Chapter 43

"Really? I understand..." Hisako's tired voice came from the phone, "I'll go to the Secret Service to find you guys."

As Tsushima Shuji listened to her speak, even though they hadn't met yet, he could imagine that she must be very tired. Perhaps she had aged overnight after learning of her son's death. Wrinkles would appear on her well-maintained skin, her black hair would turn white, and even her clear eyes would become cloudy. She would look particularly weak and decadent.

The boy looked a little stunned, and suddenly he spoke: "Jiuqizi, I remember you said before that the reason you switched to other forces was because they saved your son."

Hisako: “…Yes.”

She sighed deeply: "But now that he's gone, there's no need for me to continue helping them. If your Special Ability Department has any good plans, I will cooperate, as long as I can..."

Whenever possible.

"It doesn't matter even if you ask me to die."

She gave a low, bitter laugh and said, "My parents are long gone, as is my husband. Now even the child I raised is gone. I have nothing to rely on in this world."

Tsushima Shuji moved his lips: "What if...what if there is still someone who cares about you?"

Kukiko remained silent, and finally said, "There are no such people anymore."

"Even if I am still alive in this world, it has no meaning to me. All that is left is endless pain and suffering." Hisako's tone was a little empty. She seemed to be thinking about something, and her mouth was bitter. "Master Shuzhi, it's great that there are still people who can treat you as an important person."

She hung up the phone.

The boy looked down at the phone in his hand with a gloomy expression. His eyes were filled with unknown emotions, which sank into the bottom of his eyes as he gently closed them.

"Shuji-kun? Have you made contact?" Amamiya Reizo pushed the door open and asked Tsushima Shuji, who was so quiet that he seemed to be in a daze.

"alright!"

Tsushima Shuji came back to his senses and smiled at Amamiya Reizo: "Kukiko said she would come to the branch office."

"That's good."

Amamiya Leisheng took out a document from his arms and handed it to the other party: "This is the first version of the plan. Although you will not participate in this counterattack, I think you still need to take a look at it."

He hesitated for a while, then took out the other copy from his arms: "Also, this copy is your task when the time comes."

Of course, it is not the children's turn to suppress the port Mafia, but Tsushima Shuji has other things to do besides this, which is the original purpose of their coming here - to find the "book".

"I won't follow you," Amamiya sighed, "When the time comes, you and the others will need to go to the Yokohama Sea and try to find the 'book'."

Shuji Tsushima was stunned for a moment and took the plan.

He glanced at the entourage above. There were three psychics following him, as well as Sakaguchi Ango who could also react to the "book", and even a lot of people keeping watch around, but Amamiya Ruisho was not among them.

"Sir, are you going to fight with others?" Tsushima Shuji looked at him worriedly, "Wouldn't that mean you would have to use your supernatural powers? What if you get injured and pass out? It's too dangerous."

Amamiya Raisei had expected Tsushima Shuji to say this, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't go into battle. I will be in charge of guarding the middle of the two places, and I will go to whichever place needs support."

He is like a trump card, so he will not be used casually.

"If I can help it, I certainly don't want to fight. This means that neither of you has encountered any unsolvable problems." Amamiya Leisei said, "So Shuji-kun, you have to be careful, okay? Last time you found the pages of the book by jumping into the river, but the river is different from the sea. This mission requires you to go into the sea, which is dangerous even if you have someone with you."

"You will be given emergency diving training in the next two days. Try not to have any accidents. You must practice well, understand?"

Tsushima Shuji nodded disappointedly: "I know, I will try my best."

"But, sir, I want to ask you something."

Amamiya Reizo: “Hmm? What?”

Tsushima Shuji looked directly at Amamiya Raizo and asked earnestly, "Mr. Amamiya, if, I mean if, if the 'book' is really in the sea and I can really get it, do you want me to bring it to the Special Powers Division?"

Yu Gong Lei was stunned.

"Although the Special Forces Division is doing well under the management of Chief Taneda, what will the people above think? What will the politicians or the undercover agents of other forces think?"

Tsushima Shuji said softly, "There is a universal wishing machine right in front of us, and there are so many pages in a 'book', I wonder how much can be written on it, won't those greedy guys really want more? How long can the Special Agents keep an eye on the 'book', and how long can Chief Taneda hold on?"

Amemiya Ruisei didn't say anything. He just looked at Tsushima Shuji helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Finally, he stroked Tsushima Shuji's face with a faint smile, and said with a sigh: "If... you really find the 'book', please leave it in the sea."

The energy of a page of a book is enough for him to use his supernatural powers several times. If it were a whole "book", it might be able to solve his problems.

But he was well aware of the various disturbances and troubles that would follow from obtaining the "book".

Especially...especially it might endanger Tsushima Shuji.

Not to mention the warning in the system data, the fact that Tsushima Shuji could find the "book" was enough to attract all kinds of attention. Since he could find the "book", what about other similar things? Legend has it that it is not just the "book" that can make wishes come true.

"Let the 'book' stay in the sea forever and let it exist only in legends." said Amamiya Leisei.

After a long while, Tsushima Shuji said "hmm".

"Okay," the boy smiled faintly, "I understand, sir."

…

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Tsushima Shuji's group set out earlier than the other group. Before leaving, he met with Hisako.

They haven't seen each other since Kukiko came to the branch two days ago. This meeting might be the last for both of them.

"Master Xiuzhi."

Hisako looked just as Tsushima Shuji had imagined, only she looked even older, like a grandmother in her sixties. She even had no strength to speak. Anyone could see that her life was rapidly fading away and was about to come to an end.

Tsushima Shuji: "I told you not to call me Master anymore."

"I can't help it. I'm used to it." Jiukiko forced a smile, but it looked a little ugly. "Anyway, I'm probably going to die soon. Even if I don't die now, I will die soon. So let me be willful for a while."

Tsushima Shuji acquiesced.

"Why did Master Xiuzhi come to see me?"

Jiukiko sat on the chair, her hair was loose without even combing it up. "I think you don't have anything to say to me."

Everything had been made clear between them, and there was no need for them to meet.

"I want to ask you something." Tsushima Shuji said.

"Is it about Mr. Amamiya?" Kukiko nodded in understanding. "Did you have any conflicts with him? No matter what, it would be better to communicate with your parents about some things, right?"

“It’s not really a contradiction…”

Tsushima Shuji stood beside Kukiko, looking at the flowers and plants not far away: "But there is one thing I can't figure out."

"What is it?" Perhaps because she was about to die, Hisako was extra patient with the child she had watched grow up.

Tsushima Shuji half-closed his eyes: "After the rest of your family died, your son became your only hope. For him, you would do everything. To you, he is everything, right?"

Hisako didn't quite understand why Tsushima Shuji asked this, but she still answered: "It can be said that people live in this world, isn't it to make themselves happy? For me personally, being able to see him well is already happiness."

"You're right," Tsushima Shuji raised his lips, "So I plan to do something too."

It is not feasible to find a stronger fighter to replace Amamiya Keisei, so he can only rebel once and choose not to listen to his teacher.

He will get the 'book' and change the status quo.