Chapter 31 Section 30

Takushi walked back and forth in the narrow room, sometimes humming a few times, sometimes yelling.Shisheng sat with his knees hugged against the wall, and Okabe sat in front of him.Takemi sat cross-legged on the bed, while Jesse was lying on her side.It's past midnight, but no one wants to go back or sleep. "It's so depressing. You walk around like a bear in a zoo." said Takemi with a cigarette between her fingers.She was staring at a late-night show on the TV, like an old movie, in black and white. "Are you still in the mood to watch TV at a time like this?"

"It won't help if you go around the room? What can you do? No way. You can only wait for the other party to come over." "If Qianhe doesn't say anything, they won't know about this place." "Qianhe will tell. No matter how much she persists, there is a limit. She will not persist until dawn." Zhumei's tone is not so much calm as it is stern. Takumi didn't refute, but grabbed Okabe's shoulder. "Frankly, boy! Why did you bring Qianhe here? What do they want? Why are you following you?" "Didn't I say it many times? Originally, it had nothing to do with Qianzuru. Apart from my work, I had to hide in Osaka for a while, so I brought her here. That's all."

According to him, he often went to the Violet Bar and became acquainted with Chizuru. Later, he had dinner together a few times, and he fell in love with Qianzu more and more, and began to consider a formal relationship with her.Just then, something went wrong. Regarding the matter of coming to Osaka together, Chizuru once said that he would consider it, but he agreed after two or three days.When taking the Shinkansen, she confessed that she had a boyfriend and said that she had made up her mind to break up with him.She didn't elaborate on the reason for the breakup, and Okabe didn't ask.

"So what happened to you? What the hell do you do?" As soon as this question was asked, Okabe kept silent, even refusing to say his name.They searched him and found a driver's license with great difficulty. They learned that his name was Tatsuo Okabe, his address, birthplace, date of birth and date of receipt of the driver's license, that's all.There was nothing like business cards, which seemed to have been disposed of by him. "Do you know what Qianzuru is suffering?" Takumi roared angrily. "I'm also very sad, but what can I do? I don't know where she was taken."

"Who is it that kidnapped Qianhe? Knowing this, maybe we can find their hiding place." Okabe shook his head, his forehead gleaming with oil. "It won't do you any good to know. They're not a mob with no fixed hideout. It's not like a gangster movie." "What are you talking about? It's strange." Takumi grabbed Okabe's collar and lifted it up.Okabe's face contorted. "Tuoshi!" Shisheng grabbed his shoulders from behind, "It's useless if you beat him up, Qianhe won't come back because of this." "Just vent your anger, let me beat you a few times."

"Stop!" Shisheng turned to Tuoshi, "You will be disrespectful if you do this. Qianzuru came with him voluntarily." "That's just one side of his story." "Didn't Qianhe leave a note? The content matches what he said." Tuoshi stared at Shisheng, let go, and then looked around at the crowd. "Yes! If this guy doesn't open his mouth, I can do it." "What do you want?" Zhumei looked at him sharply. Takumi took out a note from his jacket pocket with a phone number written on it, something he had seen before. "Ishihara Yujiro's phone number."

"You want to contact Shi Yuan?" Shi Sheng opened his eyes wide. "It's not a connection, it's a transaction." "They're in this business. It's dangerous for us to take the initiative to contact them. They don't know that we have found Okabe. After asking about this place from Chizuru, they will use her to call Okabe out, right? Then There is a chance.” "I don't care what kind of line they are in. Anyway, I can't bear this kind of dilatory approach. I will use my method, don't stop me. If you want to stop me, you should immediately come up with a way to find Qianhe. Takumi said, pointing at the faces of Takemi, Tokio, Jesse and even Okabe.

"Okay, this is also a way, and I will make preparations. However, I have to study the battle plan beforehand." Zhumei warned. "Mother-in-law, it's really troublesome. I said I have to use my own method, so don't interrupt." Tuoshi walked to the bedside table and picked up the phone receiver. "Tuo Shi!" Shisheng wanted to stop him, but Zhumei stopped him by saying "Let him go". "Anyway, it's only a matter of time before this place is exposed. Let him do what he wants. Let's try our luck." Tuoshi listened and pressed the buttons.

