age is not a problem

The scene on the cliff on the coast became quite strange for a while, such a reversal caught the adult Tsunayoshi who was being pointed at by Qingmei with a gun for a while, and was caught off guard for a while.

Qingmei didn't panic in the slightest and even smiled contentedly. With her other hand, she took out a photo, the one that brought her here in the first place:

"You were dressed like that in the photo, and now you are dressed like this again... I really want to tear off your disguise at the moment, and see what kind of face is underneath that."

The adult Tsunaji braced himself and said, "What are you talking about, Qingmei, I..."

"You are not the only one who can do things like being caught in a trap." Qingmei kneaded the photo in her hand into a crumpled ball as she spoke, then turned her head slightly, blowing at the adult version of herself standing behind her. Whistle, "Good job, happy cooperation~"

In the back, the man also smiled, and then tore off his own face that was exactly the same as Qingmei's. The face exposed behind the human skin mask was——

"Cooperating with you is really a test of acting skills, Kiyomi Asakawa." After raising his head, Ogisuke Kurihara slowly threw away the wig, and said with a look of disgust, "...and even asked me to dress up as a woman."

[A few days ago, on the plane——

"Give you a second, take your hands off my shoulders, otherwise I can't guarantee what I will do in the next second."

After Qingmei's voice fell, that hand was also moved away quite tactfully.

"If you don't mind, can we talk about something alone? Don't worry, it won't take you a few minutes, and... you will be interested."

Kiyomi took off the blindfold, saw Kurihara Ogisuke's face by accident, and raised her eyebrows when she heard what the other party said.

In the bathroom on the plane-

"Why did you find me?" Qingmei felt that at least she hadn't had much communication with the owner of the Bamboo Sushi Tokyo restaurant on the surface.

Kurihara smiled, and took out a note: "You said it yourself, we may be companions or enemies."

"You..." Looking at the note she left after raiding the other party's house that night, Qingmei was a little surprised. She didn't believe that the other party could find her just because of her handwriting that was completely inconsistent with her own style.

"Actually, after leaving the Suzuki Museum of Art that night, I already discovered that a tracker was installed on my body, but I pretended not to know anything, and waited for the person who installed the tracker to recover it by himself, and it turned out... As expected, it really is you." As he spoke, Kurihara unconsciously stroked the back of his neck, and said with some fear: "But you woman is really ruthless, I have been resting for three days. I just slowed down."

"...It seems that I should try harder at that time, and it would be better to send you to see God directly." Qingmei twitched the corners of her lips, this feeling of being turned against the general was really uncomfortable.

"Don't be so ruthless... After all, just like the note you left me, before we become enemies, we can also be partners in cooperation first." Shaking the note in his hand, Kurihara His expression also sank a bit, "You should have heard the conversation between me and Tsunayoshi Sawada that night."

"Well, I didn't reveal a single word. The conclusion I got is that Tsunayoshi Sawada is a high-ranking member of the Pengo Lie family, and you are a young man who is placed by his side by the forces opposing him in the family." Qingmei summed it up brilliantly. .

Kurihara: "...", there is nothing wrong with what he said, but he is a little upset why it has become him inexplicably now.

"Oh, don't show such an expression, buddy, it's nothing. I've seen a lot of this species." I am a member of fake wine, look at her former boss, the boss of Gin Wine, who is either busy killing two or five boys every day, or busy on the way to kill two or five boys, no matter how bitter she is in her heart, there is no bitterness on her face Has Xi's expression never shown?

"...In short, what I can tell you is that the reason why Sawada Tsunayoshi went to Japan to pretend to be an ordinary junior high school student in the past few months was because he had some problems with his body, so he needed to go back and hide in the city for a while. Avoid the limelight. And he returned to Italy this summer because he found, um... a way to heal his body at the headquarters of Vongola." Kurihara said half-empty and half-solid.

"That is to say, if he recovers, he won't go back to Japan to go to school, right?" After hearing this information, she blurted out this sentence. After speaking, Qingmei herself was a little unexpected.

Kurihara was also slightly taken aback, but still replied: "Ah, it should be."

