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Chapter 7
Illusion
Lord Tezuka Kunimitsu enjoyed his time alone in the park. With the rebels leering around him, his duty as a lord and his family, he never found a peaceful time for himself. So, whenever he found a free time he would go walking at the garden or a park nearby to clear his mind and get new perspective on things he need to take care of.
This time was no different, he hadn't found any evidence about the rebels yet and he was afraid that they were losing the time. He must find the red thread between the rebels here and the rebels fifteen years ago. He felt they missed something but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Lord Tezuka walked toward a small pond next to a supposed to be a rose maze of the park, but since it was winter the leaves were already covered by snow. Lord Shiraishi told him that it was one nice place to relax but not in winter. However Lord Tezuka didn't care, he took his dark coat and hat then walked there. He almost reached the destination when he saw two, no three rough men in brown coat surrounding something in the middle of them.
He almost walked away but a familiar voice stopped him.
"Let me go."
"Let's go to my place, little one. I have something special for you." The taller man said.
The voice answered sarcastically, "Oh, really? I don't see anything special about you so I don't think you can fulfill my special needs."
Lord Tezuka decided to wait and see the situation before jumping into a conclusion.
"You are too soft! We should use a force in this case." The smaller yet bigger man said. He pulled the target's hand forcefully.
The mint green parasol which covered the owner fell down, then Lord Tezuka saw the familiar brown hair. "Let me go." He heard the voice said.
"Whaaaat? I can't hear you!? See? She is too frightened to refuse! We get her!" He laughed loudly.
The third man snickered and put his hand on target's back unapropriately.
Suddenly a slender elbow attacked the third man on his stomach hard and fast. The man fell down and groaned painfully. The target then pulled the caught hand quickly that made the second man startled and was punched on his front jaw with small and delicate palm and then was kicked on his vital organ. The small target kicked the tallest man with sole of the feet at the place between his tight.
When the third man stood and readied to attack, Lord Tezuka wanted to help but the smaller person proved that it wasn't needed. The brown haired person bent down to avoid the attack then gave the man a high kick right on the most sacred place. The poor man stumbled down and tried to save his life.
The second man who saw that ran away from the swift and tricky object. The rest were running away too while cursing loudly. The curses were returned with snort and shouting that they shouldn't underestimate a lady in the future. Then the person tidied the dark green coat and took the abandoned parasol. Thick wavy brown hair slid down the person's shoulder to create a beautiful lining.
The person took it and sighed deeply, finally started to walk and stopped when recognized Lord Tezuka.
"My.. Good morning, Lord Tezuka. It's nice to see you. Have you been there for long time?" He asked shyly. His cheek were blushed whether because of the cold or his previous activity.
"Hn.. Good morning, Miss Fuji. I have, long enough to see your heroic action. I intended to help but I can see that you don't need my help, you protect yourself just well."
Fuji laughed, "Of course I can, I wouldn't be here if I couldn't protect myself." He said bitterly.
Lord Tezuka frowned by his answer and tried to analyze what he just hear and fit it into Fuji's personality. It didn't.
Seeing the lord's suspicion Fuji walked to the lord quickly and tried to flirt with the lord. He touched the lord's arm and pretended to be scared but unfortunately, the lord saw too much that he didn't believe in him.
Lord Tezuka then left Fuji alone at the park but not before Fuji protested and questioned about the lord's heart, that the lord left a weak and vulnerable lady alone.
Lord Tezuka replied that for a woman who had just destroyed three young men's future, it was Lord Tezuka who needed protection.
Fuji's laugh that day made Lord Tezuka's day.
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At the same time in the forest, there were two people walked to the empty cabin.
"They took our supplies! They know about us! What should we do, Sir?" asked the younger one who had a scar acrossed his face, from upper left temple to the right side of his cheek. His dark eyes narrowed and he punched the wall.
"Let's not be careless. I don't know how they find this but it won't be the final. We still have plenty time and resources." The older one smirked.
"Let's go. The first step is finished." The older man said confidently and the young man nodded curtly.
