HA3 10.1 - Unexpected Meeting
Monday morning, Hide went to train in Beauty & the Beast as usual and the sparring went rather fierce. Hayashida looked at him like hungry beast, and he worked so hard to put Hide down in the canvas. Initially, Hide intended to take it easy.
However, he saw a good opportunity in the third round and his body moved on its own to seize it. He smoothly slammed Hayashida to the ground using shoulder throw. Then, before Hayashida could get up, he put him into submission using triangle choke.
Overall it was basic triangle choke. Hide hold Hayashida’s right hand using both hands, as straight as possible to close to his chest. The only different was, Hide choked Hayashida’s neck only using his right leg, while his left leg pinning Hayashida’s left hand down to the matt, with his feet fully went under Hayashida’s left butt.
In short, Hide fully immobilized Hayashida’s hands while leisurely choking him. Hayashida thought he could break one-leg-choke using a flip, but he was wrong. No matter how hard he flipped his body, the choked stayed firm in his neck. In the end, after several flips he was out of steam. Then, his eyes helplessly rolled back as he fainted.
After the medic staff confirmed that Hayashida suffered no harm other than lost conscious while drooling like an idiot, Hide immediately went to Coach Kotaro.
“Always controlling both opponent’s hands when putting them into submission,” Coach Kotaro said as Hide arrived before him.
“I don’t want to get stab in case they carry hidden knife,” Hide calmly replied.
“It’s really hard to control both opponent’s hands, but you make it look very easy,” Coach Kotaro admiringly said. “I really want to see, what kind of training that Oniyama Sensei have drilled to your body and mind.”
“Honestly, Coach,” Hide said as he recalled the rigorous martial art training he had gone through under Kubota. “It was very painful and tiring training,”
Coach Kotaro lightly nodded. “I bet it was.”
“And Coach, in two week or three, I will need one week off from the training.”
“Why?” Coach Kotaro asked in a drop dead serious tone. “Don’t tell me you want to laze around.”
“No, it’s for my part time job,” Hide firmly replied. “I also have to leave the city.”
“Do you really have to pause your training?”
“Yeah, my supervisor put me in a short but big project. I don’t want to miss this opportunity.”
“I see.” After a moment of pause Coach Kotaro continued, “Actually, next week I want to introduce you to new grappling trainer.”
“New grappling trainer?”
“His name is Unagi.” Coach Kotaro looked at Hide straight in the eyes as he continued, “Have you heard him?”
“Unagi the Eel,” Hide casually blurted out. “I heard a few pieces about him from Oniyama Sensei.”
“Tell me what he said about Unagi?”
After making a quick recall on a few sparring he had with Unagi in his past life Hide said, “He is slick like eel and only a handful people capable to put him into submission or joint lock. On the other hand Unagi’s joint lock is very destructive, especially his ankle locks.”
“That’s pretty accurate picture.” After a light smile Coach Kotaro continued, “Unagi’s natures dictate him to never show his technique unless he has no choice, I bet Sensei Oniyama knew it from firsthand sparring and he managed to push him to go full throttle.”
“It seems so,” Hide said in low voice. “Sensei Oniyama also said that Unagi is very excellent grappling trainer, but it’s really hard to ask him to coach a grappling class.”
“Correct,” Coach Kotaro firmly said. “Unagi also won’t like it if you skip his class after the first few meetings. So, I will postpone his class until you can fully attend it without a single day off for the first four months.”
Hide immediately gave Coach Kotaro a deep bow. “Thank you, Coach, and I’m sorry for the trouble.”
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“No worry.” Coach Kotaro turned his gaze to the still unconscious Hayashida as he continued, “Just keep helping me polish that rascal’s grappling game.”
“I will do my best.”
After cleaning the fighting mat Hide then went to take morning bath.
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While having breakfast with Hanna and Aizawa, Hide told them about his business trip. He specifically chose to tell it in front of Hanna and Aizawa to ensure Aizawa understood that, he went to the trip was not because he wanted to leave her alone for a whole week but because he had something he really had to do.
Surprisingly, Aizawa accepted his explanation with ease. She also didn’t ask him to take her a long in the trip. Hanna also didn’t make a fuss about it.
After that, Aizawa went to Kitaro using shuttle pick up, while Hide went to his school on foot. Hide walked with casual steps and everything pretty much went as usual, if only a middle-aged man didn’t follow him.
The man wore baseball jacket, baseball cap, and jeans. From his movement, Hide could tell that he was very fit man. He also knew how to tailing someone, even though it was only at rudiment level.
