10 PM

I was about to get some sleep. I was asleep for thirty minutes before my cellphone rang. Who could be calling me at a time like this?

I looked at my phone to see it's an unlisted number calling me. Even so, I decided to answer the call. As the speaker spoke from the other side, I recognized the voice.

It's Yamada.

"What do you want, Yamada? I'm trying to get some sleep here," I grumbled.

"Yes, I'm sorry for waking you up at a time like this, Mr. Okoba. I just want to let you know that my friends and I were tailing Number 5, also known as Yugiri," this should be interesting.

"And what did you find out?"

"She went to a bar known as Bar New Jofuku talking to a bartender known as Jofuku. It's as if they know each other."

"I see..."

"There's something you should know, sir. Jofuku... is my father."

"What?!" I was surprised to hear this information coming from her.

"Well, not biologically. Adopted."

"Oh... I see..." I said in relief. Of course he's only her relative by adoption.

Anyway, she started telling her connection to this guy. He took her in after her parents died. She claimed that the Sagako curse did this. It's no wonder how she and her group of friends formed the Saga Sagako Busters, whom they called him as MJ. Anyway, she told me that she only spoke with Jofuku from a distance because of his overprotectiveness towards her. At least they reconciled.

That's quite a story I'm hearing from her.

"Are you gonna tell him that you're awake?" I asked.

"No, I won't. I'm gonna surprise him just like how we're going to surprise Franchouchou of bringing their loved ones at the concert this Friday."

"Do they know about him?"

"Aside from Yugiri, no. However, we did find out that Kotaro Tatsumi, also known as Inui, got the idea of Franchouchou from him."

"So he's behind their resurrection, including yours."

"That's right."

Looks like the pieces are coming in together.

"There's one more thing I must know. Did you father ever told you when he was born from?" I asked Yamada this critical question. If Jofuku knew Yugiri, then he must be born in the same era as her.

"No, I didn't think he would tell me something like that when I was alive," of course he didn't tell his adoptive daughter of his origin just yet. "Why? What are you getting at?"

"I think we should get some answers from him. I think we should confront him at the bar tomorrow night at 7 PM," I suggested.

"Good idea. Looks like I found the right time to surprise him. Should Maimai come along in this?"

"Of course I'd let her come. She's my partner. Anything else you'd wanna tell me?"

"Nothing else, just that. Good night, Mr. Okoba."

"Good night, Yamada."

As I ended the call, I looked at the clock to see it's 11:15 PM. Just how Yamada and friends could stay up late hunting monsters at night?

Who knows?

I'm getting tired, anyway. It's time for me to get some sleep.

Author's Note: It's just a short chapter between Okoba and Tae. Don't worry, he'll come face-to-face with Jofuku in an upcoming chapter.