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By that point, though Endo and Izumi had been prepared to die, they couldn’t help but breathe vigorously as beads of cold sweat drenched their foreheads when they realized that they were just inches away from death.

Regardless, after Takuya ran toward Gerald, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the two were still alive. After panting for a bit, Takuya eventually cleared his throat before saying, “They… can still be of use to us, Mr. Crawford… Let’s keep them alive for now…”

Nodding in response, Gerald then closed his eyes for a while… and soon after, his immense murderous intent quickly dissipated. Now that he was calm, Gerald was prompted to ask, “Fair enough. However… how did you even find out about all this…?”

“With how loud you all were, how couldn’t I have found out? Either way, the second I found out what was happening, I immediately rushed over to look!” replied Takuya as he patted his chest while shaking his head, a bitter smile on his face…

“… I apologize for that,” said Gerald in a sheepish tone as he scratched the back of his head.

“No matter… Either way, since they had the balls to cause such a ruckus at my manor, I swear on my life that I’m getting information out of them! We won’t let you die that easily!” growled Takuya as he pointed at the duo who were still on the ground.

“I’ve already tried interrogating them, but they’re tough nuts to crack,” replied Gerald as he shook his head.

“Oh, don’t you worry. I’ve met my fair share of stubborn people, so I know how to make them talk. I can guarantee you that with my tactics, they’ll be giving us honest answers before dawn!” declared Takuya as he gestured for his men who had earlier followed him over to carry Endo and Izumi up.

“Now that’s what I like to hear,” replied Gerald with a smile.

Nodding in response, Takuya couldn’t help but frown when he saw all the blood on the ground. Shaking his head, he then turned to look at his men before ordering, “Bring them to the manor’s clinic and keep them alive!”

With that, Endo and Izumi were promptly brought away However, since Endo was still bleeding rather badly, his blood ended up dripping all the way to the clinic…

Now that that was dealt with, Takuya turned to face Gerald before saying, “… There’s something I’d like to talk to you about…”

“What a coincidence. I have something to discuss as well,” replied Gerald with a nod.

Realizing that Fujiko was still standing frozen in place, Gerald couldn’t help but add, “Miss Futaba? The danger’s over…”

“… H-huh? O-oh! Yeah, it is… T-thank you…” muttered Fujiko after snapping out of it. As Gerald and her father walked off, however, she couldn’t help but give Gerald a curious gaze…

Regardless, after entering the main hall with Gerald and Fujiko, Takuya made sure to properly lock the doors up before brewing a pot of tea… Following that, Takuya handed Gerald a cigarette and even lit it for him. After all, he knew that it was thanks to Gerald’s efforts and Vigilance today that he and Fujiko were able to live another day…

With that in mind, Takuya eventually bowed toward Gerald before saying, “I truly appreciate your help today, Mr. Crawford… With so many consecutive incidents happening, I really don’t know how to thank you for every time you’ve helped!”

“There’s no need to be so cordial, patriarch… Honestly, I have a feeling that these two came for me today,” replied Gerald as he immediately helped Takuya up.

“… Come again? Did you offend some bigshot here?” asked Takuya, understandably stunned.

“I can’t say for sure either… My guess is that those men are either from the Kanagawa family, or they’re Hanyus. While my money is on the Hanyus, I can’t exactly rule out that there may be other people who want me dead…” replied Gerald as he puffed on his cigarette…

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After hearing Gerald’s reply, Takuya was momentarily at a loss for words. After all, he hadn’t considered the fact that Gerald was the real target here. As he pondered about it, Takuya couldn’t help but mutter, “They came for you, you said… “

“It’s only a guess, to be quite honest,” replied Gerald as he shook his head. After all, since he rarely ever came to Japan, he had almost no disputes with the forces and families here. He was only assuming that the duo were after him since he was their first target upon making themselves known.

