Chapter 12: Dodging the Question (1/2)
Chapter 11: Eternally Little Chapter 13: Code name: Shirokiyami
「Let me go! 」
The father had greasy sweat dribbling down his forehead as he tried to shake his hands from Taiyou’s grip.
Taiyou had a chilling glare directed towards the father. He wanted to crush the fathers hand just like he did with the apple, but the father managed to slip away before he got a chance.
「You insolent brat……..What is your intentions ? 」
The father’s voice was trembling, his fist turned so white it looked painful and even his whole body was shaking.
On the other hand, Taiyou was extremely calm and composed.
「In retrospect, I should have crushed your fist the instant you attacked me」
「Wha…..」
The father became speechless. Seeing this scene, Sakura gracefully begins to talk.
「I see, you aren’t all about “talking big”」(She’s saying he can actually walk the talk)
「Sorry, I’m just a high school student so I don’t understand that particular expression you just used」(“talking big” is the unconventional expression she used)
「Did you know? I, favour a man like you, instead of boiling up in anger when he’s under pressure, he can instantly cool down his mind, I think that this kind of disposition is really desirable」
「Instead of “dodging the question”, and answering with another question why don’t we start communicating more effectively?」
「I believe my conversational skills are logical enough. Well enough about that. More importantly, I will take your actions to mean that you are the ally of the girl’s, will this be the correct assumption?」
「What is certain, is that I am not an ally of justice」
「Even more than me, aren’t you the one having fun, by trying to “dodge” the conversation/question?」
Sakura covers her mouth, as she lets out a slight laughter.
「However, I understand. It seems there is no other way, even though I wanted to resolve this in a peaceful manner」
After saying that, she raised her hands into the air and clicked her fingers together.
「—-Tsu!」 (surprised)
In that moment, the blood in Taiyou’s whole body froze as if he was in some sort of hallucination. A shiver ran up his spine and without thinking he took a step back in retreat.
He soon realised why he was shivering. In compliance with Sakura’s summoning, groups of men wearing black clothing started to appear in succession as if out of thin air.
That is, twenty men dressed in black appeared from the yonder and surrounded Taiyou from three different directions.
Seeing such a Taiyou, Sakura turned towards the father and gave a look of confirmation.
「It’s about to get a little rough, this should not be a problem for you right? 」
「The things that was promised to me, they will be delivered on time right? 」
「It most certainly will, that’s because your honourable-daughters have the hopes and dreams of all the women in the world on the line. Taking that into consideration, a price that corresponds with its high value will surely be rewarded to you」
「Hehehehehehe」
After hearing Sakura’s words, the father of the girls had a satisfied smile and laughed in a vulgar manner.
The conversation between the two was about such a vulgar/disgusting topic that Taiyou suspected Sakura’s ulterior motives for letting him hear it.
「I can’t believe that there really is a father that would sell their own daughter…..」
「Huhhh, you brat—–」
Hayakawa’s father whom was about to curse at Taiyou, was stopped by Sakura when she signalled him to stop with her hand.
「The act of selling’s one daughter you can just think of it as a disreputable part time job that one takes in desperate times」
「…….」
Taiyou was silent, for the first time in his life, a horrible feeling that he could not imagine began to rise in his heart.
His anger was like magma, he felt it bubbling and boiling from within the depths of his heart——–However, the violent emotion was not reflected in his face at all, that was the kind of young man Natsuno Taiyou was.
On the contrary, his mind began to cool down rapidly. In an instant his heart went cold and calculative, it was as if his fury took him below the freezing point and he reached the pinnacle of absolute zero.
He looked around the vicinity.
Behind him was a concrete wall, and in front was the blacked clothed men surrounding him from three directions. It was a situation where he and the three sisters were completely enclosed with no way to escape.
In order to break out of this situation——he began to think for a little, and without turning his head around he started to talk to the three sisters.
「I will open a path, When the opportunity arises, please use that chance to escape」
「What about you Taiyou-san? 」
He heard them speaking, but he could not really pin point which of the three sisters was speaking. Because there was no room for him to make a mistake by turning his head around.
「Don’t worry about me, I will make it out somehow」
「But—-」
「Please just go」
Taiyou calmly rebutted whatever they were going to say without giving them a chance to continue.
「The most I can do for you guys is to create a path of retreat. With this many enemies surrounding us, it will be too difficult to protect you guys at the same time. You understand don’t you? 」
「I understand. Suzu-chan and Kaza-chan you guys are fine with this as well right? 」
「Yeah! 」
「We’ll run to the best of our abilities」
「Alright, that’s good then…….」
Taiyou nods his head and refocusses his full attention on the black clothed men.
During the time period in which Taiyou was communicating with the girls, Sakura gave multiple instructions out and the men in black clothing started to converge and take position to engage.Even if he could create a diversion to open a gap in between them, the hole would soon close up again.
The plan Taiyou discussed with the girls was seemingly the correct course of action to take, however…