Axue also received the news that Hachisha-sama had appeared.

At this moment, he was sitting in a well-lit office, watching the live broadcast replay recorded by his subordinates while thinking about the next arrangements.

Although this small organization that he swallowed up could serve as a base and resting place, it still had too few resources to use.

Jiuyuan, who has sound common sense, of course understands that everything requires money and manpower. The previous division of camps was not entirely for the purpose of improving reputation, but more for the purpose of playing both black and white.

If we don't divide the camps, we can only eat the food of one camp, which is a pity.

Whether it is black sheep or white sheep, you have to shear the wool off both of them.

As the white side, Hanako has settled down. As the one who is close to humans, he can make money by himself and use his connections to borrow help from others. The disadvantage is that he has to be a good citizen who abides by the rules and laws, and he has to cooperate with the work of relevant organizations and institutions to ensure that he abides by the law.

He separated Yukio and Hanako with great fanfare. As the black player, he wanted to jump on the safety line of the gray area and play the game of black eating black - no one could restrain him.

However, after waiting for a few days and no one came to the door, Jiuyuan's patience finally ran out.

Jiuyuan and the system complained: "We are short of money and connections... We have made a name for ourselves, but no one has come to us. Is it because I am not suitable to be the mastermind?"

[System: Master... let's get some money first, and then hire someone to do the job. And can't we buy intelligence as well? ]

"Purchased information is not as reliable as information obtained by oneself." Jiuyuan said, but he also knew that what the system said was the most appropriate way at this stage.

In short, get some money first, the more the better.

What... Didn't you say he is rich?

Just kidding, that's not enough.

After taking over the small organization, he casually flipped through their accounts and transaction lists, and found that his pocket money was not enough to cover their turnover.

Moreover, for Jiuyuan, this is just a game to earn reputation. If he invests his own money in it, it would be "paying gold".

He vowed to be a staunch freeloader in this game.

"I still have to take the initiative and not think about being lazy." He thought to himself: "How about finding a few more forces to help me? I have to find manpower... but I don't need them to be too smart, but I don't want them to be too stupid either. In general, it's enough for me to make money."

The money earned by Yukio is used to provide information to Hanako, so that the two of them are at the same speed in terms of information. To outsiders, it looks like a tense competitive relationship, with each chasing the other and neither losing out.

...so that no one will ask you why you, a snow man, are not doing your job and are always asking about things that have nothing to do with you.

So, Jiuyuan began to plan what to do next.

At this time, the man with the slit mouth was lying on the sofa next to him with his eyes squinted. After completing his goal, he fell into a state of lack of interest in everything.

He held his bloodstained scissors and fell quietly into a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

The cheap subordinate suddenly pushed the door open and said, "Report! That——"

The man in a suit pushed the door open and saw that the two fierce men seemed to be in a good mood, and his anxiety was slightly relieved.

"What is it?"

Quickly switching states, Axue asked gently and politely.

"It's like this...someone from the Port Mafia wants to see you."

The man in the suit was not very good at concealing his expression. When he spoke, his eyes shifted unnaturally towards the man with the slit who was dozing off in a ball next to him.

Ah Xue smiled softly and said, "You don't want to see me, you want to see Xiao Bai, right?"

Man in suit: "...Yes. He is the centurion of the Black Lizard, a militant unit of the Port Mafia..."

Ah Xue was impatient to hear such a prefix and interrupted directly: "Tell me your name."

"Mr. Hirotsu Liulang." The man in the suit said, "He said just tell me his name and you'll know."

Ah Xue's smile was brilliant, but her words were rather harsh.

"Is he some great man?"

"Uh, no..."

The man in the suit immediately understood: It was obvious that the "boss" in front of him was dissatisfied with the other party's "just tell me the name and you'll know" attitude.

Ah Xue was too lazy to think about it, so he restrained his expression and asked, "...Forget it, so what's the matter with this arrogant guy?"

