but this 'Death God' is just a nickname of a famous killer."

Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but shudder: "A perverted murderer who actually likes men's faces..."

"I've said it all, it's just because it's useful."

Arcobaleno raised his hand and hit him with the blackboard stick, completely ignoring the two civil servants standing next to him. He continued teaching as if he was simply teaching students.

"For killers who don't possess abnormal abilities, they delve into the pure art of killing."

He said this in a casual tone, but with that childlike face, it was creepy no matter how you listened to it: "If we talk about the level of sophistication in killing, I probably can't compare to him."

"Whether it's intelligence gathering, lurking, killing, or retreating and cleaning up the mess, he's practically at the pinnacle of humanity. And for a god of death, he doesn't need a face."

Suzuki Sonoko thought to herself, "Aren't you talking nonsense? It's as if the murderer on our Conan set ever had a face. Isn't he just a little black face?"

etc.

While listening to the story, Sonoko took a moment to think: "What the hell is a "Conan studio"? Why did she suddenly have such an idea?

However, before she could grasp this fleeting thought, Alcobaleno, the leader of the assassin world, continued, "This lack of a face is a purely physical concept."

"Cut off the eyelids and lips, cut off the nose and ears, and remove the excess skin and flesh on the face, leaving a clean base for easy painting. Whenever a new mission is needed, you can follow the best plan given by the intelligence feedback and dress in the most advantageous way for the mission."

"For the Grim Reaper, even the distance between their eyes can be changed."

"So," Suzuki Sonoko looked at the radiantly handsome actor with lingering fear, "Are you saying that the person currently occupying Tsuruga Ren's identity is the [Death God]?"

"Of course not!"

——I don't know why they concealed her hair and eye color, but Tsuruga Ren's features are clearly not purely Asian, so it makes sense that she doesn't have black hair and black eyes. Speaking of which...

Isn't this the negative information you just got from the Meimasaka Group? Why do you look so convinced?

The baby tilted its head adorably. "Tsuruga Ren is Tsuruga Ren himself. The faceless Shinigami I mentioned is just a half-finished product that inherited the Shinigami title. The truly powerful one is the original Shinigami."

"Please wait a moment."

Fushimi Saruhiko had been observing this coldly until now, and finally understood something: "Is this Arcobaleno trying to tell us that the God of Death, known as the strongest assassin, has passed away, and the current God of Death is just a replacement who stole his title?"

Reborn's dark eyes met Fushimi's directly, and he puffed up his cheeks and thought for a moment: "You can think so."

"Excuse me," Fushimi-kun scratched his ear in annoyance. "This kind of random information can't be relied upon in the database. We need to see the person alive or the body dead. Since Arcobareno is trying to bribe us with information, perhaps he wouldn't mind providing some more reliable evidence?"

“Eh—”

The young man Yamamoto, who had been watching for a long time, rubbed the back of his head in confusion: "What the kid just said... is it considered confidential information?"

"Of course!"

In fact, Gokudera Junto, who also realized it later, mocked him without any guilt: "Are you really going to let these people in blue clothes take the tenth generation away? I don't know how much the information about that god of death is worth, but compared to the tenth generation's freedom, it is absolutely insignificant. Mr. Reborn would not do meaningless things!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi looked at the baby standing on the table in disbelief, his eyes filled with tears, and he said with touching emotion: "Reborn..."

Reborn thought to himself that if he wasn't worried that you would be in jail for two or three days and delay the outcome of the Ring War, this idiot really needed to be taught a lesson in the small dark room.

He adjusted the brim of his hat with his small hand, which was about the size of a glutinous rice ball, and added, "The first generation of [Death Gods] disappeared over a year ago, but according to the industry's listings, assassins bearing the title of [Death Gods] are still carrying out their missions as usual. Except for a very few, most of their peers haven't noticed anything wrong."

"This means that the disappearance of the first generation of Death God must have been premeditated. At the very least, the second generation Death God who took over the title of Death God must have known about it beforehand."

Reiji Munakata actually doesn't care much about this kind of killer who doesn't operate in his own country. Until now, he still hasn't remembered who this "Assassination God" is.

Fushimi Saruhiko, who oversaw the household registration department's data room and electronic database, was now recalling those scraps of information. He tutted sarcastically, as if a thought had struck him. "I remember a child appeared alongside the Grim Reaper, always kept by his side... So, is this a cliché plot about a student betraying their teacher and then killing him?"

Reborn shook his head and retorted, "There are still some novel parts in this story."

"The second generation of Death God did not kill his teacher. He simply sold his teacher to someone else after successfully seizing the title."

"Sell?"

"It's just a traditional sale," the baby smiled at the king, who had nothing to do with the matter from beginning to end. "Although the procedures seem to have been completed overseas under the guise of an international medical consultation, the buyer of the [Death God] seems to be Japanese."

As it involved his own country, Reiji Munakata, who had been concentrating on drinking tea, finally slowly put down the cup in his hand.

At the medical talks...buy a killer?

"That's right," Qing Wang thought for a moment and understood the reason. "A killer with extraordinary physical fitness is the best experimental material. However, doing this in private, disregarding order, seems a bit excessive."

Seeing that he finally spoke, Fushimi knew that their king had finally agreed to this information exchange. He released the chains that were ready to bind Sawada Tsunayoshi at any time, and asked questions under the baby's understanding eyes.

"So...what's the buyer's name?"

"Katarou Yanagisawa."

Reborn's voice became a little more serious. "On the surface, he's a brilliant scientist researching bio-simulation technology, but I've seen him in an old friend's lab, and he doesn't seem like a man who follows the rules."

