Chapter 4 - Part 4
Somewhere in Ikebukuro, in a Van
“Aoba, I have a request.”
“What is it?”
Mikado shrugged his shoulders and quietly asked his kohai.
“I’m thinking, I should temporarily leave my house, and stay at a manga cafe type place for a while. If thats the case, the contact method also has to change. After, we’ll just meet at those places.”
“Leave your house? Why?”
“…..Because, Masaomi might come over to my house, before Dollar’s ‘reorganistion’ is finished, I think it’s better if I don’t meet up with him……”
Mikado looked out the window, and wearing his usual smile though mixed with a bit of loneliness, he said.
“If it’s possible, I hope Masaomi and Sonohara-san don’t get involved…… because, this is a problem that only Dollars members have to resolve.”
“At the time when Sonohara-san invites Kida, Dollars has to be even more……”
Without finishing his words, Mikado calmly lowered his head and smiled.
Not knowing if this kind of smile is from recollections of times he spent with Kida and Anri in the past or if he’s thinking about the future, or perhaps, both.
“…….”
Aoba felt some madness from Mikado’s smile, he also closed his eyes without speaking.
Thought about being close to his desired future - and tranquilly smiled.
But, his smile was opposite that of Mikado’s, his smile was full of malice.
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Somewhere in Ikebukuro
In a park near Ikebukuro station, a specific classroom in Raira Academy could clearly be seen.
Kida is leaning on a tree by the roadside, deep in thought.
It was late in the night, on this deserted strip of road, Kida took out his phone and prepared to give Saki a call.
After telling her that he’ll be home a little later in the day, he starts dialling another number.
“……Hello, is this Yatabe?”
“!? Shogun?”
The male called Yatabe simultaneously called out in pleasant surprise on the other end of the phone.
“I told you before not to call me shogun anymore…..”
Kida smiled bitterly and continued to talk.
“Listen….. right now I’m in Ikebukuro, ……it’s rare, so can we meet? If you can, can you also call the other guys…..”
“The other guys….. you mean the initial members of yellow turbans?”
“Yeah, I want to tell you guy’s something…. Or I should say, talk together with you guys again, of course I’m prepared to get beaten up by all of you…… also I don’t know how to say this, I want you guys to do something for me.”
“Talking so strange, Shogun’s wilfulness, we’re already used to it! Also, we know, that guy called Horada, before he got arrested, Shogun taught him a lesson.”
Listening to the voice of his past companion, Kida couldn’t help but break out into a smile.
A half-year before, he once resolved that he wouldn’t collaborate with this companion anymore.
At that time, he even avoided speaking to him as much as possible, but now, for some reason it seemed more natural to speak with him compared to the past.
But, after he actually met with Mikado, he felt keenly his own naivety.
Mikado wasn’t playing a game to control Dollars, and he wasn’t just a chess piece for Aoba. Moreover, forget about using force, it’s impossible to drag him back.
Mikado had not sought for Kida’s help, Kida himself decided to rescue Mikado. Kida understood clearly, right now his heart was the same as Mikado’s, forcefully pushing their good intentions onto others.
However, although he realizes this, Kida is not changing his resolve.
Kida and Mikado, Anri and Kida. Though in that moment each one had a reunion, that doesn’t mean that these three people will reunite again. Each of the three held their own ideals and a restlessness that has become a chasm between them.
In the city of Ikebukuro, the seed of instability is growing -
A young girl is still unable to find a home to return to.
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“Aoba, I have a request.”
“What is it?”
Mikado shrugged his shoulders and quietly asked his kohai.
“I’m thinking, I should temporarily leave my house, and stay at a manga cafe type place for a while. If thats the case, the contact method also has to change. After, we’ll just meet at those places.”
“Leave your house? Why?”
“…..Because, Masaomi might come over to my house, before Dollar’s ‘reorganistion’ is finished, I think it’s better if I don’t meet up with him……”
Mikado looked out the window, and wearing his usual smile though mixed with a bit of loneliness, he said.
“If it’s possible, I hope Masaomi and Sonohara-san don’t get involved…… because, this is a problem that only Dollars members have to resolve.”
“At the time when Sonohara-san invites Kida, Dollars has to be even more……”
Without finishing his words, Mikado calmly lowered his head and smiled.
Not knowing if this kind of smile is from recollections of times he spent with Kida and Anri in the past or if he’s thinking about the future, or perhaps, both.
“…….”
Aoba felt some madness from Mikado’s smile, he also closed his eyes without speaking.
Thought about being close to his desired future - and tranquilly smiled.
But, his smile was opposite that of Mikado’s, his smile was full of malice.
※※※※※
Somewhere in Ikebukuro
In a park near Ikebukuro station, a specific classroom in Raira Academy could clearly be seen.
Kida is leaning on a tree by the roadside, deep in thought.
It was late in the night, on this deserted strip of road, Kida took out his phone and prepared to give Saki a call.
After telling her that he’ll be home a little later in the day, he starts dialling another number.
“……Hello, is this Yatabe?”
“!? Shogun?”
The male called Yatabe simultaneously called out in pleasant surprise on the other end of the phone.
“I told you before not to call me shogun anymore…..”
Kida smiled bitterly and continued to talk.
“Listen….. right now I’m in Ikebukuro, ……it’s rare, so can we meet? If you can, can you also call the other guys…..”
“The other guys….. you mean the initial members of yellow turbans?”
“Yeah, I want to tell you guy’s something…. Or I should say, talk together with you guys again, of course I’m prepared to get beaten up by all of you…… also I don’t know how to say this, I want you guys to do something for me.”
“Talking so strange, Shogun’s wilfulness, we’re already used to it! Also, we know, that guy called Horada, before he got arrested, Shogun taught him a lesson.”
Listening to the voice of his past companion, Kida couldn’t help but break out into a smile.
A half-year before, he once resolved that he wouldn’t collaborate with this companion anymore.
At that time, he even avoided speaking to him as much as possible, but now, for some reason it seemed more natural to speak with him compared to the past.
- Say, Mikado.
- If you’ve fallen into that world…..
- I will definitely save you.
But, after he actually met with Mikado, he felt keenly his own naivety.
Mikado wasn’t playing a game to control Dollars, and he wasn’t just a chess piece for Aoba. Moreover, forget about using force, it’s impossible to drag him back.
Mikado had not sought for Kida’s help, Kida himself decided to rescue Mikado. Kida understood clearly, right now his heart was the same as Mikado’s, forcefully pushing their good intentions onto others.
However, although he realizes this, Kida is not changing his resolve.
- It doesn’t matter if I decided it all on my own, I’m still going to save you, even if you cry and shout that it isn’t what you want.
- You should know already? I’m the type of guy that can’t be helped.
Kida and Mikado, Anri and Kida. Though in that moment each one had a reunion, that doesn’t mean that these three people will reunite again. Each of the three held their own ideals and a restlessness that has become a chasm between them.
In the city of Ikebukuro, the seed of instability is growing -
A young girl is still unable to find a home to return to.
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