Nakano Mayu looked at the girl with well-organized arrangements, and felt inexplicably happy in his heart, so that he could rest assured even if he was not with her...
"Let's go, let's go to grandma's place first..."
Nishimiya Chisa gave a final wave of her hand and asked the security person in charge to carry out the task.
The bodyguards who had been surrounding them one after another were arranged by the eldest lady to launch a free counterattack. In the end, only a few strong-looking men were left, holding various firearms behind them.
Everyone walked directly downstairs.
"Why don't you keep some more bodyguards around, Miss..." the person in charge of security asked with a worried expression before leaving.
"No, these few are enough. If even Nakano-kun can't solve it, there's no point in having more people..."
"yes!"
After hearing this, the person in charge took a deep look at Nakano Mayu before disappearing by the roadside.
"Miss~" Zeng Shimeiying, who was originally serious, heard her eldest lady's words and shouted in a somewhat unhappy tone.
"Yes, yes, with Sister Mio here, everything will be safe..."
Nishimiya Chisa added without looking back, which seemed a bit perfunctory.
"Well..."
The swordsman sister held the unsheathed Odachi sword in her hand and turned to glare at Nakano Mayu.
Nakano Mayu looked at her with an innocent face.
"snort!"
But Zeng Shimeiying also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she just snorted slightly jealously and said nothing more.
Everyone walked downstairs together, with the bodyguards leading the way, with Nakano Mayu and Soshi Mio protecting Qiansha in the middle.
As soon as a few people walked out of the small western-style building, the originally brightly lit small western-style building behind them suddenly became dark.
He looked around, not only the small western-style building behind him, but the entire manor was plunged into darkness. All the lights that were originally as bright as daylight disappeared, and he could only rely on the occasional moonlight in the sky for illumination.
"It seems that we are already nearby..."
Nakano Mayu's eyes were solemn and he glanced around.
If he was alone, he wouldn't be afraid at all.
Regardless of whether he is white or black, he can just rush forward and attack the intruders head-on.
But the problem is that if you want to protect the girl around you, you will inevitably become constrained.
After meeting up with Nanako later, I can let Nanako be responsible for protection.
Give yourself some time and you can clear out all the rats in the manor...
"boom!"
As the first gunshot rang through the silent night, the direction of the sound was in the direction of the mansion where the old lady of Nishinomiya lived.
Immediately afterwards, gunshots were fired one after another, "bang bang bang".
The Nishinomiya family's old house, which had been peaceful for many years, instantly transformed into a battlefield in Xukou.
There were gunshots and dying screams everywhere.
Nakano Mayu also became a little worried.
Nanako is okay, but Reika's strength is far from being able to withstand firearms.
It would be okay if she happened to stay with Nanako.
If you are on the road, something may easily happen...
But with Lixiang's intelligence, if he was on the road, he would definitely be heading in their direction at this time.
I just got a rough idea of ​​where Qiansha lives and where Mrs. Nishinomiya lives. They are less than 500 meters apart.
Even if we walked back in this dark situation, we should have met each other long ago.
This proves that Reika must be staying with the old lady and Nanako at this time...
Thinking of this, Nakano Mayu suddenly became a little irritable, and quickly motioned to Chisa to speed up her pace.
...
The time went back to when Nakano Mayu just hung up the phone to Xiao Huangmao.
"Ah~~" Nakano Nanako was yawning at this time, playing around with various rare antiques displayed in the old lady's room.
Not far from her, on the sofa in the room, the old lady Nishimiya was holding a glass of warm water, quietly waiting for Ehara Reika to sort out the various medicines one by one.
"Qiang..."
Suddenly, the sound of a long knife being unsheathed came from the room.
Lixiang, who was immersed in confirming the medicine, subconsciously raised her head, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked in the direction where the sound came from.
But Nanako, who was wearing pajamas, took out a simple long knife from the knife holder in the corner of the room. At this time, she took out the knife and looked at it carefully. The heavy sleepiness on her face seemed to have dissipated at this time.
, only the joy of seeing the hunter's heart is left.
When the little maid saw this, she lowered her head silently and did her own thing.
On the other hand, the old lady beside her who was also drowsy seemed to become energetic when she heard the sound of the knife.
The old lady put down the warm water in her hand, walked towards Nanako with a solid wooden cane, and said in a gentle tone: "Nanako-chan, isn't this knife handsome?"
