After changing his clothes and tidying himself up, Hojo Shuya asked the butler where his grandfather was and knocked on the door of the study.

Hojo Lianmune stood sideways in front of a bookshelf piled with books.

His eyes fell out the window, as if he was looking for an old friend who had been away for a long time.

Only after hearing his grandson knocking on the door did he look away and turn around.

The afternoon sun shone through the window onto Hojo Liansong, dyeing his half-white hair a warm yellow.

Vaguely, Hojo Shuya felt that he had seen again the grandfather who had seriously told him on that autumn afternoon that the football was not a gift for him and told him not to touch it again.

No one would believe it if he told it to others, but for a long time when he was young, Hojo Shuya suspected that his grandfather's soul had been secretly replaced by another one, or that he had been bewitched by some terrible evil spell.

Otherwise, why would his grandfather, who was always serious, suddenly become so amiable and indulge his hobbies that were always criticized in the past?

Hojo Shuya, who was rumored to be a favorite at home, never thought of himself as a favored child until he was in the fourth grade of elementary school.

As a child, Hojo Shuya loved treasure hunting and adventure. He dreamed of becoming a legendary treasure hunter and finding the legendary red leaf treasure.

However, his ideal was not supported by his family.

His parents told him that he was the eldest grandson of the Hojo family, and he could be not as good as the people around him, nor could he be the kind of child that made his parents proud.

But his family would not allow such an unrealistic dream, and his grandfather would certainly not allow it.

In Hojo Shuya's childhood memory, his grandfather Hojo Lianmune was a very serious person, and he rarely smiled even when facing him.

Even the words of concern were full of coldness.

Rather than being close to him, Hojo Shuya was more in awe of him.

But the little Hojo Shuya admired his grandfather very much, so he always paid attention to Hojo Lianzong,

He will also remember that when he was in the second grade of elementary school, his grandfather Hojo Lianzong solved a serial murder case called the Thirty-two Color Murder Case.

Read, study, secretly develop your own interests and hobbies, and work hard to become a legendary treasure hunter.

This kind of living condition underwent a different change one day when Hojo Shuya was in the fourth grade of elementary school.

The 11-year-old Hojo Shuya didn't know why his serious grandfather suddenly became kind and supportive of his interests and hobbies.

All he knew was that after that, he no longer had to develop his hobbies in secret, and he could arbitrarily make some requests that had never been allowed before.

When you are naughty and being punished by your mother, you can seek help from your grandfather.

However, on that sunny afternoon in the autumn when he was in the second grade of junior high school.

He met again the grandfather who was full of oppression in the past.

Like Xiao Jiang Guangfu, he also memorized the long, small and particularly difficult-to-remember code on the patched black, red and white football.

Later, a non-existent boy named Edogawa Yuega was found.

After some testing, the fourteen-year-old Hojo Shuya finally confirmed that his grandfather's change of attitude towards him was related to a man named Edogawa Yuega.

Perhaps it was guilt, or regret, or perhaps some other reasons that led to the tolerance of this gift to him.

Hojo Shuya felt the seriousness that had returned after many years, and after a moment of silence, he was the first to speak:

"I heard that the person who helped the police rescue me this time and solved this series of events was the mysterious detective who helped you solve the Thirty-Two Color Murder Case that year."

Hojo Yoshimune did not deny it.

Hojo Shuya continued:

"I also heard that this man is the heir to the Karasuma Group."

Hojo Yoshimune once again agreed.

“The heir to the Karasuma Group is twenty-eight years old this year.

No, I should say I was twenty-eight at the Spring Cherry Blossom Dinner, and maybe I’m twenty-nine now.

So, how did you, Grandpa, meet the heir of the Karasuma Group who grew up abroad in Kanagawa fourteen years ago?"

Seeing the curiosity on Hojo Shuya's face, Hojo Lianmune was silent for a few seconds, but finally gave an answer.

"When I met him, he was not yet the heir to the Karasuma Group."

"Then, may I know what kind of feelings did you have that made you suddenly treat me so well when I was in the fourth grade of elementary school?"

After being rescued from the basement of the training center by a public security team, Hojo Shuya calmly asked the public security team leader about the situation of his parents and relatives.

