124. Deal

A/N: I may not be able to update on Wednesday as I'll be returning home from my cousin's. Thursday or Friday, I'll continue. Worry not, three chapters in a week will definitely be delivered as promised.

(2001)

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Izumi didn't hide it anymore and disclosed them.

"Inayat Khaleel. Does it ring any bell?"

Three of them abruptly stood up and Mereoleona put her hand on the table violently and exclaimed.

"Damn it! Tell us Izumi, are you joking?!"

Watching their shock expressions, you could see that an unfamiliar name had some mysteries behind it.

Izumi secretly rolled his eyes at this violent woman and said in his heart.

"It's okay to hit the guy sitting beside you. Don't hit my precious biology study table."

"Izumi-san, please this is serious."

Fuegoleon had an extra serious expression.

Only Kyousuke was rubbing his handsome face, but Izumi could sense his nervousness.

However on the surface, he replied with a calm face, "Don't get too worked up over a simple name. Please sit."

"Simple! Yo-!"

"Sister, this is not home."

Kyousuke muttered slowly while covering his face.

Finally, three of them sat down and had their eyes on Izumi who was not feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Dubai's Inayat Khaleel. The Underworld Don who almost ruled Asia. I understand your behaviour as I'd feel the way if ...*cough*.."

He coughed to stop himself from spilling unnecessary information.

Whether it was deliberate or not, I'm afraid only he knows.

"As I was saying, those old men had access to military information and also the codes."

Their breath stagnated for a moment even Kyousuke widened his eyes in disbelief.

He immediately turned towards his brother Fuegoloen and questioned anxiously, "Brother, you gave them that?!"

He could no longer keep his bored expression.

Because this matter was much more serious.

If those were leaked, then even he couldn't imagine the situation.

Fuegoleon barely suppressed his fear and didn't blame his brother as he could understand him.

After all, Kyousuke had retired from the army before him and all the matters of handling or managing the Army's affairs were originally his.

Mereoleona was the one who handed the authority to him as she was commander-in-chief of the Japanese Self Defence Military as The Prime Minister of Japan has the highest authority.

"I, swear upon my Grand Marshall's title that I've not violated any ethics or law of the Japanese Army!"

Fuegoleon's oath made Kyousuke calm down a little.

Even Mereoleona secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, she was the most worried amongst them because if her brother really did commit such an act even she couldn't protect him.

So, she thought no one noticed her.

Unfortunately for her, all this was seen by Izumi despite his attention elsewhere.

*Cough*

He coughed to gather their attention as he wasn't finished talking.

Then I looked at Kyousuke and said, "Uhm, it wasn't done by him neither did her."

This made everyone puzzled.

If not then, then who?

Maya?

"It was done by my subordinates."

"Puff.." x3

They almost choked and fell down.

!!

Nima!

What is this?

For a moment, even Izumi was a little embarrassed.

*Bang*

"I need an explanation!" Mereoleona somehow regained her demeanour back and demanded aggressively.

Oh, my poor study table!

Almost reduced to her punching bag.

"You can't blame them for that. I admit that it was my fault for not telling them beforehand."

Izumi admitted his wrongdoing in front of three pairs of scrutinizing eyes.

"Wait..wait."

"Are you saying that the Shadow League is yours too?"

Kyousuke felt that today he shouldn't have agreed to come with them at all.

His fragile heart couldn't stand this much toss anymore.

It's better to roam around like delinquents and then tease his wife and daughter when he's at home.

Isn't this the reason why he never works?

He really hated himself for having too much IQ now.

"Well, yeah." Izumi nodded, "But can't blame them as the amount those old men gave was too much."

"So, in the end my men agreed and stole the warheads code in exchange for 45 Billion."

Mereoleona nearly spit fire hearing the exaggerated amount.

Bastards!

Obviously, her first thought was that they embezzled the public funds secretly...may be stole from Family's bank.

Fuegoleon's scalp went numb. Only Kyousuke was better, at least he wasn't the only one suffering.

"Unfortunately, before they could do anything with that I killed them. It was really a wonderful coincidence."

"Also, don't worry. The money was arranged by a third party."

He leaned back and let them digest the information.

As for who?

Use your brain.

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After a series of small talk, they left.

Fuegoleon asked Izumi with a pleading tone to visit their family, especially his grandmother as she was devastated after knowing about her daughter's death.

Izumi didn't outright agree but told him that he'd try after his affairs.

He was a little conflicted about this.

With that, his meeting with his maternal family was finally over.

You must be wondering why he was friendly with them in his first interaction.

Don't forget that he could sense people's inner emotions and could see through their disguise without a problem.

None of them were faking it and playing emotional cards with him.

Their genuine feelings made him change his attitude a little.

Of course, respect was also there.

Just remember that no one is special to him except his family, he only talks to those who respect him...or else boom.

He can't be selfish after all.

To push the blame at someone who didn't do anything back then was not his way of doing things.

Though they had a small share.

He is not dealing with his enemy here.

In case, they tried to help as much as they could.

