Chapter 13
"Yatsu-sensei, are you sure that it's the needed location?" Ikenami asked her teacher.
"There's no doubt in it." Murasaki said firmly. "The meeting must be somewhere here."
"By the way do you know who it could be? Igawa-sensei told me the she hadn't known who it is."
"If Igawa-san doesn't know then I don't know at all." Murasaki answered to her student.
"To be honest I don't like missions that demand spying abilities." Ren said a bit awkwardly.
"That's why you're here." the teacher said, "If you want to be like Igawa-san you must be perfect in different aspects of hunter's life."
"Yes I understand it sensei." Ren responded. "So this night club is the place of their meeting?"
"Yes, we must be very careful; we must understand who is governor, who decided to cooperate with criminals."
"Understand, should we neutralize him?" Ren asked again.
"No, we must interrogate him. Neutralizing is forbidden." Murasaki said seriously emphasizing the second part.
"But how do you think could it be a trap?" Ren decided to announce her warnings.
"It's on the cards." she merely answered.
The club wasn't being looked like something special, it was an ordinary nightclub, and however there was no crowd who wanted to hang out. Only two securities were standing outside the building and no one more.
'It won't be a surprise if it's a trap.' Murasaki thought. 'But we can't just stand here and do nothing.'
When the first group which Igawa Asagi called left her office, Ikenami had a chance to enter it too. She entered the office and saw the same atmosphere there. Nothing had changed from her last coming. The principle Igawa Asagi the strongest anti-demon hunter was sitting on her chair waiting for her student Ikenami Ren.
"Thank you for waiting Ikenami." the principle said to the student. "I think you wondered why I called you personally."
"Quite a bit." Ren said, "As I think I'll have another mission?"
"Yes, you'll have a special mission." Ikenami gulped, but said nothing; Asagi noticed it and continued "We have recently acquired information that some politician is going to meet with some criminal elements. The problem is that we don't know who it is. So you are to find out who it could be, and also you should find what organization he is going to meet."
"So, there's absolutely no information which could help us during this mission, isn't it?" Ren frown her brows.
"We received the information only about the place where their meet will pass." Asagi put her hands in a lock.
"Maybe it could be a trap." Ren suggested, "It would be a real stupid to go there headlong, right in the maw of the beast."
"Yes Ikenami, you're right. And I won't lie if I think so." she sighed deeply, "But we can't ignore it. That's why we must respond quickly and not allow to corruptions to strike first."
"I understand. But sensei." she said somehow hesitantly.
"Yes Ikenami?" she asked her. "Do you have to say something?"
"Is it really good to send me to a mission of spying?" she continued hesitantly. "I mean, I'm good in fighting and other stuff, but shadowing. Are you sure that it'll be good to send me there?"
"It will be a perfect, opportunity to you to revile your potential." the principle gently smiled. "And of course you won't be alone. You'll go with Yatsu-sensei." she separated her hands and then added, "But don't do anything reckless things that can compromise extradite you. Listen to all Yatsu-sensei's words." she said strictly and then added, "I know you'll do everything perfectly." she smiled warmly to Ren likewise her mother. Ren's hesitation disappeared from that smile. She nodded and then Ren asked the principle.
"But what about the location?"
"You'll know about it later, before your mission."
"Understood." Ren nodded and then after Asagi's sign she left her office. 'Asagi-sensei, I want fail you.' she thought leaving her office.
"Cieszę się, że przyszedłeś.1" the man who was sitting in comfortable chair said to the person who was entering the room. The person who was sitting in the chair had strict black suit, he had a tie on his neck. He had nutbrown hair his face didn't express any emotions, his eyes looked like tired, but still it could be just playing. The most peculiar thing in him, were his eyes, one was yellow and another one was green. He had a stick in his arms; it had nothing special, just a stick with a handle. There were two people behind him who was standing behind him. One had a white official suit, with a black roll-neck, and on his head it was possible to see a white hat and the same colour gloves on his hands. He had a thin beard and somehow it was possible to see a long pony tail behind him. Another one was in dark green trousers and the same colour some sort of a jacket with the same black neck-roller. But instead of the rest in the room he was the largest and the most muscular from all of them. He had fair hair and blunt features of face. Both of them were standing behind the man one war purchased on his stick, another one crossed his arms on his chest. "Sorry for my Polish, I'm glad to see you came."
