HA1 4.2 - Prospective Target

Takeo's parents never asked Takeo to help them at their restaurant. They only asked him to get the best academic achievement possible while looked after his twin little sister. And because his little sisters were still in kindergarten, the task of looking after them was more like accompanying them to play, bathing them, and making sure they didn’t skip their meal.

Every evening, while Takeo studied and did his schoolwork, his twin little sister would sat in front of him while coloring sketchbooks using crayons. After that, Takeo would read them bedtime story.

While reaching out for the Thousand and One Nights storybook from the shelf Takeo said, "Kei, Rei, it's time to go to the bed."

""Mhm.""

Kei Ishida and Rei Ishida, a pair of cute twins who always followed Takeo wherever he went, nodded together before tidying up their sketchbooks, and then hurried to their bedroom with Takeo.

Takeo was about to start reciting tonight bed time story when Rei looked at him with her clear eyes and asked, "Big Bro, do we really have to leave this house?"

"Huh?"

Takeo was instantly shocked. Even though his parents had huge debts, their restaurant was still crowded with visitors and provided a decent income. Therefore, as time went on they would surely pay their debt off, even though there was a possibility he would have to give up the college.

Takeo immediately tidied Kei and Rei's blanket before asking gently, "Rei, why do you think we have to leave our house?"

Rei innocently answered, "This afternoon two people from the bank came and argued with daddy."

Kei then added, "They said this house and daddy's restaurant will be confiscated and we can't stay here anymore."

On reflex Takeo smiled before saying, "Don't worry, we won't leave this house. Dad and Mom will take care of everything."

Kei and Rei then nodded together, and without delay Takeo started reciting tonight bedtime story.

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After his little sisters fell asleep, Takeo went into his parents' study. Every day, his parents came home at least at 11:00 PM. So, he still had about an hour.

Takeo carefully examined his father's desk and PC. With ease he found that in addition to 8 million Dillar debts, his parents had also mortgaged their home and restaurant. Worst of all, they had been in arrears for three months of installments.

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Takeo instantly slumped to the chair, while Hide's ridiculous offer crossed his mind. He had ignored the offer without second thought. It was only natural that no matter what, he had a hard time imagining how two high school kids could make one million Dillar. But now, it seemed he had to consider every possible option, no matter how ridiculous it was.

‘I hope Hide's offer isn't nonsense or I'll beat him up.’

Takeo then tidied up his father's desk before going to his room.

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Knosses was a mid-class restaurant on south Nichiko. It was very popular with the locals. All of its main menus used chicken as the base and were prepared using Hellenix culinary traditions.

As a son of a restaurant owner, Takeo was well aware of Knosses’s potential. It was located on the main road that connected downtown Nichiko with the beach on the south of the city, in the middle of an open field with no other buildings up to radius of 12 km.

Under such conditions, a restaurant would close in six months if the menu didn’t leave an extremely good impression in their customer’s hearts, and had characteristics that could not be found anywhere else.

Exactly at 09:00 PM, Takeo arrived in Knosses. He found Hide was sitting in a corner while making notes. If he's not out of options, Takeo really didn't want to talk with Hide. Therefore, he instantly frowned when Hide chose to eat first.

Moreover, after they finished three servings of Roasted Lemon Chicken Breast served with Greece yogurt, Hide still hadn't said a word about the job he mentioned yesterday. He just paid the bill before taking Takeo to the bus stop in front of the restaurant.

While giving Hide a sharp gaze Takeo said, "Your way of joking is too much."

Hide smiled slightly before answering, "I'm not joking and you are also savoring the Roasted Lemon Chicken Breast. So, don't give me a sword stare."

"Fuck!" Without delay, Takeo took his wallet.

At the same time Hide casually said, "We're going to rob Knosses."

"Haaaah?!"

Takeo dropped his jaw as he gave Hide a dumbfounded eyes, but Hide only looked back at him calmly.

"I'm still sane and I'm not joking."

Takeo was stunned for some time before saying, "For your information, a restaurant will deposit their income once a week or when it reaches a certain amount. So, getting one million Dillar from a restaurant is impossible."

"Our target is not the money that Knosses makes, but what is stored in its cellar."

"...?"

"Knosses is used by an ex-Pararoble Cartel from Mexico, to hide the money and gold he stole from his former boss."

A question mark appeared on Takeo's forehead while he stared deeply at Hide. "Let’s assume your info is legit, how are we going to do it?"

"This job is very dangerous. Give it a thought for three days, deeply and carefully, and then decide. I will tell you the details only if you join the fun." Hide was quiet for a moment before adding, "And don't ever think you can tell Knosses' owner about my plan for a reward. He'll kill you for the sake of keeping his secret."

Silence then enveloped the bus stop. Hide gave Takeo time to digest his explanation, and waited until the bus that would take him to Kitaro appeared in the distance.

"I have to pick up my little sister, so this is the end of our conversation. Thank you for coming and listening to my offer."

"Yeah."

Takeo replied with a small nod and fell into contemplation as the bus arrived and Hide got in into it. A moment later, he then looked at the bus that moving away into distance.

On reflex Takeo muttered under his breath, "Why do I feel he was so different from the usual Hide I knew?"

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