They then rode their horse deeper into the forest and then turned to the north. The journey wasn't easy, they took many risky shortcuts, narrow alley between the mountains, then to the mountain side and crossed a long new made bridge to connect them to the destination. It took almost two hours for them to reach the bridge and another hour to reach the hidden yet brilliant secret. They weren't in a rush since nobody knew about their plan and nobody had ever come to the area. The shortcuts themselves were found years ago by the leader yet before they could utilize it, they were annihilated. Fortunately, the some of them managed to survive and suffered for years until one day they decided to fight again. They wouldn't let the leader's sacrifice in vain.
Years passed, they found new hope and now they were ready to revenge.
The ride slower when they entered the forest across the bridge, their horse weren't even tired. The old man patted its head and continued their journey, the young man opened the road for the old man. They then arrived at a big opening in the middle of the forest. The old man dismounted and walked to the center of the opening.
The younger man ran and opened a camouflaged door at the ground, beyond the door was a stone stair which guided them further into the ground.
"They haven't found this. Thanks God!" He whispered. He lit a torch and they walked further, the alley was dark and smell like damp soil and wood. The walls were supported by big logs, so did the ceiling, they used blocks of stone to keep the ground solid.
"As long as this secret passage is safe, we can continue our plans. We mustn't let them know that this long alley connects this forest to the deep forest in the north." The older man nodded in satisfaction.
"It's very amazing that we can build this passage in such short time."
"Yes, with this passage we can go to north and back here without people noticing us. We can smuggle our people, weapons and foods supplies easily while keep watching Lord Tezuka's movements safely."
"As expected, my Master!" He grinned.
"The lords are pain in the ass. Our hands are tied for this moment. They will investigate anything suspicious, especially that Lord Tezuka." The older man put his hands behind his back and thought for a moment.
"Let's stay low until the coast is cleared. We can't risk whatever we have got so far."
"Understand."
They walked out of the passage. The younger man closed the secret door and put leaves and trunks on it as camouflage.
"I will meet my partner today, he is one foolish old man but he has everything we need."
The younger man nodded.
"Ah, right. I want you to do some things for me, send several men to the high lords areas, I want you to report whoever pass the border and here." The older man gave him a envelope and smirked.
"What's this?" He took it.
"Surprise for Lord Tezuka. I write the details in here and let's hope he will go away soon after that."
"Understand, Sir."
They walked away from the forest with ease.
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"Maaaann.. It's so boring! I thought we would have a great adventure here since we are going to catch bad guys but it seems that we are wrong!" Momoshiro said while stretching his limbs on a chair in the middle of Lord Shiraishi's kitchen. It was passed lunch time so all the maids and servants were off the duties until dinner time.
"Stupid! If we are free that means we have nothing to worry and what we are afraid of is merely a false alarm!" Kaidoh barked and hissed.
"Well, let's spare! I have too much energy and I want to discharge it!" Momoshiro suggested.
Before Kaidoh could reply, a voice from the door startled them, "Then what about trying Inui Special Deluxe Two -winter version- first. It will boost your energy more so you can spare better." Inui said with a glass of unnatural colored water and a glint on his glasses.
"N..no..Sir. I..I pass!" Momoshiro said loudly with a pale face. He tried Inui's drink and had to be hospitalized for a week after that.
"What about you, Kaidoh?" He asked the silent man.
Kaidoh shook his head furiously, he had drunk it many times but what he got was miserable.
" ! Don't tease them!" Oishi said from behind the glasses man.
"It's an improved formula, do you want to try it, Oishi?" Inui asked again.
Oishi walked to the kitchen, "Pass. I still have many duties to do today." He sat next to Kaidoh.
Momoshiro giggled at Inui's face who sat next to him. "That's right, I heard you found something nights ago. What did you find that night, Mamushi?"
Kaidoh hissed, "It's not me. It's Arai. He hit a girl who wondering around the forest. He thought she is a rebel, what an idiot."
"You found a girl?!" Momoshiro asked.
"I clearly said that, you stupid Peach!"
"What? Do you want to try me?" Momoshiro stood and readied to fight.
"Stop it, both of you!" Oishi reprimanded, "What happened to the girl?" He looked at the men.
"I called and he told me to call Lord Tezuka. I don't know anything else." Kaidoh tilted his head to the doctor.
All of the heads then turned to Inui's direction.
"What happened after that?" Oishi asked again but to the doctor this time.
"We got her identity and Lord Tezuka sent her home." He said.
"That's all?" Inui nodded. He wrote down something on his blue book.