"...He hopes to meet with Mr. Slit-Mouth Man and says he wants to discuss something with him." The man in the suit conveyed the other party's meaning meticulously.

When he heard his name being called, the sleep bubble on his head was instantly popped. Xiao Bai raised his head slightly and looked at his partner in confusion, asking with his eyes: "What is it...?"

Axue looked at her sleepy cat friend and felt much better.

After putting away her thorny look, Ah Xue said softly, "Someone wants to see you. Do you want to go meet him?"

"No." The man with the slit mouth yawned, changed his position and prepared to continue sleeping.

These days, he has done almost nothing except resting.

In Jiuyuan's opinion, the character with the least desires is the man with the slit mouth. When his mental state is stable, he can be said to be the easiest character to control, because he has no personal desires at all and will almost never go against Jiuyuan's course of action.

On the other hand, Xue may appear to be friendly to humans on the surface, but if you ask him to truly care about humans, his inner resistance will definitely bubble up like magma.

Axue looked at the cheap subordinate in front of her with a smile: "Did you hear that? He said he can't go."

"But……"

Just as the other party was racking his brains to think about how to change the person in front of him, Xue stood up from his chair. He reached out to brush off the non-existent dust on his shoulders and said, "I'll go for him."

The man in suit said in a hoarse voice: "..."

Isn't this even worse?

"What are you standing there for?" Axue didn't have a very good face towards anyone except the man with the slit mouth, not to mention his subordinates who had been his tools for a long time. "Lead the way."

“Ah, yes!”

…

…

Lieutenant General Nakahara told Moriogai that Axue had casually used the resources of several small organizations to establish a base, and said that Axue and the others behaved well for a few days after that.

Originally, Gang Hei was planning to keep quiet and continue to observe, but they didn't expect that when Axue went to the school to find Jiuyuan, the commotion was too big. Gang Hei's intelligence department was not a pushover, and soon the information was handed over to Mori Ouwai.

"I see... Are the two parties not in agreement?"

After reading the report which was truly magical, Mori Ougai rubbed his brows.

"Kyuuen-kun stands on the side of humanity without hesitation. This is really reassuring news."

Mori Ogai's smile was cold. Alice, who was lying on the ground drawing, made a disgusted face at him when she saw Mori Ogai's expression.

Nakahara Chuuya stood opposite the leader, watching his heart and waiting for what was to come.

Finally, my boss asked, "Chuye-kun, what do you think?"

Nakahara Chuuya's answer was also quite standard: "The snowman's attitude towards humans is very ambiguous."

Just like clean snow and dirty snow, there are two sides.

"Oh? You had a conflict before. Chuuya-kun, as the person who has the most contact with Yukio, do you think his attitude towards humans is indeed 'unfriendly'?" Mori Ogai said with a smile.

Nakahara Chuuya recalled that night——

The sight of the snow-haired young man raising his arms to stir up the snow flowers in the sky, and the frivolous words he said...

"Ahem..." He coughed lightly, "I don't think he has any sympathy for humans. He is different from his other companions. In terms of his fundamental attitude towards humans, he should be the coldest one."

"oh?"

Meeting the leader's gaze, Nakahara Chuuya thought for a moment and said, "He should be well versed in the ways of the world, willing to show a friendly attitude when negotiations are needed and serve as a tool in negotiations... but deep down he may not want to associate with humans." The more Nakahara Chuuya spoke, the more he felt something was wrong.

At this point, seeing that Mori Ogai was still unfathomable, Nakahara Chuuya had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to express his thoughts: "... In other words, if there is no conflict of interest, he is not very interested in human activities."

“Hmm…” Mori Oo dragged out the words and said, “However, in response to what Chuuya-kun said earlier…”

"Even in interpersonal communication, there are many people who pretend to be friendly on the surface but actually have other ideas. As long as the part that is shown on the surface can be used, won't the Port Mafia accept it all?"

