Tokyo underground city

Chapter 275 Morning

"So, Director Xiao, what do you think...letting us come to a place like this?"

After the conversation with Tian Shuiyu, Yuchun's sister, Kamiya Hiiragi, arranged the residence of Lin Huaien and the others.

It is located in Tianshui Pavilion and is a guest room used to entertain visitors.

It's just that the facilities are relatively old. Although the whitewashed bedding is clean, Lin Huai'en doesn't know if it's his own imagination. He always feels that he can smell a faint smell of blood.

After settling in, he immediately made a video call with Minister Xiao, reported the situation here to her, and complained to her by the way.

He didn't think that Minister Shino asked them to come here without knowing anything about the Tokyo Association.

"It's because you pay too little attention to the underground city and Tokyo. Ore sickness is already an open secret among dungeon explorers... But for ordinary people who don't care about foreign politics, it's the first time they see ore. Patients with the disease will be really surprised.”

Minister Xiao's face in the video is blurry, but you can still see the smile on her face: "But this also confirms my guess about you - how about it, how do you feel after actually watching the Tokyo Association?"

"...It's very bad."

Lin Huai'en was silent for half a second and sighed: "I didn't expect that it would become like this after the underground city overflowed... But the situation in Tokyo is more serious than that in Siberia, right? Why does it feel like in China, everyone is still talking about the Moscow Association? Condition?"

"Because of the media's control of public opinion."

Minister Xiao replied in the video: "More than half of foreign commercial media are in the hands of the New York Association, and the Tokyo Association is their ally, so they tend not to report on the situation here."

"...Where are the domestic media?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and asked.

"They are more 'passive'." At this point, Minister Xiao was also a little helpless: "Our research on underground cities started relatively late. Until more than ten years ago, some people still swore that underground city mutations would never appear in the world. domestic."

"The current Upper City Association has been corrected. A long time ago, our technical research was carried out with the New York and Tokyo Associations."

"Furthermore, what happened to the Tokyo Metropolitan Association happened more than ten years ago. Tensui Yu's father, Kaoru Tensui, an outstanding national explorer of the Tokyo Association, rashly went deep into the upper level just to find a way to seal the Shibuya Underground City. It was a deep restricted area that even black card explorers did not dare to enter easily, so they never returned.”

"...Director Xiao, do you also know Tianshui Xun?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a moment and made a judgment.

"Yes." Minister Xiao nodded: "Among the young people of our generation, he is almost a legend. He was more than ten years older than me, and he died in his forties. At this age, he is considered a legend among black card explorers. Not as young as he is, but quite a pity.”

"We all felt at the time that Kaoru Tenmizu was likely to become the third white-card explorer of the Tokyo Association. At that time, the Tokyo Association was also very arrogant and felt that they would soon become the second explorer in the world to have three white-card explorers at the same time. dungeon association.”

"...I remember that there are only seventeen white card explorers on record, right? A dungeon association that can have three white card explorers at the same time...New York?"

"Yes." Minister Xiao nodded, confirming Lin Huaien's guess: "But with the loss of control of Shibuya Underground City and the death of Tianshui Kaoru, this matter became nonsense."

"In fact, it was not just Kaoru Tensui who had an accident at that time. Seven outstanding explorers who were considered the pillars of the younger generation of the Tokyo Association all died in the 'lost decade'."

"Some of them are national explorers, and some are individuals who are not even considered association explorers."

Hearing Minister Xiao's unique hint, Lin Huai'en was silent for a moment: "Minister Xiao, do you think Tianshui Xun's death is related to the New York Association?"

"I don't know." Minister Xiao shook his head: "I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Although the deaths of these Tokyo Association explorers are very concentrated, it is not uncommon in underground cities."

"It's just that we have always been wary of the DIA (Underground Intelligence Agency) - they are considered the official explorers of the New York Association, and their practices are even worse than the Daredevil City you encountered before."

"They even secretly control the dungeon associations of many small countries and use their dungeon resources for their own use. They also have deployments in the Tokyo Association. The only ones you have to be careful about are them."

"After all, how long are you going to stay in Tokyo? Minister Huang of the Training Department has urged me to let you become blue card explorers as soon as possible so that you can start the training of national explorers."

Hearing Minister Xiao's inquiry, Lin Huai'en thought for a while, then shook his head: "I plan to stay here for a while. With our current strength, it is still difficult to win the [Colorful Deer] - but since [Maze] The Lord] is dead, this is not impossible."

