I'm planning to end this book this week or next week so baka araw araw na ung update ko since next week na ung pasok ko sa school hehe.

CHAPTER 26

* Sakura *

"Ghad, that was the most terrible day of my fucking life." sabi ko at umupo sa sofa. "I'm not going out again without my weapons. I need those shits."

"Tatanga tanga eh." sabi ni Cloud.

"Che!" I rolled my eyes at him. "Let's focus on the mission for now. Our time was fucking wasted."

Seoul, South Korea
***** Hospital

* Shinusuke *

I held Akuma's hands tightly. Hanggang ngayon ay di pa rin sya nagigising. Nilapit ko ang kamay nya sa mukha ko. I felt tears coming from my eyes. Agad kong pinunasan yun.

Akuma won't like it if I get weak with something like this.

Tumayo ako at inayos ung kumot ni Akuma. Lumabas na rin ako.

"Uisa," tawag ko sa Doctor nang makita ko sya. [Doc.]

Napatingin sya sakin, "Waeyo?" [Why?]

"Geunyeoneun gwaenchanh-eulgeoya?" I asked. [Is she going to be okay?]

"Uli neun ajigdo hwagsil haji anhda, Fujioka-ssi. Uli neun yeojeonhi geunyeo ga jeongmallo boneun myeoch gaji teseuteu leul hago issseubnida." sabi nya sakin. Napayuko ako. Sana maging maayos na si Akuma. [We're still not sure, Mr. Fujioka. We're still doing some few tests to see if she's really okay.]

"Gomabseubnida, Uisa." I bowed. He patted my shoulders the smiled at me to reassure me. I bowed again as he left. [Thank you, Doctor.]

I sighed.

I decided na bumili ng foods since dito ulit ako matutulog. I took the elevator then went downstairs. My phone suddenly rang so I answered it.

"Moshi moshi?"

[Shin-chan! Okay ka lang ba? Okay na ba si Demon? I hope she's fine.]

"Yes, Mom. She's fine. No need to worry. Why did you call anyway?" yes, it's my Mom.

[Wala naman, anak. Asan ka ba? Di ka namin makita, eh.]

"What do you mean? Where are you? Diba nasa Japan kayo?"

[No, anak. Nasa—]

The doors of the elevator opened. Lalabas na sana ako nang makita ko ang dalawang pamilyar na mukha sa harap ko.

"Mom? Dad? What the heck are you doing here?"

"Oh, anak! Great! Di ka na namin kailangang hanapin." sabi ni Mom and ended the call. She hugged me while si Dad, nakatingin lang samin. Nag salute sya sakin.

"What are you doing here, Mom?" I hugged her back.

Kumalas sya, "Syempre, to visit you and Demon."

"You don't need to, Mom. Baka ang dami nyong ginagawa ni Dad." sabi ko sa kanya. Hinila naman nya ako sa isang malapit na upuan at pinaupo ako.

"It's okay, Shin. It's okay. Everything will be okay." sabi nya sakin. "Cry if you must. It's okay."

Di ko alam pero sa sinabi nyang yun, bigla nalang ako napahagulgol. "Kasalanan ko tong lahat, eh. This is all my fucking fault!" sabi ko. Pinalo palo ko pa ang ulo ko.

Hinawakan ni Mom ung kamay ko, "It's not your fault, Shin. It will never be your fault. Hindi ka rin sisisihin ni Demon sa nangyari sa kanya so stop blaming yourself.

"No, Mom." medyo pumiyok pa ung boses ko. "It's all my fault." yumuko ako na parang nagdarasal at umiyak.

All of this happened because of me. At kung may mangyayari pang masama kay Demon, I won't forgive myself.

Nagulat ako nang napatayo ako dahil may humila sakin. Si Dad pala. Bigla nya akong sinuntok kaya nahulog ako sa sahig.

"Samuel!" sigaw ni Mom.

"How can you be so pathetic, Shinusuke! This isn't the right time for you to fucking blame yourself! Will Akuma wake up when you're blaming yourself? No! All you have to do is just be fucking there for her. Do you fucking understand?!" inis nyang sabi sakin. Napatayo ako at yumuko.

"S-Sorry, Dad." agad kong pinunasan ang mga luha ko at tumingin sakanya. I was quite surprised nang yakapin nya ako.

"It's not your fault, okay? Everything will be alright." mahinahon nyang sabi.

Napahagulgol nanaman ulit ako. I spent countless nights at the hospital para bantayan si Akuma.

"You're tired, Son. Kailangan mong magpahinga. Magpalakas ka, okay?" sabi ni Dad at kumalas sa yakap.

Tumango ako. "I will. Let me just see Akuma."

Pumasok kami sa elevator at pumunta sa room ni Akuma. I opened the door and was surprised nang makita kong gising si Akuma at nakaupo sya sa kama nya.

"Akuma? Akuma? Gising ka na!" sigaw ko at niyakap sya.

Nagulat ako nang itinulak nya ako. "B-bakit? Galit ka ba? S-sorry, iniwan kitang mag isa sa building na yun." sabi ko at yumuko.

Pero nanghina ako sa sunod nyang sinabi.

"Sino ka?"

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
August 03, 2021
09:32 AM

* Sakura *

"Hawakan mo nga to." sabi ko kay Jax at binigay ko ung bag ko na may laman na iPad at Macbook. Kinuha naman nya yun at di na nagreklamo. "Saan tayo tutuloy dito?"

"I have a mansion here in Vietnam. Dun tayo tutuloy, Ate." sabi ni Jax.

"Mayaman si gago!" sabi ni Keith at tumawa.