Yes, but they will still suck the marrow out of you secretly and violently remove the parts you don’t like, Nakahara Chuuya thought casually.

However, as a qualified subordinate, Nakahara Chuuya simply raised his eyes and asked, "What do you mean..."

"Don't worry about their special status, just treat them as an equal organization." Mori Ogai said confidently: "Isn't Chuuya-kun used to this kind of thing?"

Not to mention the countless organizations, both large and small, that were destroyed in the hands of this gravity master.

If everyone has to be overly cautious, will the local mafia bosses at the port still have any dignity?

"I understand." Nakahara Chuuya asked again: "...about Mr. Hirotsu..."

"Let Guangjin go." Mori Ogai had already learned everything from the intelligence. He said calmly, "Isn't there a child he knows among them?"

“Maybe they should reminisce.”

After giving the order, Mori Ougai had no interest in explaining the implication and his intentions, and just let Nakahara Chuuya leave.

Still full of doubts, Nakahara Chuuya found a messenger in the corridor and told him that the leader asked Guangjin Liulang to test the attitude of the duo.

"Let them talk about the past." Finally, Nakahara Chuuya added this sentence.

"Narrative?" The subordinate walked away with a bitter face.

The office outside Mori Owl returned to peace, with only the sound of little Alice lying on the floor and the rustling of the crayon rubbing against the paper.

"What should I do, Alice-chan..." Mori Ogai turned into a useless old man, fell on the chair, and complained to the blonde girl: "I finally solved the trouble in Italy, and now I have a new job... It turned out to be a real monster, and Yokohama has become a monster's nest..."

"Stupid Rintaro, weren't you the one who caused all the trouble in Italy?" The little girl mocked mercilessly, "Besides, weren't you the one who was so confident in front of Chuuya-kun just now?"

Mori Owl lowered his eyes and looked at the painting in Alice's hand——

On the little girl's canvas is a sketch of the three-moku concept proposed by Teacher Natsume.

Although the crayon drawing was crude and somewhat dirty, the area in the dark was now heavily smeared with red pen, just like the "Danger" sign that pops up in the game.

As the leader and slave of the organization, Mori Ogai thought more.

It's not just whether the opponent's appearance will pose a threat to the port mafia. When he heard that they wanted to establish a new system, Mori Ogai thought about whether this would have an impact on the current situation in Yokohama.

What's more, the two groups had different opinions, so secret confrontation was inevitable.

Could it be that the collision generated in their confrontation is like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly, causing a huge stir in Yokohama?

"Although I said nice things in front of Chuuya-kun, I'm actually very unsure in my heart."

Morigu looked very sad.

If Snowman devoured the organization just for a little profit and did not plan to continue to expand, it would be fine. If he continues to maintain this strong aggressiveness, it proves that he also needs some resources from humans: such as money and people.

Isn't the hottest news on the black market right now exactly what Xue Nan wants?

——A high bounty of 7 billion.

If he were to join this human competition...it would be a piece of cake.

What Mori Ou feared the most was that Axue seemed to have shown some ability to control mental power.

The port mafia has a terrifying time bomb -- Q.

If Snowman's ability is enough to affect Q...

Mori Ou's expression was uncertain.

"Little Alice." Mori Owl glanced at the blonde girl with resentment: "A bounty of 7 billion, even a monster might be tempted..."

"Really? Then there's nothing we can do."

Alice coldly avoided the middle-aged man's gaze and continued painting.

"No matter what, it's still 7 billion..."

Although he said this, what Moriogai was thinking was——

I don’t know if the current shrine’s priests and witches can exorcise the demons?

…

…

Guangjin Liulang was almost turned away.

He could probably guess that he would not have the chance to meet Bai Yajun, but he did not expect to be seen by another person.

Xue came up and said directly: "Don't bother with the boring temptation. I know you humans love to play this trick the most. I can still tell how sincere you are in wanting to meet him."

