Chapter 20

The running-in with the new partner was exceptionally smooth. Oda Sakunosuke was not only a rare normal person in the port mafia, but also an even rarer normal person with high martial arts skills.

By industry standards, a one-month trial period is relatively long. However, Kono Seiryoshi spends most of his time working inside the building, and only works with Oda Sakunosuke when he goes out on missions.

There was one thing that bothered him. He thought that they were equal partners, but Oda Sakunosuke did not think so. The red-haired young man put himself in the position of a subordinate and insisted that he was just his bodyguard.

Well, just be a guard and have pleasant cooperation.

It has to be said that when it comes to coercing and bribing some officials and wealthy businessmen, it is really convenient to have an expressionless but domineering mafia member standing behind you.

The whole Yokohama is a mixed bag, and with Oda Sakunosuke supporting him, this kind of black-eating-black work is not only easy for Kono Seiryoshi to do, but he also has no psychological burden.

On the one hand, he has to prevent his partners from backstabbing him, and on the other hand, he has to try his best to avoid being recorded by the military police and the special forces department. The most important thing is to ensure the maximization of the interests of the port mafia. Kono Seiryoshi can clearly feel that the difficulty of the tasks assigned to him recently has increased significantly.

He returned to the headquarters with the acquisition plan that represented half a year's performance, and only relaxed a little when both of them entered the surveillance area of ​​the Port Mafia building. Kono Seira turned his stiff joints and smiled at Oda Sakunosuke, "You've worked hard today, Mr. Oda, go home early." It was more than half an hour past the end of get off work, and he would not exploit innocent workers like Mori Ogai+!

After spending some time together, Kono Seira had almost figured out Oda Sakunosuke's personality - he was usually quiet, natural, serious and thoughtful.

The serious man Oda Sakunosuke seemed to disagree with what he said.

"No, I didn't do anything." The red-haired young man shook his head and paused. "But you, you prepared all this by yourself."

Oda Sakunosuke's gaze fell precisely on the document sealed with layers of brown paper.

Even if he did not understand the specific rules of business negotiation, he could guess how meticulous and dangerous the content was just by looking at the partners' reactions of not daring to speak out and breaking into sweat after reading it.

It follows that the effort spent is proportional to the effort spent. This is confirmed by the slight fatigue that the boy inadvertently revealed between his eyebrows and the lights that were on in the office until the early morning.

In comparison, his job was too easy, but his salary was more than ten times higher than before. Oda Sakunosuke felt that the effort and reward were not equal.

Kono Seira understood what he hadn't said and couldn't help but smile: "How could that be." He also imitated the other party's tone and said seriously: "If Mr. Oda wasn't here, I wouldn't have the confidence to negotiate with that attitude."

Those officials valued their lives more than each other, and the bodyguards standing behind them formed a ferocious wall. But he had a reliable partner by his side, who was worth ten men at a time, and he felt extremely safe.

"Is that so... I understand." Oda Sakunosuke thought carefully about his words, and after a moment's silence, he looked directly into his eyes. "You can contact me at any time if you have any questions."

Unexpectedly, Gongye Shengliang's eyes widened in surprise, and then he nodded steadily and smiled, "Okay."

After they separated, Kono Seiryoshi covered his face with emotion.

Go back and transfer some overtime pay to Mr. Oda.

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Being able to go out on field trips has enriched his life a lot more than when he worked hard in the office all day. He can also get some fresh air. However, every time he goes to a place a little further away, he has to take the car assigned by the port mafia. After sitting in the car for a long time, Gong Ye Shengliang reflexively feels dizzy and nauseous.

This resulted in his reflexes, which normally would have allowed him to dodge the bullet, being delayed for just a second when it flew in front of him.

At the end of the one-month trial period, he and Oda Sakunosuke's team came to check on a new batch of goods that had arrived at the warehouse street. Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped into the street, a gunfight suddenly broke out behind the warehouse.

Kono Seiryoshi's arm was pulled away with great force, and the bullet that was aimed at his forehead by chance narrowly missed his ear, causing a burning pain.

The force pulling his arm did not stop. After a few quick turns, as if knowing in advance where the hail of bullets would fall, Oda Sakunosuke hid behind the container with the human-shaped pendant of Kono Seira.

The heartbeat of Gongye Shengliang, which had just quickened, was forced back down by him.

——This was the first time he faced a gunfight between hostile forces at such a close distance.

When he was in Vongola, he had been working in the rear base. In addition, the surrounding families had already formed an alliance, so bloody conflicts rarely broke out in Sicily; and the hostile families were separated by the coast, and occasional frictions would be quickly suppressed. The power struggles between the Italian Mafia all took place at the top level, and almost all the major cadres had special abilities beyond ordinary people, which made these struggles even more tragic.

