Chapter 33

Most people would feel extremely uncomfortable when they are in an unfamiliar place, but Geto Suguru is not one of them. He is the type who is born to adapt to his role very quickly.

Tokyo suggested that Reiji Munakata take Geto Suguru to deal with the affairs of the village, but as the Blue King, Reiji Munakata still took him back to Scepter4's headquarters first.

After returning to his own territory, this well-mannered elite seemed to have lost a layer of his outermost packaging. For example, right now he was talking to his "guest" Geto Suguru while assembling the platter on the table.

Geto Suguru didn't feel offended. He had seen so many strange types of people in the circle of sorcerers, and he considered Qing Wang's behavior to be normal. Moreover, he should be respectful when talking to an older person with a much higher social status than him.

"Although our city consciousness requires us to bring you along, I really can't think of what you can do for the moment?" The glasses on Reiji Munakata's nose reflected white light. He seemed to be having a serious conversation, but his hand on the table touched a puzzle piece and placed it in the empty space.

The man who "can't do anything" pursed his lips and asked, "Can you tell me what crime scepter4 intends to charge that village with?"

"Originally I couldn't tell you, but our city consciousness requires you to participate. You are no longer one of the people who request confidentiality."

Suguru was still expecting the director of Scepter to say something profound, but Munakata Reiji just adjusted his glasses, which were a little low, and told him: "Of course, he will be punished according to the law."

"You mean the law?" Geto Suguru thought he had missed something. After all, the law cannot restrict a sorcerer, and as a group of psychics, Scepter4 should be above the law.

Munakata Reiji said as a matter of course: "Yes, of course it is the law. The victim is a sorcerer, so the police department cannot be responsible for handling the case, but the necessary procedures must still be followed."

Seeing that Geto Suguru was still stunned, Reiji Munakata tapped the table and said, "How about this, you go with my subordinates, and you will understand when the time comes."

"Awashima, come in for a moment." He raised his voice a little.

Soon, a flaxen-haired lady pushed the door open after saying sorry for the indiscretion and said, "Director, what are your instructions?"

Reiji Munakata pointed at Geto Suguru and said, "This is Geto Suguru, a student of Tokyo Juju High School. Take him to Fushimi and give him a uniform. He doesn't need a sword. Take him with you on this mission."

After receiving the mission, Seri Awashima took Geto Suguru to receive the uniform. After changing into a dark blue uniform, Geto Suguru looked very different. Tokyo Jujutsu School also had special uniforms, but in order to hide their uniforms, they were basically the same as those of ordinary school students.

And it was a uniform whose fabric was obviously expensive, and it looked very uncomfortable for Geto Suguru to wear it. Such clothes were obviously to increase exposure, and it was not low-key at all!

Awashima Seri didn't know why Geto Suguru came to Scepter4, and thought he was a new member. When she saw Geto Suguru wearing a new uniform, she commented, "He looks very energetic. We in Scepter4 don't have much control over our members. Apart from requiring uniforms, we don't have any other requirements for their appearance."

That being said, however, Xia Youjie noticed that the second-in-command's gaze was vaguely fixed on his bangs.

"I didn't join Scepter4. I came here to, uh...visit." Xia Youjie felt that he still needed to explain, "It's because Tokyo and I discovered the actions of that village together."

"Really?" Awashima Seri was not very surprised, because she was used to her boss's habit of digging the wall, so her tone was still indifferent, "Then take a good look around, I hope you won't be disappointed."

Xia Youjie understood the hidden meaning of her words, but he didn't intend to explain it again.

Fortunately, Awashima Seri only played a leading role. After distributing the uniforms, she took Suguru Geto to find Fushimi Saruhiko.

After all, he was handed over to her by the director. Before entering the room, Awashima Seri reminded Geto Suguru: "Fushimi has a rather nasty expression, but he doesn't mean he is dissatisfied with you. He has the same expression towards the director."

"I understand." Xia Youjie's expression remained calm.

Then, the moment the door was pushed open, both of them heard the crisp smacking sound.

"Tsk, deputy chief, you're here to add to my workload again." Fushimi Saruhiko was not in a very good mood. It was just a village suspected of human trafficking and it was not his turn to deal with it, but the chief had given him the order personally.

When he has a boss who likes to push work onto his subordinates and he himself has no subordinates who can shirk their tasks, the skyrocketing workload has given the third-in-command of scepter4 such dark circles under his eyes that he could go to the zoo to play a panda. And, if I remember correctly, today was supposed to be his day off!

Meeting the somewhat unfriendly gaze, Geto Suguru touched his nose and looked at Awashima Seri.

This capable lady was used to Fushimi Saruhiko's expression, so she got to the point without hesitation: "It's the director's order. Take Kagome-kun with you on this mission. Also, when do you plan to leave?"

Fushimi Saruhiko's fingers were typing rapidly on the keyboard. Without even looking at his superior, he glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer before slowly replying, "We'll leave in three hours." In this kind of unorganized criminal activity, the criminals wouldn't plan their escape, so he was not in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, Awashima Seri clapped her hands when she heard that: "That's great, my new dessert will be ready soon, if you are still here, please help me taste it."

