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It’s the year 2073, and everything has changed. New high-tech dominates almost all aspects of life. However, this has a dark side: unethical human experiments.
  17-year-old Akira Cruz, the genius nephew of the president of the Philippines, was in the middle of grieving for his late best friend when he stumbled upon an abandoned orphan boy in the mountains while on a hike with his younger sister. That boy is Hachi Shimizu, a half-zombie, half-vampire who was disposed of by an evil organization known as the Kara Tech, which was notorious for its brutal and unethical experiments.
  Together, the two boys team up with a detective named Toshi Kawasaki, a half-Japanese, half-British who specializes in the supernatural and also considers the murder case of Akira’s best friend open despite the police closing it due to a lack of evidence. The three of them believed that Kara Tech was somehow connected to the disappearances of various children in and around the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. As they go and solve cases, their friendship blossoms, especially when two people,  Riho Yoshihara, Akira's childhood, biracial friend, and Htet Kawa, a half-Japanese, half-Burmese junior detective from Yokohama, come along in their various missions, both involving the supernatural and the overworld. Will they stop the organization from committing more heinous crimes before it’s too late?

Warning: the photo used for the book cover is NOT mine! Credits go to the original owner!!!

My Best Friend is a Hybrid

A few minutes later, the auction event had begun, with the auction judge, a member of a Yakuza gang, hitting the gable to indicate the event's beginning. Akira and Toshi are confident, but calm at the same time to prevent arousing any suspicion. The auction event went on and on for the 29 minutes, with participants raising their bidding prices on various things like antique vases and glass eggs. Some raise prices as low as 1 million yen while others raise to as high as 1.5 million yen. The judge was talking a bit too fast for the two undercover detectives to catch up.

"Auction judges talk fast," Akira commented to Toshi.

"Yes, they do." Toshi nodded as he sits straight to maintain his posture.

Then, another fragile antique glass vase was sold for 2 million yen, and a high-ranking Italian mafia boss was the one who bought it.

And then, Hachi spoke through his mono headset, "Hey, Akira-kun, how was it?"

"The blade is not yet there," responded Akira back to him as low as possible.

And then, at 6:01 p.m., the Damascus steel sword was finally put into auction, and Akira and Toshi were alerted by it. Many participants began raising their price bidding signs in an attempt to auction it off. But, their bidding prices only reached as high as 10 million yen. Eventually, Akira raised his, which was 20 million yen. The other participants were stunned to see a teenager, who was thought to be a rich Yakuza gangster, raising the price that high.

Toshi looked at him with good pride.

Chapter 32 – The Final Bidding Price