king of yokohama

The earth will not stop turning just because there is no one.No matter how unhappy you are because of Chun's death, life still has to go on.

According to Mori Ogai's instructions, No. [-] took Jun's place by your side.In fact, since Chun won your heart, you have sent the members of Da'ao who served you to work at the grassroots level of the Hong Kong Black Branch, and rarely met them.It's just that you, who are now "sensible", will not openly disobey the guardian's order.

Number eight is about the same age as you, a pure, cute, sweet-mouthed and lovable young man, not to mention his personality and behavior style, the older he grows, the more he looks like Chun in his youth.I can't tell whether it's temperament or appearance, or both. You can feel that No. [-] is trying to imitate Chun.

Number Eight's name is pronounced "Kaede", which means "maple", maple for maple leaves.

"I'll transfer you to Miss Hongye's place to serve, do you want to?" You ate the candy, looked at the boy kneeling in front of you, holding a paper note in both hands and stubbornly raised it over his head to return it to you, thinking that this is You gave Feng the last chance to regret it.

Because Feng really looks like Chun.

"I don't want to." The boy who bent over and looked down at the floor replied without thinking.

"Look up at me." You said casually with candy in your mouth.

"I'll just stay by Missy's side, and I won't go anywhere." The black-haired boy raised his head instantly after getting your permission, like a well-behaved little milk dog, his clear and bright eyes were full of obsession with his master.

"Very good." You don't want to vent your anger on Feng who is also involuntary. After receiving the transfer order, you just put it on the desk without looking at it.If Chuncai died less than a month ago, and you can't wait to accept your new love, that would be too heartless.

You bit the candy in your mouth, the orange-flavored sandwich flowed out, and the sweet and sour taste came into your mouth, "The first task, accompany me to pay homage to Chun." Unlike Chun Chun, you used a commanding tone .

Since human beings will never be able to resist the happiness brought by dopamine, when you feel bitter, eat more sugar.

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Chun's cemetery is very simple.A palm-sized urn, a square stone tablet, the soil covering the urn, and weeds overgrown with the tombstone.That's all Chun can get after his death.

And this is the last thing you try your best to win for Chun.Chun, who was accused of being a traitor, was not even qualified to be buried in this cemetery.

A month ago, Chun's unscrupulous seizure of power completely angered and exhausted Mori Ogai's last trace of patience.

For leaders, the most intolerable thing is the division of their absolute control.Coincidentally, Lan Tang had collected all kinds of evidence for Chun's crimes for him, betrayal was just one of them, it was not conspicuous, if it was too conspicuous, it would arouse suspicion.

And if Mori Ogai wants to kill someone, is he afraid that he won't be charged?After you, who ruled the entire Kawasaki City in your previous life, calmed down, you probably understood why that old man did such a terrible thing.

Perhaps in Mori Ogai's view, Jun has already taught you what you should teach, so there is no need to exist, not to mention that he has stretched his hands where he shouldn't.Even though he knew that Chun was probably trying to gain power for you, he couldn't tolerate Chun's behavior.He believes that it is enough to have the support of his father by your side.

...Is he really enough?

For a long time, in your impression, Mori Ogai is the adoptive father who will always love you and love you.

But Jun's death wakes you up suddenly, and Mori Ogai is indeed a father figure to you.It's just that the premise for him to love you is to be obedient.Occasionally acting like a baby is not within the scope of obedience.

Mori Ogai seems to regard you as a seedling of a rose, and during the period of caring for your growth, he constantly trims the excess branches and leaves that you have grown naturally, or that are not in his favor, until you grow enough to take over from him. A towering tree that can support an entire city.And if your mutated rose tree can bloom beautiful flowers, that would be great.

If you were really just that Nobuko Yahana who came to seek refuge with her only relative after her family was destroyed, then Mori Ogai might have succeeded.You gently caressed the cold tombstone, and the falling rain was moist, allowing you to temporarily leave your own traces on the wordless tombstone.When you really want to keep something, you will find how fragile and powerless you are.

Feng stands behind you like an ordinary follower and holds an umbrella for you. It seems that his eyes can't see, his ears can't hear, and his vocal cords can't make any sound. Speaking, he is very clear.Even if Mori Ogai doesn't need to tell him, he will definitely know your whereabouts.

When the relationship between you and Mori Ogai showed a trace of rupture, some careerists of the port mafia immediately found a treasure, as if a fly found a crack in an egg, hoping to expand this crack to gain benefits, unscrupulous To expose Mori Ogai's surveillance of you to you.You are not very bothered by this, but no matter how helpless you are, you still have to greet those ambitious people with a smile on your face.

During the period when the old leader's condition worsened and he repeatedly summoned Mori Ogai, as the well-known person in charge of the Hong Kong Black Branch appointed by the old leader himself, you finally, with the help of the intangible assets left by Chun, thoroughly and thoroughly Become the actual power holder of the Hong Kong black branch.With responsibilities on your shoulders, you can no longer do things and treat others according to your own preferences.

You don't want to let down what Chun has done for you.