His smile was gentle and bright, and he didn't look like someone who would say such heart-wrenching words.

Guangjin Liulang: "...Is it because he doesn't want to see me?"

Axue nodded: "Don't worry, he doesn't take you to heart at all."

If I have to say, Guangjin Liulang thought that what Axue had just exposed about him was basically completely correct.

Although he felt a little guilty about the death of Baiya-kun, they were not close enough to let the guilt torment his heart. Not to mention that as a veteran mafia member, Guangjin Liulang was accustomed to life and death, and he would not have too many emotional thoughts even if he died.

He came this time more because of the leader's arrangement.

To put it bluntly, Guangjin Liulang is the best reason Moriou could find to pay a visit.

Seeing the leader's intention, he readily accepted it.

The rejection was expected.

But... he didn't expect why Axue would come out to see him.

You know, this guy showed far more arrogance than his other colleagues.

"You must be confused." Axue smiled mysteriously and said, "Why would I take the initiative to come and see you?"

"You really have no reason to see me." Guangjin Liulang told the truth.

Axue smiled and said, "No, there are."

The young man raised his hands and condensed a hexagonal snowflake in the air.

The cold snow rolled around between the two of them. This snowflake, as delicate as a work of art, seemed to be perfectly frozen and would never melt.

"Help me deliver a gift to your leader."

The young man blinked playfully.

"This is a gift from my new neighbors. I hope we can get along well."

In the end, Guangjin Liulang still took the ice flower.

It would not be a good idea to just give it to the leader. He would hire someone special to do the appraisal.

"Thank you for your gift," he said, "but I have time to take my leave."

"Goodbye." Axue said with a smile.

He was pleasantly surprised and didn't mind smiling a little more at the other person.

During the less than one second when Guangjin Liulang was distracted by Axue's creation of ice flowers, Axue took advantage of the opportunity and sneaked in - reading the strongest content in his shallow consciousness.

Perhaps it was his recent worries, or perhaps it was the work he had been concentrating on. There were only a few words -

"Seven billion."

Ashue murmured.

"…Thank you, new neighbor, for the information."

…

…

When Jiu Yuan heard the news while washing his hands in the washroom of the technical college, he almost shouted in his heart—

Money, lots of money!

"System, we are going to get rich." He said, "This is 7 billion..." At this point, he got stuck again.

Even □□ didn't find the dangling target so quickly, and he wasn't so arrogant as to think he could solve the problem immediately.

Jiuyuan remembered that he had drawn a bell that could summon ghosts last time. He decided to use up the remaining three draws of ten consecutive draws today, plus the candies he had drawn in the previous few days as daily supplies. Tonight, he would use the bell to summon ghosts and let the nearby ghosts find people for him. He would use magic candies or something like that as rewards, and he believed they would be happy to do so.

He wants to grab the 7 billion before □□ does.

The boy shook off the water drops on his hands and left the bathroom, and was tightly embraced by Hachisha-sama.

Jiuyuan: “…” In order to maintain my image, I try really hard.

Standing next to him, Yuji Itadori has already spent two days accepting the shocking fact that "the Hachishaku-sama in the flowing skirt is a man."

Yoshino Junpei, who was attending school for the first day, was also surprised.

After discussing with his family, he entered the technical high school. Especially when he learned that Hanako would often go back and forth to the technical high school during this period, he felt inexplicably relieved.

When arriving in an unfamiliar environment for the first time, only familiar people can give him a sense of security.

But...

"Junpei is going to work for Hanako-kun?"

After class, Yuji, who originally wanted to ask Junpei to watch a movie together, became curious after learning about this.

Although humans, monsters, curses and the like were far apart before this, in just a few weeks, Yuji's world has undergone earth-shaking changes. After actively accepting these, the limits of his curiosity have been invisibly extended.

"Yeah." Junpei nodded. He couldn't resist the enthusiastic and tactful Yuji. So even though they had only been together for a short time, he had a feeling that he could become a good friend with this man.

