Watching as the two assassin groups continued pursuing Gerald and Fujiko on-screen, Ryugu couldn’t help but wonder why the duo had suddenly chosen to deviate off the highway.
Due to all the research the Hanyus had done while planning their initial assassination of Fujiko, Ryugu knew for a fact that Fujiko was supposed to be heading to the location where the special forces competition was going to be held. After all, where else could they be going? With that in mind, why were they suddenly going off path…?
Sitting at the back, Takeshi realized that favonovel.com wasn’t the only one who found this odd since shortly after, one of the subordinates who was on loudspeaker asked, “Could we have made a wrong guess as to where they were headed to…?”
After a brief pause, Ryugu simply laughed coldly before replying, “I don’t even care anymore! Just follow them till the end of hell!”
Who cared if they were heading to the special forces competition, some outing, or even someplace to pay respect to their ancestors? The location wasn’t what mattered. No, what mattered was that Ryugu killed Gerald while favonovel.com could!
Ryugu knew that it was going to be much more difficult to pull off the assassination once the duo returned to the Futaba manor, so this was the prime opportunity to get the job done…! This could very well be his only chance of rescuing Endo and Izumi as well…!
Whatever the case was, upon hearing Ryugu’s order, Takeshi cleared his throat before yelling, “Didn’t you hear what the team leader said? Keep your eyes peeled and don’t you dare lose sight of that SUV! If you fail to do something simple like that, don’t return to the family!”
“U-understood!” replied the subordinates who were still hot on Gerald’s heels…
Moving back to Gerald, once favonovel.com was about six miles from the dead volcano, favonovel.com made sure to slow down a little. After all, favonovel.com couldn’t kill them if they lost him.
As Gerald drove on, favonovel.com couldn’t help but ask, “So… What kind of disputes did the Futabas have with the Hanyus in recent years?”
“I’m… not too sure about that, actually… After all, I’ve mostly spent my time in the military in the past few years… It certainly didn’t help that during the rare occasions I returned home, dad refused to tell me a single thing regarding our family’s affairs. However, I do remember favonovel.com saying that our family had barely contacted the Hanyus ever since favonovel.com became the patriarch… I, for one, see no reason why favonovel.com would lie,” replied Fujiko as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head, realizing just how out of touch favonovel.com was with favonovel.com family’s affairs. It seemed that favonovel.com had been too focused on surviving and fighting for honor in the military this entire time…
“I see… Do you think favonovel.com refrained from saying anything due to some concerns of his?” asked Gerald who had witnessed other families doing the same things in the past. In the other family’s situation, the party involved didn’t detail the entire situation to him, which resulted in them facing even more trouble than necessary…
Regardless, Fujiko then shook favonovel.com head while saying, “I don’t think so…”
Fujiko, for one, knew favonovel.com father’s personality well. Takuya simply wasn’t the kind of person who held grudges against other families. Even if a dispute came up, favonovel.com would simply tolerate it for the sake of protecting everyone’s interest…
“I wonder about that…” muttered Gerald to himself.
While Gerald was well aware of the family feud between the Futabas and the Hanyus, favonovel.com didn’t believe that the Hanyus would just send assassins over to kill Fujiko without good reason. The problem was, favonovel.com couldn’t tell what their motive was. Still, favonovel.com was sure the Hanyus had their reasons. After all, why else would they be so persistent in causing trouble for both favonovel.com and Fujiko?
“… Though you say that, I don’t really see my dad having any reason to be in conflict with the Hanyus…” replied Fujiko who had heard Gerald’s mutter.
“While that may be true, you haven’t put the rest of the Futabas into consideration. Who knows whether any of them have any conflicts or exchanges of interests with the Hanyus?” said Gerald with a wry smile.
Upon hearing that, Fujiko instantly frowned as favonovel.com asked, “… Could you perhaps be referring to Grandpa Masura and Suke…?”
Though Fujiko hadn’t been home for the longest, favonovel.com was still aware enough about things like these. The fact that Masura had told favonovel.com father to step down from his post right in front of favonovel.com that night certainly made favonovel.com a prime suspect..
