Everyone ready? Because everything is going to get even darker now. Let's get to the chapter.

"What are you trying to say?" Rin was confused.

"You really haven't figured out? I thought it'd be more simple than this." Big AL told her.

"Explain already!" Rin demanded.

"Fine... I'm the leader of this gang, IA is and always has been a member of this gang, IA tried to mug your family and ended up killing your parents to which you responded with kicking her ass and getting her arrested, IA is one of the toughest people I've ever known regardless of gender or sex or anything like that, and you humiliated her like it was nothing, simply put, I think my gang needs you, I can give you anything you want as we have connections to the Yakuza, you just have to accept my offer and join us." Big AL explained.

"I will never join you monsters!" Rin yelled at him.

"Ever since you got IA arrested I wanted you to work for me," Big AL said passionately "someone as capable as you is exactly the type of people I'm looking for, what do you want? Money? Loyalty? Recognition? I'll give you everything to make you join."

"I want to be with my adorable little brother!" Rin told him with anger in her voice.

"You're not gonna listen politely, will you?" Big AL warned her.

"Where even are we?" Rin asked again.

"I already told you that this is my base, but if you really want to know the specifics, we're in a storage hangar inside a junkyard." He revealed.

"That's your base?" Rin was unimpressed.

"It's the place people would least expect us to be." AL argued.

"Whatever it is, I'll never work for you." Rin aggressively told him.

"It's a shame, you've left us with no choice... IA! Fukase! Come here you two!" He called them both.

"Let me guess, she refused to join?" Fukase already knew it would happen.

"It sure looks like it." Big AL said sounding disappointed.

"Expected as much, but now it's time for what I've been waiting for!" IA smirked.

"You've been waiting for?" Rin didn't understood.

"You see Rin, I really want you to join us more than anything and wanted to try the nice way first," AL explained "but since the nice way didn't worked, I promise IA and Fukase something in case it doesn't work."

"Don't tell me." Rin was terrified right now.

"I promised IA and Fukase that they can keep torturing you until you agree to join." AL revealed to her.

"What did I do to deserve this?" Rin questioned herself.

"I knew you wouldn't agree to join, so I forced boss to make this promise," IA said "I knew I'd get my moment of revenge, and it's now here."

Big AL gave IA a big wrench and gave Fukase a metal hockey stick.

"Have your fun! Though make sure the beating isn't fatal, I want her to join us." AL reminded them.

"That's even better for me, I'd get to make it as painful as possible while she's still in agony." IA smiled sinisterly.

"NO!" Rin tried to run away but a guard blocked her way and grabbed her up.

"Not so fast." The guard said.

The guard slammed her on a chair and locked her arms in his hands with his ridiculous grip.

"AH!" Rin's arms were viciously hurting.

IA and Fukase came with rope in their hands and tied Rin up to the chair so she can't escape anymore.

"You're all devils." Rin cursed them.

"There's no escaping now, time to teach you what happens when you get someone like me arrested." IA smacked Rin's knee with her wrench.

"AAHHH!" Rin felt immense pain.

Fukase then hit her neck with his hockey stick.

"Stop it." Rin had started crying tears.

"Join us." Fukase said.

"NEVER!" Rin screamed.

IA smacked her face with her wrench so hard that the chair fell down and Rin was on the ground now, still tied up. IA and Fukase continued beating her senselessly with their weapons.

"I think I should leave now, call me when she agrees to join." AL said and left the storage hangar.

A man sitting at his coconut vendor was just looking at the sky, waiting for customers. Suddenly, Len arrived there.

"Have you seen a blonde woman in a coat or someone with their body covered by a hood?" Len asked.

"What the hell are you talking about? I sell coconuts, what does this have to do with me?" He looked annoyed.

"I've been asking everyone nearby and haven't had enough information needed yet, so tell me, what have you seen?!" Len said frustrated.

"I haven't seen any blonde woman, but I did saw a lady wearing a hood hours ago." He told Len.

"This must be before Rin got out of the house." Len thought "So the hooded-figure was female."

"Yes, she didn't even had her hood up when she went pass by me, she had it down when I saw her and I watched as she put it up." He said.

"What did she looked like?" This was the question Len needed answered the most.

"She had white hair with lots of pony tails." He revealed.

"No... this can't be..." Len's whole world stopped when he realized who it was and Rin chased them "IA."

"I don't understand." The man said.

"THAT BITCH! HOW DID SHE ESCAPED JAIL." Len was livid.

"Jail?" The man was confused.

"She murdered my parents, and the blonde woman I was talking about is my sister." Len revealed.

"I'm-I'm sorry." The man looked ashamed of himself.

"...Thanks for telling me all you knew." Len was about to leave but he stopped him.

"Wait!" He said.

"What?" Len asked.

"Want this glass of coconut water? I'm giving it free, just for you, good luck in your search." He showed him a glass of coconut water.

"Thank you." Len gave a sad smile and grabbed his coconut water.

IA and Fukase continuously hit Rin with their weapons. Her body was left with rashes, bruises, and injuries.

"I think we should stop now." IA said.

"R-really?" Rin didn't expected this, this is very out of character for IA, there MUST be a catch.

"Yes really, we have yet to try other methods, I'm getting the pliers." IA went away to get the pliers.

"I knew it." Rin whispered.

In the junkyard, outside the storage hangar, stood Big AL. He was then approached by Ken. Ken was another member of his gang. He came nearby him to ask a very simple question.

"Hey AL." He called him.

"What is it Ken?" Big AL replied.

"So since now we have this girl, don't you think her brother will call the cops on us?" Ken asked.

"Don't worry, I thought of that." Big AL told him.

"So what did you do to avoid that? If one of us goes to kill him then we risk the police suspecting us." Ken pointed out.

"Which is why I didn't sent one of us, I sent someone to kill him who's not one of us." AL told him.

"Who did you sent?" Ken asked.

"I hired a hitwoman to do our dirty work, I've paid her enough to kill that boy once and for all." AL said.

"Nice to know, hope she gets rid of him ASAP." Ken said.

Man, I'm so satisfied with this chapter. Definitely one of my better chapters in the recent past. Can't wait for the next one.