Part V
"Does it hurt that much knowing that you had no way of avenging the person you love, Ryo?" asked a serious faced Umibozu. Although he spoke in a casual tone, still the concern was clear from his accent. Ryo said nothing; he just stood up and started walking in the opposite direction. Umibozu stood silently, not even for once did he try to call him back. When he couldn't sense him anymore he returned to his café and joined the others. Saeko and Miki looked at him questioningly; he said that perhaps Ryo had more important work to do other than accompanying them and sipping coffee. Just as he finished talking, he turned back. He could sense someone approaching the café, he even knew who it was, but he waited to see if he was right. As soon as the doorbell rang with a sweet metallic cling, his voice was heard "Hello Doc! As far as I can remember we were at your place not more than 20 minutes ago. What happened that made you running here? And where are your shoes?" Miki and Saeko were looking at the face of the Old Doc, so they did not notice at all that the old man had no shoes on his feet. The person, to whom these questions were asked, was busy getting his breath back. Umibozu silently kept a glass full of water on the counter which he finished in one gulp. After getting his breath back, he spoke in a serious tone which was very much uncharacteristic of him "Where is he?" he asked. All the other three persons were silent. Now the doctor was furious, "For Heaven's sake, tell me where he is! I need him! I won't be able to keep this under control for any longer. I need him there. Without him, I can't do anything anymore." Saeko spoke for the first time after returning from the clinic, "Doc, what's the matter? It was all fine when we were present, right? Just in 20 minutes what have happened all of a sudden? Why the sudden emergency? Tell us please." The Old Doc let out a huge sigh, "Listen carefully. As you all know the patient was in a coma! A coma is a state when….." His words were cut short by Umibozu and Miki jointly "We all know what a coma is. So pray continue Doc. The old Doc smiled lightly and continued, "There is a 50% chance that a patient in a coma might never recover, and there is another 50% chance in which he/she recovers and leads a perfectly normal life. In this case, after about a year as if by some miracle, suddenly after you all just got out of the apartment, the patient showed some unnatural symptoms. You can say that the patient might recover from the coma, but for that, I need him. Without him, I can't proceed." "How much time do we have to bring him?" asked Umibozu. "Thirty minutes at the most. I am gonna run. The other experts are having their way as I speak, but I know the patient better than everyone there. So I know what is to be done." said the Doc, "We all know" said Miki who was sitting with a bright face. "Then there's no time to spare. You go to the clinic, and I am gonna go and look for that idiot. I know where he might be now." Said Umibozu, but by the time he finished, the old Doc was nowhere in the café, he was storming down the street towards Hanazano Clinic with Saeko.
The morning sky was clear, still the sun was yet to be seen. Ryo was in his so-called 'unofficial home' watching the cold misty morning for his assuagement, while washing away his sadness in the gentle yet cold austral breeze. It seemed that melancholy was in autarchy of this man. A quick look at him, and anyone would tell at a glance that he resembles an azoic person. He was busy gazing at the beautiful sun of the cold and misty morning, when his sixth sense awared him again for the second time that someone was approaching him. But he seemed to know this person well, without hesitation, he went towards the lift, and there he was! Ryo couldn't make out what it was, that brought him out of his café in this weather. He just stood silently, gazing at the sunrise. Umibozu, sensing the emergency, needed to tell Ryo the cause of his present misfortune, but instead he only told, "Ryo, I need to take you somewhere. Don't ask me any questions because I won't answer to them. For the time being, be a dumb person, and follow me." Ryo, as expected, didn't move even an inch. He stood there itself, and kept looking at the sky. It so seemed, that he was busy imagining something. Umibozu could feel the danger increasing with each passing second. He had no other choice, he brought his gun out of the holster and pointed at Ryo, "I am sorry for doing all this Ryo, but there is somewhere I want you to be than here. Trust me this one time Ryo, I promise you won't be disappointed. Perhaps, you won't have a reason to be disappointed anymore. Just follow me already…", saying this he started moving towards the lift and he could tell from his intuition that Ryo was up on his tail. He put the gun back in the holster, as he knew that there was no use of it anymore, he knew that Ryo would follow him now. As both of them descended from the skyscraper, Umibozu started walking towards the clinic. When they were on Kabuki-Cho, he had a feeling that someone was following them, so as he turned back, he gave a dainty laugh. "I could handle it, you Moron! I didn't need your help. Besides, as the present state goes, it seems that you could use some help for yourself, you Dumbo!", because he heard a gunshot from quite a distance and then he could feel Ryo coming towards him out of the park on their right side. He had a nonchalant face, Umibozu didn't ask him anything. He just resumed walking. After some distance, he could again that they were being followed, but this time, it was Miki-San who came running to them saying that she too wanted to join in. All the while, though Ryo had a nonchalant face, there was but only question going on in his mind, "Where am I going to? What's amiss in this situation? What am I missing out? Why is everyone so happy? Miki-san looks a bit tensed, still I can tell that she is happy. Why? What's the matter
