Chapter 121
When he came over, an old lady selling flowers on the street enthusiastically handed him a bouquet of flowers. The brown-haired young man picked out the white camellia, put it in a vase, and added some water.
The light floral scent floats in the quiet air, and there is a faint sweetness when you sniff it carefully.
The fragrance was like a soothing agent, and the person on the bed's uneasy brows gradually relaxed. He hugged the soft pillow and shrank inwards.
One hand gently brushed away his slightly messy hair, paused for a moment at his eyelashes, and then tapped twice on the tip of his nose.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she fell into a deep sleep again.
The young man's lips curled slightly and he left the room without making any sound.
Having never carefully examined this house before, Sawada Tsunayoshi closed the bedroom door and could feel a faint mist surrounding the room, which must have been left there by Fran when she came here.
In addition, there are some auras that he has to pay attention to.
"Want to come out and chat, guest?"
In the empty living room, Sawada Tsunayoshi spoke to the warm air, but his eyes were fixed on the sofa.
Over there, a ball of light with furry wings was wailing in its heart, “Wuwuwu, he won’t use his ultimate move to freeze me, will he?”, “Wait a minute, why should I be afraid of him?”, “But the cornerstone of the world is really scary, wuwuwu.”
No one answered, and Sawada Tsunayoshi was in no hurry. He sat down on the sofa, his warm brown eyes still calm.
Seeing that it could not escape, the system revealed its form with its head lowered and its face dejected.
The Judaime smiled at it.
Sawada Tsunayoshi's attitude was much gentler than it had imagined. He did not show any hostility towards the system that was obviously created from another world. Instead, he took the initiative to introduce himself, and then politely expressed his admiration and praise for it - although the system felt that it was mostly just politeness.
After chatting for a few sentences, under the other party's silent guidance, the pressure on the system facing the world's cornerstone owner gradually disappeared. It looked up the world's evaluation of the young godfather in front of it, wiped the sweat off its face, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It's pretty much the same as what the Contractor said. He is indeed a reasonable, kind and tolerant leader! He is much better than those Riddlers in other worlds. In fact, he is not scary at all!
It automatically put a soft light filter on Sawada Tsunayoshi. No matter how it looked at him, it felt that he was the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty. Just when it was about to let down its guard and communicate harmoniously, it saw the good leader of truth, goodness and beauty stop smiling and nodded at it:
"Thank you for taking care of Shengliang."
"However, I think we may need to discuss some details."
Light ball: [………………]
The electronic sound of the light ball was all knotted: [No, no, no, I should be the one being taken care of.]
What’s going on? This oppressive feeling! That’s not what I said just now!
No matter what, I can't just tell him casually, even if it's the cornerstone of the world.
The system tried to smooth out the data flow, switched to the advanced AI side, and said in a businesslike voice without emotion: [Sorry, the content you mentioned is confidential and cannot be decrypted without your permission.]
Sawada Tsunayoshi nodded in agreement and stretched out his hand toward it.
What is this doing? The system muttered to itself that it would not yield no matter how much bribery or intimidation it received, while cautiously placing its wings on the ground.
The fingers wearing the rings felt dry and warm, and the moment they touched, an invisible line quickly connected the two.
The system was struck by lightning.
Literally, the whole body is paralyzed and cannot move.
This power, and its source——
The leader's warm brown pupils turned into brilliant gold, and the bright color seemed to freeze everything in his sight.
He asked again in a gentle voice:
"Can we talk now?"
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When I woke up, it was already dusk.
The curtains were half-drawn, and the room was dim without any lights on. Gongye Shengliang rubbed his eyes and slowly recognized that this was his bedroom.
This sleep seemed to wash away all my fatigue. When I woke up, I felt my mind was empty. The experiences in other worlds were like the sky at this moment, vaguely separated by a veil.
He yawned, and habitually went to the kitchen to find some water. He drank half a sip, and when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow. He was so scared that he choked on the remaining half of the water, "Cough, cough cough!"
——Shit, there’s a ghost in the house!
The voice-activated light at the entrance lit up, and the shadow on the sofa turned around at that moment.
The moment the lights came on, Kono Seira's eyes met with the young man with brown hair and brown eyes.
His heart suddenly settled down, and Kono Seiryo heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead, "So it's the tenth generation..."
Wait, why is the Judaime here? This is his house, right?
So, he seemed to have heard someone talking when he was asleep... So it wasn't a dream?
