Today
I stepped into the red light district for the first time.
However,
the red-light district of a local city is not that big of a place.
Although
there are a lot of bars that serve drinks to old men, many of them are still
closed. And it's not even like there are any fancy clubs.
In the
middle of such a shabby bar street, there is a row of skyscrapers with
signboards of snacks and bars. Behind it, on the first floor of an old
building, there is a business space with no signage.
The
windows are covered with mirror stickers and the shutters on the front remain
tightly closed, making it impossible to see inside.
The
only thing that stands out is the bad behavior of the people who come and go.
It was a branch of the Kamishima clan, which was run by the clan leader's only
son, Ryuichi.
I put
on an indifferent face and walked around to the back of the building.
Sure,
I can't see what's going on inside, but I already know the structure of the
room.
After
all, Lili scouted the interior for me the night before.
Thanks
to the floor map she had drawn for me, I knew exactly where everything was in
the building.
I
stepped into the alley at the back of the building and used <Passing Through
Room> to enter the reception room at the back of the office.
I
wasn't trying to do anything. The only purpose at this point is to break in,
that's all.
Once
I've done that, I can always open the door to this place with <Revisit>.
As
soon as I've accomplished my goal, I'll use <Passing Through Room> to get
out.
With
this, the preparations should be complete...... Right?
I
wondered if there was anything I had forgotten about this morning's discussion.
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Lili
is floating near the ceiling.
On the
table were my three favorite princesses, Masaki-chan, Tashiro-san, and
Kurosawa-san. In addition, Ryoko was dressed in a pantsuit.
「I
can't believe you even messed with Terashima-san......」
「Ahaha,
the Confinement King is a bad man」
Tashiro-san
smiled at Kurosawa-san, who looked at me with a frown.
「By the
way, I have always wondered, what is this ^Confinement King^......?」
「After
all this time!?」
Masaki-chan
looked at Kurosawa-san twice, and Tashiro-san said.
「The
Confinement King is the Confinement King, of course」
That
made it seem as if they were somewhat convinced.
I
wonder if it's okay, but well, if Kurosawa-san is satisfied with that, then
it's okay.
In the
first place, I don't really understand the subtle feelings that girls have
regarding this.
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「By the
way, Masaki-chan. Is that thing I asked yesterday ready?」
I
asked her, and she proudly held out a V-sign.
「It's
perfect, I'm good at crafts and handicrafts!」
「Ah......
that's right. Have you ever been to Masaki's house, Fumio?」
「Not
really, why?」
When I
tilted my head at Kurosawa-san's question, she gave me an amused look.
「You'll
be surprised. All the doorknobs are covered with Masaki's handmade doorknob
covers, which are very cute. Maybe one day, all the doors here will have
doorknob covers on them」
......I'd
like to pass on that one.
After
all, if people were about to be tortured and then taken to a room with a very
cute doorknob cover on it, they wouldn't know what face to make.
「So,
Ryoko, did you find out who kidnapped Kurosawa-san?」
「No......
but if we investigate based on the characteristics of the kidnapping group that
Misuzu-sama told us about earlier, we should be able to identify them in the
near future」
「But......
I can't wait for that, you know. In the meantime, I'm going to have one of the
yakuza who seems to be involved in human trafficking take the role of the
criminal, as planned」
I said
casually.
「Uwaaa.......」
「It's
like a food chain where the bad guys are preyed upon by the much badder Confinement
King......」
Kurosawa-san
made a face of disbelief, and Tashiro-san nodded her head. Then, suddenly, Lili
changed the subject.
「By the
way, Fumi Fumi, one of the six people that Kurosawa-chan and you brought with
you yesterday would like to stay here, Devi. What should we do, Devi? It seems
she has nowhere to go, Devi......」
「Well......
there's an extra room, so I don't mind」
「Then,
you can meet with her later and decide what to do with her, Devi. If you don't
like her, you can treat her as an apprentice servant, Devi」
「Apprentice
servant......」
The
four girls from the track and field club are supposed to be apprentice
servants, but in reality, they are honey traps.
