Chapter 19

Kenjiro Saito grew up in a well-rounded family with moral principles and full of pride. But it was not enough to prevent his tendency to cheat. As a teenager, Kenjiro was already thinking of an effective way to make easy money.

After he received a computer as a birthday present from his parents, it was then that he developed a deep interest in computer knowledge and how to develop and modify computer software and hardware.

As he deepened his knowledge, Kenjiro realized that he could use this knowledge to make a lot of money. Hacking into systems and stealing information to later sell on the illegal internet market, taking down influential websites for pure fun, was all he did after acquiring this knowledge.

In his attacks, he called himself Dark flow. But those who seek the path of ease have their conquests stolen quickly. And so it was with Kenjiro, when he was at the height of his fame as a hacker, he wished for something greater than he could ever have, and that was his downfall.

When driven by greed, he decided to hack into the national bank's system. The police quickly discovered his location and arrested him. During his time in prison, Kenjiro endured the pain of being abandoned by his own family, who began to pretend that he did not exist. It was then that he thought of a way to redeem himself. It was true that his talent as a hacker was notorious and that he could get back on his feet financially.

When he finished serving his sentence, Kenjiro was determined to live a decent life. It was then that he met Naomi, who was also trying to establish herself as a hacker. And with his experience, he proposed a partner Naomi to grow together in the job market. And after two years, Yin appeared and offered him a sum of money, and with a service proposal, in which Kenjiro would have to break into the system of the Avant Kaisha Technology company and steal some secret information.

And seduced by the money, he accepted. And knowing Naomi's predicament, Kenjiro convinced Yin that he would need help for the job. After much insistence, Yin agreed but demanded secrecy about the real reason behind the job.

While working to obtain the information that Yin so desperately sought, Kenjiro received an unexpected visit at his home from a strange and threatening man who was a foreigner who spoke no Japanese but whose English had a strong Russian accent. The man proposed to Kenjiro the same service but with a payment twice as high as Yin had offered for the same service.

At that moment, Kenjiro again let himself be seduced by the money, and without hesitation, he accepted. But from the very beginning, Yin was watching him the whole time, and they discovered that Kenjiro had betrayed them and fled somewhere. But even after having placed the best henchmen to track him down, it was not enough to find any clue to his whereabouts.

However, Yin discovered that Naomi was the one who had helped Kenjiro with the job, but that the location of where she was was the problem since it was the mansion of Tatsuo, an old enemy. This caused Yin to lose interest in Kenjiro, who took advantage of the situation and remained in hiding for a long time.

But not everything is forever, and so was Kenjiro's luck. With an extensive network of information about Tatsuo's domain and Satoru's efficiency in acting, they were able to easily find Kenjiro's location and head to the city of Saitama for refuge.

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When Kenjiro opened his eyes, he found himself in a dark, dank room with no windows, a single light from the lamp hanging from the ceiling, high above his head. He tried to get up but realized that ropes were wrapped around his body and holding him to a chair. It was then that from the middle of the darkness, he could hear a voice saying:

"You finally decided to wake up." said the voice from the darkness.

The sound of footsteps coming towards them made Kenjiro apprehensive. It was then that emerging from the shadows, Satoru said:

"Take it easy. My name is Satoru. I know this is all very confusing for you right now. But the boss is coming and he will explain everything."

At that moment, Kenjiro searched for a memory of what had happened before he lost consciousness, but his memory was fuzzy. And his mind, he wondered:

"Damn it! How did I get here? This man said his boss was coming. Could he be one of the men working for Yin?"

At that, very instant, the door to the room opened. Kenjiro could not believe his eyes when he saw who entered it was none other than the billionaire businessman Tatsuo.

"Hmm... So, you and Naomi's partner? And the bastard Yin hired to rob me? You have no idea how much I wanted to meet him."

Kenjiro didn't understand what was going on. And how Tatsuo knew that he was Naomi's partner and that Yin had hired him.

"You may be asking yourself, how did I figure it all out? But the answer is simple. I know everything that happens in my territory. I have eyes and ears mirrored everywhere." Said Tatsuo staring at Kenjiro.

"What are you going to do to me? I was only doing what Yin paid me to do." said Kenjiro in terror.

As Kenjiro went into despair, Tatsuo watched him with a merciless gaze like a tyrant king about to give a prisoner a death sentence.

"Stay calm. I won't do anything to you. Not yet. But of course, if you agree to do a job for me." Said Tatsuo crossing his arms.

"Service? What service is this?" asked Kenjirou.

"First I want to know your answer. But in advance, if you don't accept, you will become a joke to Satoru." Said Tatsuo leaned forward and in, a persuasive tone of voice, continued saying. "Well, the last toy he had, was broken this morning and, we had a hard time getting rid of it. So, do you accept the service or not?"

Kenjiro knew that they would kill him if he refused the service and that as much as those words sounded like a joke, they had a dark and bloodthirsty meaning.

"I accept the service. What do I have to do?" asked Kenjiro fearfully.

"Great! I see you've got the sense, mayor." Tatsuo said sarcastically and went on to say. "I want you to hack into the bank system where Yin keeps all his money. And transfer it all to one of the bank accounts that I will tell you about later. Do you think you can do the job?"

"Yes... I can do it." Kenjiro nodded.

Tatsuo brought his hand over his mouth covered the and smiled satisfied, with the boy's response and, said:

"Pff... Satoru lets him go. And take him to the new villa, and make sure he has all the information and equipment he will need to complete the job."

"Yes sir." Satoru replies, bowing and then letting go of the boy.

Meanwhile, Tatsuo left the room and went to his office. It had been a stressful day. All he wanted to do was drink a glass of whiskey and relax a little, even though this was impossible at the moment. The concern for not having news of Naomi's whereabouts made him uneasy.

Upon entering the office, Tatsuo makes his way toward a shelf filled with bottles of liquor. He fills a glass half full of whiskey and goes toward his armchair to drink. Sitting down, Tatsuo looks at the glass, sighs, and says:

"Whew" What a headache. Where did Yin hide Naomi? "