Shiraishi sat down on a chair in the funeral hall. Kento and Yamada were busy bringing relatives in. Odagiri, Sarushima and Ito are preparing the seats and tables for them to sit while Shiraishi rests after a few minutes.
Shaggy could not make it as he is busy taking care of Jennifer and Haruto.
Shiraishi sighed. She's so tired from shifting tables and chairs. She didn't know Toranosuke had many relatives and friends.
"You okay, Shiraishi?" Kento asked.
"All of them are here?"
Kento nodded.
"It's time to carry out the ceremony." Kento said. Shiraishi got up and stood beside Yamada, who is on the stage, about to give a speech.
"Toranosuke and Leona Miyamura." Yamada started speaking, "They were our best friends. In fact, Toranosuke was one of the first people I made friends with during high school. He's always full of enthusiasm and never once did he turn his back on us when we had our hard times.
"He made me closer to Shiraishi during high school days. He taught me to have the confidence to propose to her. For her to be my wife. He helped me with my personal problems and always have a solution for it. To have him taken away from me is something I had never seen coming."
Tears started falling out of Yamada's eyes, "One of my greatest friends is gone. I have never expected that to happen. He has never offended anyone before. I...I..."
He used his arm to cover his eyes while he cried softly before wiping away his tears, "I just wish he is resting in peace now." He dropped the microphone and walked off the stage. Miyabi and Odagiri sniffled while Roi, Jay and Kento looked down.
Shiraishi hugged him and patted his back.
Yamada-kun And The Assassin
Episode 2
After the funeral, at night, Yamada sat down on a chair, looking depressed. Kento sat down beside him and gave him a bottle of water.
"You hadn't drink since afternoon." Kento said, "Drink it."
"I don't feel like having it."
"I know you're sad about Toranosuke's passing. At least drink some water."
"How did you get through Han's death?" Yamada asked. Kento leaned on the chair and folded his arms.
"I accepted reality." Kento sighed, "At least I helped avenge Han's death. That certainly made me feel better, but not too much. Han was my best brother, so it took me some time to absorb the fact. After all, we still got to get on with life and not act like a broken soul for so long just because a close person to you died."
"You're true." Yamada gulped down the bottle of water.
"I've heard from Mr Tan that the house exploded because there was a tripwire."
"Tripwire?" Yamada asked.
"Probably when Toranosuke stepped on it, the house exploded along with him and Leona."
"How did Mr Tan know it's a tripwire?"
"The tripwire wasn't even destroyed in the slightest." Kento replied, "It was in the crime scene, good as new."
"Good as new?" Yamada was surprised, "Wasn't it supposed to be gone with the explosion?"
"That's the mystery." Kento said, "Even the police can't find out why."
"Guys!" Miyabi was screaming, "My phone's home button is not working!"
"We're not handphone experts here." Kento said.
"Neither can I fix it." Shiraishi said.
"Welp, just buy a new phone." Odagiri suggested, "Just a suggestion."
"You crazy?" Miyabi asked, "It's just a home button! There ain't a need to buy a new phone!"
"Like I said, just a suggestion." Odagiri repeated.
Shaggy walked in the funeral and placed some roses on the coffin.
"What brings you here, Shaggy?" Jay asked.
"I can't miss a friend's funeral, can't I?" Shaggy asked before turning to Ito, "I have a better suggestion."
"What is it?" Miyabi asked.
"You should go to Yokohama and find this guy in the Motomachi Shopping Street. He recently changed shop location due to a disturbance. You should visit him."
Shaggy passed her a business card. It read "Brian Electronics".
"I'll go ahead and try to ask if the person there can fix it." Miyabi replied, "Thanks."
"You're welcome."
The next morning, Grover plans to disturb Brian again. He brought his speaker and went to the usual place.
As he was about to play music, he realized Brian's shop is no longer around. Now the whole street is empty.
"Where the fuck did that motherfucker went to?" Grover thought.
Miyabi took a train to Yokohama. She had taken a day off from her teaching job just to fix her phone.
