15 Chapter 15
Somewhere separate from the outside world, Naomi slowly opened her eyes, her vision still blurred, feeling a headache that was brutally tormenting her. When she instinctively tried to place her hands on the site of the pain, she noticed that her wrists had been cuffed backwards, and that she was lying inside a cage with iron bars, large enough to carry wild animals.
The place outside the cage, had only one lamp hanging from the ceiling that barely illuminated her environment, she blinked a few times, to get used to the low light environment. Still dizzy and in pain, she tried to scream for help, but her mouth had been gagged with a piece of tape.
"Where am I?" wondered Naomi in her mind.
She felt her stomach hurt and this reminded her of being punched in the stomach, causing her to lose her breath and faint. She began to remember everything that had happened before she was kidnapped by a group of strange men, Seiji who was shot and Takashi who was fighting.
And suddenly Tatsuo came to her memory, and then the tears rolled down her face without stopping, she felt her fear growing. Trapped in a room without knowing whether it was day or night, or where she was, or who had done this to her, her despair only increased.
In the silence of that room, where Naomi could only hear the sound of her own breathing, and then she could hear the noise of something opening and then the metallic creak of the living room door opening. The light coming from outside the room made Naomi's eyes ache as the silhouette of a tall man entered and approached the cage, along with two other silhouettes that were near the door.
And the moment the man stood in the center of the room, well below the light. Naomi stood alert to the mysterious figure of this tall, stocky man who exuded the scent of danger, with long black hair and amber eyes, white skin, and with a snake tattoo starting from his jaw and extending to his neck and disappearing under the formal clothes he wore.
Naomi didn't know him, but she was sure that the man was the one who had ordered the kidnapping and that he was probably the leader of some organization because he emitted the same dangerous aura as Tatsuo. When the man crouched down in front of the cage and reached out his hand to Naomi's cheek as if to caress it, he suddenly ripped a ribbon from her mouth, which made her let out a short grunt of pain. Then the man said:
"You are different from what I was told."
Naomi remained silent, for it seemed that he was speaking in Chinese, a language in which she did not know how to speak. Then, seeing that she did not respond, the man resumed speaking in Japanese:
"I was told you were a bit wild, that's why I put you in this cage, but I see it's not like I was told. You're more like a scaredy-cat. What, Tatsuo has managed to tame you? "
"Who are you? And what do you want from me? And what is this place?" said Naomi, looking at a man.
"Oh! Well, forgive my rudeness. I am Yin Zhao. You are still in Tokyo, for the time being. And what I want from you is very simple. You are what I want." Yin told Naomi. "Do I answer your questions well?"
Naomi was surprised and did not react; she did not understand why Yin wanted her. And realizing the expression of incomprehension that was stamped on Naomi's face, Yin decided to explain herself said:
"hmmm ... I see that you don't understand why I need you. Let me explain. You are directly connected to this insignificant DF insect that deceived me, and to Tatsuo that I want so badly to destroy. If I use you, I can put them both in my hands. "
Naomi realized that the man was the Chinese contractor DF had told her about the last time she had contact.
"I'm sorry to tell you that you've already wasted your time. I have no further contact with DF, and Tatsuo would do nothing to save me." Naomi said firmly.
"Hmmm ... Is it true? We'll see if what you say is true or not, after Tatsuo found out that he lost his pet. Hahaha For now, enjoy your stay." Yin said, turning and heading for the door.
"HEY! GET ME OUT OF THIS CAGE. I told you're wasting your time keeping me here." Naomi screamed in desperation..
Immediately, Yin stopped and, without turning to Naomi, said in a somber tone of voice:
"If you are not really useful to me, I can simply kill you and throw your body into the sea."
After saying that, Yin continued walking towards the door and left the room along with the other two men. Naomi felt an indescribable fear that she had never felt before, not even when she was taken captive by Tatsuo. She was in a place from which she had no escape.
