Chapter 5: Chapter 5: The Organization's Demonic Claws
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"Ding-a-ling..." As the dismissal bell rang, the third-year students of Teitan Junior High (junior high third year) stood up and packed their belongings, preparing to go home.
"Yuu, let's go play soccer! And Satō, Aoki, you guys too," Shinichi said to Yuu. "Okay, let me pack up first," Yuu replied, "Alright, let's go!"
Watching Yuu and Shinichi walk out of the classroom together, Ran couldn't help but say, "Your relationship is as good as ever!" "Haven't we been playing together since kindergarten? How could we not be close?" Yuu smiled and said to Ran. "Oh, right, we're childhood friends, aren't we? Then I'll go home first." With that, Ran walked home with her schoolbag.
"Shinichi, when is Sharon-san coming to your house to play again?" Yuu suddenly asked. "She's a famous American celebrity; where would she have the time to keep coming to Japan? Speaking of which, Yuu, why are you always interested in disguise? It's really boring, you know." Shinichi somewhat couldn't understand what Yuu was thinking, constantly pestering Sharon, who came to Japan to play, to learn disguise. "Am I supposed to tell you that Sharon is actually Vermouth, an important member of the Black Organization, and I'm learning her disguise techniques to better deal with her in the future?" Yuu secretly thought to himself.
"Yuu, Shinichi! Why are you two so slow!" Aoki shouted. "Sorry, sorry, let's start." Shinichi ran towards Aoki, kicking the ball.
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On the highway, a car was speeding.
"I won't let you manipulate me. I'll take Kumi and Yuu to a place where you can't find us!" Naoki Minamoto looked at the family photo on the car's dashboard, stepped on the gas, and continued to accelerate towards home.
"Ah, dear, why are you home so early today?" Kumi Minamoto was greatly surprised to see Naoki Minamoto, who usually returned late, come home in the evening. "Don't ask, quickly call Yuu, we're leaving immediately. I've already bought plane tickets," Naoki Minamoto said anxiously. Kumi Minamoto saw Naoki Minamoto's urgency and immediately called Yuu: "Yuu, hurry home! Don't ask why, just come back!"
"We'll pack up before Yuu gets back. Once he's here, we'll go straight to the airport. I'll explain the reason when we get there," Naoki Minamoto said to Kumi Minamoto as he entered the house. "Hmm..." Kumi Minamoto felt a little uneasy inside.
Yuu received Kumi's call, paused, then said to Shinichi, "My mom wants me to go home right away. It might be something urgent. I'm leaving first." "It's fine, I'll just play with them. You hurry back." Shinichi watched Yuu's receding figure and for some reason had a feeling that this was the last time he would see him.
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"Sake, are you just going to let their family escape like that? Naoki Minamoto is an important researcher for the Organization, he holds many of its secrets! He's the one that person personally ordered to be dealt with," Irish said, seeing that Sake let Yuu's family board the plane smoothly. "No, they won't escape. I want them to experience despair when they see hope. This way, I'll see who else dares to betray the Organization like him!" Sake said fiercely.
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Tokyo Narita International Airport, departure lounge.
Yuu was sending an email to Shinichi, saying that he was going to Africa for a few years due to his father's work transfer. Just then, the airport announcement sounded in the lounge, "Flight FJ4211 from Tokyo, Japan, to Abuja, Nigeria, is about to depart. Passengers, please proceed to check-in and board as soon as possible."
At the entrance of the departure lounge, several men dressed in black arrived. They continuously looked around, seemingly searching for someone. Seeing them, Naoki Minamoto's heart sank, "I didn't expect them to find us so quickly." Naoki Minamoto decisively took Kumi and Yuu onto the plane. After the plane successfully took off, he didn't see any suspicious men in black on board. Naoki Minamoto felt like he had escaped death.
On a passenger ship on the Niger River, heading for Birnin Kebbi, Yuu asked Naoki Minamoto, "Dad, what's wrong? What are you hiding from us? Can you tell us now?" "On the surface, I'm a chief researcher for a pharmaceutical company, but secretly, I'm helping an organization develop an elixir of immortality..."
"Does that organization like to wear black clothes, and do they use liquor names as their members' codenames?" Yuu interrupted Naoki Minamoto as soon as he heard the word "organization." "Yuu, how did you know?!" Naoki Minamoto was stunned. He hadn't expected his son to know the Organization's secret. "Damn it! I didn't expect my dad to be a member of the Organization! Then these past few days..." Yuu suddenly understood the reason for their trip to Africa: escaping the Organization's pursuit!
"Dr. Minamoto, where are you and your family going?" Sake appeared on the deck with a playful smile. Naoki Minamoto, who was about to ask Yuu how he knew about the Organization, immediately turned around upon hearing this, looking at Sake in disbelief. "You... how did you find us?!"
"The scent of a traitor is always particularly obvious, Dr. Minamoto!" Sake slowly raised his right hand, which held a gun, and pointed it at Dr. Minamoto. "You thought by running to Africa, the Organization wouldn't find you? Then I can only say you're too naive." Naoki Minamoto took a gun from his pocket and confronted Sake, while telling Kumi and Yuu to escape. "I'll hold off Sake, you two go!"
"Idiot, you think you can stop me? You're overestimating yourself!" With that, Sake fired. "Bang!" Naoki Minamoto touched the wound on his chest and slowly fell to the ground. Blood stained his clothes, and it also stained Yuu's eyes. "No!!" Kumi cried and ran towards Naoki Minamoto. She hugged Naoki Minamoto, heartbroken, "Naoki! Naoki! Naoki!!!"
Until another gunshot rang out, "Bang!" Blood slowly flowed on the deck, reaching Yuu's feet. Seeing all of this, Yuu frantically ran towards Sake, seemingly wanting to kill Sake just like that. However, a third gunshot rang out, "Bang!" Yuu fell into the river. Sake looked at the water surface and put his gun away. "This is the fate of a traitor!"
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Japan, Tokyo.
"According to the local government in Nigeria, three Japanese nationals unfortunately died in a shipwreck..."
"This isn't true! This isn't true!!" Shinichi listened to the news on TV, somewhat in disbelief. His phone slowly slid from his hand, its screen lighting up, clearly displaying the email Yuu sent him before boarding the plane: "I'm going to Africa. I'll be back in a few years to play with you."
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"Big Sis, we found a boy. He looks Asian, and he's still breathing. What should we do?" A burly black man asked a blue-haired woman in a green military uniform. Masaki Kusakabe looked at him and said, "Take him back to the camp, Danny."
"Understood, Big Sis."