67 – The Yukino Family (3)
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Seven years ago, on a day when raindrops were pouring like needles.
At a port in Korea, Yamazaki’s mother, a member of the Yukino family, which was a Yakuza organization at the time, witnessed it.
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The figure of a man who destroyed the common sense of the underworld he knew with just two fists.
“Ah, ah…”
The scene he saw at that time was so shocking that Mobu Yamazaki would never forget it, but at the same time it was so terrible that he wanted to forget it.
“No, this is nonsense. This is nonsense… How could a person do that…”
Maybe that’s why, the memory of that day went through the filter in Momo Yamazaki’s head and remained in a more terrible and terrible form.
“Yes, yes. That’s not a person There’s no way a human body could do such a thing!”
In Momo Yamazaki’s mind, the person who caused the disaster that day was remembered as a non-human being.
“It is a ghost. That’s a ghost A terribly cruel ghost whose whole body is stained with blood…!”
That’s a bright red ghost covered in red blood.
“Red… A ghost.”
It was Akai Oni.
1.
And the time is back to the present.
Recalling that nightmare-like scene seven years ago, Yamazaki’s father cleared his mind and looked at the lady he served, Yukino Haru.
“My God, Akai Oni’s autograph! That autograph should be kept as an heirloom of the Yukino family! I bought a picture frame to use when this situation comes. I’ll bring it, so wait a minute!”
Yukino Haru was about to get up from her seat, telling her that she should keep her autograph as her heirloom and put it in her frame.
Seeing her moving in a hurry to put one of her autographs in her frame without being in such a hurry even when her parents returned home, Yamazaki’s father gave her a headache.
The reason why the chairman of the Yukino family has changed is because of the Akai Oni. How am I supposed to accept that the lady is fan of the monster that plunged our Yukino family into a dark age?
“I haven’t unpacked it yet, so it will be perfect to put it in right away.”
“Hey, wait a minute, lady! Please wait!”
Yamazaki’s mother was worried about the decision to bury the bones of the Yukino family, but he was not allowed time to think about it.
“Yes? What is it?”
“That……I’m really sorry while you were looking forward to it. I didn’t get an autograph.”
Because Yamazaki’s father had never received anything like an autograph from Kang Jin-hyeok in the first place, and was just grateful that he came out of the room intact.
“·······Yes? Yamazaki-san, what are you saying now?”
And as expected, Yukino Haru’s cold gaze cut through Yamazaki’s mother like a cold wind cutting through her skin.
She was still respectful, and although her expression hardened, she didn’t pull out her dagger, but Yukino Haru’s gaze was so sharp that I thought it would be better to pull out her dagger.
But it was better for her to tell her before she went through the trouble than to have her bring a picture frame and tell her later.
“I’m really sorry, but I didn’t get Akai Oni’s autograph.”
“······Mr. Yamazaki, I must have said it over and over again. You, the only member of the current Yukino family who have ever seen the face of Mr. Akai Oni, can follow him. The reason I have you as my secretary and the reason I keep sending you to Korea whenever the opportunity arises is because I want you to find even the slightest trace of Mr. Akai Oni. You said you met Akai Oni in real life but couldn’t get an autograph? Doesn’t that mean that I have no reason to keep using you?”
It’s only better than the worst, but it was only natural that the price would be heavy since he greatly disappointed Yukino Haru.
However, Yamazaki’s mother would have said, ‘If it’s late tomorrow, or if it’s early tonight. I was able to keep my composure even in the voice of Yukino Haru, who was so terrified that I thought, ‘I’m going to be thrown into a drum and dumped in Tokyo Bay.’
“My lady, wait. Could you listen to me for just a moment?”
“What is it? And, as before, are you going to talk nonsense about Mr. Akai Oni as the one who ruined the famous Yukino family led by his grandfather? There’s no way you don’t know that you can’t convince me with those words. You know what might happen if you said that to me?”
“No. It’s not like that. What I have to say is something else.”
“What is it?”
