Tony-san replied
.Do you really think so?
.Eh?
Kudou-papa helps out
Don’t tease him too much.someone who major in criminal psychology at college gets his head stiff when taking on at FBI’s profiling method
.It seems so
Neko-san looks at me.
What do you think?
.I
It is so they can change to another person anytime? Since you don’t know his face, nobody would notice if they become a different person
.Correct
Neko-san’s face gets serious.
Why do you think so?
Well.they used Lorenzaccio Bandini as a sacrificial pawn, right? Then the story about Bandini an important person in the organization and him being Viola’s manager is a fake. Then, isn’t there a possibility that Cesario Viola himself is a fake?
Neko-san nods.
Yeah. It’s possible that the original Cesario Viola.real name, Fabiano Katou is dead long ago and we’re dealing with another generation’sCesario Viola!
The mysterious boss.Viola might’ve been replaced already.
But.Then who in the organization tellsThis one’s Cesario Viola?
Tony-san asks his doubt.
That is.according to Nei-san, she said that on the old days, her sister, Rosalind and Lorenzaccio Bandini are the only ones who know Viola’s identity.
Viola appears in disguise at the meeting place with the members of the organization.
The other members doesn’t know who Viola is because of the elaborate disguise. Then.Rosalind and Bandini points him and guarantees.and that’s how Viola functions as the organization’s leader. .But Rosalind died on the shootout with Kei-san. Lorenzaccio Bandini became a human bomb on the mini-car over there.
.There must be some others who know which one is the disguised Viola is. Even if they knew, they pretend that they can’t until Bandini points him out. In the end, they leave the surface to Rosalind and Bandini and there’s a guy who’s hiding inside the organization.
Kudou-papa mutters.
.I see. Blending among the other men.someone’s instructing Viola from the shadows?
We now know that Lorenzaccio Bandini wasn’t an important person in the organization. If there’s someone making instructions to Viola other than Bandini.Then perhaps, there’s someone among Viola’s men directly connected to the organization’s big boss
.I see
No.that guy might be the big boss himself
Neko-san said.
Right. Pretending to be a subordinate and staying by his side.but actually, that guy might be the top of the organization directing Viola
Tony-san speaks in excitement.
Though it’s possible.isn’t that taking it a bit too far? Won’t the real boss not do a job that would make his hands dirty?
Kudou-papa rejects Neko-san’s theoryBoss is the subordinate.
However.at this stage, there’s no way we can make a decision. We should just deal with all of the possibilities right now
Kudou-papa leaks a sigh.
Then.what should we do with Lorenzaccio Bandini in my car?
Neko-san asks for Kudou-papa’s judgement.
.Leave him
Leave him like that? We’ll leave him like that for two hours.we’ll check whether the enemy would really come to pick up Bandini, If the enemy comes then we’ll completely block this road and leave him until night .Why? It’s troublesome if Lorenzaccio Bandini really has a bomb set up. The bomb removal team of Kouzuki security service isn’t familiar with this case.Yamaoka on the integrated guard division is a muscle brain. If we take Bandini there carelessly.then he might just blow up! Right.it’ll be troublesome if Kouzuki security service building is blown up
Tony-san speaks.
Let Shige’s group monitor Bandini. They’re not going to be taken to the battle tonight anyway
Roger, Kudou-chan
Neko-san answers.
Bandini won’t die if he’s detained for a day. We can’t afford interrogating a sacrificial pawn right now. On the contrary, if we take hold of a false information, it would be troublesome.
Well, he’s an adult so he’ll be fine even if he’s trapped in a car.
It’s sunny today but it’s not that hot.
Either way, it’ll be settled tomorrow.no, it’ll have to be settled!
.Tomorrow?
Now then.we’ve exposed our hands this far but.
Kudou-papa looks at Michi
.What do you think, Michi-kun?
.Michi
.I’ve understood how father thinks about thinks deeply and prepare for it. It’s a very good reference
Don’t say taht
Kudou-papa answered coldly.
.Michi-kun, do you want to enter this kind of world?
.Eh?
.If possible, I’d like to succeed father’s Kudou style
This is unrelated to Kudou style.what I’m doing right now is underground business. Also.it’s only danger and the income isn’t suitable
Neko-san looks at Kudou-papa
Should I go out?
No.stay. I’d like Neko to be here
Kudou-papa tells Neko-san.
Unlike me who’s doing underground work.you can be a regular member of Kouzuki security service like Etsuko, Shinichi, and Haruka. They’re official bodyguards. Their salary and holidays are guaranteed. They also have a veto power to unreasonable work. They get a social status too.but
Kudou-papa stares at his own iron pipe that was put aside.
There’s nothing here. You’re not allowed to go to the surface.and yet, you always stand next to death
Father.do you regret it?
Kudou-papa laughs.
Don’t be stupid.I like this so I took this road. Even if I’m reborn a hundred times, I will go to the underground world. That is my mission
Then.Me too.
Kudou-papa stopped Michi.
.Don’t be easily swept away by the sentiment of parent and child. Let me be clear. I have no regrets on my way of living. But.I don’t think I want my daughter to follow the same path as me!
.Father Above all.you’ve already decided your road, right?
Michi.
Yes.I would like to devote my life to Misuzu-sama
Then, go that way, I will stay here! However.there are still a lot of things I have to learn from Father!
Michi desperately holds to her father.
.There’s nothing like that!
Kudou-papa throws it away in a single phrase.
What’s ahead is only a road of carnage.didn’t I tell you a while ago? Everything will be settled by tomorrow. What do you think that means?
.Father? We.Yamaoka and Etsuko, the people at Kouzuki security service headquarters.were ordered by Kouzuki old man toexterminate But.the meaning ofexterminatediffers between them and us
.The meaning differs.
Those from headquarters.they’re okay as long as they have protected Kouzuki old man from Cesario Viola and send him away to America. Theirexterminateis to repel But, ourextermination!
Neko-san speaks with dark eyes.
Kill Cesario Viola and his colleagues!Everyone of them that came to Japan. That means we won’t let anyone alive by tonight until tomorrow morning. That is theextermination directivewe underground people received from Kouzuki-san!
So they will go with the intent to kill!
Michi.I don’t want you to kill people
Kudou-papa said with a calm face.
.Father
Michi looks down.
If you’re going to live as Misuzu-ojousan’s guardian.then everything I’ve taught you until now would be enough. The true essence of Kudou style ancient martial arts can be exercised in the battlefield. What I will be teaching you are techniques to surely kill people. I don’t want to teach you that
Therefore.Kudou-papa always show tricks that looks like he’s playing around.
No.I already know. The secrets of Kudou style
Michi looks up at her father’s eyes.
I’ve discovered father’s hiddensecret book I can’t use it in actual combat but.I continued training it
.I see
Kudou-papa’s words are clogged.
I’m sorry.it caught my eye not knowing what father thinks.please forgive my impoliteness