Ize Sugi came to the bar above the casino.
When he appeared, people naturally made way for him, and someone shouted, "Boss Malika is here!"
Instantly the Wild Cat Bar became quiet, and everyone looked at Izawa Sugi.
At first glance, Ize Shan saw Xiao Jie and Lei Oli confronting several burly men in the open space in front of the bar.
Ize Shan couldn't help but cheer in his heart.
Wow, Hashirama Senju is temporarily obsessed with the casino owner. Maybe he can find Xiaojie to be his savior!
Ize Shan kept his facial expression and asked in a deliberately cold tone: "Are you two the ones causing trouble here?"
Lei Oli shouted: "That's right! We are here to discuss usury with you!"
Ize Shan was stunned. He didn't know that the boss of Mai Li Ka also lent money at high interest rates. But since he was the boss now... he sneered, "Our money didn't come from the wind. Since we lent it out, we must make money. Why? When you asked me to lend you money, you said you would pay it back. Why do you regret it now?"
Xiao Jie took a step forward and stared at Ize Shan: "It was you who forced me to sign the loan."
Ize Shan got stuck again. Forcing people to take out loans at high interest rates is very gambling.
He observed Xiaojie and Leili and soon discovered something unusual.
Did Xiao Jie lose his memory? In other words, did he just travel through time and possess a child with a similar personality to him?
What Lei Oli was thinking was almost written on his face. His eyes were full of confusion when he looked at Xiao Jie. He wanted to help, but was troubled by his inability to persuade Xiao Jie.
Lei Oli coughed and said, "Xiaojie's mother is seriously ill, and his father died in a mining accident. The family can't even make ends meet, and you still send people to collect the debt. Isn't that a bit too much? Even if you want Xiaojie to pay back the debt, at least wait a few more days, right?"
Ize Shan's eyes rolled. Mine accident? The father of the child possessed by Xiao Jie is a miner?
Izawa Shan immediately came up with an idea. He softened his expression and tone: "You are right, I was too anxious. The main reason is that you miners have been on strike recently. No one has any money to earn. I am also worried that I will not be able to get back the money I lent out."
Lei Oli's face lit up with joy, thinking that things had taken a turn for the better.
But the next second, Izawa Shan said, "But our family is big and our business is huge. If I only give him a grace period, and others come to me, then will I still be able to do business?"
Lei Oli said in a deep voice: "What do you want?"
Ize Shan said kindly: "Well, I have something here that I need Xiaojie to do."
He could just entrust Xiao Jie to go deep into the miners' community to investigate the mining accident, but this entrustment could not be said in front of so many people.
"Go back and settle your mother down first, and come back to see me tomorrow morning."
It was midnight when the examinees were sent there. It was already two or three in the morning now. The people who came out to have fun at this time were all spies and gangsters from all sides in the town. Ize Shan did not want the news to leak out.
After hearing this, Xiao Jie asked Ize Shan seriously, "Really? Will you renegotiate the loan with me?"
Ize Shan nodded and said with a smile: "As long as you complete my requirements, the loan can even be written off."
Xiao Jie finally smiled: "That's settled then."
But Lei Oli didn't plan to leave like this.
When he came to this world, he happened to land on the edge of the town and met Xiaojie, a descendant of a miner who was trying to enter the forest to get food for his mother. Although Xiaojie seemed to have lost his memory, Lei Li still successfully gained Xiaojie's trust.
...To be precise, Xiao Jie is a single-celled organism who acts entirely on intuition. He thinks that Lei Oli will not deceive him, so he believes Lei Oli. He thinks that the [Malika] in front of him has a kind attitude, so he believes that Ize Shan, disguised as Malika, really wants to renegotiate the loan sharking issue with him.
"Wait, I want to ask you something."
Lei Oli stopped Ize Shan and asked, "I heard that Xiaojie's father died in a mining accident and the miners are still on strike. I want to know the details of the mining accident at that time."
Izeshan looked at Lei Oli in silence.
As Lei Oli said this, many of the drunkards around him pricked up their ears, and some people who seemed to be whistling also lowered their voices.
Izawa Shan could only speak in an official tone: "Investigating the mining accident is the responsibility of the mining company. Only the big bosses know the details of the investigation, such as the mayor and the police. You ask me... Hahaha, how can I, a small bar owner, know the inside story?"
He deliberately reminded Lei Oli: "Come to think of it, young man, you look a little unfamiliar to me. Did you just come to Tate Town from another place?"
"Stranger, you'd better follow the rules in our Tate, otherwise don't blame me for not reminding you."
After sending Xiaojie and Leioli away, Izeshan returned to the casino below the bar feeling a little tired.
He sent the waiter away, saying that he wanted to be alone.
But when Izawa Sugi pushed open the door of the casino's private room, he was shocked to find that Hashirama Senju, who was supposed to be sleeping on the sofa in the private room, was missing.
Ize Shan was startled and quickly searched the room.
The furniture in the room was intact, and there were no signs of dragging on the floor. After a quick sense, there was no sign of outsiders...
Izawa Sugi came to the conclusion: Senju Hashirama left on his own!!
Did Hashirama Senju regain his memory? No, if he did, he would not leave, but would merge with Izawa Sugi.
Hashirama Senju did not recover his memory, but he still woke up.
What would Hashirama Senju, the owner of the casino, think when he woke up and found that another person had perfectly portrayed himself?
Worried about being replaced? Looking for someone to kill Izawa Sugi?
No, no, no, based on Izawa Sugi's understanding of Senju Hashirama, Senju Hashirama would most likely think this is an opportunity!
