
"we have no intention of killing you or forgiving you. You are part of the black leaves but you have never harassed us directly or indirectly. that's why your fate is now not determined by us but by that doctor."
"sono hito no dorei ni naru yori mo shinitai." (i'd rather die than be a slave to that person.)
"canojo wa shussho fumei no on'nanokodesu. Kyou demo kare wa 5-kai namae o kaemashita." (she is a girl of unknown origin.Even to this day she has changed her name five times.)
the spiral commander only understands a little Japanese that kitsune says. only in the 'better dead' and 'she is a girl' section. A few months being in Japan does not guarantee you can speak Japanese.
"i don't understand some of what you're saying, but if you think dying is better then it looks like you have a serious problem with May's doctor."
"do you understand what I'm saying?"
kitsune bowed his head, silent and did not say. kitsune was only handcuffed all day inside that special prison cell. he also gets nourishing food 3 to 4 times a day so he is not too physically or mentally tortured, but his current behavior is very strange, he said, he was like a truly depressed person to the point of avoiding all contact with others.
kitsune moved his finger then made an indistinct movement while his face continued to bow. this kind of body language is usually done by someone who feels very uncomfortable with the surrounding environment or to others around him.
kitsune played her lips, she played her lips firmly until the spiral commander could hear her voice.
the spiral commander guessed what the kitsune was doing. The spiral pulled the kitsune's hair that suddenly lifted its face and then stuffed the kitsune's mouth with 3 fingers.
"mmpph...!"
"uh! what are you doing sir?!"
a misunderstood prison civilian thought the spiral commander was committing violence that could be sexual harassment.
"what do you want to do with that horrible woman sir?"
kitsune had a wide wound on her face which made her look ugly.
the spiral commander looked at the kitsune's eyes. kitsune tried to pull out a finger that had its mouth stuffed but could not because both of his hands were cuffed.
"don't kill yourself."
kitsune intends to bite his tongue.if he manages to do that and his tongue is broken then he will most likely die.
even the prison civilians who were on guard realized the mistake he made.
".....!! holy jeez! I'm sorry sir, because I got carried away with emotions I forgot to put the jaw restrains on again."
the civilian approached to attach a restraint to the kitsune's jaw.
".....you're suspended for one week."
"....."
the speech of the spiral commander brought the civilian to a standstill from his steps.
"sorry sir... "
"your recklessness almost ruined the relationship we built with the doctor in May. I'm going to ask the civil chief to reset this one week's work hours."
while kitsune became angry as his intention to die was known by the spiral.the spiral commander opened the kitsune's mouth by widening his 2 fingers and then installing a jaw restraint.
kitsune away from the spiral.
"it's up to you not to eat, but don't try to kill yourself again."
"all of you listen to me. Don't give him lunch and dinner today.I want to see how long he can be arrogant like this."
"but...what if the doctor from Japan knows sir?"
"we heard this woman was a relative of that doctor."
"i'll take responsibility for that, after all, it's this woman herself who refuses our food."
"good sir... "
the spiral commander left the prison area. kitsune moves the iron tail attached to his tailbone.itsune still hopes he can have a half fox form like a character in a Japanese fantasy novel.
the prison guards who every day witnessed the kitsune's habit also looked at him with disgusted eyes.
he's not sane...
that's what's on their minds.
after leaving the prison area the commander spirals into a meeting with someone who had been stalking him in the prison area.
"stop stalking like an eye guy, are you satisfied on vacation, Ripe?"
jacob Ripe is back from his break.
"yes, my spirit is back now."
the spiral commander stopped to chat for a while with ripe.
"do you think he's dead?" ask the spiral commander without telling who he is referring to.
"you mean her, the red lady."
spiral nodded.
"if he saw what happened to him he shouldn't have survived."
"unless he's an immortal or if he can change places in an instant."
"i'm really surprised by what we got in that operation."
"we are clashing with 2 powerful beings. First, the clone army created by the terran who is it. then second, the red witch who is able to turn the sunlight into dark and gloomy."
"luckily we got away with them and managed to fulfill the purpose of the operation."
"you're right, God is always on our side."
"oh yeah, when we went to the isshin residence, I saw an interesting family photo."
"Your ATM is a lot... are you diligent in saving?"
"be quiet, don't tell me who."
spiral shows the photo he took of the residence of the torune isshin first.
ripe watched the photo carefully "this father seems to be isshin, right?"
"right, but that's not the point."
"then what? nothing is wrong in this picture."
the spiral commander was trying to resuscitate the ripe for something.
"you were once part of a black leaves. You must have seen someone who looked like a child in this photo."
"hmmmmmmmmmmm........... "
no matter how hard Ripe thought about it he still did not know who the child in the photo looked like.
"i'm surrendering... "
"the basis of short memory, this boy is a swordfish."
ripe's expression instantly changed upon hearing the name.
ripe took a photo of the spiral holding to see it more clearly.
"are you sure? I don't think this kid looks like a swordfish at all."
"it's just speculation, but her face is very similar to that of a swordfish."
"i don't know about this, it's the work of the investigation team."
ripe returned the photo.
"spiral, actually I want to tell you something."
spiral listens seriously.Ripe is a relaxed type of person, but if he has spoken in a serious tone it is a sign that there is something important that he inevitably has to hear.
ripe does not speak formally on a spiral although it is in a position of a spiral higher than him.
the reason is because Ripe likes to act as he pleases.
but even so it was not too hated by the other members of the hunter because the achievements he showed were comparable to his ruleless attitude.
"please don't be too rough on kitsune, spiral."
".....? I just told the prison civilian not to feed him for one day. Do you feel sorry for him?"
"that's how after the incident he went berserk at that time I became sympathetic to him."
"if you sympathize with him think of ways he'll be nice in prison."
".....how to make him behave well yes.. "
"i'll see you first, see you later."
the spiral commander left. Ripe began to think of a way to improve the kitsune's attitude.
back to hendri and xiao fengying.
"i don't know."
"huh. I guess you know." said hendri disappointedly.
"it's been 5 months that black leaves haven't made any moves."
"i have a special team of investigators under me. they are currently spread across Europe, russia, America, and southeast Asia, but there is no important information whatsoever that we get."
"so yeah... "
[father.]
"i'll answer 3 more questions, graham, but before that I want to ask you one thing."
"what do you want to know?"
hendri did not speak formally because xiao fengying told him not to speak in formal tones and language anymore.
"i heard from my accomplices in America that the icarus border guard had found pieces of electrum stolen by the pirates from his mines."
"icarus, a name I haven't heard in a long time.What did he do after that incident?" hendri murmured in the heart.
"is it true that the pirates you met in the middle of the storm had fragments of electrum stones?"
"yes, even Ripe was once electrocuted by that rock."
xiao fengying said again "I heard you promised to return your girl friend named Violet to her pirate hideout."
"uhhuh! how do you know that??"
hendri was a little shocked.it was his promise with a violet that only the two of them and ripe knew the details.
"i know it's from someone."
"forget your promise, graham."
hendri was confused, and asked "why?"
xiao fengying replied seriously "because your friend's house is already a sea of blood."
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