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Tripoli, Libya
The capital of Libya, where the mermaids were first mentioned. It has always been in memoirs of some great figures due to its possession for a beautiful heritages that cannot be found anywhere in the Arab World. There are some shops selling disks of Algerian raï music singer, Cheb Khaled, Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram and Egyptian Latin prince, Amr Diab.
They were still on their walk to seek over the cultural links that had lost after the Gaddafi regime was overthrown.
Inside, there was a boy. He was in a shop and sought to buy some stuffs in a music shop, which had been poorly performed since 2012. The shop was about to be closed, but his arrival saved a bit.
The shop owner, a man educated in Britain, had tried to impress him.
"You should check this one, kid!"
"I want this genre of Amr Diab."
"Oh thank you so much! 70 dinars!"
"Sure, sure. Just take it."
He walked away as the hope rose among them. But as for the boy outside, he walked out. And then …
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"Otabek, it is your."
"Thanks Yuri."
It was Yuri Plisetsky and Otabek Altin. Otabek Altin, himself, spoke out in favor for the music of Amr Diab. He is a devout fan of Amr Diab, the Egyptian musician, and he had used to listen Amr's music. Yurio smiled: "I think you are in love with Amr's music."
"Yeah man, in Kazakhstan, alongside some Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian music genres, we are also in touch with American, Indian and Arab music."
"Hahaha …"
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They were walking after relaxed in Al Waddah hotel. The same thing, Erica invited the girls to witness, with Anna as translator for them. Anna possesses her ability of having Algerian heritage, and influent in several different languages like Arabic.
They were interested in making up some of their hairs. Erica's Italian origin perhaps drew the locals easier together because Libya was Italy's colony. In the souk of Tripoli, Haru and Kyoko found out that Erica and Anna was fast to get in touch with locals.
"エリカは彼女と一緒にアンナを持つことができて幸運です。" (Erica is lucky to have Anna with her.) Kyoko claimed.
"私はもっと多くのリビア人がイタリア語を話すことにさらに驚いています。" (I'm even more surprised that many Libyans also speak Italian.) Haru expressed it.
Erica and Anna, meanwhile, were going on to make touch with local population.
"كم دينار لشراء ذلك؟" (How many dinars to buy it?)
"Hai alcune spade italiani?" (Do you have some Italian swords?)
Due to Dora-the-Kid and Dora-nikov's absence there, they found a little free in a moment. Yuri Mariya and Liliana Kranjcar encouraged Haru Miura and Kyoko Sasagawa to follow Erica and Anna, for certain of their goods together.
"Just walk with them, a bit, maybe we found free air." Liliana spoke out.
"But I also heard Italian become commons there. Is Italian spoken freely in Libya?" Kyoko found it out.
"Yes, Italian is common. As in Italy, where I was raised, Libya used to be a colony of Italy. Italian heritage is still common in Libya." Liliana said to them.
"Wow! Now I realize we can also speak Italian in Libya." Yuri Mariya was impressed on it: "Why don't try it now?"
The girls soon discovered a lot of impressive stuffs they could not miss. Thus they decided to run over, rushed times to cross through the souk for some cheap goods there, where they found to be, only in Libya.
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Hayato felt strange when Yurio didn't even react with his criticisms, but Tsunayoshi and Godou just walked on the pedestrian in Tripoli's main sea coast. Libyans were friendly and hospitality towards foreigners, although they remained skeptical, hence Tsuna felt weird.
"獄寺、あまりにも多くのプレッシャーをかけるべきではありません。" (Gokudera, you should not push too much pressure like that.)
"私はそれを知っている、ボス。しかし…それはまだ変な感じです。" (I know that, Boss. But … it is still a strange feeling though.)
One thing that made him surprised was, before they left Sabha, Yuri Plisetsky did tell to him something that he was truly shocked over. All the backing time in Sabha, Hayato …
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"Have you ever really cared? I think you don't know what make a people be like."
"Hayato, this is not just your job. I know that. We all try to do the best though …"
"And you have done nothing. That could give … what? You are just a skater, you will never understand!"
"I do not care much on that, Hayato. But as a person, I also care on your fellow people. That's not because I am Russian, or Japanese. I'm human first, and I regard for the safety of other first."
"How many people you have ever regarded for your safety? Huh?"
"Many of them, Gokudera. And, I do know a little what had appeared in your past related to this."
