novelraw Chapter 53: Chapter 53
Chapter 53: Chapter 53
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Two years later.
In the dense water vapor, pink petals fell.Alice took a deep breath of the moist and fresh early spring air. Looking at the green mountains and clear sky in the distance, she slowly soaked herself in the hot spring water. She felt a tingling all over her body, and the warmth from the bottom of her heart permeated through every pore. Come in and go straight to the sky.
This feeling is really refreshing, open-air hot spring is indeed the most popular Japanese specialty loved by people all over the world.
The long golden hair was tied behind Makie's hairpin, and the slender limbs were looming in the mist.The 17-year-old girl has a good figure that is enviable to her peers, her facial features are astonishingly beautiful with both Western-style brilliance and oriental charm, and her impressive blue eyes seem to be wetted by mist at the moment. It seems that there is a bit of gentle satisfaction and squeamishness.
But the way she expresses her satisfaction is anything but tender.
"Comfortable~"
Accompanied by the sound of splashing water, the girl leaned against the wall of the hot spring pool and stretched herself into a large font, letting out a satisfied sigh.
This reaction was like a social animal who drank a glass of cold beer after working overtime. Momiji Ozaki burst out laughing, "It's like taking a hot spring for the first time."
"Although it's not the first time, it's true that I haven't been here for a long time." Alice squinted her eyes and replied, the last time was before time travel—wow, thinking about it, it was almost 10 years ago, and she was really miserable!
"That's right, I haven't been here for a long time." Ozaki Koye smiled softly.
"I was too busy before. Mr. Hongye also worked hard." Alice smiled apologetically, and quickly stretched her brows. "But it will be fine later. What I promised you, I finally did it—although it was a bit slow, it didn't live up to your trust."
"More than that. In my opinion, this is already a speed that I dare not even think about."
"Would it be?" Alice smiled, "I've squeezed Mr. Hongye for 2 years."
"It's only been two years." Koye Ozaki smiled, and looked at the mountains in the distance.
She had thought that she would never be able to wait for this day in her life.
In fact, Koyo Ozaki is still in a trance.For, as she had said to the maiden, all this—her freedom—had come too soon.
It is now the spring of the third year that the girl next to her—Chief Mori—became the chief of PortMafia.For Koyo Ozaki, the bloody smell of the night when she knelt down and swore allegiance to the girl still lingered in her nose.But every time she looked back, she felt that Yokohama, which was full of chaos, blood, suspicious ghosts, was a long, long time ago under the previous rule like the middle ages when witches were hunted.In the past three years, she has personally witnessed how the girl manipulated the chariot PortMafia with all her might, wreaking havoc in the darkness of Yokohama.
Once upon a time, the big and small gangs in Yokohama thought that the KK Chamber of Commerce was enough to satisfy the Queen's appetite.But when PortMafia spent more than two months digesting the KK Chamber of Commerce, they realized that this was just an appetizer.
For Chief Mori, all other organizations in Yokohama are all prey.
"Mr. Hongye, remember, what our PortMafia wants is far more than what we have now." Standing by the floor-to-ceiling window of the chief's office, the blond girl stretched out her hand and drew a circle towards the window, her eyes were filled with indomitable flames.
"The goal of PortMafia is the whole of Yokohama."
Challenging the dark side of the entire city with one's own strength - even Koyo Ozaki once thought it was a whimsical move.When she was first told about this plan, she even wondered if she had returned to the craziest time of her predecessors.But the frightening thing is that Chief Sen did just that.
"Because I'm not alone." She smiled, sitting behind the leader's desk, with her superpower Mori Ogai and Rimbaud, her confidant and personal bodyguard, standing behind her.Beside him is the boy known as [Double Black].
The strongest partner who wiped out the overseas organization "strain"'s lair in Yokohama, including people and buildings, from the map overnight. The two youngest quasi-cadres in the history of PortMafia.
At that moment, Ozaki Koye realized.Chief Mori has already held the strongest trump card that is always victorious and undefeated. On the card table in Yokohama, as long as any organization or force is targeted by her, the only end is to go bankrupt and be crushed into residue.
After the lair was completely destroyed, Strain's branch chief escaped into the safe house, and within 5 minutes he was blocked by a team led by Osamu Dazai.Koyo Ozaki, who was in charge of the intelligence department at the time, didn't even know where he got such accurate and chilling information.
Then, it lasted for more than half a year, nibbling on GSS like a frog boiled in warm water.
That's a different kind of horror.From top brass to members of combat units, GSS men were hunted and killed whenever they were left alone during those months.Poisoning, sniping, car bombing, assassination, at home, on the road, in familiar bars, in safe houses that only you know.Some even had their throats cut by their most trusted mistresses in bed.It was as if there was an invisible hand sticking to the scalpel, looking at the microscope and gouging out the foreign objects with GSS labels scattered in the city of Yokohama one by one.Needless to say, precision and efficiency, the most frightening thing is that until 1/3 of the hunting was completed, GSS has not found evidence that "this is what PortMafia did".Koyo Ozaki deeply felt that when their last living force was lured into a trap and had to start a final fight with PortMafia at the pier at an absolute disadvantage, what this group of people felt was not so much despair as relief.
