Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

"Everyone take a step back?"

As if he had heard some very funny joke, an uncontrollable short laugh suddenly came out of Karasuma Soshin's throat.

Those who say that he is unruly, arrogant, and never takes others seriously should really take a look at him. For someone like Rum, even begging for mercy seems like he is giving alms from a superior position. This is the true arrogance that comes from his bones.

“Why should I quit?”

Karasuma Soshin picked up the remote control beside him, and as the news broadcast returned to normal volume, he raised the corners of his lips happily and said softly:

"If a heavy fine can ensure that you, Rum, can never climb back to the second-in-command position and continue to disgust me, I think it is well worth it."

Listening to the clear voice of the female host coming from the mobile phone, Rum's face suddenly turned cold.

However, he did not lose his temper, but continued to speak patiently:

"Whiskey, why do you have to go this far?"

“You and I both know very well that over the years, the reason why that gentleman sided with me many times when we fought was actually to create a stable situation of checks and balances between you and me.

If I really fall completely, you will definitely not just end up with a heavy punishment.

Superintendent Sanada has just been through a dangerous situation and needs to recuperate. You don't want to be too far away from her or cause her any distress."

Rum's words were sincere and sounded particularly considerate.

At this time, he did not have the hot-tempered and impatient look as rumored, but was as friendly as the uncle next door.

Karasuma Soshin heard the unspoken meaning in his words, which was advising him to leave some wiggle room, otherwise the gentleman would definitely take this opportunity to temper his temper again.

After all, among the core cadres at present, except for Rum, that gentleman is unlikely to easily lift any other one to challenge him.

But there is more than just the option of suppressing him again.

Most of the missions of the Crow Legion operating in the other world are closely related to violence and darkness, and in all these missions, the action team is the first to charge forward.

Gin, as the leader of the action team, is himself an extremely sharp sword forged by Karasuma Renya.

A sword does not need to be bound by anything, so Gin is a lone wolf in the organization, and he either has a mediocre relationship with several other core cadres, or has deep grudges against them.

With Vodka, who is called a partner but is actually a pendant, he works diligently for the better future of the organization, fighting without stopping for a moment, living more like a robot than a robot.

But no matter how handy this knife is, Karasuma Renya, the one holding the knife, cannot be completely at ease.

Therefore, Gin travels around the world all year round. Sometimes, he would just command his men to complete an assassination, and then he would take Vodka to ride a roller coaster in person, just to extort 100 million from an ordinary wealthy businessman.

As the head of the logistics team, Brandy is responsible for many of his subordinates' matters except for financial figures, and he lives like a mascot.

I like to play tricks within the department, but my presence in the organization is far less than that of Gin and others, and I have never been taken seriously by Rum.

For example, the authority for financial reimbursement originally required the supervision and management of the direct team.

Now, taking advantage of the theft of the decoding equipment, the tasks have been directly divided and handed over to the direct team for management, with the logistics group acting as nominal supervisor.

As for Champagne, not to mention that he was beaten half to death because of an old case involving Rum, which resulted in Fennel, who was originally his subordinate, becoming another captain of the direct team who was nominally equal to him and shared a lot of authority in the blink of an eye.

It is still unclear whether he can return to the organization alive and well.

Three minutes is barely enough if you just want to escape from a normal explosion.

But in order to prevent the police from discovering it so quickly, Karasuma Soshin sent people to install bombs at high places, such as on the roofs of electric poles, or at low places, such as underwater.

And to ensure that the entire port could be destroyed, most of the bombs were under water.

Even if I was lucky enough to return to the organization alive and unharmed, I would still be sorry for the fact that I was alone at Yokohama Port carrying a medical refrigerator at that time.

How should Champagne explain to that controlling, fickle and suspicious gentleman?

How else could he explain it?

Karasuma Soshin knew long ago that even if Rum was removed from the position of second-in-command, that gentleman would not be able to easily promote someone else to the position.

Either it's a carrot dangling in front of Rum, or it's just empty.

The open and secret struggles between him and Rum over the years can only have two outcomes.

Either they keep fighting like this forever, or they both lose.

If Rum loses, he will only lose his position and power.

He won, but he was no better than Rum who lost.

However, this time, the person Rum used as a bargaining chip was the person he cared about the most. He didn't want to lose, and he couldn't lose.

If he chooses to give in this time, Rum will definitely not stop, but will only escalate his attacks.

Therefore, even though he knew that choosing to win would bring about a result that had nothing to do with the word "good", he still wanted to chop off Rum's outstretched hand.

Let him understand that even if his weaknesses are exposed, he cannot be touched at will.

Otherwise, both sides will suffer losses this time, and next time it will be a life-and-death battle.