"Is she one of the rebel?" Oishi tapped his forefinger on the well polished table.
His glasses glinted, "No. Just an ordinary person although what behind her isn't."
"What do you mean?" a chorus of questions were heard.
"Ah, what a mysterious brown haired girl." Inui answered lightly.
The three men asked again while Inui didn't say anything.
"I haven't found anything worth to be share with you." But his hand wrote furiously on the book. Once again it became chaotic, Momo and Kaidoh asked while Oishi tried to calm them down.
"Ah! Long brown hair, petite and cute face!" Momoshiro stood and shouted suddenly.
All of them fell silent. "What do you mean, Momo?" Oishi asked.
He moved his hands around uncertainly, "Lord Tezuka meets a girl lately. This girl appears in front of Lord Tezuka, he asked me to send the girl home, they met again yesterday at the market. Well, they look great next to each other."
Oishi shook his head, Eiji would be hyperventilating now, he mused. He knew he shouldn't gossip around about trivia things moreover his own lord but this was the first time he heard about someone special to the lord after long time. Oishi chuckled silently, it seemed that Eiji had influenced him more than he thought.
"Moreover, Lord Tezuka behaves different in front of this girl."
"What do you mean?" Inui defeated Oishi in asking.
Momo scratched his temple, "Well, all of us know that Lord Tezuka rarely talk let alone touch a girl. But, whenever he is with this girl, he is..um..doing whatever we never thought before."
"Do you mean—" Oishi stammered.
"No! Nothing unapropriate!" Momoshiro stopped the older man before he jumped into a conclusion.
"He is still the same and honorable man we ever know. Well, He bickers with this girl openly and he even smiles at the girl! As if he..he is.."
"As if I am what?" a deep voice cut.
"Lord Tezuka!" everyone stood up
"You are back! How is your walk?" Oishi asked and walked to the lord.
Lord Tezuka had been watching his subordinates for a while and decided to stop the conversation before it going downhill.
"Hn.. Fine. Inui, we need to talk." He left them and walked away.
Inui left the men and followed the lord. Oishi and the rest looked ar each other in uneasiness.
"We haven't found the rebels so far. That's why I want you to spread people and find more informations for me." He said when they reached the hall.
Inui nodded, "Sure. I have told my friends to help."
"Remember, discreetly." Lord Tezuka said.
"As you wish."
Lord Tezuka then walked to the door before Inui called the lord. "About the girl."
"What girl?"
"The one we found in the forest."
"What about it?"
"Can I do further inspection about her?"
"Why asking me?" Lord Tezuka frowned as if he didn't understand and indifferent but Inui knew better.
"Why do you think?" Inui asked again while wrote down something.
They stared each other and nobody could tell what was inside their mind behind those expressionless face. "Suit yourself." Lord Tezuka said finally.
"But remember, don't say anything useless anymore. That person is unrelated to us." Lord Tezuka said to the doctor and walked away. Inui smiled silently and started to write again. "You will never know, Tezuka."
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Since the welcome party at Lord Shiraishi's place that time, every lord of the south competed to make a big and great party and invited Lord Tezuka, too.
This time was Lord Yukimura's turn. He held a big party at his club and invited Lord Tezuka. Fuji as usual, was told to go there and do whatever he need to do.
Earlier, Nioh accompanied him and they were chatting lightly which meant Nioh trying to seduce Fuji into his bed while Fuji counterattack with dry sarcasm until Lord Yukimura called the con man to watch another target, leaving Fuji alone amongst the strangers. He kept staying out of the crowd, didn't want to be catch by unwanted insects and it wasn't that difficult since he was used to it already. Fuji scanned into the crowd in the middle of the club area which turned into a big ballroom. Everyone had arrived, except the target.
The party was so boring and he even eavesdropping people's gossips amongst the guests. They were full of scandals and dirty jobs. Fuji never understood why people cheated on their partner, why bother to have one if you would cheat on them in the end.
"Lord Tezuka and Lord Shiraishi!" The footman announced.
Fuji sighed in relief, he almost thought that Lord Tezuka wouldn't come.
Fuji waited patiently in the crowd while Lord Tezuka and Lord Shiraishi talked to lords and ladies.
When they walked past Fuji he clearly saw Lord Tezuka looked at him but when Fuji bowed the lord walked passed by him, pretending that he didn't see Fuji.