"Also, Kamiya Chun is pretty good. I want to learn some psychic skills from her here first."

"Did you acquire psychic skills when you were over level 50... The sixth attribute is activated at this level, which is indeed rare in China... But in Tokyo and the European Association, it is really nothing. If Yu Tianshui and Tsubaki Kamiya I am willing to teach you Tian Shui Xun’s secrets, which may be more suitable than Minister Huang’s training.”

Minister Xiao thought about the whole incident for Lin Huai'en, and finally nodded——

"Okay, I will talk to Minister Huang later. You and Hara Yumu take care of yourselves in Tokyo - if any problems arise, please contact me. As national explorer candidates, you have a certain degree of authority in the Tokyo Association. With diplomatic immunity, as long as the crime is not extremely heinous, we can extradite you and put you on trial domestically.”

"...Are you encouraging me to commit a crime?"

Hearing Minister Xiao's instructions, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but be speechless.

However, Minister Xiao shook his head: "No, I'm worried that you are afraid of hurting someone and don't dare to use your right to fight back in self-defense."

Lin Huaien was surprised when he heard Minister Xiao's hint. He wanted to ask more questions, but saw Minister Xiao look aside and then stood up:

"Okay, it's getting late. I have to go to the association to work tomorrow. You should also rest."

"Okay, please."

Lin Huai'en thought about it for a while. The situation in Tokyo was so different from that in China. If he really wanted to ask Minister Xiao one by one, he would probably spend hours asking endless questions.

So he nodded, said good night to Minister Xiao, and turned off the video.

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Early the next morning, Lin Huai'en got up early.

The environment of Tianshui Pavilion was good, and he slept quite comfortably, but when he turned over and realized that he was not in Chang Ying's apartment, he couldn't fall asleep.

The sound of chirping birds and the sound of sweeping the floor came from the courtyard.

Lin Huai'en opened the door and took a look, only to find that it was Chun's sister whom he had met before. She had a scarf on her head and was cleaning the paving stones in the courtyard.

Seeing Lin Huaien push the door open, a girl named Kamiya Hiiragi hurriedly lowered her head: "Good morning."

"Good morning...you got up very early."

Lin Huai'en didn't expect that the person in the courtyard was her, but after thinking about it, he took a few steps closer and sat down on the wooden corridor:

"Have you, Chun and Yu, always lived here?"

"We've been together since twelve years ago."

Hiiragi replied.

Although she looks weaker than Chun Wenjing and a little flustered, she is surprisingly not very afraid of people.

It makes sense to think about it. Kaoru Tensui is a well-known national explorer in Tokyo. After his death, he met so many patients with ore syndrome, including a large number of deceased people. This kind of experience that ordinary people can't imagine has been honed. How could it be an ordinary jade——

Both Yu Tenmizu and Tsubaki Kamiya are a bit weird. Would you say they are hysterical, or are they schizophrenic?

But Lin Huai'en can clearly feel the temperament of being a Tokyoite in them.

In comparison, Kamiya Hiiragi's temperament is quite normal——

Although her appearance and personality were very "Japanese", the previous details made him realize that Hiiragi's inner strength was much more real than Tsubaki's forced smile.

"I'm really sorry, both Yu and Tsubaki, for being so rude to you."

Sure enough, after leaving Chun and Yu, Hiiragi finally revealed his true thoughts.

She lowered her head and bowed to Lin Huai'en. She still held the broom in her hand, and her long hair hung down from her forehead, drifting in the breeze, attracting a hint of fragrance.

"Fortunately, I know it's difficult for you too. Chun can be so optimistic, so he should be taken care of by you and Yu."

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and replied.

"...Chun was only three years old when she came to Tianshui Hall. She can't remember many things."

Hiiragi nodded and replied: "Our parents both died of ore disease, and it was Master Tianshui who adopted us."

"But Yu and I are both busy with studies and the issue of mineral sickness. Chun is talented in swordsmanship, so apart from helping us, Master Tianshui rarely lets her come into contact with the mineral sickness."

"...Her character is really not compatible with things like mineral sickness."

Lin Huaien thought for a while and nodded.

He noticed that Hiiragi called Kaoru Tensui "Master Tensui", while Tsubaki called Kaoru Tensui "daddy". This should be the result of the age difference.