"So you have … what?"
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From that moment, Yuri Plisetsky's words mentioning about "the past" affected the emotion of Hayato. Hayato didn't believe it at all, but, as Yurio had taken his words, he quietly reminded about …
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"Hayato!" Godou called.
"Yes? Sorry …" Hayato went silent for a bit, as he didn't imagine what could have gone if Yurio had targeted on.
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Darfur, Sudan
Behind the base, a man, which was known to be there, arrived after the call by Mohammed Magdy. Magdy asked:
"كيف يتم إعداد الخطة؟" (How is the plan prepared?)
"كل شيء جاهز يا سيدي." (Everything is ready, Sir.)
"جيد جدا، خليل. وسوف نفعل ذلك قريبا." (Very good, Khalil. We will soon do it.)
Magdy walked out. So, this young man, the black guy, Khalil, was him. In his Arabic post, his full name was, Khalil Abdullah Masfar, was one of Magdy's right hands. Known as Khalil, he was the right hand of Magdy, but also he was another spy of Željko. A two-faced person, he soon texted message to the Serbian guy.
"Magdy is planning for something called 'great missile fire'. You should check out, Željko."
As for Khalil, he was of ethnic Baggara Arab, but he was born in Darfur so he belonged to Darfur. That's said, he hated many Sudanese Arabs for their ruthless genocide in Darfur, including Mohammed Magdy.
He had also planned together to kill Magdy, but to do this, he had to collaborate with Željko Jelavić, who also had past trauma. As both Mr. Ivanović had failed to assassinate Magdy once, they found themselves similar stance.
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Benghazi, Libya
After Mr. Ivanović read the letter, Mr. Ivanović sent back the letter to Khalil and they began to analyze what would have to happen next.
Meanwhile, Jamie would have to wait …
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Tripoli, Libya
As in the Mermaid City of the Mediterranean Sea, Hayato, Tsuna and Godou sought to buy some flames there, but it seemed like Tripoli citizens didn't have interests on it.
Not just say, to find out any English or Italian speakers had been a tough question as most Tripolians were not able to understand another foreign languages outside Arabic, they felt that the Government of Libya was not capable on helping other to educate a foreign language, the legacy left by the result of Gaddafi's tyranny.
Still, they kept walking on.
"We do not buy anything else …"
Hayato had tried to argue about the price of a Libyan badge, in Italian, one of his native languages, but it wasn't successful. Therefore, Hayato felt that, just if he thought for fun, should Italy re-colonize Libya?
Tsuna asked:
"Hayato, why do some coffee and bar stores still use Italian?"
"Libya used to be a colony of Italy. That's why Libyan coastal cities and several regions still have a lot of Italian features in Libya. Recently, Libyan Government has requested to have Italian redesigned as a national lingua franca." Hayato explained: "My sister Bianchi said, in the Vongola family, some of Vongola Boss XVIII's fiercest fighters were from Libya, the Vongola family still continues to use some assassins from Libya. Just now current Boss, he also has a Libyan contractor, Jafar Galaeddini."
"And also another Libyan too, Fuad Shamsini, he often has business with my dad." Tsuna said too.
"One of Bianchi's close friends is also a Libyan, Hamdullah Ghaghi. And my late mother's friend is also a Libyan, too." Hayato still felt a sense of grudge although he might have forgiven a lot.
Godou was a little surprised when they spoke about the Italian influence in Libya. As he was aware with the fact that Erica Blandelli is also Italian, geez, he believed this was gonna become an Italian thought instead.
As the Libyan flag continued to fly over Tripoli, suddenly, Godou noticed the yelling …
"GET BACK THERE, THIEF!"
"Thief?" Godou turned his face to the right, where he heard about someone was running. Hayato and Tsuna, risked all, decided to act: "Godou, thief?"
"Yes. What should we do?"
"Get him!" Hayato pulled his full spirits and he, with Tsuna and Godou, were determined to capture the thief! They together ran into the souk back again and they soon found the man. They ran after this person.
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As for the girls, they made their points on buying these, and they soon wanted to perform their Libyan styles.
"It is marvelous!"
As from the cheer by Yuri Mariya, they soon noted out that there was a yell: "THIEF! PLEASE GET HIM!" And then, a masked man, running from being captured, was near to them.
"Thief! We will not tolerate them!"