"Handsome!" Nanako pulled out a long knife and held it in her hand, gestured at the knife rest, and then slashed towards the knife rest as fast as lightning.
The old lady behind her saw that she wanted to try out the machete, but she didn't stop her. There was a doting smile on her wrinkled face, with some memories in her smile.
"call!"
The blade sliced ​​through the air, emitting a low scream.
The long knife stopped a finger less than a finger on the knife rest, and the entire blade did not tremble at all.
When Nanako saw this, she also showed a satisfied smile: "This knife is so sharp!"
"Of course!" The old lady's smile grew brighter when she saw her wielding the sword like an arm and commanding her: "This was my favorite saber when I was young... I held this knife to Chisa's and her grandfather's neck back then.
We just got together..."
"Wow?!"
Nanako exclaimed when she heard the old lady's words, with a curious look on her face.
"Grandma Nishimiya, did you also practice kendo when you were young? What does it mean to defeat Sister Qiansha's grandfather?"
"Practice! Why don't you practice!" The old lady held the crutch in her hand like a knife, and her old-fashioned temperament instantly became serious.
But within an instant, her originally steady old hands began to tremble, as if just holding the crutches was very strenuous for her.
"Oh, I'm old! My swordsmanship was probably not as good as yours back then, but in this area of ​​Tokyo, there were only a handful of men who could defeat me!"
The old lady sighed, put down the crutch in her hand again, walked step by step to Nanako, looked at the long knife in her hand, raised her hand to touch the cold blade, and said softly:
"Grandpa Qiansha, that old guy, first met me in a dojo opened by the Nishimiya family at that time. The old guy was so arrogant at that time. Even if he knew that I was the legitimate daughter of the Nishimiya family, he never looked at me.
!”
"Then what?" The curiosity on Nanako's face was clear.
This kind of love story from the previous generation is really too lethal for her.
Moreover, she had not felt the warmth of her grandparents since she was a child. At this time, she admired the kind and gentle temperament of the old lady very much.
"Then that old guy defeated me every time we competed with each other. I was just as stubborn as you and just wanted to defeat him..."
The old lady looked at Nanako with a smile, and there was something profound in her eyes.
"I...I'm not stubborn..." Nanako retorted in a low voice, as if her thoughts had been read.
"Yes Yes Yes..."
"What happens later, how did the relationship between Grandma Nishimiya and Grandpa Nishimiya develop?"
"Actually, I don't know either..." The old lady stroked the blade of the sword and looked at the ceiling. She didn't know what she thought of:
"Later, my father forced me to marry a strange man. I didn't like that man's character, but he was locked at home by my father..."
"I don't know where the old guy got the news from, and then he sneaked into Nishimiya's house and rescued me..."
"Wow!" Nanako said with a longing, her dark eyes sparkling, "Isn't that so romantic? Is this how the two of them got together?"
"No, I was chased by my father for a long time... But the old man's knife was fast enough to cut bullets, so even my father couldn't do anything to him, and he didn't want to hurt me, so he couldn't catch us two.
People go back..."
"Did we get together then?" Nanako also looked at the long knife in her hand and touched the hard blade. She could repeatedly feel the love and hatred of that era.
"Later, the old man was still unwilling to be with me. He said that he had already had a marriage contract with Yan Kingdom. I even said that he could take the Yan Kingdom woman to live with Nihong, but his character was too
Even if you are too single-minded, you still can’t accept it..."
"Huh?!" Nanako's eyes widened when she heard this, and a subtle sense of déjà vu swept over her heart.
"Finally, I put a knife to my neck and told him that we had already slept in the same bed and would not marry anyone else. If he was unwilling to marry me, then I would have no choice but to die..."
"..." A question mark appeared on Nanako's face, as if she was hesitating to speak. Finally, she complained with some hesitation: "So it turns out that what Grandma Nishimiya said about putting it on your neck, is it your own neck?"
"Pfft..." Halfway through her words, she seemed to have imagined that scene and couldn't help laughing.
"Hahaha..." The old lady also laughed heartily, looking as if she was ten years younger.
After the two of them laughed for a while, the old lady suddenly looked a little sad: "That old man was too loyal. After reluctantly agreeing, he went to the Yan Kingdom and said that he wanted to take over the Yan Kingdom woman..."
"But in the end, he came back with scars all over his body and only got back a sword..."
