Author's note : I AM BACK !

WITH SOME OTTER !

Chapter 48 : Rappa's Bizarre Adventure

"Damn, the people who attacked I-Island truly went crazy."

Even in the Shie Hassaikai, everyone only spoke about what happened on the Island. The first major villain attack on such a scale in twenty years, it was bound to make a lot of noise. As a result, Rappa was fine with listening to what everyone said about it and learned how the Yakuza disapproved of such a thing.

They didn't work that way: crimes with too much heat would inevitably mean their few remaining operations would be under heavy scrutiny. Which, paradoxically, would be an opportunity for Rappa: He was literally the last person you would ask to negotiate some smuggling deals with some overseas warlord.

The Chinese Triad was rebuilding quickly, but they were also incredibly ruthless to not appear weak as a result. Similarly, many of the MAM (Mutated Animal's Mafia) in Australia considered the Yakuza as a thing of the past.

If you didn't have the skill for a job, you could easily tank the group reputation faster than Rappa could punch someone. The huge man was an excellent deterrent but currently, his skills were not to be used in a war against another syndicate. They simply didn't have the resources for that.

However, with the I-Island situation, every villain group in Japan would have an increased pressure on them… Except the Shie Hassaikai, thanks to their loss of reputation. Which meant more and more people would contact them to strike deals with them. As a result, if Overhaul wanted to keep what was in the basement correctly hidden, he would need to call upon Rappa soon.

The Brawler didn't like the job, being a mole. It wasn't something honorable in his moral code but it was his deal with the HPSC to be a free man and operate his underground fight club in peace. Which meant more fights with Otsu and honestly, Rappa was waiting for her bloodlust on the ring, ready to tear him apart while he punched her with no tomorrow.

They were an odd couple but that's how they rolled, how they loved each other.

Anyway, back to the Shie's situation. They had intel the group was currently trying to produce a new product that could revolutionize the black market. Usually, you get intel like that every day, every week, mainly from groups trying to appear like major players. However, this time, something made Ryo and Miruko worry.

The de facto leader, Chisaki Kai, was a former very high profile student from Daruma Ujiko, a quirk specialist very known in many fields.

He also had in his team Chronostasis, who was part of the team that developed the new enhanced version of Trigger, thankfully, it was still impossible to mass-produce it, but the authorities were worried about the situation.

In other words, they clearly had the means to produce a drug that could rival Trigger in the black market and no one wanted that… Well, the HPSC and the heroes didn't want that for very obvious reasons.

So, Rappa fully assumed his role as dumb muscle in the organization and listened to everything… So far, he has learned a few things.

-Most of the Yakuza didn't like Overhaul which was something he could relate to. He was a rightful prick and Rappa had to let him win a fight to make him believe he was faithful to him.

-The new drug was apparently a game breaker in Overhaul's own words. Considering how Chisaki was cold and analytical, it was extremely worrying.

-They depended on a component codenamed Eri, which was stocked in the basement.

Rappa's role was to infiltrate the organization, collect all the information and when the raid against the Yakuza would happen, he would disable the most worrying defense they had from the inside. Simple and effective.

"Hoy, stupid Rappa! The boss wants to meet your sorry ass!"

The voice came from the walls and Rappa nodded. Irinaka was the best defense of the Yakuza. Punching him during the raid would be a pleasure since the little man was often a dick to him for not being a proper Yakuza. Rappa actually threatened to massacre him a few times as a result.

"I will break your teeth if you continue to insult me. Only strong people have that right." Rappa said, knowing he wasn't known for his self-control. Ryo gave him a few pointers for this infiltration. He had to act naturally. Restraining himself was the best idea to show he had hidden motives to join the Yakuza.

"Tell that to Chisaki then." Mimic answered, thinking Rappa respected or feared the man. It was… not true but not wrong either. Chisaki's quirk was among the most overpowered he knew and Rappa was among the few select people who knew for a fact All For One wasn't a legend.

Rappa knew that any fight with Chisaki required to knock him out in one go and to not be touched, otherwise he would simply heal himself and make you explode.

"Overhaul won't be able to protect you forever."

It wasn't a threat but a promise.

—--

"Rappa, you are going into the basement. You are to guard what's inside." Overhaul said, as clinical as ever… Even if Rappa noticed something about him. A perfume? Overhaul never did that usually. However, it was true that for a few weeks, Overhaul went out to a mysterious location more and more often.