She reached the station after thirty minutes. She got out and walked to Motomachi Shopping Street.
She searched for the shop named "Brian Electronics" and finally she found it. It was between a bakery shop and a hair salon.
She pushed open the door.
"Hello?" She called out. She walked around the shop to look at what the store sells. Phone, phone cases, charging wires, phone accessories, computers, and many more.
As she saw one phone cover that caught her eye, she heard someone's voice.
"May I help you, miss?"
Miyabi looked up and saw Brian standing beside her. She stared at him.
"Oh. My. Gosh." She thought in her mind, "He's hot." She gazed dreamily at him.
"Miss." Brian waved his hand at Ito.
"Oh right." She shook her head and knocked her head with her hand.
"Anything the matter, miss?"
"My phone's home button is spoilt." She passed him her phone. Brian took it and went to a table full of tools.
"He even has the cool voice!" She thought excitedly as she walked to the table.
"Are you in a hurry to collect this phone?" Brian asked.
"No, I'm not." Miyabi smiled, "Take your time."
"So, miss, what do you work as?" Brian took out a small screwdriver.
"I work as a teacher. How about you?"
"What I'm doing right now. A technician." Brian passed the phone to Miyabi.
"So fast?" Miyabi was surprised. She tried pressing the home button, and it worked.
"You're a magician." Miyabi stared at her phone in awe.
"It's just a small problem." Brian explained, "You kept pressing the home button too hard and frequently, causing it to be somehow stuck. Don't press it so hard. It'll spoil."
"Thank you." Miyabi took out her wallet, "How much is it?"
"It's free."
"Free?" She asked, "Why free?"
"It's just some trivial stuff to fix. I don't need money for this kind of stuff."
"What's your name?" She asked.
Brian looked at her, which made her blush, "Brian Chung. Just call me Brian."
"I'm Miyabi Ito, but just call me Miyabi." She introduced herself, "So, I'll make a move first?"
"Go ahead." Brian said, "If you need to fix some small stuff about your electronic devices, bring it here and I'll fix it."
"I'll see you around." Miyabi turned and walked out of the store as she smiled.
In Singapore, at night, Tatsumi drove Shu Xuan to the Esplanade.
"I'm sorry I can't make it today to your performance." Tatsumi sighed, "I got to send my cousin off at the airport for their business."
"Where is he going?" Shu Xuan asked.
"Canada. He's expanding his family cooking business there."
"Then go ahead and send your cousin off. They're more important than my performance."
"Thanks for understanding, Shu Xuan."
"No problem." Shu Xuan stepped out of the car and waved goodbye. Tatsumi waved back before driving off.
Shu Xuan prepared for her performance by changing her normal clothes to a red dress and beige high heels.
She quickly ran to the stage and sang just as the song starts.
A man walked in and saw Shu Xuan. He took out a picture and compared it to her. The person in the picture is the same as her.
The guy nodded.
After her performance, she walked down the stage and went to the toilet. As she was about to walk in, she heard a gun reloaded. She turned around and saw the guy pointing a gun at her head.
"Follow me." The guy muttered.
When they reached the back of his car, he tied her hands together and pushed her into the car trunk.
The guy drove to his house. He closed all the curtains in the house and carried Shu Xuan into the house.
He placed her on a chair in his room. Shu Xuan wad prepared to scream but the guy crushed a paper into a paper ball and stuffed it in her mouth. He placed her right leg over her left leg and then tied her legs together. She muffled in pain.
"Stay here." The guy ran out of the room. Shu Xuan tried wriggling free, but to no avail. She looked around and saw pictures of her pasted on the wall. She felt super creeped out.
She spat out the paper ball and slowly hopped to the main door. She slowly opened the curtains by a bit before screaming.
"Help me! Anyone!" She screamed through the window, "I've been kidnapped by a psycho!"
The guy pulled Shu Xuan back to his room and locked it.
"What do you want from me?" She asked with fear.
"I...just want some delicious booty." He took some tape and taped her mouth. He then removed his shirt and pants. She muffled and looked at him in fear.
