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"Little Lotus, why don't you stay here for a few days and spend more time with Erii-neechan?" Uesugi Kotsu asked kindly, patting Little Lotus's head.
“Okay!” Xiao Lianhua nodded, then said, “It’s a good opportunity for Brother Gu Ran and Sister Xiao Qiang to have some alone time, so they won’t say I’m a little burden.”
"I never said that." Gu Ran pinched Xiao Lianhua's little mouth.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Oh, right, I brought a gift for Erii." Gu Ran took out a small box from his suitcase and handed it to Erii.
Erii nodded slightly in thanks, then curiously took the box and began to unpack the gifts.
Japan has embraced Western culture, so gifts are always opened in front of the guests as a sign of politeness.
Everyone was curious about what gift Gu Ran had given, and they all watched Erii open the gift box. After opening the box, they found that it contained a gun case.
Upon opening it, they discovered it was a handgun.
This pistol is finely crafted and is equipped with a tactical red dot sight and scope.
"This is a replica of the 1911 pistol, called the 2011. Like the Glock, the casing is made of plastic, which reduces the weight. It also uses 9mm pistol ammunition to keep up with the times. In addition, it is equipped with a red dot sight, so you can basically hit whatever the red dot is aiming at within 100 meters. You can get the hang of it quickly if you practice a bit," Gu Ran explained.
This was the first time Erii had ever touched a handgun; the weapons she had handled most often before were the shrine maiden swords she carried with her.
"Why send her this?" Genji asked somewhat displeased. In his opinion, Erii didn't need to carry a gun.
“You guys, didn’t you teach her how to protect herself?” Gu Ran chuckled. “There are so many people in this world, we can’t expect her to use incantations every time she encounters one, can we? We have to teach her how to defeat enemies without incantations, and then teach her how to use violence appropriately.”
Yuan Zhisheng was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Gu Ran meant.
They never taught Erii any fighting techniques, because her Word of Power was instant kill; she could kill whoever she wanted.
But they are no longer part of the underworld, nor are they members of the Snake Clan. They no longer need to face Deadpool; they are just ordinary people.
But the world of ordinary people is also full of violence, only the scenarios and degrees in which violence is used are different.
In the world of ordinary people, the abilities of special forces soldiers are enough to crush everything. Therefore, Genjiro and Genjiro can go anywhere with ease. They have power and strength, and they also know how to use violence reasonably because they can control their power.
Erii, however, cannot. She can only use her own Words of Power, and once she uses them, they are deadly. Unlike her two brothers, she cannot use them with limited restraint.
Gu Ran gave her the pistol so that she would have other means of attack when she didn't use her Word of Power, instead of being timid and hesitant.
"It was my oversight," Genji said in self-reflection.
Erii, standing to the side, roughly understood what Gu Ran meant. She touched the gun; it felt nice, and the pistol was quite good-looking, matching her aesthetic.
So she wrote in her notebook: "Thank you, I really like the gift."
"That's good." Gu Ran said, taking out a pack of Frigga bullets from his weapon case. "You've all seen Frigga bullets, there are about five hundred here, keep them for later."
"Also, you should teach her some basic fighting techniques. Don't treat her like a child. She's not a little kid anymore. She still needs to know basic self-defense techniques," Gu Ran instructed.
"Sigh, you're so thoughtful." Uesugi Kotsu nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Sakura, "From now on, I'll trouble Sakura to train Erii. Don't take it too seriously, just train her to the level of a Navy SEAL."
Everyone else nodded. With the strength of the Navy SEALs, they could handle most dangers. If that wasn't enough, then they would have to resort to the Word of Judgment.
Once the trial is over, all problems can be solved.
Listening to the conversation, Su Xiaoqiang thought to himself that the Navy SEALs were high-level special forces soldiers; the operation to assassinate Bin Laden in May of this year was carried out by the Navy SEALs.
But these people said that training Erii to become a Navy SEAL was just a casual exercise? It makes me think how terrifying hybrids really are.
And so, Erii's training plan was finalized.
At this moment, Xiao Lianhua was surrounding Ying, grilling oysters and octopus with her. Lianhua grew up in the mountains and ate mostly mountain produce, rarely eating seafood, so she was very excited to see seafood.
She was holding a coconut bigger than her face and said she wanted to drink coconut juice. Gu Ran was worried that she was too big to finish it, so he broke the coconut open, poured her a cup, and they drank it together.
