[The signal is traced. It's found on the train destined for F city.]
Mizutani's voice is on the speaker.
[The train will arrive at S city in fifteen minutes. Do you want to send people to capture her?]
"She's too smart." Kiyohira directs the helicopter toward S city. "Did you find out who is the other person who called her?"
[Yes, the number is registered to Kawamoto Ren.]
Ren has already arrived at S city station. He calls her number, but it's unreachable. Doubtful, he checks Kamiyama's movement. Kamiyama is already on his way toward the station.
Rie wants to run away from the Kamiyama family. In that case, he can't ever let Kamiyama get a hold on Rie. She has already suffered enough at that man's hands. What should he do?
Ren smiles when an idea pops in his head. How did he forget? He is a hacker. Today, he will become the white knight who will save his first love from an evil black knight.
***
The train finally arrives at the station. I get off the train. The platform is crowdy. I can't see Ren anywhere. Why do I always throw away my phone when I am angry? I have wasted two phones because of Kamiyama.
I look at the information board.
[Meet me at the exit.]
That's Ren. He must have figured out that I threw away my phone. I laugh and run toward the exit. I see Ren with his red hair.
"We don't have time." He grabs my hand. "Kamiyama is on his way."
"What?" How did that bastard find out?
"He's tracing your phone. Do you still have it?"
"I threw it away."
"You did the right thing."
We get inside the taxi. Ren instructs the driver, "Take us to the airport."
"Where is he?" I ask him curiously.
"He is hovering above the station. He needs space for landing. I made sure that he didn't get one. Besides, he will break too many laws if he lands in public space and..."
He stops midway.
"What's wrong?"
"He is hovering above us."
"..."
I put my head out of the window and look at the sky. There is a freaky helicopter flying above the taxi. It looks like it's getting lower and lower toward the taxi.
"Hey, you two! What kind of god did you offend? This helicopter will kill us." The taxi driver yells at us, "Tell him to stop."
Ren scratches his head. He looks clueless.
"Call him." I tell Ren, "That man is crazy. Call him to stop."
Ren dials Kamiyama's number. It's picked after the first ring.
[Stop the taxi.]
Kamiyama's voice gives me goosebumps.
"We won't." I won't lose to this bastard. "Don't follow us."
"I won't follow you. If you don't stop, I will crash it with your taxi."
"Who is this crazy man?" The driver is freaking out. "I don't want to die. I am stopping the taxi."
"YOU CAN'T!!!" Ren and I yell together.
[Someone wants to die so much. Fine. I will grant the wishes of two fools who wanted to run away together.]
"Kamiyama, don't you think that you are overdoing it? If you crash your helicopter with this taxi, you will also die."
[I would rather die than let her be with you.]
"He's crazy..." Ren gawks at his phone.
I am speechless. He will rather die than let me go. He won't let me stay with Ren either. He wants to take me back at any cost and deliver me to Chisa.
"I get it now." The taxi driver widens his eyes and accelerates the car. "You are a pair of lovers who are running away from the man who wants to separate both of you. I won't let him win. Just wait and see."
The taxi driver drives in a zig-zag way. I have never ridden a rollercoaster before. My childhood wish is being fulfilled. Even if Kamiyama doesn't crash with us, we are still on a superfast rollercoaster ride to the afterlife. The taxi driver has gone mad.
"How did he find us?" Ren yells at me. "You really don't have any electronic gadget?"
"Idiot. He traced your phone. You called my number."
"Argh!" Ren grabs his hair in frustration. "Why didn't I think of it?"
"You should be ashamed as a hacker. How could not think of it?"
"You didn't think of it either."
"I didn't think that he was at a psychopathic level."
[I can hear you both.]
Hearing his cool voice makes me furious. Screw everything!
"Kamiyama, stop it. If you want to crash it, then crash it. I told you that I would rather die than go back with you. Go ahead."
"Such love." The taxi driver is full of tears. "Whoever you are, you should be over this girl. These two love each other so much. Don't be a prick and go back. You will find someone wonderful."
"He already has someone wonderful." I laugh and tell the driver, "A lot of wonderful women are in his life. His secretary is head over heels for him. She cooks delicious food for him daily. I am sure that her panty is wet whenever he passes by her. There is another woman who appeared today and the number of his exes exceeds the number of times you have taken the turns on this road."
[...]
"Man!" The taxi driver shakes his head. "Because of men like him, all the men are getting bad reputations."
"Dude, you are something." Ren snorts. "You have so many women. Why do you want my Rie chan? It's not good to be a player. I think that you should settle with the secretary who cooks for you daily. She would make a good wife."
I nod at Ren. "I told him the same. I prefer Mizutani over Chisa."
"You heard her. We will send our blessings. Bye."
"Aaaaaaaaaaah!"
