The Transparent Accountant Part 2

Everything that had happened today was very strange. Ever since Momo's father arrived I kept giving him the feeling that something was wrong, that he was not being honest, but he is an angel, so I thought it was nothing serious. But when he heard the news that he was kidnapped right from our cafeteria, well those same doubts were immediately dispelled, he was involved in something dangerous.

Understandably Momo desperately asked me to rescue her father, so I set off immediately. My daughters managed to follow the vehicle to a building in Kabukichō. The problem? the place is well known by everyone as the red light district of Japan, the place is full of night clubs, buerdeles and others, it is well known that the Yakuzas and other international mafias control that place. As if that were not enough, for the same reason there are also quite a few policemen around the area to make sure that no problems occur. Now, what do you think they will do when they see a little girl walking in those places? exactly, they will stop me immediately, so I can't just walk to the place.

To help me a little bit we called Xi'an so that she would drop me off nearby using her car and then we would use it to flee the place. The second thing is that the place where Mr. Kaikeishi was taken to was a discotheque, a place known for always having loud music, a perfect place to torture people and hide their screams of pain, as Xi'an told us, so time would be vital, get there as soon as possible, get out as soon as possible. A mission of infiltration and rescue basically, how much I would like to be able to fit through the ventilation ducts or inside a cardboard box.

"What the heck? Is that Haru!?"
"I'm sure it's her."
"Did she see me?"
"What is she doing here?"

"Elise, please focus"
"How do you think Inspector Yamamoto would let Haru go free out there?"
"Especially a place like Kabukichō?"
"Pay attention better, that's the place over there" said Xi'an pointing to the place.
"Yamiyo no Kurabu, the place has been known as the property of the Kirin-kai group for years."
"There are even rumors that the police have been watching the place because it is believed that there is human trafficking."
"What business was this Mr. Kaikeishi involved in and why is it our job to rescue him?" 

"I'm asking myself the same question"
"Adelis' orders, she didn't tell me much either"
"...."
"All right, I'm going in."
"Stay here and keep the car running."
"If I come back and this car isn't right here I'll make sure you get fired."

"Are you sure you want to go in?"
"I could do it without a problem if you want me to."
"I don't know, I'm just saying"

"Don't worry, it's easy."
"If you go we run the risk that they start looking for who you are."
"Besides, who would believe that a little girl was the one who wrecked the place?"

"Okay, take this then"
"Good luck and happy hunting"

Xi'an said as she handed me a pistol with a silencer, as I would need it.

I walked quickly from the car to the alley at the back of the store, where there was undoubtedly a back door, there were several ladies smoking and talking to each other, there were also two guards at the door guarding it. There was no way they would let me through, so I had to think about using a quick distraction to sneak inside. Luckily the opportunity quickly arose when two other guys started arguing loudly, it looked like a common drunken brawl, so I helped add to the drama by pulling out my knife and quickly stabbing one of them when they finished and then I started screaming in panic pointing at the other guy, the other women started a chain reaction of screaming in panic and one of the guards came to see what was going on. I slipped through the crowd and approached the door, where the other guard was and shot him without thinking too much to get in.

Before going through the door I put on a white Kitsune mask, I had bought before for days like today to hide my face

At best I would have ten minutes before they found the dead man, they would start searching inside the club which would give me about another 5 minutes before they found out and started the party. Not that I needed much time either, it was clear that Mr. Kaikeishi would surely be downstairs in the basement, so step one was to look for the stairs. The hallway I was in led to some private rooms, all of them were locked, and I could clearly hear them in use, another guard was there, but as soon as he saw me that was the moment I fired. A little further on was another corridor that led to the kitchen, a women's dressing room, and an office, which was busy with quite a few people, since there was no sign of the staircase I took another path that led me to the main room of the club, the dance floor, and the bar.

On the other side I could see several stairs, one of them led to the second floor, while the others were guarded by two more guys, dressed in black suit and tie, I was sure that one of them was one of those who had arrived this morning when Momo's father came to the house. I approached the stairs, but the ones going up instead, I took a bottle of alcohol and threw it from the balcony at one of the guards who hit him hard. Both of them angrily went up the stairs to look for the culprit, while I went down to the second floor by jumping up and then down the stairs.

Once downstairs the corridor continued a little further into what appeared to be some kind of warehouse with even several boxes blocking the way. They blocked the view of the place so well that I was even surprised to see a man come out from behind one where I thought there was nothing. He too was surprised to see me, but before he screamed and raised the alarm I pulled out my knife again and slit his throat while holding his mouth to shut him up. After the man died I looked where he had come out, it was from a metal door very well locked, so I had to look for it from the dead man. I opened the door to take a look inside to see if I could find what I was looking for.