Because Xiao Lianhua was so adorable, everyone swarmed around her and loved to tease her, especially Uesugi Kotsugi. As an old man, he loved watching energetic children who were innocent, lively, cute, and active, which made him feel a few years younger.
These gangsters, now retired, play with innocent children on the beach, their hearts seemingly cleansed, as if they could temporarily forget the bad things they did in the past.
"Please look after the child while we go out and have some fun." With that, Gu Ran took Su Xiaoqiang's hand and walked outside.
It was already past four in the afternoon, and the sun was no longer as intense as it was at noon. Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang held hands and strolled under the shade of the coconut trees.
"Won't it be too boring? I haven't been able to keep you company." Gu Ran knew that Su Xiaoqiang was actually a very lively person, and today's gathering consisted of new friends, so she might not be able to fit in.
"It's alright. Miss Ying kept me company and even taught me how to make shaved ice and grilled squid." Su Xiaoqiang linked arms with Gu Ran and snuggled close to him, not minding the heat.
“Speaking of which, the materials of swimsuits and underwear are really different, and the feel is also very different.” Gu Ran glanced sideways at Su Xiaoqiang’s chest and rubbed his arm against her soft area.
Su Xiaoqiang glared at her shyly, but went along with it and gave him this little treat.
She didn't understand why, when she already belonged to him, the man would still be infatuated with these small favors.
Suddenly, she remembered their first summer together. When they had to part ways, they were both a little reluctant. So Su Xiaoqiang left Gu Ran some of her swimsuit photos as a keepsake, and she herself also took many swimsuit photos of Gu Ran...
As she thought about it, she suddenly realized how girlish she had been back then, and then she felt so embarrassed... she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.
"What are you grinning about?" Gu Ran reached out and put his arm around her bare shoulder, pulling her into his embrace.
This place is quite far from the crowds, and there are very few people around.
Su Xiaoqiang smiled and recounted how the two of them had exchanged swimsuit photos in the past.
"Back then I was still a naive virgin, you have no idea how much your photos shocked me..."
"You're complaining about the perks I gave you!" Su Xiaoqiang pinched the exposed flesh on his waist in annoyance. Because he was at the beach, Gu Ran wasn't wearing a shirt, just beach shorts.
"By the way, what are you holding in your hand?" Su Xiaoqiang noticed that Gu Ran was holding something, so she snatched it to take a look.
It's sunscreen.
"The woods over there are quite secluded, and there are beach chairs. I wonder if I could apply sunscreen all over your body..."
Su Xiaoqiang was taken aback, then said irritably, "It's almost five o'clock, the sun is about to set, why are you still applying sunscreen..."
"I don't care, I'm going to apply it!" Gu Ran was determined to be forceful.
Seeing this, Su Xiaoqiang grabbed the sunscreen and ran away, shouting, "I'm not giving it to you!"
She wore a red bikini, which made her skin appear even whiter. Under the sunlight, her youthful and vibrant body was so alluring.
Gu Ran suddenly understood why some people liked playing "Sexy Beach".
"Have you thought this through? If I win you over, you'll have to... hehehe!"
The two chased and played together on the beach. Gu Ran let her have her way, otherwise he could have caught her in an instant.
Suddenly, a group of people approached in the woods. Gu Ran sensed that the newcomers were up to no good, so he immediately grabbed Su Xiaoqiang's wrist.
Su Xiaoqiang was having a great time when she saw a group of people coming over and frowned slightly.
But she wasn't afraid; she just stood beside Gu Ran, curious about what these people wanted to do.
Gu Ran counted ten people, all white, each one tall and burly, with matching tattoos, seemingly members of a gang.
"Hey, beautiful, wanna hang out?" The man at the front spoke English with a French accent. He then took off his sunglasses and brazenly sized up Su Xiaoqiang's figure.
"Sorry, she's only playing with me." Gu Ran stood in front of Su Xiaoqiang. "What brings you two here?"
"It's nothing, I just don't like seeing you monopolizing this beauty." The leader grinned at Gu Ran, while the people behind him also smiled maliciously.
This place is far from where tourists gather; it's at a bend in the road and is also shaded by a coconut grove, so most people can't see what's happening here.
Chapter 563 You're a member of the Mafia? I don't believe it!