Junpei explained, "I was able to awaken my ability as a sorcerer because of Hanako-kun's help. Otherwise, I would just be an ordinary high school student now."

The hellish campus life seemed like it was just yesterday. Only when Junpei Yoshino called out his shikigami and stroked its soft shell did he find a little sense of reality in his current life.

——It turns out that all of this is true. My life has indeed undergone unimaginable changes.

Thinking of this, Junpei's expression relaxed a little.

"Can I go with you to Hanako-kun's shop?" Yuji Itadori showed great curiosity, but he still said considerately: "If it will cause you trouble, then no, I'm just a little curious."

"It's a 'store'... they shouldn't refuse people from entering, right?" Yoshino Junpei was not sure.

"shop?"

"Hmm. It seems to be a store that sells certain specific services... and special items."

Yoshino Junpei felt that he had difficulty in summarizing the scope of Hanako's business.

As a customer, he had only met Hanako once, and Hanako's approach was to solve his problem, not sell him anything...

Seeing Yuji's puzzled expression, Yoshino Junpei changed the subject and said, "...It's a squatter's house, a wishing house, or something like that, right?"

“…It feels very abstract.”

Yuji's first reaction was to think of the crystal ball shops outside, but most of these shops used psychology knowledge to conduct reverse analysis on customers and actually had nothing to do with psychic communication - but this was also what he thought before entering the technical college.

After his worldview was shattered once, Yuji felt that it was completely possible that there was real occupation in the world.

Yoshino Junpei: "I think it's okay for us to take a look together..."

So, there was the scene where they faced Hachishaku-sama directly.

Kuen: "...You guys are here to look for Hanako, right? Then I'll be leaving first."

Shunping: "Okay, okay."

He felt that he had seen something he shouldn't have seen...

After Hisaen left, Yoshino Junpei took Itadori to the toilet cubicle and called Hanako out. When Hanako learned of their intentions, she did not show any resistance.

He said, "Sure."

Then he looked at Yuji. Compared to Junpei, Yuji's physical condition was much better.

...It would be even better if he was willing to work in my own store.

Junpei saw that Hanako was the only one there, and asked subconsciously, "...Is Mr. Fox not here today?"

"Ah, he went out for something." Hanako said casually.

He had already learned about Geto's situation from Gojo Satoru. As the curser with the highest hatred value, Hanako suggested that he should try not to show up in the high school.

And Geto Suguru also said that he wanted to go out and look for his lost memories, and would be away for a few days. With Hachishaku at his disposal, Kuen readily agreed.

Seeing that Hanako seemed aloof but not difficult to approach, Itadori took the initiative to explain her purpose: "Actually, I'm very interested in Junpei's suggestion of taking over the stalks... so I took the initiative to follow you. If I'm causing you any trouble, I'll leave now."

"Nothing." Hanako shook his head. He was about to step onto the chair and put some goods on the shelf next to him when he heard someone calling him.

He put down what he was doing, walked to the door, pulled the two boys in, closed the bathroom door again, and said, "--someone is seeking my presence."

Yuji felt the world spinning around him. The scenery on both sides quickly turned dark and then returned to its original appearance.

However...the scenery outside this room has changed.

"Wow, so awesome..." the boy whispered.

He understood that this was Hanako's shop that had been moved to a new location, just like the traveling shop in the game!

It’s amazing!

Before he could continue sighing, Hanako opened the door again.

Kneeling at the door was a white-haired boy wearing old clothes that didn't fit him very well. Liu Hai looked at him very strangely.

He knelt on his knees, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and kept muttering:

"Hanako-kun, Hanako-kun——"

"If you hear my call, can you...give me something to eat..."

He didn't even notice that the toilet cubicle in front of him had completely changed. At this moment, his stomach rumbled with hunger.

Jiuyuan: “…”

So, he made a wish hoping that Hanako would show up simply because he was too hungry?