And actually, Hide already noticed that two people, one man and one woman, were carrying out surveillance on Hanna. However, after he recognized that from their method, they were most likely people from metro police, he just let them to carry their errand. But now, one of them made a move on him,
Then, after Hide entered a small and empty alley, the man increased his pace. He closed the distance fast and then said, “Kid, I need to talk with you.”
Hide immediately stopped in his track before turning around. “Who are you?”
The man immediately showed his badge to Hide. “Detective Shorimachi, Nichiko Metro Police.”
“What do you want to talk about?”
“Just a light talk, but we can’t do it here.”
“Do you want to take me to police station?”
“No, let’s just find a quiet corner.”
“Okay.”
Hide didn’t see the need to avoid Shorimachi, so he calmly followed him.
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As soon as the two arrived at a quiet corner Shorimachi immediately said, “You are pretty calm back then.”
“Yeah,” Hide casually said. “I am pretty good at MMA.”
“I see.”
“Well, let’s get to the point. What do you want to talk about?”
Shorimachi immediately took out a pen and small pocket notes. “Tell me about the crew who hit Villa Tigera.”
Hide instantly creased his brows while looking at Shorimachi straight in the eyes. “Sorry, but I don’t understand what you want me to tell you.”
“Damn Kid, you are really good at pretending,” Shorimachi said as he gave Hide an admirable gaze. “But, it’s futile.”
Without delay Shorimachi showed a picture where Hide drove the Black Van.
‘Fuck me!’ Hide inwardly cursed before taking a deep breath. “All I know is, six people entered Villa Tigera that night. They all were very calm, spook very little, and wore balaclava.”
After making a small notes Shorimachi asked another question. “Any female among them?”
‘Female huh…’ Hide muttered as he got a hunch that Shorimachi had footage of Shizuka. After a quick ponder he replied, “Two of them are definitely female or trans?”
“I see,” Shorimachi said as he made another note. “What did you carry in the van?”
“Firearms, equipment, document, hard drives, memory card, and other loots,” Hide casually replied. “I drop the van in the middle of highway 11. After that, I don’t see it again.”
“What other hit the crew did after Villa Tigera?”
“I don’t know.”
“Kid, if I hand over this picture to Toruma Mafia, they will skin you and your family alive,” Shorimachi said in a drop dead serious tone. “Answer me honestly, and I will ensure no one know about your participation in Villa Tigera party.”
“I really don’t know,” Hide said in low voice. “They paid me to drive them to hill side above Villa Tigera, and then asked me to move the loot using Black Van.
Before that, I help them buy daily necessity or taking package from logistic service in the port. After that, we make no contact, but they ask me to be ready in case they need errand boy again.”
“How much they paid you?”
“20.000 Ren per errand, sometimes more. 200.000 Ren for Villa Tigera job.”
“I see.” Shorimachi then write a phone number in a small piece of paper before handing it over to Hide. “If you remember other info, especially something that related to Toruma Mafia, text it to this number. I use it specifically to receive call and text from you.”
Hide received the number and said, “So, now I’m your snitch.”
“Sort of.”
After letting out a deep sigh Hide asked, “If those people call me, do you want me to call you?”
“No, they are pro. They will know if I tail you. After that, they will kill you and disappear,” Shorimachi casually said. “But, you have to text me about the errand you do for them, to the smallest detail.”
“Okay.” After a moment of silence Hide curiously asked, “Where is your partner? Doesn’t detective work in pair?”
“I asked her to carry some errand in HQ right now, to ensure I can make a contact with you silently.”
Question mark instantly popped up in Hide’s forehead. “She doesn’t know about our meeting?”
“No.”
“Does she know about my participation in Villa Tigera?”
“No, I don’t share that information to anyone yet.”
“I see.”
“But don’t try anything funny. If something happen to me and I don’t log in to my second email for more than 48 hours, it will send your picture to Toruma Mafia’s automatically.”
“Okay.”
“Well, you can go, and don’t be lazy with your study.”
Hide nodded and took his leave. On his way to the school, he couldn’t shake off his meeting with Shorimachi from his mind.
‘Damn, now I have another variable I have to wary about,’ Hide dejectedly muttered. ‘And this is fucking serious shit.’
As Shorimachi had said, if his participation in Villa Tigera raid was known, deadly consequence would come to him and his family.
Then, as soon as he arrived at the school, Hide immediately called Takeo and Shizuka to share the latest development about their situation. The three unanimously agreed that they he had to handle Shorimachi properly before Hide and Takeo trip to make their second ID.
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