Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Everyone in the warehouse was at the door, neatly lined up to receive their guest. After 20 minutes, Kuriyama himself arrived. Along with him was a fleet of over 20 delivery trucks.
Lu Shu counted 27 large delivery trucks. 19 of them were most likely already filled to the brim with goods.
Countless crack troops were guarding the 19 vans. They were all either beginner Class D’s or advanced Class E’s. Each Class D led a small team of five to patrol the vans. Their eyes were like hawks, looking around hesitantly.
But Lu Shu could not detect any waves of powers coming from inside the vans, and hence could not confirm the contents of the 19 delivery vans. Could it be that the van itself was made of a material that could suppress the waves of powers?
Lu Shu gave it some thought. If this kind of delivery needed so many people on guard, then the goods were probably worth a lot. Perhaps these were the precious resources the Collection of Gods wanted to transport to their new base.
He suddenly became hesitant. Should he get rid of everyone and take the goods for himself…
There were certainly many people around him, but they could not defeat him either.
To destroy or not to destroy, that was the question.
Lu Shu now had two concerns. Firstly, if the goods in these vans were like those sent in the afternoon, he did not know what to do. He was also not interested in the Collection of Gods and had no intention of saving them. Even if the Collection of Gods had captured people, the people were not worth the effort. Lu Shu was also not Buddha, who delivered all living creatures from torment.
He was also worried that if he got rid of this identity too quickly, it would not do justice to the amount of preparation the Heavenly Network had done.
Besides, he would accompany these goods to the new base. According to Kawayoshi, this warehouse would soon be abandoned. In the future, the new base would receive and store goods by themselves.
Till then, the goods would not run away, and his image would not be destroyed. As long as he knew where the goods were, he could simply use his mystic water to break the wall, take the goods and leave whenever he wanted.
Kawayoshi moved closer to Kuriyama and helped him light his cigarette. “Lord Kuriyama, is Yamada Akira coming along with us? I’d like to take him under my wing. He is quite honest and frank. You can be rest assured with him.”
Kuriyama looked at him. “Yes, I got someone to do a background check on Yamada this afternoon. There’s no problem. But instead of following you, I’d like to employ him. My assistant was killed by a wave at the battle with Oda Tokuma. If you want to use people, use them now. Pulling him onshore when he is in low spirits is sure to make him feel touched.”
Kawayoshi was dumbfounded. He did not think that Kuriyama too would want to take Yamada for himself.
Yamada’s performance before Lu Shu replaced him was indeed very good. He was adept at managing Nogiwa Hakushun’s travel route and work plans. Furthermore, he was very frank. He was willing to oppose anyone if it was for Nogiwa Hakushun’s sake.
Which leader did not want such a subordinate? Kuriyama now had to make use of his men. Seeing that Takashima Tairatsu would soon have the opportunity to advance to Class A, the likes of Takashima would have to rise up as well. It would be extremely awkward if he did not have anyone under him then.
Now that Yamada had been cast out as a neglected character, Kuriyama’s eye turned towards the left-over Conservatives as well. He did not have any major flaws. His practical aptitude was also above average. With someone like him drawing people in, others would certainly agree to convert and join him in the future.
Kuriyama was banking on this very idea. He wanted to provide Yamada with timely help. He believed that Yamada, a neglected Class D character, would definitely be beyond grateful to him.
“What?” Kuriyama looked at Kawayoshi calmly. “Do you not agree?”
“Yes, I agree,” Kawayoshi said and lowered his head. He did not dare to compete over Yamada with Kuriyama. Kuriyama was Takashima Tairatsu’s most competent underling. He held power within the Collection of Gods.
“That’s good. Call him over. I want to speak to him.” Kuriyama laughed as he patted Kawayoshi’s shoulder. He was very satisfied with Kawayoshi’s attitude.
Kawayoshi approached Lu Shu with a complex expression. “Ahem, Brother Yamada. I’ll be in your care from now on. Lord Kuriyama wants to speak to you.”
Lu Shu was momentarily shocked. Why was the round face suddenly so polite?
In reality, Kawayoshi himself clearly understood that Yamada was a cut above the rest. He could not be offended if Yamada became Kuriyama’s trusted subordinate.
Lu Shu followed Kawayoshi and approached Kuriyama. Kuriyama looked up at Lu Shu… with a superior look on his face…
“From Kuriyama Kumo’s distress, +99!”
Lu Shu’s height was indeed very impressive. But this did not affect his image, as the original Yamada Akira was also very tall.
Kuriyama did not directly try to win him over. He calmly said, “What talents do you have?”
Lu Shu wondered why he had suddenly asked him this question. He could not answer him with his current talents either. He could only blindly spout nonsense. “My talent… I can do mental sums very quickly. Is this considered a talent?”
Kuriyama suddenly felt that he could not carry on with the conversation. He asked for Lu Shu’s talents as an opportunity for him to show off his talents, before Kuriyama tried to win him over. What was he doing, saying that his talent was doing mental sums quickly?!
Kuriyama pondered for a long time before asking, “Mental sums? What is 1921 multiplied by 1921?”
“131,” Lu Shu replied without any thought.
Kuriyama and Kawayoshi were dumbfounded.
“From Kuriyama Kumo’s distress, +666!”
“From Nagaya Kawayoshi’s distress, +666!”
Your mathematics teacher must be rolling in his grave right now!
How could 1921 multiplied by 1921 be 131?!
Kuriyama took a deep breath. “… your answer is wrong.”
“My answer is indeed wrong.” Lu Shu nodded his head. “But I calculated very quickly.”
“From Kuriyama Kumo’s distress, +666!”
“From Nagaya Kawayoshi’s distress, +666!”
Kuriyama thought about it carefully. Lu Shu certainly did not hesitate in his answer. You could say he was relatively fast…
But if the answer was incorrect, there was no point being so fast!
Kuriyama lowered his face into his hands. “Nagaya, hurry up and get him to supervise the truck loading…”
Kawayoshi understood that Kuriyama had given up on his plan of winning Yamada over…
Kawayoshi brought him back to the road and grumbled. “Even if you don’t want to work with Kuriyama, there is no need for you to reject him so directly! Your future is done for.”
In Kawayoshi’s and Kuriyama’s eyes, Lu Shu was playing the fool as a disguised rejection. This was actually the result that Lu Shu had wanted. He knew that working for Kuriyama was not a role he could deal with easily. He did not have the ability to conceal like the original Yamada Akira. Who knows how much time he had spent before getting closer to Nogiwa Hakushun, and at the same time not having his identity exposed. But how about Lu Shu?
If he forced himself to put a square peg into a round hole and got involved with Kuriyama, sooner or later problems would occur. He only needed this identity to conceal his affairs. There was not much significance for him to be by Kuriyama’s side.
He could not allow his identity to collapse anymore!
