Chapter 101 Failure in the College Entrance Examination

The freighter was not traveling very fast, and before it reached Italy, Ace returned to Moriouwai because of the exchange.

Although it's a bit regrettable, it's still a good experience.

"Oh, it would be nice to have my own body." Although he had a great time, Ace was still a little sad because he came back without even seeing his destination.

Mori Ougai did not deny this.

If Ace is completely separated from him, this will be both good and bad. His strength is beyond doubt as he can fight Verlaine without losing or winning. Even if he is separated, he will definitely be a useful card. However, Ace's controllability is too low... No, it should be said that his predictability is too low.

He believed that as long as he didn't do anything to cross his bottom line, Ace would definitely not betray him. Of course, this "not betraying" didn't refer to the camp's stance, but simply meant that he wouldn't do anything that would harm the Port Mafia. But it was unclear whether he would leave the Port Mafia and join another camp.

Mori Ougai actually had doubts. If Ace really possessed his own body and separated from him, would he really gather a group of people to form a pirate group and then go out to sea?

…

The development of the port mafia in Italy has not been smooth.

The official power in Italy is indeed very weak, but the mafia is too strong. All regions have been divided by local organizations and are basically in a saturated state. There is no room for the port mafia to intervene.

Although the port mafia had trade relations with the organizations there before, as soon as they began to show their intention to gain a foothold there, they were strongly squeezed out by local forces.

Chuuya Nakahara's ability is indeed very strong, but Japan is a small country in terms of people with special abilities. In addition, it was only after the Great Power War that Japan began to pay attention to people with special abilities. The resources themselves are very scarce. Even the Port Mafia has people with special abilities from other countries. In comparison, the number of people with strong special abilities in Europe is far beyond their reach.

It is possible to fight against one or even two organizations with strong force, but to fight against all the mafias in Italy, they must never want to show up in Italy again.

And this is not just a matter of getting involved. If you offend them, you may not even be able to do trade with them in the future, and the good cooperative relationship you have established with them in the past may also be cancelled.

The situation in Italy is the same as that in Yokohama when the previous leader was still sober. The various forces are complicated, many organizations have interests and complex alliances.

Most of the mafia there are based on families, and many of the core members are related by blood. Even the allied families have been allies for generations. Not to mention that it is difficult for outside forces to intervene, even the local emerging forces that can stand up have intricate connections with existing families.

If the port mafia makes a wrong move in dealing with the mafia there, it will be very difficult for them to enter the Italian market.

The original plan to have Nakahara Chuuya set up a branch in Italy had to be postponed. Mori Ogai planned to have him keep an eye on the situation of the Italian Mafia there and gather intelligence. He would then select the appropriate family to cooperate with based on the intelligence and see if they could form an alliance.

In addition, Mori Owl does not intend to put all his eggs in one basket. He plans to try the United States and other European countries.

Yokohama's development has been relatively stable recently, and he plans to send the colonel to the United States to give it a try.

Well, now that the Port Mafia is the largest organization in Yokohama and its development is on the right track, it's time to put the issue of the supernatural business license on the agenda.

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Chuuya Nakahara won't be back for a while, so apart from playing games with Hisasaku Yumeno, Ace just wanders around the streets of Yokohama and visits hotels and bars one by one.

In fact, Dazai Osamu also played video games, but he usually played them when he was slacking off during missions. He was not happy about playing games with Yumeno Hisasaku in the same room, so he has hardly played games with Ace until now.

However, after discovering the bar that Dazai Osamu and his friends went to last time, Ace would occasionally try his luck to see if he could run into them. After all, they didn't go to that bar to get together every day.

Moreover, not long after the meeting on the overseas development of the Port Mafia was held in Morioga, not only was the colonel sent abroad, but the last time Ace went to this bar and met Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai Osamu having a small gathering, he learned that their other friend Sakaguchi Ango was also sent abroad because of this matter.

As a result, the frequency of their small gatherings became a little lower.

After gaining a body that can temporarily separate from Morigull, Ace's progress in exploring stores in the Yokohama map has also accelerated.

"Okay! This is the last bar I haven't been to yet!" He walked in carelessly and sat down at the bar, took off his hat and hung it behind his neck, "Boss, I want a glass of rum!"

"OK."

While waiting, Ace turned his head and looked around the bar to see if there were any interesting people there.

…Then he saw Verlaine sitting on the other side drinking.

