Chapter 57: Sunny Moon Mountain Journey - The donation organization is like this, and its members...
The air fell silent.
Chianti turned his head away, unable to bear the sight.
Punch started saying strange things again.
Zhu Fu Gaoming smiled after a moment of stunned silence: "Don't worry. I'm fine."
Yamato Gansuke:?
Are you students practicing situational dialogues?
It was a third-grade primary school textbook.
Lin Xi: ...
So embarrassing.
In order to make herself less embarrassed, she decisively changed the subject:
"I'm sorry, it might be because I took the key off the table that caused the explosion."
Treasure Hunters B and D heard her words: "..."
I feel so heartbroken that I can't breathe.
So many jewels! So many gold coins! It's all gold!
It all exploded!!
Zhu Fu Gaoming picked up a deformed gold coin from the ground, rubbed his thumb across the gray surface, and the gold coin immediately began to shine again.
"It's real gold," he said. "Even if there was an explosion, the cultural value of the gold coin might be reduced, but the value of the gold itself would not."
"Mount Harutsuki is a public land belonging to the Japanese government. According to Japanese law, if cultural relics or valuables are accidentally discovered on public land, ownership is split equally between the discoverer and the government. The treasure can be appraised by a third party or auctioned, with the discoverer receiving half of the proceeds. Of course, taxes are required." (Note 1)
He turned to the Kashimura father and son, his eyes swept across the little boy's face, and then looked at the red-haired girl standing beside him: "Except for the criminal suspects present, Mr. Kashimura and Ms. Shibiono, and the two of you--" He nodded slightly at Chianti and Cohen. Chianti curled his lips and looked away.
"—all belong to the finder of the treasure."
Lin Xi lowered his eyes in thought.
Zhu Fu Gaoming meant to hand over the remaining treasures, and the finder would get half.
He didn't seem to want to pursue the explosion. But...
She herself didn't know that Chianti and Cohen certainly couldn't use their real identities to act as discoverers and get the money.
Those treasures were placed there by Lin Xi. She knew their value - although they looked like a pile of gold, there weren't actually that many, and most of them were taken away by her.
And given the efficiency of the Japanese government, it is hard to imagine when they actually got the money.
Zhu Fu Gaoming proposed this, was he also trying to test them?
Most people wouldn't refuse such an opportunity. If they did, it would appear suspicious.
The air was silent for a moment before Kashimura Tadaki spoke first. "Hiroki and I weren't here for the treasure. I'd like to thank all the officers and Miss Shibahara for what happened today. If possible, I'd like to hand over ownership of my share of the treasure to Miss Shibahara."
Chianti snorted, "Who wants that shapeless gold and shattered gems? Keep them for yourselves."
Killer adventures are all about fun.
It's certainly fun to finally find the treasure, but the fun is half gone when the snitch gets in the way.
What's more, if you want to get the money, you have to listen to him and split half with the government - why?
Chianti was not happy about that.
Cohen said nothing, but nodded.
So everyone's eyes fell on Lin Xi.
Lin Xi: ...
Da mee yo.
"Donate it," Lin Xi said decisively, "Donate it to public infrastructure reconstruction...if there really is a project in this area."
Japanese buildings were bombed every day, and it is hard to say that the organization did not play a role.
The organization is like this, members only need to use bombs to blow up buildings, but the boss needs to consider more, and also has to find a way to repair the bombed-out Japan.
She nodded politely to the three officers.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Fu Gao Ming still refused to let her go:
"Ms. Shibahara, this prisoner claims you subjected him to 'inhumane torture.' While this prisoner's statement is unreliable, we still need Ms. Shibahara to accompany us to the police station to give a statement."
Chianti was about to speak when Lin Xi gave her a subtle look.
That means don't bother with me.
Chianti: ...
Well, this guy is enjoying it.
She looked Zhu Fu Gaoming up and down.
If you look closely, this guy is indeed handsome.
To get Punch interested and willing to cooperate with him, to go to the police station where there are piles of cops to take a statement... She was almost starting to sympathize with him.
"Okay, Officer." Lin Xi winked at Zhu Fugaoming and responded obediently.
She broke the key in her hand and returned the pottery shard to Zhu Fu Gaoming, but when the other party was about to take it, she pulled her hand back.
Zhu Fu Gaoming raised his eyes to look at her.
"Mr. Officer," the girl whispered, "that question...you haven't answered me yet."
Are all police officers like this?
Zhu Fu Gaoming lowered his eyes: "Protecting citizens is the duty of the police."
Lin Xi curled her lips, not satisfied with the answer.
So when Zhu Fu Gaoming reached out to take it again, she retracted her hand.
Zhu Fu Gaoming looked at her calmly.
"Mr. Officer, what's your name?" The girl asked with a smile, not afraid of him.
"...Zhu Fu is wise."
Then he reached out and took back the pottery shard.
