[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

"Tell me, what's the purpose of pulling me out today? I don't think it's as simple as just going shopping and eating buffet okonomiyaki."

Saya started the conversation between the two. Since she returned to Tokyo during the summer vacation, she knew that her friend's lover was Shintaro Midorima from the same school.According to common sense, after having a lover, you should go on a date with your boyfriend during the holidays, instead of pulling her out to press the road, which is a bit strange.

"Saya, I'm worried about you." Thinking of the gathering on the first day, Akiba Ling expressed her worries to Saya, "Actually, I had a question on the first day, is it really okay for you to date that boy?" question?"

Knowing that the person the friend mentioned was Akashi, Saya also told the truth and gave the answer to the friend, "There is no problem between me and him, why, do you think it is wrong?"

"If there's anything wrong with it, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that I went to watch the match between Xiude and Luoshan a few days ago, and I was frightened by the low pressure from that person on the sidelines. At that time, I guessed in my heart that that kind of arrogant Is he really popular with girls? It's hard to imagine what he looked like when he was studying in Teiko."

After receiving the okonomiyaki ingredients sent by the proprietress, Saya mixed the ingredients according to her own preferences, and poured the batter into the hot iron plate on the table. While frying the batter with a small spatula, she said: "You He studied at Teiko Middle School with Seijuro, you should know him better than me, why did he suddenly act stupid in front of me?"

"Please, I only transferred to Diguang in the third year of middle school. At that time, like you, I hated boys playing basketball. Naturally, I didn't pay attention to the people in the basketball club, and I didn't go to watch games, let alone Saying that I met Akashi, the chances are really pitifully small."

Akiba Ling explained her reason. At that time, she didn't have the heart of gossiping like other girls. She was either busy working at the shrine or concentrating on preparing for the exam.It wasn't until the first day of this year that she really met Akashi. What surprised her was that he was Saya's boyfriend. In addition, Midorima talked about the past in middle school a while ago, so she was worried about Saya. situation.

"Aya, you don't have to worry about me, I'm happy with him." Using a shovel to turn over the pancakes on the iron plate, Saya sprinkled cabbage and bonito flakes on top of it, and continued to fry. After a while, the delicious pancakes were finished up.

"It should be said that you are overly optimistic, or you become blind after falling in love. With Akashi's family background, it will never be easy to associate with him. You should take care of yourself and don't trap yourself."

Akiba Ling can only give such a suggestion. She is not the person involved and cannot understand Saya's mood.However, since the two of them can communicate, there should be some unbeknownst to outsiders at work. According to her relatives who are god masters, there is an invisible red thread pulling, and whether the relationship can be cultivated or not depends entirely on How do the two maintain it.

Don't get yourself into it?

Saya didn't tell Akiba Ling that when she met Akashi in Kyoto, she had unknowingly trapped herself.

But she has no regrets. Maybe others think that Akashi is a bit strict with people and things, but if someone else lives in that kind of family environment, who would live a relaxed and happy life?Others only see the scenery of the young master of the consortium, but they don't know that the life of ordinary people is much happier than that of heirs of big families. People, sometimes they really don't know the blessings in the blessings.

The pancakes exuded aroma on the iron plate, and Akiba Ling began to use food to suppress the hungry insects in her stomach, but she still wanted to talk about some things, such as some weird things published in the newspaper.

"I said Saya, don't think I'm too talkative. You should be more careful when you go out these days, and pay attention to whether there are people stalking behind you. I heard that there have been stalkers recently, who specifically stalk those beautiful boys and girls, and then take pictures and post them on the Internet. show off."

Perverted stalker?Saya also read this news in the newspapers recently. She is not worried about this type of incident. In the family training course, self-defense is one of the compulsory courses, and she has the ability to protect herself.

And there are different types of perverted stalkers, and the hunting scope of the stalkers in the newspaper is very wide, basically all men and women, she is more worried about her cousin's safety.She went out on vacation today. She wondered if he could survive the internship course given by his grandfather alone. She should go back early. She was really worried about him.

Human premonitions are sometimes wonderful things. When Saya was worried that Keisuke would be followed, there were already signs of danger at the Kagawa branch. He didn't even notice that he was being followed.

Near the Kagawa branch, there is an Inari Shrine. On certain days, Kagawa will send people to send fried tofu and beancurd sushi to the shrine as offerings.Today, since Saya was out, the task of delivering the offerings fell to Keisuke. Compared with taking out the trash, the work of sending offerings to the shrine is really easy.

"Hey, Ms. Saya's cousin." After Jingfu finished the work in hand, on the way back to the store, a familiar male voice suddenly stopped him.

"Hey, young master of the Kasuga family, I also have a name, my name is Keisuke Hashimoto, please don't bark." Why did he meet that difficult person when he returned to the store?Keisuke really wanted to go back to the shrine's sink to wash his hands and get rid of bad luck, so that he might be able to avoid trouble instead of dealing with that person alone.

"You and I are the same age, so I'll call you Jingsuke, please give me your advice." Naoki greeted Jingsuke with a smile. Since the last time we met, he felt that Saya's cousin was also a talkative person. The so-called liking someone As a person, he must truly understand her, and he may be able to get a lot of relevant information from cousin Saya.

"If you don't have anything to do, you must ask for something. What do you want to do?" Although Keisuke felt that he was a bit of a geek, he was not an ignorant boy, so how could he fail to see Naoki's intentions?Take today as an example, Naoki did not bring the butler who was with him, but came to him alone, which shows that he wanted to discuss something with him.