"Waaaaw!" napatingin ako sa gilid ko. Si Rui pala. Nasa may tindahan sya ng mga candies and such.

Napangiwi ako at nilapitan sya. Kinaladkad ko sya habang hawak ung tenga nya.

"Aray, Neesan! Susunod naman ako, eh! Bibili lang naman! Aray! Aray!"

"We're not here to enjoy or take a vacay." seryoso kong saad sa kanya.

My phone vibrated, indicating I have a message.

RylltheBeastFriend:
Hey, Miku! How are ya? Di ka na nagpaparamdam sakin:(( tampo na ako:((( miss u naaaaaaa!:(((

I laughed as I read it. Isip bata ampota.

Sakura:
Sorry! Too busy for you. 🤷🏻‍♀️👅

RylltheBeastFriend:
Bad:(( i hatechu na:((

Sakura:
Ulol. Umayos ka nga para kang bata!

RylltheBeastFriend:
Tangina neto. Asan ka ba?

Sakura:
Tangina mo rin gago. Nasa Vietnam, bakit?

RylltheBeastFriend:
Wag ka pupunta dito, ah. Kahit anong mangyari, wag.

Sakuram
Ha? Anong sinasabi mo dyan? Nasan ka ba?

I pressed send and waited for a few minutes but di na sya nagreply.

Anong problema nun?

I just shrugged and sumunod kina Cloud sa taxi.

"Hanapin nyo na agad ung Gangster Ground dito. We need to see if may mga recruits silang umabot dito." I said to them. Agad naman silang nagsearch at tumahimik.

After 15 minutes...

I sat comfortably sa couch and started researching sa mga weapons na pwedeng mabili online. Ubos na ung kunai ko. Gusto ko man gamitin ung katana ko, nasa Japan yun. I forgot to bring it at di ko naman pwedeng pagsabihan sina Mom na ipadala yun. I'm sure na may ginagawa silang importante.

"Ate Sakura," napalingon ako nang marinig ko ung boses ni Jax.

"Why?"

"Nalaman ko na ung names ng dalawang member ng organization. Ung pinakita mo sakin na picture kagabi. I found their names."

My ears perked up, "Really?"

He nodded, "Yes."

"HOY UNG TATLONG MGA KUPAL DYAN NA NATUTULOG GISING!" malakas kong sigaw. Nakarinig naman ako ng kalabog at ilang saglit pa ay lumabas na ung tatlo.

"Why, Neesan?" tanong ni Rui at umupo sa tabi ko.

"Nahanap ni Jax ung mga pangalan nung dalawang member ng organization. Ung nasa pic na binigay sakin ni Mom."

"Really?" tanong ni Keith kay Jax.

He nodded. Nagtype ulit sya sa Macbook and iniharap samin. "Gin and Vodka ung pangalan nila. Ung maliit na mataba ay si Vodka while the skinny tall one, is Gin."

(A/n: credits sa detective conan)

"So legit pala na based sa alcoholic beverages ung names na pinapangalan sa kanila." sabi ni Keith.

"Yes, but for now, yun lang ang nalaman ko. I don't know their real names or anything else." sabi naman ni Jax.

"Their names will be top secret. Dahil once na may nakaalam sa real names nila, mahuhuli na agad sila. Kahit na may police pa nasa kanila." sabi ko.

"That's true. We'll excert a lot of time and energy just to find their names." sabi ni Cloud.

Tumango tango ako, "Oh ano? Nahanap nyo na ung pinapahanap ko?"

"Yes, and medyo malapit lang dito. Let's go?"

———

Somewhere in the Philippines

* Third Person *

"Why did you call us here, Bossu?" tanong ng isang myembrong pangalan ay Whisky.

"We have a lot of works to do. You handed us those works." sabi naman ng isa pa. His name is Singani.

"Shut up, both of you." malamig na saway ng kanang kamay ng Boss nila. His name is Tequila.

"But Tequila, we're waiting here for fucking hours and he'll arrive just now. You told us to work and now we're wasting our times here." tatayo na sana si Rum nang mapatigil sya dahil nakarinig sya ng pagkasa ng baril. Napatingin sya sa Boss nila na may hawak na baril at nakatutok sa kanya.

"Move and I'll shoot." malamig na saad nito. Rum gulped in fear and sat down. Ibinaba ng Boss ang baril at nagsalita. "I know, more than all of you, that you have works. And I apologise for being late. I had to take care of some pests."

"Why are we here, Boss?" magalang na sabi ng babaeng myembro na si Arrack.

"I called you here to tell you that I need all 30 of you tomorrow. Including Tequila. We have an important deals tomorrow. I need more security that I can get. Thankfully, we're more than the members I sent abroad. Philippines has more members than other countries. I need your help." malamig na sabi ng Boss.

Nagbulungan naman lahat. It's the first time that this happened simula ng mabuo ang organization. (The organization is 23 years old and this is the first time it happened.)

"Silence!" sigaw ni Tequila.

"And I'll take this chance to introduce to you my son. Some of you know him already since he was a kid." he paused. "Some were curious so I'll introduce him to you. He's doing a mission right now. A mission for our organization." he smirked. Sumenyas sya sa likuran nya at lumabas ang anak nya at tumabi sa kanya. Nakamask ito at halatang naiirita dahil kailangan pa nyang pumunta dito.

Nagsigawan lahat ng myembro. They are excited to know the Boss' son. Sya kasi ang inaasahan nilang magpapatuloy sa organization nila.

"Magpakilala ka." bulong ng Boss sa anak nya.

"Hey. I'm Boss' son. The name is Scotch." walang gana na sabi nya.

"And starting now, he's officialy part of our organization."