Chapter 9

"Sir..." Tsushima Shuji was startled. Before he could ask the question in his mind, Amamiya Rei rolled on the grass, pulled him up from the ground, and rolled and crawled down the mountain.

While charging, he shouted: "Wa ...

So don't believe what the kidnappers say. It's probably false that the whole mountain has been sealed off by them. Mobilizing so many people for a kidnapping is simply setting targets for the police. They are afraid that the police don't know that they have hidden people here. If there are people at the foot of the mountain, they don't even need to fire their guns, as they will be walking into a trap if they go down the mountain.

Amamiya Ruishou pulled Tsushima Shuji and ran. The ground near the foot of the mountain had become much flatter, so they would not roll down accidentally. The view was also much wider, and Amamiya Ruishou could already see the main road from afar.

But their goals have become more obvious.

Amamiya Leisei knew without turning around that someone was chasing them, pointing a gun at them.

As they got closer to the road, the men seemed determined to hurt them, and fired two shots in the woods, startling the birds in the trees.

Amemiya Raisei held Tsushima Shuji in his arms and dodged the bullets narrowly while running. One of the bullets hit his foot and another just grazed his thigh, leaving a burning pain. He gasped, not caring about the wound and continued to run forward while enduring the pain.

But soon they stopped, and just as they were about to pass through the woods and enter the main road, someone blocked their way.

It was Hisako, the person who had disappeared downstairs, who appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Amemiya frowned. If it was just a woman, maybe he could rush over with the child.

But when he was ready to move, his feet felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift his feet. Amamiya was startled and looked up at Hisako in front of him.

She had just withdrawn her gaze from Amamiya Tadashi and turned her eyes to Tsushima Shuji.

A chill ran down his body from head to toe, and Amamiya Leisei's breath stopped as an absurd idea popped into his mind.

Kukiko was not controlled by supernatural powers because she herself was a supernatural power user. It is just unknown whether she was hired by the head of the Tsushima family to protect Tsushima Shuji, or whether she was just hiding her identity in the Tsushima family.

After a while of thoughts turning around in his head, his stiff legs regained consciousness. It was obvious that Jiukiko could not stay still for a long time, but this short period of time was enough for the people behind him to catch up.

Amemiya Leisheng took out a knife and looked at the people surrounding them vigilantly.

It seems that there is no escape this time...

"Kukiko..." Tsushima Shuji was more concerned about the person in front of him than the fact that he had failed to escape. He clenched his fists, and his hands hanging at his sides trembled. "Why are you standing here?"

Kukiko stood there, looking at Tsushima Shuji with a complicated look. She seemed to want to say something. After a moment, the kindness she had originally shown slowly faded away. Guilt and self-blame melted from her eyes. The woman closed her eyes and said, "Master Shuji, you should come back with us. We promise that as long as our goal is achieved, you and Mr. Amamiya can return safely."

"Really?" Tsushima Shuji smiled sarcastically, "Maybe you can return with a whole body intact."

Hisako: “…No.”

Tsushima Shuji: "You watched us leave, and now you're here to mess with us. Do you think it's fun?"

Hisako: "At first - I was going to let you go."

She paused, lowered her eyelids, avoided Tsushima Shuji's distrustful look, and continued, "But halfway through, my employer informed me that the work was not yet completed, so I had to turn back and planned to take you back first."

"What I just said is true." Kukiko took a step forward and approached Tsushima Shuji. The boy took a step back and stood next to Amamiya Ruisho. "Master Shuji is a child I watched grow up. Not long after you were born, I was sent by the head of the Tsushima family to take care of you. How could I bear to hurt you? Even if it was just a scratch on my finger, I would feel heartbroken for a long time."

"That's enough. I don't want to hear this." Shuji Tsushima said.

The boy no longer looked at Jiukiko and remained silent with an expression that showed he refused to communicate.

The young man swept Kukiko and his worried eyes fell on Tsushima Shuji.

He felt that the boy was suppressing something, unknown emotions rolling and roaring in this young body, trying to find an outlet for venting, but they were forcibly suppressed by the owner of the body, and finally returned to calm, as if they had never existed.

The hand that was holding him was just gradually tightening, and it was trembling constantly, as if it was drawing strength from him to support itself.

Amamiya Reizo swallowed the words in his mouth and silently held the boy's hand tightly.

Compared to his father, whom he only saw a few times a year and the total time he spent with him was perhaps less than a week, and his mother, whom he had not seen since he was born, Hisako was more like his family.

Shuji-kun must be feeling very uncomfortable right now.

Tsushima Shuji didn't ask, but Hisako wanted to tell.

"At first, I was indeed a member of the Tsushima family. The master of the family hired me to protect you, but two years ago I changed my employer and became a lurker in the Tsushima family."

"Because the new employer can give me better and more things."

Hisako spoke softly, as if explaining to them or talking to herself: "I have a son, you know him, Master Shuji - he just graduated from college not long ago, he has a very good girlfriend, they have a harmonious relationship, he also has a stable job, maybe in a few years he will be able to buy a house, the future is bright."

