Chapter 1416: Hawaii Vibes

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"Of course I'm not joking." Miss Luo Quan answered seriously, "Don't be misled by the Ame-no-Murakumo image in anime or games. Although I can't be certain what Ame-no-Murakumo actually looks like, it definitely wouldn't be a tachi.

Because Ame-no-Murakumo is an ancient divine weapon, while the tachi should have appeared around the Edo period, so Ame-no-Murakumo absolutely wouldn't have the appearance of a tachi."

"Is that so." Junko took the Ame-no-Murakumo in its naginata form with half-belief, examining it carefully.

"Be careful, this blade is extremely sharp, truly cuts iron like mud."

Miss Luo Quan reminded in a serious tone, while handing the scabbard to Junko.

"Let me try."

Junko spoke, directly plucking a strand of her own hair, then placing it on Ame-no-Murakumo's blade.

She released it, the hair floated down, and was directly cut in two by Ame-no-Murakumo without any obstruction.

"It really cuts a floating hair, cuts iron like mud!" Junko widened her eyes, asking with pleasant surprise: "So, such an amazing weapon, Miss Quan really just gave it to me like this?"

"If you really feel bad taking it for nothing, you can consider giving me something in exchange, for example, yourself." Miss Luo Quan said jokingly with a laugh.

"Ah... if Miss Quan wants me, it's not impossible." Junko lowered her head shyly, looking like she was actually quite willing.

"Alright you, what would I do with you." Miss Luo Quan flicked the wildly imagining Junko on the forehead, startling the other party into letting out an "Ah—".

"Take this blade to your grandfather. With this blade, there probably isn't anyone in Japan who would dare trouble your Yagyu family again."

Miss Luo Quan brought the conversation back to the main topic. Junko nodded: "I've already called my family, they should be arriving soon.

I'll personally deliver the item back, to avoid any mysterious accidents on the way."

"I happen to need to visit a few old friends too. After you deliver the blade, come straight back here, and we'll fly to Hawaii together then."

After Miss Luo Quan arranged the schedule, Junko went out to prepare to return to the foot of Mount Fuji.

Miss Luo Quan also sent messages to a few old friends here.

Mainly Kumoi Akatsuki, Kamiya Suzune, and them.

Previously five people in a band, three women two men. Besides her, the other four ultimately became two couples.

One couple are already fathers and mothers, the other couple have also started planning for children.

The only pity is that when they held their weddings, she herself couldn't attend.

But they didn't mind, and were still incomparably warm upon reuniting.

Miyano Natsuko, holding the son she had with Amuro Yu, came before Miss Luo Quan.

Miss Luo Quan held Luo Ning in her arms, the two mothers chatting about parenting experience with smiles.

Kamiya Suzune had a look of anxiety yet helplessness.

She actually liked children very much, but her two good friends had already become mothers, while she still had no movement at all.

So Kamiya Suzune directly vented her frustration on her husband Kumoi Akatsuki: "Told you to smoke less usually, now look, can't conceive a child!"

"I've already quit for nearly half a year." Kumoi Akatsuki said aggrievedly, "And we've only been trying to conceive for how long, isn't not conceiving yet very normal."

Kamiya Suzune hmphed: "I don't care, anyway you have to try harder, I want to be a mother too!"

These words of eagerness to be a mother drew hearty laughter from the two genuine mothers.

Afterwards Miyano Natsuko asked about last night's matter.

The matter of a fan assassinating her was simply too shocking, they also really wanted to know what exactly happened.

Facing a few good friends, Miss Luo Quan had nothing to hide, so she told them the whole story.

Upon learning the culprit was a crazy yandere, everyone's faces showed some speechlessness.

One can only say fortunately Miss Luo Quan still has some skill. If it were a powerless little girl instead, caught off guard by such an attack when opening the door, wouldn't that have been the end of her life?

"Tokyo lately, such crazies really aren't uncommon. A few days ago on the subway there was someone slashing people with a knife everywhere." Kamiya Suzune shook her head with emotion.

"The economy's bad." Kumoi Akatsuki sighed, his hand subconsciously reaching for his pocket, wanting to fish out a cigarette.

These real social contradictions, dark realities, are the best creative inspiration sources for them rock people.

