Chapter 397. Milk

First, we left the room.

Yo-chan, wear this

Nei hands me a thin vinyl jumper to me.

Its a bit hot though

I see

I hurriedly wear the jumper on top of the Kouzuki security services uniform.

With this, for nowIll be a person unrelated to Kouzuki security service.

My pants are the same butwell, if someone catches me, Nei and Margo-san will just follow up.

Are you thirsty? Lets go drink coffee

Margo-san said.

But, is it okay to do that?

If its going on schedulewe cant move now

Margo-san smiles wryly

Changing from place to place from the crematoriumstarting fromseventh day the memorial serviceto theforty-nine-day memorial service Then, they rented the restaurant on the other side of this parking lot, thatll be the dinner location for theend of abstinence!

Nei memorized the schedule after this.

I think that the moving to the restaurant is our chance. Or rather, Nei said to not make a move until then

Yeah. We shouldnt move until Rurikos late fathers ash is collected and the memorial service is over That is a bad thing to do

Nei said.

TrueI think so too

I dont know the Japanese funerals formality, sowere okay moving when it comes toend of abstinence?

Yeah. Thats because its simply a dining gathering with the familythough I say that, it should only be Kouzuki gramps, Ruriko, and Misuzu. If the branch families and people from the companies are togetherthey cant loosen up

Neidid you have an experience in funerals?

Yeah. When I was five, my paternal grandfather and grandmother died together in a traffic accidentso I remember The flow well

I see. As for me, my maternal grandfather died last year

I remember it quite well

Back with my grandma, I was small so its vague, but

I see

Nei tangles her arm with mine

Anyway, lets goYo-chan

Yeah

We move to the lobby.

Kouzuki security services black clothed men have already moved.

Be carefulthere are guards outside the building

Margo-san whispers to me

They withdrew from this building so they dont bother the ordinary customers

The crematorium and the memorial service is in the neighboring building after all!

Following Neis gaze

The next buildings visible from the lobby glass.

Theyre connected to this building via a bridge, but

I see people in black clothes inside the building covered with reddish marble.

In shortJii-chan, Misuzu and Ruriko are in there now.

Thats the only customer-only exit. They will head straight to that exit to the restaurant for theend of abstinenceover there

Following Margo-sans eyesOh, theres a Japanese restaurant indeed.

Normally, it would be a shop that Kouzuki house uses buttodays funeral isnt that big. They might want to end it at the crematorium and dimiss

The Kouzuki group wants to hide the sudden death of Rurikos father, Kouzuki Shigeaki as much as possible.

While the interest of the medias still swaying to the scandal of Shirasaka houseso they dont draw public attention.

Therefore, they rushed the funeral

They should move selecting the shortest route. The new security director is Asami-san after all. Therefore, its okay to monitor them from the lobby here

Margo-san said.

Is there no backdoor or employee exit from this facility? Somehow, Asami-sans a top-heavy kind of personso she wont go outwit from behind

I said.

I think so too. Or ratherSeki-san has shown me the guard plans made by Asami-san last night

What?

If its Asami-sans planthey wont come in front. The limousines would turn into the emergency exitKouzuki-san, Misuzu-san, Yoshiko-san, and Ruriko-san will be the only ones to move the shortest distance by car. The others are supposed to oowalk

Then its not worth to watch over here?

Ruriko, our target would move by carso we cant make a move.

Margo-san laughs at my stuffy voice.

Dont panicthats just a plan of Asami-san from yesterday. Tanizawa-san would definitely be kicking that way

Chief Tanizawa?

Today is Asami-sans first day on her job you see? Therefore, obviouslyTanizawa-san will be checking what Asami-san does in detail. Well, its not a big dealat work, he can just close his eyes and let them do it for real, and just coach her later, sayingthat one isnt goodbut when it comes to Kouzuki-san and Misuzu-sans and girls safety, he has to interrupt you see?

Trueit took them time to leave the funeral venue

They rushed the car train in order to regain the delay

Asami-sans mistake is already coming out.

Asami-sans plan has three problems. One is that she breaks the security personnel. The limousine guards that will drive Kouzuki-san and othersand the guards thatll navigate Kouzuki clan by walking. If theyre moving together, you can concentrate all the guardsits not good to separate them Furthermore, walking and driving have different speeds. Asami-san has grouped the guards in black dress togroup inside Kousuki-sans limousine, guards protecting the limousine and a group that went ahead to the restaurant, greeting the limousine. Furthermore, it becomes necessary to divide the guards protecting the Kouzuki clan into fourif you do that, the guards of Kouzuki-san whos the most important here would be lacking

I-I see.

Secondif you separate the limousines ofKousuki-san and his granddaughterandother members of Kouzuki housewho are walking, as expected, the branch families would be in ill-mood

Oh

Those guys posses quite the troublesome pride.