Because to Yamazaki’s mom, it’s a much more valuable item than the autograph that Haru Yukino so longed for, a miraculous key to get out of this situation.
“Akai Oni… No, I received Mr. Kang Jin-hyeok’s business card.”
It was because Kang Jin-hyeok’s business card was there.
“Kyaaagh! After all, Mr. Yamazaki! It’s the best! I really never doubted Mr. Yamazaki, and I believed that one day he would be able to accomplish such a great thing!”
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As if it was a dream that she had been pouring out vicious words without a break, her eyes immediately sparkled and Yukino Haru snatched the business card in her hand. Mo Yamazaki forgot to manage her expression the moment she blew.
“Wow, your name is Ga, Kang Jin-hyeok. Your name is so cool…”
However, he was embarrassed for a while, and immediately with the expression of a secretary, he opened his mouth to Yukino Haru, who regards her ordinary business card as a treasure of the century.
“Akai Oni, my real name is Kang Jin-hyeok. As written on his business card, he is currently working as an idol manager at Bareungil Entertainment.”
“······Yes, what, what? Are you an idol manager? Is Akai Oni just an idol manager? He’s not even a producer and he does chores like a manager?”
Haru Yukino’s expression turned cold again when he said that he was a manager.
Her usual expression hardly changes, and only a soft smile or a cold smile is engraved on her lips. The reason she showed so much emotion in this short time was because it was related to Akai Oni.
“At a small agency that I’ve never even heard of… I can’t. Right now, we must use the power of the family to get Akai Oni, no, Kang Jin-hyeok…!”
“But I heard you are making an idol right now.”
“Yes?”
“They said that they were gathering members and later, when they came to Japan on tour, they told them to come and see them and gave them that business card…”
“Mr. Yamazaki, go through the procedures for going to Korea right away. I will tell my father, so you just have to prepare without worrying about anything.”
“·······Yes?”
“I will go to Korea and become Kang Jin-hyuk’s idol.”
Only after hearing those words, Yamazaki’s mother was able to recognize that the matter had become unusually large.
“Yes.”
Of course, he only recognized it, but there was nothing he could do about it.
2.
“It’s not a big deal. And haan didn’t you listen too? You were by my side.”
“You said it in a lump about that day and that day. You talked so that only you could understand each other. Please tell me this time so that I can understand.”
I didn’t do a great job to explain it clearly.
Besides, in order to explain the day’s events in a way that Ha An could understand, I have no choice but to mention the young lady.
I couldn’t comply with Ha An’s wishes because our members wanted to delay as much as possible from finding out about the lady’s existence, no, the lady’s relationship with me.
“Can you tell me later?”
So, all I can do is put it off until later.
When the lady returns to Korea, she will definitely meet our members, and if that happens, she will have no choice but to talk about the day’s events even if she doesn’t want to know.
Sure. It’s a certain future anyway. Wouldn’t it be okay to postpone bringing out the past?
But Ha An still says no. If you’re refusing to leave the bathroom until you tell me, you’ll have to tell me.
Anyway, I am the manager who is obligated to listen to Ha An’s wishes.
When Ha An-yi was stubborn, he met those calm eyes, determined to confess the day’s events.
Ha-an didn’t say anything for a while while looking directly into my eyes, but soon averted his eyes from me and nodded slightly.
“Okay.”
And he accepted my indulgence by asking if it would be okay to tell him later.
As expected, it’s Haan. If it had been Lira, she would have been one hundred per cent stubborn.
Since Ha-an is cool and generous, she understands even if she can’t answer my questions.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for meeting Ha An, and now, as she was about to ask me to go out to wash up, Ha An’s mouth, which had been closed for a moment, opened.
“Instead, let me ask another question.”
The pale pink lips opened and a different question came out.
“Why did you give that Japanese man a business card? Like she said earlier, did she really give me to contact her when she came to Japan on an overseas tour?”
It was a good question to answer this time.
Remembering the story I had with Mr. Yamazaki at that time, I relieved Ha-an’s curiosity.
“Just. Something went wrong.”
In the part where he is taking care of the lady.