——As one of the Children of the Rainbow, the mad scientist Verdi's main research direction has always revolved around the 343 flame-composed creatures left by Jebet Lorenzini. However, compared to the creatures, the main goal of him and Ino Chitetsu and others is to create a weapon box powered by flames.

The fire creatures can only be regarded as the carriers of the power they imagined.

But that person named Yanagisawa...

Arcobaleno suppressed the precise sense of crisis that stemmed from his experience, and gave a hint partly for the sake of his foolish apprentice and fellow patient Verdi, and partly to shift the blame (the troublemaker was a Japanese after all), and gave a few more words of advice to the king who nominally maintained the order of the Japanese underground world.

"Yanagizawa Koutarou seems to be dedicated to combining antimatter with certain biological cells. It seems he has been conducting experiments on living organisms for a while now."

The little baby complained earnestly, "Let's not even talk about what kind of monster he'll come up with in the end. Just the fact that he dares to recklessly study antimatter makes me think that a place as big as Earth can no longer accommodate him."

Antimatter and human experiments are involved...

Reiji Munakata tapped the desktop with his fingertips thoughtfully. Seeing this, Fushimi Saruhiko took out his terminal as if resigned to his fate and took a look around the Scepter4 database.

Genius scientists like Yanagisawa, who appear to be ordinary people, have never been under the scrutiny of Scepter4. They are the only two scientists under constant surveillance by the Blue Team, and both are considered to be of high status and have made great achievements.

The former was recruited from Germany and was guaranteed by the King of Gold. He spent his days studying the Earth-based A and B that performed surgery on ghouls. His research direction has transcended species, and he is now the chief researcher of CCG. Most of the Quinques circulating on the market are handled by him.

The latter is none other than Kisuke Urahara, an exile from Soul Society who has been entrenched in the famous Karakura Town district for years but often defaults on management fees.

This great god's research direction also transcends species. Although his lethality is much greater than that of the Earth-walking A and B, he has the Soul Society to help take half of the blame, so there is no psychological pressure to monitor him.

Therefore, Fushimi searched the confidential database but found nothing. Finally, he found some useful information in the social security file of Kantarou Yanagisawa.

[Full Owner of Yanagisawa Research Institute]

[He has no parents and his only social connection is his fiancée, Yukimura Aguri]

[Akuri Yukimura, teacher of Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School]

He almost glanced over the brief messages, quickly opened the memo, wrote down the key words, and then put away the terminal neatly.

He was a little curious. Fushimi Saruhiko touched the mark on his neck: the mark of the king gave him a power beyond that of an ordinary person and belonging to the clan. So, what would happen to this "God of Death" who was sold to the research institute by his students after meeting a madman like Yanagisawa Kantarou who dared to think and do?

Thinking of this, the lazy Fushimi-kun subtly began to complain about the trouble: I hope that in the end, a monster will not be created and a situation that cannot be handled will not be caused...

On this side, Fushimi naturally rejected the possibility of overtime work in the future, while Munakata, under the subtle hint of the baby, considered the inappropriate division of powers and responsibilities between Scepter4 and the Non-Time Institute.

Scientific research, politics, medical care, military and other public welfare projects are all controlled by the Golden King's clan. Now it seems that ordinary people are also at great risk if they act like evil - and it is precisely because they are covered with the appearance of "ordinary people" that they are easily overlooked by them.

In this environment where people with brains are thinking and those who don’t understand the deeper interests (such as Sawada-kun, Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun) are as quiet as a chicken, what is Ms. Suzuki doing?

Answer: I am obsessed with flowers.

After the words "Conan Studio" appeared in Sonoko's mind, she was stuck for a while. Then she recalled and found that the last time she had this feeling... it seemed to be when she ran into the one-eyed fortune-teller (Shizuka Deba).

——At that time, Sonoko looked at the master's eyes, half of which were covered by a bandage spell, and in her drunken state, she always thought that he had a Sharingan.

But just like she couldn't remember what the Sharingan was at that time, she still didn't know why the word "studio" was added after "Conan" in Conan Studio.

Unfortunately, by the time she gave up thinking and came back to her senses, Reborn's story had almost been told, and the Vongola and Scepter 4 had entered a state of delicate confrontation. Sonoko had missed a part of the story and didn't even know the name of the central character (Koutarou Yanagisawa), and had lost the ability to join in the conversation.

She hesitated again and again, adhering to the principle of not interfering in irrelevant matters, and picked up her phone again to follow the follow-up of online public opinion.

All in all, these people were unlucky enough to be used as a favor by the Meimasaka Group and became victims between Daomingsi and Suzuki for no reason. Although Suzuki Sonoko was a cold-blooded capitalist, he still had some conscience. As he watched this, he naturally considered ways to compensate them.

Although Tsuruga Ren's popularity is low compared to others, any star who can be noticed by the intelligence thugs under the Mimasaka Group will not be too unpopular.

Suzuki Sonoko's fingertips ran across the photo of Natori Shuichi, and she thought that even split personality could not cover up his strengths. This guy is so good-looking, so good-looking - it turns out that good-looking people are so willful that they even dare to get a tattoo on their face!

But after a few seconds of clicking her tongue, when she looked at the next photo, the strange gecko-shaped tattoo on Natori-kun's face had disappeared.

Yuanzi felt a chill on her fingertips and wondered if this was just new makeup that was washed off after the performance?

After she rubbed her eyes and carefully turned back to the first picture, she said: Well, there is no gecko in the first picture either.

——Could it be... that I am dazzled?

After hesitating for a while, Ms. Suzuki decisively gave up thinking about these irrelevant questions and continued to dig deeper.