In Tokyo the next morning, Shiraishi, Yamada and their two kids prepared their luggage and placed in Kento's Hummer H2.
Kento drove them to the airport.
"Stay safe in Singapore." Kento said to Shiraishi and Yamada. They nodded.
Kento then turned to the kids, "Singapore may be a safe country, but that doesn't mean something bad can't happen. So, listen to your parents at all times, understand?"
The kids nodded.
"What about you, Kento-oji?" Akira, the older kid asked.
"I'll stay in Tokyo to do my own stuff." Kento replied, "Go ahead. Don't miss your own flight."
Kento got out of the car with the family and carried their luggage down.
"Have a safe trip, Shiraishi." Kento hugged her. She patted his back, "I will, Onii-san."
As the family stepped into the airport, Kento got back into his Hummer and drove off.
Miyabi was talking to Odagiri about Brian Chung in Miyabi's house.
"Oh my, the first time I saw him, I was so stunned." Miyabi said, "He had that handsome appearance and that cool voice. I can't." She started imagining about his hotness.
"Shouldn't you be teaching your students?" Odagiri teased her, "Why are you thinking of all this?"
"But he's so hot!"
"You got Tsubaki."
"Tsubaki..." Ito leaned back on her chair, "...is dead to me. He's already dead, killed by Kameko. I can't keep harping on him."
"You're somehow true." Odagiri sighed, but then smiled, "However, because of Kameko, I get to know Kento better. I'm a bit thankful that she appeared."
In Singapore, at five in the evening, an hour after they reached Singapore, they moved into Shiraishi's mother house for a week.
"Feel free to stay as long as you want." Ms Urara told Yamada.
"Nah, it's okay. We're just living here for seven days because Shiraishi had a sudden work schedule change."
"Where Kento-chan?" Ms Urara asked.
"He's in Tokyo. He got other things to settle."
"I see."
Shiraishi came out of her room with Yamada in a beige dress, black stockings and heels.
"I'll be going to work." Shiraishi said.
"I'll see you tonight." Yamada kissed her cheeks. She smiled and did the same to Yamada.
"Come back home soon." Mrs Urara said.
Shiraishi smiled, "I will, Okaa-san."
In Tatsumi's house, she tried calling Shu Xuan, but she did not pick up.
"Where could Shu Xuan be?"
At ten in the night, Shiraishi is typing data into a document in her office. The boss had decided to keep half of the company's profits in her room.
"But why?" Shiraishi had asked her boss a few minutes earlier.
"It's for safekeeping reasons." The boss replied, "In case some robber comes in and steal the whole money from my office. We shall put half in your office. I'm scared if any robber comes into my office, he only steals half. I do not want to lose all of my money. So, I can trust you to keep the money?"
"Yeah."
"You promise?"
Shiraishi nodded.
She sighed. She shouldn't have agreed. Now she's carrying a heavy burden.
As she was about to switch off her computer, she felt something against her forehead. She looked up and saw a masked person pointing a gun at her.
"Where's the money?" The person, who has a female voice, growled. She pointed to a safe opposite her.
"Just for safety measures." The masked woman tied Shiraishi's hands behind her chair and tied her legs together. She then gagged her by stuffing a crushed paper from the dustbin into her mouth. The woman locked the door.
"Aunt, it's in the safe." The woman spoke through a small communicating device at her ear. She then opened the window while Shiraishi tried to find a way to free herself.
Another masked woman came in through the window swiftly without sound. She is taller than the first one. The taller woman took out a sword and sliced open the safe. They stuffed the money into a bag.
The taller woman walked to Shiraishi and placed her left high heeled boot on Shiraishi's leg, which cause her to muffle in pain.
"Don't blame me for doing this, Urara Shiraishi." The woman said, "This is just the beginning. Blame your friend for offending me."
The two women then ran out of the window. Shiraishi muffled and tried freeing herself, but the ropes are so tight. She muffled in pain.
After a few minutes, Shiraishi started having no energy. She muffled loudly for help and tried wriggling her hands for one last time before fainting.
To be continued in Episode 3
