age is not a problem

Sunday, and Sheng--

After the fireworks display last night, in order not to be suspected of anything, Tsuna had to take a long-distance bus back to Tokyo with Kiyomi.

As soon as he got back to Tokyo, he hurriedly called Hibari, apologized for the missed appointment tonight and was ready to bear his anger... Ah, as expected, completely refused to answer his call, and he even doubted himself Has been blacklisted by the other party.

I had to contact Kusakabe instead, and the reply from Kusakabe was—"Mr. Sawada, Mr. Gong is very angry, very angry... Maybe it would be better for you not to contact Mr. Gong for the time being. I can explain the specific matters to you." Transcript."

Although I understand that Kusakabe has good intentions, and I also know how serious the consequences of letting Skylark Kyoya dove the pigeons... But no matter what, it is true that I missed the appointment, and I should apologize in person to show my sincerity.

So, Tsunayoshi, who just rushed back to Tokyo from Bingsheng on Saturday night, took a long-distance bus from Tokyo to Bingsheng early on Sunday morning. This time, he also specially put on sunglasses and a baseball cap to avoid seeing each other again. What kind of acquaintances... When he saw Haiteng while waiting for the bus at the station, he was a little startled and quickly hid behind the stone pillar, but fortunately, the other party just got lost again and got lost at the long-distance station.

Ahem, anyway, after a careful journey, he finally managed to reach his former alma mater—Bingsheng Middle School. When he arrived at the station, he contacted Cao Bi, and Skylark was now in the school's office.

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Stepping into the campus and looking around at this familiar place, it is the same as ten years ago, whether it is architecture or garden design, it is the same as ten years ago, without much change.

However, now is really not the time to miss the past... Tsuna walked directly to the director's office on the top floor of the office building.

At the door, Cao Bi, who had been waiting there for a long time, saw Tsunaki coming, and hurriedly knocked on the door of the chairman's room, as if he had formed a tacit understanding with the people in the room. Three seconds later, Cao Bi opened the door directly:

"Mr. Gong, Mr. Sawada is here..."

As expected, the people in the house did not respond, Cao Bi looked at Tsunayoshi and said:

"Mr. Gong didn't object, so that means you can go in."

After hearing this, Tsuna-kichi took a step forward, and...

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a duckweed crutch slammed straight at it with a clear target... Fortunately, he dodged quickly.

...This should not mean that he can go in.

The grass wall on the side wiped his sweat, "Uh... If this is the case, Mr. Gong must have lost his temper, then there will be no problem..."

As soon as the words fell, Gang Ji instinctively leaned back under the super-intuitive warning, "Boom!", and narrowly avoided another duckweed crutch flying past his head.

...This doesn't seem to mean that the anger has passed away.

In short, after avoiding a series of attacks from his own Yunshou at the camp step by step, and letting the other party vent his anger, and after he made countless apologies for what happened last night, although it seemed useless to him... finally It can be said that it is business.

... However, Cao Bi was narrating the whole process of the business, and Yunque just sat aside silently as if it had nothing to do with him, and his eyes were more allocated to Yundou on his desk.

"You mean...someone hacked into Bisheng Middle School yesterday, and that person is probably Asakawa Kiyomi?" Tsunayoshi frowned.

Yesterday, Qingmei was indeed in Bingsheng, and at that time, he really didn't know what she was doing.

And... it was her mother who brought her to Bingsheng Middle School, so she was able to get in?

Ah, I just met a cute little girl on the street, and she helped me recover my stolen handbag...Ah~ Really cute, Qingmei-chan~

That's right, that's right, that's what my mother said when she got home, although because she said that the girl sang very cutely and beautifully, he immediately ruled out the suspicion that she was the "Qingmei"... Well, my mother is right The inclusiveness of things really cannot be measured by normal standards.

At this time, Mr. Gu Yuan, who was injured in the neck yesterday, was called over. After all, he was the only person who had seen Qingmei's appearance yesterday.Although it was only a few glances, it was still somewhat impressive.

Because he was promoted all the way from the original Bingsheng Disciplinary Committee, he was also a student of Bingsheng back then, and he received a lot of care from Nana, so he and Tsunayoshi are old acquaintances, so in front of this current mafia godfather However, Gu Yuan is not cautious.

Tsuna took out his mobile phone, found a group photo of the Supernatural Society, and then pointed to the only girl in the photo:

"Is it her?"