“… Well, even if they were after your head, there’s no need to worry any longer since those two scoundrels are already locked up. Rest assured, I’ll definitely obtain more information from them by dawn! Also, in case you’re worried about affecting my family since you’re being targeted, don’t be. The Futabas owe you and we’ll always be by your side! While it’s true that my family isn’t as great as it used to be, know that nobody can freely take advantage of people I swear to protect!” declared Takuya as he clenched his fists.

Hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but smile as he cupped his hands together to pay Takuya respect before saying, “I really appreciate that, patriarch… As for the interrogation tonight, I’ll be thanking you in advance!”

It was around then that Gerald realized that after helping the Futabas so much, he had completely earned that family’s trust. With that in mind, he felt that once the special forces competition began or possibly when it ended, depending on how things went it was high time he asked about Yearning Island. Hopefully, Takuya would no longer see any reason to hide anything from him…

Whatever the case was, after finishing his cup of tea, Takuya got to his feet before saying, “Alright, then… You and Fujiko should go get some rest first. I’ll be heading over to pay our two ‘guests’ a visit… “

With that, Takuya left the room, leaving Gerald who promptly put his cigarette out and Fujiko inside…

Though Gerald stayed there for the following half hour to enjoy his tea, Fujiko, on the other hand, remained in the room to stare admiringly at Gerald, her hands cupping her cheeks the entire time…

Due to her ever growing feelings for Gerald, Fujiko couldn’t help but say, “… I could sense how strong those two were… To think you’d be able to take them out so easily…”

“Strength is all I have. I don’t really have any other capabilities. Besides, I’m not that strong,” replied Gerald with a smile.

Honestly, he hadn’t expected to expose that much of his strength earlier since Fujiko was there. However, had he not done so, he wouldn’t have been able to take those two men out in such a short amount of time. That, to Gerald, would’ve been more worrying since trouble could’ve easily brewed in the manor had he not taken them out quickly. After all, who’s to say that there weren’t any other Kanagawas or Hanyu assassins waiting for a chance to strike the manor while Gerald was preoccupied with Endo and Izumi? If that had been the case, then things would’ve become exceedingly difficult for Gerald to resolve. All this explained why he used so much of his strength in the first place…

Regardless, upon hearing that, Fujiko couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as she asked, “… Really now?”

“Do I have a reason to lie? Besides, if you’re thinking l could secretly be rich, a good look at my attire is enough to debunk that!” replied Gerald as he got to his feet and slowly twirled around, just to prove his point.

Fujiko, for one, knew her famous brands since she was a rich young lady from a prestigious family, so she had to agree with that.

“… While it’s true that you certainly don’t look like one, you can definitely live a much better life with how strong you are… Honestly, if you apply to become a personal bodyguard, you could earn over a million dollars per year…” muttered Fujiko as she brushed some dust off his clothes.

“Life as a personal bodyguard is way too restrictive for me. It’s also a tad too dangerous for my taste. Honestly, the way I’m living now is good enough,” replied Gerald with a smile.

“… I-I know, right…?” muttered Fujiko as she blushed slightly, thinking that Gerald was hinting that he enjoyed spending his time with her.

Realizing that, Gerald who didn’t want to speak any further for fear that it would create more misunderstandings then cleared his throat before saying, “… Anyway, it’s getting quite late, so you should go get some rest. Hopefully, your father will have obtained some valuable information from those two men by morning…”

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Still blushing slightly, Fujiko then nodded as she replied, “… R- right, right… You head to bed early too then…”

Though the night had been a dangerous one, she couldn’t help but feel pleased after hearing what Gerald had said. Regardless, she was then promptly accompanied back to her room’s entrance before she finally parted ways with Gerald…

Gerald himself removed his coat and poured himself a glass of cold water the second he returned to his room. Once he was seated on a chair, he began thinking about the two assassins.

Since his trip to Japan had been highly confidential, he doubted that they had been sent by his old enemies. However, those two were able to address him by name. With that in mind, whoever it was who had sent them, they had definitely done their homework before setting the assassination plan into motion…

‘But who could it be…?’ Gerald thought to himself as he puffed on his cigarette.