It was at that place that Overhaul made some breakthrough concerning his mysterious future drug, something Rappa was to discover if possible. However, he and Chisaki weren't close… Hmm…

"... On a side note, Rappa. I don't imagine you have experience with women?"

Rappa took back what he just thought and smiled under his mask.

"More than you think. However I don't think my idea of a date would work with your crush, Overhaul." Rappa said, with a little laugh in his voice, before sitting down in front of him. It was true that most of the Eight Precepts weren't people with much experience with women.

"... Do you still have any advice?"

Oh god, a blushing Overhaul wasn't something Rappa expected… Yet it told him a lot about that mysterious place. He was visiting a female scientist, most likely quirkless, specialized in quirks. Someone he actually trusted, so he had dealt with her before.

Yes, Rappa was more than a big mountain of muscle.

"Flowers. They don't need to actually like them, they need to know you care about them. Try to do something both of you like. Finally, grow a pair and tell her what you think of her. Unless she is a psychic, which is an actual possibility in this era, she won't know for sure what you are thinking."

Overhaul stayed silent for a second, before nodding. He actually asked Rappa in a desperate move and didn't expect actual sound advice.

"...May I ask what your idea of a date is, though?"

"...Punching her while she tries to rip my throat with her teeth."

Rappa answered truthfully and Chisaki stared at him. To be fair, Rappa warned and Overhaul should have expected it.

"... Go into the basement. If anything leaves the basement, you will be severely punished," Overhaul said, the fun times being gone as quick as they came, "Chronostasis will show you the way. He is the leader while I am gone for a few days."

Rappa nodded quietly. Finally, he was going to learn everything.

—--

Eri was currently locked in her 'room'. She was told to not bother her new guardian and to only speak to him if he spoke to her.

The little girl stood frightened in the room when the giant muscular man arrived and stared at her, blankly. There was no emotion in his eyes, just as for the others. Well, no, not like the others, as they had fear, disgusts and many other feelings. No feeling was better actually.

She missed the days where her daddy would hug her and tell her she was the most lucky girl in the world.

Eri pinched herself, to make herself suffer. Bad girl. She was the one who killed her father, and the one who pushed her mom to die. She was evil and cursed, just like Overhaul said. She had no right to happy memories and she should just suffer more as it was all what a cursed evil girl deserved.

The giant man stared at Chronostasis, before asking:

"... Where is Eri?"

"I am."

The little horned child answered quietly, softly. Not making a sound. She was an object, not a living being. That way, she could make up for everything. That's what everyone said.

Even this new guy seemed to find her repulsive as he clenched his fist. That emotion… Disgust in his eyes. He was like the others after all.

"She is Eri. She is not to be harmed, unless she begins to ask for something that isn't water. She is fed once a day. Make sure she eats everything." Chronostasis said, while Eri stayed silent, like a doll.

Rappa, however, was now looking at the clock. He was going to be in trouble with Otsu and the rest, wasn't he?

"Shouldn't a little girl like her at least do some exercise? I mean. She is going to rot away, no?"

"No, don't worry, Overhaul restores her to perfect condition every time he is done draining her."

… Ok fuck it. He would totally accept the punishment for what was to come. He looked at the little girl, clenching his fist strong enough to make them white with anger.

Rappa wasn't a kind man. He wasn't especially evil, but he killed a few times in a fair fight his opponents as the underground ring was really violent and bloody at times. However, here was the thing. He killed warriors, people fighting with their life on the line and they all knew it. It was a fight, a world of warriors, people who could and would defend themselves to the very end.

Rappa hated people who picked on those who couldn't defend themselves. Fighting a hero who was trying to arrest him? That was correct in his book. An asshole trying to snatch an old lady's purse? The thief better run fucking fast.

Rappa wasn't a good man. However, he had rules, lines in the sand.

Using a child that couldn't defend themselves?

It didn't cross the line. It went so far past it, it wasn't even visible.

It took every bit of self-control in Rappa to not instantly punch Chronostasis and make a run for it.

Rappa was more than a dumbbell: Alone against the whole Shie Hassaikai, he would lose.

He needed to at least wait for Overhaul to be gone.

—--

Meanwhile, Atsuhiro was sent by Inko to buy some groceries. Inko had strange cravings recently, like strawberry and as a good husband, Atsuhiro knew to respect his wife's wishes.

—--

Chronostasis didn't expect Rappa entering the lab, as the giant fighter never looked interested in their drug production.

"Rappa, get out of here, this isn't…"

"I am taking Eri. You are notified."

