Echelon Systems
Meet Sumiko Yamamoto

The journey, which lasted 11 hours, finally paid off. The car driven by Hirota and Nathan has now entered the city of Kochi.

A few minutes later Hirota pulled over his car in front of a large traditional house, which was the home of Yamamoto's daughter Sumiko Yamamoto.

"Sir, we've arrived..." Hirota said as she opened the car door for Nathan.

Nathan just nodded then got out of the car. Following Hirota from behind, Nathan walked into the grounds of the house.

But their steps stopped when a woman who was sweeping in the yard saw the two of them and came over.

"Excuse me, can I help you?" Kanae Yamamoto asks a 35-year-old woman the granddaughter of Sumiko Yamamoto.

Seeing the presence of a beautiful Japanese woman greeting him, Nathan for a moment stunned before regaining consciousness.

"I'm sorry, can I meet Mrs Sumiko? I have an interest in him and want to talk..." Nathan said with a warm smile.

Kanae initially hesitated to allow a foreign man to meet her grandmother, but after seeing the man's smile made her suddenly melt.

"Include me Kanae the granddaughter of Mrs Sumiko. Can I know your name, sir?" Kanae said politely while smiling gently.

Nathan reached out his hand and shook hands with Kanae. "Nathan... Nice to meet you, Miss Kanae..."

After getting acquainted, Kanae then invited Nathan into the house to meet her grandmother who is now 100 years old.

"I just found out, it turns out the real Japanese woman is very beautiful..." Nathan's whisper to Hirota who walks side by side with him.

"Sorry sir, but you better refocus and remember the purpose we came here..." Hirota replied expressionlessly.

"What's with your tangled face Hirota? Are you jealous of not being introduced to you?" Nathan asked with a laugh.

Feeling ridiculed by Nathan, Hirota chooses to be quiet. He actually did not know what was on his master's mind, even though he already had a wife as beautiful as Emilia.

A few minutes later they finally arrived at the door of a closed room. Kanae then knocked on the door of the room.

"Grandmother, there's someone from Tokyo who wants to see you..." Kanae said in a soft and polite voice to her grandmother.

"Yes, let them in..." Reply Sumiko Yamamoto.

After obtaining permission, Kanae then told Nathan to go inside while he would wait outside the room with Hirota.

Once inside Nathan can see family photos and items relics of World War II. In the room Nathan saw an old woman sitting and wiping a sharp Katana sword.

"Sit down, who are you, young man?" Sumiko Yamamoto asked without looking back and still chose to wipe the sword of her brother who died in the war.

Nathan sat down and said, "Include me Nathan, Mrs Sumiko. Sorry for interrupting your time..." Nathan replied politely.

"Nathan then? What do you need to come to see me, young man?" Said Sumiko who was surprised because she did not know the child named Nathan before.

"It's about your late father, Isoroku Yamamoto..." Nathan's reply instantly made Sumiko stop wiping her sword.

Hearing Nathan mention his late father, Sumiko then turned around and saw that the one who asked him to speak was a handsome young man.

"Do you want me to tell you my parents' story just like the people who came here?" Sumiko asked with a look of dislike if she had to tell a story for the umpteenth time.

Nathan shook and pulled out a small ball from behind his suit. The young man then placed the ball on the floor.

The lights that illuminated the room were instantly extinguished. From a small ball belonging to Nathan was then issued a 4-dimensional projection that shows the incident when Nathan met with Yamamoto post-dying.

Seeing the face of his father who had not seen for a very long time immediately made tears come out of Sumiko's fertilizer. The middle-aged woman seemed powerless when she saw the appearance of her father who was injured and could only joke on a large tree.

"You will understand immediately after seeing everything..." Nathan's reply was brief.

The projection then shows the presence of Nathan, Harry, Kevin, and Robby who are near Yamamoto.

Sumiko who saw Nathan's presence in the projection became shocked and astonished. But he did not immediately ask and witness every incident before his father was killed by shooting himself in the head.

The 4-dimensional projection then ends and the lights in the room come back on. Nathan could only be silent as he watched the elderly woman crying after seeing all the events in the past.

For a while Sumiko let out her tears before finally stopping. "What is that guy you? How did you get there?" Sumiko asked who believed that the recording really happened.

"Yes, ma'am, I am the young man in the tape. For how I was there, I'm sorry I couldn't tell you..." Nathan replied while lowering his head slightly.

"Don't bow like that, Mr. Nathan. I'm not gonna mind if you don't want to tell me..." Sumiko said with a smile and seemed to hold no grudge against Nathan after what had happened.

Nathan smiled awkwardly and gave a dagger from Yamamoto to Sumiko who had been promised.

With trembling hands Sumiko received the dagger given by Nathan. As she had already understood the dagger, Sumiko then took out a secret letter hidden in the dagger.

A piece of paper with a distinctive writing from Isoroku Yamamoto was later read by Sumiko. In the letter Yamamoto expressed his longing for his wife and children.

Yamamoto also wrote that he felt his life was not long. The man also said about the existence of a young man who really made him quite surprised to know the secret of the kingdom, which was none other than Nathan.

After reading the letter, Sumiko immediately kept her back and placed the dagger near the urn containing some of Yamamoto's ashes.

"I as the representative of the family would like to thank you very deeply, for giving an honorable death to my late father..." Sumiko said while bowing her body.

Nathan quickly prevents Sumiko from bowing to him because she does not like to be treated like that, which ultimately makes Sumiko not so bent.

Nathan then issues the Bank's check letter and thrusts it to Sumiko. "Please on the nominal content you want Mrs Sumiko. This is a promise I must keep to your late parents, to share some of the treasures of the time..."

Seeing the Bank's check letter, Sumiko quickly rejected it. "Excuse me Mr. Nathan, but I must refuse an offer from you..."

"Why refuse? I can't, I promised to share the results..." Nathan said.

But as hard as Nathan told Sumiko to fill in the nominal in the Bank check that he gave, in the end Sumiko did not want to accept it.

"I really have to turn it down, we really don't lack a penny, Mr. Nathan..." Sumiko.

"Then how should I keep my word, Mrs Sumiko?" Ask Nathan.

Sumiko then smiled faintly and made the corner of Nathan's lips twitch knowing what the elderly woman would ask for.

"You've met my granddaughter Kanae before? What do you think she is?" Ask Sumiko.

"Y-Yes she's beautiful and..." Reply Nathan who can not finish his words because it is not good if said.

"And flirting open? I already know... The women in our family always have seductive bodies for the men. Take it easy she can do household chores well and has a motherly nature..." Said Sumiko while drinking tea casually.

Nathan laughed awkwardly and scratched his cheek in an unexpected way to deal with this kind of situation.

"What if I take her away later, who will take care of you at home. Looks like you're just alone..." Said Nathan who indirectly rejected Sumiko's request.

"Don't worry, we're not alone. The girl's parents also live here and are out. Will be back soon too..." Reply Sumiko.

"Sorry Mrs Sumiko, but I am not a good man for your grandchildren. I already have a wife and three lovers..." Nathan said.

"Then? What's wrong with adding one... In the future you will have many offspring and it will be very good. Don't turn it down, just assume to pay your promise to my father. I'll discuss this with my son and his wife later..." Sumiko's reply immediately made Nathan die of lice.