Chapter 355: Different Situations

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Lys was determined in her goal, she didn't care what happened in the process, it didn't matter how she started in the end. How her family ended up, how she really wanted to end things did not turn out in the best way, she believed that just by being the way she is and letting things flow, let things or the story go as normal she would get what she wanted too. But she didn't leave it to chance either, she did what she could, she made an effort, she attacked, she was determined as never before, there was her goal, even the lies, the jokes, the idiocies, the effort she demanded from others, her way of expressing affection to those who were supposed to have formed a beautiful friendship, who is with you in your life must mean that he is someone important, right? Lys did what she could, she tried in a thousand ways, of course in the process always wanting to take the lead role to be seen, to be the only one who sees her. But she herself knows how things ended and it was not in the best way, maybe because she was a victim of those circumstances, she knows exactly the moment where all the negative things in her life ended up destroying everything she knew and in the end she only has this option left.

All this life here she had only 2 choices, either to live only for her in her own way no matter what else happened, or to try to get that life she always decided she wanted to have, the one where she could live happily, live having fun, live without seriousness or conflicts, just live the most with what you have and there is, all this with those she truly considers her real family.

『I'm going to be happy no matter what it takes...』

Lys ended up falling down the stairs where Kenji would quickly react to catch her in the process. He managed to pick her up in his arms and see if she was okay or if her injuries were minor. Where the Big Sister would answer that it was not the first time that she fell like that from the stairs, an answer that left Kenji even more worried about what was happening, again he was tense about the subject, as if struggling to make a decision or not, or rather, he was trying to measure himself so that this would not get even worse.

『I don't want to hear your words, I don't want you to touch me again, and I don't want much less that you involve me in your ideas, you already did a lot for this family, you still want more? that you told me that you love me, what are you playing at? now if you want a happy family? After everything that happened here, now do you want a happy family? You are the most despicable person I have ever seen, I gave everything to keep us together! I gave everything not to lose them!!!! I gave everything so that we would always be a family!!!! I gave everything because I loved you with all my heart!!!! My Hanako! My Haruko!!! We were supposed to be happy, why did you start acting so strange, because it seemed that you didn't care with all that I did for you all these years...do you think it was easy? You think it didn't hurt me to see what was going on here either? I am the only sane one here! I'm the only one who knows the truth about this family!!!! I am your mother of my daughters, I am doing everything for them...I also want my family back...and for that reason I can't let you do what you want, not until you 2 are safe and sound, while I am alive, as a mother's love, I will give you the end you deserve my daughters...all these years I hope you haven't forgotten...I love you too』.

Tsuji Chiyo ended up confessing many things that we may or may not understand, for her everything made sense but always did not reflect well or did not specify well her words, you did not know if she was referring to her or to someone else, really she was to blame for everything? Or is that how someone who is already sick in the head behaves? Even being half swallowed by the ashes, even with that appearance of being a real Monster, you could still feel the affection of a mother by not abandoning her children, she was not strong, on the contrary she looked weak in the same way, she was really tired but that was her strength, while she still has the faith that everything will be like before, Chiyo will also cling to the past that may turn in the future.

『No matter how emaciated or tired I am! It doesn't matter if I'm already stunted or have simply gone crazy!!!! My will and desire to be able to get my family back is my reason for all my days!!!! I will get up again and again and again, even if I can't anymore I will do it and do it and try and try, I want to see them one last time!!!! And when I finally give them the peace they should have had from the beginning, I will already be satisfied with my life』.

Chiyo had no intention of leaving her daughters for anything in the world, she had already decided long before to bring them the happiness they truly deserved. In her eyes all this was wrong and the only one who could solve it was herself, although in the process everything got worse, maybe she was not looking for the best ending of all, her family might not be the same as before. But at least she wants a peek, a second, just a moment, where she can stop struggling and just enjoy the real reason for her life.

After Chiyo's confession and attitude, Lys and Yushi did not know what to say to this, even the younger sister felt bad to hear it because she would like to be just as determined to have a family, maybe not the most expressive, but she would really like to go hug the ones she loves with a smile and tell them all how much she appreciates them. Yushi was trembling or rather repressing herself to do it or not, when she looked up the only thing she saw was a mother, a person, Chiyo who in spite of everything she suffered, really admires her for the adversities she went through.