Chronostasis, having seen Overhaul fight against Rappa, thought he had a good estimation about the latter's speed.

He noticed he was very wrong when the giant fist cracked his skull and destroyed a few lab machines in the process. Before Chronostasis could do anything, Rappa finished the job with a series of punches, sending him exactly where he wanted.

Let's say Eri was surprised when she saw Rappa, his fist bloodied, opening the door with Chronostasis. Literally.

"Follow me, if you want to leave." The giant man said. When he saw Eri was actually frozen like a deer when a car threatened to crash on it, he sighed. Soon after, Eri was lifted on Rappa's impressively large shoulder.

"Hold onto my head. We are getting out." The most infamous underground fighter cracked his fist. Finally, some good fights were ahead.

—--

Soramitsu was discussing (read, was being yelled at) about his diet by Shin when he noticed something ~~yummi~~ something on Rappa's shoulders. More specifically, a terrified little girl who was also excited to no end.

"... Rappa? Are you on guard duty?" Shin asked, his quirk still active, as usual.

"Yup" Rappa said, truthfully, not even fighting the quirk. He noticed a weakness in Shin's quirk after all.

"Did you ask anyone if you have the right to take Eri's outside of her cell?"

"I notified Chronostasis and he said nothing against it."

Under his mask, Rappa had a very smug smile. Technically true, the only weakness in Shin's quirk was that he was over reliant on it, thinking it was impossible for it to fail.

He knew he could take both of them on. However, now that they were above Eri and the lab's floor, there were cameras everywhere. Mimic would stop him with his quirk and he would have no way to deal with that. Besides, he needed to reach at least the ground floor to push the special signal to the others.

Soramitsu looked at them and shrugged, using that opportunity to run away, making Shin focus on him again.

"Come back here, you fucker! You ate all the delicatessen again!"

Rappa smiled and he patted Eri's head when he was sure no one was looking at him. It wasn't often he had to fight for something else than himself. He was going to free that little one.

People stared at him more than once as he had Eri on his shoulder. However, she played her role perfectly : One of a frightened child. To be fair, the little girl didn't understand what was going on: masked people were supposed to be Chisaki's friends! Why was this one telling her everything was going to be okay?

Why was he… Angry? Not at her but at everyone else.

Rappa was only one floor away from the ground when suddenly, the stairs tried to make him slip.

Ah shit. Either he didn't punch Chronostasis hard enough or Mimic checked on him.

"RAPPA IS A TRAITOR! HE IS TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH CHISAKI'S TREASURE!"

The voice in the system being Chronostasis, Rappa grumbled. Fuck, he didn't punch hard enough. He must have gotten softer with the lack of proper fight and the lack of Otsu.

"No! Mister Rappa, you must bring me back! If you do that…"

"Hey, little one, want to see something cool?"

"... Uh?"

People thought Rappa only knew how to punch things. It was true to be fair but as he often used to say… When all you have is a hammer, every issue begins to look like nails. You simply needed to learn how to hit the right way.

Suddenly, everyone saw Rappa who fell on purpose on his belly and…he climbed the cliff that replaced the stairs, by lifting himself and Eri by punching really fast the wall, climbing in an extremely weird but effective way.

"Mimic! I can't punch you yet, but wait for me! I will be back!"

When he reached the ground floor, Rappa was greeted by a lot of yakuza, each one who had their knife pulled out.

"Rappa! Give back the child or it will be bloody!"

"Mister! I don't want you to die!

Rappa answered their and Eri's yelling, by hitting his belt twice. Signal sent to Ryo and the rest. Then he pulled off his mask, and everyone, except Eri, could see his smile, as happy as a corgi who just found a new toy and was told he could play with it.

"...You know, you shouldn't threaten someone with a good time."

Just after that, Rappa punched the two nearest people in their faces. He heard the skulls crack and the meat explode under his hit. Finally, it was time.

"COME AT ME!"

Eri screamed and thankfully, Overhaul had forced her to release her quirk recently for some studies and analysis, otherwise the stress would have made her rewind everything.

However, the young girl had to admit this tall and big man… Why was she feeling safe? Why did she want to believe his word that everything was going to be okay?

"EAT EAT EAT!"

Rappa grumbled, when he heard the sound behind him, from below. Fuck, the Eight Precepts were actually behind him. Well, more the Seven now that he left, but…

Usually, if he was alone, he would have stayed and punched everyone until he was dead or they were beaten to a pulp. However, he had Eri to protect now.

