Chapter 43 (2/2)

Shortly after, the loud wailing of firetrucks filled the air. The firefighters renowned for their efficiency came pretty quickly. Judging by the severity of the situation, they responded immediately and only took a couple of minutes to arrive at the scene.

Zhang Heng took off his jacket and placed it on Ameko. She had invited him over to her little rented apartment a few times for hotpot, so he knew where she lived. But it did not seem like a good idea to send her back right now. She was clearly involved in some kind of problem here. If whoever it was could trick her once, they would surely trick her the second time.

It was imperative that he figured out exactly what was happening before coming up with countermeasures.

The Voxy people might have escaped, but Zhang Heng knew that there was one person who could give him the answers.

Everything that had happened tonight was because of Takeda Tetsuya or Yosuke Tsuchiya. It was time for the guy to tell his story.

But before that, Zhang Heng had to find him first.

That was not too difficult a thing to figure out. Zhang Heng drove to Takeda Tetsuya’s favorite fūzoku 1, a karaoke cum izakaya, but eventually found him in the abandoned port where they had trained.

The sun was coming up by then. The seafood store owner was wearing a large floppy hat that covered his face, fishing with a group of elderly fishing hobbyists.

When Tetsuya heard the sound of tires squealing, he immediately knew who it was. Getting up, he saw Ameko in the passenger seat and froze!

“Why is she here?”

“That question is for you to answer.” Zhang Heng jumped down the van. “I found her at your shop. A bunch of guys were going to kidnap her, but don’t worry; she was just knocked unconscious. Nothing big.”

“Someone kidnapped her?! What do they look like?” Takeda Tetsuya looked nervous, which was uncommon.

“There were three of them. They were well disguised with sunglasses and masks, though, I don’t know why they didn’t bother to cover up the tattoos on their necks.”

“What are the tattoos like?” Takeda Tetsuya appeared to be only interested in that little detail.

Zhang Heng thought for a minute and then said, “He was too far. I can’t be completely sure, but I think it was an eye.”

Takeda Tetsuya’s pupils contracted, allowing himself to drop to the ground as if he was completely drained of energy, muttering to himself, “So, they’ve come?”

“Who has come?”

“It’s nothing to do with the both of you. They only want my life!” Takeda Tetsuya smiled distressingly. “I thought that changing my name and laying low could help me escape them. I didn’t think they would still hold on to me. But never mind, I will go confront them! The both of you won’t be in danger anymore.”

This was not what Zhang Heng had imagined would happen. The seafood shop owner was not interested in discussing his past.

While Zhang Heng was pummeling his brains on how to make him talk, a voice from behind him said, “So, is this the reason why you divorced mum?”

No one knew when Ameko had woken up and gotten off the car, but she had obviously heard the conversation between Zhang Heng and her father.