So, when the time went to last winter, when Chief Mori ushered in her second Christmas in PortMafia, only the Takase Club, which had shrunk by half of its territory, could still maintain its independent existence in Yokohama. .The Arms Chamber of Commerce "Yin Blade" directly gave up the confrontation and took the initiative to come to PortMafia to vote for it. Apart from retaining the original name, it is already the only offline organization that PortMafia follows.The former religious organization "Shengtian Xizhang" was completely terrified, as if it had regained its original intention, it shrank completely, and finally had a little bit of the sense of disregarding the world and seeing through the world that a religious organization should have.As for those small organizations that were originally like krill and existed entirely because of Yokohama's loose law and order, they were all sucked into the belly of the giant whale PortMafia.
In just two years, Chief Mori had almost realized her plan.
And what changed with it was the whole of Yokohama.
It is the tradition of PortMafia not to touch drugs. After Chief Sen came to power, he abandoned organ and human trafficking.Because of eating up the KK Chamber of Commerce and annexing the Dark Blade, PortMafia turned more business to arms and other smuggling trades, as well as escort, security, and sea and land transportation extending from the two.After being sorted out by PortMafia's think tank headed by Osamu Dazai and Mori Ogai, as long as it is on PortMafia's site, a batch of smuggled goods will go through every step of the process from entering Yokohama Port for warehousing and transportation to placing them on the front of any store to complete the sale. , all controlled by PortMafia.When the shipment belongs to PortMafia, such a process ensures that none of the huge profits generated by smuggling will flow out.And when the cargo does not belong to PortMafia, PortMafia will charge a very high "security transportation fee" in the process, which is almost the psychological limit acceptable to the cargo owner.
Of course, the owner of the goods can also choose not to cooperate with PortMafia - then the news about the goods will be put on the leader's desk as soon as possible, and the blond girl will be very happy to make the goods "disappear".
"Don't worry about them giving up Yokohama because of this—after all, for them, there is no more relaxed market environment in Japan than here."
The blond girl tilted her head and sneered, playing with the antique pen on the list of "missing" goods.
The truth is exactly what she said.Such a model is only in its infancy, and PortMafia has reaped staggering profits from it.In comparison, the profits of traditional kidnapping and assassination as a business are not enough.At the same time, due to the shift of the main "business", except for usury, custom industries and customary protection fees, the intersection between PortMafia and ordinary people is rapidly decreasing.
There are no sudden street fights, no rape-like executions for informers, no unexpected explosions and stray bullets, and no one dares to rob shops and banks on the PortMafia site.After the city's day and night were separated, the streets of Yokohama were like the ground after the permafrost melted, and the naked eye began to recover its vitality.
Ozaki Koye keenly felt that perhaps this was the ultimate goal of Chief Mori.The girl's answer to this was a natural expression.
"Isn't it natural? Except for a lunatic with a unique aesthetic and a sick brain, no one would want to live in a dirty city where bullets fly everywhere, blood, gunpowder, smoke, and gunpowder everywhere—of course I am the same."
"I want to make this city the way our kids like it, and since it can be done, I'll do it. That's all."
This is a very unmafia answer, but Koyo Ozaki thinks it is very good.What's more, the smoother the leader's plan progresses and the better PortMafia develops, the sooner her day of freedom will come.But even she did not expect that on January 1, her birthday at the beginning of this year, the chief would knock on the door of her villa with a gift, say "Happy Birthday" to her, and then tell her, "You are free."
She froze.The long-awaited thing came without warning, which made her feel nothing for a while.
And then, when she realized that all of this was true, her first reaction was to be at a loss——Ozaki Koye realized that she was never ready, and she had never tried any kind of "normal" " work, "day" life to her is like a foreign country in the movie.For a moment, she didn't know what else she could do and where to go after leaving PortMafia.
Then, as if seeing her confusion, Chief Mori said, "Anyway, from today onwards, Hongye-kun, you can leave at any time. If you don't know where to go for the time being, why don't you stay and continue to help me?" What? Although I have made preparations, I really still can't do without Hongye-kun—of course, there is a salary."
"However, I don't want to fight anymore." Even though I don't know where to go, this feeling is real.
"Then, how about taking charge of newcomer education?"
"Education for newcomers?" Koyo Ozaki blinked. PortMafia is taught by the seniors who persuaded newcomers to come in, and it is exactly like this that there is the term "token".
But in Alice's view, this is really inefficient and outdated.Whether she has the ability and whether she can teach people are two completely different things - among other things, if any unlucky person gets her family's Dazai as a senior, she will definitely be spoiled by playing!
In contrast, Ozaki Momiji, who is both gentle, heroic and decisive, is the most suitable candidate for "company internal training" in Alice's opinion.
"Try it. It's very simple. It's just to explain the precautions to the newcomers. And you don't need to do it yourself. Mr. Hongye can choose some people to teach according to your arrangement. If you are really optimistic, you can take it with you and teach it yourself. .”
