Someone who Knew Him (2)

A man who just a few days arrived in Eboy City to carry out his mission saw two boys who were still wearing middle school uniforms playing on the swing there. As far as his eyes could see, he could see one boy who was very happy and saw one boy who had a pretty calm face.

He looked around them, finding something odd. To confirm that, he looked at his watch which was already showing 4:02 pm.

"Why is the public park deserted?"

He wondered what he saw. He was confused to even confirm the time again on his watch. And it turned out to be true, the clock showed 4:02 pm, the right time for women to take their children to public parks.

But again, he wondered.

"Why is it so quiet in there?"

It was a question he kept saying and thinking about.

Curious about it, he finally decided to go there and ask them.

"Hello. Are you two alone here?" He asked, looking straight at the guy who had a pretty calm face.

When the boy saw him, he finally knew behind the calm face that the boy had had a sharp look in his eyes. It made him back away slightly in surprise. He even almost trembled when the boy looked at him.

"Ah. They will come here later, so we are not alone here. Take it easy, Uncle."

It wasn't the boy who answered the question, but another boy who had a cheerful face.

The man wanted to respond to those words, but his neck and whole body could not be moved because they were still afraid of the boy who had those sharp eyes.

"Uncle? You are okay?"

Clapping from the boy who had a cheerful face awakened the man.

"Oh. Sorry. Is that so? So you two aren't here?"

"Yes, it is true. Why Uncle? Do you want to play too?"

"Not. I'm just confused why there are only you in a public park this big."

"Oh, it turned out like that. Ah, that's because they knew that this place would be used for-"

"Fujitora!" The boy who had a sharp gaze looked at his friend, cutting off his friend's words.

"My name is Fujita, not Fujitora. You have to remember that carefully, Rama!"

"You better not talk too much to strangers!"

That's right. They are both still in middle school and are still 13 years old. They should not carelessly talk to strangers. The boy was right.

"Also…" The boy suddenly turned his gaze back to the man. "You..."

"Y-Yes?" The man was frightened when the boy looked at him again with a sharp gaze.

"If you want to talk to us, you have to bring us a lollipop. This is a deal. You and I both benefit, right?"

"Y-Yes. Alright, then."

The man rushed after being told to bring a lollipop. He quickly ran away from the two boys.

It was the first time for him to see a middle schooler have a calm face with a sharp gaze. The look in his eyes and calm face made him realize that the guy was not a guy like most other guys. He was sure that the boy was no ordinary boy, even though the boy was still a middle schooler.

To that end, he quickly accepted the boy's request to bring him a lollipop.

After searching for it for 1 hour, he finally realized that the surrounding neighborhood didn't have any shops selling it.

"Gosh..."

He pushed away his glasses and put his wallet back in. In other words, he gave up looking for lollipops in the neighborhood.

He decided to go back to the public park, to tell him that he couldn't buy a lollipop.

But, when he was there...

"What is this?"

The public park was turned into a shelter for humans.

The swing he had previously seen was now used to put someone there. The sands that had seen them being stepped on were now fused with blood and uniform tears. What were 30 people who were battered and battered?

"You are okay?"

The man confirmed their condition and managed to find that the cause of them being like that was due to fighting and found that they were high school students, which could be seen from the uniforms they were wearing.

"What is this? Who did all this?"

He looked for the two middle school boys, but instead, he saw 10 adults lying there.

"Oi, are you okay?"

He asked that to one adult, but the adult couldn't respond because his lip was injured quite badly.

He confirmed the two boys again in this public park. However, what he was looking for could not be found. The two boys were not in the public park, they seemed to have disappeared.

The man thought positively that the two boys had fled before the brawl occurred in this public park. He thought of that. But on the one hand, he couldn't lie if he was curious about the boy who had a sharp gaze and a calm face. Therefore, after reporting what happened in the park to the police, the man went looking for the boy.

Every effort to find the boy was made by the man. He even forgot that his mission was the reason why he was in Eboy City. He continued to find out about the boy. His only hope is to make sure that the boy is not what he thinks.

The man had been trying to stay positive since the incident at the park. He'd been thinking the boy didn't do that all this time. However, his other thoughts, when he was frightened by the look in the boy's gaze, told him to think that it was the boy who did that. Therefore, the only choice is to find the answer to that, which is to meet the boy once again.

For a year he searched for the boy in Eboy City. Many incidents have occurred in Eboy City, and most of them are brawls between schools—sometimes involving some street thugs. Rumors spread, and from every gossip, it always involved the name of Rama.

The man only relied on gossip and incidents to find the boy's whereabouts. Even so, the man still could not find the whereabouts of the boy whose name was Rama.

Although he was frustrated in the end, he finally found hope in finding Rama. He accidentally bumped into a boy he had seen before on the swing one year ago while with Rama.

"Sorry..." He accidentally bumped into the boy out of frustration looking for Rama's whereabouts. "You are okay?"

He saw the boy. When the boy saw him, he was overjoyed to have a new lead. He even put on a face like he had found the treasure he had been looking for for 20 years.

But, when the boy saw him, he got a different view from the boy. The cheerful face he had seen before, he no longer saw on the boy's face.

"What are you doing, Uncle? Do you want my money? How much do you want? I will give it all to you. But, give me your eyes and your feet!"

"Eh?"