Ranked third...

Yuanzi frowned thoughtfully: Isn't this person named Zhikui Qianli a real vampire?

Among the vampires in the night school of Kurosu Academy, she remembered Kuran Shu who almost killed Kiryu Zero, and Randou Ying who seemed to want to bite her to death.

The reason why she had an impression of Zhi Kui Qianli was purely because there was a moment when she first met him, and her intuition detected a strange sense of familiarity from a certain look in this guy's eyes.

That familiar feeling was just like when she was kidnapped and commanded a group of LEVEL E (she now knew what it was called) to smash the car, while she was standing under a tree and turning the car key with the idiot (Kuran Ritu) who couldn't open the lock.

Suzuki Sonoko no longer remembers the face of that mentally retarded man, but she remembers the aura around him.

Strictly speaking, everyone in the night school of Kurozu Academy is very proud - they look at humans as if they are seeing some inferior creatures that are inferior to themselves, and sometimes they are too lazy to even talk to you.

But Keychain's idiotic attitude is even scarier.

Suzuki Sonoko didn't know how to describe that feeling. If Lan Tangying, Jiayuan Xiao and even Hayazono Ruka were still in a state of prejudice and contempt towards humans, then for the idiot Keychain, his attitude towards her and the two drunkards back then was simply like a beast seeing food that it could eat.

He does not need to despise or feel superior, because humans do not have any conscious independence from him: they are simply "food" - would you have nothing better to do than despise the rice in your bowl?

Perhaps it was because this insignificant and self-evident attitude was a bit icy, leaving an indelible psychological shadow in the mind of an intuitive creature like Sonoko, so that the moment she saw the photo of Chisato Shiki drinking (Toya Rima)'s blood, she subconsciously scrolled over it.

Then suddenly she saw the sun.

So far, among all the people Suzuki Sonoko has met, the most beautiful blonde is Suou Tamaki. Because her temperament doesn't match that of a vampire, the standard blonde and blue-eyed Ayato Ieyasu can't even be called "good-looking" in Sonoko's opinion.

But this person!

Miss Sonoko took a breath silently: Although she knew that labeling blondes as having the attributes of a little sun was a bit too biased, but - she really was attracted by this attribute!

Different from the delicate soft blonde hair of Young Master Suwang that is like cashmere with platinum hues, because the photos selected were taken in the early period, it can be clearly seen from the makeup of the young man in the picture how perfunctory the stylist was at that time, but no matter his smile or eyes, he looks radiant with youthful vitality!

Ah, this carefree, sunny boyish feeling...

After reading the press release with pictures and text that detailed how Kise-kun was cheated on, Miss Suzuki, who was touched by the cuteness, began to feel sorry for him.

The worst part is that Kise is a model. Although he has a seemingly famous brand designer behind him and a bright future in the fashion industry, his popularity comes from being a photo idol and taking photos for magazines.

He is the kind of idol who is purely selling his looks.

So besides those who felt sorry for the girls, there were also a bunch of female hooligans who showed up in line and started to spread the idea that "idols are cheating on their feelings by dating", which then led to some amazing theories like "If Kise Ryouta is not a virgin, can they ask the magazine to return their money?"

The female gangsters entertained themselves with special sincerity, and posted various evidence screenshots, audio and video, trying to prove: since Kise Ryouta was deceived in his heart, was he deceived in his body?

Sonoko followed along as she watched the series of screenshots, not quite understanding what they were talking about. Although she didn't know what the scientific basis was for proving whether someone was DT or not based on "whether the eyebrows had more straight hair or straight hair", the waist in front of her eyes was the waist and the legs were the legs, and her mind was filled with the thought that this guy named Kise was so handsome!

This was the second time since she first saw Tsuruga Ren six years ago that Suzuki Sonoko had the urge to bully someone and take advantage of them just by looking at a face.

Let’s eat, go shopping and watch a movie together!

She stared at the screen with sparkling eyes, then looked around the room. Munakata and the baby were staring at each other, not knowing what was going on. The boy with glasses who looked down on her was fiddling with his phone, and Sawada Tsunayoshi was confused and daydreaming.

When she looked over again, Yamamoto-kun gave her a bright smile as if nothing had happened. Sonoko thought that Yamamoto Takeshi was probably a very pleasing to the eye and cheerful type, but it was a pity that his hair was a little dark. Before she could finish her sigh, Mukuroku-kun, who had particularly light hair next to her, rolled his eyes.

Sonoko then carefully lowered her head again, skipped the web page and searched for Kise Ryouta.

She didn't know what was going on, or what her intuition was, but before clicking the search button, she glanced at Munakata again, very naturally. She found that he was still in a daze and didn't notice her little movement. She felt inexplicably relaxed in an instant.

——It’s like taking out a stir-fry during an exam, but it managed to avoid the teacher’s sight!

However, after opening the webpage and taking a closer look, I found that Ryouta Kise was not from Uncle Suzuki's company.

I felt even more disappointed in an instant. What happened?

Suzuki Sonoko's eyes were dead as she once again pulled up the photo of Tsuruga Ren on the first page of the press release: As the granddaughter of the LME president, Lori Maria was constantly getting benefits from the company's training sessions. What did she think? Let's see the comparison...

My uncle’s entertainment company has no contribution to the family at all?

She held the phone and complained about her uncle for a few seconds when she felt a warm touch from above her head. Sonoko slowly raised her head with the force of the palm against her forehead and met the worried eyes of Reiji Munakata.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Sonoko shook her head: "No."

Munakata looked at her unconsciously drooping eyes and thought to himself, "You're so stupid!" He followed what Mrs. Tomoko had told him: "Once you marry Sonoko, you must promise that for the rest of your life, you will never let her show this expression!"