What happened? Didn't Lord Tezuka saw him? He didn't ignore me, did he? Impossible! He saw me just now! Why?
Fuji groaned inside. Sometimes he is nice and another time he will be colder than a block of ice! Is he playing hard to get or what? What a man!
For the next two hours, Fuji paid his attention to the lord. The lord awoke his anger and he was fuming at that moment, the anger eating his heart and emotions. Lord Tezuka danced with anyone who he met; debutante, young pretty miss, elegant lady even matured widow.
Fuji stood next to a pillar, far from people and saw a pretty miss, daughter of a rich merchant dancing with the lord. Her blonde hair and pinkish dress were contrast to the lord dark attire. She blushed heavily whenever Lord Tezuka talked to her, like a young maiden should be. They matched, they filled each other perfectly. Blonde with brown, light with dark, woman with a man.
He never danced with Saeki before. They didn't have a chance that time. What would it feel like to be embraced by someone you love? To show the world that you love each other, to tell the rest of the women that this man is his.
Fuji leaned on the marble pillar and tried to imagine that it was him and Saeki who dance on the floor. Saeki would say something funny and they would laugh at the joke. Then he would lead him to the next dance, whirling, whirling around the dance floor. That would be the best.
Saeki in his imagination smiled childishly to him and skipped around the floor to tease him. Fuji laughed and leaned his head on his warm chest. He sighed deeply in happiness but suddenly something felt wrong.
Saeki's shoulder became boarder, the hand on his back was warmer and bigger, Saeki's smell changed into something he knew recently. Fuji looked up and found a pair of brown eyes looked back at him behind a frameless glasses. The deep voice called his name lovingly.
Lord Tezuka.
Fuji gasped from his daydreaming and found people still dancing around the floor together with the disturbing Lord.
Why? Why was it Lord Tezuka who appeared instead of Saeki Koujiro? Did he eat something bad that afternoon? Fuji chuckled sadly, all of this happened because of Lord Yukimura's unhealthy obsession to Lord Tezuka. He poisoned Fuji's mind with the mission about the lord yet Fuji had no other choice but to follow the order.
Fuji looked at his sea green dress and people around him and felt a melancholy feeling washed over him. What the hell was he doing? He wasn't meant to be there. This place wasn't his, he was nobody and he didn't have the right to get into this great circle.
He was merely a liar, a slave.
Fuji moved from his position and walked aimlessly in the crowd. He took a glass of champagne and gulped down quickly. He felt the bubbles tickling his throat before dissappearing into his stomach.
The song ended and the guests who danced around the floor before stopped and circled around Lord Tezuka to watch him dancing with the young girl were clapping loudly. Fuji was right, the lord and the young girl suite each other, the crowd thought so too.
He almost cowered and wanted to leave earlier that moment but he remembered what would happen to him if he did. He wanted his freedom more than his ashamed and inferiority to the lord. He braved himself and readied to confront the lord.
After the dance Lord Tezuka was standing between the next determined mothers and spoke politely to the women, backing Fuji. Fuji gritted his teeth and walked toward the lord.
Suddenly someone pulled his right elbow quickly and strongly which made Fuji turned around too quick. "Fuji!"
Fuji gasped in surprise and when he saw a familiar face he exhaled deeply, "Nioh. You startled me!" Fuji said lowly.
Fuji tried to move away from Nioh's grip but Nioh didn't let him go. "Sorry. I need your help."
"What?! Is it urgent?" Fuji asked quickly.
"Yes. It can't wait any longer."
"But, my job.. Lord Tezuka.." Fuji looked back to the lord, as if he read Fuji's mind, Lord Tezuka turned around and their eyes met. Lord Tezuka stared at Fuji coldly while Fuji stared with much desperation. Lord Tezuka was the one who cut off the stares, he turned back to the ladies and that made Fuji felt even more tired.
"What is it Nioh?" Fuji looked back to the con man.
"It's very urgent, I need your help to.." Nioh didn't finish his sentences since Fuji cut him, "Is it one of your pranks? I won't fall into it easily, I am not Bunta and I have a mission to fulfill! I swear Nioh if you try to disrupt my job I will..."
"There was a fight between the lords. They are injured and we can't contact . You are the closest thing as a doctor since is your teacher. You have to treat them, Lord Yukimura agreed about this."