We jump when the taxi driver shouts madly. I see the helicopter landing in front of the taxi. The taxi driver turns around the car. It skids on the road, barely manages to get away from the helicopter. I hug Ren and wait for my death.
The car crashes onto the tree. A white balloon emerges out and saves the taxi driver's head. We can't say much about ourselves, but we aren't dead yet.
"He's crazier than you are," Ren whispers to me. "He nearly got us killed."
It's my fault for underestimating him. He wreaked my house to get what he wanted. But, nearly killing all of us is way too much. It's too crazy. I can't digest this level of insanity.
"We are lucky that there is no other vehicle on the road." Ren looks behind. "It would have been chaos."
The car door is opened. A pair of hands grab my waist and draw me out effortlessly. He turns me around to face him. I am scared of seeing his face.
"Are you okay?" He checks my forehead. "There is a bump. The ambulance will be here soon."
I look at him, baffled beyond words.
"I am sorry for doing this." He cups my face. "I wanted to get you as soon as possible."
This guy would go to any extent for that Chisa. She must have given him a hardcore command. There is no doubt now. He would rather die than go back to his Chisa without me. He is afraid of disappointing her.
"Don't touch me." I push him away from me, completely disgusted by his touch. "You must be her precious dog. What did she offer you? Sex? Money? Do you love her?"
"Takeuchi, you are misunderstanding me. There is no woman other than you." Kamiyama reaches for my head. I step away from him. He's still lying. He will do anything to take me back with him. I don't want to go. I don't want to suffer from her hands again. I am not a brave person.
"You hated my guts and you are now saying that I am the only woman? You can't fool me." I make more distance between the two of us.
"Takeuchi, I am not lying. I am not trying to fool you." He walks toward me. He's more frightening than Chisa. At least, Chisa wouldn't pretend to be nice after her mask is broken. This man still wouldn't stop pretending.
If I go back, she would invent some new ways to torment me.
My legs are about to give away. I decide to throw away my pride and beg. I kneel in front of him. I hide my shaking hands with my body.
"Don't take me back." I lower my head. "I can't return with you. If you want to send me to prison, I am fine with it. Don't make my life worse than death. I already had enough. For you, it's only about the prize. For me, it's my life. I won't be able to endure anymore. Find another toy. There are plenty of people in the world. I am sure that there is someone who can make better crying sounds than me."
***
Kiyohira shakes with anger when he sees her kneeling. She rubs her nose on his shoes while sobbing without a stop. Why is she doing this? This isn't like her. He tries to move away, but she grabs his leg desperately.
"Don't hurt me." She begs miserably. "Please. I will clean your shoes. I didn't do it intentionally. Please don't hurt me more. I promise that I won't tell anyone."
He has heard similar words before. He stands there unmoving, unable to process what's happening. Did he break her?
Even Ren has never seen her like this. He pulls her away from Kiyohira. She doesn't stop screaming,
"Don't hurt me! I won't tell grandfather. I won't tell anyone. I will take the blame when the teacher asks. Please. I beg you."
"Rie Chan!" Ren slaps her when she doesn't stop crying. "Snap out of it. Look, nobody is hurting you."
She sniffles her cries and looks around suspiciously. Her eyes stop on Kiyohira. She is still not herself. "Ren, he is going to take me back. I don't want to go. Please save me. I will do anything if you save me. I will lose to you in the game contest again. If you want my body, I will give it to you without any complaint. You can't let him take me. It's better to feed me poison than let him take me with him."
For the first time in his life, Kiyohira realizes that he has made a grave mistake. He underestimated her wounds inside the walls that she created. She is already broken. She has been putting front with fake pride. She pretended to be strong and unbreakable in front of him. That look in her eyes is ripping his heart.
Ren wraps his arms around her to prevent her from looking at Kiyohira. Her beggings are thorny to his heart and mind. He shouldn't have left her back then.
"Please leave." He asks Kiyohira with a half pleading and a half threatening voice. "She won't calm down as long as you are here. She is scared of you. Leave us alone. I will contact you later when she calms down."
Kiyohira walks away wordlessly. The ambulance passes by and stops in front of Ren and Rie. He watches them from afar. Rie is looking around with fearful eyes. Ren is trying to soothe her with words. She doesn't want to get into the ambulance. She struggles a lot before Ren manages to convince her. The ambulance leaves the road. A cop comes to see him.
"Mr. Kamiyama, thanks for telling us in advance about this." The cop looks at him. "We barely managed to clear the road. Thankfully, you found your mentally unstable family member without any big accident. Don't worry. The media won't find out about her. We know how to keep secrets."
He used the weakness that she was so desperate to hide to capture her. As a result, he shattered the same walls that protected her from herself.
I cried a bit when I wrote this chapter.
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