Tokyo Ghost Diary

In the living room of Shimizu's house, Shimizu Yu lay on the sofa with his mother's legs, Shimizu Kazuko's legs, and watched the prime time TV series at 9 o'clock on Saturday night with his mother.

However, the plot was not very to Yu Shimizu's taste, especially when the male and female protagonists parted ways due to a misunderstanding. She couldn't help but yawned a little, and then picked up her phone out of boredom and looked at it. time.

"It's almost ten o'clock, why isn't dad home yet?"

Hearing her daughter's voice, Shimizu Souko, who was immersed in the plot of the TV series and felt sad, came back to her senses. She sighed softly, then lowered her head and straightened her daughter's broken hair: "Isn't Mr. Kuromaru's term of office coming soon? , your father is currently busy competing for the job of the next police chief."

"Huh?" Shimizu Yu couldn't help but slightly widen his bright eyes, and said with some surprise: "Mr. Kuromaru, is that the director uncle who often comes to our house for dinner? Is he going to retire? He obviously doesn't look very old!"

Shimizu Kazuko couldn't help but roll his eyes, and gently flicked his fingers on the head of his idiot daughter: "It's not about retiring, it's about being promoted to the chief of the police department."

"Oh... then Uncle Kuromaru and Dad have such a good relationship. Doesn't it mean that Dad has a great advantage in competing for the next police director?"

"It's not that simple. Even for your current position, your father is already a bit too young, let alone a higher-level director. In the workplace, especially the officialdom, qualifications are often more important than ability..." He said , Qingshui Huazi shook his head and sighed: "If it doesn't work, I may have to ask your grandfather's people to do it..."

Shimizu Yu didn't know much about the ways in the officialdom, and she had no interest in knowing about it. She just nodded perfunctorily, then turned her eyes back to her mobile phone, preparing to clean up the anonymous friend requests she had received recently...but not yet. When she clicked on the app, her phone suddenly vibrated, and then a series of ringtones came out.

Staring at the title "Ueio-senpai" on the caller ID, Yu Shimizu was stunned for two seconds before he remembered who it was - the number of the deputy director that he saved when he joined the kendo club at the beginning of the school year.

But he had quit the kendo club a long time ago. Why was this Ueio-senpai calling him at this time?

Although she was puzzled, she had to answer the phone. She said to her mother, "It's someone from the school club." She got up and walked towards the stairs. At the same time, she connected the phone and said greetings as she walked: "Ueio-senpai? Tonight?" good……"

"...Eh? College comprehensive?"

......

"Twenty-one million!"

At the auction venue, what is currently on display on the stage is today’s eighth lot—a building in the CBD in Chuo District, Tokyo, covering an area of ​​2.9 square meters, with a total construction area of ​​ square meters and a height of meters. , all property rights of a skyscraper office building with floors.

Tachibana Akina no longer felt cold at this moment, and even felt a little hot. In other words, it was not her who was hot, but the atmosphere in the venue at this moment.

"Twenty-three million!"

"Twenty-four million!"

One after another, the bidding sounds echoed through the blood-scented air in the venue. The voices were either calm, or enthusiastic, and some even vibrated.

Not to mention those people, even Tachibana Akina, who had just made up her mind not long ago that she would never bid a single price in tonight's auction, couldn't help but want to bid.

There is no other reason, just because if we can buy this skyscraper in the Central District CBD for tens of millions of dollars, the benefits will be really huge.

Money moves people's hearts. Fifty percent profit can make a businessman take risks. If there is 100% profit, it will be enough to give him the courage to trample all laws in the world. If there is 300% profit, then He would be able to commit any crime for this purpose, even if it meant risking being hanged.

Tachibana Akina hesitated again and again, but still did not speak. Instead, she turned to look at her friend beside her. Sasaki Ayane, like her, had not called out the price once from the beginning to now, but she was already a little impatient and wanted to join the bidding. Unlike Tachibana Akina, Sasaki Ayane watched with a cold and calm face from beginning to end.

Just like a true bystander, everything that happens here has little to do with her.

Tachibana Akina thought for a moment, then leaned close to her friend and whispered in her ear: "Ayane-chan, do you think we can film this? If we really film it, will it..."

She didn't say the next words, but Sasaki Ayane understood what she meant. Sasaki Ayane thought about it and said, "If you want, just shoot it. As long as you act within the rules, you should be fine."

Tachibana Akina's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this. She was a very reliable good friend, and usually everything she said was correct... Especially when she thought about the huge and moving benefits, she immediately stopped hesitating. He raised his number plate and loudly announced his bid: "Thirty million!"

......

In the end, the property rights of this skyscraper were acquired by a middle-aged man with a somewhat wealthy figure for a transaction price of 93 million US dollars.

When the auctioneer shouted the word "deal", Asaba Shinichi's eyes lingered on that rich middle-aged man for a moment, and he couldn't help but smile at Gen Hoshino next to him: "Look, this is the auction. It’s a reason why ordinary people can participate together.”

Gen Hoshino ignored him because the ninth lot was already on the market.

It was still brought out from the side door by the gentle woman in kimono, but this time it was not a black wooden plate, but a long and narrow black wooden box.

The moment the black wooden box was placed on the booth, the venue, which had previously been abuzz with the aftermath of the dispute over the property rights of the paper building, suddenly fell silent, and there was even a slight chill in the atmosphere.

Tachibana Akina looked around for some reason, and then she keenly noticed that the handsome young man on her right who lent her a coat was squinting his eyes at the moment, and his previously crossed legs had quietly been lowered, and his expression seemed to be More serious than ever.

Because she was sitting next to her, Tachibana Akina knew that this young man had never bid a single price during the previous eight auctions. Just now, Tachibana Akina felt that this man must have the same plan as her before. Prepare to wait quietly until the auction is over and then run away.

But looking at the way he looks now, it seems that he has understood something wrong?

The auctioneer on the stage opened the long and narrow black box with both hands, revealing a simple long knife inside.

There was an inexplicable smile on his lips, and he said: "The demon sword, Ju Yimonji Zong, the starting price is 100 million US dollars."