Chapter 645 – Fireworks
At this time.
In front of the Black Sycamore Club.
Several sedans stopped in front of the unoccupied store, Mr. Wells stepped out of the car with eight or nine members of the Cold River family and looked up at the club that was plunged into darkness.
”Mr. Wells, this is the store.” Beside him, a member of the Cambrian family spoke up, “It’s said that this store had two young men and a little girl come two days ago, all of them are new faces, among them, those two young men have recently become cowboys and are very hot, the little girl is around twelve or thirteen years old and works here as a waitress.”
”Two young men and a little girl ……” Mr. Wells pondered, “If one is Yuzuri Kurotetsu’s daughter, and one is Asahina Seven Nights …… then who is the other one?”
”That, we’re not sure, but we’ve searched all of Dotonbori, and this is the only store that’s the most suspicious.”
”What’s the origin of the owner of this store?”
”Don’t know ……”
”No idea?”
”Yeah, that’s one of the things that makes this store suspicious.” He said helplessly, “We’ve checked all the information, but we can’t find the origin of this shopkeeper, there’s no information other than his flower name Kyousuke, even the original owner who rented this store has disappeared, no one knows how he appeared …… ”
”Where’s the decoration team? To make such a big store, you must have hired a decoration team, right? And the purchase of these tables and chairs supplies inside, all without leaving a name?”
”No …… query can’t find any records of the decoration here, nor any records of the purchases, it’s as if ……”
That mob member paused, “It’s as if, this place was a haunted house that appeared overnight, it’s rumored that the night before this store appeared this place was still a rough house, and the next morning, this club had already been built.”
Mr. Wells brow furrowed, “So spooky …… How long has this store been in business?”
”Six months.”
Mr. Wells carefully surveyed this plain and uninteresting store, not knowing what he was thinking.
”Mr. Wells, the young master asked us to come and search for the whereabouts of those two people, but they’re not here right now, what should we do?” A member of the Kankawa family asked, “Shall we come back tomorrow?”
”No, tomorrow would be too late.” Mr. Wells shook his head, recalling the previous instructions that Cambrianji had given him, a flash of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, “Smash the doors and windows, let’s go in and search, if they are really hiding here, they will definitely leave behind some traces.”
”What if we can’t search?”
”Then send someone to keep an eye on the neighborhood, once they come back, immediately notify me, we’ll come over and grab this store manager and question him and we’ll know everything.”
”Yes!”
The bright fireworks bloomed under the night sky like a brilliant curtain of light, reflecting on the faces of all those who looked up at them.
This fireworks festival could be said to be Osaka’s grandest of the year, both the scale and the quality of the fireworks themselves were unprecedented, and even if one stood at the edge of the city, one could clearly see this beautiful sky.
Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruhide stood by the river in their shattered yukata, holding red umbrellas and enjoying the fireworks festival, while everyone around them watched the fireworks, mesmerized by the beautiful fireworks.
”Actually, the fireworks are still quite pretty.” Lin Qiye couldn’t help but say.
”Hmm.” Amamiya Haruhui nodded slightly, “Even if this country is already corrupt, its culture, still has a unique charm, but …… these are ultimately just beautiful trappings, wait until this layer of trappings is torn apart, revealing the core of the divine right, everything will be different… …”
”Have you ever seen this veneer torn?”
”Seen it.” Amamiya Haruhide was silent for a moment, “It’s ugly, it’s disgusting, it’s …… infuriating.”
The two held an umbrella and watched quietly under the fireworks, unlike the smiling onlookers around them, there was no joy in their eyes, only a strong sense of pity and sadness ……
”These fireworks are too big, aren’t they?”
Yuzurina, holding a skewer of grilled meat in her hand, stood in the crowded crowd and with difficulty tilted her head up to look at the fireworks festival, even so, shock was written all over her small face.
Uncle Kyousuke smiled slightly and lifted her up, riding her on his back, “Isn’t it? It’s spectacular, isn’t it?”
Yuzurina seemed a little embarrassed to be suddenly riding on Uncle Kyousuke’s back, but soon her mouth dropped open as she was shocked by the spectacular sight of the fireworks overhead.
”Yuzuri-chan.” Uncle Kyousuke suddenly spoke.
”Hmm?”
”Did you have fun today?”
”Happy.” Yuzurina looked up at the fireworks and smiled, “After following Brother Seven Nights here, I’ve always been happy.”
”Why?”
Yuzurina thought for a moment, “Because the atmosphere of the club is very good ah, uncle and brother Jin also take care of me, and brother Seven Nights, I already like the cowboy industry, and having the opportunity to work here is a very pleasing thing in itself ah.”
”You like cowboys a lot?”
”Yeah, because my mom loves it so much, so I’m slowly getting into it too.”
Uncle Kyousuke was silent for a moment, “But you have to work every day here, aren’t you tired?”
”It’s true that it’s quite tiring, but it’s a very fulfilling and reassuring life, compared to the time when I was hiding from the gangsters chasing me in the container, this place is like heaven!” Yuzurina happily opened her arms, as if she wanted to embrace the bright sky filled with fireworks.
Uncle Kyousuke looked at that childish face, standing in place like a statue, and after a long time, he smiled and asked:
”Do you want to stay here forever?”
”I want to.” Yuzurina paused, “But I can’t, Grandma Tsuru is still waiting for me to go back in Yokohama, I can’t stay here for too long or she’ll get lonely alone.”
”Maybe you could pick her up?”
Yuzurina froze, and after careful thought, her eyes lit up!
”That would certainly be best! But, would you agree to that, Uncle Kyousuke?”
”Well, I agree oh.”
Yuzurina’s excited smile turned into a blossom when she heard those words, and she turned sideways and gave Uncle Kyousuke a firm kiss on his bearded cheek.
”Thank you Uncle Kyousuke! Uncle Kyousuke is the best!!!” She smiled and narrowed her eyes.
Uncle Kyousuke froze in place.
After an unknown amount of time, he came back to his senses and couldn’t control the smile that appeared at the corners of his mouth.
The Fireworks Festival ushered in its final outburst, countless fireworks rushed up into the sky, blossoming their own light in the darkness, dispersing the gloom and darkness, and bringing the brief but brilliant fireworks to earth.
The fireworks withered.
The sky once again fell into a dark and dead silence.
Uncle Kyousuke carried Yuzurina on his back, standing motionless in the crowd that was crowding to leave.
”Uncle Kyousuke, the fireworks are over, we should go back.” Yuzurina opened her mouth and reminded.
”Uh-huh.” Uncle Kyousuke looked at the dark sky, “…… It’s time to go back.”