In the
future, there may be times when it is necessary to entangle men. In preparation
for that time, Freesia is going to take her time to teach the girls sexual
skills. The girls will very happy.
However,
I don't want to treat innocent girls like that, still I don't have time to worry
about that today anyway.
After
all, I worked out the details of the plan for the day.
Even
though...... it was Lili and Ryoko who had made a detailed minute-by-minute
plan beforehand, and all I had to do was figure it out and approve it.
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I went
around to the front of the office again.
But it
was still hot.
Even
though it was evening, it was early summer.
Despite
the fact that it's early summer, I'm wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a long black
coat that looks like a Chuunibyou.
No
wonder it's so hot.
I wipe
the sweat from my forehead with the cuff of my sleeve, take out my phone from
the pocket of my jeans, and check the time.
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It's
two minutes before I go in.
I
casually look around and see a figure watching me from an alley.
It's
probably Ryoko and the others.
At
five o'clock today, the Kamishima clan will be attacked by a firing squad. I
had her report such a tip to her superior.
It was
a separate case that had nothing to do with the kidnapping case under Inspector
Nakamura's command. Ryoko said that she could bring in the police from her
jurisdiction in this form.
I
wondered if the police would act on such a fishy story, but apparently she was
able to set things up well. I could feel quite a few eyes on me.
Then I
took a deep breath.
It's
time to go in.
The
door on the office is locked.
But it
doesn't matter.
Aware
that the policemen are watching me, I set up a ^door^ that looks exactly like
the one there.
Then,
when they enter the building by <Passing Through Room>, the original door
is left unlocked.
Of
course, this is for the detectives who will be coming in later.
I have
a good grasp of the structure of the building. No, it's not so much the
structure. The floor map is a simple.
Right
now, in front of me, there is a tsuitate that looks like a Japanese gold
folding screen. (*Note: Tsuitate is a form of single-panel portable partition
traditionally used in Japan since at least the 6th century)
On the
other side of the screen, there are desks that look like the office of a small
business.
The
only difference between this and a normal office is the unpleasantness of the
people there.
Apparently,
this place was originally a bookstore and then used as an election office. The
name of the office is still the same as the election office, and the contents
are still the same.
I
thought it might be a black relationship between politicians and the
underworld...... but the truth is that the person who was the nominee was
unsuccessful in his election campaign and then, they forced a debt-ridden
person to run for office in order to get the office. After all, not many
landlords are willing to rent space to yakuza.
（Well......
I'll have to do it when I have to)
I took
a deep breath, kicked over the partition in front of me, and shouted.
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「Get
out of the way! You idiot!」
Immediately,
the men sitting at the desk on the other side of the fallen partition stood up
with a clatter.
Some
were quick to reach for the wooden swords that were propped up. Others hung
their hands on the desk drawers. As I expected, none of them suddenly brought
out their pistols, but I was met with a terrifyingly swarthy stare.
There
are fewer of them than I thought. One, two, three...... a total of eight
people.
They
all have a scary look on their faces.
However,
the most powerful person is the all-black man at the back of the room with his
legs propped up on the desk.
He's
probably the most powerful guy in the group.
And
then... there's a woman standing leaning against the back of the chair that the
...... all-backs are sitting on. She looks like a cabaret girl, but she also
has a very strong presence.
Perhaps
that's Teruya-san's older sister, Anna.
She is
the one who gave Fujiwara-san a bad time.
As I
stared at the woman, I felt my gut boil.
「Where
the hell did you come from? You little shit!」
A
young man with a punched-out perm, who was closest to me, reached for my chest.
「Don't
touch me with your dirty hands」
「What!?」
I
grabbed the wrist of his hand that was about to twisted up my chest, and the
next moment, the punch perm softly floated in the air and slammed into the
wall.
