Karasuma scratched his head.
"Uh, not long ago..."
Following Keiko Hatoyama's reminder, Karasuma carefully recalled the conversation between her and Keiko Hatoyama in the past few days, and then her eyes suddenly opened wide.
"That's it! It was that day when I came to ask Sister Keiko about your college entrance examination!"
She thought of it!
On that day, when she was worrying about which university to apply for, so she ran to Keiko Hatoyama and the boy for advice, Keiko Hatoyama once asked her something.
[Little Karasuma, have you told the head of the Karasuma family about this? 】
And Karasumaru’s answer at that time was:
[After asking, the head of the family said that I can choose any university...]
This is the question and answer!
Although on the surface, this sentence seems to have no problem, Hatoyama Keiko is just confirming Karasuma Renya's attitude towards this matter.
However, if you look at the background of the Karasuma family, this is full of profound meaning...
When Karasuma Renye returned to Japan for the second time a few years ago, she made a clear statement that after Karasuma graduated from high school, she would go directly to the university where the boy and Hatoyama Keiko were.
This matter is not simple, it is actually a good signal actively released by Karasuma Renye.
A good signal to the other big families in Tokyo at that time, including the Hatoyama family, who dominated the political arena.
That special university was jointly funded and built by these big families, and the students it enrolled were limited to the internal children of these big families.
This is actually a manifestation of an officialdom group.
When you say you want to enter this university, it is equivalent to handing in your certificate of admission to several big families, saying that I am not coming back to cause confrontation, but to be with you guys, so that everyone can do things together and make money together. Don't engage in confrontation.
This was Karasuma Renya's proactive statement.
And Karasumaru was allowed to enter this university, which is equivalent to those big families accepting his certificate of application and saying that if he is good, there is no problem. From now on, we will be "one family". If "family" If there are conflicts between us in the future, we will sit down and have a good talk. When facing outsiders who are not our "family", we must unite and deal with the outside world as one, and we must not engage in internal fighting.
At that time, several big families did not object to Karasuma Renye's high-profile show of goodwill.
Then why did Renya Karasuma deliberately do this in the first place?
The reason is actually very simple, because before that, most of the resources and connections of the Karasuma family were not in Japan, but in the United States.
At that time, the Karasuma family's power in Tokyo was actually relatively small.
Therefore, although the Karasuma family had already begun to gain influence in the American Empire at that time, and although the United States and Japan had a special "father-son relationship" since the end of the war, the so-called "strong dragon does not suppress the local snake", Karasuma Renye really wanted to If he wants to use his power to suppress others, there is no guarantee that these big families will not unite to give him various obstacles behind his back, which will make him even more troublesome.
Therefore, take the initiative to show your goodwill, integrate into it, and then secretly develop your own power, and continue to accumulate strength until you have the strength to control the chess game... This is Karasuma Renye's choice.
A few days ago, Keiko Hatoyama heard the words from Karasuma Renya asking her to "choose at will", which made Keiko Hatoyama keenly aware of the secret behind it.
Karasuma Renye no longer cares whether little Karasuma can enroll in that special university after graduation, which to a certain extent shows that he thinks the power he has accumulated secretly in the past few years is enough.
He thought that he no longer had to worry about the big families in Tokyo and the Hatoyama family, and could do whatever he wanted.
This is a pretty dangerous sign.
Therefore, Hatoyama Keiko used the power of Japanese public security.
"clever."
Looking at Karasumaru who once again handed over the correct answer, Hatoyama Keiko smiled and nodded.
But then, she turned her head, looked away, and said:
"Little Karasuma, do you hate me for the things I do?"
Once again, in Hatoyama Keiko's question, Kokarasuma sensed her fear, the fear of losing someone close to her.
So, Little Karasuma asked: "Sister Keiko, will you also get rid of me and the Karasuma family?"
"puff……"
Hearing this, Hatoyama Keiko suddenly smiled.
"Get rid of the Karasuma family? How can I have such energy... Everything I have done so far is just trying to stop the overly-expanded desires of the Karasuma family leader as much as possible.
Little Karasuma, I don’t want you to get too involved in this matter, but I can answer you seriously. What the Karasuma family leader wants to do, once successful, will bring unprecedented disaster to the entire world.
Even if he fails in the end, with the Karasuma clan leader's behavior, he will inevitably hurt countless people on his pursuit of success.
I don’t want to be an accomplice, even if I am also a vested interest in this, so..."
Having said this, Hatoyama Keiko turned her head again. She looked deeply at Karasuma who was sitting on the seat, her eyes dim.
"sorry……"
She said these words again, but this time it was to Karasuma.
Thinking about it carefully, in the last few years of Sister Keiko's life, this seems to have become the sentence she said the most.
She was always saying she was sorry, apologizing for various things, and then... she would follow the route she had already planned and walk unswervingly to the end.
This is Keiko Hatoyama.
She is different from most women in the world. She is a person who can completely let her rationality overwhelm her sensibility at any time.
Especially when faced with truly important decisions, she will always use the most rational way of thinking to make judgments, without being affected by her own emotions.
This is not to say that Keiko Hatoyama is a heartless person. On the contrary, she has a sensitive nature and rich emotions. Her feelings for the people close to her are real, and the apologies she speaks are also sincere.
She will cry for her choices and apologize from the bottom of her heart, but after crying, she will wipe away her tears and still walk unswervingly on the path she thinks is appropriate.
"So, please don't hate me..."
"I will not!"
Once again feeling the deep vulnerability of Hatoyama Keiko, and seemingly wanting to dispel the negative emotions in her heart, Kokarasuma replied loudly:
"It's better to say! I really feel it now! Sister Keiko, you are indeed a person like the sun!!"
"sun……?"
Her straightforward speech made Keiko Hatoyama stunned for a moment, and then her ears turned red and she looked away embarrassedly.
"What are you talking about, Karasuma-chan? You think of me as the sun or something. It's too exaggerated...Pfft!"
"Don't laugh! I'm serious!"
Karasuma growled.
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(End of chapter)
