The Goddess Of War

Chapter 152 - The Talk At Sato Family Laboratory

Keisuke Sato, in charge of the Sato family since Takayoshi Sato, his father, disappeared, immediately picked up Kenichiro and Eiko at the location of the Sato family helipad located in the back of the Sato family area.

At Kenichiro's request, Keisuke takes them directly to Sato's private laboratory not far from the helipad's location, instead of having to entertain them first at Sato's family residence.

At the laboratory, Jirou Sato, who had been informed of the arrival of Kenichiro Tanaka and his daughter, was waiting for their arrival at the main door of the laboratory building.

Jirou instantly bent her body as soon as Kenichiro and Eiko were in front of her. "Tanaka San, Eiko Tanaka - San. Nice to meet you both."

Kenichiro patted gently on Jirou's shoulder.

"Jirou, nice to meet you." Kenichiro.

There was no other sentence that Kenichiro said after that. He was in a hurry to see the letter left at the site of Takayoshi Sato's disappearance, which was the only clue, without CCTV footage, traces of the fight, or anything else.

Seeing the look of Kenichiro who looked impatient, Keisuke finally allowed the number one Hunter in Japan to enter the building.

"Tanaka-San, please follow me." Take Keisuke who then walks first, followed by Kenichiro, Eiko and Jirou behind them.

The laboratory was built exclusively for the Sato family's private research site. The building is also not too big, only covering an area of 625 square meters.

Usually, only Takayoshi Sato and Jirou Sato work in the laboratory to conduct special research on monster corpses.

If they discover anything new, the team will continue it in Sato Corp's large laboratory outside Tokyo.

Because Takayoshi disappeared, only Jirou alone is now using the laboratory. So, the place looked very quiet, and it was a little spooky if an ordinary citizen went inside.

There were many monster bodies frozen in large transparent tubes placed along the way, leading to their study. Anyone who is not used to seeing the scenery, would immediately escape from there.

When the four men finally arrived in a room, Keisuke invited his two guests to sit on a rattan bench while he picked up a letter that was near Takayoshi's computer.

Keisuke immediately handed over the letter and he also sat down on the rattan chair directly opposite Kenichiro, beside Jirou.

Kenichiro unfolded the letter and directly read the contents.

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'It looks like I have found the creature that opened the Dungeon's gate in the world,'

'But I'm currently in pursuit of a secret organization while still in research and trailing the creature I saw opening a gate near a port in C City,'

'Kenichiro, if this letter gets to you, find me in City C, in Southeast Asia. You can start looking for me from this coordinate point 6°06′05″S 106°53′10″E/ 6.101511°S 106.886031°E.'

'We are under siege and very badly wounded. We were fighting on an uninhabited island in a location some distance away from the coordinate point I gave. You'll get a lead there.'

'I will send you this letter with a blood seal that Takezo will deliver to the chairman of the Association of Southeast Asia.'

'Don't tell anyone this before you find me.'

'Taka.'

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After rereading it one more time, Kenichiro turned back the letter sheet before finally giving it to Eiko.

"Keisuke, was the letter really written by your father?"

"Yes, Tanaka-San. Jirou had researched the blood used to write it and it was true father's blood."

"It was also dad's handwriting" Jirou added.

"Then, where's Takezo?"

Keisuke sighed heavily.

"Takezo-San returned to see father after handing the letter to Li Wen Xia-San."

Kenichiro advanced his body.

"Then, did Li Wen Xia-San not send people to help?"

Kenichiro nodded softly before he could speak again, "So, that's why you said that your father might be kidnapped."

"Yes, Tanaka-San. It's strange for a guy like you to move quietly without wanting rocks on your part. He is not a man who wants to work alone even though he seems capable of doing it."

"I understand. You're correct. Taka couldn't move alone even if he could." Sahut Kenichiro, approving Keisuke's thinking.

"And again, there's this weird thing about the way my dad wrote his name. He could not have written only his nickname. It seems to have been made so that you really feel that Dad wants you to come, Tanaka-San."

"You mean someone wants to frame me?"

Keisuke nodded.

Kenichiro thought the same thing. After all, Takayoshi couldn't possibly just write down nicknames that only Kenichiro and his wife used to use.

"Has this letter been delivered directly to you by Li Wen Xia-San?"

"This letter was sent through the Association. Takezo-San delivered this letter directly to the Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asia and asked to convey it to the Chairman of the Association of Tokyo, before finally being delivered to us."

"So...," Kenichiro lowered his head. He rubbed the arm of the chair for a long time before speaking back, "Who can kidnap Taka? I don't think anyone in Southeast Asia would be able to do that."

Keisuke did not comment on the statement. Instead he turned to Jirou, his sister, and they looked at each other for a moment.

Shortly after, Keisuke and Jirou both turned to Eiko who then raised both eyebrows while not understanding the meaning of the gaze of the two sons of Takoyoshi Sato.

Knowing that Eiko did not understand the meaning of their gaze, Keisuke returned to speak, "Eiko-San, have you not been following Hunter's progress in the world in the past four months?"

Eiko shook her head, "I didn't do it, Keisuke Sato-San."

"So it seems..," Keisuke nodded slowly.

His father once told him that the Tanaka family did not like to follow the development of the outside world. They only take care of the classic family-owned restaurant business and the plantation business.

Kenichiro and Eiko also rarely interact with outsiders, even they usually only conduct raids in Dungeons alone.

For the freight carrier and the miner team, neither did they ask the team from the Association to do so. They entrust more to the servants of the Tanaka family who have the Hunter license.

As the number one Hunter in Japan, the Association certainly gave such special permission to the Tanaka family.

"Tanaka-San, last time, father was at SSS rank," Keisuke spoke again.

Kenichiro nodded and smiled afterwards. He knows it. Takayoshi, Kenichiro and Eiko never updated their rankings again on the Japanese Hunter Association website or the official World website.

Last time, Takayoshi and Kenichiro's rank was listed as SS rank, while Eiko was listed as S rank.

Nevertheless, Takayoshi and Kenichiro keep telling each other if they experience a rise in rank. Such an important thing they would not cover between one and the other. That's why, what Keisuke told him just now, sounds like an agreement if there's no Hunter capable of kidnapping Takyoshi.

Wanna druggle? Not likely. Even an SS-ranked Hunter alone would no longer be affected by any sedatives, alcohol or toxins created by humans.

Want to make sleeping pills using plants that come from Dungeons? Takayoshi will definitely know, because the dope definitely contains magic energy. Takayoshi will definitely detect it very quickly.

"Therefore, I said that no one would possibly be able to kidnap Taka." Kenichiro.

Jirou stood up from her seat, "Tanaka-San, can you follow me?"

Kenichiro looked at Jirou while frowning.

"There's something we want to show you, Tanaka-San." Keisuke has fulfilled his sister's request. "There's a new group that might be able to do it."

"What?!" Kenichiro flinched and stared at Keisuke and Jirou in turn, with both eyes widened.

"Please follow us," Jirou asked again.

"All right..."

Kenichiro finally stood up, followed by Eiko. They eventually moved to another room that was only limited by a sliding door from Takayoshi's room.