The man rubbed his palm along the girl's hairline, and guessed that she probably didn't have a fever. He naturally took the teacup next to her, poured the warm tea that Yuanzi had not drunk into the empty cup in front of him, and then handed her a hot cup.

Sonoko put down her phone and held the cup instead. Munakata looked her up and down for a long time and frowned slightly.

"What did you eat tonight?"

"……well?"

"You're allergic to apricots. Are you sure you didn't eat any of those ingredients at dinner?"

Before Sonoko could recall what dessert Shinomiya Kojiro had made for dinner that night, Fushimi-kun, who was standing beside her, silently bent his fingers and tapped the hilt of his sword.

He basically didn't look at the king who lacked common sense in some aspects, but instead set his goal on the vixen Miss Suzuki.

Miss Suzuki was keenly aware of the disdainful gaze and looked back blankly.

Tsk, Fushimi Saruhiko pressed the tip of his tongue against his palate, resisting the urge to roll his eyes: Come on, whose ex-engaged couple still gets along like this?

Reisi Munakata has no common sense, so does the daughter of a wealthy chaebol just go along with it?

However, when he met the confused gaze of the tycoon's daughter, Fushimi couldn't help but raise his hand to push up his glasses.

——Why does it seem like... you really don't have any common sense?

Because Fushimi-kun interrupted the greetings between former fiancés that might have inadvertently ended up being too cheesy, Sonoko finally skipped over the brooding Kise Ryota-kun and shifted her focus from the public opinion war to the incident itself.

So, let’s get back to the root of this temporary crisis: Who was this terrorist who inexplicably bombed the Suzuki family hotel?

Director Munakata directly handed out a very comprehensive file.

【Magician Killer Emiya Kiritsugu】

Although the other world has a different set of rules of conduct, being a killer is considered a recognized way of survival, and no one will arrest him if he has nothing to do, but such a famous guy will be strictly monitored when entering and leaving the country.

From the moment Emiya Kiritsugu set foot on Japanese soil, the Blue Group had already put him on the emergency watch list.

This doesn't mean that Scepter4 will send someone to follow him specifically. As long as they can grasp his approximate whereabouts, they can ensure that if something happens (whether he is causing trouble and needs Scepter4 to arrest him, or he is accidentally exposed to the eyes of ordinary people while on a mission and needs Scepter4 to help cover it up), they can take action immediately.

Hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko and Sawada Tsunayoshi sighed in unison: "You guys are so busy..."

Reiji Munakata ignored Sawada-kun who was also looking shocked, and blinked at Sonoko in response.

"It doesn't matter what he intends to do after entering the country, but Emiya Kiritsugu's purchase of weapons has been under our surveillance."

However, for someone in his line of work, buying weapons was normal behavior. At the time, based on the firepower assessment, it was within the operational range. After the surveillance, Awashima did not take it seriously. Instead, he followed the findings from the surveillance and traced his communication with his supplier to find a black market contact point that had been evading taxes for a long time.

In the following two days, the team members led by Awashima Seri were urgently dealing with the illegal black market, and calculating with the accountants seconded from the finance department: How much taxes and fines can they get back after doing this?

Therefore, in recent days, the entire Scepter4 office has been filled with a friendly atmosphere of "finishing this account and getting a bonus at the end of the month."

As a result, before the bonus was calculated, the Suzuki family’s hotel exploded.

The building didn't collapse, so a quick calculation would give a rough idea of ​​the amount of explosives used. Comparing the two, it was about the same as what Emiya Kiritsugu had bought before. In addition, with the prosperity of the Internet in this era, there were countless onlookers watching the hotel explosion. After experiencing this thrilling event, everyone decided to take a live video and upload it to social networks.

So, in a video uploaded by a male high school student (he seemed to be a well-known road cyclist, and he was the first to post it, so he was very popular), by chance, the silhouette of Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu appeared, wearing a black coat, slowly disappearing against the crowd.

In contrast, the criminals immediately surfaced.

Under Munakata's guidance, Suzuki Sonoko found the high school student's account of the man and watched the short half-minute video three times with an expressionless face.

"OK."

Ms. Suzuki said calmly, "Emiya Kiritsugu, right? I understand."

Fushimi Saruhiko was in a delicate state of wanting to be in charge but not wanting to be in charge at the same time. On the one hand, he felt that as a king who represented order and rationality, it was ridiculous that he was so biased. On the other hand, he immediately realized with a sad heart that this ridiculous person was his boss.

"Director," Fushimi-kun, who had been disgusted for a long time, finally did not give up on treatment and said in his dying struggle: "Is it appropriate for you to do this now?"

——Usually, when faced with emergencies caused by underground forces, Scepter 4 would directly deal with Emiya Kiritsugu and the series of events that followed. Afterwards, through the police, they would give the Suzuki Group (that is, the ordinary people implicated) a logically coherent explanation in order to avoid direct conflict between the above-ground world and the underground world.

Reiji Munakata thought about it carefully: Suzuki = family member ≠ unrelated party.

Conclusion: Yuanzi has the reasonable right to know.

So he calmly looked back at his subordinates, his deep blue eyes full of matter-of-factness as he asked: Fushimi-kun, do you think there's something wrong?

Fushimi-kun sighed tiredly and glanced at the vixen again.

On the other side, the vixen was already seriously thinking about the second problem: how to kill this terrorist.

Ms. Suzuki, who grew up in a society ruled by law, asked innocently, "If it's a magician killer, can we just arrest him?"