Fuji sighed and looked back to his target but found no one there. He looked back to Nioh and nodded, "Alright. Lead the way." Lord Tezuka could wait but Lord Yukimura obviously couldn't.
"Puri." Nioh smiled and tugged Fuji away from the ballroom.
One hour later when Fuji came back, Lord Tezuka was nowhere to be found. Fuji cursed inwardly, such a luck!
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"There are some ways out of this place, therefore we need more soldiers." Lord Shiraishi explained to Lord Tezuka.
Lord Tezuka nodded, he didn't really pay attention to the southern lord's words.
Last night, he avoided Fuji as if he was a plague. He let his pride took over his sanity.
After hearing what Momoshiro and the rest talked about him and Fuji, he felt he had let his guard down and made them read him easily which meant he was too careless so he gave the smaller man a cold shoulder. He tried to dance with anyone who allowed him to prove that his subordinates were wrong but now after spending hours with those people, he regretted it.
He didn't understand his own feelings, on one hand he wanted to keep distance to Fuji since the young man awaken things inside him that he never had before but on the other hand he didn't want the slender man far from his reach since..since he missed Fuji's presence.
"Hey, do you see Lord Yukimura's secret toy?" Lord Tezuka heard a lady said to her friends. There were four young ladies gossiping next to Lord Tezuka. At the first they merely whispering among themselves but as they talked, what were mere whisper turned into loud and hysterical shout.
"What toy? Is it something kinky?" her friend answered and all of them giggled.
"No. I heard from my brother that Lord Yukimura has a pretty girl who he gives to his most loyal and precious customers. She would do anything Lord Yukimura told her to do with the lord."
"Oh, gosh! That's gross." The third girl replied.
"You said that meanwhile the lords are queuing to meet her." she rolled her eyes and brushed her blonde hair behind her shoulder.
"Is she some kind of prostitute?" The fourth girl asked.
"Dunno. But I want to meet her. I want to see how pretty she is."
"Has your brother met her?" The second girl asked.
"No way! My father will disinherited him if he tries to involve with this girl." The first girl exclaimed.
"The rumours say that she has the most brilliant blue eyes and—"
Lord Tezuka stepped aside from his place and then was trapped by several ladies who insisted to introduce their daughters to him at the refreshments area. It wasn't polite to refuse their small talk but then he suddenly felt shiver ran down his spine, as if an electric shock passed him so suddenly. He turned around to find a silver haired man gripped Fuji tightly and Fuji was looking at his direction. The man looked at Fuji desperately, and Lord Tezuka fell on his own prejudice.
"No. I heard from my brother that Lord Yukimura has a pretty girl who he gives to his most loyal and precious customers. She would do anything Lord Yukimura told her to do with the lord."
The words were ringing loudly in his mind, he didn't want to believe it but what the women said fitted perfectly to what Fuji did around him. Lord Tezuka hated it, he hated the truth that he had become fond of the little man yet the man was planning to deceive him. He felt..betrayed.
Lord Tezuka left soon after that.
"Do you hear me, Lord Tezuka?" Lord Shiraishi's voice brought him back to the present time.
"Hn.."
"What is it?" Lord Shiraishi leaned back and asked across from Lord Tezuka.
"No.. Nothing."
"I'm sure there is something. You can't deceive me. It must be something urgent for you that you spacing out just now. You even didn't realize I said that I would marry a girl tomorrow." He joked.
Lord Tezuka blinked, "You what?" He was really surprised by Lord Shiraishi's words. Lord Shiraishi enjoyed his single status so much like how Lord Atobe loved to boast about his most modern and sophisticated land.
Lord Shiraishi laughed, "See? You clearly didn't listen well. So what's up? Maybe I can give you a hand."
Lord Tezuka brushed his offer and continued their works but Lord Shiraishi insisted to finish Lord Tezuka's problem first since it seemed to distract the lord so much. Lord Tezuka thought for a moment and decided to tell the lord about Fuji. He might have known about Fuji and the truth behind the man.
"Lord Tezuka! We have a news!" Momoshiro barged into the room at the same time Lord Tezuka tried to talk.
That's aside, he had something more important to take care first. "Hn.. Tell me the details."
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"Target entered the bar." Kaidoh reported to Lord Tezuka.