But as someone who personally experienced that indiscriminate slashing, the mood differs from distant news readers.

He personally saw the bloodied knife in that culprit's hand, also saw that culprit's crazed eyes.

Just how desperate must his heart have been when doing these heaven-angering, people-resenting things.

But Kumoi Akatsuki couldn't empathize with such a person, because he endangered innocent lives, should suffer heavenly punishment!

Pity Japan's death penalty sentencing and execution are really too unjust and too dragged out.

Even committing such a heinous case, that person probably still won't be sentenced to death.

Just like the person Miss Luo Quan encountered this time.

Waiting until they serve long prison terms, return to society.

Can these vicious villains tortured by long prison disasters really become good people that easily?

Kumoi Akatsuki feels it's almost impossible.

Just like the social atmosphere that caused all this, it seems already very hard to return to normal.

Rock has never been rebellion, but using music to reflect, to express humanistic care.

As a thoughtful rock person, Kumoi Akatsuki usually always thinks more.

And encountering such a sharp contradiction this time, countless thoughts surged in his mind at once.

But today's topic isn't rock speculation, so Kumoi Akatsuki suppressed his inner thoughts, continued chatting with friends.

Chatting until noon, everyone found a famous domestic and international yakitori restaurant to dine.

Supposedly this yakitori restaurant has eighty years of history, only makes yakitori cuisine, last year even rated a Michelin restaurant, the shop's master is also called the Yakitori Sage.

With such great fame, consumption is naturally high, ten thousand yen per person.

Honestly Miss Luo Quan now holds a skeptical attitude toward restaurants with Sage titles, feels that dragging in this nickname means nothing good will come of it.

The truth is, Japan's so-called immortals are just too cheap—there are immortals everywhere, and they look the part at first glance, but once you actually taste their food, it feels even more ordinary than ordinary.

The key is, the prices are still outrageously high, and the service attitude is often not very good either.

It's basically paying money to find trouble for yourself, and over time, Luo Quan has come to avoid so-called immortal restaurants altogether.

As for yakitori, this kind of Japanese dish has become popular in recent years.

The name sounds strange, but it's actually just grilled chicken skewers.

The "little birds" here are chickens, not some random weird stuff.

Luo Quan tried it once while in Night Shanghai—the taste was so-so, but the price was absurdly high, and she didn't even get full, so it felt like paying an intelligence tax.

And now, it seems she's about to pay that tax again.

Although she doesn't like eating at immortal restaurants, since Lingyin and the others strongly recommended it, Luo Quan had no choice but to follow them in.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a Michelin-starred restaurant, and the food ended up tasting quite good, the staff's service attitude was excellent, and the experience could be said to greatly exceed Luo Quan's expectations.

This time, Luo Quan didn't feel cheated—aside from the food still not being enough to fill her stomach, everything else was basically perfect.

After eating and drinking to her fill, Luo Quan said goodbye to her friends, agreeing to meet again next time.

The next time they meet will be in Huaxia.

Yun Jingxiao and the others have frequently participated in Huaxia's music variety shows and music festivals over the past two years, so their stay in Huaxia won't be short.

Whenever Luo Quan has free time, they will definitely be able to get together.

After saying goodbye to Yun Jingxiao and the others, Luo Quan went to visit Director Shi Cun and Sanmu.

She has actually known these two people longer than she has known Yun Jingxiao and the others.

However, the actual time spent communicating and chatting is not much, and their past conversations have mostly revolved around the content of the new album.

Although work takes up most of their interaction, Luo Quan originally didn't have many acquaintances in Japan, and she will continue to frequently collaborate with Sony in the future, so she hasn't lost touch with the two of them.

The way they meet is also very simple—just find a quiet place, drink some tea, and chat for a while.

At first, they were talking about their experiences over the past few years, but as they chatted, the topic naturally came around to the new album.

It's been more than half a year since her last album was released.

Although fans haven't pressed her for updates during this period due to her pregnancy, her daughter has now been born, and she doesn't look like someone who needs to observe the postpartum confinement period.

So fan pressure for new content will definitely come soon.

As for Director Shi Cun and Sanmu, they are very familiar with Luo Quan's new song creation speed.

