Chapter 968.: 968. 「 Okay, we’re about to arrive 」
Just like last night, we head outside the rear entrance of the Kouzuki mansion and drive to the main entrance of the old training building .
There are some uniformed guards from Kouzuki SS before the entrance but as soon as they saw Shou-neechan’s face, they let us through .
And then, the car heads to the first floor’s parking lot .
「 Err, all I have to tell them is that their parents died, right? 」
I asked Shou-neechan .
「 Yes, don’t talk about anything specific . Although, you can tell them what the media knows 」
Of course, Kouzuki house is controlling the information .
「 It’s in the talk shows right now so if they don’t believe you, just show them the broadcast 」
Yeah .
If they see a commentator on a talk show or a reporter on a news show, they’ll believe it .
Even if it’s Kouzuki house, they can’t make a fake show by gathering such people .
No, I’m sure that they have enough influence and money to create a fake show, but still…
They won’t do something that large-scale just for the daughters of Yakuza .
They’ll know that much .
「 Good morning! 」
Kinoshita-san greets happily in the morning .
「 I’ll take over Reika, and prepare a meeting with Minaho-san . Kinoshita-san will lead the way 」
「 Got it . Tell Minaho-neesan and Rei-chan my regards . Thanks, Shou-neechan 」
I thanked Shou-neechan, she smiled and entered the building .
「 So, what’s up? 」
Kinoshita-san asks me .
「 Hmmm, Tendou Otome, Tokuda Sonoko-san, and Kurosawa Naoko-san, Rie & Eri, and Ya-chan & Mana-chan are on separate rooms, right? 」
I asked .
「 Yes, they’re on separate floors and rooms 」
「 Minaho-neesan and Rei-chan are both busy and so nobody made contact with them this morning? 」
「 Yes, last night, Kuromori Minaho-san was talking to them but she’s been busy manipulating information from the late night and since 」
Oh, she was guiding Sonoko-san and Naoko-san for their job as prostitutes, but…
After that, she got busy with the jobs from Kouzuki SS .
「 Ah, but, breakfast reached each of their rooms 」
Kinoshita-san said .
「 What’s the situation? 」
「 Err, starting from above…I mean, those who have someone from Kuromori house with them, well, they were at peace . They were having a good chat until late 」
Nei and Mana are looking after Eri and Rie .
「 But, for the lower floor, they seem to be awake all night . You-know-who is frightened all the time 」
Tendou Otome had a near-death experience from Edie’s Qi .
「 Then, let’s go check the lower floor first 」
I decided .
I’m more worried at Tendou Otome and the two who we left behind last night .
「 Certainly, I’ll be leading the way 」
Kinoshita-san smiles .
Michi and Tsukiko are off the car already .
「 Hey, Torii-san, let’s go 」
I call out to Torii-san who remains in the car .
「 I’m…uhm 」
Tsukiko already lifted her order . Torii-san can talk as she please now .
「 Why is Kuromori-sama doing all this? 」
She looks at me .
「 This what? 」
「 Uhm, I mean, you’re going to tell the girl who invaded the party yesterday that her father died, aren’t you? 」
「 Yes . To be precise, it’s not just Tendou Otome . The Yakuza group from Kansai sent the children of the group together with her 」
The three girls we abandoned and Shigeyo-san who already came back to her relatives are no longer present here .
「 They have no place to go, and so they’re staying here . They know that their parents will die . But, you see, hearing that they died for real is going to be a shock to them 」
「 Then, why is it that Kuromori-sama is the one doing it? 」
I…
「 Torii-san, have you ever punched someone? 」
「 Never 」
Of course .
She’s the young lady of Torii Electronics . And she’s a girl .
「 You can use your hand, your fist, or even some beat-up stick, if you hit someone, it’ll give you a response . You’ll see how much damage you did on the other party . You did the hit after all . You’ll know how much painful it can get because you did it 」
I clenched my fist and said .
