However, as soon as we got inside the building which is the main headquarters of the National Supers Agency, Hanabi and I were sent to the waiting room while Dicker is in some room interrogating Tony. I felt uneasy of this; I just couldn't shake this feeling off.
The question is, why?
Then I started to realize something.
What if…? What if Dicker is gonna try to erase Tony's memories of Violet? I think that's the 'consequence' the voice told me about.
I'm sure Violet must have told her family of him finding out, but who has the right mind to report this to Dicker?
I realized who it is: her father, Bob. Obviously, he's doing this just to keep the masquerade, but I think doing something like that to him is quite abominable. I'm going to call him out for this, but for now, I gotta save Tony before he loses his memories of Violet forever.
The only question is, how?
There are two guards patrolling this room, and I don't even know which room is the interrogation room. On top of that, there is a security camera here in case rough stuff happens. I need a plan. I looked at Hanabi, and I hope this plan would work.
"Hanabi, can you try to create a diversion?" I asked her.
"I can. Why?" she asked me with curiosity.
"I have a plan to get us and Tony out of here. Listen carefully," I whispered my plan to her and she smiled, fully accepting it.
"Okay, I got it," she approached the two guards. "Hey, look at me!" she went for the bookshelf and destroyed it with her fist.
"You're going to pay for that!" the first guard said angrily.
"Oh, how about this?" Hanabi broke a big vase.
"Stop it!" the second guard said angrily.
"Then you have to catch me first!" she jeered them and they walked away from the door.
This should keep them busy with the camera focused on this fight. I headed to the elevators and looked at the sign to where is the floor for interrogation rooms, and it's Floor 30. I went inside an elevator with that destination in mind. Upon going to this floor, there are too many rooms, so I don't know where the interrogation would take place. If I were to take a lucky guess, it should be at Room 30-10, and I was right. There was some guard blocking the door. It's as if Dicker knew I might come and foil what he's going to do with Tony.
At least he has no clue that I'm smarter than him.
"Sorry, ma'am, this area is off-limits," a guard told me as I approached closely.
"Oh, I'm looking for Mr. Dicker," I told him of whom I was looking for. As he tried to touch me, I immediately grabbed his hand and pinned him to the wall before knocking him down with a karate chop to his neck. Next, I grab a hold of his keycard, and used it on the keypad to open the door.
As I entered the interrogation room, Dicker is starting to use his memory erasing device on Tony which it all took was a small suction cup to hit his forehead. I used the Byakugan to intercept that device before it's too late.
Now you understand how did I end up in this situation. I could only hope I succeed in saving Tony. Not just his life, but also his mind. I have two ways to do this; one is to grab the cord before it reaches his forehead, the other is to destroy the device with my Gentle Fist.
What option did I choose?
Destroy the device with my Gentle Fist, and I succeeded. That saved Tony from getting his memories of Violet erased. If only she's here to see this…
"Hinata, have you lost your mind?!" Dicker said angrily at me, and I never seen him like this before.
"Apparently not, Dicker," I told him off. "Anyway, you can't erase this man's memories of that girl. I told him that once he found out her secret, there is no turning back. In fact, he's not yours to deal with anymore. You can take it out on me."
"What?" he said with confusion.
"You heard me," I continued on. "I'm taking full responsibility for what happened. I should have stopped him from learning Violet's secret, but I failed. On the top of that, before coming here, he paid me for protection. Therefore, I'm now his bodyguard."
"Is that true?" he asked Tony, who looks unsure of what to say about this. After all, he didn't pay me. I only said this just to get Dicker to leave him alone. Therefore, I showed him a dollar as a sign for what he should reply.
"Yes, Mr. Dicker," Tony responded with confidence on his face. "I paid her to protect me."
"You see, he admitted it," I continued on with telling the old man off. "This young man is now under my protection. Whatever happens to him is now all on me. If you ever try another attempt to erase his memories regarding Violet, you will have to appear before the judge in the morning and show cause."
I felt proud of calling this old man out for what he was trying to do with Tony. I can't let him do this, not everything the hard work Violet did to get out of her shell, so that she can finally talk to him. If I'm not mistaken, she did talked to him about going out or something before this Underminer character showed up to cause trouble.
"Here's a little prize as compensation," I showed him a captured Underminer from the shadows. "I caught him trying to sneak off during the chaos he did. What do you say, Mr. Dicker? Do we have a deal?"
After a few seconds of thinking what to do, Dicker has made his verdict on this.
"Very well, Hinata," he said it. "I'll leave Tony alone. After all, he's your responsibility now. Just make sure he stays out of trouble, otherwise I'm going to take responsibility for it."
"Thank you, sir," I was relief I won this argument. "Come on, Tony. Let's go."
I left the room with Tony following me and took a long elevator ride to the ground floor. I know he has a lot of questions, so it's time to answer them.
"Hinata, your eyes…" he started, and that's when I realized I forgot to turn off my Byakugan.
"Oh, sorry you had to see that, Tony," I turned off my Byakugan.
"Since you have powers, are you a…?"
"Just to be clear, I'm not a Super, but a ninja."
"A ninja? But ninjas don't have that kind of power."
"Not from this world."
I saw the look on his face just brought some realization.
"Does that mean you're from…?" he realized.
"From another world, yes," I finished his sentence. "Now you know I'm not really from Japan. So is my sister. How about we talked more about where we came from while we're going to where Violet is?"
"Sounds like a plan," he agreed to this.
Once the elevator reaches the ground floor, we saw Hanabi getting a car for us to get in with. At least she's learning how to use it. Probably from seeing how people use it.