After thinking about it for a while, Gerald managed to come up with a few individuals who lived in Japan who possibly had old grudges against him. Even so, no matter how much he stretched it, all of them didn’t really seem to have the balls to confront him. Besides, it’s not like they would even know that he had come to Japan.

With that in mind, the assassins must’ve been sent by individuals whom he had offended in his most recent trip here… From what he could gather, that included the special forces soldiers from Yanam, the Kanagawas, and the Hanyus…

Though he included the soldiers from Yanam into the equation, they were the most improbable of the bunch. After all, none of them had managed to find any evidence that he was the one responsible for Adler’s disappearance. Besides, he was pretty sure that the Yanam military had already been scared out of their wits by him.

Gerald, for one, believed that Carter who had acted so cowardly before him back then wouldn’t dare to send assassins after him, unless, of course, that man didn’t wish to be the acting leader of the military anymore…

Kanagawas and

decided not to think about it for the moment. After all, he believed in Takuya’s interrogation skills, so all he needed to do now was to wait till morning to finally find out who had sent those two

got up at dawn, Gerald quickly prepared himself for the day before heading out to see how Takuya’s interrogation had gone. Upon opening the door, however, Gerald was startled to see two

of this…?”

you yesterday, the patriarch ordered us to guard over your room. With that in mind,

obvious that they had been standing there for the longest time. With that in mind,

if he relied on these two to protect

the other man yawned as he replied, “Unfortunately,

had it not been for Takuya’s orders, Gerald simply shook his head while saying, “Look, just go. If the

believed that these two wouldn’t be able to protect him anyway, the fact that they were wasting all their energy here made him feel

hearing that, the duo immediately bowed while declaring,

they swiftly left for

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the duo walked off, Gerald then stretched before taking in a deep breath of

that, he figured that he may as well ask if Takuya was in his room before actually getting there. Upon being told that Takuya was still interrogating the duo from the night before, Gerald asked for the interrogation room’s location before promptly walking

came across a stone entrance that led to an area that was

weeds here growing as tall as humans and a few easily missed single story houses further back, it felt like

across three

Gerald was prompted to ask, “Is the patriarch in one of

eaten, Mr. Crawford? We were just about to get some breakfast for the patriarch!” said one

me, then,” replied Gerald with a nod before walking past

for a while, Gerald soon heard muffled screams coming from one of the houses. Easily figuring out where the noises were coming from, Gerald then entered the house

here, Mr. Crawford?” asked Takuya who had been sitting before

had noticed a cup of tea on Takuya’s table as he

the entire place honestly looked more like an execution room… The fact that there were instruments of torture everywhere and the

slightly, Gerald couldn’t help but ask, “… Aren’t you afraid that you’ll end up

measures. After curing them at my clinic last night, my family’s doctor has been checking their vital signs every half an hour. I’ve been intensifying and reducing the

die until they tell us the crucial details,” replied Takuya with a faint smile while gesturing

was the doctor, Gerald chose to not say anything else. A brief

as it turned out, they had

but frown

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anticipated. Since they’ve been unwilling to provide any useful information up till this point, I’ll be using more dire tactics from now

even though he had interrogated them throughout the night and had exhausted most of his torture devices! He simply couldn’t believe

tactics yet. Once he

look at the duo, Gerald simply scoffed, “Just tell us

had been done crudely with the intent of only allowing him to remain barely alive. After an entire night

them, Mr. Crawford. Either way, I believe that I’m close to cracking both of them. After all, nobody on this planet is truly unafraid of death. With that in mind, I just have to resort to more brutal

scoffed Endo

that we can’t get them to speak by the end of the

make them speak! ” replied Takuya’s

for now, Mr. Crawford I’m a little tired after interrogating them the entire night. Speaking of which, I’ve ordered my subordinates to prepare breakfast for us, so let’s get to that first,” said Takuya as he turned to

themselves walking into the front part of the

to say, “You know, I never expected those two to be so stubborn. To think that I’d fail to get any relevant information from them after torturing them for an entire night! Still, I have a pretty good hunch that they’re both Hanyus. After all, that’s the only family who even dares to go against the Futabas in the entirety of Japan! Besides, you already stated that they were

