Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

At 9:25, Karasuma Sonobu waited for Ichihara Yoshi, who was traveling lightly, five minutes in advance.

Wearing a plain gauze robe, the aura around her body is calm and gentle.

At first glance, this top tycoon, who has dominated politics for decades and remains powerful even after a new prime minister takes office, looks little different from an ordinary old man walking his dog on the street.

In terms of aura, it was not as conspicuous as the personal bodyguards following him.

Karasuma Sonobu casually glanced at the bodyguard who stood in the corner automatically after entering the room, and then focused all his attention on Ichihara Yoshi who sat down and sipped tea leisurely.

Of course, he did not stare at Ichihara Yoshi's every move from beginning to end. Instead, he set his sights on the fish pond on the right, sprinkling a handful of fish food from time to time.

The various koi carps that had been scientifically fed by the servants of Karasuma's old house on weekdays all rushed out in response to this rare extra meal, making a lot of splashes.

The sound attracted Ichihara Yoshi's attention. He seemed to have just noticed the fish pond next to the house, and sat opposite Karasuma Sonobu, who had been waiting for five minutes.

Gently putting down the tea cup in his hand, Ichihara Yoshi introduced the topic with a sigh:

"These fish are well raised. I didn't expect that although the buildings here retain the old style, the garden layout is completely different from the dry landscapes admired by other aristocratic families."

"I have heard from the Karasuma housekeeper that these are the changes my father made after he became the head of the Karasuma family."

Karasuma Sonobu gave the explanation very casually, his lowered eyes always falling on the school of fish vying for food.

"I haven't seen your father for some time. I wonder how he is."

With the help of Karasuma Sonobu's answer, Ichihara Yoshi brought the topic to Karasuma Renye.

"Not bad. Two hours ago he called me angrily and scolded me."

After throwing out another handful of fish food, Karasuma Sonobu still responded very casually, and the atmosphere was as gentle as if he were chatting with old friends.

But if you look carefully at Karasuma Sonobu's lowered eyes, you will only find that in addition to the ultimate indifference, there is only a trace of undetectable boredom.

Ignoring the five minutes of silence before, the two of them knowingly began to behave in circles that are common in social situations.

Karasuma Sonobu, who had always felt that this kind of hidden rule was very sick, patiently accompanied Ichihara Yoshi in circles for seven or eight minutes, without any intention of exploring Ichihara Yoshi's purpose.

It was as if he had driven all the way back from the mountains and changed into formal guest clothes from head to toe just to sit here and chat with others.

The circle circled all the way from Tokyo to Hokkaido, and circled the sea several times. When he was about to board the rocket and fly to the moon, Ichihara Yoshi finally revealed the true purpose of the trip.

"The secret identity of the organization in the Moon Group? And the list of all the mysterious side members in the Neon area?"

Karasuma Sonobu turned his head, and at the same time raised his right hand that was resting on the fish food can. He slowly picked up the hand towel folded on the side of the fish food can and wiped it.

With a confused facial expression and a long voice, Karasuma Sonobu looked at Ichihara Yoshi seriously, with complete confusion:

"Mr. Ichihara, this seems...not within the scope of the transaction that I know of.

Is it a new trading requirement? Then you shouldn't talk to me about this. After all, this is a private transaction between you and my father. "

Ichihara Yoshi looked at the boy in front of him who was pretending to be confused, and did not say that their meeting this time was Karasuma Renye's instruction.

After all, this was not difficult to see from the fact that the meeting place was Karasuma's old house.

Therefore, Ichihara Yoshi could easily see that the fundamental purpose of Karasuma Sonobu's words was not to refuse, but to wait for him to come up with a reward that satisfied him.

So, after thinking for a while, Ichihara Yoshi offered his price.

"If Police Inspector Sanada returns smoothly, with her achievements over the years, she will be promoted to Chief Inspector."

"I have to say that I am very tempted by the reward you proposed, but now the Sanada Police Station is suspected to have fallen into the hands of Iris, and its life and death are unknown.

Rather than getting promoted, I hope she can live and work peacefully as a police officer in Kanagawa for the rest of her life. "

Karasuma Sonobu slowed down his tone, and the second half of his sentence was more like making a wish on the candles on a non-existent birthday cake than a polite rejection of the reward offered by Ichihara Yoshi.

Wishing his mother a safe return.

Under the gaze of Ichihara Yoshi, Karasuma Sonobu remained silent for a moment, as if to calm down the emotional fluctuations in his heart.

Then he suppressed the fragile emotions in his eyes and added calmly:

"Furthermore, core information such as the Moon Group's secret line is not within my authority. All I can provide you is the list of members on the mysterious side."

Regarding Karasuma Sonobu's reply, Ichihara Yoshi believed Karasuma Sonobu's previous sentence, but did not believe his subsequent added sentence.

In other words, I didn’t completely believe it.

He knew clearly that the young man in front of him was a genius whose intelligence was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Crow could maintain a solid position in the other world that no one could shake to this day. This man had indelible contributions.