She also asked Geto Xiayou's opinion: "I think Xiayou-kun would not dislike red bean-flavored desserts."

As a classmate who is crazy about sweets, Xia Youjie would not hate this kind of food, but before he could answer, he heard a dull sound of slapping the table.

Fushimi Saruhiko stood up by the table, even closing his laptop. His big movement attracted the attention of the two people. He tilted his head slightly and coughed twice uncomfortably, "I misread the time. The deputy director's dessert should be left for the director."

As he said this, he stood up and prepared to go out. When he reached the door, he remembered to call out to Xia Youjie: "Hey, newcomer, follow me."

Geto Suguru glanced at Seri Awashima, who signaled him to follow with her eyes.

In order to avoid the deputy captain's terrible dessert attack, Fushimi Saruhiko assembled the team and set off as quickly as possible.

Sitting in the scepter4's car, Geto Xiayou realized belatedly that Fushimi was running away: "Are Ms. Awashima's desserts terrible?"

"You don't understand. The deputy commander loves red bean paste very much. She must have put a lethal amount of sugar in the red bean paste in her dessert." Daomingsi said with lingering fear.

"Fortunately, my classmates also love desserts."

Daomingsi Andy shook his head: "When you come in, you will understand how terrifying the deputy chief is."

Thanks to a person who was very outgoing and friendly as a lubricant, Geto Xiayou integrated into the team quite smoothly. Even after explaining that he had no intention of joining the Youth Team, he still got along well with this group of people.

Of course, except for Fushimi Saruhiko, he had been sitting at the innermost part of the carriage from the very beginning and had no intention of talking to Geto Suguru and his subordinates.

Thinking of Awashima Seri's evaluation of him, Geto Suguru decided to maintain a businesslike attitude.

The car drove all the way to the village gate and there was no way to go in, but it was obvious that the people in the Youth Group had a division of labor in advance, and they went down to do their own things without any extra instructions.

There was no plan for the remaining Geto Suguru, he planned to stay with Fushimi Saruhiko for the time being.

But at this moment, Fushimi, who had been busy with his own things, suddenly looked up and asked, "Why are the students of Tokyo Jujutsu High School not going to catch cursed spirits and come to Scepter 4?"

To be honest, Xia Youjie is not quite sure about this question. He is a sorcerer, and he only has to deal with cursed spirits. Cursed spirits and humans are at two distinct ends. It is natural to eliminate the evil by destroying the cursed spirits, but what about humans who are confused about this boundary? Xia Youjie is not sure how to deal with them.

When the weak humans who had been protected by the sorcerer suddenly took out a sharp knife and stabbed him, how would he view those humans? Before Xia Yujie could figure out this question, someone paused his thinking.

Let's go and see what others do.

Xia Youjie probably came here with this thought in mind: "I want to know what charges you can bring against those villagers."

"It's a troublesome idea." Fushimi Saruhiko gave his own evaluation, tapping his fingertips on the metal shell a few times to vent his irritation, but he still gave his own answer, "You should have asked the director what I can tell you."

"He said he would punish those villagers according to the law." Xia Youjie's eyes fluttered a few times. This was not the result he wanted to see.

However, Fushimi just nodded: "The director is right."

But before Geto Suguru could speak, he continued, "There are a total of seven kings selected by the slate. Do you know why the Blue King became the leader of Scepter4, while the Red King was founded by Houmaru."

"Because letting emotions run wild to solve problems will not maintain fairness and justice in the world. Only order can achieve justice for the majority of people."

"But order cannot be justice for everyone." Geto Xiayou frowned. Compared with the huge base of ordinary people, the sorcerers are undoubtedly a small group.

Fushimi Saruhiko said lightly: "Then go and become the order itself, and strive to make the order you maintain shine on more groups."

Seeing that Geto Suguru was silent, he simply grabbed his collar and made him lower his head.

Only then did Geto Suguru realize what Fushimi Saruhiko had been writing all the way.

"These are the laws that these villagers have violated, including but not limited to this."

Selling gifted children to research institutes, Fushimi Saruhiko encountered a similar thing a few years ago. The child he rescued eventually became the little princess of the Aka Group. Although he is no longer a member of Homura, this does not prevent him from hating this behavior.

When Xia Youjie saw the long list of crimes on the document, he was stunned again. The first one on it was the crime of human trafficking that he knew about, but what was the long list below? What was treason? Has it reached this point?

If the first few charges were somewhat related to what he knew, then what about the remaining one hundred or so charges?

He glanced at the computer, then turned to look at Fushimi Saruhiko, who had a matter-of-fact expression on his face.

"If there is no problem, go and help Daomingsi and the others catch the criminals. Tsk, kids are so troublesome." Although they are only a few years older, as adults it is natural for them to look down on minors who are not mature in both mind and behavior.

Of course, this does not affect Fushimi Saruhiko's disdain for trying to poach an underage director. It is not impossible to expand Scepter4's control area to the circle of sorcerers.

(End of this chapter)