As soon as he stepped on to the deck, several men came running, with automatic rifles in their hands. Ryo was surrounded by them on all sides as he stood coldly. The "City Hunter" inside him was awake, judging the surroundings very closely. Soon a person came out through one of the doors of a cabin, accompanied by a golden haired girl in an attractive jet black dress. "RYO!" she exclaimed as she ran to him for a nice, warm embrace. Ryo kissed her on her forehead as he released her from his embrace. By the time, the person too came and stopped, inches away from him as he had a gentle smile on his face. He then turned away from him, and his expression turned to a wild one as he shouted referring to the armed men all around Ryo "YOU IMBECILES! PUT DOWN YOUR GUN AND GET BACK TO YOUR ROOMS. YOU'RE NO LONGER NEEDED HERE!" That seemed to do it! Within a moment, there was only the three of them on the open deck. "Fuji", called the girl, with a hand on his shoulder. He instantly turned back to face Ryo and the girl with a broad smile as he extended his hand towards the former. The female tugged Ryo on his left hand "Come to our cabin Mister City Hunter! We can talk all you want, in there" she said. Ryo accepted the cordial invitation from the male, taking his hand and giving it a nice shake, before he proceeded with the couple to their cabin.
At the hospital, Umibozu was preparing to leave. He had a slight hunch about the present destination of Ryo! Considering the medical emergency at hand, there's only one place he could get some help from: The Dragon Syndicate! Miki was continuously arguing with him, "You shouldn't leave her alone! He entrusted you with her!" she said. To which he replied, "Ryo will make even hell pay if anything happens to her. Just trust that idiot Miki! He will work it up. Nothing will happen to Makimura. And about me? I need to go, I have a hunch where he is headed to. I am not worried about him, there is information I need to check. I will be back shortly. Till then keep this….." he said as he handed her the same gun that Ryo had handed Miki just before leaving the hospital. The doctor was eying them with mixed emotions of suspicion, curiosity and horror. She just couldn't get a grip on the people she could see before her. "They all looked just like any regular…… sorry, this demon is an exception with a really demonic appearance with an army-uniform and a bald head. The sunglasses on his eyes will lead to people not to even think that he is visually challenged. Next comes that meek golden haired lady who looks frightened although holds unusual strong nerves in case of emergency, and after all, that mysterious character in blue overcoat on a red T-shirt and jet-black trousers. He was a real puzzle. It seemed all of the trio had their focus fixed on the same place, the girl on the bed. Who might that be, and what's the relation of the tetrad?" The doctor asked herself as she saw the large figure leaving the room with a final wave of his hand. The golden haired female in the room waved him back as he stooped a bit low to get out of the door of the room which was evidently NOT for someone of his stature and he then disappeared gradually amongst the busy public in the hospital, stomping the ground as he did so. Moments later his jeep was heard to rattle out of the compound and the sound subsided within a minute. Finally Saeko spoke up "So it seems that I have no use here, Miki. I think I will pass on to the headquarters before anyone comes to know about the disappearance of my Ferrari. After all it's a police vehicle. Ring me up if anything serious happens here. I will be here before you can even say 'Hello'" she said as she turned to go, but the doctor called her back, "Officer, don't you think that you'd better be searching for the missing vehicle instead?" she asked with a puzzled face. Saeko and Miki had a gentle smile on their lips, and after a while Miki spoke up "It's totally fine doctor. The Ferrari is in good hands. I think Ryo needed the vehicle more than Saeko and that's the reason he took it. He will return it when he's finished with it. There's nothing to worry about him." Finally Saeko turned to go out, but at that very moment, her mobile rang yet again. She hurried out of the door to take the call. It was someone she knew quite well. After a few 'OKs" and a few "HMMs" she disconnected the call and brought out her walkie-talkie to connect to the police headquarters to get a patrol car so that she can get there as soon as possible. Minutes later there was a police siren heard outside the hospital compound. Saeko rushed out because she knew that it was illegal to blow the siren within fifty meters of the hospital except under emergency situation. Saeko was in such a rush that she didn't even wave goodbye to Miki who kept looking at her go. Just then another nurse rushed in, "Doctor, we're out of the blood group O-Negative. I've contacted all of the blood banks close by, but none have given us any satisfactory answer. I am afraid that we don't have anything to do, we can't help the patient" she said as she came and stood before the doctor. Miki was cold as ever. She didn't know her own blood group, so she couldn't be sure that she could help Kaori. She decided to take a chance. "Doctor, can you please check my blood-group? I can be the donor for her if possible." The doctor looked at her in a bit of surprise but considering the present situation, she didn't say a further word. She hurriedly motioned to the nurses to get a blood sample from Miki. Miki looked at Kaori, "Hold a little longer Kaori-San. Ryo will be here soon. Please don't give up before that. I know he will work something out. Please bear with us" she thought. Within minutes the nurses took a blood sample from Miki for analysis. Kaori was still in her dreams.
"So Mister Saeba, you're asking for Diazepam? What do you need it for?" asked the golden-haired girl Aikawa Inoue. Ryo looked at Fujiashi, he too bore the same questioning look. The room they sat in, was sort of a decorated suite. The room was beautifully decorated with yellow walls and contrasting green shades of window covers. There were two large divans kept face to face at the centre of the room with a round crystal center-table. On one side of the room, there was an open bar, while on the other side, there stood a large jet black, shining piano. In short, the room they sat in was even more luxurious than a hotel suite. Ryo said nothing further, instead he stood up from the divan and proceeded towards the door, bidding them goodbye all the while. Inoue got up in a flash and got him by his left shoulder. "Mister Saeba, something's surely amiss in this whole thing that you are hiding from us. Please tell us, and I promise that Fuji will help you. Please Oniichan!" she pleaded as soon as Ryo turned back to look at her. She then tugged him back to the same divan he previously sat on, and the indicated him to sit down yet again. Ryo had no other option but to comply to their request. He knew that if anyone can help him get the drug, it was the Dragon Syndicate. No one could possibly help him other than them. So he had to obey them. As he sat down, Fujiashi rose up and proceeded towards the bar. He brought out a 1973 comet vintage and came and sat back beside Ryo. Inoue too sat on the other side. Inoue now touched his hand, "Brother, please tell us. By the look on your face, the situation seems pretty worse. What is the matter? Why do you want the drug so badly?" Ryo sighed, and then said in a low voice, "Kaori! She needs it to live." The couple looked at him with large, surprised eyes for quite some time before Inoue spoke up "KAORI?? By any chance you don't mean your ex-partner Kaori Makimura who died a year ago, right?", Fujiashi too nodded hearing the question. Ryo had nothing more to say, he just sunk his head yet lower and gave a silent nod. "Bbbb……. But….. H………How?" The duo stammered. Ryo was lost in thoughts, but after a moment, he found his grounds back, "It's a long story. I don't want to go into the details now. Right now, I need the drug. Can you help me Fujiashi?" He looked at the male, who was totally bewildered. He just gave a dazed nod, to indicate that he could. Moments later he came back to his senses and called aloud "FRANK!!" No sooner had he called, a man came in, clad in a formal uniform of white shirt and dark black pair of trousers. The black chequered tie with a dark blue Masonic Tiepin was a view to watch. The shoes were shiny black, as if a black mirror. He wore a dark blue blazer over the white shirt. He came in and bowed low, "Yes boss?" he asked quite respectively. Fujiashi spoke up yet again, "Get me 9947, quick!" he ordered authoritatively, to which the person bowed yet lower and left the room in a flash.