When she heard the old lady's story, her mood suddenly became heavy: "Why, could it be that the girl from the Yan Kingdom didn't want to?"
"No, the old man refused to say it. I investigated on my own and found out that she was delayed for too long by my affairs. She was killed by a bad person in the process. She was not married before she died. She was waiting for the old man to avenge her.
Just came back..."
The old lady paused, then touched the long knife in her hand, and said calmly: "After that, we got married, but except for the day when my daughter was born, the old man never smiled again. In the end, Qian Sha was depressed even before she was born.
And finally..."
"..."
The old lady's few words contained a lot of wind, frost, rain and snow.
When Nanako heard this, she suddenly felt a slight soreness in her nose. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start.
She said "na na" twice, turned to look at Grandma Nishinomiya, who was already stooped, but still didn't speak.
Although the old lady's face is full of wrinkles, some of the elegance and beauty of the past can still be seen between her eyebrows.
Maybe this is what Koukou told himself before, 'Time never defeats beauty'.
Sure enough, whether a person is beautiful or not, appearance is just the icing on the cake. Inner beauty is the beauty that lasts forever and never disappears.
"Little guy, your personality is just like mine back then. You will do your best to find the right person... I can see that you have special thoughts about that boy, your mouth, right?
"
"Special...special ideas or something..." Nanako's pretty face turned red, and her eyes began to wander.
"It is a good thing that you have to work hard to get the person you want, but you cannot just ignore your own feelings. It is also very important to make the people you like happy..."
The old lady touched her hair, her aged eyes showing wisdom, then walked back to the sofa, picked up the medicine that Reika Ehara had prepared, and swallowed it slowly with warm water.
Nakano Nanako tightened the handle of the knife in her hand, her face thoughtful.
"Xiao Nanako, if you like that knife, take it. It is gathering dust on the knife rest with my old bones. I must have been complaining for a long time, haha..."
Although the old lady's voice was loud, she sounded lackluster and a little weak.
"How can this work? Isn't this the sword that Grandma Nishimiya had when she was young?"
After hearing this, Nanako came back to her senses, subconsciously sheathed the long knife in her hand, and carefully placed her hands back on the knife rest.
Before she heard the old lady's story, she could only feel that a swordsman was happy with a good sword.
But after listening to the story and knowing the time this knife had gone through, I felt an inexplicable kindness in my heart.
Especially since this is Grandma Nishimiya’s sword.
I just heard about Grandma Nishimiya’s character and choices when she was young, and I quite agree with it in my heart.
No wonder she said that she is very similar to her...
It was a bit sad to hear Grandpa Nishimiya’s depressing ending.
There is no telling who is right or wrong in the story.
Grandpa Nisigong is also too stubborn. If he had agreed to Grandma Nisigong from the beginning and went to the Yan Kingdom to pick up the woman, there might not have been the tragedy that followed.
So, what exactly is the happiness you want?
"Take it, take it. Otherwise, if I die in two years, it will eat ashes in the warehouse for the rest of its life. Xiao Caicai will keep it..."
"Then...okay..."
Nanako raised her hand and stroked the long knife that would belong to her on the knife holder. She didn't feel much joy in her heart, but felt a little confused.
Well...
Grandma Nishimiya is right, making the people you like happy is more important than making yourself happy!
You must!
Let Koukou be happy!
Let’s start by investigating clearly what happiness we say we want is...
Anyway, the days ahead are still very long...
Nanako made up her mind and her eyes became firmer!
"Wow..."
At this moment, Lixiang, who was standing quietly waiting for the old lady to finish the medicine, suddenly walked quickly to the window and looked solemnly in one direction.
"Miss Nanako, old lady, the manor has been invaded. Follow me now!"
Even Reika Ehara, who had always been calm and composed, now sounded urgent.
After all, she could figure out with just a moment's thought who the person who dared to invade Nishimiya's manor at this time was, and if this happened and she didn't receive any information, there must be a big problem, and the other side must have prepared it well.
Complete preparation.
If even the power system can be cut off, there must be a spy in the manor. There is no way there would be no map and the eldest lady's schedule.
Based on this, it can be inferred that the eldest lady and old lady in the manor are currently in the most danger, and they must not wait for help.
After Reika Ehara confirmed again, she took out her mobile phone.
"The signal has also been blocked. The situation seems to be serious. Let's go!"