"Like I had a choice." the man said sitting onto another chair, the space between them was separated with a small table. He had nothing special, typical Japanese, black hair and the same colour eyes; he had the same official suit as the man in front of him. But under his suit was a pretty slender body.
"It's nice to hear that you agreed to help us. We have great plans for Japan and we need assistance in your government." it was possible to hear that the man had a strong accent. "We need people who will, give us information and protect us from officials."
"You told me about it, but what your interest in Japan, I would like to know a bit more detailed."
"Mój druh2" the man started again, "Sorry again, my friend." the man made a reservation again, "I would like to tell you, but the laws of organization indicate me not to tell this." the man smirked at the statement of the man with a stick.
"Nevertheless I brought you the information, so where's the payment?" the man interested. The man with the stick gave a sign and the muscular man took the case which was by his leg, and gave the case to the man who was interesting in payment. The man with a stick saw the papers which were laid onto the table. As they were lying on the table he took them and started to move with his eyes by the sheets he took.
"Mister Hayasi, are you sure, that this is a list of your governmental politicians who have connections with crime world?" the man with the stick asked the Japanese man with quaint voice, "Jak vwdzę3…" the man did a reservation again, "As I can see there are pretty much surnames, I didn't wait to see so much to be honest."
"It was a real hard work to gain this information, but being a mousey little in the government gives a lot of benefits." the politician said.
"Naprawdę4." the man coughed, "Really? Why?"
"It's easy to take somebodies measure." he chuckled, "And this information can be sold expensive." the man accepted the case and opened it, he saw many green banknotes. "Like this time." and then he closed it.
"By the way I wanted to ask you something." Hayasi said, the man nodded and then Hayasi continued "Are you sure that no one will know about our meeting?"
"I ensure you, even if someone comes you will be able to leave this place undetectable." the man said, while he was still looking though the sheets.
"Do you want to find a good candidate who will protect you from officials?" Hayasi asked again.
"Nie tylko5…" the man abruptly stopped, but then continued, "Not only from officials, but from activities of those meddlesome Taimanins."
"Yes they're a real thorn in the side." the politician agreed, "I still wasn't found as I do everything secretly and not announcing it."
The man with the stick looked at the man and said laying his sheets aside, "Szczerze mówiąc6…" he coughed again, "Forgive me my reservations, I'm using Japanese not so often, but still, frankly speaking, why won't you become our candidate in the government?" he turned to the politician.
"What do you mean?" Hayasi narrowed his eyes as he didn't understand what his interlocutor meant.
"You're not a quick-witted." he smiled. The man got up and came closer to the man and stood behind him, "You're pretty smart, cunning, domineering. It's everything noticeable in your manner of sitting, your eyes also tell a lot. They are full of wiliness, więc dlaczego nie skorzystać z tej okazji7?"
"What?" the man didn't understand the last part.
"Forgive me please, why not to take this opportunity?" he said again. "You can step out of shades and show yourself as a good politician." the man looked at the politician and saw that he put his hands in a lock between his legs, and then he continued, "I see that you like the idea, but you're hesitating, aren't you?"
"Who are you?" the politician asked the man with the stick.
"What do you mean?" the man didn't understand the question.
"I mean your occupation. You analyze people like open book, you pay attention on gesture, their face expressions. I think you're not an ordinary man like other hunters, are you a spy?"
"Ah!" he exclaimed, "You meant this." the person responded when he understood what the politician meant. "Jak wiesz8…" he made a reservation again. "As you can know, because of my accent I'm not an American." the person decided to start from afar.
"I noticed, and by your reservations I would say that you're Russian, but…" Hayasi said the second part a bit more hesitating. "But I think it's not a correct answer."
"Good analysis." the man chuckle, sitting onto his place. "I'm not Russian, but still you're close. I'm Polish."
