Vol 2 Chapter 7 (1/2)

Chapter Seven

Meo was joyously picking her clothes She changed her shi+rt or the ribbon tying up her hair every twothe door of the study to ask: “Mr assistant, what do you think about this?” Any one would do! Really

Pole and Rocky sruumi was all but destroyed (But it’s already like this since Meo appeared)

A whole night passed after the incident, and it is now Saturday

As I stayed up in the night and was hurt, I fainted in Yondaime’s car, they said that they couldn’t wake me even with an elbow attack, and was carried to the bed in the office That’s why I wasn’t too sure about things that happened after that Ahhh, it’s bad I stayed outside for two days without telling et killed

“Oi, any one of them would do, just hurry up and scram! Hasn’t the matter been solved already? Don’t just stay here, Kusakabe is waiting for you!”

Not hiding his impatience, Yondaime shouted at the door of the study

“Okay! Thanks, Mr Boss! Wait for awhile!”

What answered him was an innocent voice

“Where is that person right now?”

“He’s at the place where a doctor I know stays Though he’s a surgeon, there’s no other place that he can go, as the underlings froht now, not too hurt”

When I think about it, as Yondaiers were safe? Not only his fingers, his ears were alright as well After confirh rather weak

“Oh, please You’ll figure it out after thinking for a bit”

Yondaime rolled his eyes

“Tabara-gumi wants to portray hiht? If they wanted to pretend that he committed suicide, ould Kishi+wada-kai think about it if he’s lacking an ear or a finger? Obviously they’ll know that he was iht be asked why didn’t they hand hi him So they must ensure Kusakabe Masaya’s body is unhars who did so”

It’s no wonder that Yondaime said that it was a rando after hearing his explanation Though the world is usually like this, it feels as if we have to continue to greet the next ht

“Did Kusakabe request to see Meo himself?”

“That’s right, and he said that he’ll pay too But not a word of thanks That’s why I hate the yakuza” Yondaime seee hi volunteer work”

Oh, I see So he wanted to see Meo

Then— Meo indeed won

Though this isn’t really anow

“…… Did you guys ask Kusakabe?”

“About what?”

“Why did he ask Meo to run aith the cash?”

Why didn’t he use other methods? Even for self-protection, he should have other choices Why did he use a method that caused hiht?

“Why would you want to know that, is there a need? It’ll only make Alice happy”

“You have a point……”

“And don’t ask even though you already know the answer, you’re only similar to your owner in this matter”

Being criticized like this, I cringed:

“Though we know about it, there’s a lot of places where we don’t really understand as well”

To Alice, this would be the truth but not the facts

In addition, Alice was still deter about her request in my plan even after the matter ended

Yondaime tsk-ed, and ruffled his hair

“Look at the ite the supermarket”

“…… Eh?”

Isn’t that……

TheMaybe Yondai of this?

“Well…… Things like a kitchen knife, deodorant, sewing kit, lighter”

“Isn’t there so like a pair of scissors or knives?”

How did you know? I blinked in surprise

“Won’t you know after just looking at it? Those were the tools to cut down the fingers”

Fingers?

“Their fingers are cut down if they did soh not much people would do this themselves The scenes in movies when the palers upwards with the pal then cut it down”

Ah…… So the disposable chopsticks and bandages were for this I unintentionally iined the clumsy and bloody scene and felt a chill onhis little finger on the finger cutting device that was like a primary school project

“He probably wouldn’t be able to see a doctor at that tier couldn’t heal because bones were still jammed there So they must use scissors or a sether The air freshening spray is actually used as an anesthetic They wouldn’t be able to feel anything for soers”

My face was probably stark white when he finished saying that

“…… Why…… did he want to do that?”

“That’s probably why he hid near the house of the boss of Kishi+wada-kai Probably to negotiate directly with hiements couldn’t work?”

“Ah……”

The yakuza are really a bunch of idiots, Yondaime said

“It’s about time to prepare the car”

Yondaime stood up, and turned his head back to say while he was about to walk out of the office:

“Kusakabe probably wants to retain theas well”

The steel door closed slowly I sighed Since Alice refused to explain, Yondaime looked more like the detective this time…… Birds of a feather, I suppose

This is actually a simple reason, it’s just that I’m too dumb to notice it

Even so, the ansould probably be crossed out if it is directly written on a paper, huh? The way of expressing it is too ironic Thinking of Kusakabe Masaya’s tragic decision so that he could protect his family, I couldn’t help but feel a chill on my back

Hiding in the city while avoiding his pursuers, he called numerous other people too Actually, he didn’t do that so that he could escape overseas, he was looking for a medium to send the money overseas

He was trying to finish laundering the two hundred ave hi it

I looked besidewas just like a shell that was left over after an organism shedded it All the answers

“I’ve decided!”