(A/N: She left when she was 18. At that time Mereoleona was just 21 and Fuegoloen 20. Kyousuke 18.)

*Note 1: Kyousuke left after 6 years, he left when he found out her sister and brother-in-law left Tokyo. And took his wife's surname to hide his identity.*

*Note 2: Kyouko was born in the Vermillion Family but due to long term separation, she didn't remember anything. Well, she was just 2 months old, my fault.*

Another thing was that he was really surprised by Mereoleona's faint murderous intent when he proposed that deal.

He's sure that she'd surprise him somehow.

"They are really united, which is very rare in this interest driven world."

A surprise voice came from behind.

"Yeah, you're right." Izumi responded positively while looking into the bustling streets.

He didn't need to look back to know who it was.

"It's almost noon. I think it's time to release that piece of news."

He ordered.

"As you wish, Izumi-sama."

Another monotonous voice echoed inside the room.

"Fufufu~ Izumi-kun. I think it'd be a lesson for those who think that they're on the second floor, unaware of the fact that someone has already reached the destination."

"..."

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*Sigh*

Mereoleona who was sitting in the back with closed eyes, sighed slightly.

The sadness and guilt inside her heart diminished a little after Izumi's friendly attitude.

"Sister, you'll get old faster if you sigh too much."

Kyousuke joked while scrolling through his phone's screen.

Only Fuegoloen was silently driving.

"Kyousuke, old man wants you to visit with your wife and kids."

!

Kyousuke's hand movement stopped for a while.

Mereoleona was also waiting for his answer.

"... I'll come after Kyouko's farewell ceremony."

His reply made both of them sigh in relief.

Especially, Mereoleona.

She slowly opened her eyes and a hint of joy flashed in the depths of her eyes.

She knew how much her mother longed to meet them and now her sister's death hit her very hard. Before Fuegoloen, she herself promised that she'd do whatever it takes to make both her brother and her nephew with their respective family to visit her.

Now, his reply took a lot of weight off her mind.

Only 'he' remains.

....

"Hey, hey!"

Kyousuke's sudden shouts startled both of them.

"What's going on?" Looking at his brother's shocked expression as he was staring at the phone.

"Look for yourself."

Kyousuke didn't explain and handed his phone over to his brother.

Fuegoleon had to slow down the speed to take a peek.

He wasn't one of those crazy stunt drivers, after all. He can't drive with no hands.

Fuegoleon's eyes widened a little as he had difficulty in forming words.

"This..this.."

"Give that to me!"

Short tempered Mereoleona rudely grabbed the phone from her stupid brother and immediately cast her eyes on the screen.

There was the latest news report stating.

BIG BREAKING!

{Youngest billionaire, Izumi Miyamura officially purchased Instagram for $1.2 billion in cash and stock.}

Mereoleona refreshed it to see whether it was true or not.

Then, it appeared again which means he really did it and the report was not lying.

Actually defeated the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.

Unbelievable!

You know Zuckerberg's Facebook was at its highest moment now and officially regarded as the biggest social media platform.

To be honest, telling she wasn't shocked by her nephew's unexpected victory was not an understatement.

When Mark Zuckerberg showed his interest in acquiring Instagram, no one was optimistic about Izumi.

After all, they knew compared to Zuckerberg, Izumi was just a newcomer into this networking site platform.

And the result?

It was totally opposite.

Mereoleona came back from her stupor and a huge grin formed in her face as something hit her.

"No wonder he told me to release that news the day after tomorrow." She threw the phone to Kyousuke, "It seems he has his own plans."

"I don't think Mark Zuckerberg would give up easily."

Fuegoleon was obviously worried about Izumi.

"Brother, you're forgetting something." After putting away the phone Kyousuke reminded, "He's not the one who'd do things without thinking."

Kyousuke wasn't wrong though.

He was always confident in reading people, but Izumi Miyamura was the only person he couldn't see through at all.

As a veteran retired army general, though his achievements were not as exaggerated as his brother. He knew that in terms of IQ, he's the best.

But, today he met two people who could outsmart him with not so difficulty whatsoever made him aware that there's always someone better than you.

This kind of thing, he would never believe it before, but now, it has become a fact.

"He's right. Who do you think released the information about it?"

"Don't forget that even our intelligence network was blocked by him for years. So, do you really think the media got the news on their own?"

Mereoleona argued sharply, in her heart, she favours Izumi's more.

She was oblivious that her attitude was like an atom bomb dropping on her brothers.

"..."

"..."

Fuegoleon was speechless by his sister's overly protective behaviour.

Kyousuke was also in the same boat as him.

Could it be that her spring is really coming??

Is she really attracted to him?

Impossible!

Both their thoughts were surprisingly synchronised with each other.

As expected from brothers!

But they noted this in their mind, if possible inform father and mother soon.

They'd be delighted to hear it.

Why?

Because it's rare for her to show this much interest to an opposite sex.

As for Izumi's awkward identity?

No worries at all.

In royal families, Incest is not uncommon.

It's power that matters the most.

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