"The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed." - Eminem

In the evening, Eddy went back home and went to his basement, where a man is fixing something.

"The glasses you gave me." Eddy said, "They're not bad."

"Thanks." The guy muttered.

"C'mon, Adam, my brother." Eddy said, "I'm giving you some compliment. Look at me with some pride and say 'yay!'."

"What do you want now?" Adam asked sarcastically, "Have you found the person you wanted?"

"Yes, and don't talk to me in that tone, Adam." Eddy shook his head, "I'm your older brother, just to let you know. So don't be disrespectful."

Adam stood up and glared at Eddy, "I've lost all respect for you ever since you threatened me, something you're still doing right now."

"That's the way to get you to do what I want and need to do." Eddy replied, "Tomorrow at nine, I'd better see the glasses working."

Eddy then walked up and away from the basement. Adam clenched his fists and punched the table angrily.

Aftermath

Episode 7

After work, Megumi and Eriri started cleaning up the office. Eriri tidied the office rooms while Megumi is mopping the kitchen floor.

"That Utaha Kasumigaoka has been doing nothing to help us after work time." Eriri grumbled.

"She has her own problems, Eriri." Megumi said, "It's six months, but she hasn't gotten over Masaru. That's because she really loves him, and I heard Masaru doesn't want to fix the relationship. That's probably why she's feeling quite sad."

"That doesn't give her an excuse to not help us." Eriri replied, "She's a Blessing Software core member. I can understand Tomoya not doing anything as he's the boss, but Utaha Kasumigaoka not helping us is some bullshit."

"Whatever, Eriri. We should just clean this place and lock it up. It's getting late."

"You're right."

At night, in Tomoya's home, Tomoya discussed with Megumi about the company matters.

"So, we'll entrust Eddy with the coding, Megumi?" Tomoya asked. She nodded her head, "I find his skills great."

"By the way, what is Masaru working as now?"

"He's working at a clothing shop as a salesman." Megumi replied.

"Didn't you try to convince him to come back to Blessing Software?"

"He doesn't want to. He's filled with guilt."

"But I don't trust this Eddy guy." Tomoya said, "He gives me this feeling that he's not sure of what he's doing. At least if Masaru were to come in and help us, I would be assured. But this is a new person we're talking about. What happens if he screws up? And he tarnishes the company's name?"

"Give him a chance, Tomoya-kun." Megumi responded, "We haven't seen him do anything that threatens the company. Besides, you're thinking too much."

"Hopefully I am." Tomoya laid his head on his bed.

In George's house, he and Masaru are eating dinner in his living room.

"When's the first day of your work?" George asked.

"Well, it's two days later." Masaru chewed his rice, "Are you coming down to see me work?"

"Of course, Mr Kobayashi!" George exclaimed, "I must support my best friend on his first day in his new workplace! Where's the location though?"

"I'm working in a clothing store called G-Star RAW in Omotesando Hills, Floor 2 in the Main Building. So you can come and visit me around the afternoon or before nine in the night."

"Can I bring my girlfriend along?"

"I don't know if she would be happy to see me. But if you insist so, then go ahead and bring her. Megumi is coming too."

"You really have no plans on getting back together with Utaha?"

Masaru stopped eating and looked at George, "I don't think so. She can find a better person than me."

"Look, she still loves..."

"George." Masaru sighed, "Even if she still loves me, I don't want to continue this relationship. I fear I will commit the same mistake again."

"But..."

"I don't want to talk about it anymore, Fuistuer. Please."

"Alright. I don't want to force you either."

"By the way, where's your mother?"

"She's upstairs in her room."

Masaru stood up and went up to her room before knocking on the door. Madeline opened the door.

"May I talk to you, Ms Chen?" Masaru asked. Madeline nodded her head and allowed him into her room before locking her door.

"What would they talk about?" George thought as he looked up at her room door.

Inside Madeline's room, Masaru sat down on a chair.

"About Uncle Yang," Masaru started the conversation, "I want to know more."

"Know what?" She asked, "Everything you need to know, you already knew. George is his biological son, he has another child named Leo, he had intercourse with me and wanted me to abort George, dumped our asses alone, and went to have sex with another woman. What else do you need to know more about this incorrigible dead man?"

