The time is now 4:30 pm. The car that Shu and Yukari were riding in came back to Shu's shophouse. After their car was parked back in the garage, the two of them packed up their things from the car’s back trunk, then walked into the shophouse through the entrance of this garage.

In the evening, the current time is 11:30 pm. Shu and Yukari were checking the files in front of them on the dining table, while they ate their dinner which is delayed. They still wearing their previous clothes, and they appeared to be so focused on their investigation that it appeared like they forgot the time. The files they examined were partly from Fujiyama's room, and partly from the archives in the warehouse on the first floor of this house. Yukari then closed the book in front of her, her facial expression then turned astonished

"This doesn't make any sense, none of my father's files record his investigations toward that organization, the Flame Crow"

Shu stopped reading for a moment, his attention then fell on Yukari

"That's the main case that Fujiyama is investigating, the fact that there are no documents regarding Flame Crow, indicates that Fujiyama deliberately remove it"

Yukari replied

“Yeah, I thought so too…”

Shu appeared to remember something

"Even worse, he also insisted that I was not involved with him in the case, so I don't have the slightest idea”

Yukari gave a nod

"Right, I don't know what father really means by all of this"

Shu appeared to have realized something

"Maybe your father doesn't want you to investigate about this"

Yukari looked sad

“It's a shame, but in that case, I'll investigate it in my own way”

Hearing Yukari's words made Shu a little surprised, he then smiled. Yukari looked at Shu with an expectant expression

“I hope uncle can help me…”

Yukari then stood up and gave a respectful bow to plead. Hearing this, Shu looked a bit reluctant

"Yes, of course, I will help even without you asking”

Yukari raised her head and then smiled happily. Soon Shu fell silent, he appeared to realize something

"Did you hear that Yukari?"

Yukari looked confused

"Hear what uncle mean?"

Shu gives a hand signal to Yukari to calm down

“Keep your voice down, there's someone coming, from the second floor”

Yukari looked surprised, she then replied in a lowered voice

“From the second floor? Uncle mean an intruder?”

Shu replied with a nod

“Yes, there are even quite a few people, I can't tell the exact number”

Shu gave Yukari's hand signal for the two of them to take a hiding position, the two of them immediately hid behind one of the room's dividing walls, with Shu keeping an eye on the situation. Shu then said in a lowered tone

"Where's the Shinra doll?"

Yukari answered in a lowered voice

"Damn, it's in my room on the second floor, and so is my Yokai weapon"

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Shu replied in a lowered voice

"We have to get Shinra before they find him”

Yukari gave a nod, she then replied in a lowered tone

“I will take him”

Shu suddenly appeared to disagree, he then replied in a lowered tone

"Too dangerous, I can't let you"

Yukari replied in a lowered tone

"It's okay, after all, there's no way Uncle will act alone, we have to work together"

Even though he didn't like it, Shu was also aware of it. Shu then replied in a lowered tone

"I will pave the way for you, as soon as there is a chance, immediately run to your room"

Yukari's expression turned serious, and she then gave a nod. Yukari give a hand signal, then replied in a lowered tone

"Okay, I understand"

Shu's expression turned serious, and he then gave a nod. Shu took out a tanto dagger from under his shirt, then took it out from its sheath. Shu gave hand signals to Yukari, to follow him while keeping her voice down.

They arrived at the entrance hall which had a staircase leading to the second floor. Shu guarded from behind the wall on the left side of the room entranceway, whereas Yukari took care of the right side. From the direction of the stairs leading to the second floor, one person wearing protective clothing and a black military bulletproof vest, carrying an assault rifle which he aimed at in front of him, this soldier descended the stairs and looked alert. Shu appears to be watching this soldier with vigilance from behind the wall. Shu gave hand signals to Yukari, Yukari who saw Shu then gave a nod.

The soldier arrived at the entranceway of the room where Shu and Yukari were hiding. Without hesitation, Shu immediately came out of hiding and attacked this soldier, hitting the back of the soldier's head so hard that this soldier was unconscious. Shu then put away his tanto dagger, took the soldier's assault rifle and ammunition, then prepared to use it. Yukari appeared to be watching from behind the wall. Shu immediately hid behind the wall of the room entranceway across from Yukari's place. Before long, from the top of the stairs on the second floor, another soldier in similar gear appeared, immediately noticing the presence of his incapacitated comrade

"One of our personnel is disabled, requesting assistance"

Shortly after, one of his comrades appeared from the direction behind this soldier. These soldiers rushed down the stairs, Shu then fired his assault rifle directly at the soldier in the front, making this soldier fall. His partner who was not far behind then returned Shu's fire, Shu immediately hid behind the wall. This soldier said to his comrade who was shot earlier

"Are you okay?"

The soldier who was shot earlier then rises again and looks in pain, but the bullet that was shot at him did not penetrate his armor

"Yeah, I'm fine"

Seeing this from behind the wall where he was hiding made Shu surprised, he thought to himself

“Damn, even an assault rifle cannot penetrate his armor?”

The soldier who had returned to his feet then approached where Shu was hiding while continuing to shoot, to block the return fire from Shu. Appeared that the soldier partner was following behind him, ready to shoot.

As soon as they reached the first floor, Yukari's existence which the two soldiers were not aware of, Yukari immediately attacked one of these soldiers from behind, quickly and effectively Yukari tackled one of them to slam him which added to the shove by Yukari on the head of this soldier, and hit his head firmly on the floor that was instantaneously make this soldier unconscious, Yukari succeed incapacitates one of them.

This made another soldier break his concentration and immediately turned back to attack Yukari. It was at this time that Shu quickly moved and attacked this soldier, and deflected this soldier's shot, which made his shot hit the wall only a few tens of cm away from Yukari and took Yukari by surprise. Shu rammed this soldier against the wall, and hit this soldier's hand hard, causing this soldier to release his assault rifle. Shu kicked with his knee on the soldier's stomach very hard, causing him to kneel, Shu then hit the soldier hard on the neck, making him unconscious. Shu then threw this guy's assault rifle at Yukari, and Yukari caught it with a surprised look

“Use that weapon!”

Not long after, shots were heard from the outside of the first floor, making Yukari and Shu almost get shot, and they immediately kneeled to avoid being shot, the bullets hit the walls around them. The sounds of gunshots broke the silent night atmosphere around them. Yukari replied

"But, I don't want to kill”

Shu's expression turned astonished

“Jeez, these guys want to kill us! just shoot from afar, it won't penetrate their armor, only distract them!”

Yukari immediately understood what Shu meant, if Yukari only needed to shoot the soldier to distract them for a moment, so that they could be approached and attacked. Yukari's expression turned serious, she then gave a nod

“Okay, I understand”

From the direction of the antique shop, the entrance door was blown up with a bomb and was destroyed, Shu immediately shot towards the entrance door, to keep the enemy from entering. Shu's attention then turned to Yukari

"You go to the second floor, I will hold them here"

Yukari's expression turned doubtful

"But how will Uncle drive them away?"

Shu shoot towards the antique shop entrance door, his shot appeared to almost hit the soldier who was about to enter the shop. Shu then immediately took cover behind the wall again

"Just go!"

Yukari gave a nod, she then immediately ran up the stairs, toward the second floor. Shu fired again to repel the enemy, and not long after that, his back entrance door was also blown up to pieces because there were other soldiers who also wanted to force their way in, surprising Shu

“Damn it!”

Shu then took cover from behind the stairs and prepared to fend off the enemy, he then fired his assault rifle at the newly entered enemy, who immediately fell and moved to avoid Shu's shot by going to the room beside them. Shu then took cover from behind the stairs again, his expression turned serious.