Chapter 6 Chapter 4 Takahashi Group

A not-so-famous person once said something far-fetched. He said that everything in the world is fundamentally connected and maintains a delicate balance; just like meeting the right person in the right place will produce Like a strange disease called love at first sight syndrome. If that balance is broken, it will affect the whole body, and even cause the entire world to collapse. Don’t ask me why I feel this way, to be honest, when the above passage involuntarily came to my mind, I had already knelt in Takahashi’s tea room for three hours. That damn Takahashi Yumi didn't say anything to me, she just asked me to kneel quietly opposite her and watch her make tea.

The calf has already started to go numb, and I don't even doubt that if the toes can make sounds, they must be moaning loudly in pain by now. "Well, that... how many times do you need to use the brush to clean the dishes?" I couldn't help asking out loud. "Call me Yumi." Takahashi Yumi gave me a dissatisfied look, "You really don't know how to be blessed. Do you know how many people like you want to sit across from me and watch me make tea? It's just now It's only three hours, you can't take it anymore, how can you live up to my expectations of you!"

I snorted angrily, "It doesn't matter how many people he wants to marry you, but you have to understand that among those many people, I'm definitely not included!" "Am I not beautiful enough?" Yumi stopped her hands and looked up at me. "It's beautiful." "Is my family not rich enough?" "The Takahashi Group is also a highly ranked company in the world." "Then why don't you want to be my fiancé?" I smiled wryly: "Feelings are not something that can be measured with a simple ruler." Yumi stood up gently, and knelt down again when she walked to a place where she could catch my breath.

Her breasts tightly bound by the kimono are faintly exposed at the opening, and even as long as she lowers her head, she can see the deep cleavage. She raised her hands and gently stroked my face. After looking at me for a long time, she smiled slightly, "You are really strange. When I first saw you, I thought I was dreaming. It's strange how I dreamed of such an idiot man, but now it seems that you are not stupid." "Did I ever say I'm stupid?" I said sourly. "Since everyone is not stupid, let's get straight to the point." Yumi kept a smile on her face, lowered her voice, and asked, "How much do you know about the Takahashi Group?"

"Not too much." I cheered up and thought: "After World War II, the Japanese government vigorously supported national industries and directly financed four large companies in the electronics, information, and automobile industries, creating the so-called top four companies in Japan today. However, your Takahashi Group stood out, choosing the relatively cold import and export trade at that time, and quickly made a fortune. Then your grandfather Mitsuo Takahashi began to buy small and medium-sized companies everywhere, no matter what type of company, Almost all comers are welcome, and they are quickly integrated into the unique economic system of Takahashi Group."

I licked my lips: "Your grandfather's business skills are very precise. Even if the Japan-US economic war fails and Japan's full-scale bubble crisis breaks out, the Takahashi Group has always been Japan's green land. Your family has made a fortune for more than 20 years. , There are almost no major mistakes and twists and turns in business, and the whole Japan, and even the senior management of many large companies abroad have a lot of suspicions about you. Some people think you are very mysterious, but everyone knows one thing, your family’s money is absolutely No less than the treasury!"

A trace of astonishment appeared on Yumi's face, "I didn't expect you, a smart person, to know so much." "Why, are you starting to look at me with admiration?" I smiled smugly. "It's really a little bit." Yumi gently pushed the prepared tea to me, and asked, "What do you think of the current situation of the Takahashi Group?" I picked up the tea and smelled it, then squinted my eyes and took a sip carefully. "Crisis is everywhere! It is not too much to use this idiom to describe the current Takahashi Group. "Since your grandfather inexplicably turned into a vegetable two years ago, the crisis that was suppressed by him and lurking under the water surface has gradually begun to be exposed. But I really admire your sister, her skills and style, She's no worse than your grandfather at all, and her business acumen and vision are even more precise than your grandfather's, so if she's around, Takahashi Group shouldn't have any major problems for the time being."

"Amazing!" Yumi stared at me for a long while before saying, "You don't look like an ordinary person, who are you?" I smiled and played Tai Chi with her lazily, "I'm sorry, I'm just an ordinary tourist. If I want to put it a bit far-fetched, I just skipped high school, lied to my parents, and then ran to Japan bored Ordinary high school students who come to travel." "How are you ordinary?" Yumi looked me up and down, and finally sighed: "Forget it, if you don't say anything, I won't force you. Let's make a deal." "What deal?"

Yumi continued to stir the tea in the bowl with a brush, and said softly: "You will be my fiancé for a month, try to play this role well, and I will satisfy any request you have during this period." She put her pink and delicate lips close to my ear, breathed lightly and said: "Even if you want me to promise you with your body, it's fine." I trembled all over, and my whole body suddenly went limp, but my brain didn't stop thinking carefully about the benefits that this transaction could bring me. For a long time, I have been looking for the secret of the black box and the curse brought by it, but after all, I only have one person, so I am too weak.Perhaps with the rich financial resources of the Takahashi Group and the intelligence system spread throughout Japan, some clues may be found.

"Usa, this is a place name in Japan. Before World War II, everything produced there would be marked with the name Usa. I want you to try your best to trace the detailed location of this place." I stared into her eyes and said seriously. "Deal." Yumi looked back at me with a slightly disappointed tone: "It's really disappointing. You are absolutely abnormal, and you are not attracted to a beautiful woman like me. Are you gay?" "You are the lesbian!" I smiled instead of anger, and asked in a deep voice, "Now you can tell me why you want me to pretend to be your fiancé?"