"But he had an accident two years ago and almost couldn't wake up. My current employer found someone to rescue him. Master Tsushima is a good master who puts the interests of the family first. He will consider the family, but he is not someone you can get close to. You see, he even uses his own son as a political bargaining chip."

Hisako said, "I know that the head of the Tsushima family has no obligation to help me, so it is understandable that I choose someone who can help me. My parents died early, and I only have this one son. I don't want him to die, and I don't want the old to send the young away."

"You can scold me, hate me, call me selfish, and think I'm ungrateful," she said with a somewhat stunned look, "but I just chose the side that was more in my best interest."

Tsushima Shujisa spoke in a hoarse voice: "...Are all adults like this?"

Jiukiko closed her eyes and said, "Who knows, maybe it is, maybe it is not."

"Master Xiuzhi is still young. You will understand when you grow up. People's hearts can change. They may be chatting in a friendly manner one second and become enemies the next. How can you know what they are thinking?"

"But no matter what," Kukiko knew how pale and powerless her words were now, "I didn't mean to hurt you."

“Buzz——”

As soon as the words fell, a shrill buzzing sound rang in everyone's ears, and a figure fell from mid-air. He raised his leg and kicked a man away, brushing against Amamiya Rei's side.

Amemiya Reisei took a breath of cool air, pulled Tsushima Shuji out of the gap, hid behind the tree and peeked out.

Watching the man kick those ordinary men away in a few moves and start fighting with Hisako, Amemiya's nerves, which had been tense for almost two hours, finally relaxed a little.

They were still within the area of ​​Aomori, and with the existence of such unscientific things as supernatural powers, it would take at least two hours to find their traces and rescue them.

Finally they came. If they had been a little slower, they would have been transferred.

"Someone came to rescue us, we're all right." Amamiya Ruisei held Tsushima Shuji in his arms. He was extremely tired. He sat down on the ground and wiped the sweat off his face with his hand.

Tsushima Shuji did not respond to Amamiya Keisei's words, but just leaned over to look. The scene of the two fighting caught his eyes and he began to think.

Hisako's ability was not a strong offensive one, so she was soon at a disadvantage. Tsushima Shuji looked at the other person and asked, "Is he the one with the ability?"

"Well," Amamiya Ruisei nodded, "it should be your father who sent someone to rescue you. Fortunately, he arrived in time." It is very likely that he is someone from the Special Powers Special Service Department, but this is not something Tsushima Shuji can know.

"Kukiko..." Tsushima Shuji paused, "Is she talking to us to buy time?"

Yu Gong Lei was stunned.

…

A lot of things happened in these short two hours. By the time the superpowers who came to rescue the people had forced all the kidnappers into the police car, the head of the Tsushima family realized that he was too late.

"Father..." The boy stood up hesitantly, lowering his head and not daring to look at the man in front of him.

The head of the Tsushima family glanced at him without emotion and said, "Do you know where you are wrong?"

Tsushima Shuji responded obediently: "I shouldn't have left home without permission. Not only did I bring trouble to myself and my family, but I also implicated my husband."

"…and they haven't discovered Hisako's problem yet."

"Since you know this, then study hard." The head of the Tsushima family said coldly, "I hired a teacher for you, not to teach you how to be cheated."

"I will find someone else to take care of you. Just follow the police back. I have something else to do." He turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, Father!"

Shuji Tsushima rushed forward and reached out to grab the man, but he raised his hand to avoid him.

His hand froze in mid-air, and he slowly withdrew it, and asked softly: "Kukiko - what will happen to her?"

The head of the Tsushima family frowned and said sternly: "You are from my Tsushima family. How dare you care about a traitor at this time? Do you know how much trouble she has brought me?!"

"It seems that you should stay at home for a while to sober up and think about what your last name and identity represent, Xiuzhi."

He no longer paid attention to Tsushima Shuji and left decisively.

Amamiya Reizo had a simple treatment for the bullet wound on his thigh at the doctor's place, and when he came over to look for someone, he saw the boy standing alone on the side of the road.

He lowered his head, his hair, which was covered with dust and grass debris, covered his face, and his body was covered in dust. He looked like an abandoned kitten forced to wander, and was particularly pitiful.

"Shuji-kun..." Amamiya Raisei walked over and spoke carefully, "Did something happen?"

"Sir," Tsushima Shuji raised his head, his iris-colored eyes filled with bewilderment and confusion, "I don't understand."

He couldn't understand why his father was so indifferent to him, and he didn't understand the meaning of everything Hisako did. He couldn't understand what family was and what human nature was.

A huge confusion surrounded him, and the emotions that had been suppressed came flooding back again, weighing heavily on him, lingering in his heart, and struggling in pain.

Why?

He wanted to ask loudly.

"You don't need to understand now," said the person he asked for help.

The boy was lifted into someone's arms.

"Kukiko told me before that she hopes you can grow up happily."

The young man hadn't changed his clothes yet, and his blood-stained chest was pressed close to Tsushima Shuji. The heat was transferred to him, trying to warm his cold heart.

"Now you just need to cry like a child," said Amamiya Leisei, "no one will see you."