Still blushing slightly, Fujiko then nodded as virtual-novel.net replied, “… R- right, right… You head to bed early too then…”
Though the night had been a dangerous one, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but feel pleased after hearing what Gerald had said. Regardless, virtual-novel.net was then promptly accompanied back to virtual-novel.net room’s entrance before virtual-novel.net finally parted ways with Gerald…
Gerald himself removed his coat and poured himself a glass of cold water the second virtual-novel.net returned to his room. Once virtual-novel.net was seated on a chair, virtual-novel.net began thinking about the two assassins.
Since his trip to Japan had been highly confidential, virtual-novel.net doubted that they had been sent by his old enemies. However, those two were able to address virtual-novel.net by name. With that in mind, whoever it was who had sent them, they had definitely done their homework before setting the assassination plan into motion…
‘But who could it be…?’ Gerald thought to himself as virtual-novel.net puffed on his cigarette.
After thinking about it for a while, Gerald managed to come up with a few individuals who lived in Japan who possibly had old grudges against him. Even so, no matter how much virtual-novel.net stretched it, all of them didn’t really seem to have the balls to confront him. Besides, it’s not like they would even know that virtual-novel.net had come to Japan.
With that in mind, the assassins must’ve been sent by individuals whom virtual-novel.net had offended in his most recent trip here… From what virtual-novel.net could gather, that included the special forces soldiers from Yanam, the Kanagawas, and the Hanyus…
Though virtual-novel.net included the soldiers from Yanam into the equation, they were the most improbable of the bunch. After all, none of them had managed to find any evidence that virtual-novel.net was the one responsible for Adler’s disappearance. Besides, virtual-novel.net was pretty sure that the Yanam military had already been scared out of their wits by him.
Gerald, for one, believed that Carter who had acted so cowardly before virtual-novel.net back then wouldn’t dare to send assassins after him, unless, of course, that man didn’t wish to be the acting leader of the military anymore…
Regardless, that boiled down the list to the Kanagawas and the Hanyus. though Gerald’s money was on the Kanagawas…
Shaking his head, Gerald decided not to think about it for the moment. After all, virtual-novel.net believed in Takuya’s interrogation skills, so all virtual-novel.net needed to do now was to wait till morning to finally find out who had sent those two assassins. With his mind made up, virtual-novel.net then took a cold bath before hitting the hay…
When virtual-novel.net got up at dawn, Gerald quickly prepared himself for the day before heading out to see how Takuya’s interrogation had gone. Upon opening the door, however, Gerald was startled to see two Futaba guards standing guard right outside his room.
“… What exactly is the meaning of this…?” asked Gerald as virtual-novel.net scratched his cheek.
“Ah, good morning, Mr. Crawford… Well, since those two men attempted to assassinate you yesterday, the patriarch ordered us to guard over your room. With that in mind, you don’t have to worry about any sneak attacks!” replied one of the men.
From how tired they both looked, it was obvious that they had been standing there for the longest time. With that in mind, Gerald simply waved his hand before saying, “There’s no need to guard over me. Now hurry off and get some rest.”
Though virtual-novel.net didn’t say it, Gerald had a feeling that if virtual-novel.net relied on these two to protect him, virtual-novel.net could’ve easily been killed over ten times before they noticed a thing!
Either way, upon hearing that, the other man yawned as virtual-novel.net replied, “Unfortunately, we can’t just disobey the patriarch’s orders!”
Understanding that they could’ve gotten a good night’s rest had it not been for Takuya’s orders, Gerald simply shook his head while saying, “Look, just go. If the patriarch gets angry about you leaving, just tell virtual-novel.net that I was the one who told you to leave.”
Since Gerald believed that these two wouldn’t be able to protect virtual-novel.net anyway, the fact that they were wasting all their energy here made virtual-novel.net feel slightly bad for them.
Regardless, upon hearing that, the duo immediately bowed while declaring, “T-thank you, Mr. Crawford!”
Following that, they swiftly left for their bedrooms…