Reiji Munakata had no idea what to do with her shining eyes. At this moment, as a civil servant who was also highly expected by the masses, he raised his hand and touched the corner of Sonoko's eyes, sighed, and took out the second file from the package.

【Holy Grail War】.

Before the Holy Grail War, the Imperial Pillar Tower was registered, and the magician families represented by the Tōsaka family were responsible for endorsing it.

The history of this competition is actually longer than the lifespan of the King of Gold, but he has no choice but to be timid because of his strength. After Guo Changlu Dajue entered the Yuzhu Tower, relevant personnel from the Political Department of the Clock Tower came to negotiate, and then this record was made.

The filing blurred out the specific information, but did mention the general outline of the Holy Grail War: there were seven pairs of teams competing for the Holy Grail, known as the universal wish-granting machine, and their reported range of activity was limited to Fuyuki, where spiritual veins gathered.

Ever since the Holy Grail War became a daily routine, the immigration and exit procedures at Fuyuki Airport have become extremely strict. All those who are not on the daily side have become part of the record, whether they know it or not.

The current record of participants in the war includes the professor from the Clock Tower and his fiancée (passport name Kenneth El-Melloi Archipelago, who can be found on the list), and the student from the Royal Pillar Tower who arrived later (passport name Weber Velvet, who can also be found on the list).

There was also a white-haired woman and a blond boy traveling with her on a private route (although there were no detailed entry and exit records, the property owners of the castle where they stayed were found).

In addition to Tosaka and Matou, who are representatives of the local magic sect, and the quota reported by the Holy Church, one of the foreign religious associations, these three have not said who their factions are, but the population is simple, and after a process of elimination, we can basically lock in the participating representatives.

There is still one last vacancy, and no one knows who will fill it yet. However, according to the record, the selection of candidates by the Holy Grail is also random, and they are not necessarily all internal members of the magic world with detailed files.

Mr. Fushimi Saruhiko, who was watching from the sidelines, said with a clear conscience: He still needs to write an application before he can transfer this file. Although he can approve the application himself, but...

Is this level of information leakage really a bit excessive?

Munakata felt that the always reliable Fushimi-kun seemed to be in a state of emotional fluctuation today, but after a brief thought, he didn't think there was anything wrong with him.

——After all, when he was explaining Soul Society to Sonoko earlier, he even mentioned the gossip about the marriage of the head of the noble family (Byakuya Kuchiki) to a woman from Rukongai.

You see, he hasn't told Sonoko yet that "Professor Kenneth and his fiancée are not in harmony with each other", right?

Suzuki Sonoko was used to seeing Mimasaka-kun's detailed information, down to the convenience store shopping lists of the target person, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with the rather vague information given by Munakata.

"By the way...are these two things related?"

Reiji Munakata picked up the paper and flipped through a few pages. At the back was the basic information of the contestants: Kenneth, one of the participants in the Holy Grail War, converted the Suzuki family's hotel building into a magic workshop (Sonoko: Wait, who allowed him to do that?), and Kiritsugu Emiya didn't prepare much explosives. Rather than blowing up a building or staging a terrifying demonstration as media experts speculated, it was more likely that he simply wanted to destroy the magic network inside the workshop.

"In other words, Emiya Kiritsugu's target is one of the seven masters of the Holy Grail War."

Two conclusions can be drawn from this.

Or, he is also someone who will participate in the Holy Grail War.

Or, he was a mage assassin hired by an unknown Master.

Before she could continue the analysis, Suzuki Sonoko's phone suddenly rang.

This phone fell to the ground several times today, but it is still standing strong. Sonoko looked at Ichigo Kurosaki's unhappy face on the display and felt a touch of human care that she had not felt for a long time.

Ichigo sounded quite quiet on the other end, and when the call was connected his voice was low: "How's the situation on your end?"

"ha?"

Sonoko was slightly startled, then looked up at the TV which was still showing the news, and understood: "Did you see the news?"

"No," Kurosaki-kun replied, "I'm not far from the scene right now."

"Not far? That sea of ​​fire... why did you go there?"

Ichigo clicked his tongue, "The building hadn't even exploded when I got here!"

As a human with the power of a Shinigami, Kurosaki Ichigo's official position in the Seireitei is a Shinigami agent, and his main task is to deal with matters outside the Seireitei organization (the 13th Division stationed in the human world). The spiritual pressure in this area has been abnormal since the night before yesterday, and it has become even worse since yesterday. The breath of dead souls often appears suddenly, and when the stationed Shinigami arrives, they can't find any souls waiting for guidance.

Jinglingting has a reasonable suspicion: a large Hollow that devours dead souls has appeared near Fuyuki. Not to mention just sitting back and waiting, judging from the situation, this mutated Hollow is likely to rely on actively attacking humans to collect souls!

What if this is another conspiracy of Aizen! ?

Although the combat level of the stationed Shinigami is above average, they are no match for the abnormal Hollows that may have been modified, so this job was taken a detour and assigned by Rukia to Ichigo Kurosaki, who was on vacation on the weekend. His main responsibility was to watch over the place.

After Ichigo received the message from Rukia, he wandered around Fuyuki. Including tonight, he has been wandering around for a whole day and a half!

"I'm telling you, this can't happen again," Sonoko said seriously on the phone. "I think you and Yato need to have a good talk. What about the promise that I'll be yours for the rest of your life? If you two need to go out next time, can you make a schedule in advance to ensure that I have at least one reliable fighter by my side?"

Upon hearing this, Kurosaki Ichigo subconsciously frowned his already unhappy brows: "What's wrong with you?"

"For now... nothing has happened," Sonoko said, emphasizing, "but my heart has been deeply hurt."

