Substitute Toyokawa Shoko, you can become stronger by breathing

......

The time was approaching 21:30, which is considered "late at night" in some other places in Japan.

However, in Tokyo, the nightlife has just begun.

"Now that you're full, it's time to go back."

In my mind, Shoko Toyokawa's voice finally became normal.

Although she had some complaints about her father's current appearance, the blood connection could not be easily severed after all.

Kujo Renji's punch just now was quite strong, and Toyokawa Shoko was still a little worried that her father might have had an accident during this period...

Not to mention anything else, with Toyokawa Kiyoshi's cowardly character, being humiliated by his own daughter like this, maybe tomorrow we will see reports that former Toyokawa Group executive Toyokawa Kiyoshi, the culprit who caused Toyokawa Group to lose 168 billion yen, committed suicide by hanging himself in a rental house.

"Don't worry, the people from Fengchuan Group won't let anything happen to him."

Kujo Renji said calmly, "And if he really had the guts to commit suicide, he would have died long ago when he lost 168 billion."

Although what he said was unpleasant to hear...it was indeed true.

"So where are you going?"

Kujo Renji did not answer.

The wet asphalt road reflected the blue and white light box of the convenience store, and the fluorescent light of the vending machine shattered into stardust in the stagnant water.

The noren curtains of the izakaya swayed gently in the night breeze, and the charred aroma of the grilled chicken skewers was very tempting.

He hailed a taxi.

Kujo Renji opened the car door.

"Taxis are expensive!" the young lady complained internally. "At least choose ride-sharing! There's a discount coupon on the app!"

"Fasten your seatbelts, please. Where are you going?"

The driver took one more glance in the rearview mirror.

The girl in the back seat pursed her lips slightly, her left hand resting on the hem of her skirt, while her right hand elegantly brushed through her hair to press the window.

The moment the evening breeze blew in, Lian Si smelled the aroma of delicious food in the izakaya, mixed with the cheap mint scent in the taxi.

"Let's go to the old Koga residence." said Kujo Renji.

"Are you sure it's the old Koga residence in the North District?"

The driver looked at the girl sitting in the back seat of the car with some surprise.

"Correct."

"Where are you going...?"

"I live there." Kujo Renji said concisely.

The driver felt a little strange when he heard this answer.

As a native Tokyoite, he was of course aware that the famous Toyokawa family was currently living in the old Furukawa mansion.

The other party said that her home is there... Could she be the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa Group?

But shouldn’t a young lady like this have someone to pick her up wherever she goes? Why would she take a taxi?

Although he was confused, the driver did not ask any more questions. Instead, he pressed the meter and stepped on the accelerator.

And when Shoko Toyokawa in the body heard the location of the old Furukawa residence, she seemed to realize something.

Suddenly, I started screaming inside my body like a cat with its fur standing on end.

...

Ignore the other person yelling in your head.

Kujo Renji had actually already seen clearly what Toyokawa Shoko was thinking through her memories.

Jiujo Renji has always had a guess about the Original Sin System and the goal behind it.

It is not difficult to see from the fact that original sin points were obtained by beating Toyokawa Kiyoshi that the system's way of obtaining points is actually closely related to Toyokawa Shoko.

Strictly speaking, these are in line with her subconscious thoughts, things she wants to do but dares not do... By magnifying this evil act, some of her emotions are satisfied, thereby helping her "fulfill her wish."

So it goes without saying that the person who can harvest original sin points is most likely someone related to Toyokawa Shoko.

With that in mind... what to do next is actually pretty simple.

Help this young lady "realize her wish" in your own way to gain points, strengthen yourself and investigate the cause of your death in your previous life.

If he's lucky, he might even be able to be resurrected with the help of this original sin system... After all, his original body is now just a vegetable and hasn't been completely cremated. This kind of supernatural power should be more than enough to cure a vegetative state, right?

As for the current behavior...

Kujo Renji looked at the fit degree in the upper right corner.

Ever since I told the taxi driver that I was going to the old Koga residence, the fit began to decline.

It can be seen that Shoko Toyokawa reacted quite strongly to her own action.

In fact, he also knew why Toyokawa Shoko reacted so excessively.

The young lady's proud self-esteem had actually long been hidden in her behavior that seemed to cut ties with her family.

And returning to the old Furukawa mansion was undoubtedly trampling on her self-esteem.

Of course, Kujo Renji returned to the old Koga mansion not to return directly to the Toyokawa Group.

Although the latter is also in the plan...it is too early now.

Moreover, given Toyokawa Shoko's personality, if she rashly returns to the Toyokawa Group before dealing with the "band" affairs, she will inevitably encounter strong resistance from the other party.

Then why did he go to the trouble of returning to the old Furukawa mansion?

Kujo Renji leaned back in his chair, feeling the night breeze blowing his blue hair.

The night scene of Tokyo kept flashing outside the window. He squinted his glasses slightly, completely ignoring the words that Toyokawa Shoko kept shouting in his mind.

——If you don’t reveal this young lady’s true thoughts to her.