Yumi's expression dimmed immediately. "What I'm telling you now is still top-secret information in the company, and it must not be told to anyone." After seeing me nodding her head, she lowered her eyes and continued in a hoarse voice that was almost crying: "My sister Lianyi suddenly disappeared five days ago..." Everything in the world is connected. To borrow someone's words, it is the dot-line effect. If you use dots to represent all the things that have happened around you in the past few days, find out where they connect, and connect them all with lines. That way it's easier to understand everything. Back in the bedroom that Yumi prepared for me, I took out a piece of paper to recall slowly, and then listed all the things that I thought were important. The first is the homestay where I live. According to Yumi, it is the ancestral house of her nanny Wada Mie. The nanny resigned from the job of the Takahashi family three years ago, and then went back to the ancestral house to open a tavern. Yumi often went to I played there, but I didn't expect such a tragedy to happen. Wada Mie's body was taken down from the tree early the next morning. The police could not find any trauma on her body. Although they knew something was wrong, they finally closed the case on the vague and irresponsible reason of suicide. . But what is strange is that Yumi seemed to have known this would happen a long time ago. She didn't make a scene like ordinary girls, but walked quietly to the corpse, and closed Mie Wada's wide-open eyes with her hands. Then, weeping silently. Afterwards, I also asked her about the married daughter of the fox. I asked her what happened that day. Yumi simply said that after being forced into an ugly sedan chair, she felt dizzy for no reason. , and then know nothing. All I saw was that my nanny rushed out, but was caught by a black shadow and hung from a tree. At that time, her tone of voice faltered, as if she was hiding something. But I tactfully did not continue to ask. I am very clear about the character of a utilitarian like her. If she deliberately wants to hide something, no matter what method I use, it is impossible to get the words out of her mouth. . And then, the girl I rescued that night. Until now, I still don't know her name. I just vaguely feel that there are many mysteries surrounding the girl. Where did she go?Did it disappear with that shadow? Shaking my increasingly heavy head vigorously, I fell heavily on the bed. No clue, no clue at all. Before I knew it, it had been seventeen days since I arrived in Japan, but I couldn't find any clues. Where is that ghostly place in Usa?And what secrets are hidden in the two black boxes engraved with the words "Showa Thirteen" that I found? In the thirteenth year of Showa, that is, Japan in 1938, did any major events happen in Usa? Why would such a thing be produced? After all, what is this thing made of? I used X-Ray before to try to see what was inside, but the result surprised many people. It was pitch black inside, as if there was nothing there. I was so angry that I almost smashed it open to see clearly. But one thing is certain, each of these two things has different uses, and they must be activated under certain circumstances. For example, the first black box I found used the grievance of a flower girl to kill more than 130 people. And everyone who died has one thing in common, that is, they touched apples in the same building at the moment before they died. Perhaps touching the key object apple in a fixed place is the first method of starting the black box. And the second black box is even more bizarre. It seems to rejuvenate a person, and keep him at a certain age forever, without old age or death, but it also kills a person. I found it in a basement in Black Mountain Town. According to my speculation, there are many documents that prove that as long as you sleep in the place where it is placed for seven days, you will definitely die, but the vitality will not disappear immediately. Those who die will turn into zombies the next day, killing all those who make them feel resentful... But its function is not limited to this. People who have not slept for seven days, although they will not die immediately, will continue to have nightmares until the succubus crawls out of its sleep and cuts off its own head. Both me and a girl from Black Hills have been cursed with this. Since then, I have been living in fear. Maybe I don’t know when I will be found missing my head and where I will die tragically... And recently, that premonition has become stronger and stronger... I took a deep breath and was about to regroup my thoughts when there was a knock on the door. "Silence at night, what do you want to eat tonight?" A sweet and gentle voice came into the room, it was Yumi. "Ordinary home-cooked dishes are ready." I responded casually, opened the door, but was stunned for a while. I saw Yumi wearing a gorgeous pink kimono, kneeling in front of my door with her head bowed. "What are you doing?" I asked in embarrassment. Yumi raised her head, smiled at me and said, "In Japan, this is how a wife welcomes her husband." "But what era is it now? Humans have landed on the moon and spaceships have arrived on Mars. How can anyone abide by such things." I said disdainfully. Yumi shook her head, "No matter how the times change, nobles and commoners will never be the same. Commoners can be free and throw Japanese traditions into the trash can, but nobles can't. Nobles must strictly abide by etiquette. " "Hmph, you aristocrats are really not tired." I gloated a little, "The so-called aristocrats are rich families. The ancestral inheritance passed down from generation to generation, plus the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years, can indeed make the nobles live from generation to generation. Luxurious life. Originally, you could live a very happy life, but there are some people who can’t see through and like to put the shackles of so-called etiquette and family dignity on themselves. Isn’t it self-abuse to pass it on to your own children and tell them to pass it on from generation to generation?” Yumi was still laughing, with no displeasure on her face, she just said lightly: "Very incisive theory, you should really meet my grandpa, the two of you have similar tastes, and you will definitely have a good conversation." "I don't think there is a chance." I looked at her. "The chances of vegetative people waking up are even smaller than the possibility of ancient geishas getting true love." "Yeah, maybe there is really no chance..." Yumei looked at my face with dull eyes, and sighed. I was afraid that she would cry suddenly, so I walked out of the house first, "I'm so hungry, Yumi, take me to the restaurant..." I haven't been able to figure out what the little girl Yumi is planning. Since I don't know, I don't bother to think so much.My own affairs are already annoying enough, I don't have much energy left to meddle in hers. Although I thought so, it was a pity that things backfired. It turned out that I was completely wrong. The biggest beneficiary of this transaction is not me, nor her, but something that has been hidden in the Takahashi family... That thing was quietly buried in the ground, with only its filthy eyes partially exposed, it waited, waited for all the characters in this game to arrive, and then waited for the opportunity to devour everyone...