「Shinjii!?」
「What!?
What did you do!」
It's
nothing too much.
In
fact, Torture just threw him away, but I say it as if I’m the one who did it.
「If you
don't want to be hit by my ^air throw^, give her back to me!」
The
^girlfriend^ here is an image of ^Rin Fukuda^.
Of
course, I'm just acting.
After
all, if I’m being interrogated later, I will make an excuse to the police that
I was almost framed as Rin Fukuda's kidnapper, and because I was cornered, I
rushed into the yakuza's office on the verge of losing my mind…
But. Bang
「Her......?」
After
Teruya sister showed some serious thought, she gave me a blunt look, as if she
was judging me.
And
she twisted her cheeks in a happy way.
「Fuuh...
So, because she was kidnapped, you ran into this place」
「That's
right! I know it was you who kidnapped her」
She
laughed loudly when I told her that.
「Ahahahahaha,
that's nice. I thought there was something strange about Hikaru-chan, who eats
faces, but you’re quite a nice guy. I mean, it's not like you’re a decent guy
to come into the office by himself for her.... Right, Junichi Kasuya-kun?」
「......yes?」
There
seemed to be some kind of strange misunderstanding going on.
「Anyway!
I want her back! Or else!」
I took
the lighter out of my pocket and flipped up my coat. Underneath, there were a
lot of red tubes.
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The
red tubes with fuses are wrapped around my stomach.
「I'm
going to blow this place up and take you all with me!」
「D-dynamite?」
「Where
do you get dynamite......?」
「You
idiot! It's a bluff!」
The
men's faces scrunched up, and I bent over my chest to give myself more room to
breathe.
「You
can’t tell if I'm bluffing or not if I don’t light it!」
But...
「What's
the hell is that!! What the hell are you thinking, asshole?」
At
that moment, the shaved head shouted at the top of his lungs.
「Oh......」
Unfortunately,
one of the red tubes broke off in the middle and rolled on the floor.
The
shaved head, who had picked it up, shouted angrily.
「You
bastard! That's a toilet paper roll, right? You've got to be kidding me!」
Masaki-chan!
It's not glued on properly!
When
the members of the gang showed signs that they were about to hit me at once, I
quickly prepared myself.
In
fact, I don't need to brace myself because I'm relying on Torture.
But at
the very moment when the shaved-headed gang member was about to grab me.
「Wait!」
Teruya
shouted. And then she leaned down to the man with the all black and whispered
to him.
「Hey,
dear. Don't hurt him. She's Hikaru-chan's favorite. He has a lot of guts, so
why don't you tell him well and we'll take care of him in the future?」
「Oh......
well, if it's for the sake of my cute sister-in-law, I can tolerate a little
mischief」
It
seems that Teruya sister still thinks that I am Kasuya-kun.
However,
thanks to this, the gang members surrounded me from afar did not attack me.
I turn
my attention to the clock on the wall.
Somehow,
I was able to buy some time.
The
next moment.
「Oh,
don't push me!」
「Even
if you say so!」
The
door at the back of the room opens with a bang, and the girls come tumbling in.
「What?」
The
Teruya sister and the all-black guy widen their eyes.
「Who the
hell are you people! Where the hell do you come from?」
「Hii!?
It's not like that!」
The
man near the door shouted at the girls, and the next moment, the door of the
office behind me opened with a loud noise.
「Don't
move! Police!」
In an
instant, the air was tense and the members of the gang stopped moving.
I
turned around to see Detective Inomoto and Ryoko behind me. Behind them, a
number of police officers, fully equipped with transparent polycarbonate
shields in their hands, stepped in one after another.
Detective
Inomoto then raised one eyebrow in a grand gesture when he saw the girls in the
back.
「When I
stepped in on a tip that there was a yakuza conflict, an unexpectedly big fish
was caught in the net. You guys! You're all under arrest for kidnapping a
minor!」
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