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"I'm sorry, Mr. Jingu." Yuriko Takashiro bowed slightly to Jingu and apologized to him.
Although I don't understand what the skinny man is doing, his furtive appearance tells me that he is definitely up to no good.
"Mrs. Takashiro, you don't need to apologize to me. After all, you can't control these things!" Jingu Yi responded dismissively to Takashiro Yuriko's apology.
"Mr. Jingu, what do you need me to do?! Do you want me to arrest that guy and question him?!" Yuriko Takagi asked Jingu.
Moreover, when she said this, Yuriko Takashiro's expression was exceptionally serious.
In Gao Cheng's opinion, if Jingu Yi needed it, she wouldn't mind grabbing the middle-aged man with bandages and questioning him.
Ask him what he's trying to do!
Are you determined to flirt with death?!
It should be understood that the reason why Shen Gongyi did not confront him was not because he dared not, but because he did not want to.
Jingu Yi still wanted to take in some people, such as the dozen or so middle-aged women who followed her. Taking them in was also a way to use them as milk to clean up the mall.
Based on her interactions with Jingu Ichi these past few days, Takagi Yuriko felt she had a decent understanding of him. She thought that Jingu Ichi was not exactly a kind-hearted person!
He is quite goal-oriented in what he does.
Wait a minute?! Purpose?!
Suddenly, Yuriko Takashiro frowned slightly.
She was a little confused as to why Shengu Yi would let her see the surveillance video!
"There's no need to bring him here!" Shen Gongyi shrugged, looking indifferent, as if he didn't want to see the middle-aged man wrapped in bandages.
"Huh?! Then why are you showing me this surveillance footage?!" Hearing that Jinguichi didn't intend to grab the middle-aged man with bandages for questioning, Takagi Yuriko asked Jinguichi curiously.
Intuition told Yuriko Takagi that the middle-aged man with bandages was a trap! She felt she was very likely to be tricked by him!
"Hehe, actually I'm quite curious to see what he'll do next!" Jingu I smiled and said to Takagi Yuriko.
"What?! Mr. Jingu, you..." Upon hearing Jingu's words, Yuriko Takashiro frowned slightly, and an ominous premonition immediately welled up in her heart.
"Mr. Jingu, you're not trying to fish, are you?!" Yuriko Takagi asked Jingu.
Yuriko Takagi knew very well that Ichiro Jingu was trying to fish for her!
They deliberately pretend to know nothing, or deliberately leave a loophole so that the middle-aged man with bandages will jump into the pit himself!
"Yes." Shen Gongyi didn't hide anything and revealed his true thoughts.
"Sigh~ So what are you planning to do?!" Takagi Yuriko asked Jingu Ichi.
"It's not convenient to go into details about that," Jingu I replied to Takagi Yuriko.
Although Jingu Yi had absolute trust in Takagi Yuriko, he still did not intend to tell her about his plans.
Just in case!
What if he tells Yuriko Takashiro his plan, and she accidentally reveals it to others?!
Don't TV dramas and movies often depict this kind of situation? The party trying to keep a secret accidentally reveals it.
"Huh?!" Takagi Yuriko was a little shocked to hear that Jingu I didn't intend to tell her the plan.
It seems that Shen Gongyi has become wary of her!
This……
Yuriko Takashiro sensed that a crisis of trust was about to occur.
"Mrs. Takashiro, you can stay at the mall for the next few days!" Jinguichi said to Takashiro Yuriko.
"Huh?! What?! Living in a shopping mall?! This... is in the territory." Upon hearing Jingu I's words, Takashiro Yuriko frowned slightly.
If she weren't in the territory, who knows what that middle-aged man with bandages would be doing!
"You're worried that once we're no longer in their territory, those people will cause chaos, right?" Jingu I seemed to have guessed what Takagi Yuriko was going to say, so he spoke to her.
“Mm.” Yuriko Takashiro nodded in agreement.
"Hehe, that's exactly what I want! I want to see what those people are going to do after you're gone!" Jingu I replied to Takagi Yuriko.
"Ah?! This..." Yuriko Takagi's expression turned serious.
"Then what excuse should I use to stay?!" Yuriko Takagi pondered for a moment, then asked Ichi Jingu.
She made her own choice despite the old age.
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"Mr. Jingu, what reason should I give to stay?!" In the mall's monitoring room, Yuriko Takashiro looked at Jingu and asked him.
“Hehe, that’s easy! Just say you’re sick and need to stay at the mall,” Jingu I replied to Takashiro Yuriko.
"What if someone else comes to see me?! What should I do?!" Yuriko Takashiro asked curiously.
“If someone comes to see you, then you can only be faking illness!” Jingu I smiled and replied after hearing Takagi Yuriko’s words.
"Huh?! Pretending to be sick?!" Upon hearing Jingu Ichi's words, Takagi Yuriko's expression also became subtle.
"What's wrong?! You're not happy?!" Seeing the subtle change in Yuriko Takagi's expression, Ichi immediately asked her.
Jingu thought that Takagi Yuriko was not too keen on faking illness.