could’ve just attacked her straight off the bat. What more, aside from the fact that they clearly went after me, they even called out my name, which seals the deal that I was their target the entire

after you…? Could it be that they’ve learned that you were the one who had saved Fujiko that day? Even so, as much as I hate to say it, knowing that shouldn’t have caused

be that they’re not

families or forces in Japan who would train such competent assassins. And again, nobody would dare to mess with the Futabas other than them. Then again, it may just be a biased assumption. Perhaps all this goes deeper… ” replied Takuya with a shrug, still slightly bummed out that he hadn’t managed to crack the code after an entire

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had already returned with breakfast, so after the two sat at opposite ends of the dining table, both of them began

the Hanyus were in complete disarray. Ryugu, for one, had been seated on

had received from Endo was from last night, stating that he and Izumi had successfully managed to sneak into the manor and locate Gerald. Though Ryugu had expected them to update him on their situation right before they

last message, Ryugu was understandably getting more and more worried. Even so, he refused to believe that the two capable team leaders had failed. After all, he of

of cake for them! Hell, just sending one of them should’ve sufficed! However, Ryugu wanted everything

the worst. At this moment, he would’ve very much preferred receiving a message from them, stating that they had failed, rather than continue going

to leap from his seat and

replied Kanagawa Takeshi, one of the other

while muttering, “… It’s impossible… Isn’t there any way to find out what’s

hours, he had apparently only gone out to get breakfast, and returned shortly after… If you ’re wondering why we haven’t done any internal investigations, we’re simply worried that

enter and find out what had happened to Endo and Izumi as well, his better judgment made him refrain from doing so. After all, if the duo had gotten into trouble, then there was a high chance that he’d get caught

…

resignation, “… Well, then did any of the men

eye out on the entrance. Since Izumi and Endo entered from the side, we weren’t even aware when they had made their move. With that in mind, it was pretty much improbable for us to have heard anything…” replied Takeshi

Gerald?! Even if they got found out or had to deal with the fighters of the Futaba family, they should’ve reported back by now!” roared Ryugu who was now so infuriated that his entire body was trembling. Unable to hold back his rage,

the shocked Takeshi immediately took a few steps back before lowering his head,

short while, the enraged Ryugu couldn’t help but laugh coldly before sneering, “How… How absolutely weird… How the hell had such mighty assassins

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calmed down a bit, Takeshi gulped before replying, “… Do… you think the Futabas

family before we attempted to assassinate Fujiko. With that in mind, we know that there are only a few trained fighters

question. Where the hell had the Futabas suddenly found such powerful men? No matter how much Ryugu racked his brain, he simply couldn’t

odd… With how strong Endo and Izumi are, this mission should’ve been a

a second! I can’t just allow two of our family’s top assassins to disappear off the grid like this! With that said, we’re forced to head to their manor to investigate! Even if Endo and Izumi

keeping Endo and Izumi’s lack of response a secret from most of the other Hanyus. After all, Endo and Izumi were two of the biggest powerhouses within the family, and if the patriarch found out that something had possibly happened to them, there would surely

“So… Should

sending over another small team to take over that task in a bit. Once they arrive, try your best to locate Endo and Izumi. If you manage to

Takeshi as he

be left alone…!” grumbled Ryugu as he sat on his

went looking for Fujiko. Once he entered her room and they greeted each other good morning, Fujiko took the chance to say, “You know, the military just notified me that the special forces competition

with them there. Seven days isn’t all that long,” replied

but worry that if we leave the mansion, more assassins will try coming after your head… I really don’t wish to burden you any more than I should… Call it

I’ll be sure to protect you,” replied Gerald

about her burdening him, Fujiko then

when are we heading over?”

more about the event as well as when

Let’s get packing and hit the road!” said Gerald without the slightest

focus on the competition. After all, not only was she the youngest daughter of the Futaba family, but she also had to live up to her title of the ‘Queen of Soldiers’. With that in mind, she definitely had to score

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lunch, Gerald and Fujiko left