「 I want to understand what it means when I make the hit . How does the other party feel, does it hurt them? Are they suffering? Do they find it harsh? I have to feel it 」
Torii-san stares at me .
「 If it’s not your hand that makes the hit, you won’t understand who got hit . No, you can imagine how much damage the other party received if you’re smart, or maybe you can calculate and make a guess based on the physical damage, but, I’m an idiot so I can’t do that 」
I must make an effort to look at the other party to understand .
「 This is the reason why I don’t leave this to others 」
「 However, they’re just troublesome people who hold ill-will towards us, right? I don’t know about that Tendou girl or whatever but I don’t care if I don’t see her again 」
To Torii-san, Tendou Otome is just a spy from the Yakuza who infiltrated the party for the young ladies of nobility to gather information about them .
「 You’ll know once you see them 」
I said .
「 Anyway, they came after us yesterday but a lot of people died concerning the party yesterday . That’s the fact 」
「 But, they’re all bad people . Isn’t that what Yakuza is? 」
Torii-san can’t agree .
「 Yes, and I don’t actually care if they die . I’m actually glad that they did 」
They’re people who gang-raped the daughter of the weakest of the group to waste time in Tokyo .
I won’t forgive even those who didn’t say anything and just let it happened .
「 But, they have children . It’s not about logic . Someone has to take all their hate and anger 」
If not, they cannot survive what’s ahead .
「 I don’t get it 」
Torii-san looks away from me .
「 It’s okay . For now, look at them . Aren’t you going to watch over everything, Torii-san? 」
「 Haa 」
She sighs .
「 I get it 」
Torii-san in her maid uniform gets off the car .
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「 Here, it’s this room 」
Kinoshita guided us to Tendou Otome’s room .
She uses the keypad to unlock the door .
「 Okay 」
She opens the door without knocking .
「 Hey, everyone, did you eat your breakfast? 」
Her optimism is boundless as usual .
I mean, that’s a bit scary .
We follow Kinoshita-san and come inside the room .
It’s a 10 tatami mat floor at least .
On the right side, Kurosawa-san, the girl who willingly accepted to become a prostitute is covering herself with a blanket .
On her side are a half-empty pet bottle and an empty lunch box .
Tokuda Sonoko-san and Tendou Otome are on the left side .
As usual, Kurosawa-san hates the two .
Tendou Otome…
「 Sonko-chan! Sonoko-chan, I’m scared 」
She continues to cling to Sonoko-san in her regressed state .
「 Err, uhm, morning 」
For now, I greeted them .
「 Well, how are you, girls? 」
This looks stupid but that’s the only opening phrase I could think of
This room has no windows and so I can’t say “Looks like we have good weather today,” or “it looks like it’ll rain in the afternoon . ”
「 You finally came . Nobody came to us since last night that we thought we’re abandoned 」
Kurosawa-san said .
「 Oh, that’s because everyone’s busy . To put things bluntly, last night, your parents who departed from here…also, Irokuchou Ichirou-san… They drove off throughout the night and reached Kansai this morning 」
I speak with my emotions in control .
「 Hmm, I-I see 」
Kurosawa-san’s voice becomes stiff .
「 I’ll get to the point . Your parents have died . All of them 」
I said . Torii-san .
「 Hey, what’s with that way of talking? 」
I ignored her .
「 They all died . Nobody’s left alive 」
The room quiets down .
Before long .
「 Ah, I see . Okay . Right, I thought so 」
Kurosawa-san speaks bluffingly .
「 It can’t be helped . Our parents are dumb, scums, and good-for-nothing, I know that they would die miserably someday 」
She grits her molars .
She doesn’t look cute and so Tendou Sadao’s followers and the other girls bullied her .
She’s accustomed to enduring this .
However .