Actually, Yuriko Takashiro wasn't really keen on faking illness because, in her eyes, she was the boss! The leader of that group.
Now she had to pretend to be sick in front of her younger brother, which she found a little uncomfortable.
"Um, Jingu Ichi, may I ask if I may? What are your plans for dealing with those people?!" Takagi Yuriko asked Jingu Ichi after a moment's thought.
"Hehe, if those people want to seize the mall, I will not hesitate to drive them away! Because their existence has already threatened the mall!" Jingu Yi said to Takagi Yuriko after hearing her question.
"I see~" Upon hearing Jingu I's words, Takashiro Yuriko frowned slightly, and a look of reluctance appeared on her face.
Yuriko Takashiro knew very well that if those people were really driven out of the mall, they wouldn't be able to survive in the apocalypse.
The sheer amount of supplies alone is enough to give them a headache.
With zombies roaming the outside world, their chances of survival are extremely slim if they are driven out of the mall by Jingu Ichi!
"Oh, Mr. Jingu! Isn't there any room for negotiation?!" Yuriko Takagi looked at Jingu, her eyes filled with pleading.
At this moment, her posture was very humble.
Those guys were her underlings who had escaped with her! Takashiro Yuriko felt a little reluctant to drive them away.
"Do you think the middle-aged man with bandages will change his personality?!" Jingu I didn't answer Takagi Yuriko's question, but instead asked her directly.
"Ah! This..." Faced with Jingu I's question, Takagi Yuriko's expression also became subtle.
Because she knew the answer.
The middle-aged man with bandages on his body was destined to have an unchangeable personality.
Moreover, first impressions are very important between people, and the middle-aged man with bandages left a very bad first impression on Jingu Yi and his group. Therefore, he was destined to be unable to integrate into the business environment.
Even if the middle-aged man with bandages does nothing, he will gradually be ostracized.
Because everyone in the camp had experienced the benefits of the shopping mall, and because the people in the shopping mall had a conflict with the middle-aged man with bandages, those who had taken the benefits from the shopping mall would inevitably ostracize him.
The middle-aged man with bandages was also a man with a temper. Naturally, he was unwilling to be inferior to others. Under that oppressive atmosphere, he became bold and began to plot against the goods in the mall.
"Furthermore, to tell you the truth, my shelter doesn't need any men! So I will not accept any men you bring under any circumstances!" Jingu I said to Takagi Yuriko.
"Hehe, Mr. Jingu, you really are honest!" Upon hearing Jingu's words, Takagi Yuriko first showed a surprised expression and then spoke like this.
Yuriko Takagi never expected that Isamu Jingu would be so honest and directly reveal his true thoughts.
"Hehe, if the group of men you brought had behaved themselves, I might have set up some tents for them near the mall so they would have a place to stay. But as you can see, some of the men you brought are not behaving themselves! So I had no choice but to kick them out!" Jingu I said to Takagi Yuriko.
"Hehe." Takagi Yuriko gave a wry smile after hearing Jingu Ichi's words.
If the middle-aged man with bandages hadn't done something reckless, Yuriko Takagi might have been able to keep him alive and provide him with basic necessities in this apocalyptic world.
What a pity! That middle-aged man with bandages just had to court death.
“Mrs. Takashiro, if all those men are gone, I will have those women move into the shopping mall.” At this moment, Jinguichi said to Takashiro Yuriko.
Actually, there are still many empty rooms in the mall, which could easily accommodate Yuriko Takashiro and the group of women she brought.
Incidentally, Sakurajima Yanagi has already gone inside and is staying next door to Sakurajima Mai.
"It's a choice between sacrificing those men to give the remaining women a better life, or keeping that unstable element around. You should make a good decision," Jingu I said to Takashiro Yuriko.
"Hehe, is there even a choice to be made?!" Upon hearing Jingu Ichi's words, Takagi Yuriko could only manage a helpless smile.
Yes, the middle-aged man with bandages is a destabilizing factor! And he has an accomplice! That thin man is one of them!
Moreover, according to Ting Shengongyi, none of the men who followed her should be spared.
“Mr. Jingu, not everyone is like that middle-aged man with bandages. Could you keep a few of them?!” Takagi Yuriko said to Jingu.
Among her underlings, some were quite obedient and lacked ambition, so they could easily stay.
“Heh! I can’t keep them. Men are a threat to me!” Jingu I replied to Takashiro Yuriko.
The tone of the response was very firm, as if there was no room for negotiation on this matter!
"Huh?!" Upon hearing Jingu I's firm tone, Takagi Yuriko's face also showed a surprised expression.
She hadn't expected Shen Gongyi to be so resolute.
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore! Let's talk about how to get you to fake being sick." Jingu I looked at Takashiro Yuriko and then spoke to her.
“Actually, I have a way to make it easier for you to fake being sick,” Jingu I said to Takagi Yuriko.
"Huh?! What method?!" Takagi Yuriko asked with a puzzled look after hearing Jingu Ichi's words.
"Hehe, squat down first!" Jingu I said to Takagi Yuriko.