"well."

Ichigo Kurosaki, who was in spirit form, turned around with his cell phone. The Central Building was bombed and the entire shopping street was affected. The souvenir shops were mostly destroyed and there was no place to buy gifts.

He then looked up at the remaining flowers and trees along the street, paused, and asked seriously, "I'll pick some hydrangeas for you to take back... do you want them?"

——Hydrangea is the flower of Fuyuki City. It can be seen almost everywhere and is very representative.

Suzuki Sonoko, who wasn't actually seeking comfort, was taken aback by his question and instinctively answered, "Yes."

"Then remember to wait for me tonight and don't go to bed too early." Kurosaki-kun pursed his lips and said, "I just found some clues and informed Rukia. The 13th Division is holding an emergency meeting now..."

It's said that Kurosaki was wandering the streets of Fuyuki City with nothing to do. The air reiki activity here was about the same as in Karakura, but there were very few people on the streets. After eight o'clock, it was basically as quiet as other places late at night. He wandered around and found a sewer entrance that didn't seem right. After going down the sewer...

Anyway, what he saw was a bit shattering.

Ever since Ichigo got the name Kurone, Yato has taught him many details of combat. The most important of them, which is also one of the iron rules that Yato has summed up after hundreds of years of wandering, is that you must know yourself and your enemy before you can take action.

In other words, "When you encounter something you don't understand at all, you'd rather abandon your dignity as a god and flee than throw yourself into it and die."

In order to make the 17-year-old high school student remember this incident, Yato picked on him and beat him at least ten times.

So at that time, although Ichigo Kurosaki accidentally entered the magic workshop of the CASTER group, he miraculously suppressed his impulsive nature.

Although he was furious because of the blood and flesh all over the ground, after discovering that the power system seemed to be completely different from that of the God of Death (there was a magic circle on the ground, and he was at least a high school student who watched TV normally), he flashed past the tall man who called himself "Blue Beard", calmly chose to retreat, and found a quiet alley to squat down, and carefully relayed all his findings to Rukia.

There seemed to be no relevant records in the files of the 13th Division, so the meeting now was like a quarrel.

They say that even a lion will use all its might to fight a rabbit. If the idea is too difficult and unfamiliar, to be cautious, let Captain Ukitake lead the Pisces Carp to fight...

It’s not impossible!

As he ended up crouching in an alleyway, wondering if the Soul Society captain would show up, there was a sudden loud noise in the distance!

The booming sound waves stirred up dust, and the branches of the trees seemed to be shaking. Ichigo Kurosaki jumped onto the second floor of the store half a beat late and looked into the distance. He found that the tallest building within his sight seemed to have exploded.

He now realizes that he is the god of death. He is afraid that there will be confused souls at the explosion site, so he picks up Zhan Yue and quickly prepares to extradite the dead souls.

Fortunately, the explosion only caused a loud noise and many people were injured, but no one was killed for the time being. Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief and looked up to see that the hotel sign was half broken and drooping.

Suzuki.

"So I called you to find out what's going on."

Suzuki Sonoko waved her hand and said, "That's not important. Hei Yin-chan, could you describe in detail what those two strange people you saw looked like?"

Mentioning the "person" that flashed by, Ichigo subconsciously frowned again. He recalled that feeling and tried to suppress his anger to describe it: "It doesn't look like a human or a hollow, a bit like the evil spirit that Yato expelled before... but much more powerful.

"The boy following him looks human, but his mental state is pretty bad." He flipped the Jingling Court-issued communicator in his hand. "I even took a picture. Do you want to see it?"

"look!"

Ten seconds later, Mr. Ryunosuke Ameyu, the last contestant of this Holy Grail War, was officially exposed under the eyes of the psychic police because of the red Command Seal on the back of his hand.

"Very good," Ms. Suzuki closed her phone. "Emiya Kiritsugu is not the Master of the Holy Grail War. He was hired as an additional fighting force."

Sawada-kun weakly raised his hand: "...So?"

"so?"

Sonoko looked nonchalant, but when she spoke, she unexpectedly had a sense of majesty that made people stand at attention: "So this means that besides Emiya Kiritsugu, his employer also appeared on the Suzuki family's revenge list."

Reiji Munakata was almost surprised to see her expressionless face as she said this, but before he couldn't help but reach out to pinch her face, the head of Space4 sighed first.

"No," said Fushimi Saruhiko, who was about to fall asleep, "This means that all of Emiya Kiritsugu's actions are legal."

Suzuki Sonoko's expression suddenly went blank.

She narrowed her eyes and pointed at the TV. Behind the reporter, there was still a pile of wreckage. "You said that, legal?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi was also shocked: "So it's legal?"

Fushimi Saruhiko avoided Sonoko's gaze, glanced at the Vongola, and curled his lips. "The Holy Grail War and the Ring War that Cerbero applied for were both reported in advance. These days, it's legal for you to demolish buildings and blow up schools in Namimori. If they start a war in Fuyuki, is that not okay?"

"Of course not!"

Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, this incident was a slap in the face of the Suzuki Zaibatsu. To put it another way, blowing up the building was only slightly more subtle than blowing up the Suzuki Tower.

As the joint landlord of both Namimori and Fuyuki, Miss Suzuki slammed the table angrily and declared, "These two groups are being unreasonable. Private property is sacred and inviolable. These things belong to us. I say no, and it's no. How can they just do it and make it legal... Who gave them the nerve to do that?!"

Gokudera Junto: "You can say whatever you want, but don't slander the Vongola!"