Erica, Yuri M. and Liliana, realizing this, together stood as Anna, Haru and Kyoko saw they demonstrated their sword abilities. For Anna, she must be impressed:
"C'mon, let's get him."
However, this thief, seeing the three girls formed their formation, he was eager to challenge by trying to make a stunning jump. He jumped, and his legs, they must be surprised on how his legs could be. His legs were very long, enough to let him through, causing an immense surprise for even three girls.
"Huh?"
He jumped, and his legs crossed through them, making Haru, Anna and Kyoko became vulnerable target for him, as he had to run all cost. He was about landing to the ground, and he was getting to …
Kyoko, suddenly, turned frozen, as the thief would have landed near to her more than Anna or Haru. She was scared that he could hit her …
Kyoko didn't want to be hurt, she was innocent girl overall … and the thief …
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"BANG!"
Kyoko just looked up, when she saw that, a man, wearing in his tiger shirt and finally managed a kick. She was unaware much, but when she saw, she was …
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"Yuri … Plisetsky!" Anna amazed.
Yurio, from nowhere, suddenly went out and showed a superb kick hit the thief hard, as he hit his stomach and threw him into another shop. All the stuffs there fell into the thief's head, as the woman owner, an old lady, angered with his feature, beat him hard. The people, meanwhile, together gathered into the thief, which was heavily hurt by the kick of Yurio. By then, Yuri P. had some cold on himself, showing that there was, perhaps, a grief of power inside him almost unleashed. Yuri P. was quick enough to cover it.
On the same time, Tsuna, Hayato and Godou arrived, as Otabek also came behind Yurio. Erica, Liliana and Yuri M. were all surprised with the kick Yuri P. gave to the thief.
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That time, people together took the thief into their custody, as a girl and her friend came to the thief. She recognized her money badge was stolen by the robber, and people returned it back to her. The girl, as later on, witnessed how the boy of blonde hair and of European feature appeared as his friends, even girls, drew impression.
"Ya! Your kick … you are a truly …" Liliana fell again. She saw a powerful, strong yet calm Russian tiger.
"How did you learn that kick?" Erica, often mocked Yuri Plisetsky more than praise, even impressed with him: "Please teach me."
Yuri Plisetsky just tried to calm, but his face turned red a little: "Nothing … it is normal to do something in serious."
The girl, without a doubt, walked closer to him. She was not even anyone on the group, she belonged to another one, which her friends also found to be decisively surprising, outside the collapsing shop in a store nearby. The old lady had already joined the popular one to bring the thief into custody, so they could feel a bit. But, this girl, after she grabbed her money bag, walked into the blonde boy and her face turned … blushing.
She approached Yuri P.
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"Are you … the man who helped me?"
Yuri Plisetsky went on to see her, as while others were debating on how Yurio could manage to put such a kick. As such, the girl, her appearance, a straight dark blue hair, long but tied already and also, dark blue eyes, she looked on him with an admiration …
"Thanks … for help me."
Her voice again, this time, the others looked on. Yuri Plisetsky, as usual, just asked a question: "What's your name?"
"I'm … Mirei. Mirei Kudou! Just … call me Mirei …"
Her summer clothes, being obtained with a blue skirt and black t-shirt, perhaps, a little different …
… in this beautiful souk, there was an interesting story there.
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Belhaj's mansion …
Yup, Tom, Butch played chess again, the result was 3-3. Both won at least three matches, and Jerry was cheering either, nope or acted like joker. This made Tom and Butch mad, but they had to calm in respect for the host.
Meanwhile, Kid, Nikov and Belhaj were talking, while drinking teas.
"أنا أعتقد أنني لن تتردد في التعامل مع خليفة حفتر. سأقتله إذا سمحت الحكومة لي برفع جيش!" (I think I won't hesitate on dealing with Khalifa Haftar. I'll kill him if the Government allows me to raise an army!)
In there, Abdelhakim Belhaj, the Libyan leader of Al-Watan Party, spoke to Kiddo and Nikov with strong determination. He even pointed that Haftar's past with Gaddafi could post a major problem.