『That's why Chiyo...if you want your family back, the only way is for you to collaborate with this too, it hurts a lot that you always refer to me and Yushi as if we weren't yours...your daughters...at what point did we stop being Hanako and Haruko for you? If moving forward is something you don't approve of then...I can offer you this...let's go back to the past and stay there *smiles* You can stay in the past and live your life again from scratch, get your real daughters back and live the life of a mother you always wanted, most likely we won't be us and we will even disappear but. ..for your happiness then I could fulfill a miracle the next time, if we don't change the present then don't expect that again at the beginning there will be a change, I know, I have it well in mind, you can have a restart where you are with your family far away from us *smiles*』.

Lys was smiling heartily at this, she was proposing a sort of offer to her mother who she as she heard it more and more, the expression on her face of hatred and reprudence to Lys was beginning to change to a more relaxed and even longing one. Truly if everything Lys says were true, she was painting her a miracle that she wanted with all her heart Chiyo, just imagining a life again with her family as it always should have been, was what that woman would want most in the whole world.

『So you're telling me that if we're going to have a reboot and in that new life then I can be happy...』

『That's right Chiyo, until we don't have the ending we want, I...I....we still have other chances to be able to be happy before everything is lost, tell me Chiyo, wouldn't you like to be able to be happy in this counted life we have?』

『Be happy?....』

Chiyo upon hearing this all the strength she had left over, quickly it was as if momentarily everything had been abandoned, imagining that she would fall down the stairs was not at all difficult. The expression she had at this moment was as if you saw the best life at your fingertips, where you can live as you always wanted, it was not perfect, there were mistakes, but with effort everything can be overcome, a normal life and a normal family was what Chiyo wanted from the beginning, but....

『With that you are determined to be happy Lys...to be happy right now right? to be happy in this life...after hearing that and everything you told me I almost fell again...I get it..... I am not so stunted to forget an important fact, if you are willing to a goal, you are also willing to have it fulfilled』-『If I'm going to be happy, it's going to have to be here, I'm not going to go back on my words, I will fight and resist until the end here and only here, because that's what I have to do, now you listen to me Lys, I am a true mother who loves her family from the heart, while you, you are only fulfilling a selfish whim』.

Listening to Lys, especially the last part, it was a bit too much for her, she didn't expect her mother to be so direct on the subject. Did it annoy him? Did she hate him? did it make him sad? No one would know exactly what the last thing meant to Lys, but what was clear was that she absolutely refused to that fact, everything she does is not for a whim, but everything she does is for.

『I do it for myself!!!! That's it!!!! If that's what you wanted to look for all this time, then I've said it!!!! Everything that happened from the time I was born to the present!!!! Everything I did was for me to be happy!!!!! Call it whimsy, being selfish, being indifferent or even a mistake!!!! But after everything I went through, it's normal to want my own happiness above others!!!! And to achieve that you also enter into this whim, you are very important Chiyo! Now understand it once and for all! Haruko te ----------....』

At the confession of Lys who began to scream, could be heard throughout the house, even she could tell with fury because she had just been told a few truths about herself, that at the moment of admitting them gave her much shame, she was about to finish her words but at that moment she stopped since Chiyo began to point her finger of ashes at her, and with total seriousness she said to her.

『That's right, you're a mistake』-『You shouldn't have existed in the first place』.

...Those words strongly hurt Lys, who's expression said it all, she looked sad and disappointed at her mother, to be told that, to be told with such certainty, not even their mouths trembled, to be told it as if it were the truth was what hurt Lys the most, she was his family, she was the woman with whom he spent many years and in spite of everything she still loved him as such, but this...Lys didn't even have the strength to answer her, she only remained silent while she started to cry hiding her face in one of the stairs, she couldn't resist that statement. Lys didn't even have the strength to answer her, she only remained silent while she started to cry hiding her face in one of the steps of the staircase, she couldn't resist that statement.

『Don't say yes to my sister, thanks to my mother I understood that no one wants to be born, not even the greatest, we are all born with a purpose, to give a meaning to our life, why we are here, my sister tried hard from the beginning, to someone who gave everything to fulfill her goal to be told that it was a mistake, that she should not exist, only throws away everything she has done with her life 』.

Yushi was finally able to confront her mother Chiyo, who looked at her as if she was no big deal, just a little girl in her eyes who learned and was in the worst luck moment in the world. Yushi looked at her mother with conflict, but not with hatred, she was just playing the role of being able to defend her. But to this Chiyo cared little and only responded with.

