The day after Naoki murdered the prosecutor and his family, Naoki met with Elisa.
Elisa was the child of Kiichisaburo and a German woman, she was a few months younger than Naoki.
She spent most of her life with her mother and stepfather, not knowing her father.
After both of them died, Kiichisaburo had to take care of her, so she moved in with him and Naoki.
Elisa walked up to Naoki.
Elisa: We're siblings now... right?
Naoki: Only on paper.
Elisa: Don't be so stiff...
Naoki: I'm not rigid, I just state facts, the only thing we have in common is our common grandmother. Then I'm not your brother. Kiichisaburo was not my father's natural brother, he and my father had different mothers.
I don't remember much about my childhood, but Kiichisaburo probably hated my father and Uncle Kaito.
Elisa: Huh? So I have two uncles?
Naoki: Kiichisaburo, Shion and Kaito are the sons of Umenosuke Muneyoshi, Shion and Kaito were the sons of the head of the Muneyoshi clan - Kaguya. Kiichisaburo's mother was an ordinary woman, however, she was killed by the Hironiwa clan in 1951.
Elisa: Muneyoshi clan..?
Naoki: Yes, our family is not ordinary, but who cares? The times of aristocracy and samurai are long gone.
Elisa: Our ancestors were samurais?
Naoki: You're pissing me off.
Elisa: But why? I never knew anything about my dad's family...
I didn't even know I was half Japanese. My mother always told me that my father was Asian, but she never specified.
Naoki: Did your mother love you? Were you just an obstacle for her?
Elisa became visibly sad and tried to hold back her tears, Naoki accidentally asked her a very painful question.
Her mother never loved her, Elisa was the result of Kiichisaburo's short-lived relationship with Anna Wagner, who married Klaus Richter 3 years after Elisa's birth. Elisa took her stepfather's surname, and it even seemed to Elisa that she received more love from her stepfather than from her birth mother.
Both Klaus and Anna recently died in a car accident. This was a blow to Elisa, she had lived for a month in an orphanage in Mannheim before Kiichisaburo took her with him.
Rotterdam seemed a foreign city to Elisa, just as her father and cousin seemed foreign to her.
Naoki's question caused Elisa to stop talking to Naoki for a week.
Naoki carried out orders from Kiichisaburo, most often they were contract killings.
Naoki was a money-making machine for Kiichisaburo.
After two months, Elisa and Naoki became more close, Naoki still acted dissmissive and cold towards her
Elisa: Elisa: Naoki... will you teach me Japanese?
Naoki: I have lived most of my life in Europe, how do I know this language? Just because I'm Japanese doesn't mean I know the language.
Elisa: I heard you talking to Kiichisaburo in this language...
I would also like to be able to speak my father's native language... It's difficult for us to communicate...
I speak German and a little English, but my dad doesn't speak German well enough to communicate
Naoki: Do you realize that Japanese has two syllabaries and several thousand kanji?
Elisa: You mean these characters?
Naoki: For a person who doesn't know the language, hiragana, katakana and kanji are the same.
Elisa: Elisa: I want to learn Japanese anyway... Please teach me at least the basics...
Naoki: Do I look like a teacher to you?
Elisa: No, but you look Japanese to me.
Naoki: Because I am Japanese, I don't know if I can teach you well but, whatever.
Elisa: Thank you Naoki!..
Naoki sighed
Naoki's thoughts : I'd rather babysit Elisa than follow Kiichisaburo's orders.
Naoki went out with Elisa, they walked around Delfshaven - Rotterdam's old town.
Elisa went to stroopwafels.
Elisa: Naoki.. I took one for you too..
Naoki: I don't want it, I hate sweet things.
Elisa: Come on... supposedly they're delicious.
Naoki: Fine.
Naoki tried his stroopwafel
Elisa: Do you like it?
Naoki: Edible
Elisa: So they don't taste as bad as you thought?
Naoki: They're not bad, but I don't eat sugar or sweet things.
Elisa: You see, sweet things aren't so bad after all...
Naoki: Maybe you're right, I tolerate it now.
For a year, Naoki and Elisa maintained a relatively positive relationship.
One day, Kiichisaburo asked Naoki to talk to him.
Naoki: What?
Kiichisaburo: Look into my eyes, Naoki
Naoki looked into Kiichisaburo's eyes.
Kiichisaburo activated his visual ability. Naoki saw marks in Kiichisaburo's eyes.
Kiichisaburo: Normal people don't see this. You see, our clan has a certain supernatural ability.
Only you and maybe Elisa see these marks on my eyes.
Naoki: So that was the reason why you adopted me?
Kiichisaburo: To me you are just a tool, just like Elisa.
But, she is the problem
Naoki: Problem?
Kiichisaburo: My mother was not from our clan.
My stepmother was from the main line of the clan, and your grandfather was from the side line.
