「 Tell me everything about the Naito clan. If you don’t know, then call someone who does now 」
「 Bro? 」
「 Hurry! Mirai’s kidnapped and I’m pretty pissed that I can’t wait. I don’t want to take it out on you so be quick 」
I find myself being impatient with the fact that Mirai was kidnapped.
Just the fact that Ryo’s not answering is already enough to make me want to punch him.
He seemed to flinch at my inability to control my anger, but after swallowing his saliva, he recovered and his eyes became focused.
「 I have info 」
「 Then tell me where their base is 」
「 A-Are you heading there? 」
「 You don’t even know where they took Mirai. Then, I’ll just go where they are, beat them up, and ask them where she is. If needed, I’ll get the Naito clan to cough up 」
「 Can you do that? 」
I have no intention of revealing my abilities in this world, but it doesn’t matter in situations like this.
I’ll use as much of my strength as possible.
「 This isn’t a dialog. Are you taking me there or not? 」
「 Okay, I’ll take you to the office. The head of the Naito clan should be there 」
「 Let’s get in the car-oh, they’ll know if we get in the minivan. Let’s get in the SUV instead. Drive 」
「 Sure, got it. U-Uhm, let’s tell the boss what’s going on first 」
「 Right. I’ll do that in the car, now driving 」
As soon as I told him, Ryo ran to get the car keys and started the car engine.
Meanwhile, he’s carrying some kind of luggage taken out of the minivan to the back seat.
Going outside, the sun had already settled and went to hiding.
I took out my phone and called the gang boss, just as the car pulled onto the road from the warehouse, I heard a dusky voice within a few calls.
『 Ooh, what’s wrong Lad? Do you want to hear my voice? Or do you need mon- 』
Contrary to my frustration, the boss seems to be in a good mood.
I stopped him halfway.
『 Mirai’s been kidnapped by the Naito clan. I’m heading out to those guys now. I thought I’d reach out to you to report, any advice? 』
『 W-What did you say?! 』
I hear the gang boss’ shaky voice from the speaker after a short pause.
『 Hey! What do you mean? What happened to Mirai! Explain! 』
「 What’s there to explain? Mirai’s been kidnapped and I’m on the way to their office to get information from them 」
『 H-Hey! What’s going on?! Are you planning on just rushing in?! Wait! I’ll send in my men now! 』
「 Reinforcement? No need. I should be enough 」
『 Do you think you can get away with that nonsense? 』
「 Yeah, I’m heading there alone because I think I can handle it 」
『 Wait, wait! Don’t be ridiculous! 』
「 Why are you stopping me? Are you telling me to sit down when Mirai’s kidnapped? 」
『 Don’t screw around! That’s not what I meant! Mirai’s my precious daughter! But, you need to make some preparations 』
「 Okay, that’s something else. I’ll hear you out. What should I do then? 」
The gang boss didn’t immediately reply, and then I heard a snarl.
After a few moments, I hear the boss squeeze his voice out.
『 Are you sure that the Naito clan kidnapped Mirai? 』
「 I can’t say for sure, but Ryo was attacked in the warehouse and she’s gone. And seems like some of the attackers were people the Naito clan hired 」
『 I see. Tsk, Ryo. I’m beating you up later 』
I’ll tolerate a few punches because he was careless, but I feel sorry if he goes beyond that so I’ll cover for him.
『 Lad, are you not going to wait? 』
「 Yeah, I’m heading out now 」
『 Tsk, what a stubborn man. If you’re rushing in, you’re going to deal with a lot of people. Are you sure? 』
「 Nothing you say will stop me. Rather, it’s going to be hard to hold back 」
It’s been almost two months since I first met the gang boss.
At first, I had no problem with the Yakuza in their bare hands or shiny objects, but I thought that guns would be a bad idea, I’m more skilled now than I was then, and I train with the knights in combat every day.
I know that I’m changing, not just in physical ability, but also in technical skills.
As I said, I don’t think it’ll be a problem because even if they have a gun, it’s going to be a handgun at best.
『 Okay. But, no killing 』
「 Yes, I don’t want to do that as much as possible. But if they touched Mirai, I’ll make sure they all die. That’s a promise 』
『 Well, that’s inevitable. I’ll do the same, so keep them half-alive at least–wait, don’t make me imagine that they should know that if they do that to my daughter, they’re trading lives 』
I see. That’s why he remains calm even though Mirai’s kidnapped.
Maybe the fact that this is the second time, and we have information about who kidnapped her is a big factor.