Suzuki Sonoko had already mastered the Gokudera Junto filtering technique, and she wondered to herself in disbelief, "Do they know how dark capitalism is? They're still trying to cause trouble for the bourgeoisie!?"

——Especially since their family is at the top of the bourgeoisie!

"…First, find out who Emiya Kiritsugu's employer is."

"With all due respect, Ms. Suzuki, please don't investigate further."

Fushimi Saruhiko's words were very earnest: "If you're an outsider, the magician can't just do whatever he wants to you. If you wade into this mess yourself, the consequences could be serious."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Munakata Reiji looked at him with disapproval.

Fushimi rolled his eyes openly and said, "Mr. Director, you've done enough abusing your power for personal gain tonight. I've given up caring whether you've been cheated or not, but we are referees. If we don't stop Ms. Suzuki, are you still going to take advantage of your privilege to play for her?"

"Do you think the situation is not serious now?"

Sonoko tilted her head and glanced at Fushimi, but then she breathed a calm breath, stared into Munakata Reiji's eyes, and asked aggressively, "Is it legal for me to investigate Emiya Kiritsugu?"

If I thought you were illegal, I wouldn't be sitting here with two files. Although he thought so in his heart, Mr. Munakata slowly pushed his glasses and said, "I'm more curious about who sent the photo to Sonoko than Emiya Kiritsugu's employer."

"By the way," he added calmly, "and the name 'Yato' that you mentioned."

Suzuki Sonoko didn't follow the topic jump: "Huh?"

"No need to check."

Seeing that the topic was about to go off track, a super cute baby voice hit the right point to punctuate the conversation. The baby stood on the table and used his feet to push aside the stacked documents on the table, finally stopping at the page about the woman with white hair and red eyes.

Although Reborn's intelligence network was cut off by Cerberus during the War of the Ring, this only affected the timeliness of the information and did not affect his past experience.

"A Nordic family with this iconic look. They're probably from the Einzbern family."

Reborn said softly, "If I remember correctly, Einzbern seemed to have recruited a live-in son-in-law eight or nine years ago..."

Although it is not explicitly stated, it is obvious who this "son-in-law" is just based on the last string of ellipsis.

——A magician killer is also a killer. At best, his way of killing is more unique. Reborn is one of the seven strongest people in the world recognized by supernatural forces. As the leader of the killer world, he can say without any guilt that everyone here is losers.

At this moment, Mr. Reiji Munakata's terminal rang.

The string of numbers was very short, but it made the Green King subconsciously straighten his back. He rubbed his fingers, hesitated for a long time, and finally took the terminal downstairs to answer the call.

"Look," the third-in-command of the Blue Team sighed with a half-smile, "With such a big commotion, how could the Gold King just sit there and watch?"

It doesn't matter whether the King of Gold intervenes or not. Suzuki Sonoko took the time to pay attention to the current public opinion again. Seeing that everything was as expected, she finally dug out the phone number of the person in charge of her own Fuyuki District from the corner of the address book.

Because Yato had no scientific basis for his theory, the Suzuki family bought the dock in Fuyuki City and the entire vacant coastal area - because oyster farming requires a flat bottom and an inland bay with fresh water inflow - Yuanzi pointed to the map and marked the mudflats, bays, and the estuary of the freshwater river called Mion River that runs through Fuyuki. From the map, the whole shape is like an anchor.

The person in charge of Fuyuki District was a effeminate middle-aged man. Sonoko called three times before someone answered.

Because the place was purchased not long ago and the relevant construction procedures have not been completed, the Suzuki family threw some cement racks, building materials, plastic breeding boxes and other things into the container at the dock. They are not valuable, but the quantity is quite large.

The person in charge of watching the scene is an old security guard. In order to make up for the lack of mobility, in addition to high-tech monitoring equipment, he is also equipped with two dogs to ensure that even if the old man stays in the control room far away from the dock all night, he can still control the whole scene.

Earlier this evening, the dogs kept barking, and one of them ran out and never came back. The old security guard always felt something was wrong, and in a panic he checked the cameras one by one.

You won’t know the result until you see it, you’ll be shocked!

There were hundreds of cameras, one third of which were broken. The old man squatted in front of the machine to study it for a long time, but these dead machines couldn't even capture the murderer's face!

Only in a corner of the picture, a figure (Kusu Maiya) seemed to flash by.

The person in charge was high in a hotel in the city at the time, half drunk from foreign liquor, and his mind was not clear when he heard about this. As a result, he went to the main control room in a daze, and from the footage taken by the remaining two-thirds of the footage that had escaped the net, he saw a group of gods fighting!

The old security guard stood aside with a cold expression: "Don't worry, they've already finished fighting."

However, the half-stomach alcohol turned into cold sweat, which came out uncontrollably. When Yuanzi called him, he was completely sober.

The person in charge cried out, "Miss, my worldview has collapsed!"

The young lady almost threw her phone in anger: "I went to the pier and it collapsed too!?"

After a while, the screenshots of the fight between gods turned into detailed numbers (made by the old security guard, the person in charge had already chickened out) and appeared in Miss Suzuki's inbox.

They are a golden-haired woman in a skirt, a curly-haired man holding two guns, a golden-haired man standing on a street lamp (this man has great lethality), and a man in black mist whose true appearance cannot be seen (his lethality is also quite strong).

This number can basically cover all the forces that will appear during the Holy Grail War.

Looking at this lineup, Fushimi Saruhiko was unexpectedly relieved.

——It would be best if Miss Suzuki could give up. He never wants to see the referee rolling up his sleeves and starting a fight in his lifetime.

However, this act of relief was noticed by Sonoko, who had become extremely sensitive in her anger.

