Tokyo Swordmaster Online Dealer

"Don't put all the blame on me. I just came here to join in the fun. Now it seems that the real owner is gone. What a pity for a good show."

"It doesn't matter. It's just a matter of time."

"Alas, there are still a lot of miscellaneous things in the dormitory that need to be dealt with by a layman like me when I return. I will not chat with the general any more. Goodbye!"

After saying a few meaningless and meaningless words, the young man in white laughed softly, then turned into flying smoke and disappeared.

At this time, half of the ancient armor on the young man holding the sword gradually disappeared.

There was sweat on his forehead, and he seemed to be under a lot of pressure. He looked at Suzaku Gate again with a gloomy expression, then turned around and left without any reluctance.

"Is this old fox also involved in the plot?"

"Damn it, is he colluding with some ghost king or demon king and planning to overthrow Kyoto? What good will this do him?"

"No, we must return to the family and investigate this matter!"

With just a few words, the swordsman who was worshipping Xuanwu became like a frightened bird, no longer having any of his previous composure.

It’s not that he has a bad mentality.

However, the person he just met was a man who could call the wind and rain and make trouble.

We have to guard against it!

Just as these two people of extraordinary origins were clashing and suspecting each other.

Uesugi Kiyoshi's motorcade had already stopped downstairs of a hotel that did not look very high-end.

Ueno Mitsuishi stopped the car, turned off the engine, and carefully opened the door for Uesugi Kiyoshi.

Then, Uesugi Kiyoshi saw the wry-smiled face of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who had become extremely embarrassed after not seeing him for half a month.

Chapter 294 The Embarrassed President

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was also a young and talented man at that time.

When he was still in his twenties, he saw the situation clearly and seized an opportunity to establish a collectors association from scratch. He was able to get along with both the good and the bad, and within a few years, he made the huge collectors association famous in Tokyo.

This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Although he had some flaws, such as being very suspicious, used to the bureaucratic ways, and having a thick mask on his face, when he was recruiting Uesugi Kiyoshi, he used both kindness and force, and he was not a likable person.

However, since joining the collectors' association, he has always been nice to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

Now, seeing a familiar face getting out of the car and giving him a playful smile, Akutagawa Ryunosuke almost shed tears.

Not only did he look disheveled, his clothes were also disheveled.

His left arm was in a plaster cast and bandaged, and his face had many scratches. His handsome face was almost ruined. There was a sense of depression between his brows, making him look a little old, and his energy was dying. He looked very miserable.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke came up and gave Uesugi Kiyoshi a sincere hug.

"Uesugi, you're finally here."

"Ah, now I finally understand what you said. The so-called strategy is nonsense without the guarantee of force."

"This is really strange. I've come to Kyoto for job applications more than once or twice before, but I've never encountered so many strange things!"

"I'm really unlucky this time."

He complained, glanced at Uesugi Kiyoshi's back, frowned, and said jokingly: "As expected of you, you should know the situation here, why did you bring these people here, and even pets? Are you here for a spring outing?"

Behind Uesugi Kiyoshi were Nohara Kyoko and Toufumi Maki who were holding cats. Further behind them were the Narumi siblings who came out to stretch their bodies, looking a little tired. In the last car, Kamiizumi Rin was still sleeping and had not woken up yet. Akutagawa had not seen her at all.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke only knew Maki Toufumi, but he had no clear understanding of the current combat power of this successor to the Demon Sword Soul, so he said this.

Uesugi Kiyoshi pushed Akutagawa Ryunosuke away with some disgust, patted his clothes solemnly, and said something to him disdainfully.

"Your vision is still so poor. What do you think of the group of relatives and friends I brought?"

"Please, except for Kyoko, I'm afraid you can't beat anyone here. The weakling seeking help should straighten his posture, OK?"

After hearing this, Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked a little surprised and doubtful.

He knew Uesugi Kiyoshi, a man who seldom boasted and was moderate in his jokes.

Since he said so, it is very likely true.

"Forget it, forget it, let's go in and talk."

Outside is not a place to hold meetings, so Akutagawa Ryunosuke took Uesugi Kiyoshi and led the group into the main hall of the hotel.

This should be the headquarters of the Collectibles Association in Kyoto. This hotel is not open to the public. As soon as he entered the lobby, Uesugi Kiyoshi saw many familiar faces.

When he was in the Collectibles Association, he often went to the training ground to practice swordsmanship. The training ground was open to the public. Many field staff and even investigators had practiced with him and had received instruction in swordsmanship from him. Although he could not call out the names of all these people, he was familiar with them.

But everyone was injured.

It looked like it was indeed a fierce battle.

They did not stay outside. They took the elevator to the top floor, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa pushed open the door of the conference room.

Rin Kamiizumi was awakened by Kiyoshi Uesugi. After getting out of the car, she took Nobuna Narumi straight to the kitchen. Nobuo Narumi followed reluctantly.

He doesn't care. He comes here just to help chop people or ghosts. He doesn't care about anything else.

