Development!

Sokovia, deep in the mountains.

A figure is climbing a nearly vertical cliff.

It was already early December, and the sky was filled with goose feathers of snow.

Snowflakes fell on the rocks jutting out of the cliffs, first turned into water, and then frozen into ice.

This process often takes a long time.

But this winter in Sokovia has been extraordinarily cold, and the water is freezing much faster than ever.

The person who is climbing the cliff knows this because he has seen the whole process with his own eyes.

Raphael has been here for a year to exercise by climbing cliffs.

The Vongola family currently doesn't have much business for Raphael to handle. The core of the family and the black-and-white Silk are now actively training, which is the time to raise troops.

So Raphael can spend more time on improving his strength. He found a mountain of seven or eight hundred meters in Sokovia.

Although this mountain is not the highest in the country, it has the steepest cliff, which is more suitable for Raphael to exercise.

He comes here to climb almost every day, the four seasons are as usual, rain or shine, so he is confident that no one knows better than him what kind of changes this mountain will have in different seasons.

The only way to climb a cliff is to use these protruding stones. When a layer of ice forms on the surface of the stones, it will become very slippery. If you are not careful, you may fall.

Therefore, Raphael's movements were very cautious, and he would not continue to climb until he was sure to grasp it, which also made his climbing speed much slower than usual.

Of course, he can also choose to use the Skyflame to melt the ice surface, which can be much easier. After a year of practice, he has been able to freely control the Dying Will flame.

But this weakened the effect of the exercise, and Raphael didn't need to be lazy for it. After all, even if he missed and fell, he would just get up and climb again, and he wouldn't be hurt.

Having said that, his climbing speed is still not comparable to that of a normal human being. In front of him, a cliff of hundreds of meters seems to be no different from a hillside of tens of meters.

Um...

No normal person should be free to do rock climbing.

"Ten minutes, you are three minutes late this time, aren't you too tired? I already said that you need a good rest for two days."

When Raphael climbed to the top of the peak, Pietro, who had been waiting on it, immediately stopped the timer and said sadly.

"The combination of work and rest is also very important!"

On the side, Wanda was sitting on a large floating stone, and the Chaos Magic was dragging under the stone.

She glanced at her brother in disgust, curled her lips and said, "That's why Raphael is so much better than you, he understands that genius comes from diligence, not like you to fish every three days."

As soon as the words fell, Wanda quickly put on a smiling face, controlled the stone to fly in front of Raphael, and gently handed a glass of water.

"Raphael, drink some water quickly."

Raphael took the water glass in disbelief. Wanda didn't say it was okay, but he felt a little thirsty.

Stock up.

Hmm... The water temperature is just right, neither too cold nor too hot, just warm, just right to warm the stomach in the cold winter.

Raphael looked at it and saw that the cup is not insulated. I think that Wanda has been using some way to keep the cup warm, such as using the temperature of the Dying Will flame.

"Hey! When did I go fishing for three days and two days for netting? My feet have never stopped, it's just that my speed is so fast that you can't see it."

Pietro was dissatisfied. He felt that Wanda had become more and more disrespectful to his brother recently. Maybe it was time to find a chance to let her know what a brother's authority is!

At this time, if you look at Pietro's feet, you will be surprised to find that the snow near his feet is constantly splashing. In addition, a pair of footprints appeared out of thin air about three meters to his right. And the snowflakes around the footprints are also splashing.

That's right, Pietro seems to be standing in the same place, but he is actually moving back and forth at a high speed from left to right. If he hadn't looked closely, he wouldn't have been able to tell that Pietro was jumping sideways.

In just one year, the changes that have taken place in Wanda and Pietro can be described as earth-shaking.

Their abilities climbed like a rocket, and they were no problem with one stop.

Even with Raphael's strength, there is a wave of outbreaks. I have to say that the effect of the leader's privilege is really fragrant, even if he lies still every day, he can steadily become stronger.

It's just that if you slack off like this, you will easily be surpassed.

"Let's go here for today's practice, it's time to go back to the manor."

Raphael clapped his hands and said to the siblings with a smile.

The three of them set off back to the Vongola Manor, and didn't stop for a while until they passed by the Vengeful Bank.

The Vongola family has recruited a group of people in Sokovia, and it is no longer possible to hide their existence.

So Raphael gave an order and started the first business of the Vongola family.

After the turmoil in Sokovia a year ago, countless people fell into poverty.

The influence of pure civilians is not large, as long as the government relief funds are barely enough to fill their stomachs satisfy.

But those elites in the upper classes of society don't think so at all.

Fortunately, the female president Anna has two brushes. The reconstruction of Sokovia was completed half a year ago, making the whole city look no longer dilapidated, and even the city area has expanded a lot.

The female president invested almost all the money in the treasury into the revival of agriculture, commerce, and industry, and society began to return to normal operation.

However, a new problem has arisen. Industry and agriculture are of great importance and must account for the bulk of government funding, while Sokovia's local business is relatively weak and receives very limited financial support.

Now that Sokovia has opened up its territory, of course, business cannot be limited to the country. A large number of entrepreneurs want to explore overseas markets, but they are suffering from lack of capital.

At this time, the Vongola family extended a helping hand to them. It's no problem if you need money, you just need to sign this loan contract.

Of course, the interest is a little higher than that of the government bank, but the government now not only has no money, but even owes the Vongola family a billion dollars.

Although Sokovia does not have any precious resources, there are still a lot of local specialties, which are sold to collectors who have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend, and the profits are quite considerable.

The interest that the Vongola family received was nothing at all, at least it was many times better than the life-saving loans given by those vampires in Europe.

Therefore, although the loan was from Korea, none of the businessmen who took the loan did not appreciate the Vongola family.

What? You ask me what if someone doesn't pay it back on purpose?

Don't worry, there is no such person in this world.