Bringing up the fish soup, the village chief couldn't help but shake his head.
It was said that at the time, the local police and Yakuza who were colluding with them tried to block them, but over 60 people carrying hunting rifles burst out of the mountains. The police immediately turned and ran, wanting to call for Self-Defense Forces support.
This was a very big deal, with fifty armed people forcefully breaking through.
Fortunately, that group of people rushed into Matsubushi city and then abandoned their firearms and resistance, otherwise, this matter would have truly gotten out of hand.
The result was that these two, when most people were taken away by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the city's police relaxed their vigilance, directly rushed to Matsubushi Town and clashed with the local violent groups. By the time the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department diverted personnel to deal with it, hundreds of Yakuza were already dead, and they had left swaggering.
That old friend who had contacted the village chief a while ago, having found out that the village chief seemed to have contact with those two, came over with a worried look.
The ruling party still wants to suppress this matter, but it's clearly caused too much of a stir, and they themselves will also be purged.
Moreover, related contacts and forces are now directly being targeted; except for some local leaders, violent groups like the Inukane Group have had their headquarters directly raided.
Looking at the two who were wolfing down the fish soup, the village chief couldn't help but think of some testimonies he had obtained.
Things like two young people rushing in and killing indiscriminately, setting the village on fire, and skewering villagers.
"Today's youth are truly something else…" he sighed.
Seeing that the two had quickly finished the soup, the village chief also sat down next to them.
"So, what are your plans for the future?"
Hearing this, Kazuma stopped his hand, which was about to scoop more fish soup, and looked at Keli with some hope.
"Of course, we're going to get some good rest, right?" Keli nodded.
Seeing Keli's agreement, Kazuma also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew, I thought you were some kind of heartless rescue machine, but you actually know how to rest..."
"That would require a goal. It's too early for us to go directly to the Middle East and end the war with our current strength."
Keli responded while drinking soup.
Kazuma's face twitched, as if he hadn't heard something very dangerous.
"By the way, since you two have nothing to do, I happen to have a favor I'd like you to help me with."
Seeing that the two were no longer talking, the village chief began to talk about his own affairs.
"Ah, ah! Who said we have nothing to do? We need to rest! Rest!"
Kazuma was displeased as soon as he heard the Kappa's words, waving his hands repeatedly.
Although you helped us block a wave of trouble when we were being chased, that doesn't mean we have to do things for you. The inequality is instantly solved!
Kazuma was still thinking about lying on the lawn and slacking off for two days.
The village chief listened to Kazuma's words, which clearly carried a hint of refusal, but he smiled unhurriedly.
"After it's done, a house in Tokyo, plus the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's pursuit of you can be canceled, and we'll get you two usable identification cards.
Well! But in this situation, rest is still the most important, right! You two should rest well!"
The Kappa stood up, waved his hand, and looked as if he was about to turn and leave.
"Snap!"
Kazuma suddenly pulled the village chief's mascot leg with force.
"Ah! We suddenly feel not so tired anymore. It's really important to be active while we're young!"
The village chief suppressed a smile on his face, turning back to tease Kazuma.
But then he saw Kazuma's gaze, like that of a hungry beast.
The village chief was startled, but he still calmed himself down.
"The house can be given to you in advance, and you can rest for a while first. This time, it's actually less about me and more about an old friend of mine, and your matter also needs to be entrusted to that old friend. When you're ready, you can come here to find me, and I'll send a car to pick you up."
Kazuma frowned. Although he currently felt that this Kappa was still trustworthy, and no one seemed to have come to arrest them after they had been sitting there for so long, and the conditions he offered were very tempting, this guy was too strange. He clearly looked rich and powerful but spent every day by the river dressed as a mascot.
So Kazuma spoke cautiously.
"Just give us the address, and we'll go by ourselves."
The village chief scratched his head.
"Alright then, you two go early. My old friend is very anxious."
As he spoke, the Kappa pulled out two pieces of paper from who knows where and wrote down two addresses.
"The first is the address of your house, here's the key. The second is my old friend's place. He'll come find you when you arrive."
Kazuma frowned, took the key, and exchanged glances with Keli.
This guy was so well-prepared, it seemed he had planned this all along.
After chatting for a few minutes, watching Kazuma and Keli walk away, the village chief sighed, and beside him, a blonde girl in sportswear stood with her hands in her pockets.
"Village chief, are those your friends? You seem to be helping them?"
"Helping? No, I just think it's too strange for good people not to get good returns, so I'm giving them what they deserve.
Besides, honestly, it's easy for me to protect them, but I can't get rid of those people. That's just how this country is."
The girl tilted her head and looked at the village chief.
"Xiaoshan, you wouldn't understand these things."
...
Keli and Kazuma routinely changed into two sets of clothes, changed a license plate, and rode bicycles with burlap sacks over their heads through the streets of Tokyo.
The two walked and asked, from Arakawa, through Itabashi Ward, along Shimizu-zaka Park to Akabane subway station in the north.
Then, along the roadside, they were about to reach the location of the house given by the village chief. To prevent it from being a trap, Kazuma still had Keli wait in place, while he went ahead, all the way to the house, opened the door, and sat for half an hour to confirm nothing was amiss before coming back to call Keli.
Keli followed Kazuma, pushing his bicycle all the way to the place, while observing the surrounding environment.
On the right side of the road was an elevated bridge, with trains running on it, and the sound of vehicles going "Clang! Clang!" could be heard. However, looking at the reinforced concrete pillars, there was a certain aesthetic sense of age.
"It's here."
Turning a corner onto a street, Kazuma pointed to a row of small two-story houses.
There was no apartment complex or anything like that. The houses were located by the roadside, and behind them was another row of houses facing away. What first came into view were several parking spaces marked with white lines, and a slightly old small two-story house.
The side of the first small two-story house had a distinct slope, and below it, directly facing the road, were the drainpipe and electricity meter connected to the second floor. Several potted plants were placed on the side of the ground floor. That slope looked very much like the exposed metal stairs common in the last century, but now it should be covered with a steel frame and wooden boards.
Keli always felt that this composition looked familiar, but he couldn't quite place it, as if he had glimpsed it fleetingly in some situation before.
Kazuma seemed to notice Keli's gaze and patted him on the shoulder,
"Not that one. That one clearly looks like a shared rental for outsiders working in Tokyo, with only a large hall and individual small rooms. We're in that one."
Keli followed Kazuma's pointing and saw a white three-story building with a balcony next to that small two-story house.
"An entire building!"
Kazuma spread his hands in an exaggerated manner. It seemed he had been holding it in all the way until Keli arrived here, finally unable to resist wanting Keli to also exclaim.
"Oh." Keli responded and walked towards the building.
Kazuma pouted unhappily.
"What 'oh'! You guy! Although Akabane is a bit out of the way, this is Tokyo! We have a small building in Tokyo! Didn't that Kappa say that our bounty would be lifted in a few hours, and this house would be directly transferred to our names after we helped him with that favor?"
As Keli entered the room, he noticed that several old women were looking at them from across the street with great surprise.
Then Keli thought about the address of that old friend he mentioned on the note.
"Minato Ward, Totsuki Academy."
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