After distinguishing for a while, Gu Yuan nodded firmly, "Well, that's right, it should be her...I still have a deep impression of her dead fish eyes! Oh, yes, yes, I'm quite The person who fought her head-to-head yesterday said that although everyone lost to her yesterday, someone still hit her left arm, and there should be a bruise on her left arm."

In an instant, he thought of the bruise on Qingmei's arm when he visited the temple fair yesterday evening... Finally, Tsunayoshi's expression gradually became serious.

He knew that Qingmei's true identity should not be simple, but he didn't think about what would happen if she was an enemy from the Pengo Li family, because he always felt...she was trying hard to live as an ordinary middle school girl , she actually enjoys spending time with everyone in the school.

Compared with the incomprehensible mystery and the fragility and loneliness from the depths of her soul that she inadvertently revealed many times, he prefers to see the hilarity and smile she caused in school.

Qingmei, why on earth are you suddenly...

"What was the purpose of her intrusion here yesterday, did you find out?" After calming down, Gang Ji also decided to use his own reason to look at the problem.

Cao Bi shook his head, "Although I'm speaking from the enemy's standpoint, I have to praise her for being so beautiful. Hands and feet are handled very cleanly. At present, I can't find out what she went into the archives to investigate. I can't guess her motives either. Oh, yes, Mr. Sawada, this...was found when the school was searched yesterday, and Ms. Asakawa may have left it behind."

Tsuna Yoshi took a somewhat old key chain pendant from Sokabe. There was a string of letters starting with "a" on it. If you spell it...it looks like a woman's name.

Didn't I just say that I had a formal ex-girlfriend, that ex-girlfriend...that's right, she was a woman.

So, is the name...

"Mr. Sawada, do you want to control Ms. Asakawa first? Or at least send someone to monitor her?" Kusakabe put forward his own suggestion.

Gang Ji subconsciously vetoed it, and waved his hand, "Don't... we still don't know what the forces behind her are, and she is a person with very keen insight. Once she is targeted, she can't If you don't notice it, you'll only startle the snake..."

"Are you trying to protect her, Sawada Tsunayoshi?" Hibari Kyouya, who had been silent at the side, suddenly spoke out, interrupted Tsunayoshi, and turned his head to look at him.

Being stared at by such eyes, Tsuna really couldn't find any excuses, but just smiled helplessly.

Over the years, he has always handled family affairs with the most fair attitude, and rarely has any selfishness.But just now... It's ironic that he was even convincing himself.

Obviously, some more decisive actions should be taken, but I don't know if it's because of trust in "Asakawa Kiyomi", a girl who doesn't know him from a certain point of view, or because of the thought of... the tears she shed on his shoulder last night .

That was the first time he saw her cry, and also the first time he felt her sadness so closely and directly.

"After I go back, I will contact Prison Temple and ask him to strengthen the family's external defenses during this time. As for Asakawa Qingmei, it is better to leave it to me to monitor and so on. After all, she has been a classmate for so long, at least she will take care of me. It is much smaller than strangers." Gang Ji made his own decision, but there was firmness in his slightly complicated eyes, "I will solve this matter, just leave it to me."

……

Tokyo, a phone booth on the street——

"How about it, Nicole, the information I gave you?" Qingmei once again contacted her old colleague on the other side of the world regardless of the time difference.

"It's a huge amount of data. I need to study it slowly and carefully, and... I have already discovered a lot of valuable things." Nicole obviously approves of Qingmei's action this time.

Looking at the big screen hanging on the wall of the big shopping mall across the street, which is broadcasting like an entertainment star, the promotional video news that Kaito Kidd is about to fight against the Suzuki Zaibatsu again to steal treasures, Qingmei slowly turned to the phone. head said:

"I want to get more information about the Pengo Lie family. It seems that in a few days, the night that Kaitou Kidd stole the 'Tears of Red Eyes' will have a big fight."

"If that night, Qingmei, you can snatch the gem before Kidd or simply grab the gem from Kidd, you should be able to take advantage of the trend to catch Pengo Li's big fish."

"Then, after getting the gems, how about I just send them to you and make you the one holding the bait?" Qingmei said with a light smile.