If you really don't know who the secret agent hiding in the Yue Group is, or there is no way to find out the identity of the secret agent, why wait until he pays out the reward before pointing this out.

Ichihara Yoshi did not miss the flash of anger and hatred in Karasuma Sonobu's eyes when he mentioned the words suspected of falling into Iris' hands.

We also know that there are various forces involved behind the disappearance of Yuki Sanada.

So Ichihara Yoshi immediately offered his second round of prices:

"Sagawa Co., Ltd."

Compared with the previous love cards, this round of quotes with no other embellishments except a noun really piqued Karasuma Sonobu's interest.

After wiping his hands, he rested them on the table of the tea table and tapped the wooden table with the fingertips of his right hand rhythmically. Karasuma Sonobu did not reply immediately.

Ichihara Yoshi did not rush, and the room suddenly became extremely quiet except for the inaudible tapping sound.

The chirping of birds outside the house was clear and sweet, and the sudden cool breeze not only caused the trees in the courtyard to sway, but also the copper leaf wind chimes hanging in the corner of the house began to dance.

Two minutes later, the tapping stopped abruptly.

Nine forty-eight,

Ichihara Yoshi, who came in a low profile, was respectfully sent out by the servants of Karasuma's old house.

The bodyguard still followed closely behind him, alert to everything around him.

Sitting in the car, Ichihara Yoshi recalled the contents of the deal he had just made with Karasuma Sonobu, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that life is terrible.

The deal with Karasuma Renye was originally agreed to before those high-level officials who had justice in mind and formulated the Tianxi plan noticed Karasuma Sonobu.

Sending it to the crow was really the decision he would least regret in his life.

The bodyguard, who had multiple hats, drove the car carefully. Soon, Karasuma's old house moved forward with the car and was hidden by the mountains.

In the old house,

After seeing off Ichihara Yoshi, Karasuma Sonobu did not leave the tea room immediately.

Of course, compared to the previous rules-based behavior that could be described as hypocritical, Karasuma Sonobu is obviously much more casual at this time.

The tea sets on the tea table were taken away by the servants as soon as Ichihara Yoshi left the tea room.

No one was curious about the half-drunk and untouched tea cup on the counter.

As for Karasuma Sonobu, who was sitting on the fence of the tea room, holding the whole fish food can in his arms, he continued to feed the fish one after another without any courtesy, and even more indulgently sent one more can after another. of fish food.

Seeing this, Karasuma Sonobu simply turned the fish food can over and poured it into the pond one by one.

After a while, the fish in the fish pond began to turn their bellies.

One, two, three...

The school of fish insists that they would rather die than starve to death. Even if they see that one of their companions is dying, they are still reluctant to part with the fragrant fish food on their lips.

Soon, a piece of fish floated in the fish pond.

Immediately afterwards, Ichihara Yoshi, who was responsible for sending Ichihara Yoshi to the door of the old house, came back and reported to Karasuma Sonobu that the guest had got in the car.

After hearing this, Karasuma Sonobu retracted his gaze that had been staring at the fish pond, put down the empty fish food can in his hand, stopped feeding the fish, got up and left this teahouse built by the water.

Seeing that this ancestor no longer killed fish, some of the servants held hand towels and diligently served Karasuma Sonobu before going out, while others began to rush people to rescue the remaining fish in the fish pond.

The usually quiet old house became very lively because of the extremely valuable fish in the pond.

As for the culprit who caused all this, he forgot about it without hesitation, walked through the corridor with a cold face, and returned to the bedroom.

As soon as the door closed, the obvious anger around Karasuma Sonobu quickly faded away like running water. He still had the same handsome face, but there was no trace of emotion at all.

He picked up the mobile phone that had been placed on the low table beside the bed before going to the tea room. As the screen lit up, an unread email from half an hour ago came into his eyes.

To: Whiskey

The cargo has been boarded.

From: Bourbon

Nine fifty-six, Tokyo Port Terminal.

Looking at the ocean freighter that was so close and about to set sail from the port, the middle-aged man's honest and honest face could not help but reveal uncontrollable excitement in his black eyes.

Great, the ship is finally leaving.

Recalling the anxious waiting of the previous few hours, the middle-aged man felt relaxed at this moment.

I had completely forgotten that I had been waiting in the warehouse for a long time. The corners of my mouth were so worried that I had several blisters, and the soles of my shoes were almost scratched with sparks.

The joy of getting a large amount of money suddenly made the middle-aged man forget his previous uneasiness.

On the ocean-going freighter, the freighter staff wearing uniform gray vests were doing the last part of preparations before setting sail.

Containers of various colors filled the cargo hold.

In one of the inconspicuous blue containers, oak barrels are neatly stacked one after another.

On the manifest attached to the rear of the container, the name of the product - whiskey was clearly written.

As for whether it contained whiskey, the staff responsible for customs inspection gave a positive answer.

At this time, the second hand on the clock quietly turned once again.

There are still three minutes until the freighter sets sail.