After readjusting her thoughts, Qingmei said calmly and jokingly: "So, you are now looking for me to cooperate with me, are you planning to completely betray Tsunayoshi Sawada...I heard you two at the Suzuki Art Museum that night It feels like he still has room for you."

"That's my business. I cooperate with you because... I also have things I want to know and explore, but I still say that, I have different ideas from that guy Sawada Tsunayoshi." Kurihara shrugged.

"I don't bother to ask what your purpose is. Anyway, what we have to do is to cooperate in action and get what we need, then..." While speaking, Qingmei has already taken out a photo from her pocket, which is exactly what Nico The photo I showed her caused her to overreact, pointing to the woman in the photo, "I will send you my location for all my actions in Italy, and you will follow me all the way." I'm fine, but don't be discovered by my companions. We keep in touch at any time. When necessary, please pretend to be the woman in the photo... I have seen your disguise last time, pretend The finished Akashi Seijuro really can't tell the difference from his appearance, even his height can be stretched freely, I'm really curious how you do it."

Since the person in the photo pretended to be "Airi Werle" to lure her out, then she might as well create another "Airi Werle" to lure him out.

"Ah? Who is this woman... It looks like you." After taking the photo, Kurihara looked back and forth between Qingmei and the person in the photo.

Qingmei made no secret of her perfunctory attitude, "Just treat it as my older sister."

"..." Although he knew that there must be countless doubts behind this, but adhering to the principle of only talking about cooperation, Kurihara suppressed his curiosity, "Okay, I see."

……

In the Lipari Islands, after finding the card with the premonition song of death in the hotel room, after a moment of contemplation, Kiyomi knocked on the window.

The secret signal agreed in advance, one long sound, three short sounds, two long sounds.

After typing the code, Kiyomi also took a few steps back, and the next moment, Kurihara came in through the window.

"Sawada Tsuna came to the Lipari Islands this time, and he only brought Takeshi Yamamoto with him, right?" Kiyomi asked for confirmation.

Kurihara nodded, "That's right."

"Okay, then, next... I will trouble you to go to the jungle on this island to guard. If you find a corpse bitten to death by a poisonous snake, please cover up the corpse first, and don't let people be so quick. Discovery. When you're done with that, come back to me, I'll be at the cafe in the center of the island or something. When you find me, show up near me pretending to be the woman in the photo I showed you , and then, I will run out to chase you, just run all the way towards the cliffs on the coast of this island, and we will play a chase scene." Qingmei explained word by word.

If she judged correctly, the behind-the-scenes manipulator who sent her the death notice letter was most likely the guy in the photo pretending to be Airi Werle.

Three villains, playing skydiving; one fell to death, and two remained... If the prophecy is really talking about her, then although it is a bit cold-blooded to think so, it is true that all the other dead on the card It doesn't matter, the only thing she needs to pay attention to is the fourth dead person in front of her, because after that person is bitten to death by a snake, it will be her turn next.

She believes that Tsunayoshi Sawada should also be able to think of this, but she must lead out the manipulator behind the scenes first, otherwise many secrets about her will be exposed.Then, on the one hand, she needs to hold Sawada Tsunayoshi here, and on the other hand, let Kurihara hide the body first, so that Takeshi Yamamoto, who will go to the jungle to search for it, will have the illusion that the fourth deceased has not yet appeared. This is to buy time for herself.

If her final destination is judged to be a fall to death by the behind-the-scenes person, then the place on the island that best fits this feature is naturally the coastal cliff. The probability of her surviving after falling, who is already afraid of heights, is really not high. .

Then, the behind-the-scenes person will definitely appear there, and if that person sees another "Airi Weiler", he will surely be unable to hold back. 】

……

"Hmph, so that's how it is, but you tricked me in the end." The grown-up Gangji chuckled lightly, admiring with silk, but looking down with silk condescension, "However, let me take off the disguise or something... How dare you be so sure that I and Sawada Tsunayoshi are not the same person, don't you think about the possibility of getting smaller, after all, it happened to you too, didn't you?"

Qingmei was still unmoved, but turned her gaze to the back of the man's right hand: "The third deceased, when the shooting happened, you should have been among the crowd..."

