Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 384 Repayment
"Mr. Tomita, isn't your judgment a little too fast?" At this moment, Sun Yixie had strong doubts about Katsuo Tomita in his heart, so his attitude became calm instead, and he planned to cheat temporarily. After defrauding the other party, he said, "You only chatted with us for a while, so you can be so sure that we are liars? To take a step back, even if we are really liars..." As he spoke, his eyes swept over the group of servants who were fighting with swords. Nu, "...the battle you have prepared is a bit too exaggerated, as if...you have already planned to drive us out before we have said anything." At this point, he paused slightly. For half a second, a pair of small eyes turned around half a circle, squinted at Katsuo Tomita, and then continued in a very subtle tone, "Could it be that Mr. Tomita already knew something before he made the commission? Is there something we don't even know?"

Brother Sun's words were so ambiguous and oblique that even Hayato didn't understand what he really meant, let alone the group of servants next to him.

However, Huang Donglai, who knew Sun Yixie's virtue very well, understood it immediately after tasting it a little.

As a murderer, Katsuo Tomita naturally understood Sun Yixie's hint...

"You... What nonsense are you talking about?" Katsuo Tomita panicked at the time, his tone suddenly softened a bit, and his speech became hesitant, "I can't understand what you are talking about at all!"

"Is that so?" As soon as Sun Yixie saw Katsuo Tomita's reaction, his [-]% doubts turned into [-]% certainties, "So there's nothing to talk to us about?"

"Heh..." Huang Donglai, who had already followed Sun Yixie's thinking, sneered at this moment, and said the next sentence for Sun Ge, "Then why don't we go back and look for that 'seeing Master Wulang enter the mountain' Talk to the villagers, and then tell the villagers about this matter in detail, let everyone think about it together, and see if we can figure out something."

"Wait...wait!" Katsuo Tomita, who was originally sitting upright and calm, leaned forward excitedly at this moment, pressing his hands nervously on his knees, saying with an embarrassed expression and an anxious tone. Said, "Don't be impatient, three, we... we can talk again!"

"Hmm..." Seeing this, Sun Yixie didn't speak, but made a little noise from his nose, put on a troubled expression, and glanced around a few times.

"Ah! Oh oh." Katsuo Tomita immediately understood, changed his face, and said to his servants, "What are you doing? Bastards! I'm talking to the gentlemen! It's just that the voice is a little louder. You came in? Get out of here! Get out!"

Faced with the master's turnaround, the gang of servants and evil slaves first looked at each other in blank dismay, and then they didn't react much... They didn't even show any grievances or displeasure, they withdrew in desperation, and even closed the door behind them. up.

Obviously, they have long been used to this kind of operation of "the superiors pass the blame to the subordinates".

This is not the patent of Katsuo Tomita, or the Tomita family... In Japan at that time, it was a common phenomenon wherever there was a "master-slave relationship", from local tyrants and evil gentry to general daimyo.

Some subordinates are even proud of "kneeling down for their master" or even "suffering for their master". Mud, you are also shameless, but if you block the mud for your master, no matter how shameless he wants to be, at least his face is still clean, and you... no matter how much infamy you bear to the outside world , as long as your master and the forces behind him are still there, at least among your own people, you can still gain a reputation of loyalty and even be enshrined.

It's a bit far away... Closer to home.

After Katsuo Tomita drove away the servants and put on a gesture of wanting to "talk" to the three of them again, Hayato, who had been a little confused, finally came to his senses.

"So that's the case, is Goro's death related to him..." Hayato thought to himself, "Brother Sun and Brother Huang are really powerful. When I didn't realize it just now, they had already seen through this point and used it as a bargaining chip." , threatened Tomita with just a few words..."

"Mr. Tomita, I am Hayato Kamo. Although I am not talented, I am still the heir of the Kamo family. I have to take care of the family's reputation." After Hayato figured out the way, he followed the rhythm of Shuangxie and began to follow Tomita pretended, "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, I don't have to take the rest of the remuneration, but you say I'm a liar, I can't pretend I didn't hear it... Today I just paid all the deposit I received before. I'll give it back to you, I've been busy in vain, I also want to ask the folks to comment and explain this matter clearly!"