「 Murderer 」
Sonoko-san looks beautiful and that’s why the group gang-raped her…
「 Everyone died? That’s just… 」
「 What are you talking about? Shouldn’t you feel relieved Sonoko?! Now we’re truly free from them! Free from those stupid parents of ours! 」
Kurosawa-san throws the troubles in her mind to Sonoko-san .
「 But, they’re dead! They were so noisy last night but these people killed them! 」
Sonoko-san glared at me .
「 I know about it, you used that girl with that strange power to give orders to our parents to become crazy 」
Sonoko-san watched Yomi turn Tendou Sadao to insane people through the security cameras in real-time .
「 That’s right . I…we killed them . We sent your fathers to their deaths . And as planned, your parents have died . They mixed their own bosses and organization with them 」
I look at the ceiling .
「 Shou-neechan, are you listening? If you are, can you show what’s on TV right now? 」
Then…
『 I’m here . This is the current broadcast on TV 』
The TV on the wall turns on .
『 No you see, this is a serious incident 』
The former comedian talent commentator on a talk show makes a lot of noise .
『 Sugawara-san from the news bureau? What’s the current situation? 』
The screen changed to the announcer’s station .
Oh, even the TV station news area is noisy .
The announcer who’s usually in charge of the night news is reading the manuscript in a hurry .
『 Ah, yes . For now, here’s everything that we know . This morning, 7:30 AM, terrorist attack offices, and homes of members of several Yakuza over the Kansai area . No, I don’t know if the correct word to use is terrorism since they’re a criminal organization but still, there are more than 10 points all over Kansai related to them that blew up and set on fire .
Burning buildings show up on the screen one after another .
Somehow, this has become a lot more intense .
I’m sure that Kyouko-san planted the bombs and incendiary devices there .
『 Then, uhm, the information is a little entangled that we’re still trying to confirm it but the **** police station mentioned earlier had a different set of criminals belonging to an organization surrendering themselves, they have nothing to do with the incident earlier or so reported . The police will make an official statement later, however, 』
Oh, it’s Irokuchou Ichirou’s group . They surrendered and confessed to all the crimes they’ve done so far .
『 Also, according to some witness statements; there are more than ten people intruded in the home of the head of the **** group in his home . Along with the terrorist attacks this 7:30 in the morning . According to the witnesses, they were from the same organization but they speak of something nobody could understand as they rage, and eventually, it led to a shootout 』
Oh, now that’s Tendou Sadao’s group .
『 Err, the police station has given their statement in regards to this incident . Err . The culprits who were rioting with a gun all died . It’s unknown whether the shootout and the fire afterward are related however, the police reports say that all the culprits on this incident have died . Everyone escaped for a while but everyone was allowed to return home soon after 』
Hearing the word “Everyone died” surprised Sonoko-san .
Another memo comes into the announcer .
『 New information has come in . Starting from the boss of the organization, the 13 criminals who they shot to death are all people who shot other groups 』
In the end, Tendou Sadao kept on asking for the location of the Tokugawa’s buried treasure in the African seas .
They attacked the boss by firing a gun, and so they retaliated by shooting them to death .
『 Err, we will be listing all the names of the culprit who have died 』
The screen shows the names of people one after another .
Tendou Sadao’s name is there .
「 Haa 」
Kurosawa-san sighed .
「 Father 」
Sonoko-san seems to have found her father’s name too .
「 Uuu, I’m scared . Sonoko-chan! Sonoko-chan! 」
Tendou Otome clings to Sonoko-san and cries .
「 It’s okay . Thanks, Shou-neechan 」
『 No problem 』
The TV turned off .
「 Anyway, with that, said . Your parents are dead 」
I speak firmly .
「 Hey! Why do you say it like that! Look at them, they’re afraid 」
Torii-san is angry at me .
「 It’s because they need to strengthen their resolve 」
I said .
「 Their parents died . They’re people who oppressed them but they’re still their blood-related parents . And they died . That’s why they will live by themselves from now on 」
I look at Kurosawa-san, Sonoko-san, and Tendou Otome .
