In the living room of the Saegusa Family mansion in the Ogasawara Islands.
After contacting their respective families, everyone gathered again in the living room.
"President, are you serious about staying here?"
Upon hearing that Mayumi Saegusa had decided to stay here temporarily, Miyuki Shiba asked in surprise.
"Yes, Miyuki, the rest of us are planning to stay here for the time being. As for everyone else, you can go back if you want. However, the sea route is currently impassable, and our yachts are frozen solid. Fortunately, the weather hasn't gotten too bad yet, so air travel is still possible. If needed, I can arrange for a helicopter to come over," said Mayumi Saegusa.
"Chairman, is it because this incident has had such a huge impact that you want to delay things as much as possible to allow the main family to make arrangements for how to deal with it?" Tatsuya Shiba pressed.
" Tatsuya-kun, you're really perceptive in this regard," Mayumi Saegusa replied. "But that's certainly one of the reasons."
"No, that's just my speculation," Tatsuya Shiba said.
After saying that, he looked at Miyuki Shiba: " Miyuki, what do you think?"
"I think? I..." Miyuki Shiba was a little confused. She hadn't quite realized why Tatsuya Shiba ask her that. But halfway through her sentence, she remembered Maya Yotsuba's order earlier, so she immediately shut her mouth.
Seeing that Miyuki Shiba's condition was not quite right, the others also cast worried glances at her.
Yunyi looked at these people and felt speechless. Whether it was Erika Chiba from the Hundred Families Schools of Thought or Mikihiko Yoshida, the prodigy from the prestigious Ancient Magic family, they all seemed to follow Tatsuya Shiba's lead blindly, lacking any independent thought whatsoever. Sometimes he even wondered if these people were bound by the original setting. He wanted to tell them directly, "You're just characters in a book, two-dimensional figures!"
Of course, he only thought these words to himself. After all, whether others would believe them was another matter, and the fact that he was born into this world meant that it might have become a parallel world. If he actually said those words out loud, he might be punished by some kind of divine retribution, which wouldn't be fun.
"I'm telling you, you don't all have to wait for Tatsuya to express his opinion before making a decision, do you?" Yunyi scratched his head, looking at everyone with some annoyance. "Whether to stay or leave is entirely up to personal choice, isn't it? Or are you going to leave this kind of thing to Tatsuya to decide, so you can then say afterwards that it was all Tatsuya's decision?"
"Hey, you don't have to say it like that!" Erika Chiba was the first to express her dissatisfaction with Yunyi's words.
" Erika, calm down!" Mikihiko Yoshida hurriedly tried to dissuade her.
"Miki, let me go! I'm going to teach this guy a lesson!" Erika Chiba struggled fiercely! It seemed that Yunyi's words had touched a nerve, making her very irrational.
Yunyi frowned and flashed to Erika Chiba's side.
"Take care of me? You think you can? Erika Chiba, have I been too lenient with you, making you forget your place? In the current environment, even if one or two people die, it's easy to cover it up. Even if that person is from the Hundred Families Chiba Family."
Yunyi's tone was icy cold, and Erika Chiba, who was being stared at by his gaze, couldn't help but shiver.
When Yunyi made a move, Tatsuya Shiba immediately shielded his younger sister behind him. He clearly sensed killing intent emanating from Yunyi, and it wasn't just a show of force; it was a genuine intention to attack.
"Hey, Yunyi, that's going a bit too far." Leonhart stood next to Erika Chiba, looking directly at Yunyi, and expressed his opinion.
Yunyi glanced at him but didn't say anything more. He hadn't originally intended to do this, but Erika Chiba's inappropriate and confrontational behavior had indeed annoyed him.
Erika Chiba fell silent, and Yunyi also withdrew the chilling killing intent he had just displayed. After a moment of silence, Mikihiko Yoshida spoke first, "Um, I might need to rush back to the mainland. With something like this happening, things back home are probably not peaceful either. So, could you please help me make some arrangements, Chairman? Oh, and Erika come with me too."
Upon hearing Mikihiko Yoshida's words, Erika Chiba reacted somewhat. However, because of what had just happened, she ultimately swallowed her words.
"President, I'll go back too. I can't be of much help here, so it's better to go back first." Leonhart also indicated that he wanted to leave.
Next to announce their departure was Mizuki Shibata. In other words, apart from Tatsuya Shiba, who hadn't made a statement, and Yunyi, who was certain to stay, everyone else in Class 1-E chose to leave.
"President, could Shizuku and I stay here for now? Uncle Kitayama informed us that the situation on the mainland seems to be somewhat chaotic. The Kitayama Family also has a private beach and villas here for vacation purposes, and going back now might cause some unnecessary trouble," said Honoka Mitsui.
"Yes, that's fine. I'll have someone call the helicopter over first, and we can all discuss things during this time. Don't worry, there are enough seats in the helicopter for all of us," said Mayumi Saegusa.
After the negotiations temporarily came to an end, Yunyi walked out of the mansion alone. The temperature outside had already dropped to around zero degrees Celsius in a short time, and at this rate, the temperature here might drop below zero tonight. In this kind of environment, staying here overnight would probably be quite difficult.
" Yunyi, can we talk?"
Just as Yunyi was about to wander around, he heard Tatsuya Shiba's voice behind him. He turned around and saw the brother and sister walking out of the mansion.
Yunyi raised an eyebrow, glanced at the snow-covered landscape outside, and said, "Are you sure you want to talk outside?"
"Yes, after all, this is the Saegusa Family."
Hearing Tatsuya Shiba's words, Yunyi could roughly guess that the topic he was going to talk about was related to the Yotsuba Clan. After thinking for a moment, Yunyi led Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to the pavilion.
"Afraid of being found out by the Saegusa Family, is it related to the Yotsuba Family? What, did that Queen give you an order, Tatsuya?" As soon as they entered the pavilion, Yunyi went straight to the point and asked the question.
"You guessed right, Yunyi. But the order wasn't for me, it was for Miyuki," Tatsuya Shiba said.