Did he run away?
Looking at Nagasawa Kawa's hesitant expression, Fujiwara Shunsui didn't know what to say.
Shunsui had researched the Nagasawa Family, and Kojou Yuna's research was so detailed that it clearly explained even the family's internal dynamics. If he hadn't known that Nagasawa Kawa had a younger brother much smaller than himself...
His method of "winning people over" would have been completely useless.
After all, the more people are like them, the more they understand the story of being a chicken's head rather than a phoenix's tail.
In his opinion, Nagasawa Kawa was someone who couldn't be a phoenix's tail and found it difficult to be a chicken's head, so he only lacked an opportunity.
And Fujiwara Shunsui gave him this opportunity.
Fujiwara Shunsui stood up and said, "Why are you alone? Where's your good brother, Higashisho Ji?"
"A-Zhi is usually here more at night; we separate in the mornings and evenings."
Nagasawa Kawa, thinking of this, deliberately paused before adding, "Of course, special circumstances are an exception."
Fujiwara Shunsui thought about it and indeed, it seemed to be true.
Before, whenever he saw the two of them, they were always together, but those times also seemed to be "special circumstances."
The first time was when he went alone to the meeting.
The second time was the car accident last time.
At this moment, Fujiwara Shunsui felt a little sorry for Nagasawa Kawa, realizing that his own visit this time also had ulterior motives.
"Nagasawa Family Head, your efficiency disappoints me a bit!"
"Please don't call me that, Mr. Shunsui. I am not the head of the Nagasawa Family; my father is the family head!"
Hearing Fujiwara Shunsui say this, Nagasawa Kawa showed a panic unbefitting his age; logically, he shouldn't have reacted that way.
Immediately after, he began scanning every corner of the room, cooperatively saying:
"I was just joking, Mr. Nagasawa Kawa, please don't react so strongly!"
Nagasawa Kawa wiped the fine sweat from the back of his neck. This old man was really trying to push him to his limits.
Leaving aside whether this house was safe or not, such words would get him into trouble no matter who heard them, including A-Zhi.
Even if A-Zhi would always firmly support him, seeing this kind of thing laid out on the table would be somewhat unspeakable, and he didn't want to obtain it through so-called "improper" means.
Nagasawa Kawa wanted to gain his father's approval through his own strength and efforts, not through so-called schemes and support.
"Then I hope Mr. Shunsui will try to make fewer such jokes in the future."
Shunsui looked sideways, surprised that his simple joke elicited such a strong reaction from the other party. If he remembered correctly, his demeanor on the phone earlier was not like this; back then, he seemed eager to immediately take the position of family head.
Of course, this was just Shunsui's fantasy.
He also had no interest in exploring the reason for Nagasawa Kawa's change.
After sitting down again, Fujiwara Shunsui asked again, "From what you're saying, did you have the other party's contact information before?"
"Hmm... not exactly. We almost always used single-line contact before, and later, for anything, we could just contact Mino Hisashi."
Nagasawa Kawa fell into a brief hesitation again, unsure whether he should be frank with Fujiwara Shunsui about certain things.
"What kind of single-line contact? Can you elaborate?"
Nagasawa Kawa subconsciously scanned the room. Ever since Nagasawa Makoto appeared last time, he always felt something strange, but couldn't pinpoint what it was.
Shunsui clearly caught this movement from the other party, which basically indicated one situation.
Even on his own territory, he wasn't entirely at ease.
It seems Mr. Nagasawa Kawa's situation isn't as simple as he imagined.
Fujiwara Shunsui extended his right hand, interrupting Nagasawa Kawa, who was about to speak. Usually, this situation means fear of eavesdropping. Cameras are too obvious and easily discovered; listening devices are much more convenient.
Shunsui pointed to his phone with his finger.
If you're afraid of being bugged, then sending text messages on your phone shouldn't be a problem, right? If you're even afraid of sending text messages, then you'll be stuck like this for life. Don't fantasize about the family head position anymore; that might not be suitable for you!
Nagasawa Kawa suddenly understood, lowered his head, took out his phone, and simultaneously spoke while typing on his phone screen.
"It's like this, Mr. Shunsui, because our first contact with the person behind Mino Hisashi was many years ago, that single line of communication has long been out of use."
"We also can't contact the other party."
At this moment, Fujiwara Shunsui cleverly set his phone to vibrate mode in advance.
"Buzz buzz." Feeling the phone vibrate,
Fujiwara Shunsui responded, "I really need Mr. Nagasawa Kawa to put more effort into this. I don't want to rely on the main branch's power for everything; that would make me seem very foolish."
Shunsui unlocked his phone.