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Going back in time to the moment Naomi had been taken by the kidnappers, Takashi was just finishing taking down the last of the men who had surrounded him, when he ran to see the state Seiji was in.
A huge pool of blood formed around Seiji's body who was still alive but unconscious, the shot did not seem to have hit any vital spot. Takashi picked up his cell phone and called Satoru, who answered immediately, saying:
"Takashi, I was just about to call your cell phone, did something happen?"
"Assistant Satoru, an ambush, but they kidnapped Miss Naomi, and Seiji was shot, now he is unconscious." Takashi said nervously.
"Damn it," Satoru said angrily as he realized that the ambush had indeed taken place, and continued. "I'll send someone to take them to the hospital. Thank you for the work done. Get your treatment done and get some rest, please."
"Assistant Satoru, what about Miss Naomi?" asked Takashi, feeling guilty.
"Don't worry, Naomi is a strong girl, I'm sure she'll be fine. I will inform boss Tatsuo right away. See you soon." said Satoru, disconnecting the call.
At the mansion, Satoru rushed to provide the necessary assistance to Seiji and Takashi, and to call Tatsuo's phone, who was in the company. In his mind, Satoru could not forget the words he had heard from the man he had questioned. And he wondered:
"Who will be Yin Zhao's informant?"
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The day had barely begun at the company, and Tatsuo was already deep into a meeting full of bureaucratic and tedious business with a group of shareholders. That was the part of the day Tatsuo hated the most, because it was nothing but a headache, half of the meeting topic was flattery and the other half was simple to resolve.
When as a salvation to get him out of boredom, the phone rings, and seeing that it was a call from Satoru, he thought it was urgent. Then Tatsuo raises his hand and everyone in the meeting room closes the discussion and turns their attention to him, who says:
"We conclude today's meeting for now. Finalize the missing results and make a new presentation, ask Yuki to schedule a new date, preferably next week. There are important matters that require my attention."
Tatsuo quickly got up and left the room, walking down the hallway in the direction of his office, answered the phone call and said:
"Satoru, has there been any trouble at the mansion? Naomi all right?"
"Mr. Tatsuo, Yin set up an ambush in Naomi's apartment, and in the action, she was kidnapped, Seiji was shot, but he has already been taken to the hospital, Takashi is fine, he just had some scratches." Satoru said in a worried tone.
As soon as Tatsuo heard Yin's name, the feeling of rage, and the old desire for revenge that had long been dormant, awoke and burned like fire.
"Then that worm Yin dared to set foot here again, and on top of that he set up an ambush to take Naomi away and hurt my subordinates. Maybe I haven't made it clear enough for him not to enter my territory again." And entering his office, Tatsuo and close the door and walked towards his desk and sat on the chair and continue saying. "Now then, how did that worm know that Naomi was in the mansion and that just today she was going out?"
"Mr. Tatsuo, the man we captured today, said he worked for Yin and according to the information I was able to extract from him. Yin managed to place one of his subordinates here in the mansion." said Satoru reporting everything accurately.
"hmmm... Then he has a spy in my mansion. Find out who the bastard is and keep an eye on him, so we can find out where Yin is hiding. You and I know him well, he contacted me, to gloat and blackmail me. " Said Tatsuo angrily.
"I will do as you said, Mr. Tatsuo." Satoru said diligently. "I'll start investigating right now. "
"Satoru, stay tuned, my friend. See you soon." said Tatsuo in farewell.
"Yes, sir." Satoru said as he hung up the connection.
As soon as the call ended, Tatsuo leaned back in his chair and threw his cell phone down on the table. He put his right hand over his eyes and rubbed them to relieve the fatigue, and sighed.
Then a strange feeling came over him that everything was about to repeat itself. Tatsuo was already tired of having to deal with Yin's unprecedented greed and malice in wanting to keep all the wealth built by the Mori family and not being satisfied he wanted even what was not material and that unfortunately he once managed to take from Tatsuo.
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