Magical Boy ~ English version

Chapter 111

Nakamara woke up with a shiver. He hadn't dreamed of his brother for a long time. Did he hate him now because of the difference in treatment they had suffered? However, he must have suspected that after his disappearance, Nakamara had also suffered the same abuse.

It took him a moment to be fully awake and to realize that he couldn't see anything. There was a blindfold over his eyes. Both of his arms were kept tied behind his back and he could feel that his legs were also immobilized. The soft surface beneath him felt like a bed.

A kidnapping? But how ? With his robotic arm, which hadn't been removed, he could break the bonds just fine, but first he needed to know who he was dealing with and how that person had achieved this feat.

He remained calm trying to guess who it might be this time, until he heard a door open. A cheerful voice exclaimed:

"Ah! Mr. Uchiri, you are awake!"

Nakamara couldn't believe it. He recognized that voice and that accent.

"Mr. Woods?" he guessed.

"..you...you recognized me just by my voice?" The model exclaimed again, "you are amazing!"

"Let's just say there aren't many people in my current circle who can speak Japanese so well while having an American accent."

"Oh, of course. You still have a good memory."

Nakamara felt the mattress sag next to him, indicating that Noni had just sat up.

"And so," the CEO guessed, "finally you're angry with me for destroying this mafia for you, is that it?"

"No ! Everything I told you was the plain truth! I would never lie to my idol!"

Nakamara grimaced. He didn't have many fans, or rather, he had never met one before, and he had to come across an obsessive one.

"Wonderful," Nakamara breathed annoyed, "I just want to know how."

"How what ?"

"How you got past the latest technology security system created by me, the dogs, the pigs, the geese and my butler."

"Oh, of course! This is all done to keep intruders out, but you can still get out."

"...expand."

"I didn't need to go get you, you came alone."

He felt the claws slip into his hair, menacingly soft.

"I would never have come to see you willingly," Nakamara grimaced, "even less to get tied up. Last I heard, your power is simply to control...ink..."

"Not just any ink," replied Noni's cheerful voice, "I control my blood. Which is made of ink. But that is only what I disclosed to the census."

"So there you go..."

"Eheh..."

Noni's hand moved from his prisoner's hair to rest on his hand, still ink-stained.

"When my blood comes into contact with someone's skin," he explained confidently, "it won't go away for twenty-four hours. And during this time, as soon as the stained person loses consciousness, falls asleep for example, I have the possibility of controlling his body."

"Please tell me you didn't do anything weird with it..."

The model just laughed. He put his hand on the older man's shoulder and leaned over him.

"I'm still curious," he whispered, "you seem really calm, Mr. Uchiri. Anyone in your situation would be freaked out."

"Do you really think this is the first time?" Growled Nakamara, "you thought you were original? Even before I was known as Experion, I was still an Uchiri. The richest family in the world. You cannot imagine the number of people who hope to get rich with less effort."

"Hm... but you're here, so the ransoms have been paid. I am not asking for any ransom."

"Paid?"

This time Nakamara burst out laughing. Noni stood up and stepped back in surprise.

"Really, Mr. Woods," Nakamara scoffed, tugging a little on his bonds, "my father didn't care. You should give up, untie me, and apologize now. Before regretting it."

"No, no, no," Noni muttered, "I'm just going to inject you with sedative, as long as you're unconscious, I wouldn't risk anything..."

"Oh...Mr. Woods...I wasn't talking about myself."

Noni frowned, when a loud crash suddenly startled him. He didn't even had time to turn towards the door, he was pinned to the ground, a sharp pain in his right arm.

It took him a few seconds to understand, especially seeing his arm fall in front of him, completely detached from his body. A second blow to his back made him scream. He managed to look back, seeing that the one holding him down was none other than Matsuura Thoki. He had a murderous, terrifying gaze. The ink had splattered on him and he was holding a meat grinder covered in the black liquid above his head.

"Thoki."

The butler stopped his gesture to raise his head. Nakamara had easily undone his bonds and was removing the blindfold over his eyes.

Noni cried out in rage and pain. His inky blood hardened and pierced Thoki through and through. But Thoki didn't let out a single sound. He looked down at Noni and ripped the ink spike stuck in his chest as if it were a simple splinter.

The model felt at this moment a foot violently crushing  his head.

"I gave you a chance," Nakamara said, "I told you you were going to regret it."

The Commissar and his men entered soon after. Kimoto scolded Thoki for his excess rage but just arrested Noni, passing him a suppressor.

Nakamara's mechanical arm was equipped with a GPS chip. Having found the bedroom empty, Thoki immediately looked for the signal and ran out of the mansion to reach the indicated location. He had also sent the information to the police station.

Nakamara reported what had happened to Kimoto, before following his butler to the car and back to the mansion.

"You got carried away again," Nakamara accused during the ride.

"I know..." Thoki muttered, "I'm sorry..."

"At least this time you didn't kill him."

"...you refused to see me for two full months."

"I was six years old. You had terrified me much more than the kidnappers themselves."

"I'm sorry."

Nakamara sighed. When they finally arrived, he joined Thoki as soon as he got out of the car to hug him and give him a kiss.

"I'm going to take a bath again," he said, "you need it too."

"He said the stains would stay for twenty-four hours."

"All the more reason for you not to leave me alone even for one second."

Thoki smiled amused and reassured. He returned his embrace to Nakamara and entered the house with him.