Maybe it's because the leader said it sounds easy, maybe it's because he hasn't figured out what to do after leaving PortMafia.In short, in the end, Koye Ozaki agreed.She will hand over the intelligence department to Ango Sakaguchi, the direct subordinate of Osamu Dazai, in two months, and then enter a semi-retirement state, retaining the title of cadre to the outside world, as the superior of Ango Sakaguchi, and at the same time slowly start to work on what Alice called "newcomers" Education career.
Although I don't know what this newcomer education will teach, it seems to be quite interesting.
Ozaki Koyo thought so, and gently closed the drawer of the desk - inside was the letter written by the leader to ensure that she could leave at any time.
Then, just after she handed over work to Ango Sakaguchi, the leader suddenly said: "To celebrate Hongye-kun's changing of the guard, let's do a team building—it's just spring, how about going to a hot spring?"
What does spring have to do with hot springs?Shouldn't we see cherry blossoms?besides……
Koyo Ozaki imitated the pronunciation spoken by the girl with some hesitation: "tuan...jian?"
What does it mean?
"Ah, I used Chinese because I couldn't find the corresponding words—don't worry, it just means going out to play together." The girl rarely showed a smile that fit her age, and blinked at her, "How is it? Do you want to go? I just want to take all the children out to play once. Everyone has worked hard for the past two years, let's relax together."
Together... hang out?
What about PortMafia?Or, does this mean something special?
However, if it is a layout, the girl's gaze is too pure.
Ozaki Koyo thought about it, and nodded, "If it's your wish."
Then, they came to team building.It was really all of them—the entire "Mori faction lineage" including Hirotsu and her.Even more than that, because Osamu Dazai also brought his subordinate Ango Sakaguchi, and Sakunosuke Oda brought a boy named Shirase.
They are children in the orphanage bought by the leader, and they were taken care of by the leader during the [sheep] period.It is said that he also admires the leader and Zhongyuanzhong very much, and even dreams of joining PortMafia.This time, he was admitted to a prestigious school in Tokyo with excellent results in the high school entrance examination, and was brought here by Oda Sakunosuke as a reward.
Koyo Ozaki felt that this reward was probably too exciting. When the child followed Oda Sakunosuke to the PortMafia building to gather, he saw them and his whole body was petrified.
Because there were too many people, the leader directly booked the entire old building of this high-end hot spring hotel in Yushima, Izu.This is a very beautiful Japanese-Western style three-story building, built on the hillside.Each room can see the mountain view in spring, and the decoration is exquisite everywhere, which is very Meiji Taisho style, with a terrace and semi-open-air hot spring.In addition, there are two exclusive open-air hot springs for men and women.And ten minutes away from the old building called Ruiyue, surrounded by trees and separated by a Japanese-style courtyard, is a new resort-style hotel with a different style.
It was a 7-story special-shaped building that was very trendy from the outside, like a glass greenhouse, gleaming in the sun.It is said to be the masterpiece of a well-known European designer who was completed just last month.
The name is also very fashionable called "TheSeven", as if because this is the seventh resort hotel designed by the designer.
"I originally wanted to reserve the place there, but the hotel said that some guests have already booked the room, and the Suzuki consortium is going to hold an event, so it is inconvenient to change." When they arrived yesterday, they saw that Zhong Yuan was also very curious about the new building. The leader explained this road.
"I'd like to send someone to 'negotiate', but Alice said it's fine." Dazai Osamu shrugged with a smile on the side. "Unfortunately, this is not Yokohama."
"After all, it is the industry of the Suzuki chaebol. One thing more is worse than one thing less."
"But it was Alice who said she wanted to live in it. I invited a European designer to create a fully intelligent design. Alice obviously decided to stay here because she wanted to live in it."
"Yeah. But after coming here, I feel that the old building looks more comfortable."
Koyo Ozaki thinks so too.Probably because she has lived in Yokohama for a long time, the building that looks like a mosaic mosaic egg from a distance really does not meet her aesthetics.
and……
She withdrew her scattered thoughts, turned her head to look at the girl beside her who was unconsciously playing with splashes, and had already entered a state of daze. Thinking of seeing her in a bathrobe for the first time in the morning, she couldn't help laughing.
If you live in that stylish and modern new building, you probably won't see the leader who is so unaccustomed to the yukata that he walks twisted, so rare.
"What's the matter?" Probably hearing her laughter, the girl raised her head.
"It's nothing." Ozaki Koye replied with a smile, "I just think it's nice to have such a leisurely and comfortable time once in a while."
With the cold early spring morning, the sunshine at the right time, the spring mountains in the distance are picturesque.She and the girl were the only two in the spacious open-air bath.The dense steam permeates like tulle, and a maple tree and a peach blossom are planted outside the bamboo fence.
It is indeed a rare time of beauty and leisure.The blood and gunpowder seemed extremely far away at this moment.
however.
"Leisure is leisure..."
"Ok?"
"An Yi is not necessarily An Yi."
Alice twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard the "Attention! A large wave of brats are coming!" alarm issued by her own alien ability.
But as soon as she finished speaking, with the sound of the sliding door being pushed open, the male soup next door, separated by a bamboo fence, suddenly became lively.