According to his observation, Hiiragi is about four or five years older than Tsubaki. If Tsubaki was only three years old when he entered Tianshuikan, then Hiiragi is almost nineteen or twenty now.

Thinking of this, he checked with Kamiya Hiiragi: "How much older were you than Tsubaki when you entered Tianshui Hall?"

"I'm also three years older than Tsubaki now."

Hiiragi realized Lin Huai'en's sick words and smiled a little.

Like a fragrant white lily in full bloom.

Lin Huai'en narrowed his eyes slightly and felt a little emotional.

Suddenly he understood why Tianshui Yu didn't want Hiiragi and Chun to stay with him in Tianshui Hall——

Unlike Tianshui Kaoru's direct blood relatives, Hiiragi and Chun are just Tianshui Kaoru's adopted daughters after all. Judging from the time of Tianshui Kaoru's death, Hiiragi and Chun did not even live a good life for a few days before welcoming the death of Tianshui Hall. Lows.

Hiiragi couldn't even regard Kaoru Tenshui as his father.

but……

"Her feelings for Yu should be real..."

Lin Huai'en looked at the girl in kimono cleaning the courtyard in front of him and sighed slightly.

He could see that unlike his feelings for Tianshui Kaoru, Kamiya Hiiragi really regarded Tianshui Yu as his younger brother.

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After chatting with Kamiya Hiiragi, Lin Huai'en saw that it was still early and walked around the Tianshui Pavilion.

Unlike what he imagined, the Tianshui Pavilion is much larger than he imagined, covering an area of ​​almost tens of thousands of square meters. Such a large property can only be sold for 100 to 200 million yuan. It is estimated that many places have been mortgaged. to the bank.

"No... Although Tianshui Pavilion is protected by a barrier, it is still on the edge of Shibuya Underground City. In such a ghost place, no one will be willing to pay a high price to buy real estate... so 100 to 200 million yuan can only be considered Is it sold cheaply?”

Lin Huai'en has not been exposed to real estate transactions in Tokyo, so he does not know what the situation is.

In addition to the daytime thief team, he could feel that there were many other residents living in the huge dojo.

Walking through more than a dozen guest rooms along the corridor, one could hear coughs and voices. Someone even opened the door and poured face wash into the courtyard in front of him.

Looking at the old man in kimono with a sallow complexion and a worried look on his face, Lin Huai'en took a step back.

The other party also frowned and stared at him for a while, and finally snorted coldly, walked back to the room, and closed the sliding door with a bang.

To be able to knock out a Japanese sliding door with such a loud noise, the opponent must have used quite a lot of force.

But Lin Huai'en could feel that there was an obscure fluctuation coming from the kimono man.

This kind of fluctuation is very similar to those acute ore patients in the previous dojo, and they should also be chronic patients of ore disease.

When Yuan Ximu and the others got up, Chun walked carelessly through the corridor and found them.

There was no clue that she was the one who ended up yelling and arguing with Tian Shuiyu yesterday.

Unlike the quiet and gentle Kamiya Hiiragi, Tsubaki's whole body is filled with an atmosphere called "rebellion".

Not to mention her dyed yellow hair, even the sportswear she was wearing was an exaggerated pink color, hanging brightly on her arms. She gave a thumbs up and pointed behind her with an arrogant look on her face——

"Sister Hiiragi asked me to tell you to eat."

The direction Chun was pointing was the long hall at the end of the annex. When Lin Huaien and the others walked in, the floor was already filled with a dozen low tables the size of benches.

Each low table was covered with dishes including rice, pickled vegetables, grilled fish and miso soup.

Before Lin Huai'en and the others entered, there were already several middle-aged people with sallow complexions, picking up rice bowls on the low table and eating breakfast.

Lin Huai'en noticed that among them was the old man in kimono who he had seen pouring out face wash.

"I'm going to give the food to Yujun."

Seeing Lin Huaien and the others come in, Hiiragi stood up from his kneeling position, packed the food in a basket, and said hello to them.

Watching Hiiragi leave, Lin Huai'en and the others also found a low table and sat down.

As a result, before they could sit down, the kimono man who had met Lin Huaien before had already snorted coldly and looked at Kamiya Tsubaki——

"Chun, I heard that you want to teach Lord Tianshui's swordsmanship to the explorers in Shangdu?"

"Have you forgotten what Lord Tianshui taught you?!"