"Hn.."
They were hiding in a forest next to a small bar at the suburban area of South. That afternoon, one of Inui's informants told them about a peculiar movement at the bar lately.
"A man was asking around about Lord Tezuka's informations and the border between south and north. He was doing it for about five days. He was even recruiting several men to watch over Lord Shiraishi and his people."
"Any information about this man?" Lord Tezuka asked Momoshiro.
"We are also told that he visits the bar regularly at night and doesn't leave until dawn."
"About the bar?"
"Lasing Bar. We already got the address."
Lord Shiraishi nodded, "Good. If he does put spies on me then I think I will distract their attention and keep them away from their meeting point."
"Hn.. I will bring my people to arrest the man."
"Right. I hope we can finish it faster this time since I hate to see another bloodshed and it's really pain in the ass to track down their childish plans."
"Ah.." They dispersed and readied to go.
"Keep your eyes open. We might be able to end the rebels after this. Don't let your guard down!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Lord Tezuka hid himself behind a big tree one hundred meters from the bar and commanded Momoshiro and Kaidoh to stand back and secure the back door. The rest of them were scattered around the bar.
Lasing Bar, located at the suburban area. An area which filled with many suspicious shops and restaurants. They had searched this area once but found nothing, it was either they were afraid to tell the truth or they hate an outsiders. Or maybe both.
The scale of their movement was smaller yet more carefully organized. He almost overlooked some small stuff, fortunately he had much experience and patience.
They spent another hour to watch the bar and then suddenly their target exited the bar. Lord Tezuka frowned, didn't Inui's informant say that he never left before dawn? Yet this is the chance to seize him.
Lord Tezuka sent a signal and the soldiers moved stealthily, he saw the thin man looked around the area quickly before dissappearing between the woods next to the bar.
He followed the woods line to approach the man. The man suddenly stopped and looked around so Lord Tezuka stepped back and hid himself. When the man continued to walk he nodded to Momoshiro and ordered him to attack.
Momoshiro emerged from his position at the right side of the man and tried to seize the man but the man showed a better skill in dodging Momoshiro's attack. He ran further to the forest but Kaidoh then blocked his way, seeing no chance to run, the man run back to the road he came from.
"We can't let him go! Hurry!" Kaidoh shouted and Lord Tezuka followed them. He was ready for the worst scenario, "Don't let him go and make sure that he is alive. We need him alive." He commanded.
They were running toward the exit with the man ahead of them, the night was dark and the unfamiliar forest slowed them down. The man was also a swift and tricky man, he turned and ran in zig zag around the forest twice before ran back to the way out. They even lost the man once before the soldiers pointed his position.
There he is!
Lord Tezuka ran faster and readied to attack the man who was two meters away from him but suddenly the man pulled something near him and next thing he heard was a yelp.
"Don't come closer! Don't come closer or I will kill him!" He shouted loudly with a person in his arms with a small knife on the person's neck. Lord Tezuka raised his hand then Momoshiro and the rest halted.
Lord Tezuka stepped closer but stopped when the man chocked his hostage, "Listen, that person isn't involved with this problem. Let him go and we can talk calmly."
The almost bald old man who they chased snorted, "Do you think I am a fool? Why would I believe in you!" He spit on the ground.
"I despise you noblemen! You expect much from us and take more than that! You kill our people and now you want to make us suffer more!" He tightening his grip on the person's neck.
Lord Tezuka and the soldiers freezed. "Let him go. He isn't involved, don't waste your energy for something like this."
"Then what?! You will kill me anyway! If that's so, it's better for me to hurt one of yours before killing myself and let you noblemen suffer in your own blood!"
"I'm sorry, old pal but I am not one of them." The hostage said in much calmness which could beat Lord Tezuka's.
Lord Tezuka shifted his attention to the hostage, he didn't notice the hostage before since the old man opposite him was very dangerous but now after hearing the voice he wasn't sure what to do.
The night was indeed dark but since they were near the bar, he could see better. In the man's arm was a slender man in simple attire with chin length light brown hair, he couldn't see his face clearly so he concluded that he was a customer of the bar but the voice told him otherwise.
The hostage gazed upward and his blue eyes met the hazel eyes.
Fuji!
I'm sorry if there were typos or grammatical error since English isn't my first language.
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