Yokohama is not a big place, but the situation is several times worse than that of Italy. It is close to the coast and is a "no man's land". There are too many forces in the dark and it is too chaotic. Ordinary people without superpowers can easily provoke disputes with just a few guns. The major profitable ports are violently divided up like hyenas fighting for meat.

The forces behind the scenes were not coming for the Port Mafia, or rather, they never expected that anyone from the Port Mafia would come today - this was just a riot hidden in the darkness of Yokohama that everyone was accustomed to.

Even though Kouno Seiryoshi was not a native of this world, he sincerely hoped that this darkness could be unified soon. At least at this moment, his ideas were in line with Mori Ogai's.

Oda Sakunosuke was already accustomed to such scenes. He still held Kono Seira's arm and observed the battle situation on the other side with his sidelong glance.

"They haven't noticed anyone else coming." The gunfire behind the container intensified, and Oda Sakunosuke had to raise his voice, "I'm afraid that the cargo might be accidentally injured. Should we call for reinforcements?"

His attention was divided into two parts, one half was still focusing on the situation of the gun battle, and the other half was concentrating on waiting for the boy's reply.

However, Oda Sakunosuke waited for dozens of seconds but did not hear the expected answer. He turned his head in surprise, "You..." Just as he started to speak, his voice suddenly stopped.

No one knew what the boy was thinking, but he didn't look afraid. His eyelashes drooped absentmindedly, covering his thoughts.

On his cold white cheek, a few drops of blood were oozing out from the wounds caused by bullet scratches, about to fall, making people inappropriately think of the snow camellia that had just sprouted a few bright red stamens but had not yet fully bloomed.

Perhaps because the silence around him lasted too long, he suddenly came to his senses and resumed his usual rigorous work attitude: "Sorry, I was distracted... As for reinforcements, I have just notified the armed team, and they will be here soon."

It's really unfortunate - Gongye Shengliang sighed, he should have just checked the list of sources quietly, but ended up encountering something like this. Once the armed team arrives, today's mission will not end easily.

He finally managed to get out and was almost sniped. He really didn't want to die young!

Gongye Sheng was thinking about what to write in his report when he suddenly heard a voice that was lower than usual: "...You are bleeding."

Huh?

Kono Seiryoshi's eyes widened. His face was indeed a little numb, but he thought he was just hit by the air flow. He subconsciously reached out to touch his face, but his hand was stopped halfway.

The distance between the two of them suddenly shortened. Oda Sakunosuke carefully wiped the blood from his wound and took out the bandage from his coat to apply it.

They were so close that their breathing was lost in the background noise of gunfire.

"Ah...thank you." After the bleeding stopped, Kono Seira touched the cool tape with a little curiosity and couldn't help asking, "Was it easy to get injured in Mr. Oda's previous job?" He made a note of this point of knowledge, thinking that he would carry some medicine with him in the future.

“Children at home sometimes get hurt while playing,” Oda Sakunosuke replied.

The five children he raised were keen on playing mafia games. Every time he visited them, there was always a "battle". It was common for the energetic children to stumble and fall, and he would put a few bandaids in his pocket.

…It seems to be a good habit, he thought idly.

After hearing what he said, Kono Seira was a little surprised, but then he thought it made sense. Oda Sakunosuke's words and deeds revealed a side that was different from his appearance. He was very caring, and it seemed that it was because he had children at home.

He curled his lips and didn't ask any more questions.

Within the estimated time, the reinforcements sent by the port mafia quickly arrived at the warehouse entrance. The small forces that were fighting were no match at all, and they were completely quiet in less than half an hour. The smuggled jewelry that they had originally fought for was also taken away by the latecomers.

Kono Seiryoshi spent some time handing over the task to the team leader and personally confirmed that the goods were fine before he felt relieved. Because of this accident, when he left the warehouse street, it was already past noon.

"Let's go have dinner, Mr. Oda." The original plan was messed up. Kono Seira sighed at the sun above his head and said, "It will be charged to the port mafia later."

Oda Sakunosuke didn't care whose account was on it, but they did have to eat.

"There are several restaurants nearby that are on the protection fee list. They are relatively safe." He still remembered that the two of them had just accidentally walked into the fire scene. "What do you want to eat?"

Kono Seiryoshi perked up a bit: "I don't have any dietary restrictions. Does Mr. Oda have any recommendations?"

Oda Sakunosuke groaned, "Recommend it..."

So, ten minutes later, Kono Seira followed Oda Sakunosuke into a curry restaurant.

The author has something to say:

I have to clarify one thing! If Zai delayed my plot progress, then Oda Saku was the one who really stole my keyboard! Who would have thought that there was no love line for him in my outline at the beginning, but when I wrote about him, I couldn't control myself qaq

As expected of a novelist, Oda Saku (Tears Cat Head likes this)

There is one more thing. I will be going V in two days, and I want to start an extra chapter to motivate myself (embarrassing). Today is the end of the month, if anyone has any extra liquid, please give it to me!