『You were also a mistake Yushi, you are nothing but a whim that Lys wanted, how can you get to defend that thing in the first place? I guess it was something to expect from an adoptee, even your parents themselves didn't want you in the first place, I tried to give you a home and a family, but you still decided to disappear Haruko, how do you want me to love someone who isn't my family? You two, Lys and Yushi, are not going to get what you want, I'll take care of that, after all, I took on the role of mother in this family that is falling apart more and more』.

Chiyo confirmed and even said it to Yushi's face that she was a girl picked up from an orphanage for the Tsuji family. She was retreating to her room calm and determined not to let them go or do what they want, at that moment Kenji who couldn't do anything and just kept quiet all this time, it seems that he finally regained his strength and after hearing and seeing everything, he had something very clear with all this. 

『I'm not going to let these things keep happening! Hey! Don't go yet!( Damn.... I was frozen all this time when I saw that monster...) I swear I will help this family no matter what! Their daughters want to move forward! Their father wants to move forward! If you object I wouldn't mind removing you from the equation! After all the only one to blame here is you! If you hurt your daughters again by telling them that they are a mistake or that they should not exist! Then you have no right to say you are a mother!!!』

Kenji ended up screaming at the top of his lungs to Chiyo, who could hear him as he entered his room, having closed it tightly confirmed it. Kenji quickly turned to look at Yushi to see how the younger sister reacted to such a confession, but to his surprise and Yushi's as well, it seemed that it didn't affect him much or at least....

『That's not true...my parents wouldn't consider me a mistake...my real parents...I know they would love me very much...』

Yushi would go on to shed tears in the same way and from one moment to the next he also turned into a waterfall of tears. Right now Kenji had 2 simple girls who were crying like babies. He didn't think things would end like this with this visit. Seeing them suffer despite his good intentions of wanting to improve the family, really brought him a lot of anger the whole situation, but what to do at this time he knows well, so each of them he did not caress their heads, he knows he has no right to do so, but simply told them.

『As a father myself, I know that no child is a mistake, when my baby was born I felt a great happiness in my heart, it was like I completed my life, you two are the same, Lys, Yushi, you were born to be happy, that is your reason to live. Lys, you were born to do whatever you want because that is what brings you happiness, while you Yushi, despite your conditions, you found people in the world who really love you and love you, appreciate them with all your heart and no one can tell them both otherwise, no one has the right to judge them because in the first instance, we are the first to judge them, we can oppose them or we can thank them, I would like that when my son learns to speak, one day, maybe he will tell me "despite the life I had, whether it was good or bad, I thank you from my heart that you brought me to this world so that I can give meaning to my life" The job of a parent is to care, love, and cherish your child, prepare him for what he wants to do in his life, whoever opposes or does the opposite, is nothing more than a stranger』.

Kenji said it from the bottom of his heart hoping that his words would help both girls who were crying all this time, he really wished he could pat both of them on the head, but he felt that would only bring more trouble. But at that Lys would dry her eyes and turn to turn to Kenji, his answer seems like it did make her feel better.

『About all that your son is going to say?』

『*laughs*I doubt it very much but it would make me very happy』-『Lys, Yushi, your lives and what you do with it as long as it's for your own good and of what you cherish, it's right, it's fine, I support you, if I had come to have daughters with my wife, I think I would have liked it to be you, you can see we would have a good time *smiles*』-『Although of course everything as long as you do good things, if you do something bad, I guess, what would you like to happen? 』

Kenji left it to the imagination of both sisters where quickly between laughter and smiling, Lys would say that she would like to be given a soft straight smack on the head, adding a lesson to her mistake, while Yushi would reply that if a similar situation happened to her, she would like to be given a soft finger smack on the forehead, and likewise to be corrected at that moment. Kenji to this would smile again saying that even in that sense they can recognize that they are sisters.

They were in the room to be able to agree on how this whole situation would end. Kenji had decided, he had planned to take Lys and Yushi with Asa so at least they could be reunited, Sakai Asa wants to recover his family more concretely his daughters, they also said all the time that they want to return to their father, father? ....Espera, when they spoke all this time, if they were referring to Asa, right? but now that Kenji tries to remember, at no time neither the mother said the name of the father. Kenji to this confused him so he was openly telling them both.

『You want Sakai Asa to come home, don't you?

『Sakai Asa?』

『I think he means Tsuji Asa's sister』.