"... Little one, remember you will owe me one for running away from a fight!"

Rappa said. Before Eri could say anything, she got pulled against Rappa who prepared to run like a rugbyman and the little unicorn was an adorable ball.

To the Yakuzas in front of him, though, it seems as if he was a bowling ball and they were bowling pins. Rappa clearly aimed to do a strike.

However, they were professionals and they feared more Overhaul than Rappa charging at them. So, even if with each swing he was throwing away some of them, the others attacked with quirk and knife, an onslaught he couldn't avoid..

Eri could clearly smell the blood and the wincing in Rappa's face.

"Brace yourself, kid!"

The Giant punched through the mansion wall and through the wall in the garden. Rappa smiled. Good news, he was outside. That was a good thing. Bad thing? His right arm was stabbed with a few knives, he had several burns on him too and everyone was on his tail.

His specialty wasn't speed, it was hitting fast. That was why he was extremely powerful in a ring or in closed space.

"RAPPA! YOU ARE GOING DOWN, TRAITOR!"

Rappa heard the voice and as a reflex, he threw Eri on the other side of the alley. Thankfully, he aimed well or Eri was lucky, as she landed safely several meters from him.

"MISTER GIANT!"

In front of Rappa, there was a barrier. So, apparently Barrier Guy was here and used his brain to cut off Rappa's exit.

Rappa smiled at her briefly, before facing his enemies head on, the manly way.

"KID! RUN! LIVE! HAVE FUN!"

Eri was ignorant of the world but she wasn't an idiot. She knew what was going to happen to Rappa even if she went back to the Yakuza. He was going to die anyway to save her.

Behind her was her only shot at being free, finally. Eri cried while she ran away.

"So, just for a kid Rappa? Now, you are in a situation that can only end in your death, bloody and messy. What do you call that, Rappa?"

Rappa contemplated the fifty Yakuza and Mouth guy, Barrier guy and Tipsy who had appeared. The others must be on negotiation missions. He looked at his right arm, not in a working condition now.

"I am down to one arm, you are a lot and I know the three of you are actually quite strong. Actually, I have a word for that."

"Oh?"

Rappa smiled in pure bliss. He didn't have to hold back anymore and he had strong opponents. Well, better than the last years it took to become a Precept. His handicap would spice up the things enough.

"Christmas."

Mouth guy was the first one in the wave, while Tipsy was drinking his whisky faster than Miruko would eat a carrot.

—--

In Garaki's lab.

"FUCK! UJIKO! I NEED A PORTAL, NOW!"

Chronostasis warned Overhaul as soon as he woke up on his personal number. Rappa kidnapped Eri and was trying to get out. In fact, he was probably out by the time he got the message, Garaki's place having a shitty coverage to make it harder to locate.

Emilia and Garaki stared at their friend and comparse, wondering what could make him panic to this extent.

"I can prepare you a Noumu, but he isn't as fast as Kurogiri. Where do you want to appear?

Overhaul sighed, before activating an app on his phone. Call him paranoid or over prepared, but he actually put a tracker inside Eri. He could trust the others to take care of Rappa. Eri was the number one priority.

"Can you make him warp me as close as possible from this signal?"

"Sure, that one is easy."

Garaki saw Overhaul panicking and he put his hand on his shoulder, trying to calm down Chisaki.

"Kid. Don't worry. Everything is going to be okay."

Chisaki nodded, trying to calm down but even Emilia noted he looked purely murderous, homicidal.

She found that extremely hot.

—--

"Now, get dunked!"

Rappa was bleeding from his side because of a lucky stab from a Yakuza. He answered in kind, throwing him on Barrier guy. He never took the time to remember their name, only their quirk. Not like they were friends to begin with but he had to admit the fight was making the blood rush to his head.

His breakthrough earlier forced him to take a lot of damage and he was slowly losing strength. Police weren't going to come soon because of an old agreement with the Yakuza…

Rappa contemplated the bleeding, applying pressure with his right hand, as it was only good for that… And taking damage.

The five knives became eight and he had trouble having to move it. The left arm? Still working but Rappa had to admit he was tiring more and more as he was approaching his seventh rounds against the assholes who had stopped fighting stupidly. Tipsy was on the lookout to take him out while Barrier still prevented him from running into an alley, where he could fight in a better location.

Mouth guy tried to take a bite at him a few times, before retreating actually faster than Rappa could punch him as he only did that during his quirk cooldown. Fuck.