As soon as this remark came out, Katsuo Tomita was even more shaken.

Firstly, Tomita was guilty of being a villain, and he was afraid that the other party would go to the village to make trouble; secondly, Hayato's state of righteousness and strictness did not seem to be lying.

Now even Tomita murmured in his heart: "Could it be that what this guy said is true? He really saw Goro's ghost? Maybe... I subconsciously showed mercy that day. I didn't completely kill Goro. After he fell down the mountain Captured by the monster again? So it was indeed the monster who killed Goro?"

This... is of course impossible.

These thoughts are nothing more than the remaining conscience of Katsuo Tomita brainwashing himself to alleviate his guilt of killing his nephew.

As for Hayato’s attitude, it’s completely understandable—even though he and Sun Huang made up the story of “Exceeding Goro”, he really went to the shrine. He did risk his life to complete the commission at first. of.

Because when Katsuo Tomita entrusted him before, he didn't have the same face as he does now. At the beginning, the Tomita family asked Hayato to investigate the shrine under the banner of "in addition to looking for their own young master, it is more for the well-being of the villagers". And they also said that even if they can't find Goro, they are already mentally prepared, and they will give them the rewards that should be given.

So even though Hayato knew that Goro might not be found, he still went to the mountains and wanted to solve the supernatural phenomenon in this place, but he finally found that he couldn't solve it with his ability. He could escape with a few people alive. That’s right, that’s why he chose to retreat; if Hayato was purely trying to cheat a sum of money, then he could just run away after taking the deposit, so that the villagers would only think that he died in the mountains, and he didn’t have to really die. take risks.

"No, no, no... Sir, you are serious. Just now, the old man was confused and talked nonsense, and offended you. I am really sorry!" After hesitating for a few seconds, Katsuo Tomita seemed to have made up his mind, and moved his knees After retreating a few minutes, he picked up a skillful Dogeza and bowed his head to apologize.

In this way, Katsuo Tomita, who had already planned to bully others when the other party came to the door, now had a 180-degree shift in attitude.

Or do you say that you can't live because you committed evil?

As for today's matter, as long as Katsuo Tomita settles the final payment and sends these gods of plague away, the matter of him killing Goro will be over, but he is reluctant to part with that little profit, making him extremely passive now.

Think about it, no matter how much Katsuo Tomita framed Hayato and the others as liars, the most he could do would be to snatch back the deposit they received, and then kick them out... He can't possibly silence these three people, right?

It is true that human life is worthless in troubled times, but the Tomita family is not a bandit, you are just a rich family in a place, not even a samurai class, and now you say that there are three magic sticks bluffing and deceiving, and then you kill them all privately?Even if Katsuo Tomita dared to issue such an order, the gang of slaves under his command would not dare to do so.

If you can't kill the mouths of these three people, if you are caught again, you can only be threatened by them.

It is true that when Sun Yixie defrauded Tomita just now, there was no evidence at all, but in fact, the evidence in this case is not that important. They only need to go to the village to make a scene and make some gossip, and their goal will be achieved; moreover, really It is not difficult to find a breakthrough in this matter.

Take the "witness" bribed by Tomita as an example. That person is a local villager and not a well-trained intelligence officer. He can be bribed to give this kind of perjury. to two?As long as this kind of person is coerced and lured, isn't it a matter of minutes?

Therefore, after some weighing, Katsuo Tomita could only swallow the evil result of "toasting and not eating fine wine" with a feeling of regret.

"Hey~Mr. Tomita, please hurry up." Huang Donglai said again at this time, "Mr. He Mao has a heart for the world and a big heart, and he won't care about you..."

"That's right~wrong." Sun Yixie continued, "But if you want to pay a little more at the checkout to show your sincerity in apologizing, we won't stop you."

