❝ ENIGMA ❞

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Bonten immediately arrived at their destination, which is their mansion or their main base.

The long ride from Roppongi to the mansion was painfully quiet, just like the ride the day before, and they were serious the entire ride, which felt intimidating. They didn't talk like they usually do, spitting out banter and laughing. No, they didn't, and they would only speak if it was about business or gang matters, which they were all serious about.

And until now, you still got no replies or any responses from Mask, which worried you.

As you quickly got out of the vehicle, you walked inside hastily, but then you stopped in your tracks as Mikey spoke.

"Bring Y/n to her room. Don't let her out until we say so." He commanded the workers.

"H-Huh?" You looked back and saw some of the workers grab both of your shoulders.

"Don't touch her." Ran sternly said.

"Sorry, boss." The workers said as they let you go and guide you to your room.

"Mask, psst." Haru called his friend while they were inside the office, just another normal day working.

"What?" Mask replied, it was apparent from just his voice that he was tired.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Err... nothing, I just noticed ever since Y/n has been absent you've been sulking a lot. I dunno like you seem sad." Haru said while typing on his computer.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Mask looked at him.

"Is it also because they took our things and phone?" Haru said.

"Yeah, maybe I don't know, it's like... invading us you know? Fucking privacy at least."

"We all know none of us is the traitor here yet they act like it's us." Mask added.

"Oh lord, if our bosses heard what you said, Mask would probably be dead." One of the employees beside Haru whispered.

"As if we can do anything." 

"They took our phones too," Haru grunted. "What if they see my search history and porn tab?!"

"What the fuck?" Mask can only sigh and shake his head.

"Oh and—" Haru was cut off as they heard a loud bang and crashing noises on their office door.

"Get down!" A group of men with armed weapons entered the office while pointing a gun at the employees.

They were Bonten's workers who were asked by Mikey and the others to inspect the office.

Haru and Mask, as well as the other employees, were startled and immediately lifted their arms to their sides and froze in their seats.

"No one will move or we will shoot!"

And as they said that, the entrance door suddenly opens and it reveals Bonten walking in.

"Put your guns down, and inspect everything in here." Mikey commanded the workers with guns and walked to the employees.

The armed workers were checking each of the employees, checking their pockets, their desks, their bags, their work area, and everything in the room.

"Line up. Boss Manjiro will check everyone." The workers said.

Mask nervously took a step forward and joined the line, his heart racing as he followed Haru. He lined up behind his friend and was the last in line.

Mikey gave a death stare at one of the armed men who's in his way, and the man immediately bowed to his boss and walked off.

Mikey walked on the line, giving looks on each employee, and he also has a gun with him.

And as Mikey was walking past their line, he was walking and giving deadly looks to each employee. Every step he took was like an echo resonating through the room. He kept on walking until he reached the final end line, which is Mask.

Mikey stands in front of Mask, and looked him straight in the eyes like piercing daggers; Mikey still thoroughly looked at him, even if Mask's eyes are barely visible due to the mask.

"What's your name?"

Mask kept quiet.

"I'm pretty sure I asked you."

He still didn't speak.

"No?" Mikey asked, clicking his gun.

"I said what's your name—?" Mikey then pointed a gun at Mask's head.

"Boss! We found pieces of evidence in the basement!" One of the Bonten workers shouted, and Mikey was cut off.

Mikey clicked his tongue, and before walking out the door, he gave a threatening look at Mask.

"Just reminding that if we found out who the traitor is or working with them—" Sanzu said, then he showed a video on the projector screen.

It was a video when Bonten was torturing and killing three traitors, brutally killing them, slashing their body parts, body splattering through the camera, skinning them, with painful loud screams, and the video is on full volume.

They took a deep breath and closed their eyes, trying to forget what the fuck they had just watched; it was gory and fucking sick, and it was excruciating to watch for the office employees.

"—So don't ever be a traitor to Bonten, you know your fate."

And after that, Sanzu and the others left, leaving a sick and cold atmosphere inside the office.