Rappa panted, his respiration becoming more irregular now as his enemies regrouped again.

"See, this is the difference between us, Rappa. You fight alone and you will die alone while we are strong together!"

"... You are… Just a bunch of thugs trying to hide and hope for the better. As if Overhaul was a messiah or that Yakuza could be a big thing again. BE REAL! You are done!"

Rappa was honestly speaking only to take some breaths.

He only had one regret to be fair. He smirked while thinking about her and her murderous intent. Actually he giggled a bit, thinking about the future.

"Something funny about your death?"

"I was just thinking my girlfriend was going to kill me for dying against a bunch of weaklings."

Tipsy, seeing Rappa actually having trouble staying stable on his feet, took the shot and jumped on him, his knife shining in the sun.

Rappa tried to raise his fist to punch him but he knew he was most likely going to get stabbed in the collar bone. He wasn't fast enough.

Then, Tipsy got thrown, mid-air, by something very angry, with a long tail and a musculature on par with Miruko.

"Rappaaaaa, you better have a good explanation for using the SIGNAL!"

The Yakuzas were seeing a strange spectacle: an ecstatic yet slightly frightened Rappa because of a woman, smaller than him by several inches, who was yelling at him. She was a bit hairy and had a long tail behind her, massive and powerful. She also had a tattoo on her arm which was clearly a military insignia.

"Why is a cute otter woman yelling at Rappa?" Barrier asked.

Otsu took a better look at Rappa and the remaining Yakuza and made her neck crack. She was angry and pissed off by Miruko who totaled a car earlier, leaving her to manage the paperwork.

"The name is Otsu and I am this dumbass' girlfriend."

This was already a reason to fear her before Rappa added with a smile…

"By the way, our current palmares is 299 wins for me, and 300 for her."

Now this was highly worrying and Rappa added, to make his girlfriend even angrier, as she slammed her tail on Tipsy hard enough his upper body was left in the ground…

"Otsu? They were torturing a child. That is what Eri is."

Otsu looked befuddled at Rappa before seeing he was telling the truth. Suddenly, her body hair clearly showed she wasn't angry anymore but properly murderous. Her teeth were showing and rushed at them on all four. Rappa followed suit behind her, laughing happily.

—--

Atsuhiro Sako was whistling happily when suddenly something bumped into him.

"Hmm?"

"Sorry Mister!"

What just bumped into him was a little child, with white hair and a little horn. Now, usually, Atsuhiro would have simply smiled and not care, especially with the situation. However, there was two red signal on the situation:

One, the little girl wore only a large piece of tissue as cloth. Sure, it was summer but… No. It wasn't something a kid should wear, ever.

Two, her eyes were red and it was clear she was crying because of something or someone.

Three, she was frightened as hell.

Four, she was clearly malnourished.

Technically it would count as kidnapping, Compress knew it. However, he wasn't a doctor but he married a nurse who could check on the kid later. Moreover, considering how fast she was trying to run away… Well she was running away from something.

Atsuhiro patted her softly on the head, making Eri jump in surprise.

"It is going to be okay, kid."

He marbled the little girl and put her in his pocket, while hoping he was very right on what was going on.

Literally five minutes later, a man with a pest doctor mask appeared on the street before he ran to him.

"Excuse me! Did you see a child nearby, lost?!" Chisaki was frantic, panicking at the idea of losing his best opportunity to destroy the hero's dominance on the Yakuza.

Atsuhiro gave him his best smile, while he let a marble go in his hand by precaution.

"No, sorry, I didn't see anyone here."

Chisaki stared at the man who was… Well older than him and apparently on a grocery run.

"Sorry to bother you." Chisaki let go of Atsuhiro, who walked away, quietly.

Once he was out of sight, Atsuhiro ran as fast as he could home. He also pulled out his phone and called La Brava.

"La Brava? I want a report on any kid disappearances around my location! Plus another on any guy with a plague doctor mask around my area. Do it as soon as possible!"

Call it a hunch, but Atsuhiro had a feeling it was going to be a big issue…

—--

When Overhaul went back to the manor, he was surprised to see the members actually beat up to a pulp, bleeding everywhere.

"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?!"

"... Rappa's Girlfriend is an otter mutant," Chronostasis, limping from the house, said. He was taking a break, but he was using his quirk a lot to prevent anyone from dying of blood loss.

"Your point being?!"

"Well, apparently Amazonian Otters are fucking apex predators."