She stood up and walked towards the old lady's sofa. At the same time, her mind was racing. All the intelligence and information during this period appeared in her mind one by one, and she read and synthesized it like a book.
Oops!
The most dangerous thing now is not the eldest lady's side, but the old lady's side.
After all, without the support of the old lady, many shareholders in the Nishinomiya Consortium may not support the young lady now.
Nishimiya Masahiro's main purpose is to take back his eroded rights, so as long as he can kill the old lady, it will be difficult for the remaining eldest lady to compete with him alone.
Within a few steps, she had already analyzed the current situation clearly.
But now the safest place is the eldest lady's side.
Because the eldest lady has Master Nakano and that idiot beside her, and based on the strength of these two people, no matter who the head of the Nishinomiya family invites, it should not be a problem.
So the top priority is to meet up with the eldest lady!
After she confirmed, she pulled out a double-edged dagger from under her skirt and bit it in her mouth. She also pulled out a palm-sized pistol from nowhere, then she carried the old lady behind her back with one hand and walked out the door.
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"Miss Nanako, follow me quickly, there is danger here!" At the same time, he turned to the knife rest and shouted to Nanako, who was still confused.
"Oh...oh okay!" Although the girl next to the knife rest looked a little confused, she still followed the words and walked towards her.
If you are alone, jumping out of a window is the safest option.
But if you carry the old lady on your back, you can only take the normal route...
The old lady Nishimiya on the back was also someone who had seen strong winds and waves. At this time, she said nothing and lay quietly behind Reika Ehara.
"Click..."
There was a soft sound, and the door was slowly opened by Reika Ehara, but she did not go out immediately.
Because even she discovered something was wrong in the manor, but no one came, indicating that there must be something wrong with this foreign-style building...
She tore off the apron and threw it outside.
"boom!"
The moment the apron flew out of the bedroom, a gunshot rang out, and the apron that was flying in the air was instantly shattered and fell to the ground.
The moment she heard the sound of gunshots, a 3D map instantly appeared in Ehara Reika's mind, and the figure of the enemy who fired the gun also appeared on the map.
She reached out from behind the door with her right hand holding the gun, and without looking, she aimed a shot in the direction of the enemy.
"boom!"
The moment the gunfire rang out, the enemy screamed: "Ah!"
When she heard the sound, she ran out of the door and aimed another shot at the enemy lying on the ground at the end of the corridor.
The man didn't even move, he must be dead...
It's just that she didn't feel any joy when she saw this, but her heart became more solemn.
Because that person was wearing the uniform of the Nishinomiya family and security personnel...
It seems like it's really unsafe here...
Following these two gunshots, gunshots began to be heard one after another downstairs and around the mansion.
"What is going on, Ewara-san?"
The two of them couldn't compete with each other, but after Reika finished her second shot, Nanako's figure instantly appeared behind her, with the long knife in her hand already unsheathed.
"Someone has invaded. It's very dangerous here, Ms. Nanako. Come with me quickly to meet Master Nakano..." the little maid took off the dagger from her mouth and said.
"okay..."
Nanako looked at the corpse not far away with bright red blood flowing half the corridor, and then realized the seriousness of the matter. She narrowed her eyes slightly and followed Reika Ehara out.
Although Ehara Reika was carrying the old lady on her back, her speed was not slow at all, and because of the cover of the carpet, there was no sound of footsteps as she ran quickly.
After a while, the three of them arrived at the nearest staircase.
"Miss Nanako, please help me take care of the old lady. I'll go over first to check on the situation..."
After she lowered the old lady on her back to the ground, she removed the dagger from her mouth with her left hand. After speaking, she raised her gun and walked towards the stairs.
"Eh? Shall I come to see the old lady?" Nanako looked at the old lady standing against the wall and said at a loss.
"Don't be afraid, Nanako, Reika can handle these things."
The old lady seemed to think that the girl was a little scared, so she raised her hand and touched her little head and said.
"No, I mean let me open the way. I'm very strong!" Nanako looked at the maid sister who disappeared in the stairwell, and then looked at the old lady beside her. She didn't know whether to call the maid sister loudly.
return.
"Our Nishimiya family is not in such a desperate situation that our guests are desperate..."
The old lady's stooped body suddenly exuded a bit of chill: "That guy Masahiro, it seems that he is really going to fight me to death... I originally thought about it as a family, but it seems that I am really becoming more indecisive as I get older.
..."
...
Ehara Reika knew the situation was urgent and ran down the stairs to check.
