The parking lot of Myth Inc. HQ. After winding down from that tense conversation, the rest of the dinner between John, Kai, and Sakura passed without much trouble.
There was the part where he had to talk a bit about his family... and the awkward bit where he had to improvise on why Alpha and Beta called him Master at first before they had started to relax and call him Father, but all-in-all things went well.
And then it was ti for everyone to leave for the evening.
"Bye Mister John!" Tsuki waved and then turned towards Alpha and Beta. "Bye Miss Alpha! Miss Beta!"
Rin nodded and waved goodbye as well. "Have a pleasant evening, everyone! I'll do my best tomorrow too!"
Sakura sighed and pulled Rin for a one-ard hug. "You work too hard, Sweetie."
"Mooom!"
Kai chuckled and then nodded at John. "I'll leave it to you then."
Casual words, but ones with a double aning.
John nodded and said, "You just worry about taking care of your daughter, Kai. And take Rin and Sakura ho safe, you hear?"
"Of course. I'd rather die than let harm co to any of these girls."
Tsuki flinched, quickly tugging on her father's coat. "D-Daddy?"
Hearing her voice, Kai flinched too and then patted her head. "It's a figure of speech, Princess. I wouldn't ever leave you."
"...Promise?"
Kai smiled and held out his pinky. "Pinky promise."
"...Okay." Tsuki nodded and crossed her pinky with Kai's. "But if you lie then I'm going to get Miss Alpha to beat you up! She's really good at martial arts, you know?"
John blinked and looked at Alpha.
She coughed and averted her gaze, blushing.
Beta looked over everyone and said, "It is getting late. Please, drive safely and have a good evening."
Sakura glanced at her phone and said, "Beta's right. It's almost nine... we should get going, Kai. You wouldn't want to keep Tsuki up too late."
The young girl huffed and said, "I can stay up late if I want! I'm not a kid!"
Sakura smiled and ruffled Tsuki's hair. "Of course not, Tsuki-chan. But you need to sleep well if you want to grow up properly. Don't be like your big sis Rin and stay up all night reading manga on her phone."
Rin gasped and said, "Y-You knew I was doing that, Mom?!"
"I pay the bills, Sweetie. Of course I knew."
Rin flushed and then quickly walked over to Kai's car, a blacked out Honda Civic.
Kai chuckled and unlocked it, letting Rin duck inside.
"Wait for , Rin nee-san!" Tsuki jogged after Rin, hopping into the seat next to her.
Sakura laughed and headed towards the passenger seat of the car. "Co on, Kai."
"For soone who insists she's not old, you sure do act like a nagging wife..."
Sakura stopped and turned her head. "Hah? What was that?"
"Nothing, Sakura." Kai shook his head and then walked over to the driver's seat. As he got inside, he gave John a short wave and said, "Take care, Friend."
John nodded. "Leave everything to ."
Kai smiled and shut the door. After making sure everyone was safely buckled in, Kai started the engine and drove off, leaving only the faint crimson backlights in the darkness.
And then they were gone.
John stared into the darkness and then frowned.
Beta noticed her father's changed mood and said, "Is sothing the matter, Father?"
Alpha noticed as well and said, "What's wrong, Father?"
John tucked his hand into his pocket before changing his clothes. At once, a dark suit and pants appeared on him. Clothes more fitting for a funeral than a casual night stroll.
"I'm going to make our first hire."
"Eh?" Alpha blinked. "This late, Father?"
Beta quickly walked in front of John and blocked his path. "You will not."
John frowned. "And why not, Betty?"
"Regardless of the circumstances, you still need to clip, edit, and translate Hana's privated karaoke stream on your channel."
John blinked and then he sighed. "Right. First things first."
The matter with the local yakuza was important, but ensuring Rin's career was more important.
Besides, with those guys handling things, John shouldn't have to worry about the yakuza for the ti being.
John shrugged and said, "Let's head back inside then. I'll take care of that before I head out."
It wasn't like anything major was going to happen in a couple of hours.
...Though it did bother John that his shadow servants seed livelier than usual when he sent them off.
But that was probably just because of his emotions at the ti giving them more realism. It wasn't like he really brought the guys to life.
Right?
-----AI|IA-----
"Is that all? Man, the Seiryuu have gotten soft." Maji tossed a body to the side and shook his head.
"You can't bla them too much, bro. Considering that man took us out, they must have thought they didn't need to train their skills anymore." Saji kicked an unconscious thug off to the side as well, cracking his neck.
A soapland in Kamurocho. After John told them to go stir up trouble, Maji and Saji decided to head to their old stomping grounds and clean house.
"It's those two!" A man pointed from behind a door and said, "Get them!"
More doors slamd open and then thugs with guns started to pour out.
Maji sighed. "Kids these days don't have any sense of honor."
"Mm." Saji tilted his head to his sworn brother and said, "Should we teach it to them, bro?"
The man hiding behind the door shouted. "Shoot them already!"
Maji rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "Kids and their toys..."
Gunfire filled the hallway, erupting it in noise like a fireworks display.
But at the sa ti, there was a strange sound.
An endless stream of beautiful tallic notes.
And then the gunfire died down.
When it did, an odd sight was on display. Silver powder, falling to the ground, almost like snow.
Maji flipped his knife around and grinned. "Our turn now... Right?"
"M-Monsters!"
Maji stepped forward, a wide grin on his face. Sticking a finger up with his left hand, he wagged it and said, "No, no. We're not monsters. We're 'ghosts.'"
Silver flashed and then screams filled the air along with a mad cackle.
-----AI|IA-----
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Faint footsteps coming from the other side of the alleyway. Not only that, but there was the sound of a body being tossed to the ground, followed by a low groan.
The man with the knife narrowed his eyes and stared behind Asako. "Who the hell are you?"
Asako glanced back and then her eyes widened.
A man in a light grey blazer, suit pants, and a maroon shirt with an upturned collar. Slightly spiked black hair and a stern expression that looked almost like a glaring dragon.
She recognized him. Not just from the clan records though. Instead, she had seen him recently and in the flesh. "You're...?"
The man in the light grey blazer gave her a faint smile, nodding. "You can take it easy now."
Asako laughed, tears welling up in her eyes.
And there she was thinking that she already owed that foreigner her life. How was she going to repay this debt now?
The man in the light grey blazer... No, the one who looked eerily similar to the Dragon of Dojima stepped forward. Kiri narrowed his eyes and said, "All of this for one girl?" He cracked his knuckles and said, "Pathetic."
Asako stared at the man and then sighed. "I'll leave it to you." Muttering that, she gave in to the wave of exhaustion and pain. Before she fell down, a pair of firm arms grabbed her and then gently set her against the wall.
Asako blinked, her consciousness fading. Still, as it cut out, she saw it.
That man stepping forward, his fists raised in a firm stance. At the sa ti, she heard his gravelly voice roar out. "Step forward if you want to die!"
*ba-dump.*
...Ah. She really needed to stop falling for n like that...
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