"He's in a gang last time, right?" Masaru asked. Madeline thought for a while before answering, "Yes, if I remembered correctly. Why did you ask this?"

"I want to find his enemy's gang. I need to know where Leo Shinjisu is. He killed Uncle Yang, and he destroyed his grave. He still hasn't pay for what he has done to me and Uncle Yang."

"You're still stuck up on that good-for-nothing's son?" Madeline asked, "Give it up, boy. Even if you want to avenge Jack, it ain't going to be easy. Like father, like son. If Jack can be cunning, so does that son."

He slammed her table, which made Madeline shocked.

"I'll never give it up." Masaru growled, "He made me and Uncle Yang suffer, so it's time he pay back for his doings."

The next morning, the Blessing Software team met up in Blessing Software's discussion room.

"Guys, I want to do something." Tomoya stated, "We are going to collaborate with AMON Inc. for a charity event."

"AMON Inc.?" Eriri asked, "You mean the convenience store?"

"That's right! AMON Inc. approached many game companies for this charity event, and I'm honored to say we're one of them!"

Everyone in the room clapped their hands.

"So, we will set up a stall in the Hikarie Hall." Tomoya said, "We will debut our game there, and let people try a demo of it. We can provide them with food too. A filled-up stomach makes the people happy and we will have a higher chance of them buying our game."

"That's quite a good suggestion, Morals-kun." Utaha spoke out, "When is it?"

"A week later. Next Wednesday, to be exact. So we got to get cracking and finish our game. Now that we have Eddy as the coder, this game is finally going to get completed."

The team separated into their own rooms and started doing work. Eriri continued with her drawing. Utaha is writing on the storyline and choices that the player could make. Michiru is making instrumentals. Eddy is doing coding for the game. Tomoya is calling food companies for food ingredients while Megumi creates the flyers for their stall.

A few minutes later, Megumi went out to take a cup from the kitchen and poured water into it. She then walked back to her room. As she does her stuff, she does not notice the camera on the top, watching her. Just for information, there is a surveillance camera placed by Tomoya on the top of each room in case any emergency happens.

Someone went into the toilet, locked it and switched his phone on. From his phone, he could see what Megumi is doing.

Liam is stressing out in his office, with Justin thinking about Lukas Nathan.

"We found only two clues." Justin said, "Lukas said the guy had a tattoo on his left hand and he's kinda muscular."

"Well, isn't that helpful?" Liam asked sarcastically, "Anyone in this world can have a random tattoo on their left hand and is muscular. How are we supposed to find the robber and his team at this rate?"

"We got to uncover it slowly." Justin said, "Liam, do you have any friends that fit the description?"

"Let me think." Liam gave it a thought for a while, but then responded by shaking his head.

"I only have friends who have tattoos on their left hands or are muscular, not both." Justin said.

"That's why I'm feeling stuck and frustrated." Liam grumbled. Justin looked at him and thought of something, "Maybe your daughter can help us in this."

"Lucy will not have anything to do with our police cases." Liam voiced angrily, "She's a student. She needs to concentrate on her studies."

"Okay, okay, cool it, Liam." Justin replied, "Or we could ask our prisoners..."

"I wonder if you're giving great suggestions or stupid ideas, Justin." Liam sighed, "We should just let the news know and give the police's hotline if the public find any leads."

"Alright, I'll get on that." Justin went out of the office. Liam then received a call from Lucy's teacher, Ms Tan.

"Hello, Ms Tan." He answered the call, "Is anything the matter...What? Lucy fainted in class?!"

In Masaru's house, he searched through Uncle Yang's belongings. When George sold his old house, he had placed all of Uncle Yang's stuff in a big box before placing it in Masaru's room.

"Clothes, no. Cigarettes, no. A cork?" Masaru is surprised by the type of things in the box, "A cork? What the hell is it doing in here?"

He continued to rummage in the box for possible leads to either Uncle Yang's gang or his enemy's. After thirty minutes of searching, he finally found something.

"Book of rules of the Hongyang Gang." Masaru flipped through the pages of the book but saw only two names inside. Uncle Yang, and a guy named Astriel.