『Ah! you're right, what was the life of that man who moved away from his family, but remembering he was the only one who raised us with love and care, he was a good father *smiles* He is also important for us to be happy, we have to be all together 』

Kenji hearing that answer from Lys made him feel more confident, as he thought that maybe his daughters would hate him for never coming home. But it seems that in the whole plan if was in consideration Sakai Asa. At that moment, Lys had the light bulb turned on and could deduce that perhaps the reason why Kenji came here and knew everything was because of.

『I managed to meet his father and he's willing to fulfill what they originally promised *smiles*』.

『Asa...*smiles* So if we're going to be happy...』

Lys hearing this news really made her happy, she even commented it to her little sister who was also surprised by such news. Since she remembers as if it was yesterday where they had everything planned and recorded on the cell phone for their father to finally release them and bring them the happiness they deserve. It took its time but finally that weak and fearful father put the gears to work, in all this joy that Lys transmitted it to Yushi, the little girl could only imagine one thing, she was with her eyes trembling with joy because.

『I will be able to see my father again...』

Lys hugged her little sister while all this was observed by Kenji who was equally happy with this. He is going to do everything possible for this family to move forward, even if in the process only one has to suffer, yes, there was no other way, he can't bet everything on this family going back to the way it was before, but before his decision to just help the girls to return to their father, Lys said.

『No, we need Chiyo in this』.

Kenji was confused again, after everything that happened and since the mother has no intention of letting go of her daughters. I was so against it that I even insisted to the daughters again, but it seems that none of them have any intention to take it back, because they are doing all this to make them really happy.

『I know it's silly to say it after remembering what happened, but I really want to try until the last second, I know that Chiyo wants to recover her family, she is a woman traumatized by the life she led but.... as her daughters, I promised her, I want the happiness of that woman and the only way is that we are all together, moving forward for that end, so I want to ask for official Kenchin time, give me enough time and you will see that I can change my mother's mind, she saw it a while ago, she didn't throw away the dream of recovering her family, I...we...we...do everything for our happy family』.

Both Lys and Yushi do not intend to back out of such a decision, they want Chiyo with them and they do not intend to leave this home unless the whole family is returned. Kenji was opposed to this again but if the victims do not testify against the abuser at the present time, then he does not think it can go any further, having to settle it in court does not feel that would be the best option either, he does not want the wish of these girls to be put above another ..... Kenji with all the denial agreed that he would give them enough time to try to convince their mother and get along. Lys when she heard that the officer agreed, she had only one thing to say.

『Thank you』

『....(If in that time something goes wrong...then it will be my fault because I could have avoided it...but why now....why do I put more over the wish of these girls than the right thing....how easy it would be to prepare a trial, Asa would win and keep the girls....but...what they want is to be happy everyone, for that they need Chiyo and from what I just saw, she also wants her family back, after all they were happy in the past...)』

He couldn't help but remember that amidst all the pictures that were on Asa's phone, there were also many where they were all a happy family. Holding on to that desire that everything can be all right, in a matter that matters a lot to him, this for Kenji seems to have found his weakness. He kept calm and professionalism in The Big Tree Madness, documenting everything that happened, but now faced with this family problem, why....why does he sympathize so much with these girls?

『(I hope I don't regret my decision...)Lys, Yushi, please strive to be happy, strive to be a happy family』.

Kenji said it with all the desire and hope that everything will end well. But at Kenji's words, Lys to this was very happy because at all this time he always supported them and was on their side.

『Since you arrived you said words that made us very happy the truth, you could see mom's thing but you can't detect yours, Yushi do me a favor』.

『It's okay』

Yushi approached Kenji and firstly with his hand that looked like a deadly weapon, he made a quick cut to what would be Kenji's shoulder, Kenji was surprised since not even the attack grazed him, it hit him in the air? But at that moment everything became clearer to Kenji all at once, it was like he felt calmer and the confusion he had recently or doubts vanished. Kenji looked at Lys and he could understand it, why he sympathizes more with these girls.

『(It's not the first time I've seen her)』

With that reminder, Kenji left the Tsuji home calmer now that the case file had advanced a little, not as he would have liked but if that is what the girls wanted, then he was satisfied with it. The wish for this family to be happy again was now also a goal to be achieved if they could, and if that goal was not achieved, then at the slightest case of abuse again, those girls would be taken away from their mother no matter what. While in the living room still remained the sisters, while Yushi said to Lys.