So, after Rum talked for a long time, Karasuma Soshin replied lightly amid the live broadcast of the explosion on TV:

"So what? I am happy to do it. As for my mother, as long as you think you and your men have enough life, I will accompany you to the end."

As soon as these words were spoken, Rum was so angry that he fell backwards.

It turned out that he had been talking for a long time, but this kid didn't listen to a word he said.

But after thinking about it, Rum calmed down his anger.

Whiskey has had a bad temper for more than ten years. Since it concerns Yuki Sanada, this is normal.

If she was really angry, she would have hung up the phone long ago and would not have listened to him say so much.

After thinking about it, Rum felt that the matter could still be discussed further and was about to continue speaking. However, his words were still stuck in his throat when he heard a crisp hang-up sound from the other end.

"beep--"

The long busy tone made Rum's face turn blue and purple, purple and blue, and finally ended with everything at hand being swept to the ground, making a harsh "ping-pong-clang" sound.

On the other end of the phone, Karasuma Soshin put down his phone and turned off the TV.

Without the sound of the TV, the room suddenly became very quiet.

The weather was good at this time. The sun quietly peeked out from the clouds, and the warm but not hot sunlight passed through the half-open window and sprinkled on Karasuma Soshin's back.

Looking down at the floor, Karasuma Soshin, who was sitting casually on the floor, changed his posture, stretched out his left leg which was originally bent against the low table, then folded his hands behind his head and fell backwards.

The whole person was pressed against the ground.

The sunlight shone on his face, making his features sparkle and look extremely handsome, but it could not melt the indifference in his eyes or the alienation around him.

Injure the enemy eight hundred and injure one thousand.

Karasuma Soshin understood the consequences of his actions, and he also knew clearly that in this test, which was called a test of Rum but was actually a test of him, his answer would make the test setter Karasuma Renya very "dissatisfied" and he would naturally be punished.

in fact,

From the very beginning, there was an order prohibiting the equipment team from recruiting personnel in Neon and operating territorial forces.

Whether it was Karasuma Soshin or Karasuma Renya who agreed with Rum's suggestion and issued this order.

Everyone knew exactly what this order was intended to prevent.

As for whether you will do it?

Having witnessed how Karasuma Soshin could exploit language loopholes and almost massacre the entire church, Karasuma Ren'ya never thought that Karasuma Soshin would really not make any staffing arrangements in Japan.

After all, Yuuki Sanada is there, and the people that Karasuma Soshin loves and hates are there.

Not to mention that it was an order that was not rigorous in itself, even if it was an order that was 360 degrees perfect, Karasuma Renya believed that his adopted son would find a way to drill a hole.

Therefore, Karasuma Renya already knew that Karasuma Soshin was secretly organizing manpower and running his own power behind the back of the organization.

He asked his direct team to keep an eye on Yuki Sanada, asked Rum to build a tight intelligence system around Kanagawa, and even sent spies from the Karasuma family to the old Sanada house and secret agents to Yuki Sanada.

What they are guarding against is Karasuma Soshin's manpower, which is unknown but confirmed to exist.

This was verified when Karasuma Soshin began to attack the mysterious members of the Neon region.

Gin deduced this from the speed of actions of Karasuma Soshin's men, and Karasuma Renya naturally saw it as well.

It was not pointed out at the time, because this was intended to be a clear assessment requirement for Rum.

Give Rum permission to attack Yuuki Sanada, but not to harm her life, and let Rum find solid evidence that Karasuma Soshin has secretly built up manpower and power in Neon.

In order to obtain the reward of shortening the exile period and the opportunity to return to the second-in-command position.

This was the assessment requirement that Karasuma Ren'ya conveyed to Rum via email before he went to Neon.

It seems extremely biased, no different from every other time in the past.

In fact, the target of this assessment was not Rum from the beginning.

And when the real test - Rum arrived in Tokyo with great ambition, the silent assessment of Karasuma Soshin officially began.

Karasuma Soshin understood the test question and knew how to answer it to satisfy the person.

But the content on the answer sheet, from the moment the test question was related to Sanada Yuki, meant that Karasuma Sonobu was doomed to have no chance of getting away with it.

He put all his thoughts into this answer sheet, just to make Karasuma Renya understand that even if he had to bear a thousand times the cost, Sanada Yuki must never become the person who might be hurt during the test.

In this two-person bet derived from the assessment, Karasuma Soshin bet:

After seeing the answer he gave, Karasuma Renya would hide his only weakness in a tightly sealed box as a hidden card that no outsiders would be allowed to see.

And he would willingly bow his head and accept the punishment after the test setter finished marking the papers happily.