What a surprise to find someone completely different. An older man was on the floor, his hands tied to a chain embedded in the wall. His face was a little bruised, but the determination in his eyes was completely unwavering.

"Inspector Yamamoto!?"
"What are you doing here!?"
"What happened!?"

"Elise!? Is that you!?"
"What are you doing here!?"

"Well, working"
"What are you doing here?"

"Also, working"

I approached the inspector and fired my pistol at the chain to break it and leverage the old man to his feet and gave him the pistol from the dead yakuza at the entrance.

"May I know what you're looking for, girl?"

"A man, six feet tall, eye patch, face like a half-wit."
"I need him alive and out of prison"

"The accountant?"

"Do you know him?"

"Okay, don't laugh, I tried to infiltrate the organization to get information from the gang, but they found me out"

"Your face is in the newspapers, the people have you as a national hero."
"Don't you think your face is a little too well-known to everyone?"
"What were you thinking old man?"

"Well, now that I think about it, maybe it wasn't such a good idea"
"I just wanted another reason for Haru to be proud of me."
"You know, another little achievement dedicated to her"

"I'm surprised no one stopped you before with such a bad idea."

"Well, the truth is, no one in the police department knows yet."

"Oh my god"
"How did you survive the cold war like this?"

"How do you know that I ...."

But while the Inspector was talking I heard how on the other side someone had discovered the corpse he had left, so I opened the door and pulled him inside, where the Inspector received him with a series of blows so precise that they knocked the guy down in seconds.

"Look, I have to get this guy out alive and I have to do it fast."
"You help me with this and I don't tell your granddaughter what you've been doing all week and why you're so suspicious."

"Is she suspicious of me?"

"I saw her on my way here"
"I think she's been following you closely"

"She is here in Kabukichō!"
"But she told me she was with her friend Yukiko."
"...."
"Oh fuck"
"...."
"Okay, it's a deal."
"You help me cover up this  incident from Haru and I'll try to keep the police from investigating the masked lady vigilante."

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"Deal"

I opened the door and walked to the right, towards the interior of the corridor of the basement, to continue checking the other rooms and try to find Momo's father. In one of the doors I could hear how someone was shouting, it did not seem very happy the situation on the other side of the door, so I touched it a little with rhythm, someone opened shortly after, it was not the man I was looking for, so I raised my gun and shot, I pushed the door completely and I found another guy torturing someone with an electric battery, the same fate awaited him like his partner.

"Damn, girl, can you stop killing people for  a  moment?"
"I'm the one who will have to explain each one to the police." Inspector Yamamoto complained as he guarded the corridor.

I on the other hand kept walking to remove the black bag that was covering the person being tortured. This time it was Mr. Kaikeishi.

"Cesar!"
"What are you doing here?!?"
"Oh no this is bad!"
"!!!!!"
"Is he dead?"
"No, he's not, is he? He's just passed out, isn't he?"
"There's no way he's dead!"

"Mr. Kaikeishi, please relax!"
"You seem too shocked to speak clearly."
"Listen carefully, okay"
"I've come to get you out of here."
"Outside there is a vehicle waiting for us, which we will use to escape."
"I need you to concentrate and do what I say when I say it." said to the panicking father as I released him from his restraints.

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

Inspector Yamamoto went inside the room to take cover of the gunfire and then fired back with his weapon.

"We've been spotted girl"
"They are here!"

"Oh God, this is one of those "gang wars" they do all the time in Onigan City" isn't it?"
"This isn't really happening!"
"This whole thing is not my fault!"
"I didn't do anything! I swear!"
"I didn't kill anyone!"

"Don't worry Mr. Kaikeishi."
"Thanks to you, a lot of people will go to heaven today"

I replied to him as I checked how many rounds were left in my pistol and changed the magazine, preparing for the inevitable confrontation.

"May I ask what you are doing here?"
"Why are the Yakuzas going out of their way specifically to get you?"
"What have you been hiding from me and your daughter?"

