Disclaimer: I don't own MTNN. (T^T) *sobs*
Notes: Todoroki's POV! Hope you like it!
This was definitely a bad idea.
Not that my protests had made any difference. Though I was surprised-if annoyed-that the boryokudan creep shared the same sentiments.
I was also upset about something else however.
What exactly had Yako-san gotten herself into? First she's in league with a murderous alien, knew the puzzle seller, and now she's good friends with the General of the North? And it wasn't just her choice of associates that bothered me, but the fact she placed so much trust in them. I'm surprised she's lived as long as she has.
Or is it just me who thinks I know her? Maybe she's the one to be feared. I mean, these are three of the most dangerous people in the city-maybe even the country. And yet they all run to help her when she asks.
No, this is just a young girl we're talking about. Ok, maybe a young woman now, but a kind and good person all the same. It must be the others who are tricking her.
I glanced around the room, feeling a stress headache coming on. Where was Jun-Sempai with some coffee when you needed him?
"And while normally I'd be best to run a long con, we'll just have to make due with what time we have. It's called the Johannesburg Marketplace. So I figure the parrot for the General of the South, and after hearing what Yako had to say, this Ishigaki guy for the east."
Parrot? She must be talking about the alien. Is he parrot like? I noticed the whole room was silent and digested the rest of her sentence. Jun. Like crap!-
And at that instant Usui-san, Yako and myself all began talking at once.
"I really don't think-."
"Are you sure that's a good idea-?"
"No way in heck is Jun-"
"Look. Godai's out because he needs to be the seller, I'm the fencer, and I either don't think the others are trustworthy or won't be able to pull it off."
"What? I am both trust worthy and capable of doing it!" I slammed my fist on the coffee table.
"But you're a woman. So it'd be more dangerous for you, and longer for them to trust you. Yes, it's being sexist, but that's what these people are so we don't have a choice. And the parrot insists on South so Ishigaki it is. Trust me, I know how these people think."
I considered that.
"How do I know you're selling us the puzzle and it's not a double cross?" Usui-san spoke rather coldly.
"Puzzle seller? But I thought little Kira-" The General was shut up by an elbow in his stomach from the puzzle seller herself. I'm surprised by how free these people act with one another. I would think she'd fear to start a war, but the General's glare was only halfhearted, so that didn't seem to be likely.
"You need not worry. I'm doing this for Yako-not you guys."
"Then do you trust this Puzzle Seller?" Usui-san turned towards Yako-san.
"No."
"Yes."
Both Yako-san and the alien spoke at the same time. Yako-san's answer was affirmative, while the alien's was negative.
It made me trust the Puzzle Seller more than anything else had.
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To my dismay Jun-Sempai was more than willing to help out.
"I don't really think this is a good ide-" "Don't worry Todoroki-san! I'll be fine!"
This did not make me feel any better.
"I only have five days, so I have to be super focused too~.Dai-otouto said he'd give me a hand as well~. He's so nice!"
I hissed to myself. I was not going to be able to stop him when he's like this.
"Then just be safe ok?"
"Of course~!"
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"I swear! It wasn't me!"
Like I'd never heard that before.
Well, I suppose this time it was true though. After all, we'd been the ones to set him up.
It had been three days since the start of this, and I seriously didn't think we could pull it off.
Though, I suppose trust runs deep in the boryokudan, and broken trust is the best growth serum.
The General of the East's second in command had been found dipping into the groups profits and putting them in his own bank account. The reason we were able to arrest him was because of "Tax evasion and embezzlement fraud". A good thing we did too, for if we had arrived five minutes later, Jun-Sampai would have been forced to shoot him.
And word on the street is that "Akira Kiyono" aka Jun-Sempai had been promoted as second in command.
The real Akira Kiyono was currently sitting in a secret high security prison, in solitary confinement under the name of Akira Inoue.
As for the General of the South's second, he had entered the police station nearest his headquarters and confessed to half a dozen crimes that also implicated others in his group. I don't want to know what scared him enough to do that.
And the alien, under the name of "N." [because he refused to take a false name] somehow became second.
I still didn't fully understand how this was supposed to help Yako-san, but according to the Puzzle Seller: "All the queens are in play, and the pawn is just about to enter the game."