『How long do we have to see daddy again?』

『It won't be long since the day he left, when you see him again, would you like me to caress your head?』

『Yes, the previous times he did, I was happy, now he is a different person I understand, do you think when he sees us grown up, he will still remember us?』

『You for sure he will remember you, and even when he comes back he will be more affectionate with you *smiles* But in my case, I don't know if I would like him to really remember me, so when I see him again, I will be the same Lys he knew *smiles*』

Both sisters were imagining what that reunion would be like when their father finally returned home with them. Just imagining seeing him again really made them happy, they have a lot of things to do when the family is back together.

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In a house in a quiet neighborhood, as always nothing unusual or something special happened, it was always the same houses with the same inhabitants, one may be more entertaining than the other, another may not be so lively but there are still those who have their happy moments, while finally, in that house before everything was fun and quiet, there was no time to get bored, but now is nothing more than a house where there are only memories of a family that for certain circumstances had to leave that place, the cause of all this would be.

『It's been a long time since I played something...it made me want to play even a rock paper or scissors...running in the meadow or just being able to be outdoors and enjoy the pure and fresh air, now everything that surrounds me is nothing more than pure work and experience of other people. And what I have been able to detect lately is that the invisible thing that haunts us, is becoming more and more present in our present time, the negative thing is perhaps returning...』

Nanase Kaori was as always in the main room of the Nanase family home, always with her pipe that had long since ended up filling everything with smoke. Nanase Kaori can not go outside with her current condition, it would be demanding too much, just longing for when she was young and being able to enjoy the outdoors is what she misses the most of all this. But even though she has been locked up here for her own good and of her own free will, she has always been on the lookout for what is going on around her. Her family from before and the whole circle, organization under her command was always acting from the shadows. Always taking offers or the best decision at the time to kill someone, in the underworld of the country there will always be conflicts, infighting, or situations that can harm society, the work of the Nanase Clan is to kill anyone who decides to make a change to the world.

Kaori looked at the reports that were on the table, she was even annoyed that the police did not find any information about who the terrorist was, the only thing she could find out was that he was nicknamed Na. He boasted that even the leader of Asia came and the only thing he managed to advance with that case is to give him a nickname, the dissatisfaction of the grandmother was enormous, but what frustrated her the most was also that.

『We also despite our information network...we didn't manage to find out who that person is Na....the only thing we found is that forum and the modified information of Nakagawa Yuudai, but....that's all.... 』-『He was able to modify confidential information, not only that, he was able to remove with time a news that should not go unnoticed....don't underestimate Na but also don't overestimate him...he is good with what he does but....what does he really want with all this...that's what really worries me..... if he wanted to cause a bigger problem or havoc then he wouldn't have let that old lady and Tomeo act...they are even building that new charity institution...that was it...to generate a chaos that will be forgotten...but there is still the attack I predicted, the soccer match, that's where he should make his appearance. ...I know I initially said I wouldn't intervene but...not knowing anything about Na...that's what worries me the most...』-『If I could come out I would know who that person Na would be, if he really is an atrophied person, then what would give him away would be...』

At that moment when she would say something important to finish all her deduction, the door had opened out of nowhere, was it a product of magic or a paranormal case? Kaori did not understand at first what was going on. But quickly she would walk in like a whirlwind, the one person with whom she had had the most contact in her family. Jersey had appeared in the form of a whirlwind. Quickly all the smoke that was there was attracted by the whirlwind and being expelled by the same door all the modesty, bad smell and even traces of ashes that were there. Kaori did not take it important but when she wanted to take her pipe again, she realized that the whirlwind ended up swallowing it for sure.

『*sigh* Why do you always have to come and make a mess girl』.

The house was already not say clean, but at least all the smoke was gone from the hearth. Though thanks to this the ash had been lifted and was floating all over the house, while Kaori all she could see was how her granddaughter ended up being totally dirty on top of ashes.

『I would never cause a mess for you Karichi *smiles*』

『Close the door, I don't want the sun to come in』.

And once again, with an income that Kaori became accustomed to over time, once again her granddaughter came to give her the reports of the missions she had lately. Jersey would tell her with mimicry and encouragement all that she had to go through, but she would tell it as if it had all been fun and laughter.