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to you about your cousin." When Jingsuke saw through his intentions, Naoki didn't hide it, but directly stated his intentions, "You are her cousin, you should know There are many unknown things about her."

Keisuke sighed helplessly, and asked Naoki tentatively: "Let me tell you, what do you like about my cousin? If it's just the appearance, I advise you to give up."

"No, the appearance is part of it. The important thing is her inside. She is the first person I really like. If I really want to choose a marriage partner, then I would rather choose her than the one arranged by my father."

This is Naoki's truth, the family heir has no right to choose his future partner.Whether it is marriage or life, the interests of the family must be put first. Now that he finally has a person who meets the conditions and is also his favorite, how could he let it go? Unfortunately, someone has already stepped in and stood in front of him.

"I said you, you really don't understand my cousin." Outsiders are outsiders, and they are always blinded by their appearance, unable to see the real side of things. Jingsuke said to Naoki: "Her abilities are not innate. If it wasn't for her grandpa's hard training since she was a child, she would be the same as those rich ladies who can only enjoy themselves, marrying when they reach the age, and making the final contribution to the interests of the family."

"That's why I like her. Those rich ladies are not my type." Naoki walked to the vending machine not far away, dropped coins to buy two bottles of drinks, and threw one of the bottles of oolong tea to the vending machine. Jingsuke.

"Can't you listen to me? Be happy too early and be careful that extreme joy will lead to sadness." Naoki unscrewed the lid of the drink, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, "my cousin has a very strong personality, and she wants to be better than others in every aspect, and because of this At this point, my father was afraid that she would not be able to get married because she was too strong, so he came up with a method of marriage within the family, so that the fat water would not flow into other people's fields, and the family would benefit."

Don't the fat and water flow into other people's fields?

This time it was Naoki's turn to turn dark, he approached Keisuke, and asked in a deep voice: "The marriage within the family you mentioned, could it be with you?"

Jingfu nodded hastily. Now he found that the young master of the Kasuga family and his brother-in-law have one thing in common, that is, it is scary to get angry, but if you really want to say which is scarier, he will definitely choose the latter. The Demon King is reborn, making people unable to resist.

"Hey, this method can't be implemented at all, okay? From my cousin's point of view, I'm just a weak younger brother in her eyes, and my ability needs to be improved. If you want to win her heart, you must be better than her, which is very important. It's important." Jingfu felt that he had revealed too much information to outsiders, but when he thought of getting Naoki to let go, he was willing to try.

"You mean, my cousin is worse than her?" Naoki was very upset when he heard that Akashi was better than himself. What was he not as good as his cousin? Why did Saya completely ignore his existence and just look at his cousin , It really made him feel angrier the more he thought about it.

"Being able to make my cousin obediently with one sentence is enough to prove his strength." Keisuke really admired Akashi. When he was young, he thought his cousin was very strong. When he grew up, he realized that there are people outside the sky. hands, no wonder his grandfather would be willing to accept the marriage of the Akashi family.

"Joke, in terms of ability, I don't think she is inferior to my cousin." Sitting on the bench by the side of the road, Naoki finished his drink and threw the bottle into the trash can opposite, "People always have weaknesses, I Cousin is still an ordinary person no matter how strong he is, and he will be restrained by his weaknesses, the reason why you can't see it is because he hides deep enough that ordinary people can't see it."

The black night had slowly fallen while the two were talking, and as the flow of people on the street decreased, Keisuke decided to go back to Kagawa to do business, lest his father think he was lazy and went to play.But Naoki is still the same, and wants to use the name of a guest to continue to Kagawa to wait for Saya to appear.Unexpectedly, today's luck was not good, he couldn't get what he wanted, and on the way back to the store, he and Jingfu were already followed by someone.

"Be careful!" Naoki has also been trained in basic self-defense techniques. Of course, he will be aware of someone approaching from behind. He thought that the person following him might be a pervert tracked by the newspaper, but he didn't expect the person behind them to attack. What was moving was a real knife, and the strong murderous intent clearly wanted to put people to death.

"What the hell are those people doing?"

Keisuke, who was pushed away by Naoki in time, fell to the ground and temporarily escaped the evil knife.However, the crisis has not passed, but has become more and more dangerous. He and Naoki discovered that there were more than one gangster who attacked them on the scene, and they were likely to play a siege war. With a wink, he asked him to run with him.

Naoki quickly understood Keisuke's hint, and the two left the gangster behind and ran in another direction desperately.

Obviously, this is not a long-term solution. The two will be caught up sooner or later, and they must run separately so as not to be caught in a catch.Therefore, Naoki and Keisuke decided to separate at the intersection ahead, but before this strategy could be used, the gangsters had already sent someone to block their way out.

"Damn it, those people took the lead!"

The two ran to the intersection, and Zhishu saw that someone was blocking him there. He wanted to turn back immediately, but was pushed step by step by those people to a dark corner where there was no one.There is a small construction site, which is in a state of suspension and unguarded. The gangsters also took advantage of this and surrounded them like prey.

"Hey, Keisuke, have you ever fought?" Naoki looked at Keisuke beside him, asking him to prepare for resistance. Judging from the current situation, the two could not escape and had to face each other head-on. It's better to be strong if you don't hold back.

"I'll do my best, and I hope it will be useful." It's not that Jingsuke has no confidence in himself, it's that he himself has no interest in the self-defense training arranged by his family. Since he was a child, his hobbies are video games and cooking, and he is required to handle ingredients He can still get started, fights, he is really not very good at it, is this one of the sorrows of otaku?