Chapter 6
After the two bounty hunters handed over Shinta Kasaoka, Wilson then gave them the bag with fake bills in it . All of it was in according to his superior, John Wayne's orders . He put Kasaoka into the trunk of the vehicle and headed back to the company right away before the two noticed the money was fake .
Kasaoka seemed to be completely emaciated . It could not be helped . In these past few days he had been cashed down by complete strangers relentlessly . Without any time to relax he could not take a rest . He certainly seemed John Wayne's plan to torment the traitor psychologically had succeeded .
Once he arrived at the Wild Bunch company Wilson and his subordinates carried Kasaoka to the multipurpose room .
There, a large wooden cross was set up . This must also be John's doing . What influence did he get from some movie now? Though curious Wilson fastened Kasaoka to the cross, similar to how Christ was put on one .
John was ecstatic .
"I wanted to see you, Kasaokaa . "
The gulping sound from Kasaoka could be heard when he was given a vicious smile from John . The color of fear anticipating what he planned to do with him shone in his eyes .
John was pleased to see that expression on Kasaoka's face .
"Don't worry; I won't kill you right away . "
He gave a dry laugh .
"I have a mountain load of things I need you to tell me after all . "
John said before ordering to his subordinate, "bring him in . "
The person who appeared shortly after was a foreigner with a large build . He had tan skin and tattoos on both of his burly arms . From his facial features he was probably a native from Central or South America . The skin-head man's aggressive look made it clear he was not a man of an honest disposition but a person from the underground .
"He is a professional torturer . "
After John easily introduced him to the man, he gave a slight bow to the foreigner .
"Now then, sir . If you may . "
José Martinez was a Dominican . And he had many secrets about him . The first being that his sexuality was homosexuality . And other being that his occupation was as a torturer .
Martinez belonged to the grass-lot baseball team, the Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, as their one of a kind powerful slugger and their fourth batter in running . Naturally he also had come to participate in the Tokyo away series .
He hardly had any opportunities to go to Tokyo when working in Fukuoka . He frequently considered going to Shinjuku in the past . He wanted to go drink at the gay bar Ni-Chome there and enjoy a whole evening with others who have the same sexuality as him .
And so Martinez headed to the capitol a few days before the practice match . But even though he was excited to fully enjoy sightseeing he had received an e-mail from a long-term client in his work .
'There is an acquaintance of mine in Tokyo who is looking for a torturer, so do you mind going?'
What a coincidence . But what poor timing .
Even though I had plans to enjoy the night fever at the foremost gay town in Tokyo . Martinez clasped a hand to his head .
But since it was a request from a close client of his he could not decline . I guess I can do the job and save up for traveling expenses next time . Martinez decided to take it head on .
The client met him at the Shinjuku Station . Their destination was in Ikebukuro .
After weaving through alleyways they finally arrived at their destination . It was a three-story office building, and Martinez was shown to one of the rooms on the basement floor .
The target of torture was a man named Kasaoka, and he was already there . For some reason there was a cross set up in the center of the room .
"Now then, sir . If you may . "
" – I finished . "
The torturer informed Wilson waiting outside of the room . He appeared to be a natural-born foreigner, but he was fluent in Japanese .
The torture session did not even take an hour .
Kasaoka, having been driven to the breaking point psychologically, probably gave up trying to endure against the intense pain inflicted upon him . He may have told all the details indiscreetly, shaken up by the intimidating appearance of the torturer . He did appear to have been knocked around though as his whole body was bloody . Right now he was limp and still hanging on the cross in the center of the multipurpose room . He was barely breathing .
"Thank you for your work . "
Wilson poured tea for him and brought it to the multipurpose room . "Here you go," he handed it over to the torturer .
However he did not place it to his lips .
"And how did it go?"
When Wilson asked for the course of events,
"Did you not kill the Awakusu executive candidate?"
The torturer asked back in return .
Wilson fell silent at the question .
"Well, that's fine . I don't want to poke my nose where it doesn't belong . My well-being is important to me after all . " The torturer smiled at him . He did not appear to want to press into the matter .
They actually did not kill the Awakusu executive candidate . In that duel John purposefully made his shot avoiding any vitals .
– Why?
The reason was simple . If they killed him they would have had to spend money to dispose of the body . However if they let him live money could be made from people . So they decided against killing him, and instead sent the man overseas through the underground route .
It was human trafficking so to speak . John had lied to his client and took the reward deceivingly . This was just one of this man's makeshift means .
" – At any rate . "
Torturer returned to the main topic . He first stated that he did not know the full scenario before pressing on .
"This guy said he leaked information that the Wild Bunch company kidnapped that executive candidate to Murder Inc . And how he may have been killed . ……Ahh, what did he say? A dual? Well it was something like that that he reported in detail about John playing with the guy's life . "
Wilson felt irritated again recalling the farce that occurred here a week before the last one .
"Murder Inc . has close ties with the Medeii Group . And the subordinate candidate under the Awakusu group that is affiliated with them has been missing since the week before last . And they have been desperate to get their hands on that information on him . And this guy tipped us off to them . The employees who work here with all the information on them . It seems like the details of the case with the executive candidate has already reached the Awakusu group through Murder Inc . Even for a company like them they probably wanted to have their patron in their debt . "
Naturally the Awakusu group could not just stay silent over this .
"……And the Awakusu's course of action?" Wilson inquired .
"They want to capture all the persons involved with the murder of the executive candidate and have them talk . But they also don't have the time for that . Seems they're in a bit of disarray at the moment . " The torturer carried on . "So the Awakusu group handed that over to the NPB . "
Wilson pondered over the mention of the NPB . He knew of them .
"I don't know the details on them, but I guess they're a bounty hunting organization . "
"Yes, more or less . " He agreed ambiguously .
"The Awakusu group went through with them and put bounties on all of your guys' heads . "
Wilson felt dizzy .
The torture of the man Kasaoka was so simple it was a let-down . He just hurt him a little and he got 50,000 yen for it . It was relatively well paid work .
The client was a suspicious company called the Wild Bunch Group, but they gave proper payment for his work .
"We'll pay 10,000 yen more for you not to talk about it elsewhere . " So he was told, but Martinez refused, "don't need it . " Receiving excessive money is the basis of trouble .
The job finished quickly, so he still had time to go out drinking . Martinez decided to head back to Shinjuku .
As he was about to though,
" – Ah?"
He came to a stop just as he left the Wild Bunch company's office .
"……Where am I?"
There was no issue coming here by car, but now that he had to go back by himself he was unsure of which road to take .
"This sucks . "
Martinez grimaced while wiping a hand past his cleanly shaved head .
Where am I right now?
He could look up his current location using a map app, but he was bad using it . He did not know how to use those features .
"……That's right . "
A thought suddenly struck him; he had a friend who specializes in that .
The image of the mushroom head man with upturned eyes appearing in his mind, Martinez immediately made the call .
Commonly known as just Ni-Chome, it is well known as a “gay quarter” in east Shinjuku . It’s a very iconic area with lots of night clubs and bars for heterosexuals and homosexuals alike, but it’s especially received as the hub for the gay subculture in the Tokyo area .
Illustration provided by Soutenkyuu on Tumblr .
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