"And does it should tell me something?" the politician didn't understand what he his interlocutor was talking about.
"Have you ever heard the surname Wojciechwski?"
"Wojciechwski? No, I've never heard." the man said but still narrowed his eye like he tried to remember something.
"But your eyes tell me, that you seems heard about me." the man with the stick chuckled.
"Wait a minute, I heard about only one Wojciechwski." the man said remembering, "It was the most famous Polish psychiatrist it was Wojciechwski Przemislav, but I've heard that he was murdered or something."
"These gossips were exaggerated. Let's just tell I was laying off." the man smiled.
"But how you joined the criminal organization?" Hayasi asked Przemislav.
"Easy to say, that a lot of things happened…" he couldn't finish his speech as the man in the white suit came to Przemislav, leaned to his ear and whispered something in it. "Just send cyborgs to deal with them." the man said calmly.
"What is it?" the politician started to worry a bit.
"Nic specjalnego9… I mean there's nothing to worry about."
"Ren, are you ready?" Murasaki asked her student.
"Yes sensei." she merely answered, as she responded they were about to break into the nightclub, from the roof they were standing, when they heard sonorous steps. Both huntresses look out and saw eight robots that were surrounding them.
"Throw your weapons and surrender." one of them said who wasn't looked like the others. Almost all robots were looked similar to each other. Their colour was grey with some black stripes. And only one of them was black.
"So it's was a trap after all." Ikenami said taking out her blade and standing in the battle stance.
"Looks like these robots belong to series of LT-32, but still they're pretty strange." Murasaki admitted, "Ren be careful." Murasaki said to her student and took out her battle axe. "It seems that we will stick here for a bit." she rushed at the robot and was ready to hack it into two, but he successfully avoided her attack. Then it released a blade out of his arm and prepared to attack the woman in the white uniform, but she closed herself with the handle of the axe. This block was successful due to the handle was made of metal, she hit the robot with the handle by its head destabilizing its. And then she successfully hack the first one into two pieces.
Ren on another hand was trying to avoid the attacks of robots. She couldn't block their weapons with her short blade like her teacher, that's why she decided to dodge all attacks. One of the robots, who was fighting Ren jumped at her with a blade which was in his wrist. He made a mistake and his blade entered the surface of the roof, and while he was trying to take it out Ren quickly plunged her blade into his head deactivating it.
"So our robots won't take them for long, did I understand it right?" Przemislav asked the person in a hat.
"I think so." he merely answered, "But if you want, we can handle them for a while."
"Do it." the Polish said to the man in the white hat.
The muscular person in the dark green clothes and the other one in the hat almost left the room, when they both were stopped by the Polish psychiatrist. He came to them without his stick and put his hands on their shoulders. "Now you'll be able to fight better." and then returned to his place. The both persons left and in the room were only Hayasi and Przemislav.
"Contynuujmy10… Let's return to our theme." the man smiled.
"I think it's the best time to leave for me." the politician said not listening to the Polish.
"Don't worry these two will buy us some time, so we can continue our little discussion. Why don't you want to start the real political career?"
"If you sure that your man will be able to do so, then let's do it." the politician referred nervously. "Honestly, I'm afraid only one of all politician. His name is Yazaki Muneichi."
"Why do you afraid of him?" the Polish asked the politician.
"First, he has connections with the criminal world. Second he also his contacts among demons." the man was telling counting his fingers. "Third he has contact with Washizaru Group, which develops different technologies."
"You know about this person quite well. Czy ty11…" Przemislav cough at his fist. "How did you get this information surreptitiously?" he asked with interest his Japanese interlocutor. "I think that the man with such facilities would notice that ktoś na jego ogonie12. Sorry, I mean that he has got a tail."
"Let's leave this story for another time." Hayasi smiled.
"If you wish so." the man sighed disappointing that he won't be able to hear this story. "But I can tell you that we can offer you the same, infrastruktura13 infrastructure." he repeated the word again, but as it was needed to be pronounced. "We can give you protection, facilities to start your political career."