『You should have seen it Karichi! I slid down the stairs that looked like a slide! Also in that home there was a pool of sharks, they looked very smiling all those little fishes, I passed them with swings that were there!*smiles* ah! there were also tigers! I don't know why there were but there were, they looked so cute I petted them and we even played until the guards caught up with us, after that I met another assassin who was waiting for me before I reached the end! He looked so skilled that I even congratulated him! He was using a katana so I used! you want to know what I used? you want to know? 』

『No』

『I used a toothpick!!! I found it on the ground, and with it I disarmed him by pulling down his pants!!!!! At the end before the finish line, they locked me in a gas chamber, and not only that!!!! They also aimed shrapnel at me! Grenades! Bazookas! Armed guards! An old man who was dressed as a bear!!!! I was alone with my toothpick! It was incredible! It was like a festival! I was about to die but!!!! Do you want to know how I got free? Do you want to know Karichi? *smiles*』

『No (why was there an old man dressed as a bear?)』

『Okay, but I won't tell you that my tiger friends showed up and saved me in the end *smiles* Ah! Here's what you sent me to retrieve, I really don't understand but I know it matters a lot』.

Jersey went on a mission to recover a lost object that would be an important painting from ancient times. It was in the hands of some mobsters in the area so to do business, Kaori sent her to recover it in order to auction it legally in a part of the world. Kaori again congratulated Jersey for the good job he did, but only that, it was a simple and even dry one. It seems that the last missions he received was to recover important objects since he delivered to his grandmother even jewelry and lost ceramics. He was eager to tell his grandmother what happened, but she just heard the first one and didn't want anything else.

『Come on Karichi, don't you want me to tell you how I got the Jewel back? the one my friend had was a fake, so in order not to disappoint you, he gave me the location and I looked for it myself!!!! So that's how the guy from the exploration and adventure movies feels, the Indinas! eh? Andinas? Indis!!! indas? Ah! the Jones!!! chi que chi! let's go together to explore more ruins Karichi, my friend gave me more maps to explore *smiles*』

Jersey was happy and always with a smile that would be contagious to anyone, but for her grandmother, this was even strange for the way she told it, and surely everything she said was not lies at all. Quickly Kaori from what she was putting away the recovered items, she would move on to talk seriously to her granddaughter.

『Why is it that every time you come back you always tell it like it's fun, you don't go to play or go to an amusement park, you're putting your life at risk all the time, seriously is that so much fun for you that? *sigh* Besides you make it sound easy all the things you do, there are even missions that even the best of our Clan can't do and the only one I ask is you』. 

『I do it thinking about many things, what I'll have for lunch, what I'll have for dinner, eating a flan, playing with the Paper Rolls, helping my sisters and brother, my mom who always gives me a little star on my forehead, ah! Now that I remember I didn't do my homework for school tomorrow, I just think that everything I do will be fun and will have its reward *smiles* that it will be fun for others, and above all I do it to make you happy Karichi *smiles*』. 

It seems that Jersey always takes her grandmother into account in all the missions she gives her, she really seems to be trying hard in her own way, but to this the grandmother would reply without first wanting to smoke a little, but clearly the pipe was gone.

『If you want to make me happy then...--------』 

『Ah! I know! Next time I'm going to bring my little brother to hang out as a family, what do you think, he's also looking forward to seeing you *smiles*』 

At that moment when she was about to say something important Kaori, she was interrupted by Jersey, listen to what that girl was going to do, see where you look at it, there was no way for the grandmother to refuse, embarrassed and even nervous she accepted her offer.

『All right...but seriously...do you want to see me?...』 

『Yes, I asked her and she said, "My grandmother? The last time I saw her was a long time ago, I'd like to see her again to know how she is, I hope she's okay" That's what she said』. 

At that moment Nanse Kaori ended up falling on her back, it was like an arrow that ended up piercing her heart, Jersey to this she was worriedly asking for her grandmother scared, she even ended up screaming.

『Oh no!!! I killed my granny using my brother!!!!! Ah!!! Aggrg....Trague the ashes raised....』

『I'm not dead you idiot!!!! Only that....I didn't expect that....and don't call me granny or Karichi again, I already told you』-『I wait for the visit then, don't forget to tell me when it is to get ready and....and no...I already got nervous...better not...cancel it!!!! Tell him if I really died!!!!』

『Then let's go visit you at your funeral????!!!!』

Imagining the grave and burial with grandmother Kaori's picture was not too crazy at the time. But quickly moving on, Kaori was finally able to pull herself together while Jersey was still soaked in ashes from the quick cleaning she did. Again she sighed, it was the only thing she could do since her pipe was gone, she looked at her granddaughter as always when she comes no matter what, all the dull mood always goes up to the clouds just with her presence and that....