To make a long story short, your grandparents were distant cousins.
My mother was not from our clan.
Therefore, Shion – your father was able to inherit more of our clan ability . Even though your mother wasn't from our clan, I see potential in you.
Your eye markings are different, you probably inherited it from your grandmother - Kaguya.
She could control both death (which women can usually do) and minds (which is mostly inherited by men).
By the way... you are valuable to me.
I wish Elisa was valuable to me too.
Naoki: What do you want?
Kiichisaburo: Make random people try to murder Elisa, hand them knives or whatever.
If Elisa inherited this ability, she would be able to kill them with just a glance.
Naoki: What if I don't agree?
Kiichisaburo: Then I will kill Elisa myself, I don't care that she is my daughter.
If Elisa will kill me, you two would be separated. She will go to an orphanage and you will go back to Japan if Kaito wants to adopt you. Understood?
Naoki: Ok I'll do it.
The next week, Naoki and Elisa went out, Naoki earlier, while Elisa admired the Cube Houses.
Elisa: Naoki.. Naoki.. Is it possible for such houses not to collapse?
Naoki: I was gone for a while, hmm, they're probably held together thanks to the supports.
Naoki and Elisa were returning home, it was already late. Naoki stopped and checked the time on his watch.
Naoki: Elisa.. we can be followed...
Elisa: Huh?
Soon two people blocked their way. The man held Naoki down while the woman attacked Elisa with a knife.
Naoki: ELISA! Use your eyes?
Elisa didn't understand what was going on, but at some point she saw a strange aura around these two people, the color that accompanied her was so interesting to her that she forgot to run away, she stared at the woman until she stabbed her.
Elisa: How…. Wonderful..
Naoki grabbed his pocket knife and killed the man. Then he killed the woman and rushed to Elisa's help.
Elisa was dying, her last words were "Arigatou".
Naoki fled the scene as quickly as possible. He felt pain in his right eye, after returning home he gave the information to Kiichisaburo and then lay down in bed. He felt terrible, with pain and bleeding in his right eye. It turned out that he couldn't use his supernatural abilities very often.
Elisa's death was not a blow to Naoki, however, he intended to take revenge on Kiichisaburo for it, and he also wanted to know more about what exactly happened to his parents and Eita.
Kiichisaburo: Well... Elisa was useless.
Naoki: Indeed, however, maybe you should teach me Kendo again? After all, I come from a samurai lineage. No matter whether we live in Europe or Japan, we should keep the old traditions alive, right Kiichisaburo?
Kiichisaburo: Just don't blame me if you end up in the hospital, I stopped training you because I could break you.
Naoki: Tomorrow then?
Kiichisaburo: Fine.
The next day, Kiichisaburo and Naoki left for Kiichisaburo's private estate outside Rotterdam.
However, when a duel between Naoki and Kiichisaburo was about to take place, two men entered his property.
Kiichisaburo: Are we having a burglary? Holy f#ck…
Naoki suddenly attacked Kiichisaburo with a Kendo stick, Kiichisaburo lost consciousness.
Kiichisaburo woke up in the company of Naoki and two men, the two of them holding Kiichisaburo down while Naoki held his pocket knife.
Naoki: I have many questions for you. Answer them honestly or you will die a much more painful death than you deserve.
Kiichisaburo: We'll see, you little shit…
Naoki: Gouge out his eyes
The two men followed Naoki's orders.
Kiichisaburo didn't screamed.
Naoki: First question. What were you doing in 1986 in Yomiyama?
Kiichisaburo: I returned to my hometown...
Naoki cut off Kiichisaburo's finger.
Naoki: Can you give me a real answer?
Maybe I'll take pity on you and kill you quickly.
Kiichisaburo: I answered you honestly, damn it!
Naoki: Then let's take your honesty to the next level Kiichisaburo...
If you start telling the truth, I'll stop.
Naoki began cutting off more of Kiichisaburo's fingers, when he started cutting off the fingers of his other hand, Kiichisaburo started screaming.
Kiichisaburo: It was me... I killed Shion, Shinatsu and your brother... I was going to kill Kaito too, but he was studying...
Naoki: Oh? I see you've become more talkative, Kiichisaburo.
However..
Naoki: Massacre his body with anything, also tie his mouth with something and take my pocket knife and throw it somewhere after you leave.
Kiichisaburo: WAIT WHAT? NAOKI! You promised that I would die a quick death if I told you everything.
Naoki: If your skull is fractured, you will die relatively quickly.
Naoki went to Kiichisaburo's room and waited until the two men left.
Then he called the police.
Naoki pretended to be a scared child in front of the police. The police were also horrified by the sight of Kiichisaburo's mutilated body.
After some time, Kaito expressed his desire to adopt Naoki, Naoki was getting ready to return to Japan after 7 years.