"MAI…." That's the only thing Naru says.
Still, no one can speak after Mai perform, they can't believe that Mai can work into someplace like this. Why did she have to work here? Is that really hard for her to find a job after working on SPR? Why didn't she call anybody from the SPR to help her.? That's all the question running to their mind.
"Lin" Naru spoke after the long silence, they already leave the pub house without speaking to each other. "find everything about Mai, how did she get into that pub, where she lives, EVERYTHING!. I want to know what really happen to her"
Lin did not answer but Naru is sure that lin understand what he says.
It's already afternoon when Masako, Ayako, John, Bou,and Yasuhara gathered to the SPR office.
"You already found her? Ayako said "How?"
"It's only by an accident" Everyone surprise when they heard Naru speak, he is already entering the office door.
"Naru-bou, you're now in here. Any news?" as Bou-san ask, Naru's phone starts ringing. Everyone stared at Naru as he answered his phone.
"Lin" Naru answered his phone in a cold manner. "Nani?. I understand, I'll be there in a minute.
"Is that Lin? What did he say? Does he have any news about Mai? Ayako asked Naru.
"I have to go, Lin is waiting for me." Naru said not answering ayako.
"Is it Mai? Masako glared at Naru. Still, he did not answer any questions. "Where going too." Masako said.
"Do whatever you like" that's all naru say's to everyone.
Exactly 30 minutes, they arrived to the place where Lin is. "The place is only few blocks from the pub that we were last night." Yasuhara_san said.
"YOU ARE IN THE PUB …? Ayako said "LAST NIGHT?" and give a deadly glare to Bou-san.
Bou-san didn't know what to say. He can't look straight to ayako. He felt guilty even there's nothing to be. He chooses not to say anything.
"Hang-on, you said that you are in the pub last night. And you also said that you found Mai last night" as Masako speaking there's a trace of confusing look on her face. "Does it mean that Mai is….?
"She's working as a pole dancer" yasuhara said continuing to what masako will say. Masako and Ayako gasped. They both surprised as the news confirmed of what they are thinking.
"It can't be"
"Poor mai"
"So what are we doing here Lin-san?" john asks Lin.
"This is a place where she lives now."
"Let's go!". Naru said to everybody
Lin spoke again. "We can't bring the cars, the way is too narrow, we need to walk until we get there"
So as Lin said, they walk for a minute until they find a stairs, leading them down to a small houses lining up on the side of the path walk. All houses are look the same, same color, same type and same size. They stopped to the front of the third house at the right.
"This is it?". Bou-san asked Lin
"Hai"
"So, what now? Are we going to knock? Ayako ask them.
But before they knock, they felt like someone is watching them. Masako glance at the side of the house, she saw a girl staring at them. The girl is wearing a light long sleeve top with buttons at the center while wearing a white long skirt up to below the knee with a plain slip-on. Her shoulder length hair is tied up with some tangles skip and covering her cheeks. She is also wearing a thick eye glasses. Masako widened her eyes as she realized who she is staring at. The girl also got a surprise look on her face but she easily recovered than Masako, and changes her expression into a cold, expressionless stare.
"Naru!" Masako said calling the narcissist person's attention.
Naru and the rest look at Masako as they notice a girl who is coldly staring at them. John and bou-san's eyes are widened. Ayako gasped. They surprise to who they see.
The girl walks toward them, looking straight at them like she was examining them from head to toe.
"Why don't you come in" as Mai speak. It was Mai, but the Mai in front of them is very different to the Mai they saw last night. She step ahead leading them to her house. She let the others come in first, but naru stop and look at her.
They stared each other without any emotion. Even though both of them is expressionless, it looks like they understand each other very much.
Naru saw sadness in her eyes. He is the only one who can see it. He wonder why, maybe he is the only one who can take those sadness away