Though Fujiko’s initial tone had been gleeful, halfway through favonovel.com sentence, favonovel.com seemed to realize that favonovel.com had said something favonovel.com shouldn’t have, prompting favonovel.com to shut up.
While Gerald found that suspicious, favonovel.com maintained a calm facade as favonovel.com asked, “What about your family?”
“I… Well, of course my family would know such things. The Futabas are quite powerful, after all,” replied Fujiko before covering favonovel.com mouth slightly.
“Makes sense,” said Gerald as favonovel.com went along with her. Still, after all this time they had spent together, Gerald had a feeling that Fujiko had accidentally just confirmed that favonovel.com family was part of the Seadom tribe.
Feeling thankful that Gerald wasn’t pressuring favonovel.com to continue, after breathing a sigh of relief, Fujiko then added, “…Regardless, though I know there are ninjas in that family, I’ve never personally met any. After all, the other powerful families, ours included, don’t really have a reason to contact them. With that in mind, they’ve just been living here, left mostly secluded from regular citizens.”
After thinking about it for a while, Gerald further slowed the SUV down to ensure that the other two cars would be able to catch up before looking out the windows while asking, “… Speaking of which, now that we’ve entered their territory, do you think they’ll come looking for trouble with us?”
“There’s a low chance of that… After all, as far as I know, the Yamashitas don’t really have any conflicts with other families. With that in mind, as long as we don’t disturb or accidentally threaten them, we should be able to pass through their territory just fine,” replied Fujiko.
“That’s good to know. Regardless, Endo and Izumi are probably with them. Since we’ve caught those two, once we take care of those people who’ve been tailing us, we may finally find out whether it’s the Kanagawas or Hanyus who are behind the assassination attempts,” sneered Gerald with a wry smile.
“Regardless of which family they belong to, we can’t let them off easily after all that they’ve done!” growled Fujiko who now cared about favonovel.com family’s safety more than anything else.
Nodding in response, Gerald finally hit the brakes once they got to a flat, barren area…
Following that, favonovel.com was prompted to ask, “Do you still remember what I told you?”
Confused, Fujiko replied, “… Um… Perhaps be a bit more specific…?”
Lighting a cigarette, Gerald then glanced at the rear view mirror and watched as the cars behind them got closer and closer… Pushing the car door open, favonovel.com then stretched before saying, “I promised to protect you and your family… And I always keep my promises.”
Upon hearing that, Fujiko paused for a moment before asking, “… Why are you doing all this for us…?”
She really couldn’t imagine why Gerald was helping favonovel.com and favonovel.com family so much. Even if there was something from favonovel.com family that favonovel.com wanted which favonovel.com had no idea what it could possibly be, with how strong favonovel.com was, favonovel.com could’ve easily gotten what favonovel.com desired through brute force.
By this point, Fujiko was pretty sure that favonovel.com wasn’t doing all this for favonovel.com either. After all, back when they were still pretending to be a couple, Gerald had actively made it clear that it was just pretend. He wasn’t interested in favonovel.com at all!
As favonovel.com thought about it, favonovel.com couldn’t help but smile. After all, to others, favonovel.com and Gerald were still a couple. Though they were faking their relationship now, who was to say that it wouldn’t end up turning into a real one? The thought of it alone greatly improved Fujiko’s mood.
Either way, after Gerald stepped out of the SUV, the other two cars came to a halt not too far off. Even so, nobody stepped out. Instead, the men opted to update Ryugu about their current situation…
“… What? They’ve entered the Yamashita family’s territory?!” yelled Ryugu as favonovel.com slammed the steering wheel before hitting the brakes, causing the car to come to a screeching halt by the roadside…