The phone is connected. "Hey, who is it?" A young man's rude voice came.Takushi heard that this person was not Ishihara. "Is Ishihara there?" Takumi's voice is also very young.As soon as the other party heard it, they played awe-inspiring. "Where are you from?" "Don't worry about who I am, I want to talk to Shi Yuan." "No name and no surname. He said that this kind of call does not need to be forwarded, so I hung up." It seemed that he really wanted to hang up, Tuoshi hurriedly said: "Wait! I'm Miyamoto." "Where is it? There are plenty of people with the surname Miyamoto."

"Miyamoto of Asakusa, Miyamoto Takumi. Just say so, he knows." "Miyamoto? Okay, I'll call. What's your phone number?" "I need to speak to him immediately." "Are you kidding? What time is it? Tell me, please, call later." "It's urgent. When he told me this number, he said he could call me anytime. Don't worry about it, just ask him to pick it up, he won't get into bed. If you don't listen, Shi Yuan will punish you." After a while, the other party asked, "What's the matter? I'll tell him first."

"Okabe's matter. Just say this, and Ishihara will understand." The other party was silent for a while, as if thinking about the name Okabe. "You wait." The other party said. Takumi covered the receiver with his hands and took a deep breath.His armpits were already sweating.Shisheng also looked at him nervously, Zhumei took the note from the hotel and began to meditate. The other party has moved. "I've contacted him, and I'll pick it up for you right away." After speaking, there was a slight bump. "Okay, we can talk." The man said. "Hello?" Takumi said. "Miyamoto? It's been a long time." A familiar voice came, but it sounded far away. "Ishihara?" "It's me. Excuse me, can you speak louder? There are two telephone receivers put together. I'm not in Tokyo right now." "I know." Takumi said, "In Osaka, right?" Ishihara smiled. "It's really interesting. Everyone is in Osaka, but the call is deliberately made to Tokyo, so that the microphones are connected upside down." "It's hard to keep an eye on us, have you even been to Nagoya?" "Well, the young man at the bottom said it's really boring. I never thought you would go to a Japanese dim sum shop." "That shop has nothing to do with Chizuru, and it has nothing to do with Okabe." "I know, I know. Tell me about Okabe." "You caught Qianhe?" "I'm asking about Okabe." "It's the same thing. Is Qianhe okay? It's not clear, I won't tell you." Shi Yuan's voice did not come over immediately.Takushi thought he was silent, but when he listened carefully, it turned out that he was smiling. "Little brother, it's strange that you care about this any more. Hasn't she already slept in another man's bed? What's her condition to you?" "Say it quickly! Is Qianhe all right?" "Little brother, tell me about Okabe first." Takumi took a breath.I wanted the other party to speak first, but now there is nothing I can do. "Okabe found it, right next to me, running, watching." There was an "oh" on the other end of the phone and then there was no sound.This time Ishihara seemed to be really silent, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he said, "Good job. But is it really Okabe?" "The real thing. He is a little over 1.6 meters tall, thin, pale, with gold-rimmed glasses, and looks like a nerd. Let me read you the content on the driver's license, the address..." After reading it all, Takumi said, "How? Do you still suspect it's fake?" "It appears to be genuine." "Can you say it now? How can you deal with Qianhe if you don't?" "The specific situation is not clear. I handed her over to a group of young men." Takumi's heart ached, and Qianzuru's distorted face appeared in front of his eyes. "Tell those boys that it's useless to make things difficult for Chizuru. We'll take Okabe out. Even if you pry Chizuru's mouth open, Okabe won't be there when you come over." "Oh, what do you want?" "Make a deal with you, exchange Okabe for Chizuru. You want him, right? This deal shouldn't be bad for you." "Well," Ishihara sighed, "It's really not bad." "make a deal?" "Okay, just do as you say. Take that girl there now." "That's not acceptable. As soon as I say the address here, you will launch a general attack. That's unbearable. Exchange it elsewhere." "Don't believe us. Okay, where?" "this……" Takumi was still thinking about it, and Takemi showed him what she had written on the note—"On the Dotonbori Bridge".Toshi frowned.Dotonbori?In such a lively place?Takemi nodded confidently, and Takumi also made up her mind. "In Dotonbori, take Chizuru to the bridge next to the big Glico sign." "Dotonbori? You really know where to choose." Ishihara seemed to be smiling wryly, "What about the time?" "Uh..." Takumi looked at Zhumi, and she wrote "Nine o'clock tomorrow morning" on the note. Takumi looked at the note and remained silent. "Hey, what's the matter?" Shi Yuan urged, "When exactly? Hey, little brother, can you hear