"But in exchange?" the politician said suspiciously.
"You'll do everything what we will want. Firstly it will be the information about Japanese hunters. Second," he stopped but the added, "The plans of that program which was started between Russia and Japan."
The man raised his and closed his eyes, 'What should I do? From the first hand the real policy gives me perfect opportunities, I can start to play rough, but from the other hand, when I am cought I will be punished to the full extent of the law. These damn hunters don't sleep and see to us.'
"Well what will you say? Are you agree to join our team?"
"I have to think about, it's difficult to solve this problem when hunters are behind you." the politician chuckled.
"Well I think our meeting is over for today." the both of them got up from their chairs, and shook their hands. "I think you remember how to contact us." the Polish psychiatrist added after a short pause, "By the way don't forget the case." he pointed at it with his stick.
"Thank you I wouldn't forget about my money. Don't worry I'll tell as soon as I will be able to deliberate about it properly." then they both leaved the room.
During the talk between Hayasi and Przemislav.
"Phew, that was the last one." Ren said when her blade pierced the head of the last cyborg. The robot fell down with clatter.
"Ikenami, don't fall behind!" Ren heard a command of her teacher. The teacher and the student jumped off the building and headed to the club.
They rushed into the nightclub through the window crushing it. When they were inside of it they saw nothing personal, just e simple night club, however it was empty the two securities, which were standing outside entered the building and saw two women one was with the axe and another one was with the short blade at the ready. Both of them were wearing tight suits the woman with the axe had the white one, and another one had the blue one.
"Damn it, Taimanins!" one security shouted, both of them quickly took out their guns and started to shoot at ladies. However they had an enormous lack in reaction. So both of them were quickly took out of action, by hit in their necks from behind.
"Look what we have here." the ladies heard high and rude voice. In front of the two hunters started to appear two persons, one was wearing a white costume with a hat, he was spinning his stick in his right hand. He was quite slim. His face was difficult to discern because of his hat, however it was possible to see his thin beard. Another person was bigger and taller than the man in the white suit, he was muscular. His face was blunt and frown he was wearing dark green costume, but it wasn't official as the white suit of his partner. "Some beautiful ladies came to revel to the club."
"Sorry ladies but it's already reserved for today, so why won't you go to have some fun somewhere else." Another person in the hat said, but his voice was as rude as his partner's, it was softer, but still it was haughty.
"Perfect, another trap!" Ikenami said irritated.
'Two enemies this time?' Murasaki thought squeezing her axe. "Ren you take the biggest one I will take the skinny one!" Murasaki ordered to her pupil.
"Roger!" Ikenami merely answered.
"They already decided who they want to fight, not asking us." the man in the hat turned to the biggest man and added, "Let's show them what we can, brother."
"I fully agree." another man smirked and both of them banged their fists. It was possible to see a strange energy which covered their fists. When they detached they're fists, he said, "Let's do it brother!"
When Ren was near with the muscular man she wanted to choose his hand to attack, but the man quickly dodged it and made a counter attack with his left hand. Ren knowing that she won't be able to do her attack successful, decided to dodge it to. It was easy to her to dodge his strikes because of his complexion, but still he was pretty quick, and it was difficult to Ren to read his moves. The man was fighting with his fists and his problem was big swing-ups. While en was fighting the big man, Murasaki on the other hand was trying to get the skinny person who was on the other hand faster than another one. He was attacking her with her stick she closed her body with the handle of her axe. It was pretty difficult to her to fight this man; she was using enormous power swinging with her weapon, but still there was no result.
"Ren, take the skinny, I'll take the sturdy." Murasaki commanded, understanding her mistake she decided to change opponents.
"Are you sure with that decision lady?" the man in the hat asked the huntress in the white suit striking her by her axe again.