Overhaul actually made him explode to relax a bit before resurrecting his best friend.

"Rude!"

"Shut up! We will need the local cameras to see who the fuck took Eri! They used a quirk most likely to seal her signal off!"

Chronostasis nodded, knowing as well as Chisaki how much they depended on her.

"Once that is done, what should we do?"

"Tell the CRC I am willing to cut them a deal on the last transaction if they provide some men!"

He trusted them more than the IPS, mainly because their leader, Purifier, actually agreed with him about how society was better without quirk. It was dumb things like that which made people trust each other more.

Overhaul was angry, furious and bloodthirsty. Someone was going to pay for that mess! Rappa would be found and crucified!

—--

A week later, Mirai was staring at a hole in the ground, where previously the Shie Hassaikai HQ, now completely gone. The spectacle was atrocious as many parts of human beings were to be seen all around them.

What the hell happened?

—--

"Inko darling ? Remember when we had a talk about having a kid of our own?"

Atsuhiro didn't know how to break the news to his wife about him kidnapping a child from the fucking Yakuzas. He was pretty sure she wasn't going to kill him or maim him for doing something stupid considering he saved a child.

He was surprised when he saw Inko fidgeting in the living room but she was puzzled by his entrance.

"Yes?"

"Well, we are going to have one!" Atsuhiro knew that by being over happy, a weird new thing was always going to be better received than otherwise.

Inko's reaction was totally unplanned, as her face looked extra-surprised and stared at him.

"How did you know I was pregnant!? I just did the test!"

Atsuhiro got stunned by the news before he pulled a marble and let a sleepy Eri appear on their couch.

"Actually, I was referring to this child I might have kidnapped during the grocery run to save her…" Inko saw Compress inhaling a lot before squealing extremely happily, lifting his wife, " YOU ARE PREGNANT?!"

"YOU KIDNAPPED A CHILD?!"

"To save her!"

"ALSO YES I AM PREGNANT!"

Eri woke up timidly, before seeing the couple in front of her.

"... Hello? Oh no! I have to run! Otherwise Overhaul will… will…"

Inko glared at her husband and he put her back on the ground. Inko, with her maternal love and touch, took Eri's little hand with her.

"Atsuhiro? Can you go check on Izuku? This little one needs some care."

"Sure!"

Izuku wasn't at home, as he was at the Mall, seeing his friends. However, Atsuhiro knew his wife was simply asking for some time alone with Eri.

When Inko appeared in their bedroom, she was white of anger. The only time Atsuhiro saw her that murderous was when someone, during their younger years, dared to say Floaty's only interest as a hero was to be a "Dommy Mommy", before Inko slammed his face against the wall.

"Inko?"

"Atsuhiro? Do you still have our dear Rappa's number? I need to talk to him."

—--

Ryo was sighing when he read the full report from Rappa and Otsu. They blew up the whole operation and the only lead they had to launch a full raid on the Yakuzas house was gone in the wild.

"YOU DUMB IDIOT! If you had waited one day, I COULD HAVE ASKED SOME CONTACTS FOR A RESCUE MISSION!"

Rappa sat on the couch, his arm in a cast. The doctor dosed him on painkillers too, explaining how he could actually still walk.

"I have no fucking regret. I got a little girl out and had a good fight."

"Otsu? Punch him."

Otsu whacked Rappa in the desk. She understood Rappa's reasoning, but Ryo was right. In the long run, Rappa messed up their operation a lot. She was a former military, she knew that doing wrong things helped in the end.

"Sorry, but I am on Rappa's side for this one." Miruko said, while eating a carrot, Rappa gave her the thumb up, "I mean. We only needed to find the little girl, no? Then everything will be okay."

"Except, Miruko, we have no fucking lead on her and her whereabout. The Yakuzas are probably tracking her to get her back already! Do you think we will receive a magic phone call that will solve all our issues?!"

At this moment, as the narration laws willed it, Rappa's phone rang in the room. While Miruko, Otsu and Ryo went into a shouting contest, Rappa answered the call.

"Hello?"

After a few minutes, Rappa nodded and closed the call.

"Found the little one!"

This silenced everyone, as Rappa stretched himself and got himself a beer.

"What?"

"Yes, she is at the Night Nurse's home. She told me I got a free treatment from her for doing the good thing. She also wants Overhaul's head on a spike."

Ryo inhaled a lot, while Rappa drank his beer peacefully.

"She wants to see us tomorrow first thing in the morning."