Nagasawa Kawa: ["Previous single-line contacts were also all through the dark web; the other party always contacted us proactively."]
Fujiwara Shunsui: ["Did the other party have any distinguishing features when contacting you? Like an account ID or something."]
Recalling Fujiwara Shunsui's words just now, they seemed unintentional, but in fact, they were more like words spoken for himself, or for others to hear!
Could a "fool" who doesn't rely on Syndicate background really gain the upper hand every time in confrontations with the Nagasawa Family? These words should just be heard; the more he thought about it, the more Nagasawa Kawa felt that Fujiwara Shunsui was somewhat profound.
Since it's an act, he must see it through.
Nagasawa Kawa responded to Shunsui's words, his fingers still moving, and said, "Mr. Shunsui needn't be self-deprecating. If not for the family giving me all this, I believe I would just be an ordinary person."
Fujiwara Shunsui scrutinized Nagasawa Kawa, secretly cursing in his heart: Is this kid addicted to acting? An ordinary person, you? You only pretend to be ordinary in front of me!
"Buzz buzz."
Nagasawa Kawa: ["The other party would contact us using an account with a black dragon avatar, an Eastern dragon! You understand, right?"]
I understand, no need to emphasize!
No one understands dragons better than me; this young master was a descendant of the dragon in his previous life!
Fujiwara Shunsui: ["OK"]
"Alright then, I'm really sorry to bother you so early. However, I still hope that if the Nagasawa Family has any news regarding this matter, they can inform me immediately!"
"I hope we are friends forever!"
Fujiwara Shunsui emphasized the last five words, and his gaze towards Nagasawa Kawa carried an indescribable feeling.
Fujiwara Shunsui genuinely felt that,
Brother, you are truly suffering. As a dignified family member, if not the decision-maker, at least a person with real power and inheritance rights, to live like this, you might as well find a day to jump off a building.
Anyway, people here seem to love doing such things, and being older doesn't matter; who doesn't have such crazy thoughts when they get old?
Nagasawa Kawa looked at Fujiwara Shunsui with a beaming smile. At this moment, he didn't know what Shunsui was thinking, but he had said everything he should, and what he shouldn't, he could only let Shunsui investigate himself!
Now that it had come to this, he had finally obtained some useful information.
Fujiwara Shunsui stood up to take his leave.
"This plague god is finally leaving," Nagasawa Kawa thought inwardly.
"Oh, right!"
Shunsui suddenly turned back to look at Nagasawa Kawa. Nagasawa Kawa's eyes met Fujiwara Shunsui's, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but fortunately, he was quite accustomed to secretly cursing people in his heart, so he disguised it well.
"What is it, Mr. Shunsui?"
Still smiling, still sincere.
If Fujiwara Shunsui hadn't guessed that this person had an obsessive fanaticism for family power based on Kojou Yuna's precise analysis, he probably would have been deceived by his "smiling tiger" demeanor.
"Your tea tastes good. Could you push me a link for it?"
"Oh! That thing!"
Nagasawa Kawa suddenly understood. He was afraid that Fujiwara Shunsui would remember some other random things, so as soon as he heard it was about tea, he instantly understood, turned around, walked to the office desk, tightened the lid of a whole box of tea on the table, and handed it over.
"A-Zhi probably bought this; he prefers to use this tea to entertain guests. If Mr. Shunsui likes it, please take it."
Fujiwara Shunsui didn't bother with courtesies. He didn't care about A-Zhi or anyone else; anyway, there were more people at home now, and such good tea left here would only benefit these little Japanese. Taking it home for everyone to drink was also good.
Of course, at this moment, Shunsui also forgot his "Japanese" identity... In room 603, Nissho Taro was drenched in sweat, clearly having just finished an intense workout.
Looking at the two beautiful blonde, blue-eyed women on either side of him, also glistening with sweat, he held them tightly in his arms and said somewhat comfortingly:
"I really put you two through a lot just now, making you keep quiet."
"I couldn't help it; this apartment is great in every way except for the soundproofing. My boss lives next door, and it wouldn't be good if he knew I was doing this in broad daylight."
If it weren't for you two doing those things early in the morning, why would I have woken up with an inexplicable surge of anger?
If you're going to practice yoga, practice it properly. What's with all the moaning and groaning, and 'I can't hold on anymore!'
I thought it was Lord Shunsui... Thinking of this, Nissho Taro felt ashamed of his rudeness, but this feeling of shame was instantly cast aside. After all, he didn't need to worry too much about Lord Shunsui's affairs; he just needed to take care of himself.
His thoughts were clear.
Nissho Taro gently kissed the two women beside him.