After the Bonten workers led you to your room, you immediately closed the door and locked it.

You ran straight to the corner of your room to bring your phone out secretly to check your messages, but still no response from mask.

You were still inside your room, fiddling with your fingers and walking around your room in circles while your phone is on your ear, trying to contact him.

:(Y/n)

99+ missed calls

*SPAM MESSAGES*

Sent 16:12

Then suddenly, you heard a knock on your door.

You shakingly reached for the doorknob slowly as you walked to the door, slowly peeking at the small hole, but then you drop a sigh of relief when you saw Mask.

"Mask!" You gleefully said as you quickly opened the door.

"Where have you been-?! I've been worried, and what's the message that you sent me all about? What do you mean? I've sent you-" 

"Y/n," He cuts you off as he gave you something and went inside your room.

A walkie-talkie.

"Wait, what's this for?" You asked as you receive it.

Mask didn't want to say that his phone was confiscated. He knew it would cause more trouble and would worry you.

"Our bosses invaded and inspected us in the office a while ago. I don't know what will happen for the next few days, but I know it won't be good, so just use this for a while." He explained.

I mean, he didn't lie, right?

And even if he wanted to take his mask off, he couldn't.

"Luckily, I found this old walkie-talkie in our office's storage room. Please use this to communicate with me." He pleaded, with his voice sounding desperate and hurried, as if he was being threatened.

"I just sneaked out from our rooms, and our bosses might call us at any second." Mask said.

"I'll go now." He said but he gave you a tight hug before going out.

"Please stay safe, and talk to me through the walkie-talkie." He whispered, and you were stunned. You didn't know what to say, and it felt like time is running out.

"Stay safe, Y/n, okay?" Mask said then quickly ran off.

Meanwhile, inside Bonten's meeting room, all the executives are seated on the round couch while a round table is in the middle.

A phone was placed on the table.

While you were desperately trying to contact and message mask, you have no idea that his phone is with Bonten.

"I see how it is." Mikey hummed as he stared intently at the phone screen.

Mask's phone is placed and exposed to them on the table, and notification messages from "Y/n" were spamming on his lock screen.

Sanzu chuckled and leaned forward to grab the phone, which he opened without trouble, even with the password, and then went on to open the messages.

Some of them were reading your message conversation with "Mask".

Little did Y/n know, that behind the screen of the person that she's desperately trying to reach and worried about, is actually a group of cunning and devious people who are laughing menacingly while reading the conversation between her and Mask.

A WHILE AGO 

"What will we do with these fucking things? Sell them? Hell, even if we do, who'll buy these old models in our sector."

Sanzu quibbled as he was leaning back on the couch, and Bonten were all inside their meeting room.

"Just let time pass for a while." Mikey replied.

"Sirs, here are the phones from the employees in the office department." Suddenly, Bonten's workers entered their meeting room while bringing boxes full of things and mostly are gadgets such as phones from the employees.

"Make sure all of their things are there."

"Yes, boss, we'll give updates if we find anything suspicious." Then there, their workers left the room.

"What the hell are these things, looks cheap." Takeomi said as he grabs one of the phones and stuff.

Some of the men grabbed some things and inspected them, especially the phones.

The invasion of privacy didn't even cross their minds; they're Bonten, after all, so what could we expect? Nothing is impossible when it comes to them.

They were picking out some phones and checking each, most were empty and shut off, and some had passwords, but it's easy for Bonten to access these, and as mentioned, almost anything is possible to them.

They have authority, money, and power.

So a little cheat won't hurt, right?

Boredom easily came as they were checking the things, and it seemed like nothing was suspicious.

Until they heard continuous notification dings and rings from a certain phone inside the boxes.

The phone just received a signal and internet just now, so all the notifications from that phone just popped out now.

It quickly caught their attention and Mikey grabbed the phone.

Before laying it on the center table around them, he looked at the other members. The phone screen was all and exposed to all of them, and they can see the notification spam popping out.

And their eyes widen and their chest infuriates when they saw your name on the screen.