【You, do you feel pain?This...isn't a dream...Phew, it's okay, it's a good thing they're all saved. 】

"...At that time, I twisted the back of Tsunayoshi Sawada's right hand severely and even scratched the back of his hand with my nails. To open the topic, but to leave a mark on him. Just arrived on the island, after coming out of the church, the adult Tsunayoshi Sawada I saw flashing past should be you. You did it on purpose It doesn't matter if it disturbs my thoughts, or it's to lead me to meet the real Tsunayoshi Sawada, but at least it makes me sure that you are likely to make a big fuss about him. Then, I naturally have to make a plan in advance When you are ready, you will be able to determine which Tsunayoshi Sawada is the real one."

Raising his hand, looking at the back of his right hand, which has no redness, swelling or scratch marks, the corners of Katsunaji's lips slightly raised: "Oh, I have grown a lot, every step I take, I can think about many steps in the future ..."

"Oh? Saying this kind of thing...it seems like an old friend who knows me." The voice was about to fall, and Qingmei rushed forward quickly and attacked the opponent sharply, "Then, let's have a good time Let's talk about the past!"

……

Every move was aimed at the opponent's vital parts, and every shot showed no mercy, but all the attacks were dodged by the opponent, even the bullets shot by the gun were no exception, as if the opponent treated her all. The fighting methods are well understood and even extremely familiar.

Qingmei, who was completely unable to gain the upper hand, gradually became a little restless, and a guess that she didn't dare to confirm was vaguely born in her heart.

"Heh, the bullets have already been fired." While fighting, the fake Tsunakichi, who was counting the remaining amount of Qingmei's magazine, seized the momentary opportunity to blow the gun in Qingmei's hand, and then grabbed Qingmei's hands tightly, "this Let's see how you... er——!"

The moment her hands were caught, Qingmei immediately slipped out the two sharp daggers hidden in her sleeves, and cut directly at the opponent's arm.

And the other party subconsciously released Qingmei immediately, and the blood flowed down her arm.

Hey, it was a little bit off, and it didn't cut the guy's artery directly... He spat in his heart, but Qingmei didn't have time to be annoyed by this small mistake, she jumped up seamlessly, and directly used her mouth Bite the pistol that fell after being hit, and throw the daggers in both hands directly at the vital points of the opponent's body.

Then, he changed the magazine with one hand, took out another mini pistol hidden in his pants pocket with the other hand, and attacked the opponent again.

It's just that no matter how I make a move, it seems that everything has been predicted by the other party in advance, and the faint speculation in my heart is getting more and more inflated, and Qingmei is even more unable to calm down her thoughts.

At this moment, the man's words completely shattered Qingmei's self-control.

"Yes, I can predict all your attack lines and attack methods... This is inevitable. After all, I taught you all of these."

In an instant, Qingmei's brain roared.

But taking advantage of this momentary loss of consciousness, the man stretched out his hand and pushed Qingmei forward.

Behind Qingmei is...a high cliff and an abyss...

"Since when did my thoughts become disordered, and I didn't even notice that I was led to the edge of the cliff during the battle, heh."

……

At the moment of falling, Qingmei only felt the trembling all over her body, whether it was physical or psychological.

She doesn't know anything in her head, doesn't know anything, has nothing...

I could only faintly hear the person reciting the third-to-last sentence of the death-premonition ballad, "...one was thrown to death, and there are two left."

Is she going to be fulfilled...

At this moment, the feeling of falling suddenly stopped, and then the whole body felt surrounded by a warm fire light.

What I can see when I look straight are the hands that hugged me. The back of my right hand is a little red and swollen, and there is a scratch made by a nail.

"Sawada...?" Kiyomi raised her head, staring blankly at that familiar yet unfamiliar face.

It was exactly the same as the face that the man pretended just now, but she knew that the man who hugged her in the air in front of her was the real young man that she put in her heart... because, the eyes, those unique eyes .

From this point of view, Sawada Tsuna Guitar really is...

"Sorry, I'm late... There are some things, I will explain to you slowly in the future." Gang Ji tried to comfort the girl in his arms, but the state of the whole person did not seem quite right, as if struggling , fighting against something.

