Season 1 Episode 5: "Sporting days ain't over, I see"

"Goodbye Ichika-san and all. I'll be out of town for some...erm"

An awkward silence of distrust and dilemma. Ichika-san understands the situation and speaks up.

"Business, trading right?" "Yeah trading."

"Reiji-san off we go..." "Alright, I will go now. Bye, everyone."

The van starts, and the journey begins. The family waves him off, meanwhile, Ichika-san prays for the well-being of her fiancé. "So, Tada-boy. What are you gonna do next?", says Misa.

"Me? I don't know. Papa told me not to cause Ichika-san much trouble. And he will take me to hunt."

"Just men things. Alright, Mom can we go to the forest?" "No dear, it's too risky for Tadashi-kun."

"I'll be with him." "No." "But, mom..."

Everyone gets inside the house and the kids with sad faces also walk in. Deep inside the forest, we see a shadow of a man holding a shotgun looking at them.

"So, Tadashi, do you want to eat some cookies? I made them today morning." "Cookies, yes, of course."

"Mom, what about me?" "You're getting that too dear." "Yay!"

"Misa-nee, what's inside the forest you were previously talking about?"

"Umm... That's more like a mystery. I will tell you some other time."

"What? Why not now?" "It's super confidential."

"Alright, Misa take Tadashi with ya and have fun."

"Wait did you say 'ya'?" "Oops. I guess it's just Reiji Effect."

Everyone chuckles. Misa and Tadashi go up to her room as soon as Misa enters the room. She notices her diary kept on the bed and rushes to hide it from Tadashi.

"Hey, what was that you're hiding?" "Eh~ Nah it's nothing. Yeah, nothing."

"Show me that thing." "No... I mean It's my stuff." "Interesting, now I feel seeing that more."

Someone knocks on the door. "Kids, just tell me when you are hungry."

"Yep, alright."

Without wasting much time, Misa hides the book under the bed and stands back. Tadashi notices that but remains silent. They decide to play a board game and pass the time. Chuckles, laughter, and happiness got spread around the room's atmosphere.

Meanwhile,...

Reiji and two of his appointed henchmen are entering a building. It was a classic town, with a depressing climate, softly rained, and was quite empty. After entering the building the ground floor had two men, one near the staircase and the other standing upright in the corridor. The one standing in the corridor orders the three to raise their hands and stand straight. He checks the body for arms but there were none. They were then allowed to go upstairs.

As they walked to the first floor they find a man sitting inside a conference hall.

"Oh, hello, you are mister..." "Reiji."

"Ah~ Reiji, nice to meet you." "I'm here..."

"Nah! Nah! No need to tell me, I already know why Kenta send you here. 'Business' he said."

Reiji and his henchmen stayed calm and remained unreactive.

"Oh, apologies for the late introduction. Harte McCavern, CEO of DTA or Docks Transport Agencies."

"Reiji. Reiji Fujita." "According to Kenta, you are here to stop the police from interfering in my business or we say 'smuggling of Platinum', that is bringing loss to your company."

"Absolutely. We want the names of the police officers involved in this operation.", says one of the henchmen.

"Oh, Oh please. No killing, I don't want to bring any trouble to my town." "We aren't going to kill them."

"Then?"

"We'll first try to bribe them if failed, then will take them to WPF."

"Marvelous. As if we don't know how to play this shitty game. Bribing ain't gonna help."

"So..." "Try to find a good spot here and fuck 'em all."

"Why don't you tell us the spot." "Spot, eh~"

Harte sits back down on his couch and tries to think of a location where they could murder and hide the bodies.

Eventually, they drew a plan and noted down the names. The list had five members, the first one is Theo Davies, the operational head, and the planner. Second, Mark Robinson is the smartest among all. Third, Samuel Owen, a.k.a Dr. Fatal is a doctor and was a sadist or we say a torturer. Fourth, Harper Knight is the strongest and the most brutal man on this list. Finally, the hunter remains unidentified and is the most classified member of this list also the locals say he is the ghost of the dead sniper, Parker Corbyn.

Looking at this list, Reiji, was quite sure that it is not going to end early.

Back in Wakaru Outskirt. The kids were having fun, running in the backyard of Ms. Ichika's house. Ichika-san suddenly arrives with fruit juice inside a jar placed on a serving tray. She was smiling at first but her face turned pale and worried as soon as she reached near the kids.

She spotted a human-like figure, deep inside the forest, who was constantly staring at those kids, without any motion. She didn't recognize him and forced the kid to leave everything and go inside the house. She locked the doors, covered the window, and ordered the kids to stay inside their room until she allowed them to come out.

Misa understands the situation, holds Tadashi's hands and takes him to their room.

Ichika-san pulled a 16 Gauge Browning Superposed Shotgun, with an intense look on her face and stammering breath, she was ready to shoot any man she sees. The kids got all worried and all of a sudden...

"KNOCK! KNOCK!"

With a shaking voice, "Who... Who's there?", asks Ichika-san.

"I am Michio Kondo, friend of Reiji-kun. Don't worry, I was sent by him as a guardian."

"Oh, so he is a..."

Another thudding on the door seems to be heard. Looks like someone smashed Michio's head on the door. Scared Ichika-san took her stance back.

Due to the extreme force, the door opens up, and a man is seen holding Michio's head.

"Oh hey, Ichika-chan."

"What the actual-?"

The man on the door grins as he sees such a reaction on Ichika's face.

"A Close call wasn't it?"