「 You do understand that you can’t return home after watching that broadcast, right? 」
Their parents caused an extreme incident, they started a shoot-out, died, and reached the television .
They can’t return to their hometown .
「 Resolve yourself and start working in Tokyo 」
I said . Torii-san;
「 Work? Wait, these girls are still in high school aren’t they? What work can they do in Tokyo? 」
Misuzu asked to bring Torii-san with us .
That means I can talk about it .
Kuromori house’s business is a brothel, and Kaan Momoko-neechan should know about it .
「 Prostitution . These girls, I mean, Kurosawa-san and Tokuda-san will earn money by selling their body 」
「 Eeeh, why? 」
Torii-san’s surprised .
「 Why do they have to do that? 」
I…
「 Do they have a choice? They need money to erase their past and start a new life . Therefore, they will work as prostitutes for five years . In exchange, we will guarantee them a new identity and support them to make a new life once they stop being prostitutes . They will sell their body to earn money to start their own business . If it’s for that reason, five years isn’t that long 」
「 That’s stupid! I mean, if you ask Misuzu-sama, she can deal with it with money, can’t she? 」
Torii-san doesn’t get it .
「 Are you telling me to help these people with Misuzu’s family’s money 」
「 That’s right! Don’t you feel sorry for them?! They’re alone, their parents died, right? 」
「 If you think that way then why don’t you help them, Torii-san? 」
I said .
「 Torii-san, if I recall, you participate in the stock market, right? Why don’t you help these people with your own money! 」
Torii-san’s startled .
「 Father allows me to use my money in stocks but he will not allow me to use it to help them 」
「 Why? You have money, right? 」
「 I do have assets but I’m still a minor! Father’s the one managing my money! 」
That means, she’s just a ‘young lady’
「 I use credit cards when shopping, and Father will see all the details . Therefore, I… 」
「 Then ask your father . I wonder if Torii-san can ask to save these poor strangers? 」
Torii-san .
「 I-I can’t . Father will not give money for something like that 」
Torii electronics is a company that grew postwar .
Torii-san’s Grandfather created this company and it became big .
Their family should be strict when it comes to money .
「 But, if it’s you 」
Torii-san looks at me .
「 You carry so many women in your arms, you can do it, right? 」
That annoyed me .
「 Don’t push what you can’t do to other people so thoughtlessly! 」
Then .
「 Shut up you two!!! 」
Kurosawa-san’s angry .
「 I’d rather die than to have you people pity me! I’m different from you people! 」
She glares at Torii-san and me .
「 Oh, I don’t really see you as pitiful . Nor I want you to die either . I’m just desperate to keep my family safe . I have no time to save you 」
I glared back .
Therefore, Kurosawa-san glares only at Torii-san now .
「 I don’t need your help . I’ll deal with it myself . I’ll survive by selling my body . I’ll rise up in this world . I’ll definitely triumph over a naive woman like you!!! 」
Torii-san trembles from Kurosawa-san’s threatening look .
「 Why do I have to receive those?! Why is this person angry at me? 」
「 It’s because you never looked at her as an equal 」
Tsukiko who’s been watching all this time shows a smile .
「 An equal? 」
「 Yes, Torii-san, you own a lot . Therefore, you speak in such a way that it would hurt her without noticing it . But, she has nothing . All she has is her body . Therefore, she has no choice but to sell it . Torii-sama who didn’t understand her situation speaks so excessively and, naturally, she will hate you 」
Tsukiko said . Torii-san’s shocked .
「 That’s right! I have nothing else but my body! What’s wrong with selling my body?! I’m not going to just barely survive, if I want to show that I won against the people who looked down on me, including you, I have no choice but to use my body and anything to earn a lot!!! 」
Kurosawa-san said .
「 And what about you? 」
Tsukiko asks Sonoko-san .
「 I hate it . I don’t want her money . I have nothing but my body . I will do anything, even if that is prostitution . I will earn by myself and survive
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