Just now, after using up the retroactive bullets, he discovered a serious problem... Before departure, the retroactive bullets had been dropped!The retrospective bomb he took away was a semi-finished product that Irie Jiang Masaichi and the others hadn't successfully developed.

Although the semi-finished retrograde ammo could bring his body back to what it was a year ago, it also put a huge load on his body.Even so, what he must do immediately is to save her, he must save her... There is only such a voice in his heart.

He directly ignited the Flame of Death Qi and flew over there.

And when they flew to that coastal cliff, what they saw was the scene of her being pushed off the cliff!

Regardless of the surrounding situation, Dang even rushed down the cliff to save her, but luckily caught up.

"Hey, Sawada, what's wrong with you?" Kiyomi also felt something wrong with Tsunayoshi's face, as if she was desperately suppressing the pain in her body, and at this moment, the two of them were falling down a little bit.

finally--

"Ah—!" Gangji, who was completely unable to hold on, fainted, and the flame of death on his forehead was also extinguished.

With a sound of "Boom!", accompanied by the rising waves, the two of them fell heavily into the sea together.

……

[...One was drowned, and there was one left. 】

At the moment of falling into the water, Qingmei's mind echoed the sentence in the death-premonition ballad that predicted the way of Tsuna-kichi's death.

Just now, he helped her get rid of the prophecy of "falling to death", so... If you don't pay it back, this favor is a bit big!

"Pfft!" Qingmei poked her head out of the sea and spat out a mouthful of water.

Then, he put the unconscious Gangji on her shoulders, fixed him with his hand, and paddled the water with the other hand, fighting against the fierce waves.

She took the short-term recovery medicine that Huiyuan gave, otherwise, with the body of a 14-year-old girl, she could still protect herself in this situation, but it would be a big trouble if she took him with her.

She had already prepared for the possibility of using recovery medicine, so the clothes she wore today were also loose and oversized clothes.It was loose and loose before, but now that the body has recovered, it is just right.

Another wave came over, and Qingmei's hand that was holding Tsunayoshi also strengthened.

"Don't just explain it here, stand up for me... big liar!"

Forget it, she is not qualified to say that about him at all, she is also a liar, isn't she.

……

On the cliff——

Kurihara, who had been watching the show just now, was the man who had played with Qingmei just now, "You are really indifferent, one is your current partner, and the other is also your name Boss, you just don't care about anything, is it really okay? Just be so relieved?"

"Of course don't worry, these two people are cockroaches, it's not so easy to talk to God." Kurihara Yun said lightly, "And, I have to wait here for the person I want to wait for."

"Hmph." After a cold snort, Katsunakichi turned and left, and Kurihara didn't stop her.

Finally, after a while, Takeshi Yamamoto, who had just been left behind by Tsunayoshi at the foot of the mountain, ran over, and after seeing that the person waiting here was Kurihara...

"Kurihara, you..."

Just when Yamamoto was about to question something, Kurihara interrupted directly: "Yo, long time no see, Wu, my immediate superior. Don't worry, the big boss will be fine, I think we should talk about other things now rather Well, for example...the purpose of your coming here, the rough stone you are looking for."

At the same time, on the side of the fake Tsunakichi who was walking in the forest on the way down the mountain——

"It's not good to just point a gun at the back of my head like this." Katsunaji said coldly, full of threats.

In the back, Nicole, who was holding a gun, also turned a little cold: "What are you doing... These are different from what we agreed on."

……

A tiny island in the Lipari archipelago——

Qingmei, who was about to exhaust all her strength, finally made the two of them fall safely on the beach of this small island, and they were safe for the time being.

After gasping for breath, Qingmei also pressed Tsunayoshi's chest professionally, squeezing out all the water he choked on.

When the setting sun covered the waves and the beach with an orange halo, Gang Ji finally woke up and saw the figure with his back turned to him.

Qingmei noticed that he was awake, but she didn't turn her head back. She was still in the adult form at this moment, thinking secretly in her heart how to explain all this to him...

"... Airi."

When she heard the other party calling her so tentatively, Qingmei's eyes widened instantly, and she turned her head slowly:

"You... what did you call me?"

……