After getting the answer, he then asked about how he was rescued.

The public security officer in charge knew the identity of Hojo Shuya, who was previously a member of the group staying in the lounge.

Therefore, he directly told Hojo Shuya about the rescue by the heir of the Karasuma Group and the fact that the other party was the mysterious detective who solved the Thirty-Two Color Murder Case fourteen years ago.

After knowing this, the first thing that came to Hojo Shuya's mind was the simple information he had found before.

The buyer of the football was a 15-year-old boy living in Kanagawa.

And since he was able to solve a serial murder case at such an age, he must be an extremely outstanding person.

Such a person turned out to be the impressive heir of the Karasuma Group whom I met today.

Recalling the information he learned from his parents about the heir to the Karasuma Group.

As Hojo Shuya felt confused, he wanted to know the reason more and more.

But when he returned to Qianhe Mansion, all the guests had left.

So he chose to seek the truth from his grandfather, Hojo Yoshinori.

There was another silence in the study. Hojo Lianzong looked at the determination in his grandson's eyes, thought about it, but for a moment he could not find a reason to explain.

In other words, he couldn't find a suitable excuse to fool his grandson without making him suspicious.

Why the sudden change of attitude?

When he received a call for help from his friend, Hojo Liansong initially thought it was just an ordinary missing case.

Perhaps the rebellious child wanted to use this method to take revenge on his good friend who had high hopes for him.

But when he learned that all of Yueyawan's information files were being quietly erased, and even the recruitment information in the police academy was wiped out without leaving any trace.

Only then did he realize that Yueyawan's disappearance was not just an ordinary runaway from home.

Afterwards, Hojo Liansong mobilized secret personnel to investigate.

It was discovered that this matter was related to the hostile conservative faction.

Moreover, this matter also involved his good friend's second son, Kenjiro Sanada.

After reporting this matter to Sanada Masahiro, Hojo Liansong received accurate information from his good friend that evening.

Some people in the conservative faction had already reached a secret cooperation with the crows in the other world, and Yueyawan's disappearance was a manifestation of the sincerity of the cooperation between the two parties.

One side wants to stop the implementation of the Tianxi Plan formulated by the reformists and requires the highly compatible Yueyawan to eliminate the obvious executors they know.

One party wants to get a mechanical genius who can work for them and has a high talent in weapon modification and equipment research and development.

The two sides hit it off and that's how it happened.

The person who made all this happen was Kenjiro Sanada.

Or it was Kenjiro Sanada's advice that led to the conclusion of this cooperation.

At first, Ichihara Yoshi, Muto Hiroko and others did not take Yuegamaru, who had just been admitted to the police academy and was not even 18 years old, seriously.

They already knew that the reformists had come up with the Tianxi Plan in order to check and balance or even contain them.

But they don't think that two greenhorns who haven't even grown all their hair yet can beat them and change the atmosphere and system that has been followed in the police system to this day.

And at this moment, Kenjiro Sanada, who would do anything to climb up, appeared.

At that time, he didn't know about the Tianxi Project, which was known only to a few people, but he accidentally learned that the top conservatives were recently helping an otherworldly organization called Crow to find mechanical geniuses.

Kenjiro Sanada suddenly felt that this was a godsend.

So he directly relied on the news that his nephew had outstanding mechanical talent, had ranked first in this year's professional group exam, and was about to enter the police academy.

He successfully joined the conservative high-ranking official Ichihara Yoshi.

When Ichihara Yoshiichi checked the information, he immediately discovered that Yueyamaru was highly suitable to be the open executor of the Tianxi plan in terms of both his family background and ability performance.

The eldest grandson of a police family. His grandfather was the former director of the Kanagawa headquarters. Both of his parents were from the professional group. He himself is a rare genius boy and was admitted to the Tokyo Police Academy with the first place in the professional group.

As long as such people graduate successfully and enter the police system, it is hard to say whether they will shake the internal atmosphere and system of the police system.

It's only a matter of time before you get to the top.

Looking further, it was found that the child's grandfather, Sanada Masao, and the leader of the reformists, Hojo Yoshimune, had been friends for decades.

Moreover, his temperament is unruly, perverse and naughty.