Furthermore, in Asami-sans planfor some reason, Ruriko-sans mother, and Misuzus parents are on thewalking grouptoo

The late husbands wife is walking?What the hell?Thats bullshit!?

Neis angry

You can imagine the reasonits surely because they cant fit in one car

What?

The driver would be from Kouzuki security service as expected. Then, Kouozuki-san, Misuzu-san, Yoshiko-san, and Ruriko-santhats five. Then there are six guards

Butyou can ride more people in the limousine, right?

I askedMargo-san

Lookdo you think its fine for the car of the head of Kouzuki house to be jam-packed?

I-I see.

Well, thats not good.

Since its a limousine, it can afford to have six more people. Or rather, the drivers seat and the front passengers which are security guardsfeel like separated by a transparent plate

Then, they should just move with two cars. Then, Ruriko and Misuzus parents can go by car too, right?

Thenthe branch families will also saylet me ride a car too

Oh

Itll be a mayhem inside the branch families asking wholl be the one to ride the empty seat next time. If its just a simple order, then it would be Kouzuki Soujis father but todaythere are elders who came too. Its not decided by just the thickness of the bloodif you get in, there would be strange suspicions from people sayingThat persons being favored by Kakka

Seriouslytheyre such helpless nobles.

Asami-san is only thinking politically in her head so her plan was only one limousine. Kouzuki-san and his granddaughterwas her decision

Haa

By the wayheres the third problem

What?

In the first placedo you think Kouzuki-san would be happy with that treatment? Only himself and his granddaughters were being treated specially

NoJii-chan would hate it

Besides, this facility is a public area. Just because youre the head of a famous house, Kouzuki houseto think that youd let the people of the establishment open their normally closed paths

This is bad. If they opposed thatand got posted over the internet, itll become a mess

In with that as startRurikos fathers death would be taken largely

Then people who doubt that its a strange death would show up

Therefore, Kouzuki-san will never accept Asami-sans planknowing that will be the case, Tanizawa-san ordered Asami-san to change plans before showing it to Kouzuki-san

Yeah, itll be too late after showing it to Jii-chan. Hell only get angry.

However, Asami-san has a stubborn personality

Margo-san?

If you see the plan, you can see the persons characterTanizawa-san told Asami-san in advance that its not okay, then she got offended, sayingOkay, Ill just do exactly as you say!therefore

Yeah

From that exit to the restaurant over therethe shortest distance will all be faced with guards!

Uumu

Thats my inferencewell its fine. If the plan changes completely, Seki-san will tell us

Oh, right

Obviously! We have to deal with the momentary changes!

Nei always comes with Margo-san as the execution unit ofKuromoriso she seems to be used to this kind of thing.

Ah, Ill buy something from the shop!

She goes to the lobbys shop.

I look at the crematorium where Ruriko and others are at.

After burning the boneswhat are they going to do next?

Margo-san asks me.

They join a pair of chopsticks and put the bones to the pot one by one

Hmmm

Somehow, its quite shockingthe human-shaped body earliergets burned and turned to bonoes

Trueits somewhat unimaginable

Margo-san thinks.

In US, most people dont burn their corpseits at most 20%

Oh, they just put them in a coffin and bury down?

In Christian ideologyall of the dead are given theirfinal judgementfrom their grave and then resurrected. So they think to not damage the physical body beyond the time of death

I see

Wellfor countries like in the UK, even Christians have a high percentage of cremation

Margo-san really knows a lot of things.

Do you believe in God?

Margo-sans blue eyes ask me.

ErrI cant say if theres one or not. But, if theres oneI dont think Gods kind to me

not kind?

Yes, I feellike Gods given me only challenges

Margo-san smiles

You say something interesting

Then, she thinks once again

Heythe nature of the god the people believe in changes depending on the ethnic group and the area you live in

What?

Yeah. For exampleJudaism is a religion born in the desert. Their God is very strict to humans. They immediately give people challengeits very unreasonable. Therefore, God is a scary existence to humans there

Margo-san keeps ono talking.

Thats because the environment is a desertits very harsh towards humansno matter how careful you are, youd die immediately on a dry land. Compared to that, Christianity is originally developed from Judaism, howeverwhen it came to Europe, it changed as expected. Europe in Middle Ages have a mild climateits very easy to live. The ideology of God loves humans is very strong

I see.

Thenlooking at the religion on South Asia. Its very easy to live in thereif you go to the ocean, theres plenty of fish, if you go to the mountains, there are a lot of fruits you can eat. Theres no inconvenience in livingin that environment, they believe that God has a soft personality towards humans. Therefore on the southern islandseveryone has much more festivals for the demons than God

Demons?

