In Tokyo: They are heavily dependent on me

Chapter 19. Deposits...8 figures!

"Get off the bus."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Kaoru felt his vision suddenly clear. He glanced at the man beside him who had removed his hood, and looked through the car window at the familiar scenery on the street.

It's unbelievable, but he did survive.

Watching the black sedan drive out of sight, he pressed his throbbing temples and walked to the ramen shop.

The bicycle was parked right next to him... It was clear that everything about him had been thoroughly investigated.

The underworld... is indeed terrifying.

Kaoru made up her mind, lifted the curtain, and saw Rin diligently wiping the table. Seeing him return and staring at her silently, she was about to speak...

Unable to contain her excitement, Kaoru rushed forward and hugged her tightly.

"Waaaaah, my lovely little sister, do you know you almost didn't get to see your handsome and charming older brother again?"

Rin was startled by his sudden action. After she came to her senses, she kept calling him a "pervert" and a "grotesque maniac" until Kaoru let go of her hand. She glared at her brother who had suddenly hugged her.

"Idiot, I don't want to talk to you anymore."

As she spoke, she turned her back, her cheeks puffing out, which looked very cute.

"When people face life-or-death situations, they think of the most important people in their lives. Rin, the most important person I thought of at that moment was definitely you!"

As if giving a speech, Kaoru spoke in a high-pitched tone.

Rin casually gave an "Oh," not believing that he had experienced a life-or-death separation, since her brother looked the same as usual no matter how you looked at him.

"By the way, brother."

She remembered something important, climbed the wooden steps upstairs, and placed a heavy envelope on the table.

The envelope was clearly filled with a lot of things, and its surface was stretched out.

Kaoru blinked, pointed at the envelope, and asked, "What's this?"

"It was given to me by a stranger. I was just about to ask what it was when he had already left."

After saying that, Rin added, "What a strange guy."

Xun nodded casually, tore open the seal, and tilted the envelope downwards.

The next second, stacks of banknotes fell out from inside.

Several stacks of banknotes collided with each other and fell to the ground, making a pleasant sound.

Xun was stunned for a moment, and after regaining her senses, she immediately closed the shop door and hung up a sign that read "Closed".

"Rin, we have money! We have money!"

He realized in an instant that this must have been entrusted to him by the young lady from the water.

Xun looked at the ten stacks of banknotes on the ground. If he wasn't mistaken, the money amounted to exactly ten million.

According to his sister, he was still at the Mizukami family's mansion when the money was delivered.

Upon realizing this, he immediately understood that the young lady had already arranged everything.

At the time, she called out the guy who had cheated her out of five million yen not to negotiate, but simply out of curiosity about his reaction.

I've been played... Kaoru is increasingly unable to understand the young lady's thoughts.

"Brother...so much money! I must be dreaming..."

Looking at the stacks of banknotes in front of him, Rin was incredulous and even forgot to breathe.

Seeing her like this, Xun pinched her cheek. The girl instinctively frowned, clearly feeling the pain.

It's not in a dream.

That's in reality.

"Brother...this money...could it be from you...?"

"Yes, it was your great elder brother who obtained it through his own wisdom."

Kaoru placed her right foot on the chair, rested her elbow on her knee, and struck a pose almost identical to that of the famous sculpture "The Thinker".

"Haha, praise me as much as you want, I'll accept it all, my lovely little sister."

Seeing his childish and immature demeanor, Rin twitched her lips, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Actually... what I was trying to say was, could this money have been obtained by my brother robbing a bank?"

"How could that be! Your brother is kind, intelligent, ambitious, and would never bow to evil forces. How could he do something that violates the law?"

Rin nodded, giving him an "I agree" look.

After all, the older brother was so timid. When he was little, he was chased by a dog and climbed up a tree, calling "sister, sister" over and over again. Even the neighbors knew about it.

Yes, she was certain that her brother wouldn't do something like that.

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Early the next morning, Kaoru put the backpack, which should have been fixed to the back of his bicycle, on his front and covered the banknotes he had been counting all night. Just as he had expected, the money added up to a full ten million yen in cash, not a penny less.

He is now very confident that if Shibusawa Eiichi were alive again, he would know him better than the man's descendants.

He hummed an unknown melody as he pedaled his bicycle, the song following him all the way. Xun felt that he was the happiest person in the world at that moment.

He found an ATM and deposited all the counted banknotes into it.

"Completed!"

One by one, banknotes were swallowed by the bank's ATM, and the balance increased from five figures to eight figures. Xun felt that life was wonderful and was full of expectations for the future.

He rode his bicycle toward the school.

As he passed a convenience store, he saw Kobayashi Chio coming out of it, so he stopped his bicycle in front of her and winked at her.

"what."

Upon seeing it was him, Kobayashi put away the rice balls, stood up, and looked at him warily.

"Get in the car, I'm in a great mood today, I'll give you a free ride."

"real?"

"Really? Come on up!"

Seeing how kind this guy was, Kobayashi said "Oh," and stuffed the whole rice ball into his mouth. His mouth was immediately filled to the brim, and he couldn't even speak.

She chewed with great effort, swallowed the rice ball completely, and patted Xun on the back.

"Is there any water?"

"have."

Xun handed over the plastic bottle containing barley tea.

Kobayashi hesitated before taking it, asking, "You've never had it before, have you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, give it back if you're not going to drink it."

As she spoke, Xun attempted to snatch the plastic bottle back.

"Who said I wouldn't drink!"

Xiaolin pinched him hard on the waist, and Xun cried out in pain. At that moment, the bicycle went out of control and headed down the slope on the other side, with no time to brake.

The barley tea in the bottle spilled, wetting Kobayashi's clothes at the chest, but she had no time to care. Her bicycle, like a wild horse without reins, sped off down the slope, the scenery rushing past her. Driven by instinct, Kobayashi finally succumbed to fear and screamed, clutching Kaoru's waist tightly.

"Ugh! How the hell are you riding that bike?! You idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot!"

"It's all because you suddenly attacked me!"

"Idiot! I'll never ride your bike again!"

"That kind of thing! Let's focus on surviving first, and worry about the future later!"

Finally, the two of them flew into a clump of trees by the roadside along with the bicycle.