Never Not
Ch. 82: Thinking Strategy

Once out of Yamamoto Sasuke's airsoft game, Shohei pulled over briefly to contact Rai who was also carrying out his mission.

"Moshi-moshi."

"How's it?"

"I managed to put the eavesdropper under his bag. He never changed bags, so the placement of the tapping tool there is quite strategic" explained Rai.

"Good work, Rai! But before you go home, I need you to make sure of something!"

"What's that?"

"I want you to check the CCTV directly opposite the coffee cafe near Hiroo Hospital. Take it from every angle that leads to the cafe!"

"Only outside? Do I need to take it for inside the cafe?"

"no need. I have a copy of that in the cafe. And I need outside CCTV footage to match it. About how you took the copies, all I'm giving you. Sure, be careful!"

"All right! That's an easy thing to do."

Rai returns to her apartment after going undercover as a host in the luxury bar, Starlit. His steps suddenly came to a halt when he saw Yuriko just got off Shohei's car.

Rai saw the time on his watch. It was almost twelve in the evening, but Yuriko had just returned home and was ushered in by Shohei. He also moved quickly towards the two.

"Why are you guys together?" rai asked while looking at Yuriko's happy-looking face.

"The whole story!" reply Shohei short.

As if understanding, Rai only nodded slightly while entering in tandem with Shohei.

"Ano ... food earlier, how about we eat it together?" Yuriko beat from behind, reminding of the food that Shohei gave her while in the apartment earlier.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Shohei turned towards Rai.

"I've eaten" answered Rai ketus.

"Then, for Yuriko-san alone. Yuriko-san hasn't eaten yet, has she? Eat, to replace your energy after playing airsoft!" shohei turned back to Yuriko.

Rai was immediately shocked to find out the two had just finished playing airsoft. Moreover, looking at Yuriko's face that looked radiant.

Upon arrival in Rai's room, they immediately discussed Akabane Ayumi.

"I have to admit she's a charismatic woman who takes great care of herself in the public sphere. But, it seemed like he was an admirer of a man who was much younger than him." Rai takes out Akabane Ayumi's business card while showing it to Shohei.

"He gave you his card. It means he wants you to call him," Shohei guessed as he stroked his chin.

Rai plucked a finger to justify Shohei's speech. "So how? Do I want to prove it?"

"Do you think a bar waitress can open a big airsoft? Even if he's using bank capital, doesn't he need collateral to take out a loan?" Shohei threw a question instead.

"Don't ignore the bar waitress! They have a side job as a call man. If they get big clients like rich women, they'll easily get money."

"If that's what you think, chances are Yamamoto Sasuke and Akabane Ayumi have a relationship. You know, the airsoft game I went to with Yamamoto's Yuriko. He quit his job and now manages complete airsoft."

Rai was shocked for a moment. "Isn't his sister the one who met Ayumi Akabane at the time and died afterwards?"

"Then from that it becomes interesting to investigate. Some officials opened businesses to launder their illegal money, then deliberately on behalf of others so as not to be sniffed by law. What about the CCTV?"

Rai opened his laptop. "I've copied every CCTV code on that line. This way is safer," he said while fiddling with his laptop. Apparently, he was hacking into the surveillance camera system on the streets around the cafe Yamamoto Sasuke stopped by after meeting his sister that night.

Shohei. "So, you can also hack CCTV?" tanyanya could not believe it. Because, all this time Rai never showed his expertise in the field of technology science.

"Yes, I learned a lot from my former best friend. He graduated in IT at Waseda University," Rai recalls, recalling the times he was still in the world of fraud. Things like hacking, tinkering, and manipulating systems and CCTV are their daily food.

Of the two recordings there is nothing different. All showed the same footage from different sides. Shohei stared at the laptop screen with a keen gaze.

"Nothing is suspicious!" said Rai while holding his chin.

"Wait!" Shohei stopped the two recordings for a moment. "There's a time difference in these two recordings. CCTV footage inside the cafe is in the time range of 00.15 - 00.45. CCTV footage outside the cafe showed half an hour later. That is, the footage in the cafe copied by the police has been fiddled to adjust the time the body was found." Shohei concluded quickly.

"Does this mean he killed his own brother? Ah, this is unbelievable!" connect Rai.

"Some of the criminals actually came from the closest people. But for this case, we can't prove whether Yamamoto Sasuke is the real culprit. Even if yes, what is the reason? What does this have to do with Akabane Ayumi? That's what we need to find out."

In fact, without seeing the nurse's death, Shohei has had evidence of the crimes committed by Akabane Ayumi all along. Only, he had to consider all aspects. Given, this is the campaign period and Ayumi Akabane is a strong candidate with many supporters from various walks of life. It is likely that people will not believe if Akabane Ayumi is a rotten politician who takes refuge with her good image. In addition, Ayumi Akabane might be able to give clues about their final target.

"How about we just lure them?" rai suddenly said.

Shohei silently pensively. "Let's think about it again tomorrow. Rest up! It's late, you have to keep your condition to always fit," he said while installing a coat that he had taken off. Just as he was about to get out of Rai's room, Shohei's steps suddenly came to a halt. "By the way, this is about Yuriko-san."

"What's wrong with Yuriko?" ask Rai.

"He mastered the techniques of attacking and disabling opponents. If there's time, learn that tactic from him to equip yourself" Shohei said.

"Eh? Really?" Rai's eyes widened perfectly.

"But be careful! Don't let him know who you really are" said Shohei who then left.

Not felt a few days have passed, the winter will soon be over, replaced with spring that brings a million colors. Seina and her friends were sitting relaxing in the campus garden.

"How about we travel hanami¹ together later?" bring one of Seina's friends.

"Great idea!" sahut. One of his friends turned towards Seina. "Seina-chan, what about you?"

"Of course Seina couldn't join. She will definitely do it with her lover" said another.

Seina fell silent. He stared at the dark screen of his phone. For more than a week, he and Shohei did not meet, communicating by phone only once. Yes, on the last date, the man did tell her he would focus on her busyness. Evidently, they're negating this weekend's date.

For some reason, his memory was even erased when he accidentally saw Shohei come out of the condo with the girl called his home assistant.

Still staring blankly at the phone screen, suddenly there was a message notification live broadcast from Anonymous. Apparently, Seina's friends also got a similar notice. Seina immediately clicked on the notification message.

The screen blackened instantly, and a writing appeared suddenly.

"Black Shadow's Comeback!"

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Hanami: sakura viewing activities that are blooming in spring.

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