While Aizawa was playing with her smartphone in the living room, Hide was preparing dinner. The main dish was mackerel that was diced and slightly stir-fried using high heat, then placed on top of warm rice and doused with sauteed onions seasoned with teriyaki sauce.

Combining fried mackerel with teriyaki sauce was a bit strange, but Aizawa super liked it. She could finish two full bowls of rice every time the menu was served, like Emily.

"Aizawa, dinner is ready."

"Okay."

Without wasting time Aizawa came to the dining table, and with sparkling eyes she looked at her favorite menu which was served with mushroom soup, fish skin crackers, and pickled cucumbers.

""Have a good meal," Hide and Aizawa said at the same time and dinner started immediately.

After gulping a piece of mackerel, Aizawa turned to Hide. "Big Bro, can Aizawa stay at Kitaro every Monday, Thursday, and Friday?"

Hide didn't answer right away. Initially, he had intended for Aizawa to stay in Kitaro for 6-10 months, so that he could focus on training and collecting money. But now, he felt reluctant to part with Aizawa and choses to collect money slowly.

After pondering for a moment Hide said, "Well, depending on the reason."

"Every Monday and Thursday night Aizawa will practice music with Kana. On Friday night we will watch the soccer game together."

A question mark immediately appeared on Hide's forehead, "Who is Kana?"

Aizawa cheerfully explained, "She is Kaede Sensei's niece. Last year both her parents died in a plane crash. So now she lives with Kaede Sensei. Kana is also a Yuko Mountain fan like Aizawa."

Aizawa then opened her Cloud account using Hide's smartphone and showed a photo of two girls in Kitaro's uniform. The two of them were standing and holding hands in front of a piano.

The first girl had clear black eyes and long shiny black hair, with a cute oriental face. While the second girl had clear blue eyes and perfect blonde hair, with a charming beauty of a caucasian-oriental face. One thing that stood out was, the two girls were looking very happy and smiling from ear to ear.

'Looks like I missed some important stuff,' muttered Hide inwardly.

After Emily's departure, this was the first time Hide had heard Aizawa excitedly talk about her friend. This was also the first time he had seen Aizawa smile so brightly.

"Aizawa, did you only train with Kana?"

"Nope, in the class Aizawa trains with a group of nine children. While outside class Aizawa will practice with Kana under the guidance of Kaede Sensei or Kirara Sensei. Aizawa will play the piano while Kana will play the violin."

"I see." Hide smiled widely before continuing, "Then tomorrow we'll go shopping for extra clothes and bathroom miscellaneous for you. Then, Big Bro will take care of your dormitory admission."

"Okay." Aizawa cheerfully nodded three times.

"You can also bring the smartphone from Totsuka Firm. So you can take as many photos as you want using your own smartphone. But don't get addicted to playing games or Big Bro will ask for it back."

"Okay." Aizawa once again cheerfully nodded.

Dinner then continued and Hide asked Aizawa to tell him about her study in Kitaro. All this time, Hide had only checked Aizawa's brilliant grades, without asking too many questions because she seemed very happy with her school life. However, that seemed like a big mistake.

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It's late at night, but Hide was still wide awake. In his pitch-black room, he sat pensively on the bed, leaning against the wall.

From his previous life, Hide knew that the attempt to acquire the Sakura Shopping District would fail. In March of next year, a wife of a shop owner and their three-year-old son were hit and run right in front of their shop. The death of the mother and child then attracted the public's attention and sympathy. Then ended with overwhelming support for the perseverance of Sakura Shopping District.

But the thing was, Hide never knew that the developer who wanted the Sakura Shopping District also wanted the block where he lived.

After he joined the 1st SFG and had several contacts in the National Intelligence Service, Hide managed to track down that the robber who killed his father was a member of Toruma Mafia. He then collected the debt of life for his father's death.

And, before his throat was slashed by Hide, the Elder of Toruma Mafia hysterically explained that he was only carrying out a deal with Nichiko Construction and Developer Association, to help them in a national scale project and not targeting his father specifically.

At that time, Hide ignored the explanation and thought of it as panicked nonsense in the face of death. However, it seemed he didn't dig deep enough.

'Looks like I have to speed up the visit to Toruma Mafia.'

Slowly but surely, a dense bloodlust enveloped Hide, while his gaze turned as sharp as a sword.

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Every day, especially on Mondays, Takeo would leave much earlier than normal high school students. First, he would take Kei and Rei to all-day kindergarten. Then, he rushed to East Nichiko High and waited for the start of class by reading a novel.

Takeo casually passed the empty schoolyard and entered the first floor of the main building. However, on the stairs to the 2nd floor, he found Hide waiting for him.

While approaching Hide, Takeo asked, "Do we have a new target?"

"Yeah." Hide was silent for a moment before continuing, "But this is my personal stuff and not from our broker. So the money is insignificant even though the risk is quite high. That's why I don't mind if you aren't interested."

Takeo firmly replied, "The size of the money doesn't matter. Right now I need every penny I can get. Also, this can be a means of collecting experience for me."

"Well, then please gather as much detail as possible regarding the acquisition for Sakura Shopping District. The keywords are Toruma Mafia and Nichiko Construction and Developer Association. You are free to infiltrate any network in this city, but avoid Nichiko Metro Police servers. Their Cyber ​​Crime Unit is not a joke."

"Okay."

"There's a possibility to develop this operation into a prized job, but for now we shouldn't get our hopes up too high."

"Understood."

Hide then sincerely said, "Thank you."

"No problem, you helped me a lot too."

A moment later, Hide and Takeo were already on their way to their classes, as if their conversation never happened.

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