"Heh, I want to remove myself so quickly...but it's not bad." Nicole also smiled in a low voice, and then said slowly: "By the way, didn't you ask me to investigate the one last time?" About the gem... I really found some unknown things. It is said that it is a cursed gem. When it was first created by the Duke of Malthus, it was called the "Red Heart". It was given by the Duke to his beloved. It was a gift from his wife, and as a congratulatory gift for the birth of his son. But later, the duchess died before his son became an adult. What's even more amazing is that every woman who owned this gem later, if she gave birth to a son, basically There is no way to live until his son reaches adulthood, this gem seems to be cursed, so it was gradually renamed 'Tears of Red Eyes'. Of course, it is also possible that it is really just because the shape of the gem is like tears, and It’s a ruby, that’s why it’s called that.”

Qingmei listened quietly to Nicole's narration, without showing much expression on her face, but subconsciously remembered what Suzuki Sonoko had said to her...

I heard from my mother that the gemstone was a gift from my aunt that year.What Seijuro loves the most is his mother. Although he has never said anything these years, the death of his mother really hit him hard. In fact, he has always missed his mother in his heart these years... ...That's why he cares so much about this gem this time.

"There is no curse, it's just that after these coincidences have accumulated together, some people have given this gem a so-called 'curse' through self-fabrication out of fear of the unknown." Qingmei said lightly.

After a brief exchange with Nicole, he hung up the phone.

After returning to Dr. Ali’s house, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Conan coming. He was discussing with the doctor in the living room how to further strengthen his full body armor from glasses, to belts, to sneakers, and to equipped skateboards. , How to make its function to a higher level, so that it can play a better role in the fight against Kidd again in a few days.

"Hey, little brother Conan, when you catch Kidd... can I help you?" Qingmei approached with a smile.

After staring at Qingmei for three seconds, Conan's eyes instantly narrowed into the shape of dead fish, and he asked weakly, "Hey... what the hell are you thinking?"

Qingmei: "...Am I that untrustworthy? Wouldn't it be better to have more trust and more love?"

Conan: "..."

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At night, the Akashi family——

At the huge dining table, Akashi and his son were having dinner. As always, there was no communication during the whole process, adhering to the etiquette of not talking about food, silently eating the food on their respective plates.

It was a very depressing atmosphere, but for Akashi Seijuro, this was already very rare. After all, his busy father rarely ate with him.

Until the end of dinner time—

"This week, the school will hold a general election for the student council. Next week will be the final exam for this semester, right?" Akashi Seitomo finally spoke up and asked about the situation of his son's school.

Akashi Seijuro nodded with the usual etiquette in front of his father and replied: "Yes, father."

"Prepare well, remember, you are from the Akashi family." Akashi Masomi said the same thing when he made strict demands on his son, and then said: "This Friday, I will go on a business trip to England, about one Come back in a month, and hope to hear good news from you then."

Usually, Akashi Seijuro would reply gracefully to this kind of question, "Yes, I will work hard, and I will not disappoint my father."

But today...

"Do you have to leave on Friday?" Akashi Seijuro suddenly said, the hair hanging down his forehead cast a shadow on his face, making it difficult for people to see the expression on his face at this moment.

Akashi Masomi just stood up with a normal face, ready to leave, "There is a very important business meeting to be held in the UK, which involves many interests of the Akashi family."

After his father had left the restaurant, Akashi Seijuro still sat silently at the table without saying a word.

The servants around him also didn't dare to step forward, they could all feel that the gentle young master of his family was in a very bad mood at the moment.

Only the old housekeeper who had served the Akashi family for decades couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart... Alas, it's no wonder the young master is like this, after all, this Saturday is the anniversary of the death of the late Mrs. Akashi.

After sitting alone for a long while, Akashi Seijuro finally got up and went back to his room, but just after entering the room, the phone rang...

"Hi~ Seijuro, I haven't contacted you for a long time, do you miss me?" A lively voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Miss Sonoko, how are you doing recently?" Akashi smiled, it was true that he hadn't contacted this cousin for a long time.

After a brief greeting between the two...

"Hey, Seijuro, in a few days, the night Kaito Kid stole the 'Tears of Red Eyes'... Do you want to come together? After all, that jewel is..."

After hearing Sonoko's proposal, Akashi's eyes drooped slightly, and he said lightly, "No, I won't go, I'm not very interested, and...it doesn't have much to do with me."

"But, Seijuro..."

"Say hello to my aunt, uncle and Ayako, I will visit them when I have time."

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It is written in the black basket formula book that Akashi's father is called Akashi Seishi, and Akashi's mother is called Akashi Shiori