『 Lad, you could probably do it. You weren’t serious when facing the bouncers back then, were you? 』
「 Correct. I was still holding back then 」
『 Then I won’t say anything. Take Mirai back. But, I don’t want to leave it half-baked. I’ll use the opportunity to crush the Naito clan 』
「 Crush? What do you plan on doing? Are we making their boss disappear? 」
『 I told you, no killing. You’re much more simplistic than me 』
「 That’s the easy way out 」
『 Geez, your sense of ethics is even worse than ours. Do you realize that I can’t cover for you if your kill becomes public, right? 』
「 That’s only a what-if. Well, I’m willing to abandon this world at worst so don’t worry about that 」
『 We’re going to be dragged too you know! 』
His daughter is important, but the boss also is.
What a troublesome one.
「 So, what do you propose for the method? 」
『 It’s simple. I want you to kidnap a couple of people. A guy named Ito, the leader of the gang, and Matsuo. You can do that, right? 』
「 As long as I know what they look like, but what’s next? 」
『 We’re erasing them 』
「 What’s the difference with my method? 」
『 Isn’t that obvious? We’re forcing the bosses to agree before getting rid of them. We have evidence that the Naito group has broken several laws and made money from it. If this goes out, it’ll be a disgrace to their family. If their boss discovers that, they can’t complain. That way, they would disappear without any lasting damage. If you want, we can even make it an accidental death and get insurance money for it, that’ll make the wife and kids better off 』
I didn’t forget about it, but he’s a lawful boss right.
Now I wonder who has the broken ethics here.
Now that we got that out of the way, I hung up the phone and waited until we arrived at the destination.
A short time later, the car arrived at a town with a large entertainment district a few stops from the electric town.
「 This is close to your group 」
「 The Naito clan used to be from the west, but they came over here. Bro, that building is their office 」
Ryo points at a five-story building that could be found anywhere in the downtown area.
The first floor had shutters as if there were no stores in the building. The second floor was plastered with a large sign for consumer finance companies which I only saw for the first time.
The third floor appears to be an ordinary residential building with glass windows.
「 This old, smelly office building is quite shabby compared to your place 」
「 This isn’t their base, and their scale isn’t as big. But, they’re doing a lot of business as a loose gang 」
「 Right, the boss did mention that. Well, if it’s small, there’s less people and less hassle. I’m off. You go back to your group 」
「 I-I’m going with you! 」
「 Look, have you heard what I said earlier? At worst, I’m going to kill some people, it’s a waste to become an accomplice. Besides, it’s much easier for me if I don’t have to protect anyone. Get it? 」
「 I’m a hindrance? 」
「 Honestly yes. If I take you with me and you die, then that would be a hard wake-up call. That aside, your boss is also making a move, so go back to your gang and help and clean up. I’ll call you when I’m done 」
「 Sure 」
Ryo wasn’t convinced, but he has given up on coming with me since I told him that he would be a liability.
Then he looks like he remembered something.
「 Ah! Bro! At least use this! 」
「 What’s in this bag? 」
「 I had them prepared because of the recent fights 」
The bag Ryo had in the back seat was loaded with batons, stun guns, knives, and other dangerous items.
There don’t seem to be any pistols, but if you were to be questioned with these items on board, you’re likely to get arrested.
「 This is a must, right? 」
「 Yeah, sure. I’ve been bloody mad to forget something as basic as that 」
Ryo pulls out of his mask a clown mask that looks like something you might use on Halloween, with a sense of horror rather than comedy.
I forgot it, but now that he told me, I had to cover my face.
Perhaps I would’ve noticed it before, but I’m surprised at myself that I forgot about it until just a few seconds ago.
I know that I was in a hurry, but it might’ve been worse than I thought.
I took a deep breath to calm myself down, then looked into the bag again.
Honestly, I don’t see the problem of using my bare hands, and I have my magic bag on my hip containing the arms I use in the other world, so at worst, I could use that, but it would be hard to use a spear in a confined space.
If that’s the case, I’ll at least bring this baton with me.,
I inserted the baton in the back pocket of my pants and got out of the car, mask in hand.
After sending Ryo off who was bowing his head down in the driver’s seat, I started walking toward the building.
I was still far away, but I saw a camera in front of the building.
It would be too honest for me to enter through the entrance.
I went around the back of the building and saw several windows there.
How many people are there in the group?
Nia’s detection skill can be used through walls, but detection using wind magic is only effective when there’s wind passing through.
It’s closed for the season, so I can’t use it here.
Well, I don’t really care how many there are, so let’s not worry and push in.
I need to find Mirai soon or I might just start killing people.
Okay, let’s go.