Ren quickly jumped to the man and forced him to block her blade with his stick. This opportunity wasn't wasted by her teacher and she switched her attention at the muscular man. Now they have evened their situation. After several minutes Murasaki noticed that hits of the man in the green suit became a bit weaker. Ren felt the same too, the attacks of her opponent became slower too his moves also became slower. She hit him into his stomach and then made another quick strike into his head with her leg. The man flew off onto the table and broke it with his body. The biggest man stopped hitting the axe and was trying to get Murasaki, his moves started to be a bit more controlled, but one of his punches was blocked be handle of her axe so he quickly pushed aside his arm and squeezed it, she was about to chop him by her axe, but he found powers to jump to the man with the white hat who had already got up.
"I think we need another booster charge, little brother?" the big man said.
"Hm, you have just read my mind." the man said putting on his hat. They banged their fists again the same energy started to pulse on their hands and then the removed their fists. "Phew, that was refreshing isn't it?" he turned to his brother.
"Yes. Now where have we stopped?" the muscular man took a nearby table and threw it at women. Both huntresses dodged it. But the man in white hat appeared by Ren and hit her with his stick by her leg. Ren crouched down, but blocked his next attack.
'It seems that they somehow recharged each other.' Murasaki thought while she was trying to chop man's hand, but still it wasn't successful, the man took the chair and threw it at Murasaki. She crushed the chair with her axe and made another lunge with the opposite side of her axe. The man grabbed it and threw the huntress onto the table, the power she was thrown made this table to crush too. But she quickly escaped his shot from the air, so the man only left the whole in the floor.
Suddenly there was a clap sound in the roof they all were fighting. They all turned their hands and saw a man in a white suit with a stick that he was holding under his armpit. The man moved away from the door for a bit and said. "Dobra robota, panowie14…" he stopped, but then added, "As expected from Japanese hunters; good preparation, impressive skill, good team work, everything what I love so much." He watched at two men who were regrouped using this confusion. "They've thrashed you a little, haven't they?"
"Just a little, I admit." the man in the hat said, to the new comer.
"Damn things became worse and worse." Murasaki whispered. "What should we do?" but the next confused her a lot.
"Guys retreat." the man said to these two.
"What?!" the both of them didn't understood.
"Are you sane mister Przemislav?" started the biggest one.
"We can bit them both and make slaves out of them or servants to your organization." the skinny one echoed.
"Zamówienia15..." he coughed but added, "Orders are orders we can't disobey them, when we have the order to exterminate or to enslave one of those hunters, we will do it, but if have no such order we don't do it." he said calmly without any expression on his face.
"But still…!" the biggest one tried to prevail upon the Polish psychiatrist.
"I think you should listen to me, if you don't want to feel the anger of our master." the continued to talk calmly.
"Well, young ladies!" the skinny one said, "I think I should say you goodbye to you for now." he bowed and then added, but still I hope that we will meet again, soon enough." and both of them jumped into the window crushing it, Murasaki and Ren were about to chase them, but were stopped by the newcomer who slowly made several steps to them. The huntresses stopped and Murasaki decided to ask the man with a grin.
"So I think there were no politicians after all."
"I'd say that this assertion is wrong." the man said, "He went a while ago."
"Then why did you stay here?" Ren joined the talk.
"Chciałem16…" he stopped but then said again, "Just wanted to check the abilities of Japanese hunters. I heard a lot of rumors about you."
"Do you think that you can defeat us alone?" Ren asked the man.
"Ikenami, don't run ahead of the engine!" Murasaki lectured her student. 'He isn't Japanese, and neither American. Fine I'll try Sakura's method to start a talk with enemy.' she sighed and said, "Can I ask you a question?"
The man was wondered with this question, he saw a strong and serious woman. It was easy to read from her expression that she is the type what doesn't like to make something reckless or stupid, just a cold calculation. Her partner the tanned girl in the blue Taimanin attire was the same type, but still young. So it was really interesting to see to him what question she wants to ask him, that's why he decided to play along. "Yes what pytanie17? Argh! What is your question?"
"Are you from the UFS or Nomad?" she asked her question, but still he could see that she screwed her axe up, so she was ready attack him.
"Not the one not the other." he bowed with his head from side to side.
"Then what are you working for?" she asked again, "Because I don't think that you're American."
