This is a short chapter from Mr. Hanekoma's POV, just to fill in the time between the first meeting and the final confrontation of Joshua and Neku, and to possibly clarify a bit of things. Bwah, I still haven't collected all the secret reports, but the ones I currently have are pretty useful (so is Wikipedia 8D). I LOVE YOU GUYS WHO REVIEWED. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
I had watched calmly as Joshua introduced himself to his proxy. It wasn't hard; Joshua had left before the boy could explode. Joshua did have a tendency to annoy the crap out of people until they couldn't handle him anymore. I barely meddled during the meeting; any other day, I'd make a major interference of some sort, but this time, I decided against it, as the proxy's reactions were entirely worth it. I watched the boy, Neku, I think his name was, seethe with annoyance. It was kind of funny watching him, knowing his fate.
Prior to the meeting of the Composer and the Composer's proxy, Joshua had announced his plans for the UG. I myself wasn't at all surprised. After all, Joshua was the man in charge, and he did have an affinity to play Games. He knew he had picked the right kid to be his proxy. I agreed with the inability to contradict his selection, because I, too, knew Neku would be able to single-handedly protect Shibuya, despite the rules of the Game that stated otherwise. I could tell just by looking at Neku that he was struggling inside, struggling to get his way, to get everyone to shut up and leave him alone. Neku lived under my motto, "Enjoy every moment with everything you got," but I knew it was difficult for him to live like that with his specific mindset of closing himself off to the world, the world that would enable him to grow and truly enjoy the moment.
I just hope this kid gets something out of this.