Chapter 122: A Promise with Dad

Suzuki Shi Lang's feelings were complicated.

He had great curiosity about the mysterious, and a strong yearning for it as well.

The Suzuki financial conglomerate had almost reached the end of the road for a conglomerate and a businessman, and further progress from here would be difficult.

Standing at what was nearly the very pinnacle, Suzuki Shi Lang longed even more for the Secret World he had never touched.

Now that he had some leads, he naturally didn't want to miss them.

But now he was greatly disappointed.

With no way to discover the connection between Kaguya Sigong and Nagi Sanzenin, there was no way to find the source of the mysterious.

As for calling it a threat?

Don't be ridiculous.

He only wanted to find the source of the mysterious — he certainly wasn't looking to offend anyone.

As the saying goes, the common folk don't fight with merchants, and merchants don't fight with officials.

If the mysterious truly exists, then add to that: officials don't fight with the mysterious.

Take Eguchi no Mori, for example.

When officials face Eguchi no Mori, they must show an extra measure of courtesy, and even proactively offer Eguchi no Mori substantial benefits, allowing Eguchi no Mori to maintain itself indefinitely.

Clearly, this is a form of protection for Eguchi no Mori.

This conjecture only made Suzuki Shi Lang even more interested in the mysterious.

But now he was stuck halfway.

This neither-here-nor-there feeling was especially uncomfortable for him.

But there was no help for it — he was actually unable to find the connection between Kaguya Sigong and Nagi Sanzenin.

Without finding the connection, naturally there was no way to determine the source of the mysterious.

He could only temporarily suppress those thoughts.

Suzuki Shi Lang was rather dejected and lost.

This should count as the closest he had ever come to the mysterious.

Unfortunately, fate was still lacking by a fraction.

"What a pity…"

Standing at the pinnacle of the business world, Suzuki Shi Lang naturally knew how to adjust his mood.

"Fine, it's fine that I can't find the source for now — confirming Kaguya Sigong and Nagi Sanzenin is enough."

He was still quite patient.

Suzuki Sonoko put down the photo in her hand.

"Dad, when did you start getting interested in this kind of weird stuff?"

"Your old man has already reached the very top of the business world."

"You can't even let me take an interest in a few things?"

"I didn't say that."

Suzuki Sonoko shook her head.

In truth, she herself shared the same interest in the mysterious.

It should be said — she really was her father's daughter; even the things they were interested in were remarkably similar.

Moreover, some of what she knew was even earlier and more detailed than her father's.

It's just that right now, she really couldn't bring herself to say it outright to her dad.

"Dad, let's talk business."

"A friend I met today unexpectedly got hold of some things. He wants to get rid of them but is short on channels, so he asked me to help."

"???"

Suzuki Shi Lang stared at Sonoko, who had just said this, with a face full of bewilderment.

Such statements were ten parts out of order.

Were these the kind of words Sonoko would say?

She was practically spelling out the word "fencing stolen goods" right in front of them.

"Sonoko, you have classmates like that?"

Suzuki Tomoko also felt something was off.

"Wrong!"

"Very wrong!"

"Since when do you normally associate with classmates like that?"

As a mother, she had never considered Sonoko an irrational girl.

It was precisely because of her long-standing understanding that she was even more certain Sonoko was very rational when facing big matters, and would absolutely never do something like this.

"Aiya, I'm perfectly rational."

"You know too, Mom, that I don't get fooled easily."

"So, how about trusting my judgment this once?"

The husband and wife were silent for a while.

The fact that she could say this proved their daughter was still their daughter, and not some lovesick fool.

So, the problem lay with the classmate who had been in contact with their daughter.

Suzuki Shi Lang was the first to relent.

"Tell me first what the things are."

"The maple leaf coins stolen by the Italian bandit gang."

"... They were only arrested by the police this afternoon, yet your classmate already got hold of the maple leaf coins?"

The news about the Italian bandit gang was reported at noon.

As a result, it was only at noon that the news reported the remaining members of that bandit gang had been arrested by the police.

Tonight, I heard about those maple leaf coins from Yuanzi's mouth.

This made Suzuki Shi Lang suspect whether his daughter went exploring for maple leaf coins with someone this afternoon.

"It wasn't obtained this afternoon."

"He told me he got those maple leaf coins several days ago."

"Otherwise, would he have found me?"

"Then why did you agree to help?"

Suzuki Tomoko could not understand why Yuanzi made this decision.

But Suzuki Yuanzi made a gesture sealing her own mouth.

"I cannot say anything about this matter."

"However, that classmate of mine is quite impressive; he was able to locate where those maple leaf coins were in advance."

"I was interested and asked about the reason."

"Now I know, but I cannot say it now; this is a promise between him and me."