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Chapter 3 – Peine forte et due (Hard and Forceful Punishment).

Today Takaba felt eighteen going on forty not an entirely new feeling but still one he could do without , he adjusted his school bag on his back and began the twenty minute walk to one of his two part time jobs. He enters the coffee shop and immediately goes on auto pilot. No one notices how down he feels. Takaba Akihito prides himself on his ability to equivocate; he could equivocate to heaven if he had to. He got off about seven o'clock , he wonders into a nearby park and sits down on a bench under a street lamp, and the light casts a perfect circle around him. He really doesn't want to go home watching his mother and 'Shisa-kun' was enough to turn even the strongest of stomachs. Iwaki Kazushisa by no means the worst of his mother's lovers. who came and then went, Iwaki on the other hand kept coming back. He's nothing but a small time wise guy and sometime pimp.

Takaba was quite aware of one of his mother's chosen professions. Like Ayame Mariko made ends meet working as a hostess and lady of the night. And it was while working at a club she met Iwaki. Mariko fell in love as quickly as she usually does. Three months later Iwaki was gone leaving Mariko heartbroken, and Takaba and Ayame to pick up the pieces. He turned up again two months later and this has become a pattern for the last three years. Akihito had spent last night at Kou's and the night before at Takato's which isn't ideal and he knows he can't keep doing it forever. He would have gone to Aya Oba san but she just got a new boyfriend, he didn't want to cramp her style and well she deserved to be happy. 'Oh well once he's leached off her enough he'll be gone.' Takaba sighed and got to his feet if he was lucky his Mum and Iwaki would be out.

It had been a week since Suzumebachi's first attempt on Asami's life. In that time Suzumebachi had burned down a warehouse containing a shipment of drugs due to be shipped to Russia, and had tried to hack the computers at Sion, much to the chagrin of Kirishima who's response was to over haul the computers of all Asami's business. This morning Asami had been informed that three of his loan sharks had been attacked two had been hospitalised, the other only had minor injuries, however none of them were able to provide a description of their assailants. However at the premises of the third loan shark a surveillance camera had picked up an image of the getaway car. "Kirishima has the car's licence plate been traced back to its owner yet?"

"Yes sir it belongs to a man named Homura. We went through Nakamura's, Nakazato's and Shin's records it turns out that Homura is one of Nakamura's customers."

"Suzumebachi?"

"It would fit their MO. According to Nakamura's records Homura made regular but minimum payments of his loan. At this moment he his be transferred to a secure location. Should I call Akira to have him question Homura?"

"No I'll do it myself."

"Homura san it's quite simple it'll stop when you tell me what I want to know."Said Asami as he lit a cigarette. Homura's wrists and ankles had been bound and tied to post , on top of him was large block wood his head, hands and feet poked out from beneath ,and on top of that was several concrete blocks. "I, I, I have nothing to say."

Asami smiled with his cigarette in the corner of his mouth "Takahashi help me."The two men picked up a concrete block and placed it on top of Homura. Homura let out a sound more animal than human. Coupled with the sound of the wood creaking and Homura's bones cracking and snapping, it was enough to give most men nightmares, but not to those who stood here in witness of this hard and forceful punishment. Asami crouched down next to Homura, blood was running out of his mouth and down the side of his face it had become intermingled with man's tears. "Homura you have the power to make this stop, all you have to do is tell me about the person who put you up to this."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Asami blew a puff of smoke into Homura's face and the man coughed ."Kirishima have a team go to Homura's home seize every computer, tablet, mobile phone etc they can find. Check his landline phone records to. Also we'll have Mrs Homura brought in for questioning, after all don't husbands and wives share everything?"

Homura began to struggle at his bonds but he could barely get his limbs to move "Asa, Asa, Asami-sama please don't, I don't know who it was that contacted me. He just called himself Suzumebachi. Told me where to meet the others. He said that we should fight back, show you were not afraid of you. That you're nothing but an overgrown bully. He told use how to carry out our revenge, he said that the money was ours that we should take it back. Or we could take it and pay you back our debts with your own money. Please Asami sama don't touch Mika she had nothing to with this, she, she doesn't know anything."

"How did he contact you?"

"He got my mobile number some how Asami sama."

"Where is my money?"

"My share is hidden in the spare tire of my car. I don't know what the others did with theirs."

"Names Homura san."

"Names?"

"Yes the names of fellow conspirators. Unless you would like us to pay Mika a visit. And you wouldn't want any harm to befall her now do you?"

"Akiyama Kyoko, Fujiwara Toshiya, Sakaguchi Kai and Endo Fumihiro."

Asami took out a pocket ash tray and stubbed out his cigarette. He inclined his head towards Takahashi, who along with three other men started to place concrete blocks on top of Homura. "Asami sama I, I told you what you wanted to know."

"Yes, you did but Homura but even if I were to release you now it wouldn't matter. You're going to die. Either from suffocation or from internal injuries. Don't fret suffocation is not the most unpleasant death. And well I don't believe in doing things by halves." Homura continued to whimper as more blocks were added.

"Kirishima find those fools and get me back my money." He glanced behind him "Get the cleaners to deal with that, when it's over. And take a few pictures of that mess show it to them, that should give them a good scare. Don't kill any of them a few broken bones should do ,after all how will they pay their debts if their dead. But make sure to triple their interest rates."

Peine forte et due translates as 'Hard and Forceful Punishment' it was a method of torture that was used up until the 1700s in Britain, but it was also used in America. When a defendant would refuse to plead, they would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones place on thier chest. This would continue until they entered a plea or died.

I was going to bring Aki and Asami together in this chapter. But it felt like I would be rushing things if I did. As to Suzumebachi's their identity that wont be revealed for a little while yet.