Miss Suzuki looked at him for a long time, until Fushimi was almost furious with her bright eyes. Then she brought up a topic for no apparent reason and asked, "Do you know how rich I am?"

Fushimi: “Huh?”

Suzuki Sonoko remembered Daomingsi Tsukasa who had fought with her in the restaurant two hours ago, and then she remembered the four Daoming families, and the very famous incident of Miss Daomingsi breaking her contract and getting married.

For Daoming Si Feng, she didn't need a killer, didn't need threats, and didn't need any extraordinary strength. As long as she showed a disapproving attitude, she could make the man who she thought was not worthy of her daughter leave on his own initiative.

——For capital, it is too easy to destroy a person's life.

"Magicians and the like are still human beings after all."

Suzuki Sonoko thought calmly: They are not gods of death, they cannot be seen or touched by ordinary people, and they live in a soul society isolated from reality.

"They also need food and clothing, and they will grow old, get sick, and die. They also need to go to school and go to the hospital. We need enough industries to generate income to provide them with a good economic life."

"In fact, as an ordinary person who should be isolated by your definition, I feel that I have been provoked by these reckless guys."

"Even if you're right, they can do anything during the Holy Grail War."

"But besides moving them themselves," Ms. Suzuki, the embodiment of huge capital, said thoughtfully, "I want to move the people and things related to them. How difficult do you think it is?"

"Well," the baby commented objectively, "it's certainly easy to restrain those rooted in Japan. America and Australia aren't a big deal for the Suzuki family, but most magicians are in Europe, and the Einzbern family is hidden within a barrier of ice and snow. What can Miss Suzuki do?"

"Look at what you said."

The capitalist Miss Suzuki looked back at him calmly: "No matter how hidden they are in the snow, the fact that their family quietly recruited a live-in son-in-law is still known to the Vongola intelligence network. Aren't you the godfathers of the underworld?"

Reborn didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, but as he stroked Len's tail, his face was full of an expression that said, "But we don't need to help."

The most terrifying moment is when the arrow is on the string. Instead of really confronting the deep-rooted demon because of a momentary anger, Reborn thinks that Miss Suzuki should take advantage of the situation to threaten him and get a proper apology and compensation, which should be a very perfect ending.

After all, the property of the Suzuki family that the magician blew up was not Vongola’s┓( ` )┏.

Suzuki Sonoko chuckled: She had learned this plot in class, which said that capital is mainly based on profit, and people will not care unless the slap hits their face.

However, the main focus of the cooperation between the Suzuki Group and the Vongola Group is on shipping. There is a developed shipping network, which includes open routes and docks with certain control. Among them, almost one-third are near private islands or artificial islands purchased by the two companies, and the rest are generally leased docks.

Suzuki Sonoko used her family resources to set up her own seasoning factory. The import and export of raw materials must have taken care of her own shipping business, so after buying the Fuyuki wharf, she directly made it one of the fixed points and joined this route network.

In other words: the place where these magicians were beating around just now was actually the Godfather family's dock.

In other words: Vongola was also slapped in the face by the magic.

Reborn: ...

"Besides..."

Miss Suzuki changed her previous attitude of disdain for Sawada Tsunayoshi, stood up calmly and walked around the table halfway.

She squatted down in an exaggerated horse stance, put her arms around his waist and held him tightly in her arms. She looked at Sawada-kun, who was confused, with deep affection and sighed as if she was in a dramatic mood.

"Am I not still the son-in-law of the Vongola?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi rested his head on the crook of her neck, holding his breath in confusion.

Reborn stared at her expressionlessly for a long time, so long that Yuanzi could hardly maintain her horse stance. The chameleon in his hand suddenly turned into a stick and hit Yuanzi on the back of her hand with a snap.

"Wrong."

The little baby corrected him, "Stupid Tsuna is definitely the tenth generation leader of the Vongola family. Even if the Suzuki family wants to marry him, they can only marry XANXUS."

At this moment, Reiji Munakata, who had just finished talking to the Golden King, stepped into the second floor again.

He put away the terminal in an orderly manner and set his eyes on Yuanzi.

"Who is this XANXUS...?"

The author has something to say: Sorry for being late again, but at nearly 16,000 words, I guess that should make up for it a little, right?

Please rest assured, I am back after being discharged from the hospital (>_<)

Ximen is firmly in the position of fiancé number one. Although X Dad is earlier than him in the timeline, his job title is fiancée...

I suddenly wanted to revisit Assassination Classroom, probably because I came up with an idea that is probably unprecedented so far. Unfortunately, Fushimi-kun obviously hates overtime, and as a result, his words came true and he set a flag. The bright yellow octopus is already waving at him :-D

Do you know what the biggest benefit of having a longer haircut is?

While the Fuyuki clan were still testing each other's nerves in a chaotic battle, Miss Suzuki had already obtained all the information through her marriage network.

I saw that the prototype of Fuyuki is Kobe, and hydrangea is the city flower of Kobe, so I borrowed it here.

The person who filmed the video that exposed Kiritsugu's father is called Toudou Jinpachi O(∩_∩)O

In the original Bleach, the Shinigami stationed in the real world seemed to have mobile phones. I remember when Rukia showed it, that thing could even display the location of the Hollow.

Fushimi is in charge of the specific cases of the Vongola. The director is lazy as usual. He knows the general situation but doesn't bother to remember the names. O(∩_∩)O

All the content about the business is made up by the author after searching on Baidu. Don’t take it seriously. Ignore the details and let’s pretend that it makes sense, okay?

Finally, as usual, I’ll leave a message. I’m going to sleep now. Good night everyone (づ￣ 3￣)づ