This time Lin Xi did not hold back.
It will happen once, twice, but not three times.
There's still plenty of time...
Yamato Gansuke on the side couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and looked at Zhufu Gaoming.
This girl looks like an underage junior high school student.
My friend, you...
"Officer, can I go to the police station tomorrow to give a statement?" Lin Xi pointed at her clothes and said, "I need to go home and change."
By the way, let’s pretend to be Shibahara Saki.
The organization has this business.
Zhu Fu Gaoming nodded: "Miss Chai Yuan can come anytime during the working week."
"Okay."
Then she turned to Kashimura Tadaki and motioned for him to step aside to talk.
She wanted to discuss the matter of Hiroki Kashimura with the old father.
The ordinary education system is not suitable for Hiroki. He needs a free and happy place where his talents can be freely developed and grown.
It just so happens that Jun'e Sugishima also needs it.
And Noah also needs a safe enough place to store it.
Little Hiroki and little Junzhi can study computers together, which they love, without having to go through traditional Japanese education. As long as they are willing and have the ability, Lin Xi can send them to any university.
There is no place better for them than the organization!
Lin Xi is also working diligently today on BOSS Direct Hiring, striving to make the winery bigger and stronger.
Kashimura Tadaki hit it off with her right away.
He knew his son's abilities and his personality—he was simply not suited to staying in school.
In fact, he already had a plan, which was to let Hiroki and his mother go abroad to receive education.
Lin Xi's suggestion was exactly what he wanted.
It was his son's attitude that made him make up his mind.
Hiroki rarely shows interest in the people around him and rarely even responds.
Most of the time, he would sit quietly by himself, studying something he liked. If someone came over to talk to him, he would be very annoyed - others might think he lacked social skills, but Kashimura Tadaki knew that it was actually because Hiroki felt that communicating with people was meaningless.
Even when interacting with his parents, he doesn't act like other children by acting like a spoiled brat, nor does he make unreasonable demands. Instead, he simply expresses his needs clearly.
But it’s different when I’m with a girl.
Hiroki visibly became more lively and more like an "ordinary child."
If Hiroki could grow up happily...that was his wish, nothing would be better than that.
So he agreed.
Lin Xi quietly made a "yeah" gesture to Hiroki Kashimura.
The plan to train a 10-year-old MIT computer science master's degree genius has moved one step closer.
96.
"In the end, I still didn't get anything..."
Chianti complained as he drove, "It was soaked in water, buried in dust, and in the end, it was all lost."
Lin Xi leaned on the back seat of the car, petting the cat with one hand and playing with her phone with the other:
"Who said they didn't get anything?"
Chianti said angrily, "You got a handsome guy, and you're happy because you saved the girl. But Cohen and I didn't get anything!"
Just a glimpse of the treasure!
"Participation is what matters." Lin Xi stared at her phone. "But you're right, even charity competitions have participation prizes."
"Why don't you feel in your pocket?"
Chianti was stunned for a moment and reached into his jacket pocket.
A cold, hard touch.
She reached out, took the thing out, and held it in front of the car window.
It was a complete gold coin with exquisite patterns engraved on both sides.
"Punch, you—"
"Ahhhh, watch the road, Chianti!"
Chianti swerved the steering wheel, and they narrowly avoided a bend.
They were squeezed against the side of the car by centripetal force, like a group of flattened cat cakes.
"Meow!"
The coconut cat was also flattened, and the coconut cat expressed dissatisfaction.
"Excuse me, Coconut... Punch! How did you get this, you bastard? You..."
Chianti put the gold coins back into his pocket and said viciously: "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist!"
"Ah? What?" Lin Xi pretended to be stupid.
I don't understand Smecta.
Chianti sensed something and grabbed her bag which she had set aside.
"Cohen!"
Cohen silently put the gold coin he had just found in his pocket back into his pocket, took Chianti's bag and opened it.
There is a cloth bag inside.
It was a silver dagger inlaid with emeralds, wrapped in linen.
"This color combination suits you very well," Lin Xi said, "Cohen also has it."
She picked out a wine glass for Cohen.
Made of gold.
But she suspected Cohen might use it not for drinking but for growing flowers—Chianti had once shown her a balcony full of plants—so she picked out a short, flat-bottomed wine glass that looked like it would serve as a flowerpot.
Cohen really liked it, picked up the glass and said thank you.
While driving, Chianti took a quick look at the dagger, and was overjoyed. He stopped asking Lin Xi about it and just wanted to go home and play with his new baby, so he drove very fast.
What? Are you asking if there are speed limits on Japanese streets?
No one drives by the speed limit on the streets. As long as you don't get caught by the traffic police, you can drive as fast as you can.
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(Note 1: I couldn’t find any information on this, so I don’t know how it’s divided specifically… Anyway, it’s different from China, where all cultural relics belong to the state.)
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