It's really inconvenient without a phone, I'm definitely going to buy one on my payday. So.. what to do
"Why don't you give me your number? I'll call you sooner or later"
"Okay, then, do you have a paper and pen?"
"I have, wait a bit"
She then rummage through her backpack and then gave him her pocket note and pen
"Here you go"
Yamato takes it and writes his number. He then gave it back to me and said with a chuckle
"Here, call me when you have a phone"
She immediately felt her face burning. An embarrassment course through her
I've been exposed! But I control my expression to give a poker smile
"Is that so? Alright, I'll update you when I buy my phone then"
I played it cool, shrugged my shoulders like it doesn't matter to me. But I hope my face doesn't blush or it will expose my embarrassment even more! Sh*t!
I said then to Yamato
"I'll get going now. I have more things to do so it's nice meeting you again Yamato. Don't forget to ask the landlord about my request"
Yamato then nodded and said
"Don't worry, I won't. Nice to meet you too Ilaya, see you around "
With that, they both part ways. She walked towards the cafe that she saw a while ago then entered it. She ordered a coffee and pastry, and eat while thinking about what happened
That house is definitely connected to me, the way my body carried me toward that place confirmed it. The old man who bought that house is also suspicious too, that old man hired a cleaner to clean the outside of the house even though no one is staying there for years, 8 years to be precise.
It's as if he's waiting for the owner to return, and those rumors about it, I think it's a ruse to make people stay away from that house. Maybe I'll need to ask Yamato about that cleaner. Hmmm ..Yamato though..he's suspicious too. I feel that he knows more than he lets out. I don't buy his friendly demeanor a bit. I suspect he's part of the Yakuza that the driver said while ago
I'm pretty sure that he finds me suspicious too, but as long as I don't do anything out of the line. He'll continue to observe me and obtain intelligence from me. Well, that's fine by me. I can also use him to obtain intelligence because I desperately need it more than him, so I'll be the one who will benefit. I can also control the intel that he will try to pry from me.
With that in mind, she remember his acting and chuckle
"Hehe… I wonder what he will say about me to his boss?"
She drinks her coffee while looking outside the glass window.
…
After he parted with that woman, Ilaya. Yamamoto then headed to an abandoned shed near the house that he's been tasked to watch and entered it. Moments later, a motorcycle emerged at the shed and sped up to an unknown destination.
His name Yamato is an alias as no spy uses their real name when on the job. Yamamoto feels excited at the events that happened earlier. He had a feeling that the mystery of that house was going to finally be unveiled.
That house is a legend to the Yakuza, the old boss always keeps some men to keep watch on the house since 8 years ago. The task is to report if a woman with short hair with blue eyes, with height of 185cm is to appear at the house. The woman's age is estimated to be early 30's and have the aura of a sharp sword. Like a war veteran.
Although many years have passed, the tradition of keeping watch on that house is ongoing even when the old boss passed away two years ago. The task then was passed to the new boss of the Yakuza and the surveillance continued.
This time, although the woman that came to the house is young. The woman that he met has a round face, medium long black hair , blue eyes and slim body. Her height is 178cm and her age is estimated to be about 23 to 25 and her presence is sturdy like a tree but also lost.
Yamamoto suspects that Ilaya is related to the mysterious woman that the old boss is looking for, So, he decides to inform his boss about it.
He drives about 10 minutes and stops at a grocery store. He parked his motorcycle at the warehouse beside it and then proceeded inside the store. He turned towards the counter and said to the clerk
"I want to buy a wine"
The clerk ask with a business smile
"What kind of wine?"
"Black wine"
The clerk then gestured toward the door of the storage room. Yamato then immediately entered the door and walked towards another door inside the storage room then knocked. A voice sounded
"What is it?"
"I want to see the Oni"
The voice behind the door lingered for a bit then opened the door.
"Come in"
Yamato entered and was greeted by the sight of people, lots of people around 40 doing all kinds of work. Some of them stood guard with all kinds of firearms from low caliber pistols to high caliber rifles. There's a lot of desks with people organizing papers and also managing surveillance of different locations.
The back of the grocery store is the headquarters of the Yakuza in Tokyo. It's just a two floor building so it's inconspicuous. The grocery store is just the face of the headquarters. The group manages all kinds of businesses ranging from legit businesses to dark ones. Yamamoto took a glance at the happenings and immediately headed to the stairs leading upstairs. He was stopped by a guard and asked him
"Why are you going upstairs?"
"I have a report to Boss"
The guard eyed him for a moment and took out his walkie talkie and said to his partner upstairs
"We have an agent that wants to report to Boss"
Yamamoto and the guard waited for the reply, then the reply came
"The boss wants to see him, let him through"
The guard then looked at him, step out of the way, and gestured at the stairs