Hunters and Demons

"So when is the exam?" The person opposite of Yuki ate a ball of takoyaki followed by two spoons of soup while waiting for an answer.

"Thursday," Yuki said as he reached out to grab a ball of takoyaki as well.

"Thursday then..."

" Is there anything new?" Yuki said and then eat the takoyaki ball that had wanted to jump out of his chopsticks.

"I don't think I ever told you that I was a bounty hunter before becoming a demon hunter."

"You didn't tell me many things."

"Have you read about the appearance of the Demon Lord in Tokyo twenty years ago?"

"Sontamorikos? I think I read about it."

" 'The appearance of Sontamorikos and Japan Rise story' is a beautiful book written by a friend of mine that you must read. Anyway, I will give you my copy of the story, after demon hunters couldn't alone stop him a hundred million yen bounty was placed on his head, exclusive of course to Japan…" he continued talking while waving chopsticks in the air.

"What do you mean by exclusively?"

"We were in a cold war with some countries and the government did not want the bounty hunters from outside Japan to enter. we wanted to prove our capabilities to the world, We were very excited and didn't even care about the bounty. We were enchanted by the patriotic spirit at the time."

Yuki always enjoyed this guy's stories and was never bored of it, to the stories of his adventures seem endless.

"To stop the Demon Lord, and for the first time in history, the Demon Hunters led by the army cooperated with the bounty hunters led by the Yakuza."

"Don't tell me you used to be a yakuza number!?"

"I was the leader of Chibakuza, the yakuza in Chiba Prefecture…"

"Chibakuza? Seriously." Yuki said in a low voice, just as loud as the person opposite him spoke.

"Since we are close to Tokyo, we are assigned with Saitakuza, Kanakuza, and Yamakuza with this task."

"Hey, hey, let me understand first that you're a yakuza..."

"I was, then, put in command of the whole squad of yakuza and demon hunters."

Lucky listened to this person intently and linked his words to events he knew every time that person revealed to him an event he didn't know.

"Do you know what made us win the game against the Demon King?"

"..."

"The Demon Lord was building his colony near the coast of Tokyo and we had to finish it before it was over, Japanese magic against black magic, this was our chance to raise our flags in the World Magic Organization."

"....."

"Information was the secret of our superiority, I gathered a lot of information, interviewed hundreds of survivors from the camps, found our strengths, weaknesses, opponent's strengths, weaknesses, listened to suggestions from everyone who had an idea, and with our good knowledge of Tokyo, I weaved the perfect plan with the leaders of each Squad, and now this plan is known in the whole world as one of the best plans to tackle the Demon Lords."

The story of Japan's war against the Sontamirokios is taught all around the world to demon hunters and it is a story that Yuki knows all too well, but with Yudai being such an important element in the story Yuki was shocked that he didn't know it before.

This man who raised him never lied to him. He taught him that a man does not lie to his loved ones. He taught him how to tell the truth intelligently instead of lying. He also taught him when to lie. He also started teaching him how to be a leader from an early age and he is still receiving lessons until now.

Yuki does not yet know why Yudai did not want his name to be mentioned in history, and he wants to know the reason very badly, but he does not want to stick his nose in the privacy of others, this is what Yudai himself taught him, so he will just wait for him to tell him himself.

"The reason for my success as a leader is my relationships, my friendships with demon hunters facilitated our cooperation, my good relations with the yakuza in other provinces made them accept me as their leader, strength played a role, yes, but without good relations with your interests, you would be just a tool in their hands and not the other way around."

"I understand what you mean."

" let's talk about your father then."

Yuki was six years old when he Start hating his father, his mother took him that day to the hospital because of a crazy headache he had, and while they were waiting for their turn to see the doctor, his father showed up with another person who didn't know.

Yuki's father seemed surprised to see his son, but that person with his father was not surprised and approached Yuki with his sword holding a look that said 'I found you'.

Yuki's mother didn't see what was happening until the head of the person carrying the sword fell into her lap, it was Yuki's father who did it, beheading his colleague before he got close to his son.

Yuki thought his father was protecting him, but changed his mind when his mother's head fell into his lap after being cut.

After this Yuki did not remember anything until he found himself transferred into the body of a Japanese baby.

Then the demon hunter Yudai adopted him for reasons Yuki still doesn't know.

"When your father killed your mother he was on a mission to investigate demonic energy coming out of the hospital, he didn't know it was you who carried that energy."

"....."

"Bounty hunters are ordered to kill whoever emits demonic energy, unlike demon hunters, the person who came with your father was doing his duty to hunt the bounty on your head, but your father didn't want you to die for some reason."

"....."

"As for your mother, I didn't find out anything about the cause of her death, all I knew was that she was a former bounty hunter and she retired after you were born."

"..."

"What I find mysterious is that the tragedy in Berlin, the explosion of demonic energy occurred on the same day that your mother was murdered, the same day that Sontamirokius appeared in Tokyo, the same day that you had a headache of demonic energy."

"....."

"Your father and you were one of the victims of that explosion in berlin, but here you are alive, you were born in another body years after your death, I think your father happened to him the same as you, I think he is now wandering somewhere in another body."

"..."

"This issue does not concern you alone. I will return to being a bounty hunter again, this mystery needs to be solved."

"....."

"First you must pass the test, and join me. But you must be prepared to put your life on the line for the truth."

"..."

The truth is bitter son, many truths burn the heart once you hear them, I don't know what you will discover in this mission, but remember you are looking for the truth, not your father, and I am looking for your father, not the truth, as a demon hunter I will hunt your father regardless of the truth And you should accept the truth regardless of your father."

"He's my father, yeah, but you're my dad," Yuki said, looking at the chopsticks in his hand as she mixed the miso soup.

A tear fell from Yudai's left eye, but he quickly wiped it before Yuki noticed it, then said, "Don't show your full strength. Join me right after the test, we'll start the investigation from Berlin before you."