Track 6

There’s still some time before we open, so you two can practice as many times as you’d like!

(Juggling practice, huh… Teaming up with my enemy on the other side like this is so ironic. I could laugh.)

This goes for Ten too, but I hope you do your best as his partner, Liguang.

Liguang! Do your best for Ten!

You two are both my very clever little brothers. You’ll be able to do it in no time.

Alright then, we’re gonna go watch over there!

Haha… Guess it’s time to work hard, right? Liguang-san.

You don’t even need the practice anyway. Just get it over with.

Hey. Could you stop talking about me just ‘cause the others can’t hear you?

Woaah, Ten’s juggling everything Liguang throws at him without breaking a sweat! It’s amazing!

Hnngh… Was this his true ability all along…?

Oh yeah, I noticed you didn’t come back to our room last night. Where did you go?

It doesn’t matter. Focus on practice.

…, I couldn’t hear very well, but I think Ten just told Liguang he was lonely because he couldn’t sleep with him last night…!

…Huh? Yukikaze-san, what did you just say?

It’s not good to make your younger brother feel lonely, Liguang. You’re sharing a room, so you have to make sure to keep Ten company tonight.

What? Liguang made Ten feel lonely!?

Hey, Liguang! Don’t bully people younger than you!

What are you even talking about? Idiot.

Ten! If you’re feeling lonely tonight, you can come to my room. Yachiyo will be there too, so we can all sleep together!

(Wow, that’s literally the room I’d least want to go to…)

You guys can have Liguang-san instead.

Hey, don’t mess around…

You’re much more welcome than that traitor, Big Boss!

…Yeah, in that case, wouldn’t it be a good chance to communicate with Liguang!?

Hey, Liguang! If you really want to come over that badly, then you can…!

…You fool.

I see, then Ten should come to me and Kafka’s room. I’d be happy to have another little brother join us.

…I appreciate the sentiment.

Alright, that’s enough, focus on practice. Although with that said, you don’t seem too worried.

It’s stupendous…!! You didn’t stop at all while you were chatting…! And you can even handle multiple kinds of tools at once…!

[Genius, gen, genius.]

Haha, the way Liguang-san’s throwing them is great too~. He’s really accurate. Is it because he’s got an uptight personality?

……

Liguang-san, can you toss them about 10 degrees forward?

Alright.

(This should be good enough… it’ll be easier to avoid aggravating that spot.)

……

Ten-kun is really good with his hands. I guess you could call him a quick learner…

That might be his greatest strength, as well as his worst weakness.

His weakness…

(That’s true. Being able to do anything easily means there’s nothing that could make him desperate. Kafka said he wanted to bring out his serious side.)

(What would make Ten-kun get serious…?)

I’m only telling you this because it’s you, okay? I’m sick of that old geezer too…

You shouldn’t say that. He gave you all that money, after all. But y’know, naughty ladies like you are exactly my type.

…Hmm, but I wonder, what would you do for me if I told you?

…What do you want me to do?

You’re asking me?

Just so you know, I’m really good with my fingers. Plus, I’m ambidextrous. So you can go ahead and choose. Somewhere that’ll make you feel really good.

…Oh, you. Hehe, the truth is, that old guy…

……

Wow, really… That’s interesting.

Boss, it seems the lounge girl you were looking for was taken away by a young man about 30 minutes ago.

…Murakumo.

It’s likely.

…Tch. It seems I was too slow.

Sojun, we’re changing our strategy. You can use those two as bait.

...…!

It will be impossible to protect all three of them from Murakumo.

…Understood.

(Nice view. Looking down from up high, life seems so small in comparison…)

Hello, this is Tanaka Daka. Did you receive the pledges I sent you?

They have the fingerprints of target 1, Ichimiya, and target 2, Niyama, along with guarantees that they’ll sell the land.

[H-How did you do it!? Two of them in such a short amount of time…!]

I didn’t really do anything special. Just found their weaknesses, called them out, and played with them a bit in separate rooms.

(I didn’t think I’d be able to call them out because of Liguang-san’s protection, but I guess they have no choice but to come running if they hear I know about their tax evasion, illegal trafficking and whatnot.)

Ichimiya and Niyama were working together, so I decided to play a little prank. When I shook them up a little, they both assumed the other had betrayed them.

Both of them wanted to be a step ahead of the other, so they were pretty much fighting to be the first to give up their land.

[......Pfft, hahaha! Kuzu-san sure has a good eye for recommending you! I expected no less!]

(The guy hiding behind you, huh? I’m guessing he won’t be showing up this time.)

[Still, I’m surprised you were able to find that kind of weakness. Where’d you get that kind of information?]

Uhh…

[Don’t tell anyone I told you this. That geezer has connections to the underworld, so if I get caught I might get in huge trouble…]

…It was a woman the target was a patron of. It seems they were lovers. I think her name was…

(Oh well. I’ve already tasted enough of her sweet nectar.)

Rie-san from Deep River. That’s her stage name, by the way.

[I see… I bet I can still get some use out of that woman. Alright, all that’s left is Mikawa.]

Can I get a partial reward for the first two~?

[No dice. I know you have skills, but there’s only 3 days left. If we can’t take down Mikawa in those three days, the pledges we have in our hands will be worthless.]

[Make sure you get Mikawa’s pledge. I’ll start moving as well.]

Tch, give me my partial reward.

(......)

(Kudos to you for coming all the way out here to Kyushu. Please make sure you carefully check how amazing my work ethic is.)

Time for a cigarette.

This is an update

on the aglaonema

you left in my care.

Bon voyage

(She looks like she’s doing well…)

“Thanks, Nagi. I’ll buy you a souvenir…” and, send.

Hah…

(Couldn’t you at least shut up while I have a smoke?)

…Guess I’ll head back before morning. Don’t want them going crazy again about whether I was in the room or not.

……

(Wow, that’s a scary face.)

Oh. You came back today? Could it be you were waiting for little old me? Were you feeling lonely?

A word of advice. Do not use women for your work.

(Oh right~, I forgot this guy was a feminist.)

Liguang-san, this is supposed to be the “surface,” right? Isn’t it against the rules to talk about the underworld?

You want me to turn a blind eye to your dirty tricks?

*Sigh*......

Doesn’t using women come with the territory in our line of work? It’s women who will always end up mixed up with the shadows.

We brought the woman you gave away under our protection. Before those despicable hyenas could give her their candy.

Well, well. Taking on work that you don’t have to do, how admirable.

You’re really kind to the weak, aren’t you, Liguang-san?