The door of the study suddenly opened, and Meo rushed out

It was an elegant white dress with frills on the side, daringly showing her shoulders Though it’s only April, is the brain of this girl in sues around her left wrist could be clearly seen— her hand that tried to grab her father’s hand at that moment

Meo’s hand— definitely caught it

“Is your hand okay?”

“Eh? Ah, yeah Though it still hurts a bit, the bones should be okay It’san X-ray, it’s so fun”

This girl’s life really seems to be quite happy

“…… Why did you appear there?”

Telling you not to run out alone for so many times, but my requests were just useless Meo’s face clouded over for a moment

“Erm…… well…… Sorry But……”

Meo glanced at Pole and Rocky standing at the entrance

“I told theht me there”

I turned around to look at the two Pole and Rocky lowered their heads with their faces red Don’t do that, it’s disgusting Don’t they have any resistance towards women?

“Aniki, please forgive us Sou-san scolded us because of this yesterday……” Pole joined his palize to me

I shook my head Actually, I wasn’t about to blame them

Because the one as Meo

“Mr assistant, is your wound okay?”

“Mnn— ? I’m okay, don’t worry”

I used auze You really can’t say that I’m hurt like this Compared with the prices that the others had to pay, mine is more like dust

Compared with the burden that Kusakabe Masaya and Meo are shouldering……

“…… Meo knew it from the start?”

“Hmm?”

“Why did your father run away? Why did he tell you to hide the money? The reason he told you not to call the police?”

“I don’t really understand things that are too co is where dad,sisters would be troubled too That’s why I believed that he would come back”

Being able to continue to live at hello Palace, Meo continued to believe this until now Believing that everything will return to its original state

Kusakabe Masaya, himself, believed that such a miracle will occur as well

The last words that he shouted out in that phone call— the Thai that he said only to Meo

“Those words…… I’m not really sure what thatabout the big sisters in the building? Don’t worry because there’s a lot of people, does he mean that?”

The words passed through Meo, and went into Alice’s ears

Being able to read thein those words like that isn’t easy at all

He did all that just to protect that building

To protect the people gathered at his side from all parts of Asia— his family

The matter that he is most scared of, is the dirty money of unknown sources in his hands— he’s afraid that the fact that theability of hello Palace has reached its limits would be known by Kishi+wada-kai If Kishi+wada-kai knows of this, they would definitely just abandon hello Palace If they abandoned the et rid of hello Palace that was their filter, while the people who lived there would be unable to continue living in japan Calling the police would have the same results

That’s why he chose to run

Theis, he really pretended that he defalcated the co near to his houmi probably felt surprised too, huh? Because they didn’t even knohat Kusakabe Masaya’s motive was

Which means, no that Kishi+wada-kai would not realize that there are still ‘‘money that haven’t been laundered’’, they pretended that he ‘‘did not launder the etand waiting for a s return to its original state?

But Meo shook her head while s:

“There’s no such thing Because Dad is still alive It’s okay as long as he’s still alive There would be a day when things would return to its original state”

As long as he’s alive……

Meo squatted doith her back toher hands to search inside All the answers are hidden in the secret pocket in the back of the bag I searched for it and pulled out the thing hidden inside it

I saw this before, it’s a pure white phone that was the saroup photo of a man and a woman at a beach somewhere appeared on the screen The Kusakabe Masaya in the photo was probably just over thirty, while the woe of Meo

The answers are always the sih I don’t kno Alice noticed this

There was absolutely no need for Kusakabe Masaya to stay in touch with Meo Because he knows of Meo’s exact location anytime

Because at Meo’s side— Meo’s mother is alith her

“Mr assistant, what’s wrong?”

Meo tried to peek from the back, but I hurriedly stuffed the phone back into the hidden pocket and zipped it up Because Kusakabe Masaya once said that he’d give it back to her when she’s older, so it’s better to respect his wishes for now

While thinking about this, he’s actually by his wife’s side all along as well

Using this bag to carry theeach month, probably it isn’t just to prevent loss or robbery, huh?