SFS Chapter 126 Masaki Ryukuri's Request
Chapter 126 Masaki Ryukuri's Request
Inside an izakaya in Shinjuku.
Uchiha Ryo: "Hey, Hiratsuka-sensei, even though it's your treat, we still have a high school student here, you know?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka clinked her wine glass with Yukinoshita Haruno's, then drank it all in one gulp.
"Hmph, seeing that guy get his comeuppance makes me so happy, I really want a drink."
Yukinoshita, resting her chin on her hand, said, "I have a lot of questions for you guys today. First of all... why would Ling-kun want to buy Liu Hu-kun's game?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Because I established a game club, and currently we have all the personnel, funding, and hardware, but it would be absolutely impossible to complete a galgame from scratch in less than one or two years. So I set my sights on Masaki-senpai's game itself."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "I see. So, how's Ryou and Yukino's relationship lately? They're neighbors, so they must visit each other often, right?"
Uchiha Ryo looked at Yukinoshita, who was squinting.
"It's not frequent; I only came here yesterday."
Yukino raised an eyebrow. "Oh... Yukino went to your house? You two must be really close. By the way, what could Yukino possibly do at your house? Let me guess... maybe she cooks?"
Uchiha Ryo shook his head.
"You guessed wrong, the answer is to take care of children."
Yukino almost spat out the mouthful of sake she had just taken a sip of, and hurriedly patted her chest, looking at Uchiha Ryo in surprise.
"What...what did you say?!"
Uchiha Ryo: "It's nothing, keep serving the food and drinks."
Although Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Haruno had a great time drinking, Maki Ryukiko was a bit reserved, especially when facing Uchiha Ryo.
About an hour later, the four of them, having eaten and drunk their fill, left the izakaya. Yukinoshita Haruno and Hiratsuka Shizuka had to walk back because they had been drinking, while the task of taking Maki-senpai home was left to Uchiha Ryo.
"Maki-senpai...is the human world fun?"
Masaki Ryuko stopped in his tracks, then forced a smile.
"Since Yang Nai calls you Junior Ling, then I'll call you that too. But what joke are you telling? I don't quite understand."
Uchiha Ryo didn't say anything, just silently watched her.
After a long while, the real tree fox stopped in front of a rather secluded courtyard.
"If you don't mind, Junior Ling, come in and have a glass of water, and then I'll hand you the game itself."
This is a house in the Japanese cherry blossom country with a rather old-fashioned style of decoration and layout. When you enter the front hall, Maki Ryukiko is kneeling on the tatami, and there is a USB flash drive on the table.
"Junior Ling, here's the USB drive. Just pretend you never saw me, okay?"
Uchiha Ryo sat opposite him.
"You don't want the three million anymore? You're choosing to pay to avoid trouble? I thought you were going to bring me in here to silence me."
Masaki Ryuko shook his head.
"To be honest, I thought that for a moment, but maybe it's just a fox's innate intuition. I felt that the enemy in front of me was invincible, so I could only suffer a loss."
Uchiha Ryo didn't speak. There was no murderous aura about Masaki Ryukyu. He seemed to be a monster who was relatively friendly to humans, like Nyanko-sensei.
"You should accept the money, but I'm a little curious why a monster would want to infiltrate human society."
Masaki Ryuko raised his head, thought for a moment, and then spoke directly.
"It was purely out of curiosity. Since our mother died, the three of us have grown tired of the fighting between demons. We longed for human life, so we made a deal with a powerful demon to learn how to transform into a human."
Uchiha Ryo: "Three?"
Masaki Ryuko: "I have two younger brothers, one is in junior high school, and the other misses the mountains and forests so he doesn't go to school."
Uchiha Ryo: "Alright, you don't need to worry. I'm neither an Onmyoji nor a demon exorcist. Unless you attack the people around me, I can't be bothered to interfere. Here's the money, I'll take the game, and that's the end of it for today."
"etc!"
Masaki Ryukyu suddenly called out to Uchiha Ryo, and after a brief silence, pushed the USB drive off the table.
"I wonder if Junior Ling will accept this commission? The commission fee is three million! I hope you can help my brother."
Uchiha Ryo sat up straight again. To be honest, he didn't want to get the three million for nothing, but since the other party had asked for his help, he figured he might as well listen.
Masaki Ryukyu: "I wonder if Junior Brother Ling has ever heard of the Toba clan, the demon-slaying clan!"
Matoba Ryo nodded. He seemed to have agreed to Matoba Seiji's request to attend a gathering of exorcists over the weekend.
A month ago, Liu Hu's younger brother's identity as a yokai was discovered by Matoba Seiji, the current head of the Matoba clan.
Instead of taking direct action, Matoba Seiji, who was an exorcist, wanted Ryukyu's younger brother to become his shikigami, but was refused.
However, Matoba Seiji, as a second choice, hoped that Yanagi's younger brother could do him a favor. If he didn't, he would make him reveal his true form at school.
Masaki Ryukyu: "Chi...Chi had no choice but to agree to Matoba Seiji's request and go to a gathering of exorcists as his shikigami."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "Chii, is that your younger brother's name? So your request is for me to go to that exorcist's gathering and bring your brother out, right?"
Masaki Ryuko nodded.
"As a demon, I can't possibly barge into a gathering of demon exorcists. Today, I've unexpectedly encountered you, a human who can see demons and is no ordinary being. So... I'd like to use these three million as a commission fee to help my brother."
Uchiha Ryo took the USB drive directly. "Alright then, I'll take this request! I'll attend Matoba Seiji's exorcist gathering and bring your brother out safely. By the way, your brother's name is Chiyo? And demons actually have surnames..."
Masaki Ryuko smiled.
"Because after our mother passed away, my siblings and I were protected by the divine tree that has existed for thousands of years, we were not bullied by other powerful monsters. So after we came to the human world, we took the surname Masaki."
"As for my two younger brothers, one is named Masaki Senju, and the other is named Masaki Koko.
Uchiha Ryo's eye twitched. So the little fox he was going to save was named Masaki Senju? What an unlucky name. What should he do if he didn't want to save her anymore?
"Wait a minute, why are you called Willow Fox, Third Brother called Child Fox, but Second Brother has a name like Thousand Hands that sounds... (evil)..."
Shinju Ryukuri: "Yes, because the Divine Tree's true form is a willow tree, and the Master can control every single branch of his form, just like having a thousand nimble hands. That child admired the Divine Tree so much that he was named Thousand Hands."