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Last Embryo Volume 8 Chapter 4 Part 6

Does that mean they still haven’t heard about us from Tatsuya yet? And is it possible that until Tatsuya decides to speak up about us, they’re going to keep him alive?

「… Fufu, now, I wonder about that. It’s also possible that he sold you out a while ago and has been disposed off since then, don’t you think?

Tatsuya isn’t the kind of guy who would sell his friends!!!

「Maybe, but can you guarantee that?」

Of course, I said while nodding strongly.

Then, Canaria-san changed her stern expression that she had on her face until now, turned on her heel, put her hand on her coat and gave me a cute wink.

「Very well then. If you’re willing to go that far for him, then you’re definitely the type of customer that is worth helping.」

「D-Do you mean it?」

「Of course. However, if I am to help you, then I have some conditions for you. Is that okay?」

YES! If there is anything that I can help you with, anything at all, do go ahead and tell me!

「Ara ara, you shouldn’t make casual promises like 「I’ll do anything」. especially to the people who mainly work behind the scenes.」

Canaria-san reprimanded me with a chuckle. I felt embarrassed and could only nod while scratching my head I response to her words.

「Well then, here’s the first condition. In order to master your power, you will be apprenticed to a certain someone. This is for the purpose of suppressing your spiritual disorder from getting out of control as well as for your own safety.」

Uhm… okay? If you say so?

It was a strange thing that she wanted from me, but I promised I’ll do anything, so that’s that.

「Fufu, just now this is only a prerequisite. My true condition is as such: someday, when Izayoi-kun is really going to be in trouble, I want you to lend him a helping hand.」

Lend a helping hand to Sakamaki Izayoi, huh? That’s fine with me, but

but is there even a chance for someone like me to be able to be of help to someone like Sakamaki Izayoi?

He’s smart and has power, so he probably won’t need me. Are you pulling my leg with that request?

「If that happens, then it will happen, and if it does not happen then that’s fine as well. But no matter the outcome, I want him to have someone by his side when he’s really going to need help if I won’t be able to be with him.」

Understood. I will do what I can.

「Thank you….. you know what, I suddenly feel a rush of motivation coming to me, so how anout we go and invite Izayoi-kun to go with us to exterminate the villain together?」

Eh, you’re going to take him too!?

「Of course. If it’s something like that, then that boy will be more than happy to help… oh, but you should probably be careful, since he doesn’t know about your spiritual disorder yet. But if he somehow managed to learn about it and ends up not liking it very much, then do not worry. If anything happens to you, I’ll take care of you, too♪」

Canaria-san made a gesture as if she was shooting me with a finger gun with a smile.

I was captivated by her charm and good temperament which didn’t feel like something appropriate for her apparent age.

In hindsight, I think I must have been delusional back then.

There’s not much to say about what happened after that.

Thanks to Sakamaki Izayoi, whose curiosity exploded when he heard about the situation, and Canaria-san, who was familiar with the backstory of it all, Tatsuya was rescued at the last possible minute.

I dare to omit how much Tatsuya was tortured by his captors.

If I were to state only the results of it all, then I would have to say Tatsuya would never sell us out, no matter what kind of torture he went through.

Although the aftereffects of the tortures would remain visible on his body, I heard that he is now able to work normally thanks to the treatment he received at the hospital that Canaria-san introduced him to.

A few years later, when I heard that Canaria-san passed away, I was shocked to the point that I was surprised… but still, I believe that the throbbing of my heart that I was feeling at that time was just a delusion.
As for Sakamaki Izayoi, I haven’t seen him at all ever since he disappeared a year after the incident took place.

If I had to list any regrets that I might have, then I would probably say that it was my inability to keep the promise that I made to Canaria-san.

From the beginning, I thought that Sakamaki Izayoi was not someone who would ever need my help with anything, but even so, thinking that the opportunity for doing what she asked of me was lost to me for the rest of my life was painful.

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After crushing his third cigarette, Tsuchimikado Shinpei glared reluctantly at the storm thatw as still raging outside the window.

「…In short, that’s the reason why I joined the Yin-Yang Division. What Canaria-san said, 「Helping Sakamaki Izayoi when he’s going to need help」is something that only this department can do. I thought that it was probably because of this that I was able to manage to work in this absolutely worst department.」

「Then… the reason why you are continuing to fight in this department even though you hate it so much is…」

「Yes. It’s not just because my master told me to do this. But in the situation where I don’t know where the all-important Sakamaki Izayoi is right now, I don’t know where to go or what I should do, and if that keeps going then I will just continue to aimlessly burn in this department forever until there will be nothing left of me… and recently, thinking like that has become really painful for me.」

Even if it was because of a misunderstanding, it doesn’t mean that being unable to fulfill the will of your crush won’t leave the bad aftertaste in your mouth. So until the day when Tsuchimikado Shinpei fulfills that wish, he will continue to drag that pain along with him forever wherever he goes.

There are many people with peculiar powers among the many mysterious incidents that rush into the Yin Yang Division. So if Sakamaki Izayoi is ever going to come back to Japan, there’s a chance that he might just meet him again someday.

Tsuchimikado Shinpei continued his work in the Ying Yang Division with such a glimmer of hope in his heart.

For some reason, Tsunoda Shogo, who learned of Tsuchimikado Shinpei’s feelings for the first time, chuckled and poked him with one elbow.

「Is that so? Well, in that case, I think that the efforts that you put into your work while gritting your teeth are finally going to pay off today.」

「Huh?」

「Since you left it to me to organize the materials, I looked through them and found something interesting. Here, if you read the list of the people who summoned us here today, you will find that it has the name of the man you’ve been waiting for so long on it as well.」

And at the next moment, when I he raised a「Say what?!!!」shout as if she could not understand what he just heard…

… Four men and women appeared before them from the other side of the automatic door in the reception room.

「…Huh? What the hell are you doing here? Weren’t you on a good road to becoming a gang leader or something?」

The man, half wet from the storm outside, called Tsuchimikado Shinpei a gang leader as soon as he saw him, and with a genuine sese of wonder at that

At the same time, Kudou Asuka, Kudou Ayato and Mikado Tokuteru tilted their heads and asked about the person who was sitting on the sofa.

「Gang leader? As in, the same gang leader as the 「Banchos」who were leading the groups of delinquents in middle and high schools?」

「Someone like that is actually an acquaintance of Izayoi-kun?」

「Well, to be precise, he used to be a gang leader at my school when we were both students. Again, why are you even here? Did you even get a job at Everything Company or what?」

Tsuchimikado Shinpei heard that Sakamaki Izayoi openly called him a gang leader in front of people, but to be honest, right now his head was too blank due to the suddenness of this reunion for him to react.