Xingzi was very happy to have a kitten to keep her company. She planned to build a nest for it and feed it some goat's milk. Unfortunately, she was doomed to fail because the kitten would not drink goat's milk.

In the end, the only one who followed Uesugi Kiyoshi in was Toufumi Maki.

Uesugi Kiyoshi picked a comfortable place to sit down, motioned for Toufumi Maki to sit next to him, raised his eyebrows, looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and said softly: "Okay, there are no outsiders."

"Tell me, my Lord President, what is going on."

"I heard someone died?"

"That attempted criminal has such abnormal abilities, and with you being a one-man army like Rashomon, how could it be so tragic?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke smiled bitterly and shook his head, organized his words, and started from the beginning.

"You know, I'm here to review my position."

"It's called a job promotion, but in fact, it's just to deal with the envoys from the headquarters. The Collectibles Association has a headquarters abroad, and Tokyo, Japan is just one of the thousands of branches."

"What's special is that there is only one collectors' association in Tokyo at present."

"There was no problem with the job promotion. It went very smoothly. Because of your joining, the speed of containing ghosts and gods has obviously increased in recent months. Professor Edward also seemed to have contacted the headquarters and said a lot of good things about you and me. He seems to admire you very much?"

"Anyway, the headquarters is very satisfied with my performance and is willing to provide more technical support."

"There's nothing much to say about this."

"Then, I will go visit the sponsor."

"The Hohōin family is one of the top six financial groups in Japan. Most of the funding for the Collectibles Association comes from them."

"Originally, there's nothing much to talk about. Just attend some social events, have some drinks, and fool those tycoon bosses, and that's it."

"As a result, before I went to look for the Fenghuangyuan family, the Fenghuangyuan family came to look for me first."

"There are many factions in such large chaebol families. The disputes over the main family and the division of the family have existed since ancient times. Although it is not so severe in modern times, it is common for such large families to have several bloodlines."

"The one who came to see me was a branch of the Fenghuangyuan family. They are also a real powerful faction and have a say among the chaebols. The young master of their branch invited me to drink."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with that. The sponsor can't be an enemy, so I'll go."

"The whole process went smoothly, except that after the banquet, the young master from the Phoenix Courtyard made a request to me."

"The Fenghuangyuan family also has many enemies. I don't know if this is a personal vendetta, but the young master said that there were traces of demons in a high-end nightclub, and asked us to help solve it."

"I'm very good at this kind of thing. We work with the Phoenix House and mostly solve this kind of thing for them."

"I have no reason to refuse. Besides, Dazai is with me. I think if we join forces, ordinary ghosts and gods can be easily defeated. So we made a plan and prepared to take action."

"Then, as you can see."

"We were attacked halfway. This was definitely done intentionally. Few people knew my planned route."

"Of course. The young master of the gold master knows."

"You'll know what will happen later."

"I was caught red-handed despite my deliberate plan! The loss was heavy!"

Chapter 295 Breaking Point

Uesugi Kiyotaka is good at studying, but he is not very willing to use his brain.

Especially some complicated things involving intrigue, he always stays away from them.

But that doesn't mean he won't do such a thing.

There were many things in Akutagawa Ryunosuke's words just now that puzzled him.

He tapped his fingers and asked in confusion, "So, who is our financial sponsor?"

"Forget it, let me ask it another way. What are the rules for the funds of the Collectibles Association?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke straightened his expression and explained directly without any pretense, "You are not very interested in this, so I didn't tell you about it before. It doesn't hurt to talk about it now."

"The scale of the Collection Association is not small. We also need to maintain the armed forces and the research funds of those who know the truth. The funding gap is huge."

"My family and Kudo's family will invest some money, but it's just a drop in the bucket."

“The funds needed to maintain the association come more from other places.”

“[Headquarters] will give a symbolic amount every year. It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing.”

"There are also government agencies, some mid-level and up chaebols, political parties, and even gangs. When they encounter problems that they can't solve, they will come to us for help, and we are paid for it."

"At least in Tokyo, we have a good reputation and credibility."

“This revenue accounts for a significant portion of our annual revenue.”

"The rest are investments by chaebols - have you ever seen a TV series or variety show collect advertising fees for title sponsorship, or a monopoly deal?"

"It's pretty much the same as that. We collect a large sum of money from the Phoenix Academy every year, and then sell some of the extraordinary tools produced by the association, or Horcruxes, to the Phoenix Academy chaebol for use."

"Of course, we don't care what they use those things for. This is just a transaction. Thanks to the technical support from the headquarters, the association is at the top level in the country in terms of research on extraordinary tools."

"At the same time, we will share some of the prophet's research data with the Phoenix Institute chaebol."

"Finally, we will prioritize completing the commissions of the Phoenix Institute Zaibatsu and reject the commissions of the enemies of the Phoenix Institute Zaibatsu. When necessary, we will also help them clear up some troubles at the extraordinary level."