But what he didn't know was that the Lord Shunsui he envied had also been envying him recently!
...Their yoga training session had ended some time ago.
The first to surrender was Nakamura Aoi on the seventh floor.
Don't let her young age fool you; her stamina was also poor.
However, this also fit the general impression everyone had of "homebodies."
Their simple conversation with Nakamura Aoi had actually revealed quite a lot.
Young girls are like that; as long as you accompany them for long enough and make them feel warm, they'll spill everything about themselves like beans from a bamboo tube.
But it must be said,
As a housewife, Miya Harukiko's ability to maintain such a perfect figure was not without reason.
Even the simplest yoga poses tortured the two of them.
This also explains why Nissho Taro misunderstood.
Nakamura Aoi had already showered.
She was now casually browsing information on her computer, as usual.
Suddenly, she saw a new bounty notice.
["Investigate Sankou-gumi Shinjuku member - Fujiwara Shunsui"]
["Reward negotiable!"]
Investigate Brother Shunsui?
Nakamura Aoi draped the towel she was still using to dry her hair over herself, placed both hands on the keyboard, and began her usual operations.
She actually really liked one design on the dark web.
Each ID's homepage would have some "traces."
Some people naturally wouldn't leave any information to maintain a consistent air of mystery,
But to allow normal transactions between parties,
The creators of the dark web would proactively leave some "traces" for everyone, some "traces" that everyone could see.
Namely:
["Number of Bounties Posted"] and ["Number of Bounties Claimed"]
As the name suggests, this is somewhat similar to the e-commerce system of the Eastern powerhouse.
The only regret was the absence of a "five-star rating"; if there were also a "rating" system, the scene would be unimaginable.
Anyway, you can't find me.
The person who accepted the bounty:
"This person is a pain in the ass; low pay, lots of trouble, high risk!"
The person who posted the bounty:
"Finding him is a pure waste of money!"
Nakamura Aoi took out her phone. She was a bit puzzled; logically, a large organization like Sankou-gumi shouldn't have no one surfing the internet, and the dark web was one of the ways for the new-era "underworld" to surf.
Syndicate development couldn't possibly fail to keep up with the times!
Nakamura Aoi: ["Brother Shunsui, I've got something! Come to the 7th floor, and I'll tell you in detail."]
Fujiwara Shunsui, on the other side, had just left the Higashikawa Club.
He was weighing the contents of the tea box in his hand.
Tea of this caliber would have cost several hundred yuan per liang in his previous life; what Higashisho Ji used to entertain guests shouldn't be too bad.
Just then, Fujiwara Shunsui's phone vibrated again.
"Buzz buzz~"
"Could it be that Mr. Nagasawa Kawa misses me?"
When Fujiwara Shunsui opened his phone, he realized that the text message wasn't from Nagasawa Kawa, but from the lovely Sister Nakamura Aoi!
The message content was as above.
Fujiwara Shunsui was about to type a reply when he found his phone started vibrating frequently.
"Buzz buzz~"
"Buzz buzz~"
"Buzz buzz~"
At this moment, even the driver in the front row looked at Shunsui through the rearview mirror and kindly reminded him:
"Guest, your phone is ringing!"
Shunsui looked at his suddenly frenzied phone, feeling a bit incredulous.
Come on, buddy, you're a phone, not an electric corn cob! Why are you vibrating, vibrating, what are you vibrating for?
No one was calling; it was all text messages. Within the next minute, Fujiwara Shunsui received many text messages, the core content of which he was too lazy to extract because they were all very obvious.
Kojou Yuna: ["You're on a dark web bounty list! Where are you? Reply quickly!"]
Kojima Bin: ["Lord Shunsui, my friend told me you've officially been put on a wanted list on the dark web. Are you still safe?"]
Nissho Taro: ["Lord Shunsui, Yuna said she needs to see you. Where did you go!"]
Nagasawa Kawa: ["Mr. Shunsui, they've appeared. The person with the black dragon avatar has posted a bounty on you."]
...Of course, many others also sent him text messages, including quite a few partners in Chuo Ward.
In their words, some expressed concern, while others mocked!
Concerned that someone in Shinjuku Ward had posted a bounty on Fujiwara Shunsui's information on the dark web,
Mocking that someone in Shinjuku Ward had posted a bounty on Fujiwara Shunsui's information on the dark web?!
One can only say that a tiger has fallen into a flat land—no, not yet!
Fujiwara Shunsui considered himself a wolf because a wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and this metaphor might be better.
Looking at the text messages on his phone,
Shunsui thought a lot.
"If they're coming to me, then I'll get ready and meet them head-on!"