The man was surprised to see the boy staring at him blankly. He backed away, feeling the fear that sent chills down his face and shaking his legs. He was scared when he saw the boy.

It ends when a man comes. The man looked like he was 40 years old.

"Ah, forgive my son, sir. He is like this. What's more, his friend's uncle just died, so he was still in a sad state. Please understand that, sir."

"It's okay. I'm also sorry for bumping into your son."

The man turned to his swivel, and said, "Tobi, don't be like that next time. Remember, you can't be like that even if you have money, okay?"

"That's up to you, Dad."

"Let's go to the cemetery now."

They left the man.

The man turned back and heard something Tobi's father said.

"By the way, is Rama all right?"

"He's not all right, Dad. Most likely, upon the death of his uncle, he will rampage there."

"You have to stop him, Tobi. You can't let your friends do that."

"I'll give it a try, Dad."

"Good boy. However, I didn't expect that Mr. Ibuki would have to die like this. Rama will be upset. Again he lost his family."

The man heard what they were saying. He quietly eavesdropped and followed them. That's because he was curious about what happened. And that was also because he was a person from the government, who was given the mission to find out the problems of the people firsthand in Eboy City. For that, he did that.

***

He followed Tobi to the cemetery. He did not see Rama being there, among the mourning people the casket was lowered to the ground.

He managed to find Rama was quite far from the eater. He saw Rama was behind a tree that was quite large from his body leaning his body and smoking. He once again saw Rama's calm face.

He was confused by what Rama was doing there, even confused why Rama smoked at the age of 14 years. He saw Rama put on a calm face even though he was in a state of mourning for his uncle's death. He even saw Rama's eyes did not shed tears at all.

It was a face so much calmer than the one he had seen in that public park one year ago.

The man tried to approach him, feeling compelled to sympathize with him. But suddenly his steps just stopped to approach Rama. His legs seemed to respond not to go there. It would be dangerous later.

"What is this?"

When he asked about the condition of the whole body refusing to go there, Rama was not there. Rama just disappeared from there. After that, Tobi suddenly ran fast when he found out that Rama had left his coverage area.

The man was able to move his whole body again and saw Tobi running. He quickly followed Tobi without a second thought.

***

"Yoo… May I ask you something? Who created the accident scenario?"

The man arrived at a warehouse that was still operating. He saw that Rama was there and was asking the warehouse employees. He also saw Tobi behind Rama, continuing to pull Rama's arm.

"I wonder, why do you involve other people in your problems? Was it fun for you guys? Does it make you feel great? Is it just to avenge your hatred for me? Why did you guys do that so easily?"

Even though he only saw from behind Rama, the man could already feel that Rama was so angry with a very intimidating aura.

Some of the employees chose to run away. Some more approached Rama and told Rama to get out of the warehouse. Several others reported this to their boss.

"Fujitora, take it easy, I won't kill anyone."

"No, you must be lying! Hold on to your anger, idiot! You can't do that. I understand your feelings, but you can't be like this, Rama!"

"You're defending them?"

"No, that's not what I meant. It's just, if you do that, you'll…"

"I told you, take it easy!"

When Rama looked at Tobi, the man accidentally saw Rama's eyes which were very sharp and had a dark color behind his calm face.

"Demon...?"

The man fell at the sight of Rama's eyes. He felt Rama's aura was so dark, even darker than the people he had ever met. It was the spotlight and aura of a demon.

"Then now… Shall we begin!?"

Rama pushed Tobi until he fell and was injured, ran towards the employees, and beat all the employees he could reach.

Several employees fought him but ended up with wounds all over their bodies. One by one they were battered, beaten by Rama.

"Karate?"

The man saw Rama raising his legs high with a lower-body, kicking the employee's chin.

When Rama lifted one leg and put his hands parallel in front of his face, the man was shocked.

"Muay Thai?"

Rama attacked them relentlessly, he even pushed and knocked down several employees with a self-defense technique.

"Wrestling? Judo?"

The man continued to wonder. He stopped and gaped as an official danced in front of Rama. His gaze widened, even more, when Rama did the same and beat the employee severely.

"Capoeira? He can even Capoeira. Is he a middle schooler?"

Several punches Rama launched into the faces of the employees. They were dying from taking that blow. Even some of them had to be hit by other objects because they bounced when hit by Rama's blow.

"That's an incredible hit. His fist technique is extraordinary," The man said.

Although the man was surprised to be amazed by the martial technique that Raka displayed, he continued to focus on the look in Raka's eyes. It was a sharp gaze that had a black tint. However, behind those eyes, the man finally realized that it had a sadness that had been suppressed for so long.

The man manages to find tears continuing to fall when Rama beats them.

Even though his piercing gaze was so terrifying and his face so very calm in this state, Rama's feelings were hurt over his uncle's death. He fought and avenged the death of his beloved uncle. His anger culminated with a feeling of sorrow.

He is the pinnacle of anger and sorrow. That's what the man saw from Rama Pradana.

After two years had passed, after the man received the news that Rama had decided to drop out of school after advancing to the second grade of high school and wanted a peaceful life, and after the man received a mission to be responsible for the Wlynina Academy, the man returned to Eboy City to find out where Rama Pradana was.

He invited Rama Pradana to attend Wlynina Academy indirectly, sending a package for the new year in front of Rama's house.

"I'm sure he can help me. I firmly believe he can overcome those with power over the government in Redoom City. Rama Pradana."