He wanted to say something, but he put his fingers on his ear and then said to someone, "Good, I will soon join you, don't worry I'll find you just stay at your position." then he turned his head to his opponents and said to them with some cunning, "This question is better to ask to your ne colleagues."
"What do you mean?" Ren grew circumspect at his cunning voice.
"I mean your Rosyjski18, Russian, new friends." he referred to her watching at her eyes.
'It seems that they have lots of secrets they don't want to talk.' Ren thought squeezing the hilt of her blade.
"Do you think that we will let you go so easy?" Murasaki grinned.
"No." he took his stick and turned the lower part of it, he quickly dashed to her and stroke her at the hilt of her axe.
'Damn so quick?' Ren and Murasaki were impressed to his speed. But when the teacher blocked his strike it was possible to see that now he had an epee instead of his stick, but still in his other hand was the same stick, 'A cane sword?' Yatsu-sensei was impressed.
Ren rushed to his teacher to help her, but the man blocked her blade with his stick. Then he pushed them and decided to attack Ikenami as she was weaker than the woman with the axe. His hits were quick and aggressive, but still with some troubles Ren could dodge and parry them. But still she skipped one lunge with his stick at her stomach, which attack made Ren to fall onto the floor dropping her blade. She put her hand onto her stomach and bowed down. Murasaki decided not to hold back too and started to him more aggressively. He didn't notice how Ren recovered senses and joined the battle again. 'Boże19. I have not got many powers as they! I didn't think that they're so strong. I'm to finish this fight quickly or they will beat me.' He upended his stick and now the hooked part wasn't in his hand he rushed at Murasaki and prepared to hit her with his epee, but when he reached her he quickly used his stick to catch her axe he tried to snatch her weapon out of her hands and made ot successfully as she was in a little confusion after his feint and he quickly grabbed her hand. 'Man, her axe is really the heaviest weapon I've ever met.' But suddenly he noticed that Ren was ready to strike him from the air but he quickly threw his weapon and when she landed he quickly took her hand too. He closed his eyes and after a second two huntresses fell down onto the floor like they had no powers.
"Sensei, what happened?!" Ren was shocked, a second ago Ren had powers, but now she had no powers.
"What did you do to us?!" Murasaki said trough her teeth.
"Nothing special. I just imputed a strong fatigue to your subconscious, don't worry I did it just for several minutes so you'll be fine when the time will pass. He said picking his stick and putting his epee in it.
"Why won't you kill us? What are you here for?" Murasaki said trying to get up but it was really difficult to her.
"Orders as I said before." he detached dust deposit from his jacket. "But I ensure you that we will meet again and only future knows what orders I'll have then. By the way you will be able to move in four minutes from now, so it will enough to me to retreat." he smiled and then bowed to them. "Goodbye ladies." He rushed at the broken window and then disappeared there.
After four minutes both huntresses could move like before, they took their weapons. "Sensei, what do you think he meant to ask our colleagues? Does it mean that Tereshkov-sensei and Pave can know something about them?" Ren asked her teacher.
"I don't know, but they have a lot to explain at least. I hope that both of them won't beat around the bus this time." As she said it they left the nightclub and disappeared in the night of Japanese capital.
'Pavel, this time you will answer my questions! And I won't gentle as the previous time!' Ren thought in her mind.
1 Cieszę się, że przyszedłeś – I'm glad you came
2 Mój druh – My friend
3 Jak widzę – As I see
4 Naprawdę – Really
5 Nie tylko – Not only
6 Szczerze mówiąc – To be honest
7 Więc dlaczego nie skorzystać z tej okazji– So why not take this opportunity
8 Jak wiesz– As you know
9 Nic specjalnego – Nothing special
10 Contynuujmy – Let's continue
11 Czy ty - Do you
12 Ktoś na jego ogonie - Someone on his tail
13 Infrastruktura – Infrastructure
14 Dobra robota, panowie – Good job, gentlemen
15 Zamówienia – Orders
16 Chciałem - I wanted
17 Pytanie – Question
18 Rosyjski – Russian
19 Boże - Oh god