"who?"
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the corner in front of her.
"Enohara-san, don't shoot, it's me..." A middle-aged man appeared around the corner with his pistol pointed at the ground, covered in blood and looking embarrassed. He looked relieved after seeing her.
"Takeda-san? Aren't you responsible for the surrounding security? Why are you here?"
"I happened to patrol nearby just now. I came over immediately when I saw something went wrong. The patrol team I led was all attacked by unknown people just now. Fortunately, I killed them all in the end. Where is the old lady now? I want to go immediately
Go over and protect her!"
"Okay, the old lady is up there. You just go up and bring the old lady down. I'll wait for you here!"
After saying that, she moved away from the stairwell, as if ready to let Takeda go up directly.
"Okay!" When the man heard this, he looked overjoyed and walked straight towards the position she gave up.
But just as he was halfway there, two people on the stairs raised their pistols and pointed them at each other.
"boom!"
I don't know if it was one gunshot or two gunshots. A blood hole appeared between the man's eyebrows, and then he fell straight back!
Ehara Reika gritted her teeth tightly, her pretty face, which was always neither sad nor happy, frowned slightly.
"Ewara-san, are you okay?"
Nanako's concerned inquiry came from the top of the stairs.
"No...it's okay. Miss Nanako, please help the old lady down..."
She walked to the bottom of the stairs with a slightly slow pace, glanced left and right, and found no trace of her enemy.
Of course, none of my own people showed up.
The servants who could be seen everywhere now completely disappeared.
These useless bodyguards are like waste at the critical moment!
Moreover, even the person in charge has rebelled. It is impossible to determine how many traitors there are. Now, except for those few people, no one can be trusted...
Reika Ehara breathed a sigh of relief, then cut a long circle of cloth from the black skirt with a knife, and tied it tightly around her waist, which was slowly getting wet!
"Well..."
An inaudible hum came out of her mouth uncontrollably.
"Ewara-san, are you really okay?"
Nanako's voice suddenly came from behind.
She turned her head and looked around. The girl was imitating her appearance just now. She was holding a long knife in one hand and holding the old lady firmly behind her back with the other hand. She was walking down the last staircase and looked at her with concern.
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"Nana...Don't worry, Ms. Nanako, I'm fine, let's go quickly!"
After she finished speaking, she raised her pistol and walked directly towards the gate of the mansion, clearing the way for the two people behind her.
"Eh?!"
Nanako was carrying the old lady on her back, and her eyes suddenly saw the man's body with a bloody hole in his forehead, and red and white turbid liquid slowly flowing out. The palm holding the knife trembled slightly.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Nanako, it's okay..."
The old lady seemed to feel the trembling of the girl's body, and softly comforted her in her ear.
"Well..."
After being comforted, Nakano Nanako calmed down a little, then took two deep breaths and quickly followed Ehara Reika in front.
No...
Don't be afraid!
Now is not the time to be afraid, Nanako!
I don’t know if there is any danger over there at Koukou!
You have to rush there immediately!
Protect your mouth!
Nakano Nanako's eyes gradually became firmer, and she held the long knife tightly in her hand and no longer trembled. At the same time, she said to the old lady on her back: "Grandma Nishimiya, if you encounter an enemy later, get off me first.
Just stand behind me..."
Ehara Reika no longer had the extra energy to pay attention to the conversation between the two people behind her. Although his steps were not slow at this time, his vision had begun to gradually blur.
The small pistol in his hand seemed to have a huge weight, and he gradually became unable to lift it.
"it's here!"
Suddenly, four men wearing Nishimiya's security uniforms ran out from the end of the corridor in front of her. The moment they saw the three of them, they raised their guns directly in this direction.
Ehara Reika gritted her teeth, raised her hand and fired a 'bang' at the scattered people at the end of the corridor, and one of them fell down.
But she had no time to deal with the remaining three people, and saw that the guns in their hands were already pointed at this direction.
She gritted her teeth and moved a step to the side, trying to use her body to block the girl who was carrying the old lady behind her...
Sorry, Miss Crybaby, I can't go on with you anymore...
Sorry, Master Nakano...
At this moment, in addition to the eldest lady she had vowed to follow, there was also the boy's evil smile in her mind...
If I had known that this would be the outcome, it would be better not to worry about things like not being in front of the eldest lady tonight...
Just do what he wants...
Chapter completed!