Releasing one new album per year is a fixed rule.

With summer approaching, it's about time to release a new album.

So they will specifically ask her about it.

But it's not to pressure her for updates—just to gather information so the company can start preparing in advance.

"I haven't figured out the new album yet—I might need to wait until after October to say more."

This is Luo Quan's reply.

Nowadays, she can no longer be called a salted fish, after all, she's so diligent.

But then she turns around and falls into procrastination again—no matter how much fans urge her, Luo Quan will say: this matter isn't that I won't handle it for you, but it definitely can't be done right away; in short, go back and wait for news.

And then she waits, and waits, until the end of the year.

On the surface, she doesn't look like a salted fish, but judging from the final result, she seems to be quite a salted fish after all.

Fans can complain, but Director Shi Cun and Sanmu have no right to complain.

Originally, Luo Quan treated them as friends and invited them out just to chat and drink tea.

But as they talked, the conversation drifted to work, and if they push her two more times, this friend would have done their duty.

So after hearing Luo Quan's response, both of them were tactful enough not to bring up the topic again.

Half an hour later, after finishing her tea, Luo Quan bade farewell to the two and headed home.

She opened her phone and saw that another major news story had appeared on the hot search list—that the prince who had harassed Purezi had suddenly announced his engagement, to the daughter of a big company boss.

The matter was very sudden, but Luo Quan felt it was definitely related to what she had said yesterday.

Given the imperial family's influence, if something as big as her being attacked happened, they would certainly inquire about it immediately.

Then they would learn about the assassin's outrageously absurd motive for killing.

Purezi wants to marry someone, she wants to be with Purezi forever, so she must kill Purezi.

So who exactly is responsible for Purezi meeting this fate?

If this matter were directly exposed, with Luo Quan's influence, what serious consequences would it cause? Even thinking with your buttocks, you could figure it out.

Moreover, Luo Quan had said the night before that she would reveal the truth to everyone afterward.

This is actually her speaking to the imperial family.

Meaning: I already know Purezi was forced into this marriage, and now you've stirred up such a big mess—if you don't stop, I'll reveal the truth.

By then, let the whole world come and see how your imperial family is arranging forced marriages in the twenty-first century.

Without a doubt, Luo Quan's threat worked.

Before even a full day had passed since the incident, they had already found a fiancée for the prince and announced it immediately—this speed even surpassed the news of Princess Jinggong Ya Zuo's wedding back then.

They were afraid that if Luo Quan became unhappy, she would expose their family's scandal.

But thinking about it, it's normal—the imperial family cares most about face.

After all, aside from face, they basically say nothing else.

Compared to that, the British royal family also cares a lot about face.

But at least they still have some standing in aristocratic circles, so even if they lose face, they can still manage, and might even inspire more awe.

As for this side, if they dare to play like this, just wait to become the laughingstock of the whole world.

In short, Purezi's matter has reached a perfect resolution.

Looking at it this way, her Ame-no-Murakumo seemed somewhat superfluous; she hadn't needed to use that blade and still helped Junko handle that prince.

But there's no reason to take back something once given away.

Let Junko's grandfather keep it; if trouble arises again in the future, at least it won't make Junko worry.

Anyway, she had the System set up Ame-no-Murakumo to ensure it couldn't be taken and used by strangers.

She waited until evening, and Junko finally returned by car.

After eating a bowl of ramen, Junko picked up the luggage Luo Quan had long since prepared and headed for the airport.

The plane ticket Luo Quan had bought long ago — a first-class seat on a red-eye flight.

The price was steep, but it had Wi-Fi, a private space where one could lie down, and a rather delicious airline meal.

Though Luo Quan had eaten this airline meal before; the taste was truly beyond complaint.

But just for the sake of having a private bedroom on the plane, Luo Quan felt it was already worth the ticket price.

Of course, with Luo Quan's current wealth, she could completely afford to buy a private jet.

It's just that she doesn't spend much time on planes normally, so she felt buying one would be a waste and didn't spend that unjustified money.

Exhausted from a day's travel, Junko entered dreamland not long after boarding the plane.

Luo Quan, meanwhile, drew open the window shade and admired the night view above the clouds together with her daughter.