Chun didn't do anything wrong, if you insist on saying that Chun is at fault, it's because he has such a close relationship with you.Mori Ogai still has some feelings for you, he will not attack you, but he will attack the people around you.Chun's death is his reminder and warning to you, otherwise he would not have to be so blatant.Even though you don't know Jun's secret plan, Mori Ogai has reached the point where he has to do it.

And with Chun's scheming, he shouldn't have been caught and died so easily, and even admitted in front of your face that he didn't actually do the betrayal.The only reason Jun did this was that he was begging to die—after repeatedly reminding you to keep a distance from Mori Ogai failed.

Jun's death directly exposed the long-standing problems between you and Mori Ogai.He hopes to wake you up with his fragile life like a slap in the face, and prevent you from indulging in the dream that Mori Ogai has woven for you; I hope you can be yourself wantonly, instead of following Mori Ogai's wishes Big; I hope to plant a rose-colored soft thorn between you and Mori Ogai, and make this thorn a catalyst for your ascent to the bone-strewn throne, prompting you to climb up in pursuit of power and So that you can control your own destiny.

Chun hopes you, don't be bound by anything.Even family affection, even Yokohama.Perhaps in his view, Mori Ogai's doting on you is also a kind of bondage.

After thinking about it for a month, you still haven't figured out why Chun would be so decisive in giving up the life he despised long ago?Obviously, the years of being by your side have gone through ups and downs, why do you have to do this for you?

You bent down and put a bouquet of blue and purple cornflowers in front of Chun's grave, as your promise to Chun and the regret and guilt that you could never help the other party get revenge, so pale and feeble.

You know, Mori Ogai's love for you has always been dominated by family affection. For a high-ranking person, the bond of family affection will definitely be more than love. This has been well reflected in you. What you do will never be controlled by love, and a successful leader will never allow himself to lose control, so the measure of your intimacy is also within his control.

Who knows if the love he shows is real?When you have doubts about Mori Ogai's love, you feel that everything is full of illusions.Jun successfully used his death to open a crack in your original firm trust in Mori Ogai in this regard, making you start to think deeply about Mori Ogai's feelings for you.

However, no matter how precocious you are, there are some things that children of your age cannot understand. You only know that Mori Ogai is different and special to you, and you cannot see more things in it.

As for using this to fight...

You have never been able to fight Mori Ogai in your previous life, and ended up being buried in the sea. In this life, if you grow up under his teaching, will you be able to fight?Rebirth is not a panacea, and you didn't even want to fight him.

You stared at the simple tombstone in front of you, and your inner thoughts surged like a tide.What you don’t want to fight for, what you want to protect, what you have to do, what you want to get, what you hide, what you expose, all of them are hit ashore heavily by the surging emotions like huge waves.

In this life, you still have your parents' bloody revenge to avenge, and the city that gave birth to you to protect. You can't stop because of certain people or things. It's enough to be depressed for a month.When Chun came to this world where all living beings suffer, no matter how much he struggled, his life was like a straw. In the end, only you would feel sad for his death and shed such a tear.

"Occasionally, I want to live like a little lady, but unfortunately I don't have this life." When Chun told you a bedtime story, he once sighed softly.

You closed your eyes slightly.What kind of person is Chun?

I thought that what impressed you the most about Chun was his pure and delicate face, but in fact, you have the most indistinct appearance of Chun.What comes to mind at this moment is Chun's smile.Free and easy, gentle, careful, shy...all kinds of smiles.

Anyone or anything is always seen most clearly by a cold-eyed bystander, and Chun can best see through the essence of human nature. Doesn’t he know what kind of selfish person you are?How can you be worthy of Chun doing this for you, even giving up his life?

"...I could have lived by love." You took a deep breath and sighed slowly.Think about it carefully, Mori Ogai has never explicitly said love to you, he is best at embedding flowers.

"But if no one loves me..." You lowered your head and smiled softly, your deep voice was like a venomous snake just waking up, smooth and clammy.A monster without love is a terrible thing, and needs something else to fill his empty heart and stomach.

And you know that before you get enough nutrients to grow up, it is the best way to hide your strength and bide your time.Like the one thing every carnivore knows from birth, before it can catch its prey, it learns - perfect hibernation.

"Without a lot of love, I want power; without power, I want wealth; without wealth, I want strength... the strength to get everything I want."

Because the fame, wealth and status you wanted to obtain in the previous life are almost obtained, you feel that it is unnecessary to spend energy on the things you have already obtained in this life, so you give up the pursuit of such things as "status" and do not touch them. Touching the poison/drug of power, choose to accept the love of Mori Ogai who seems to have no desires or desires.

Mori Ogai's attitude paralyzes you, making you mistakenly think that you don't need a position mixed with benefits to get love.

So you hide your monster nature.

So you reap the consequences.

After a while, when your emotions, which were on the verge of collapse but desperately suppressed, stabilized, you opened your eyes, stared at the tombstone, and said the last sentence that marked your completion of transformation in an inaudible voice:

"...by that time, I will be the king of Yokohama."

Not bound by anything.