I wonder how long her noisy voice will continue to linger in his mind.

Kujo Renji doesn't want to have a young lady who has not experienced the hardships of society clamoring in his head when he is doing things.

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Chapter 5: Your so-called independence is nothing more than a young lady playing house to experience the life of the poor

Kujo Renji quickly entered the mode of "playing" the role of a young lady.

After paying the fare, Kujo Renji opened the car door and walked to the gate of the mansion.

Not far from the gate, the scissors in the old housekeeper's hand that he was using to trim the branches and leaves on the rockery fell on the dry landscape with a clang, startling the koi in the pond and causing them to flick their tails and splash water.

Kujo Renji deliberately imitated the walking posture that Xiangzi remembered, and heard several servants shouting one after another, "The young lady is back--!"

"Miss, you're back. The master will be very happy to know—"

The butler opened the door, bowed slightly, and seemed a little excited.

Toyokawa Shoko was also equally excited.

"Who allowed you to come back here without permission?"

Shoko Toyokawa was very angry, very angry.

Even when Kujo Renji complained to Toyokawa Kiyoshi, she wasn't this angry.

She felt that everything she had done was being ruthlessly trampled upon by Jiujo Renji.

She built a high wall of dignity through an almost self-abuse independent life - working, hiding her identity, enduring poverty, trying to prove that "she can still exist as 'Shoko' after stripping off the Toyokawa surname."

However, Kujo Renji's "homecoming performance" instantly reduced this high wall to rubble - the servants' conditioned awe and the housekeeper's trembling "young lady" title all declared that her survival was essentially still dependent on the "Toyokawa" bloodline.

There is no doubt that in Toyokawa Shoko's eyes, Kujo Renji's act of returning to the mansion was a denial of herself.

It was as if those late-night convenience store shifts and grease-soaked uniforms were just childish pranks played out by children.

——Da Da, Da Da

Renji Kujo stepped on the wooden floor with his indoor shoes, and following the path he remembered, he found the room that belonged to Shoko Toyokawa.

He asked indifferently:

"Why can't you come back? Isn't this your home?"

"My home isn't here! I..."

"You don't mean to say that your home is that rental house in Akabane, do you?"

Kujo Renji's words interrupted Toyokawa Shoko's rebuttal and he said with a smile:

"Where does that drunk live?"

"That's not why you came back here on your own initiative!"

Anger filled Shoko Toyokawa's heart, perhaps mixed with many new emotions - unwillingness, fear, and powerlessness.

"I'm curious, who are you mad at?"

"I'm not angry!"

Unlike Toyokawa Shoko's angry mood, Kujo Renji's mood is quite stable.

He glanced at the fitness index in the upper right corner - the index was dropping madly.

From the initial 60%, it has dropped to 40%, sending him a red alert. What he is doing now is what Toyokawa Shoko least wants to see.

However, Kujo Renji had no intention of stopping.

It's not his style to always be anxiously concerned about whether he has done anything that doesn't suit the young lady's wishes.

You know, what he is going to do next may be even more against Shoko Toyokawa's wishes.

Only by letting the other party see himself clearly and truly accept his fate, will he not be restricted in his next actions.

"From what I've learned, no one is forcing you to do anything..."

Jiujo Renji sat on the chair, the glass lamp above his head emitting a soft halo of light:

"Whether it's disbanding your beloved Crychic, or transferring schools, giving up your life as a young lady, working part-time, leaving this mansion, and living with your father... these are all decisions you make."

"What are you fighting against, Missy?"

"What do you know!"

Grievance, unwillingness, countless emotions flooded into Shoko Toyokawa's mind.

“I’ve done so much!”

Kujo Renji didn't say anything, but used her fingers to hook open the bookcase, in which was a photo, a somewhat yellowed photo of Crychic.

"I remember there was a copy of this photo back at the rental house." He stroked the photo and asked, "Every time I came home from the police station carrying my drunk father on my back, I'd stare at it—'Look, I could have lived in the clouds, but I chose to fall.' That martyrdom thrill is delicious, isn't it?"

“Gu—”

He seemed to want to refute, but didn't know where to start.

"After transferring to another school, I worked hard to get the top score, but I deliberately soiled my school uniform at a convenience store..."

"You want to prove that you can be great even without the Toyokawa family, but you also want others to see that you're suffering, right?"

Kujo Renji's words were even sharper.

It was like using a scalpel to cut open Shoko Toyokawa's heart, revealing all the dirty, bloody things.

"Even Ave Mujica, which you're so proud of now...isn't there a shadow of the Toyokawa Group behind it?"

"So, what are you fighting against?"

The words stuck in her throat pierced into her internal organs along with Kujo Renji's sneer. She tried desperately to close her heart that had been torn open by the words.

She actually knew very well that the words on the title page of the Ave Mujica plan were mixed with the push of the Toyokawa Group.

"It's not... like that..." She tried to hold on to the last fig leaf with her consciousness.

"Not what?"

Jiujo Renji mercilessly tore off the fig leaf: