SCIAW: Chapter 500/501

Chapter 500: I’ll Tell You Next Time

Sunday night.

The Amamiya Residence welcomed two guests, the last two people to receive the diary in this round: Yoko and Miwako.

"…I see, there's such a big secret hidden behind this."

Only after being informed of the specific situation did Miwako look enlightened.

"So, you knew about that explosion incident beforehand too?"

Ren directly rolled his eyes.

"I don't have such a good memory. Besides, I was also caught in that incident. I should have said it, the explosion happened just one street away from where I was previously."

"I know the Police are much more professional than I am in this regard. If I hadn't been directly affected, I would have seen the news of the explosion on TV, rather than being directly involved."

Miwako thought about Ren's personality. He didn't compete or contend, and he completely disliked getting into trouble. Indeed, he wouldn't actively participate in trouble.

He would only handle trouble slightly if it actively sought him out.

Thinking about Ren's initial purpose in approaching her, it was to prevent the Police from paying too much attention to him.

"That's right."

"But you're good at Seer abilities. I thought you would do a reading for your luck every time you left home, so you shouldn't have encountered any accidents."

Ren covered his face helplessly at this.

"Normally, I would do a Seer reading for myself before leaving. But that day, there were guests at home, and she also wanted to go out to find someone, so I skipped my usual pre-departure reading."

Seeing Ren constantly reflecting, Miwako also found it a bit amusing.

It just goes to show that luck is truly strange. Even extraordinary individuals with supernatural abilities can sometimes be outmaneuvered by luck.

He usually did a Seer reading before leaving and nothing happened.

But one day he missed it, and then he encountered an explosion when he went out.

There's no one else like him.

However, if Ren hadn't encountered the explosion, my relationship with him would probably have remained just ordinary.

If anything, it was merely the relationship between protector and protected during the Tsukikage Island incident.

"Oh, right, regarding the 8 Special Operations Unit officers who sacrificed their lives, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has also provided ample compensation, so the matter has been handled properly."

Miwako suddenly remembered the previous incident and thought it was a good time to tell Ren.

"It's been a week, and they've only just dealt with the casualties?"

To be frank, Ren genuinely felt that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was a bit too slow.

"Mainly, the bodies that died at Shirohato Pharmaceuticals were all taken to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for more detailed investigation, so the deceased officers were also examined together, which significantly delayed things."

Miwako truly felt that this matter was not the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's delay, but rather that some investigations and research simply couldn't be completed that quickly.

Ending it in a week was already considered fast.

"Those bodies?"

Ren thought of the 214 guards who, by being enveloped in darkness, had their inner darkness greatly amplified, their internal shackles released, and thus began to kill each other.

"So, have they found anything?"

Miwako shook her head helplessly.

"I don't know about that."

"I only know that those bodies have continuously been investigated and researched, but I don't know if they've discovered anything."

Ren wasn't disappointed by this. After all, such matters were unlikely to be known by an uninformed Police Inspector. This matter was probably known only to a very small number of people within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

"It seems the high-level officials within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department knew that the situation of these guards was special, and they only conducted secret investigations. Coupled with the way the Special Operations Unit suffered casualties, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's high-level officials probably thought those guards had been given special drugs, which is why they conducted a more thorough investigation of those bodies."

"So, those bodies won't reveal anything, right?"

"No."

Ren waved his hand, directly denying it.

"The guards' situation was entirely an internal self-liberation, not through any kind of drug. It was merely a release of darkness into their hearts, thereby unlocking their body's limiters and allowing them to unleash extraordinary power in a short period."

"But this approach is not a stimulant or a drug, so the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department definitely won't find anything."

"However, I imagine the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department won't easily let go of this opportunity for investigation and research."

"Besides, with a pharmaceutical organization existing, they have reason to suspect whether a second pharmaceutical organization was involved."

Yoko, who was listening nearby, looked bewildered.

"Um, Ren, what were you just talking about?"

"Didn't it appear on TV a week ago that the Police had raided a criminal group's stronghold? The one from Shirohato Pharmaceuticals."

Reminded by Ren, Yoko remembered.

"Was it that big incident where many people died, and it seemed the Police also dug up a lot of heavy firepower internally?"

"Yes, that news."

Ren nodded, then spread his hand, pointing to the Miyano sisters sitting on one side of the sofa.

"That organization's stronghold was actually where Shiho was imprisoned and researched. And that organization is indeed a very dangerous transnational assassin organization, but the news didn't state all the circumstances. That stronghold was also a drug research facility."

"And at that time, the situation inside Shirohato Pharmaceuticals was what Miwako and I reported to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

"Among them, the large-scale infighting that occurred within that stronghold was also something we orchestrated."

This news was quite a shock to Yoko.

But after a brief moment of confusion, she still remembered the key point of the news.

A transnational assassin organization, and the Police had also found a large amount of heavy firepower weapons inside the stronghold.

Then she turned to look at the Miyano sisters sitting on the side.

Subsequently, that shock was somewhat alleviated, and she looked at the younger brother she liked with a hint of petulance.

"Next time, let me know too."

Although such a major event had already occurred, Yoko still accepted it.

At least she was certain that the somewhat quiet boy she liked wouldn't do anything excessive.

However, rather than being excluded, she still hoped to know many things as soon as possible.

Ren scratched his face with a hint of embarrassment.

"Next time, I will definitely tell you about such things, Yoko."

(To be continued.)

