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​​Startle Rei turned his head slowly towards the man. He kept looking at the man's face for about 5 seconds. "I...." "I told you to stay inside the hut." The man grabbed Rei by his shoulder and took him into an old looking place. They came inside the hut and the man threw Rei on to the floor. The man then closed the door and went near Rei. The moment the man closed the door... The contact lenses got disconnected from the computer. "What the hell just happened? The device got disconnected! Oh man! I hope Rei is fine" Shoyo praid to the god.

The man grabbed Rei by his collar and yelled. "You idiot, how many times do I have to tell you to not come out?!!!" A bad smell came out of the man's mouth. He is kind of old looking with hair all over his face. He has a big beard and long hair tied up. "You know it isn't safe for you to go out like that. You know what will happen if he finds you!" The man continued yelling at Rei.

"He? This man mistook me for someone else and now saying that whoever the person he mistook me as is not safe if the man named "He" finds me. What the heck?" Rei thought to himself while looking at the man's face with a big question mark on his face. "Okay come on kid...." The man puts Rei down and grabs the chair near him and makes Rei sit on it. "I know it's hard for you to stay here all the time. But you know how dangerous it can be if the Skull King finds you..." "Okay. The man he called "He" is the Skull King." Rei who was looking at the hairy man's face this whole time looked at the floor taking a deep breath. "Yes. It's dangerous son. So you have to be a good boy and stay in here. You have stayed inside this little place for 11 years. Why can't you be here just a little longer so you are old enough to leave?" The man worriedly asked Rei while he also took a seat. The man keeps looking at Rei who has nothing to say and is completely lost.

"Why are you not answering me?" The man asked. "Why are you silent? Answer me." The man said again. "Answer!" He yelled. "Maybe if I pretend to space out he will yell by the person's name he mistook me for. Wait.. also... not safe... maybe the man he mistook me for might be that man named Soma.. no wait. He is old." Rei thought and pretended to be spaced out. He stared at the man's face like he was frozen. "Don't stare! Answer me. I said answer!" He yelled. "Answer me Yoshiro Ren!" The man shouted. Spacing out Rei was startled just like before. Maybe way more than before. "Yo..shi..ro Ren?" Rei whispered. "Yes! You Yoshiro Ren! Answer me. Now!" This time Rei has frozen for real. "Um.... Yes. Am sorry I went out. I will stay here forever." "Well not forever you silly goose. Just until I decide you are ready to go." The man got up and went near the door and opened it. "You know what day today is right? It's Crime valley day. I am going to celebrate. it's like the rest here or they will get suspicious about me. You on the other hand stay here without moving your ass out of here. Really if you sneak out.. your ass will sleep outside tonight with the mosquitos. Understand?" "Yes sir!" Rei stood up and said.

For about 5 minutes Rei stayed still with a blanked mind. Nothing is coming to his mind. He doesn't even know what he is thinking. Suddenly the door opened. Rei came back to his senses. "I came to see if you are still here." The beard man said. "It's only been about 5 minutes.. where could I go? Don't worry I will remain here in peace. Go enjoy it!" Rei sat back down. He got up again and went near the man. "Go!" Rei pushed the man and closed the door. "Okay. I will go. Don't go out or do anything stupid." The beard man left. Rei kept standing at the door keeping his back on the door.

"Yoshiro Ren... Yoshiro Ren.... Yoshiro.... Ren..... My name is Yoshiro Rei. But the one who hairy man mistook me as Yoshiro Ren. Yoshiro Rei and Yoshiro Ren. Rei and Ren... The two names are matching and the surname is the same....

~Flashback to 13 years ago~

Around 8.00pm. Little Rei woke up and went to see his mother. He woke to the living room while rubbing his eyes. His mom is sitting on the couch with his father standing next to her. Another woman dressed in a suit is sitting on the other side of the couch. Rei stopped. "Okay. So how is he doing now?" "He is okay madam. The people who took him love him so much. There is nothing for you to worry about. He will be safe and happy with them." The lady wearing an office suite said. "But honey... why did you suddenly ask about him after all these years?" A man standing next to a beautiful woman said. "It's because of this." The beautiful woman handed over a piece of paper to the man. "Oh honey! Where did you find this? I told you to burn all of these photos right?" The man kneed in front of the woman and hugged her. "How could I?" The woman hugged him back. Little Rei is looking at his parents hugging and the lady in suit is holding some files in her hands. "So sir, would you like me to report everything that happens or..." "No, don't. It's better off like this. Let him be and we won't bother his new life. Thank you for coming today Miss Hayami. I will show your way out." Rei's father got up and went outside with the lady.

~Back to present~

"That paper. It must have been a photo. And my dad said let him be and we won't bother him... New Life! What does that mean?" Rei thought and thought. He walked from side to side thinking of the meaning of all this. "Nothing is adding up. Only one thing is coming to my mind. If this man knows me… then he could have called me by the wrong name by misspelling one letter. But how does this man know me? There is no way he knows me. Or else... Could it be... Could it possibly be... That... Could it be that I am a twin??? And my twin is Yoshiro Ren who lives with the Skulls????"