『No more missions for me?』

『No, a guy who has been giving us good results, especially in assassination missions, has finally returned from his trip to South America and is doing a good job after completing his training in that continent. It is said that during his stay he eliminated about 5555 terrorists in only 1 year that he was there』-『He belongs to the Sano Clan, his name is Sano Ato and if he continues with the achievements he is making, he will easily become a good successor as the Sano Clan Leader, His father is very proud because he shows great talent, but his daughter, Ato's younger sister, Sano Aoi does not have great talent, you could even say that she is stupid, but she is striving lately to be a better assassin, you know what the difference is between you and Ato? Knowing that you both do your job very well?』

Jersey didn't know what her grandmother's question was referring to, but that information Grandma Kaori gave might be important for the future. Jersey easily her answer was that there was nothing to compare, and if there was for sure it was that Ato was someone with a lot of potential but....

『Even you yourself doubt Jersey, Ato is an expert in assassinations and does not hesitate to kill his victims or whoever threatens him, unlike you who also received assassination missions but I want to tell you something and I want you to answer me faithfully, do you really kill your victims?』

Jersey in front of her grandmother's question did not know what to answer, she became nervous out of nowhere and looked from side to side, it was obvious, she became without knowing what to do at that time, but after a while, she stared at her grandmother to tell her.

『No, I avoid ending someone's life as much as possible』.

『*sigh* I knew it, you think we didn't know it but we ended up finding your deception, at the time of killing someone what you do is to disappear them to give them as dead and that you present it to us, but you can't hide a lie before us, I already sent your old missions to Sano Ato, he is going to fulfill his job as it is』.

When Jersey heard this, she quickly became nervous again, she felt uncomfortable with the fact, her fists clenched and she wanted, no, rather she was going to leave home to stop the murderer. But her grandmother told her in the same place that she had already received the mission two weeks ago, and that all those people who should have died, were now completely dead. Jersey stopped and quickly dialed everyone's numbers with her phone, none of them answered and even they were out of line. She was very nervous and worried about what could have happened to them, until.

『That is the true spirit and work of an assassin, of a true Clan that survived from the Sengoku period to the present day. And one can check it himself when he realizes that he knew how horrible the world is, Sano Ato's stay in SouthAmerica made him open his eyes that how rotten the world is, it gave him a new vision that when I was told that he gave off such ashes and understood it in the same way, I understood that he is one like us 』

Jersey didn't understand what his grandmother said, rather she kept trying to call by his phone all his friends he made in every mission and who he helped to put his life safe and sound. But Grandma Nanase has no intention of stopping this.

『Do not know what are the ashes? or at least that's how we call it, apparently it is an energy or negative feeling that we all have in the world, the worse people are the stronger it will be, in ancient times this seemed unnoticed but few people managed to understand the meaning that was something small for something bigger, it was not just one if not many people, who commits bad things like murder or just lie daily, you quickly manage to release ashes in a mild form. It can happen 2 things if you managed to accumulate many, one, the ashes possess you, or you can control the ashes, the one who understands such methodology gains more strength, and if we put it together with our Clan skills, that easily makes us dangerous people, we are one of the few who come to possess such ability. It seems that you can't see them or maybe you deny it, but tell me about the case of the assassin you faced, isn't there something to highlight in the fight?』

Jersey got to remember her fight against the assassin, where she was mostly dodging and using nearby objects to her advantage to hinder or stun him, but never really wanting to hurt him enough to kill him. Even her handling of the toothpick was on another level. Seeing that the assassin did not achieve anything, he became serious and quickly as a technique out, although Jersey did not see it as such but felt it, the assassin used to his advantage the ashes he had to empower himself to overcome his opponent, but in the same way it did not help since Jersey was more capable than that person.

『When a person of our capabilities, someone who really does not care about the lives of others, gets to use the ashes to his total control, it gives us a great power that can be controlled, and if you accumulate many ashes that exceed your limits, then you will only fall prey to all the negative that exists, I for my part, never managed to manage it, I control it to a small percentage, Jersey surprises me that you don't give off anything despite all the time you've been doing this, you are a pure girl with a great talent, and you don't know how much I want to see you use this power with you. ...(although the most likely to use that power will be one of your 2 sisters)』

Kaori was not silent at all, she was giving him a little explanation of what she knows and is currently the ashes in the world of assassins. But at that moment Jersey would happen to continue with his phone where finally it seems that someone answered, it was the murderer with whom he fought a while ago, quickly Jersey was warning him that someone will come to kill him and to be very careful, but the murderer replied that he will be fine, because after all Jersey is the only person with whom he lost.