Chapter 501: Flexible Moral Bottom Line

With Ren's simple explanation, Yoko now understood the specific situation.

She had already clearly learned about the secrets of this world from the diary.

Now, through the explanation, she also knew about the Miyano sisters, Akemi and Shiho, and their previous plight.

"The truth behind these matters is truly complex."

Yoko felt more sympathy for the Miyano sisters.

From childhood, they were targeted by that assassin organization, trained by it, and even pulled into it to assist the organization.

The older sister even went deep into it to save her younger sister, who had been brought into the assassin organization, and made countless efforts.

From this perspective, this pair of sisters was quite tragic in some sense.

As for the guards who died in Shirohato Pharmaceuticals, that was not within Yoko's scope of consideration.

"But I didn't expect Miwako to accept it too."

As far as Yoko knew, Miwako seemed to be a Police officer, and even a Police Inspector at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

"Please, I'm a Police officer. What I need to protect is the safety of the public."

"I abide by the law only for ordinary citizens. Why should I care about the lives of such criminal groups?"

Miwako knew that some Police officers were very rigid, but such a thing was almost impossible to happen to her.

With her father's past experience as a lesson, she was all too clear about what would happen to Police officers with too high morals.

She believed her father's moral compass was very high, and her father was certainly a very noble Police officer.

But no matter how noble a Police officer, some bottom lines needed to be flexible.

Her father's character was a role model for Miwako, but her father's experience was also a lesson for Miwako.

She also hoped to become a good Police officer.

But her methods would definitely not be as gentle as her father's.

"That's good."

Yoko breathed a sigh of relief. She was actually quite worried that Miwako's character in this regard would be too high, leading to a betrayal of Ren.

"Miss Okino… you don't have to think of me as someone who would play tricks behind your back, do you~."

Anyone seeing Yoko's reaction would know what she meant, and of course, Miwako wasn't particularly angry.

In fact, she also thought she would accept it so quickly.

Perhaps it was due to the person, or perhaps due to the identity of those people.

"Who told us we didn't know each other before."

Yoko grumbled.

Before today, she and Miwako didn't know each other, and her usual work had no connection with the Police of the Criminal Investigation Department.

Knowing that there was a Police officer among her younger brother's followers, and one of the Police Inspectors in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department at that, she was naturally somewhat worried whether her younger brother would suffer betrayal.

After the two finished speaking, Ren then explained:

"I'm not a criminal who disregards human life, so naturally, there's no need to worry about Miwako stabbing me in the back."

"She is a Police officer with a very upright character, and she has her own judgment on certain matters. I haven't hidden anything from her, whether I've done anything excessive or not."

The reason for connecting with Miwako in the first place wasn't to have her help him commit crimes. He just wanted to establish a reporting channel through Miwako that wouldn't be monitored by the Police.

Ren is not someone who likes to stir up trouble. Usually, when he encounters something, the first thing he does is call the Police.

Calling the Police is a good habit.

As a good citizen, using the Police to handle criminal incidents can be considered a harmonious way for the Police and the public to coexist.

Especially since Ren himself has a cautious personality, he is naturally very happy to have a reporting channel with the Police.

As for developing into a believer, it was actually just to solidify this relationship, so that the next time he pushed something to the Police, it would be even more natural.

And the subsequent complex relationship… could he say he hadn't thought about it initially?

"Speaking of which, Yoko, how is your studio doing?"

When the topic of the studio came up, Yoko's spirits lifted.

"We've all finished our current work, and now we've started taking phased breaks under the pretext of 'after work.' We thought we'd use this period, while our original agency's work is complete, to officially start establishing our own studio."

"We've carefully registered the agency, found a location for the work, and now all that's left is to terminate our contract with the original company."

During this time, Yoko also made up for the preparations needed to establish her own studio. It can be said that she and her friends had made many preparations in their spare time.

That's about it.

Ren thought about the progress. Yoko's side had completed all the preparations before the split, and the next step was to completely terminate the contract with the original agency and go solo.

"Have you prepared a manager?"

Yoko nodded slightly, but finally sighed.

"We actually did look for some managers with good reputations and abilities in the industry, but further investigation revealed that those managers could hardly leave their original agencies."

"In addition, we're preparing all this in secret, so naturally, we can't go talk to those managers about it."

"In the end, we didn't have a good choice for a manager."

"And I also considered that all of us are preparing to break away and work independently. Even if we told those managers about such an idea, they would probably just take our invitation as a joke."

"So, after discussing it, we temporarily skipped the manager part."

The manager hurdle was quite difficult to overcome.

So, after Yoko investigated and understood this outcome, she completely gave up on the idea of finding a manager.

Ren listened and nodded slightly.

"Before you break away, it's indeed hard to choose. Those managers are too clear about the entertainment industry, and too clear about the control capital has over the entertainment industry. Those well-known managers definitely won't bother with you."

"In their perception, they will definitely think that once you popular artists leave the agency, you will quickly be blacklisted, and getting involved with you will only completely cut short their careers as managers."

The entertainment industry is a place where people step on the low and praise the high.

And this big dye vat is also a place where good fabric is easily stained.

"Also, you don't need to look for a manager."

Akemi immediately stood up and walked over.

"The manager's work for your studio will be handed over to Miyano Akemi."

"Although Akemi is not professional right now, I think Akemi can definitely do this job."

"The key is, she's one of us, trustworthy."

(To be continued.)