Robbery?

A masked assailant moved in the shadows of a manor along its walls. The assailant quickly scaled the wall and landed in a garden behind the manor. The manor is not as large as others are. You could say it's the smallest manor ever. Though small, it gave one the feeling it existed in the ancient times. It was surrounded from all sides by normal looking stone walls.

The assailant quickly and quietly walked through the garden and leaned against a wall thus disappearing from view. The darkness around made it look like he had disappeared but is actually still there. He looked around for a bit and frowned. Unlike his expectations the place he was looked nothing like a wealthy man's residence he was disgusted. He said "This Akira guy is so petty. I thought he lived in some big manor or something yet here we are, he lives in this dump. Why is he so weird?"

He took out a gadget that looked like claws and climbed onto the roof. What he saw made him think less of Akira even more. "There is no skylight? Who in this world builds with no skylight? Is this guy a reincarnated ancient or something? Ugh! Now I have to go all the way back down". He kept complaining on his way back down and cursed continuously. He looked for a window and after opening it, slipped through. He landed in what looked like an office and made sure there were no cameras. Surprisingly just like outside, there were none.

He didn't want to waste too much time loitering since it was already late and Akira could be back at any time. He began searching in a hurried manner. After searching for what seems like forever, he found nothing of importance. He left the room and proceeded to search the other rooms. After an hour, he still found nothing. He was so depressed that if depression was tangible, it could flatten the manor.

He heard the horn of a car approaching and was alarmed. He knew he had to leave. He quickly scrambled to the window he entered through. Before he could go out, he saw a card on the table that he didn't previously take notice of. It looked like a business card but wasn't. Looking closer, he realised it was some sort of special receipt. He quickly takes a picture of it a made a run for it going through the garden and escaping the manor.

Back in the manor, Akira's face developed black line. "Damn it! Looks like I didn't make it in time. But there isn't anything missing. What is going on?" He stood there gazing around without a word.

"I thought you would not return home" a man appearing to be in his sixties said. His hair is pitch black without a strand of grey. He looked like he was in his early fifties when in fact he is over sixty.

A young man appearing to be in his thirties approached the man. He looked terrible. His clothes were a bit tattered and his face was swollen and he had bruises all over. His brown hair covered half his face as he limped forward. "Dad I…"

"What did I tell you?" Before the young man could speak, he was interrupted by the man. He lowered his head without a word. "I warned you after you got in contact with the nether gang to stay away from Akira. Yet what did you do? You disregarded my warning, went ahead to contact others to do your bidding yet what did you gain from it? A swollen face and a broken leg." The man so angry his glare alone made it difficult for one to breath.

The young man's face contorted into different shapes. Clearly, he did not know what to say. "I…" he tried to say but only succeeded in arousing his father's anger even more.

"Shut up! You know what you are…"

The young man gritted his teeth so hard it was on the verge of cracking. He raised his voice to continue the man's speech. "A disappointment? I know, for you I have always been a disappointment. Nothing I ever do is enough to please you. All my life you find a problem with everything I do, everything!"

The man looked at him with wide eyes. He was surprised. His son has never spoken to him in such a manner before. He always just listened to whatever was said to him without a single word. He was however not pleased with what his son said.

He looked at him and coldly said "No son, you are not a disappointment. You are not worthy to be one" The young man's pupils became smaller. They almost looked like dots. He felt as if his heart has been punctured by a needle. He collapsed to his knees struggling to keep his composure.

The man continued and coldly said "You are a useless entity that does not know how to do anything for himself other than cause problems and have others clean up his mess." He turned around and went into an office leaving the young man on his knees. As he walked away, his face looked conflicted as he thought [Sorry son, but you have to bear it. Be the broken little boy you always were and don't show any signs of your strength and intelligence. Because if you do, the world as we know it would be doomed]. He sighs and walks on.

As he entered the office, he is greeted by a masked man, the same that went to Akira's manor. His face showed no emotions as he turned and asked "What have you learned?"

The masked man thought for a moment and said "He bought a property a few days ago. But it isn't any large company or grand housing or anything of sort"

The man seemed to be losing his patience but he calmy said "Well what is it then?"

"It's an orphanage"

"An orphanage?" he receded into thought for a moment then said "Get him to take the blame for my son's condition and leave the orphanage for me to take care of"

"Yes sir. Do you need anything else?"

"That will the all for now". The masked man bowed and left the office. The prime minister proceeded to his desk and took out a picture from the desk. There was a man in the picture. He looked very familiar except he had an x scare on his right cheek. He had fiery orange hair and pupils. On his finger was a ring. Looking closer it didn't exactly look like one rather it looked like a phoenix wrapped around his finger.