"Hmm——" Katsuo Tomita looked at the faces of these two guys, and he was so angry in his heart, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only twitch the muscles on his face, and squeezed out a sentence from his teeth with a forced smile, " Yes... yes... the old man is also a sensible person, how about this, I will add three to the rest of the reward..."

He only came out with the word "[-]%", and Sun Yixie shouted loudly: "Triple times? Mr. Tomita, you are too polite! Hahaha... this~ how embarrassing!"

Katsuo Tomita gritted his teeth when he heard the words, and the anger in his chest was so strong that he couldn't get up or down; he was a person who regarded money as his life and coveted small profits, and even killed his own nephew for the sake of his family property. Blackmailing, I really want to fight with the other party.

"Well...excuse me, what are the plans for the three of you after you get paid?" After holding back for another two seconds, Katsuo Tomita's tone suddenly turned cold again.

When Sun and Huang saw it, it seemed that this guy was being pushed a little bit. The two experienced people understood that at this point, it was inappropriate to continue to exert pressure.

So, the two of them immediately exchanged glances with Hayato, indicating that they can take a step back and accept it when they see it.

Hayato understood, nodded slightly, and then said to Katsuo Tomita: "We still have work to do, after we get paid, we have to leave this place as soon as possible, and we won't be coming back in a short time."

Hearing this sentence, Tomita finally felt more at ease. He was silent for a few seconds and said, "Okay...ok...the three wait a moment..."

After finishing the last few words weakly, he got up and left the room to get the money himself.

And when he left the room, Sun Huang and the two of them no longer concealed it, and they both showed expressions of successful tricks; on the other hand, Hayato's face was as deep as water, thoughtful, and he didn't know what he was planning...

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To make a long story short, within a short time, the three of them got the final payment of Hayato's commission from Katsuo Tomita, and the amount was several times as much as agreed at the beginning.

The three of them really seemed to accept it as soon as they saw it, and they didn't make an inch to stay for a meal or something. They just collected the money and left immediately.

As for Katsuo Tomita, he "politely" arranged for a few servants to "see them off".

They said they were seeing them off, but they were actually following them to see if the three of them really left Yae Township immediately after taking the money as agreed, and promised that they would not talk nonsense to the villagers outside before they left.

About an hour later, the servant brought back the report, confirming that the three of them had really gone far away, Katsuo Tomita breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Katsuo Tomita returned to his room and sent all the servants out.

When he was the only one left in the room, he went to the closet and took out a quilt, put it on his body, and lay down on the ground.

After lying down, Katsuo Tomita curled up in a ball under the blanket, trembling all over his body, covered his face with the blanket, and let out bursts of roaring.

It's... a habit he's developed since he was a child, whenever he builds up unbearable pressure or gets angry, he uses this method to vent.

It was the same today. After exerting all his strength and yelling under the covers, the feeling of powerlessness really relaxed his nerves a little.

After taking a few breaths, Katsuo Tomita was about to get out of the bed after his breathing calmed down, but when he raised his head and opened a gap in the bed...

A human face with blue in the white and a little lavender in the blue suddenly stood in front of him.

Katsuo Tomita knew this face, it was the face of Goro, who was strangled to death by him, before he died.

"Ah! Ah—uh——" Katsuo Tomita cried out in fright at the sudden horror, but his cry was only louder in the first two seconds.

Two seconds later, a pair of cold hands had strangled his neck, causing him to groan "uh uh".

It's not that there are no servants in the corridor outside the house, but they all know Katsuo Tomita's "habit", so no one bothers him.

In the winter afternoon, the bright sunshine shines through the window paper.

Under the messy quilt, a pair of men's feet protruded from it, pedaling hard on the smooth tatami, as if trying to get rid of something.

But his struggle didn't last long, and soon fell silent together with his crooning.

At this moment, a small white paper figurine appeared from nowhere in the room. It rose up without wind, fluttered into the air, and then ignited spontaneously in an instant, turning into ashes.

(End of this chapter)