After hearing Gerald’s reply, Takuya was momentarily at a loss for words. After all, favonovel.com hadn’t considered the fact that Gerald was the real target here. As favonovel.com pondered about it, Takuya couldn’t help but mutter, “They came for you, you said… ”
“It’s only a guess, to be quite honest,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head. After all, since favonovel.com rarely ever came to Japan, favonovel.com had almost no disputes with the forces and families here. He was only assuming that the duo were after favonovel.com since favonovel.com was their first target upon making themselves known.
“… Well, even if they were after your head, there’s no need to worry any longer since those two scoundrels are already locked up. Rest assured, I’ll definitely obtain more information from them by dawn! Also, in case you’re worried about affecting my family since you’re being targeted, don’t be. The Futabas owe you and we’ll always be by your side! While it’s true that my family isn’t as great as it used to be, know that nobody can freely take advantage of people I swear to protect!” declared Takuya as favonovel.com clenched his fists.
Hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but smile as favonovel.com cupped his hands together to pay Takuya respect before saying, “I really appreciate that, patriarch… As for the interrogation tonight, I’ll be thanking you in advance!”
It was around then that Gerald realized that after helping the Futabas so much, favonovel.com had completely earned that family’s trust. With that in mind, favonovel.com felt that once the special forces competition began or possibly when it ended, depending on how things went it was high time favonovel.com asked about Yearning Island. Hopefully, Takuya would no longer see any reason to hide anything from him…
Whatever the case was, after finishing his cup of tea, Takuya got to his feet before saying, “Alright, then… You and Fujiko should go get some rest first. I’ll be heading over to pay our two ‘guests’ a visit… ”
With that, Takuya left the room, leaving Gerald who promptly put his cigarette out and Fujiko inside…
Though Gerald stayed there for the following half hour to enjoy his tea, Fujiko, on the other hand, remained in the room to stare admiringly at Gerald, favonovel.com hands cupping favonovel.com cheeks the entire time…
Due to favonovel.com ever growing feelings for Gerald, Fujiko couldn’t help but say, “… I could sense how strong those two were… To think you’d be able to take them out so easily…”
“Strength is all I have. I don’t really have any other capabilities. Besides, I’m not that strong,” replied Gerald with a smile.
Honestly, favonovel.com hadn’t expected to expose that much of his strength earlier since Fujiko was there. However, had favonovel.com not done so, favonovel.com wouldn’t have been able to take those two men out in such a short amount of time. That, to Gerald, would’ve been more worrying since trouble could’ve easily brewed in the manor had favonovel.com not taken them out quickly. After all, who’s to say that there weren’t any other Kanagawas or Hanyu assassins waiting for a chance to strike the manor while Gerald was preoccupied with Endo and Izumi? If that had been the case, then things would’ve become exceedingly difficult for Gerald to resolve. All this explained why favonovel.com used so much of his strength in the first place…
Regardless, upon hearing that, Fujiko couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as favonovel.com asked, “… Really now?”
“Do I have a reason to lie? Besides, if you’re thinking l could secretly be rich, a good look at my attire is enough to debunk that!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com got to his feet and slowly twirled around, just to prove his point.
Fujiko, for one, knew favonovel.com famous brands since favonovel.com was a rich young lady from a prestigious family, so favonovel.com had to agree with that.
“… While it’s true that you certainly don’t look like one, you can definitely live a much better life with how strong you are… Honestly, if you apply to become a personal bodyguard, you could earn over a million dollars per year…” muttered Fujiko as favonovel.com brushed some dust off his clothes.
“Life as a personal bodyguard is way too restrictive for me. It’s also a tad too dangerous for my taste. Honestly, the way I’m living now is good enough,” replied Gerald with a smile.
“… I-I know, right…?” muttered Fujiko as favonovel.com blushed slightly, thinking that Gerald was hinting that favonovel.com enjoyed spending his time with her.
Realizing that, Gerald who didn’t want to speak any further for fear that it would create more misunderstandings then cleared his throat before saying, “… Anyway, it’s getting quite late, so you should go get some rest. Hopefully, your father will have obtained some valuable information from those two men by morning…”