me?" "Listen." "How? When?" "An hour later." Takumi replied.He knew that Takemi had opened her mouth into an O shape. "Dotonbori in an hour. Okay, see you later." Hearing the other party hang up the phone, Tuo Shi also put down the receiver. "Hey, what exactly do you want?" Zhumei launched an attack as expected. "What's wrong?" "Do you know why you chose that bridge? Because there are so many people there, they dare not mess around. What's the use of setting the time at midnight now!" "There are still nine hours, how can we wait? Put yourself in Qianhe's shoes and think about it." "I am also worried about Chizuru, so we must make this transaction a success. In this way, we must try our best to choose a safe time. Now that they know that Okabe will be exchanged, they will no longer make things difficult for Chizuru." "Stop talking! Didn't you say it? I'm going to use the method to solve it." Tuoshi took out an Aigu from the crumpled cigarette case and put it in his mouth. He took the match in the hotel, but he couldn't strike it until the first day. Three were finally ignited. "Do you think they will return Chizuru obediently?" Okabe said. Tuoshi didn't say anything to reprimand, waiting for the man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. "They're not that easy to deal with." "To exchange you kid, they have to hand over Qianhe." Okabe shook his head. "Of course they wanted to catch me, but they didn't let Qianzuru go because of it. They thought Qianzuru already knew the secret." "What are you talking about!" Takumi kicked Okabe's chest, "Isn't it you who got Chizuru involved? I don't know what you did to run away. I'm already like this, and I still want to flirt with women .” Okabe was kicked to the ground, sat up holding his chest, and adjusted his glasses. "It was flippant, but I needed a mental support at the time." "Are you kidding? What kind of spiritual support? Don't put on a fucking air." Takumi wanted to kick him again, but Shisheng stood in front of Okabe.Tuoshi took a few puffs of his cigarette, stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and walked straight to the direction. "Where are you going?" Takemi asked. "Outside. Be right back." "Be back in ten minutes." Tuoshi didn't answer, he left the room, walked through the corridor, and pressed the up button of the elevator.After a while, Shi Sheng caught up.Takumi thought, it's this guy again! "where are you going?" "Aren't you going outside?" "Then go down." Shi Sheng pressed the down button. "No, I'm going upstairs." "The roof? You can't go there. You can't go in this kind of hotel." "why?" "Only the great." The descending elevator arrived first.Shisheng walked in and waved to Tuoshi.Takumi reluctantly walked in. "I can't stand it." "what?" "This kind of place divides people into ranks and ranks. The poor go down, and the rich go up to the top." Tuo pointed his thumb to the floor and then to the top of his head. Shi Sheng shrank his shoulders and said nothing. After leaving the hotel and crossing the avenue in front of the door, the Dojimagawa River is in front of you. There are bridges on the left and right, and there is a little humidity in the wind. "Hey, what do you think? Why did Qianhe want to be with that lazy guy? What's so good about him?" Takumi asked. "This..." Shisheng tilted his head, "I know him. Qianzuru chose him because of his stability and future. You also saw the things that Okabe was carrying, as well as the suits, all high-end. No matter what you say, he is an elite somewhere. Qianhe must have compared for a long time before coming to the conclusion that he is not at a disadvantage. In any case, in this world, education and background are still important. The young master of the upper class, people Always look the other way.” Shi Chang sighed. "Why are you talking about this again? Didn't Zhumei say that? The card dealt to you is not bad." "How does she know about my situation?" "Just let go of this boring knot, okay? Since you stick to this, shouldn't you check your own life experience? We just agreed. Once this matter is settled, come with me to the place where you were born. place." "It's this again, you're such a pest!" "You promised." Shisheng stared at Tuoshi with rare eyes. Takumi scratched the back of his neck and nodded slightly.There is no time to think about it now, but the words of this unknown person touched something in Tuo Shi's heart. "It's time to go back." Shi Sheng turned around. "Hey!" Tuoshi shouted towards his back, "Stop pretending, just confess." Shi Sheng stopped and turned his head: "What are you confessing?" "Who the hell are you? Are you really my distant relative? Are you talking nonsense?" Shi Sheng glanced into the distance, his usual soft expression was gone.He looked directly at Tuoshi and said, "As expected, I am indeed not your relative." "Sure enough. Then you..." "I," Shisheng looked at Takumi sincerely, "is your son. Mr. Miyamoto Takumi, I come from the future."