In the two seconds he was reminiscing, Sawada Tsunayoshi had already stood up and turned on the wall light in the living room: "Did you have a good rest?"
"Hmm..." Gongye Shengliang nodded subconsciously, then suddenly came to his senses and said embarrassedly, "Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time. Just wake me up next time."
He guessed that the tenth generation might have come because of some work-related problems, and he felt very sorry for making his boss come all the way and then being let down.
The tenth generation smiled without caring, and after his eyes paused for a moment at a certain point in the room, he passed over the topic and said, "It's getting late, let's go out and eat something."
Before leaving the room, Gongye Shengliang looked around the room carefully with doubts, but still did not see any trace of the system.
It would be understandable if he said he hid himself to avoid others, but after he woke up, he couldn't contact the system, and the ball was nowhere to be seen in his consciousness space, so he always felt a little uneasy.
He hasn't asked the system about the follow-up of the task yet.
The Judaime's voice came from the side: "Did you drop anything?"
Gongye Shengliang shook his head, put away his thoughts, and curled his lips, "Let's go."
Sawada Tsunayoshi is not the kind of leader who looks down on others, and having dinner with the tenth generation did not give him the awkward and oppressive feeling that one would feel when interacting with his superior.
We have known each other for ten years, from junior high school. At first, I called him "Sawada-senpai", and later I called him "Boss" and "Tenth Generation". Besides work, we would chat in other capacities.
The food in the restaurant was delicious, but Seiji Kimino had no appetite and took away more than he ate.
The night in Xixili is beautiful and peaceful. After dinner, I took a slow walk along the street lights and unknowingly came to a fork in the road.
His house was in different directions from the Vongola headquarters. When Kono Seira was about to say goodbye, Sawada Tsunayoshi stopped first.
"What are your plans after this is over?"
"……?"
Kono Seiryoshi tilted his head to look at him, not quite understanding, but still tried to speak, "Go home, and then... go to work on time tomorrow?"
Sawada Tsunayoshi held his forehead with his hand and smiled helplessly. This relaxed look did not seem like the Godfather who used both kindness and severity in the other world. Instead, he had some shadows of the branch campus period.
He said "um" in a long voice and changed the way he put it, "I mean, I'm going out for vacation or something like that."
Kono Seira originally wanted to say that his vacation was almost wasted, but when he looked at Sawada Tsunayoshi's smiling eyes, he suddenly became undecided.
Hesitantly, he turned his head away, not wanting to reveal his expression, "...There is indeed a place I want to go."
“I want to go back to Japan.”
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After returning home, Kono Seiryoshi saw the system after a long absence behind a flower pot in the corner of the living room wall.
He wanted to ask about the follow-up of the mission, but he saw the system curled up into a ball with its wings folded up. When it heard his voice, it cried out:
[I'm not clean anymore!]
Kono Seiryoshi: “…”
Let's give the system a few days to cool down.
He also rested at home for several days. He didn't want to play games, so he read books, watered the flowers, and watched movies every day. He went out to help an old lady cross the street, and in the evening he discussed work handover issues with his colleagues on the other side of the ocean.
The leisurely and happy day came to an end on Friday, when his phone was bombarded with calls from the director of the general business department next door.
The moment he saw the note, Kono Seiryoshi suddenly remembered that all the work during his vacation had been handed over to the next department, and it was well known that Yun Shou was the most difficult egoist in the Vongola - his voice was a little guilty when he answered the phone.
As expected, as soon as the call was connected, the minister's voice, faintly filled with frustration, almost broke through the screen: "Kimino, are you really not coming back to see us? My hairline has moved up three centimeters this month!"
Kono Seiyoshi was embarrassed and hurriedly comforted the other party, saying that it would be soon - he didn't even dare to say that he would go to Japan to stay for a while.
After eating a big, round cake and listening to the nice words, the minister's frustrated mood gradually calmed down, and he also remembered the other purpose of making the call.
"By the way, during the time you were away, an invitation letter was sent to me by mistake." There was the rustling sound of shuffling documents, "...It was from the Mafia in Naples."
Naples.
Gongye Shengliang was stunned for a moment, then frowned deeply: "Yun Shou will not attend this kind of banquet, wait for me - no, I will draft a letter of refusal right away."
The Minister said hurriedly: "It's not an invitation to Mr. Skylark."
The blinds were closed, and her voice became serious: "…It's for you, Kimino."