Chapter 1057.
Coming from the front door of the mansion, the minivan carrying us went down the slope to the gate.
We stopped at the gate and the big iron door opens remotely from the minivan.
Oh, Kudou-papa knows about the hidden switch on the minivan. Maybe Katsuko-nee told him.
When Mariko was coming into the mansion with her Rolls-Royce, Mana opened the gate since she’s watching the cameras. She’s already accustomed to the controls.
The gate in front of the car opens automatically, then…
Oh, not many cars are parked before the gate.
Only a single police car is on the lookout.
That’s because it’s established that Kyouko-san is in the Kansai area right now.
On the other hand, Kouzuki SS only has two cars parked as Misuzu and Ruriko are both in the Kouzuki house.
After the car passed through the gate…
We wait for the gate to close behind us to make sure that no strange person enters the mansion.
Meanwhile, Kudou-papa in the driver seat is showing a peace sign to the guys in the police car and Kouzuki SS cars.
「 I’m well known in both organizations 」
He mutters.
「 Err, where are we going? 」
「 Oh, here 」
I bend forward from the rear seat and hand over the list of the delicious bakery tour Katsuko-nee gave me.
「 Hmm. Let’s decide the order 」
Kudou-papa looks at the list and inputs them on the car’s navigation system.
「 Huh, Kudou-san uses a car navigation system too? 」
To be honest, I’m surprised.
「 I don’t ever use them most of the time. I’m familiar with all the roads up to Kanto and the neighboring prefectures, even the back lanes. Driving while looking at the car navigation is against my nature
「 Then why are you using it? 」
Mariko asks from the sides.
「 I want to check what kind of route they’ll show me. Since it’s an opportunity 」
「 Do you use it to identify if your target is using the route given by the car navigation system? 」
Haiji asks from the passenger seat.
「 Well, that’s it. I won’t let the chance of learning pass by 」
Kudou-papa smiled.
「 Still, if you’re from Kouzuki SS, don’t you have all the route presentation data for each manufacturer’s car navigation system? 」
Haiji’s right.
If it’s Shou-neechan, each time the car navigation system upgrades, she should have it investigated already.
「 Big companies like Kouzuki SS does that but I’m just a one-man business 」
Kudou-papa steps on the accelerator.
The car speeds up suddenly.
「 H-Hey! 」
Kana-senpai clings to me as the car shakes.
「 Hyaaaaaa!! 」
Ai also grabs on her seat.
「 What are you? Are you not from the Kouzuki SS? 」
Mariko asks. Kudou-papa
「 I’m Kudou Yuusaku, a private detective 」
「 Private detective? 」
「 Yeah, that’s right 」
「 What’s with that?! Aren’t all detectives private? I never heard of a national and public detective at all 」
Mariko shouts.
「 Yeah, private detectives do hide from the public eye 」
Kudou-papa smiles, looking at the rear mirror.
He lowers the speed and then he set the car to a stable cruising.
「 Kudou-san isn’t an employee of Kouzuki SS, but he has a contract with Jii-chan himself 」
I said.
「 Huh, with Kouzuki-sama? 」
Mariko’s surprised.
「 Yeah. Well, his specialty is on the other side 」
「 It’s not like I sold my soul to the old man. I have a separate contract with him on each case. I never accept jobs that go against my principle. Well, how do I say it, I’m Agent Smith on special jobs 」
Kudou-papa said.
「 What? I understand the Agent part, but what “Smith”? 」
Mariko asks sullenly.
「 What? High school students don’t know about “Agent Smith” anymore? Then does that mean that you don’t know about Doctor Smith either? 」
「 What? 」
Kana-senpai asks Kudou-papa with a curious face.
「 Then, what about “I’m sorry Smith! I promised not to cry anymore but! Inazuma! Kyuuuuu!!” 」
「 Huh? 」
Mariko’s dumbfounded.
「 “Double Buster! It’s this!” “Welcome back!” 」
「 I don’t get what you’re talking about 」
Kana-senpai replied coldly.