"Well, at least I have two clues." He thought, "But who the fuck is named Astriel?" He continued searching through the box and found Leo's birth certificate.

"Leo Yang." He read out, "This fits him more than that stupid Shinjisu name." He then looked into the box and realized there's nothing left.

"That's all?" He sighed, "Time to start searching Hongyang Gang and a guy named Astriel."

George is tending to someone's injuries on the leg in the hospital. He then placed the plaster on the patient's leg.

"Thank you so much, Mr Fuistuer." The patient said happily, "If you did not attend to me in time, I would've died due to loss of blood."

"It's not that exaggerating, Sam." Geroge replied, "Next time, just be careful of the roads. Don't look at your phone while walking, lest you might trip over another stone again."

"Okay, noted." Sam then sticked his hand out, "I'll see you soon again, Mr Fuistuer."

George shook his hand, "I'll see you, Sam." He then walked out of his office as Masaru came in.

"Mr Kobayashi." George said with enthusiasm, "What brings you here today?"

"I want you to help me in something. I need you to help me find someone."

"Masaru, if you can see here, I'm a doctor, doing my job." George said, "I don't have time to help you find anyone. Are you here for medical reasons or just to ask this? I have a few patients at the back."

"Look, hear me out." Masaru said, "I want to find Uncle Yang's gang. That way, we can find Leo and do revenge."

"Number one, I'm not interested in revenge. Number two, I don't really care about a man who dumped me. Number three, finding Leo and trying to bring him down is going to be quite a stir. He's a gang member. Are you? You're just a normal kid. He got fighting skills. Do you? Let him come out, and then we might think of a plan to take him down."

"Are you crazy?" Masaru asked, "We don't even know Leo's next move. One moment he destroys Uncle Yang's grave, the next moment he'll burn our houses down. Before you know it, he kills us all."

"Masaru, I have no time to discuss this thing with you now." George said, "I need to attend to patients. Please."

"Fine." Masaru stormed out of the office as the next patient cane in.

In Blessing Software's office, Megumi, Eriri, Michiru, Tomoya and Utaha are eating lunch together.

"How's the progress so far?" Tomoya asked the other four, "I'll start first. The ingredients are on their way here. Megumi would bake cookies and a cake."

"I've seventy five percent done with the game's art." Eriri said next, "Can I help Megumi with the baking, by the way?"

"Sure." Tomoya said, "What about you, Megumi?"

"I'm done with the flyers. Since Eriri wants to bake with me, I'll wait for her before we can start it."

"I'm done with the storyline," Utaha said, "So I'll help Kato-san with the baking."

"I've made the instrumentals, and I just need the lyrics and the vocals. I have some lyrics in mind, of course, but not for the whole song."

"It reminds me of one complaint." Tomoya said, "Some gamers had told us they want a more voices in the songs we produced for the game. Not just mine, Megumi, Eriri and Utaha. You can chip in, Michiru."

"Of course that would be a great idea if my voice would not make people's ears bleed to death." Michiru responded, "I could sing, but I'm not that great in singing. I know you've seen me sing before, but that's the best I can sing. I rather make music than let my voice out in songs."

"So, what can we do about it?" Eriri asked, "Are we just going to fail on the music part?"

"Not really, if I can convince someone." Michiru said. Everyone turned to her.

"Okay, so I can try my best to ask this woman to help us." Michiru suggested, "She lives in Osaka, and she's a great singer and songwriter. She has a lot of great hits, and is also super famous. The biggest advantage is that she's my friend."

"Famous?" Megumi asked.

"Lots of great hits?" Utaha asked.

"Great singer and songwriter?" Eriri asked.

"Who on earth is this, Michiru?" Tomoya asked.

"Her name is Ayako Furushima," Michiru replied, "Also known by her stage name Furuwolf."

"Can you give us a little background info on this woman?" Utaha asked.

Michiru then played a video on the projector. It shows a woman looking around a hall and switched on her microphone. With many people cheering and screaming her name, she cleared her throat.

"Hello, everyone." She said happily, "My name is Furuwolf, and I'm going to perform a song for you today!" She then blow kisses to the audience and gave a big smile.

To be continued in Episode 8