"بلحاج، المشكلة هي أن حفتر كان يحمل الجنسية الأمريكية، وقد رفع دعوى قضائية ضد الولايات المتحدة ليكون حاميه. وطالما واصلت وكالة الاستخبارات المركزية اعتباره مؤثرا، لن نعرف أبدا." (Belhaj, the problem is, Haftar has had an American citizenship, and he has sued the United States to be his protector. As long as the CIA continues to consider him influential, we will never know.) Kid pointed out the problem was Haftar had lived in the U.S., and had enormous knowledge about the CIA and Libyan politicians, that made Kiddo wary about: "سوف القتال ضد حفتر يؤدي فقط عقوبة الإعدام." (Fighting against Haftar will only result you death penalty.)
"هذا لا يهم، أصدقائي الأمريكيين. يجب أن تتذكروا أن بلدكم لا يستطيع أن ينجح في تقليص نظام القذافي دون معلوماتي." (That doesn't matter, my American friends. You should remember, your country could not succeed on diminishing Gaddafi's regime without my information.) Belhaj soon pointed a past story which they had listened before: "كنت قد حولتني مرة واحدة إلى سجن أبو سليم عندما كان القذافي لا يزال على قيد الحياة. وحتى لو كان قائما على حقيقة اضطررت إلى استخدام الوقت هناك لاستعراض هيكل حكومة القذافي ونظامه وأحزابه، فقد تعرضت للتعذيب أيضا في زنزانة أبو سليم. لا تنسى رفاقي، لأنني يمكن أن تجعل أيضا الأميركيين والناتو يشعر بخيبة أمل، في أي وقت وفي أي مكان." (You had once turned me into the Abu Salim prison when Gaddafi was still alive. Even it was based on the fact I had to use the time there to review about Gaddafi's Government structure, his regime and his parties, I had also been tortured in Abu Salim dungeon. Don't forget my comrades, because I can also make the Americans and NATO to feel disappointed, anytime, anywhere.)
Then, Belhaj smoked his favorite smoke, a Turkish one. Kid and Nikov, watching Belhaj who sat in front of the window with sea winds squeezing his legs on the chair, felt a stress from Belhaj. Both knew Belhaj was a former jihadist turned politician, but his words obviously had something to do with the current Tripoli Government deal to the Tobruk one. That's not wrong to say he was appealing, yet also pushing the U.S. to take role.
Dora-the-Kid, overall, had to speak over while he also took a Moroccan smoke:
"عبد الحكيم بلحاج، وأنا أعلم لماذا تكره حكومة طبرق، وأنا أعلم تماما أنك لا تحب الموالين للقذافي في وقت متأخر. ولكننا نقنع كلا الطرفين بالتوصل إلى اتفاق نهائي، لإنهاء حالة الجنون الحالية، لاستعادة ليبيا من تلقاء نفسها. تريبوليتانيا، فزان و سيرينيكا، فإنه لا يمكن تقسيمها. ليبيا بحاجة إلى النظام، ويجب أن تستأنف معهم." (Abdelhakim Belhaj, I know why you hate the Tobruk Government, and I firmly know that you do not like the loyalists of late Gaddafi. But we are persuing both parties to entour for a final deal, to end the current madness situation, to restore Libya into its own. Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica, it cannot be divided. Libya needs order, and you should appeal with them.)
Dora-nikov, who remained silent since, also found that there was mistrust seemed to have emerged from it. With an ability to read what people thought about, he could understand that, Abdelhakim Belhaj was calling for a war to unify Libya, while Dora-the-Kid was trying to avoid, or, prevent it and sought for a peaceful solution.
Belhaj, just listened what Kid had said, quite cautious as he called: "Ms. Lin Htet! Bring to us coffees!" Yes, the young Burmese maid hailing from Mandalay, working as a servant by a transfer job from Myanmar to Libya, inside. She did look like Hayato Gokudera's late mother, though. Not letting Mr. Belhaj to be angered, she had to carry on coffees and cups, as well. After that, Belhaj just waged his hand, ordered his Burmese maid to leave.
But not without Dora-the-Kid's question.
"Hey, lady."
Lin turned back: "Yes?"
"Where are you from?"
"Mandalay, Myanmar."
"How long have you been there?"
"More than 5 years, Sir."
She slowly left, as Kid felt that Belhaj had something to do with it whatever he knew. Frankly put, he had to be … for something.
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Quick enough, the iPhone of Belhaj suddenly had a message. He soon took out, and he noticed it was from Ali Zeidan. He turned up and read, however after that, his face … had a turn.
He didn't expect that, and it became more and more difficult to see, what would happen. But perhaps, the clearest words …
… is, danger.