「 Huh, what about you? 」
「 I’m sorry 」
Haiji replied coldly as well.
「 What about you? 」
「 Uuuuu, I don’t know 」
「 I’m not interested 」
Ai and Yomi replied.
「 Oh man, there are so many schoolgirls here and yet nobody knows about “Koi” 」
Kudou-papa.
If it’s Edie or Nei, they might know what you’re talking about, but…
The people here have good senses.
「 Nobu, is he really Michi-san’s father? 」
「 Yeah, he definitely is 」
I answered.
「 I finally understand the reason why Michi-san doesn’t talk too much 」
「 Yeah, she’s got a father like this after all 」
Kana-senpai and Mariko had the same opinion for once
「 Dammit! 」
Kudou-papa is frustrated.
Yomi’s laughing.
She’s reading Kudou-papa and my thoughts.
Haiji ignores Kudou-papa and starts watching outside.
「 Haiji 」
「 W-What? 」
I called her and Haiji turned around.
「 W-What is it? 」
「 Don’t be mislead by the jokes. Kudou-san isn’t what Haiji imagined just now 」
I said. Mariko and Kana-senpai looked at me.
「 Kou, what do you mean? 」
「 What’s with that old man? 」
「 Oh, when it comes to you, the girls listen 」
Kudou-papa’s impressed by the state of my women.
「 Kudou-san also knows the same Kudou arts as Michi 」
「 However, I can’t sense any hidden strength from his one, unlike Michi-oneesama 」
Haiji said.
「 No, his methods are different but the school is still the same 」
I explained.
「 Kudou arts is about bending their opponent’s Qi, an art of counterattacks. Michi erases her presence to ward off enemy Qi, but Kudou-san’s method is like using a shotgun of Qi, chipping off their Qi using pressure. That’s his methods 」
I gradually comprehend it.
「 That’s why, that thought of “I can’t keep up with his excitement. I’m getting tired,” means that he’s able to dampen your Qi. Don’t take him too lightly. If you’re a bodyguard, then you have to be wary with people you think are “no big deal” 」
「 Oh, you’re right. Kouzuki-sama won’t send a useless man to Kou or me 」
Mariko noticed.
「 Huh? His method is to make you think that he’s a useless old man? 」
Kana-senpai is surprised.
「 That’s right. Even in the car navigation system, it’s not actually an opportunity to test it out, the truth is that he already has the data. All he’s doing is watching us react if he does that 」
「 Oh, it’s to make us think that he’s not the kind of guy who gets his data from the Kouzuki SS 」
Mariko said. Kudou-papa smiled wryly.
「 Hey now, don’t expose my cards too much 」
「 You too, Kudou-san, you shouldn’t lead people to think that you’re an incompetent guy. This is why Michi and Haruka-san are…. 」
This is why Kudou-papa’s daughters don’t want to meet up with him that much.
And that’s also why they don’t talk about him to other people.
This is what he does and that’s why Michi’s mother cheated with her boss in Kouzuki SS and divorced him.
「 Well, it’s true that I lack skill. You know that I haven’t reached mastery of Kudou style martial arts, right? 」
「 Yeah 」
Kudou-papa had a shotgun wedding when he was young.
That’s why he worked on the other side while he’s in the middle of training.
「 If I had been able to get to the point where I mastered the techniques like Michi, I might not have ended up like this. But, I… 」
「 Kudou-san, that different method you use now…I believe that people should know how great that is 」
I said.
「 Stop that. I’ve done this for more than 25 years. If I was still young, then I could still change routes but at my age, any poor change is fatal. I’ll stay this way 」
Kudou-papa looks in front of him as he speaks.
「 You have to cherish your style you’ve built up for years. Any misjudgment will cause your collapse. Just like Yamaoka and Etsuko 」
Yamaoka-san, the security head of Kouzuki SS before.
Etsuko, the name of Michi’s mother.
「 A man who worked on a large company like Kouzuki SS, can’t do work on the other side. That’s expected, he’s accustomed to the methods on the surface 」
Both of them were dismissed from Kouzuki SS.
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