Its not that theyre having faith in demons. In those islandsGod gives happiness to humans, even if you dont make festivals for them. But, its unknown when demons bring misfortune to humans. Therefore, they have to do their best for festivals so the demons wont be displeased even at least. Even if you do that, God wont get angry. Because God loves humans abysmallyIs their kind of faith

Thats interesting

What do you think about Japan? Their ideology

Hmm, I think that its Hes gentle to humans But if humans dont make their own effort, their wish wont come trueI think thats how everyone thinks of God

I seetrue, its like that

Margo-san thinks even more.

I guess Ill write this theme as a report

Speaking of whichshes more or less a college student.

Hey, I bought some!

Nei comes back from the shop

Sorrytheres no milk so take this coffee milk instead!

Nei hands a square paper pack to me and Margo-san

Ehwhy milk?

Before I finished asking

And! Anko bread. They have this too!

Anko bread and milk.

Were on the lookout after all!

Nei laughs.

Why does it have to anko bread and coffee milk when were lookouts?

Wrong! Margo-oneechan! Normally its white milk

Sowhy?

Well, you see

AhI hope Margo-san doesnt write any strange reports about Japanese culture

Thenwe kept watching from the lobby for about 40 minutes.

Its a public spaceso various families are visiting.

There are other family members waiting for the cremation to end.

Therefore, nobody cared even if were in the lobby.

They moved

Margo-san mutters.

Truethe black clothed security guards in the other building are moving.

Theyre close to moving now. Theyre switching over their positions

Margo-san analyzes.

What should we do?

You and Nei will stay here!

Huh?

I will go to Iwakura-san

Oh right.

Speaking of whichwheres Iwakura-kaichou?

Ill be making a messthen, well take only Ruriko-san out of security

How?

Margo-san smiles at me.

Ruriko-sans going to follow what you say, right?

Yeah, somehow

Somehow?

Shes too smart, buttop-heavy as well. Her head knows that she has no choice but to follow me. But, her heart isnt completely done yet

Furthermoreher body too.

Until she feels pleasant from sex

Rurikos body wont accept me, I think

Well, Rurikos a blue fruit

Nei speaks her impressions.

Well, theres no need to worry. Misuzu-san and Michi-san are there too. Theyll follow up well

Once we start theRuriko KidnappingMisuzu and others will read the air and cooperate

Kouzuki-san will also help

No, Jii-chan told us to do our best with our own power

Buthe wont interfere on purpose, would he?

Thatstrue

Jii-chan was the one who originally sold Ruriko to me to separate her from Kouzuki house.

Jii-chan doesnt wish Ruriko to keep trapped inside Kozuki house.

Rurikohas to break her shell and feel the outside air.

Thenthe problem is only that girl!

Nei said

YeahYoshiko-san

Yoshiko-san might try to interfere ourkidnapping

Well, Ill do something about it

Nei?

Goodthen Ill be heading to Iwakura-sans place, you and Neilets see, go near to the path there. You just have to pretend to be talking to each other. Its fine, this is a public facility, as long as you dont show hostilityKouzuki security service cant take you out

Okay

Understood

Hold to your phonesif something happens, Ill contact right away

Then, Margo-san walks out in small steps

Lets go too!

Nei stands up holding the anko bread.

Now then, the other side of the buildings finally getting noisy.

Jii-chan and others should be coming out soon.

The black clothing guards outsidehave also gathered in the way to the restaurant from the exit.

Everyones gathering herethats a key point!

Nei said.

Look, Yo-chanstick to me closer! Lets pretend to be lovers!

Were not pretending

W-Why! Were on our operation right now!

Well, were lovers, after all, me and Nei

When were alone, I call herNei, notNeesan

Geez

arere?

Are you angryNei?

Wrong! Im embarrassed!!!

Nei whispers to my ears

I love you, I love you, I love you

Me tooo

I whispered

Yo-chan!

Nei!

I want to kiss butthe black-clothed men gather around here too

Ah, the person I met with Seki-san from the parking lot earlier.

This is bad.

Sorryits better to make them think that Im Seki-sans assistant now

I hide in the shadow of the parked car and tell Nei.

Huh?

I met that person earlier when Im with Seki-san

Roger. Rather, it might be better for us to adapt

I take off the vinyl jumper right away and hand it to Nei.

Nei sniffs it.

Yes, it smells like Yo-chan!

Then, she wore the jumper herself

Good

Whats the matter?

The black-clothed guard from earliernoticed me and comes.

Err

Uhmwhich bus station is the best to get from here to **** ?

Nei asks the man in black clothes with a smile.

Oh, that would be

The man in black clothes misunderstands that Neis just asking me the directions.

Then

Pii!

One black-clothed man whistled at the entrance of the building.

Kakkascoming!Im sorry, lady, could you move over there? A groups coming right nowo

The automatic door opens and Seki-san appeared first.

She immediately noticed me

Ah, Im being calledIm going

Oh, okay

The man in black clothes thinks that Im Seki-sans assistant

I walk towards Seki-san dignified