『Don't worry, I will be fine, thanks to our confrontation I understood that I can improve and take advantage of the life you gave me, I am surprised that we are both assassins and at the same time so different, thank you for all the help you gave me, and don't worry again about who comes to assassinate me, just like you I know I can improve without resorting to ashes 』.

The assassin hung up with a smile and confident that he will be able to emerge victorious from the fight ahead. Jersey to this she was worried, she feels cold and very afraid that something might happen to her friend that she just met. The grandmother only emphasized that how can he befriend the people he should have killed in the first place, that in the Nanase clan is something certainly not to forgive.

『Be thankful that Sano Ato will clean up your mistake』.

Grandmother Nanase also wanted another result with this, maybe with everything that happened lately that happened out of nowhere, maybe this will make Jersey worried and there will be traces even minimal of ashes from her granddaughter. But Jersey to this first inhaled and exhaled to calm herself down, she needed a clear mind not to let herself get carried away by the negative, so.

『I don't know if they considered me friends, but it's wrong to kill people as something simple...I just all those encounters I behaved as only I am and that was enough for me? I took it as a game and fun to see if I could infect them in some way, they are my friends and that's what matters to me, just to get along with those people, that's all I think at that moment when I meet someone I have to relate to...we all go through difficulties and for them to have a little fun, for me that's the help I can offer』.

Jersey was clear with her goals to accomplish, she just appreciated being able to have fun with who she has in front of her. Grandmother Nanase looked at her as if telling her that it doesn't matter in this area that she is involved, the goal has always been to kill those who are a threat to life itself even if that makes you become the person in the world, that's why one of the objectives that the clans have, is to be able to dominate those ashes, and now the one who is monstering is Sano Ato.

『With only 15 years old and showing good progress, I'm envious because at my age I won't achieve what that boy achieved, he must have had a very hard life, I wonder if I would have had better control of the ashes if I didn't have my son Hikari, which, he was my light in my whole life 』.

Nanase Kaori gave a little reflection of what could and what prevented him from becoming a really cold person. But Jersey hearing this, from how worried she was, she would turn to smiling like a child, and the smile she always makes is the most similar to the silly, childish and even sincere smile that Hikari always showed.

『I'm glad that always every good thing that happened to you, has to be related to my father, that just hints, that he was the light that kept you from becoming a really cold person, my father turned you into a warm person granny *smiles*』.

Jersey was grinning from ear to ear with this statement, he truly loved his father very much just as his grandmother loved her son very much.Where grandmother Nanase didn't object to this, rather she claimed that her son was her miracle in the dark life he was going to lead.

『What an envy, I wish I could be a person's joy, or even the other way around, that there is a person who is my joy in life *smiles* Good! I've made up my mind! I'm going to save you my killer friend! You too for sure are the joy of a person and vice versa!!!! Let's go!!!!』

Jersey stood with her fist in the air with a big smile on her face and her cheeks flushed. When Kaori heard this, she understood why perhaps her granddaughter never managed to show signs of ashes in her entire being, and this was all too simple. All she gave off was only purity, just as her son was for most of his life, Kaori thought she raised him well, she thought she did well, her son was also pure, but in the face of something that matters a lot to one, something significant, everything in a moment can change.

『And by the way Karichi, I give it back to you but don't smoke anymore, what will Taichi think if he sees it』.

Jersey was giving him back the pipe that he took it when it came to his hands, Kaori was taking it and was thoughtful thinking about it. Since she remembers that when she had her son, the smoking habit even became a non-existent thing. Jersey was leaving the house after this conversation where Kaori thinks he is really a quality person? Maybe every time she spends time with her granddaughter, that warmth can become that much greater. Kaori put away her pipe as she commented.

『Jersey, Taichi, Konomi and Kurumi those children really are your children Hikari, I wish I hadn't acted so childishly...I wish I would have been a great grandmother』.

Remembering how she reacted to the news that her little Hikari wouldn't be forever, she regrets wholeheartedly that she was too possessive but...it's something that the Nanase Clan has been very mindful of since long before, indonditional love to who is your light.

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