When Ace saw Verlaine drinking before, he always drank red wine. But today he didn't use a red wine glass, but an engraved classical cup. The glass inside was not red wine, but a clear orange-yellow liquid that looked like the color of strong liquor.

He went straight to Verlaine and asked, "Verlaine, what are you drinking?"

Verlaine glanced at him and answered casually, "Whiskey."

Ace's eyes lit up: "Oh! I've tried this before! But I still like rum more!"

The bartender brought Ace's drink over. Ace thanked him and turned to ask Weilun, "Did you take any orders today?"

This was not the second time Ace had met Verlaine in the bar, but including the first time they met, every time Verlaine came to the bar to drink he had something to do afterwards. But except for the first time which was out of his own intention, the subsequent times were all assassination orders.

He once complained before, saying that the people here in Japan are very stingy and not as generous as his previous clients in Europe. What's more, some of the clients who found ways to entrust him with the work even wanted to bargain with him for the price!

Of course, the deal was not concluded in the end, and the one who wanted to bargain was ripped off by Weilun.

Ace thought today would be the same as usual, but who knew that Weilun would give a different answer -

"No." Verlaine paused, "I just came out to drink."

Ace: “?”

He looked at Weilun in confusion: "Why did you suddenly want to go out for a drink?"

Weilan's expression didn't change, but Ace could clearly see a hint of depression in it.

Verlaine said: "Nothing, I just feel that... there are always some people without vision in this world."

???

Ace had more questions: "Who provoked you?"

He saw Verlaine slowly finish the glass of wine in his hand, and then asked the bartender to refill it. Only then did he notice that there were several empty bottles not far from Verlaine, all of which were whiskey.

Weilun stroked the rim of the wine glass as it was refilled with wine, and looked at Ace quietly: "What do you think of my knowledge?"

Ace recalled the questions that Chuuya Nakahara had done before. He couldn't even understand some of the questions, but Weierlaen was able to teach Chuuya how to do them. So he answered seriously, "Very impressive."

However, Weilun raised his eyebrows, "You think I'm great? Then why can't my scores meet the requirements of those schools? Are the people who graded the papers blind? Or..." His expression became gloomy and terrifying, "Those people tampered with my scores? Did someone find out my identity and deliberately suppress my scores? Or, is there some bold guy who stole my test scores?"

Weilain's identity was registered internationally, so it was impossible for him to use his real identity when taking the national exam. He created a fake identity to take the exam.

He looked like he was ready to kill someone, and the bartender couldn't help but quietly move away from him.

Ace thought for a while before realizing that he was talking about the college entrance examination.

Nakahara Chuuya had told him before that Verlaine had taken the college entrance exam, but he had set his sights very high and might not pass. After he went on a business trip to Italy, Mori Ogai mentioned that the college entrance exam scores were about to be released, and he didn't know how Verlaine had done.

But now Weilun's words sounded as if he had failed the exam.

Ace scratched his head and said in annoyance, "I don't really understand this either. Why don't you ask Mr. Ouwai? He might know."

Although Mori Ogai sometimes said strange things to him, in Ace's heart, Mori Ogai really knew a lot and was a man of real talent and knowledge.

Weilun thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Mori Ogai was admitted to the University of Tokyo, so he must know a lot about this. He was also a military man before, so he should know something about the official internal operations. Moreover, he is now a powerful person, and he has private contacts with some officials. In general, he should know more about various aspects.

So he nodded, "You're right." Then he put down his glass very actively, stood up and walked out of the bar.

Ace quickly swiped his card to pay and followed him, "Where are you going?"

Without even turning his head, Wei Erlain replied, "Go find Sen Ouwai."

Ace immediately said, "Oh! Then I'll go with you!"

…

Mori Ougai never expected that he just sent Ace out for some fresh air as usual, and then he let Weilun back in.

Maybe it was because Ace was with him this time, he actually took the elevator upstairs instead of flying directly to the top of the building and breaking his French window to get in.

There was no need for Ace to report to anyone outside when he entered Sen Ou's office. After all, no matter where he went, he would always come out of the office, and it was obvious that he lived in the office just like Chief Sen.

But Verlaine was different. After all, Ace was following him. The guards hesitated for a moment about whether to report it, but Verlaine had already passed them and forced open the door of the office.

Mori Ou Wai heard someone push open the office door without permission, and thought it was Ace, but when he looked up and saw it was Verlaine, the words he was about to say got stuck in his throat. When he saw Verlaine followed by Ace, Mori Ou Wai's eyes went dark.

So, you little brat, why on earth did you bring Verlaine back again! ?