It seems this group of people had been monitoring Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang for a long time, looking for an opportunity to cause them trouble. They only showed up when Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang went to play in a secluded place.
Even if tourists notice what's happening here, it's difficult to call the police immediately because everyone is playing in the water and few people have their phones with them. After all, this isn't ten years from now, when everyone has their phone with them all the time.
"Sigh, I was hoping to have a real-life 'sexy beach' with my wife in the coconut grove." Gu Ran didn't take these people seriously because his danger perception hadn't been triggered.
Hearing Gu Ran's mutterings, Su Xiaoqiang nudged his hind leg with her knee, signaling him to quickly get rid of these irrelevant people.
"So what do you want to do?" Gu Ran asked directly and clearly.
"I told you, we want your woman to be with us." The leader looked at Gu Ran's back with greedy eyes, then reached out as if to touch Su Xiaoqiang's shoulder, but was blocked by Gu Ran's chest.
The leader gave Gu Ran a push, but found that he couldn't move him. He raised his eyebrows slightly, then looked to the left and right, signaling the people around him to gather around.
"I'm afraid you'll have to go down and keep Enma Ai company..." Gu Ran said in Chinese, and as more and more people gathered around, he was about to use the intimidating power of his Byakugan to shake off these idiots.
However, at that moment, a rather sinister voice came from not far away, and he was actually shouting something at the group of people in Italian.
Gu Ran couldn't understand Italian, but he could see that after the shouts came out, the group of people stepped aside and stopped surrounding Gu Ran and his companion.
Interesting, is the main character finally coming?
In fact, Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang could probably guess who was causing them trouble; it was definitely not just some ordinary thug.
Although Gu Ran told Lancelot's butler not to follow them to Marseille, he did not hide his whereabouts, so those who wanted to cause trouble for the two of them knew that they had arrived.
After the group of thugs retreated, a fat man wearing a brightly colored beach shirt came out with a forced smile and said to Su Xiaoqiang and Gu Ran, "Miss, son-in-law, I didn't expect you to have arrived in Marseille. Why didn't you contact me immediately so I could pick you up!"
Su Xiaoqiang and Gu Ran both recognized the fat man. Before they left, they had seen photos of the heads of Su's father's company's overseas offices, and this fat man was one of them.
The fat man's name was Richard, a Chinese expatriate in France who settled there and was in charge of transshipment along the Mediterranean coast.
“We wanted to have some time alone together, and we plan to go to the office after a while,” Su Xiaoqiang stepped forward, reverting to her domineering demeanor. “What, are you already so eager for me to check the accounts?”
Her eyes were alluring yet sharp, and in the blink of an eye, she transformed into a powerful businesswoman, standing ramrod straight.
She was a girl who could stand upright on her own two legs.
Richard was stunned, seemingly not expecting Su Xiaoqiang to remain calm in this situation. Weren't they afraid of being surrounded by so many burly men?
“I’m just worried about the safety of Miss and Son-in-law. These places abroad aren’t as safe as they are back home.” Richard smiled, his face twitching, then said in English to the burly white man in the lead, “What’s going on? These two are my guests. What can I do for you?”
The leader said in English, "I just want to invite these two to my house for a party tonight, so we can have some fun together."
“Oh…it’s just a party,” Richard said to Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang. “Why don’t you and your husband join us tonight?”
“What if we don’t go?” Gu Ran said. “I have dinner plans with friends tonight.”
That's the truth. We were supposed to have dinner with Uesugi Koshi and the others tonight, but Sakura went to the supermarket to buy groceries.
“Not going... doesn’t seem like a good idea!” Richard patted his chubby belly, who knows how much malice was brewing inside.
He continued, "These people are all Mafia members. If you don't obey them, you'll be in big trouble... You know the Mafia, right? The family from the movie 'The Godfather'..."
"The Mafia?" Gu Ran laughed upon hearing this, and asked the leader in English, "Is it really the Mafia? I don't believe it!"
The leader was taken aback, not expecting anyone to doubt his Mafia identity. He smiled smugly, then raised his arm, revealing a tattoo on the back of his hand: the number '17'.
“Anyone connected to the Mafia understands what this number means,” Fat Richard said to Gu Ran. “Young master, don’t be stubborn. You should know that even a powerful dragon can’t suppress a local snake. You should still go to the party tonight.”