This is definitely a good seedling for reform.

Seeing this, Ichihara Yoshi immediately realized that as long as Yuegamaru could graduate from the police academy, he would definitely be the open executor of the Tianxi plan.

This child's family background, abilities, intelligence that is clearly not inferior to that of ordinary people, and his rebellious temperament are yet to be determined.

It will make the group of reformers unanimously agree and spare no effort to push him to a high position.

By then, even if it cannot shake the internal atmosphere and system of the police system, it will definitely become a bright and difficult to remove banner.

Therefore, Ichihara Yoshi decisively accepted Kenjiro Sanada as his subordinate and informed several other conservative senior officials about this.

Several senior executives quickly reached a consensus and decided to send Yueyamaru to the Black Organization as a gesture of cooperation before he attended the police academy.

And help the Black Organization to erase all his past information.

Eliminate all possibilities of Yueyawan returning to the light.

In the end, the conservatives successfully blocked the progress of the reformists' Tianxi Plan, so that the official executors of the Tianxi Plan have not yet been officially in place.

The Black Organization successfully obtained whiskey, expanded its sphere of influence, and became one of the most powerful forces in the world.

As for Kenjiro Sanada.

Because of this, he got close to Ichihara Yoshi and rose rapidly in career, from a semi-professional team member, he gradually became Superintendent of Police, and now he is Superintendent of Police.

He also used this opportunity to get rid of a major threat, allowing himself and his son to successfully gain access to the Sanada family's connections and resources in the police force.

It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.

It was at this time that Hojo Liansong realized that Yuegamaru was not only a genius boy with excellent reasoning ability, but also a rare mechanical genius in the world.

It was only because my best friend didn't allow it that I was doing this secretly.

For more than ten years, no one knew that he had this talent except Kenjiro Sanada, who led him into this field.

And this, in the end, became Kenjiro Sanada's biggest bargaining chip to get rid of Yuegamaru.

After learning this, Hojo Lianzong fell into the same silence as today.

Of course he wanted to rescue the people, but the problem was that he found out too late.

The matter has become a foregone conclusion, and the person has fallen into the hands of the Black Organization.

Not to mention whether it is possible to rescue the person or find where the person is, just rescuing the person is not an easy task.

Energy and financial resources are minor matters; the key is to get a lot of people involved.

The public security did send many undercover agents into the Black Organization, but the most important one at the time suddenly lost contact and was suspected to have been discovered by the Black Organization, and his life or death is unknown.

In that situation, calling on the remaining people to find a Crescent Pill and rescue the people would undoubtedly be a task that would most likely result in the annihilation of the entire army and the chance of success would be extremely slim.

Moreover, as soon as the people here move, the conservatives will immediately get the news, and the chance of rescuing them will be almost zero.

In order to investigate the Black Organization, the Metropolitan Police Department and the National Police Agency sent many undercover agents back and forth.

In addition, there are the liaisons and informants behind the scenes, as well as various people who are responsible for different jobs such as intelligence handover, transmission, and support.

Pulled around and moved the whole body.

After some thought, Hojo Yoshinori finally chose to give up.

At that time, his good friend Masahiro Sanada made the same choice as him.

It is assumed that he will become the open executor of the Tianxi plan. He comes from a family of police officers. Two years ago, he amazed Hojo Liansong with his excellent reasoning ability. Yueyamaru has been shining brightly in the light for seventeen years.

From then on, I stepped into darkness.

Towards a future that is completely different from the past and without any light.

Hojo Yoshinori ultimately did not give a clear answer to Hojo Shuya's question.

He didn't want to mention the memories of the past that he didn't want to touch upon, nor did he want his grandson to know about it.

So, at the end of this conversation, there was silence lasting more than ten minutes, and then a calm word.

“If you want to achieve great things, you must make sacrifices.”

...

Karasuma Soshin left before Sanada Yuuki.

After dealing with Xiao Jiang Guangfu, he returned to the car alone and left as the other guests said goodbye and left one after another.

During this period, he sent an email to the outside world.

Afterwards, Mitsuo Koe was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department. Before the formal interrogation began, he died in agony under the gaze of the interrogating police.


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