Monday.

Lunch break.

Xi Shenlian was not playing games in the student union president's office, but was leisurely strolling in the large garden behind the college.

There is no goal.

No ideas.

He was simply killing time.

Although the various flowers around are taken care of by someone every day, occasionally you can still see some withered flowers left behind.

The lifespan of many flowers is short, and this is unavoidable.

After picking a flower that had not yet begun to wither and was in its most beautiful stage, Xi Shenlian placed it in front of her and sniffed it.

'It smells good.'

Then he turned his gaze to the top of the sky, the blazing star.

His eyes were fixed on the other party's surface across a distance of 5.5 billion kilometers, on the vast sea of ​​high-temperature light.

"It's so dazzling and eye-catching..."

At this time.

Not far away, a slender figure was walking slowly towards them.

Xi Shenlian didn't care.

When he got closer, the other party took the initiative to greet him in his cold voice:

"Hello, Xi Shen classmate."

"I'm Yume Sorayama from Class C, Grade 2. Nice to meet you."

"I am from the [Kongshan Society], which is the parent organization of the [Chashan Group] that you destroyed before."

"Can I talk to you now?"

Xi Shenlian was still looking up at the scorching sun above her head. She did not turn back, but she still answered:

"Well, go ahead."

He didn't care what the other party was here for.

It was as if he did not destroy the opponent's subordinate organization, but just kicked a stray dog.

To be honest, it's a bit rude.

However, Kong Shanmeng, who had already known his personality from his classmates, did not care about his attitude and just said calmly:

"The Chashan Group that was wiped out by Nishigami-san was only one of the 255 groups in the Kongshan Society, and their strength was neither strong nor weak, so they were not an important part of the group. But after all, they were nominally loyal to the Kongshan Society controlled by our Kongshan family, and they would pay their corresponding share of tribute every once in a while... So, when they were wiped out, no matter what, for the sake of interests or face, the Kongshan Society had to react a little."

"I think Xi Shen-san will understand what I mean, right?"

Xi Shenlian slowly withdrew her gaze from the sun and looked at the girl wearing a school dress, with a pretty face, long black hair reaching her shoulders, and a serious expression on her beautiful face:

"Can."

"They are your subordinates, and they have paid you protection fees, so you can't just ignore their demise... That's about it, right?"

Kong Shan Meng nodded: "Yes."

Xi Shenlian asked slowly:

"So, tell me your plan."

He understood that the Kongshan Society did not actually want to provoke him, but he could not just ignore the killing of his subordinates.

After all, people in the underworld are very concerned about their reputation and loyalty.

If he turned a blind eye to such matters, he would undoubtedly alienate himself from the rest of his subordinates.

"Originally, we at the [Kongshan Society] just wanted some compensation, or maybe an apology from you, and then the matter would be barely over."

He's already apologized, what else do you want!

Don't go too far!!

Very reasonable.

However, to be honest, this is much more professional than insurance companies and the like. At least they will really go ahead and not explain the terms to you word by word, and tell you that these words have multiple meanings and you have misunderstood their meanings.

"But... due to some special reasons, we now hope that Xi Shen can fight with one of our awakeners. We have already fought in the [Underworld]. We don't need to fight to the death, just a simple fight. As compensation, we will provide you with some assistance afterwards."

Apologize?

Xi Shenlian had no intention of apologizing to a stranger.

However, the other party's next sentence did arouse his interest.

"…Special reasons?"

"Just a random fight?"

"Okay, I think I understand."

Soon, Xi Shenlian shook his head silently with a bit of a dumb smile.

He understood that perhaps the various forces were curious about his true strength, so they wanted to take the opportunity to see the actual situation.

I think the people from the Kongshan Society are just some unlucky ones who were pushed out as scapegoats.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the only conflict between them and Xi Shenlian is barely a contradiction.

The reason why [Kongshan Society] proposed compensation afterwards was probably because they did not want to offend Xishenlian, so they chose this as a way of showing goodwill.

I can only say.

Even for those who are awakened, all kinds of human relationships are still indispensable.

And being able to push [Kongshan Society] to do something that they don't really want to do...

Behind this incident, the three major families of Japan are probably indispensable...

A family?

Two families?

Or is it three?

Both are possible.

To this.

As the guy being tempted, Xi Shenlian still didn't seem to care too much.

When he revealed himself as a [Mature Stage Awakener], he knew that this situation was inevitable.

Furthermore.

He was bored and thought it would be a good idea to have an awakened person to practice with, right?

So, in the face of Kong Shanmeng's somewhat nervous expression, he said nonchalantly:

"Have you decided on a time?"

These words made Kong Shan Meng feel relieved.

She understood that the other party's words meant that he agreed to fight, and then asked:

"How about this Saturday?"

"Okay, let's do it that day."

Simple and direct confirmation.

Feeling that things were going a little too smoothly, Kong Shanmeng relaxed a little and said:

"So in terms of compensation afterwards, is there anything Xi Shen-san would like?"

"We at the Kongshan Society will do our best to meet your requirements."

Xi Shenlian shook his head:

"I don't need any compensation. Just keep it for your own medical expenses."

"I just hope that the opponent you arrange can be stronger."

"After all, I've never had a proper fight in my life."

Hearing this speech.

Feeling that Xi Shenlian didn't take Kongshan Society seriously, Kongshan Meng frowned and said:

"...The awakener we arranged here had already reached the [Mature Stage] fifty years ago, and he also mastered hundreds of martial arts and was very good at fighting. Xi Shen, it would be better for you to worry about yourself."

But Xi Shenlian just smiled and nodded indifferently, and said with emotion:

"Is that so?"

“It does sound like it’s quite strong.”

“Then I’m looking forward to it…”