At the same time, in the dark night, a man was moving quickly through the messy alleys. That man was none other than Hashirama Senju, or rather, the casino owner Mailika.
No matter how close Senju Hashirama felt to Izawa Sugi, he would never get drunk in front of a stranger.
He was drunk and a little dazed, but he was not completely unconscious.
When he discovered that Izawa Sugi could transform into himself, Melica's thinking logic made Senju Hashirama have a strong sense of crisis: the Hunter Association sent such a master to replace himself!
But then the consciousness belonging to Senju Hashirama emerged: Isn't this a great opportunity? Everyone saw him, the casino owner, go to the bar to solve a problem. It is a perfect alibi. So can he do some investigation?
Thinking of this, Hashirama Senju took advantage of Izawa Sugi's departure and quietly returned to the ground through another escape passage in the casino.
He is very familiar with this town. As a casino owner, he has lived here for nearly 20 years and has watched the town grow from a small village of three or five people to a town of 50,000 to 80,000 people today...
Hmm? That's not right? Are these the only people in the village he's familiar with?
Senju Hashirama paused in his movement and subconsciously looked towards the window on his side.
His figure was clearly reflected in the window.
He hunched his body slightly, perfectly hiding in the shadows. His movements made no sound at all, and even his long black hair did not cause any inconvenience at all...
Wait, who is that person in the mirror? Is it Malika? That doesn't seem right.
The moment this thought came to my mind, there was a sudden loud explosion in the distance, and flames shot up into the sky.
Senju Hashirama's body was shaken, he suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the direction of the explosion from a distance.
That should be the commercial district of the town?
Forget it, let’s complete my goal first.
Thinking of this, Hashirama Senju quickly rushed towards a residential area. Following a secluded path and climbing over a low courtyard wall, he came to a mansion that looked somewhat dilapidated.
The yard outside the mansion was overgrown with weeds and there was a lot of garbage piled on the side. The house was pitch black without a trace of light.
Senju Hashirama felt that he should be afraid, but he had a familiar feeling, as if he had been doing similar things for many years, and the night was as familiar and reassuring to him as the day.
He pried open the door silently and slipped into the mansion.
But the moment he stepped into the mansion, a feeling of extreme danger arose in his heart.
Senju Hashirama looked up subconsciously. Although the room was dark, he could still catch the outline of the furniture in the room. He held his breath and took a slow step forward.
The room diagonally opposite him slowly opened about a palm's width away, then stopped.
Senju Hashirama did not find the crack in the door. He paused for a few seconds and continued to move forward.
Because of his standing position, he had his back to the door crack and raised his head slightly to look at the stairs diagonally in front of him.
At this moment, a cold voice sounded from behind him.
"…What are you looking for?"
Senju Hashirama's body reacted much faster than his brain. He almost instinctively stepped back and struck back.
He didn't touch anything.
The sound still came from behind.
"…What are you looking for?"
Senju Hashirama calmed down; he felt that the voice sounded familiar.
"Tom? Old Tom? Is that you?"
"…What are you looking for?"
The other party still asked this question.
Senju Hashirama subconsciously wanted to form a seal, but the expected clone technique was not used.
A doubt flashed through his mind, but since he couldn't use ninjutsu in a life-and-death situation, he could only use taijutsu.
He grabbed the mop beside the stairs and replied, "Old Tom, you took my money, do you want to regret it?"
The next second, Hashirama Senju suddenly ducked and rolled, holding his long stick across his body, just in time to avoid a sudden attack from a dark shadow.
When the black shadow hit the long stick, it exploded suddenly, covering Hashirama Senju like black smoke.
Senju Hashirama instinctively held his breath, veins popped out on his forehead, and he forced the muscles in his waist and back to slide vertically on the ground for one meter in a strange way, once again avoiding the smoke attack.
Then, Hashirama Senju supported himself on the ground with one hand and did a somersault over the table in the living room.
The black mist gathered into a human figure again, and just as the figure was about to rush over again, Senju Hashirama casually overturned the tea table in front of him to block the black mist.
Immediately afterwards, Senju Hashirama leaped forward, broke through the glass, and escaped directly from the room, landing in the weed-covered yard at the back.
The moonlight fell, and Hashirama Senju noticed that the black shadow stopped by the window.
He stood up slowly and was thinking about how to get rid of the black shadow, when suddenly his waist and abdomen twitched and severe pain came.
Senju Hashirama was shocked. What happened? His muscles started to cramp?
With his physical condition, this kind of fighting is as easy as drinking water, but he actually got muscle cramps?
As this thought came to his mind, Hashirama Senju saw the broken window glass at his feet out of the corner of his eye.
The face of Hashirama Senju was reflected in the glass.
But at this moment, his expression suddenly changed.
The original long black hair gradually turned into short dark brown hair, and the young face gradually turned into a middle-aged or elderly look.
A mournful and panicked voice rang out in Hashirama Senju's mind.
[Who are you?! How did you take over my body? ]
Senju Hashirama suddenly understood something.
"I'm not you! I'm not Malika!!"
The moment he realized this, the face in the broken mirror changed completely.
Hashirama Senju disappeared, and was replaced by a middle-aged, wealthy man. This was Malika, the owner of a casino that had been running in the town of Tate for twenty years.
Hashirama Senju used Malika's body to fight at a high intensity, so of course he would have muscle cramps!
"I remember now, I am..."
Senju Hashirama finally remembered everything. The moment he remembered, thirty years later, in the Chaldeas integrated control room, a staff member shouted: "Director! No. 406's body and consciousness have established a connection. He can come back at any time!"