"Okay! I will tell the truth!"
"I didn't want to lie all right!"
"I just wanted to learn to look a little tougher in front of my daughter, that's all!"
"She's in her rebellious stage, so that's why she married a delinquent!"
"I thought if she saw me as a crook she would come home too!"
"Before I went to visit her I came to this place to investigate how to look more badass"
"I talked about my problem with another guy and he told me about a group that could help me with my problem"
"Since they seemed like nice people for trying to help a stranger like me I agreed."
"They taught me how to look like a respectable mobster ."
"While I was just helping them upload and subtract a couple of accounts they seemed to be having problems with"
"But for some reason, they got mad at me and all this happened!"

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

Inspector Yamamoto fired several shots into the corridor, it seemed that he had managed to impact someone.

"According to what I was able to find out before I was caught"
"The accountant made the mistake of putting all the black accounts of the Kirin-kai group in one document."
"Basically where all the money from shady transactions is before being laundered."
"The police obtain the document, the Kirin-kai group ceases to exist." Said the inspector as he continued to fight down the hallway.

"Oh, now that's a good reason to kill someone"

"I just did my job as usual!"
"I just put all the transactions in one place, just like it should be!"
"I never wanted to be part of this!"
"I didn't know anything about where the money came from!"

Suddenly the amount of gunfire in the corridor began to increase. It seems that the Yakuzas had brought in reinforcements, while Inspector Yamamoto was doing what he could.

"Oh fuck! There are enough of them!"
"We're running out of time, let's get out of here!"
"Can you use that giant sword girl?"
"The one you used that time I lost my car in fact"

"Agh, okay."
"I'll lead the way, stand back"
"You hold the idiot for a moment."
"Try not to get any holes in it, I have to give it back to his daughter after this"

I tried to disguise that I was taking Avalon from somewhere, although I was sure that the Inspector knew perfectly well that there was something strange with him as he was getting the giant sword from any place and time, but right now it was not time for silly doubts. I took my sword and using it as a shield once again I walked in the direction of our enemies while taking the occasional opportunity to shoot back. While I called everyone's attention, the old man slipped a little to have the opportunity to be the one who finished with the gangsters. In this way we got back to the central room of the building, where a good shootout broke out, and of course, the common people started to flee the place as soon as they noticed the shots, while others took a little more time to realize what was really happening..

As the shooting continued, I continued to protect the Inspector who was trying to get Mr. Kaikeishi out intact, we moved slowly back down the road and into the back alley. Police sirens began to be heard in the background.

"Okay Mr. Kaikeishi"
"May I know where you put that information?"
"Do you have it written down somewhere?" I asked him while he was still shooting down the alley.

"Well, they have the official documents"
"But I wrote it all down in a notebook while I was doing the balance sheets"
"It's this one here."
"Is that why they wanted to hurt me?" He said to me as he pulled the red notebook out of one of his coat pockets.

"That's correct"
"Alright old man, you can keep it, it's all yours."
"Well done Inspector Yamamoto, you've solved another case today."

"I wouldn't call a huge shooting in a nightclub something like closing a case you're referring to."

"Minor details, details"
"Look at it this way, they kidnapped you, you tried to escape and it ended up this way."
"And while you were at it you discovered a beautiful red notebook with numbers in it."
"...."
"Now if you'll excuse me, I want to get away from here before the cops arrest me too for being a busybody."
"So good luck and I'll see you later."
"Start running Mr. Kaikeishi if you don't want to be in jail too!"

I started to push Momo's father to get him to move at once. The two of us got to the car with Xi'an and managed to get in time to get out of there, as we even ran into several patrol cars on their way to attend to the emergency. The rest of the ride was much less hectic, although the poor man, who had never experienced anything like this before, started to cry a lot. 

When we arrived at the house, my mother and Momo in her costume were waiting for us at the door, along with a third lady I had never seen before in my life. When we got out of the car, Mr. Kaikeishi ran to his daughter's arms, and to what I understood shortly after, it was Mrs. Tomei, Momo's mother. After hearing a certain rumor she canceled all her appointments and came immediately with my father's help. Understandably the women were angry about what he had done. Although I felt a little sorry for him so I decided to help him.

Moving the truth a little, I told them that Mr. Kaikeishi had joined the Yakuza in order to obtain crucial information for the police that would lead to the arrest and destruction of the entire Kirin-kai criminal group. Something extremely courageous and daring, where his background as a professional accountant turned out to be extremely important. Knowing the risk, he decided to go ahead to bring them all to justice, which led to his kidnapping and my having to go to his rescue. The nightly news reports and Inspector Yamamoto mentioning the information he received confidentially from an anonymous hero helped me to give him more credibility.

Momo and her mother were extremely excited to see how he had become the hero for today.