Life Is Ineffable

Single Mission: A Help From Heaven

Victor and I left to hunt down the safehouse that he says that he knows. We took a ride to Incheon and i just kept following him, for a short while we finally arrived at said destination.
"Here we are." Victor said
"There's no way that's his safehouse." I replied
"Oh come on, it's only a bit dumpy" Victor said, "let's go in and you'll see."
We went in the trashed place and to my surprise, it was rich and clean inside.
"Oh wow..." I said
"Seee, i told you it's gonna be a good one." Victor replied
We searched around the house and Sho was nowhere to be seen. The house had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a small kitchen and a living room, all in a one story house.
"Let's go" i said, "he's not here."
"If he's not here then where..." Victor said
"We'll keep hunting." I replied
As we were about to exit the house, a noise was heard,
"What was that?" I said
"It sounded like it came from the wardrobe." Victor replied
"You didn't check it??" I asked
"Sho definitely does not fit inside that." Victor answered
"You idiot." I said
I walked towards the wardrobe slowly and before i could get any more near it the door opened and revealed a girl,
"W-what..." The girl said, "who are you guys?"
"Not important" i said, "who are you??"
"Fine, but you gotta tell me who you people are too." She said
"Of course." I replied
"My name is Arin." She introduced herself
"Pleasure to meet you Arin" i replied, "i'm Luci and this is Victor."
"Nice to meet you." Arin said
"Now can you tell us why you were inside the wardrobe?" I asked
"Umm..." Arin said, "you see, someone was here an hour ago but he left me and locked me inside this wardrobe and i was only able to free myself just now."
"And who is this man?" I asked
"Oh he was my friend that is evil but i never let him control me." Arin answered
"That's good" i said, "what do you know about him?"
"Well he said his name is Sho Tatsiya or something like that." Arin answered
"Sho Tatsuya." I said
"Yes that's it!" Arin replied, "and we became friends about half a year ago and he trusts me so much that he told me so many things about himself, like he almost died from a fire, he fought someone to join the Yakuza, he has friends that betrayed him, he's planning a plot revenge against them and more."
"Oh wow" i said, "ok listen here Arin, as you know Sho is evil and the those friends didn't actually betrayed him, it was him that betrayed them and one those friends is me."
"Woah, why did he betrayed you?" Arin asked
"Well, he had a lust for money and power, and mostly just evil." I answered
"So are you trying to find him now??" Arin asked
"That's right, and if i may, i would like to ask for your help, Arin." I replied
"Oh sure!" Arin said, "i never liked him anyway, i just stayed with him so that i can survive."
"That's great" i said, "come on, let's get going."
The three of us got out the house and now we have a new one to help us. We took a cab to a car's dealership so that i can buy a car and we won't have to take a taxi, we're also going to be staying here for a while.
We arrived at the dealership and i bought a regular car,
"Alright, let's go" I said while entering the car, "Arin, do you have any idea on where Sho is?"
"He did tell me about how he needs to be at Seoul to continue his revenge." Arin said
"Then that's where we'll go." I replied
We drove to Seoul with the brand new car,
"So how old are you, Arin?" I asked
"I'm turning 19 on June 5." Arin answered
"Speaking of age, how old are you, Victor??" I asked
"Don't asked me like i'm old as hell, i'm only 26." Victor said
"Oh same." I replied
We talked about some stuff while on the way to Seoul and after a few talks we finally arrived at the capital of South Korea.
"Let me ask, Sho said that he has to be in Seoul to continue his plan but where exactly?" Victor asked
"I have some people to ask." I said
I called someone on the phone to meet up at a restaurant,
"Hey, meet me at the old spot" i said, "i need some answers."
"Sure." The person said through the phone
"Alright let's go." I said
"Where are we going?" Arin asked
"We are going to a restaurant that me and a friend used to meet up when i need something from him." I answered
"Oh ok." Arin said
We went to the spot and i parked the car at the other side of the road, we walked to the restaurant and sat at a table.
"We would like 4 orders of your best recommendation." I said
"And a coke!" Arin ordered
"It'll be here in 15 minutes, sir." The waiter said
"Now i want both of you to listen" i said, "the person we're about to meet is either someone you know or heard of or someone that is a completely new face to you, and i want both of you to stay quiet and let me do the talking."
"Yes sir." Victor replied
"Sure thing!" Arin replied
A few minutes later, the food arrived and so is the guest. He sat down with us without introduction,
"Both of you, this is the person and i'm not going to say his name in order to protect him." I said
"Oh that's fine." Arin said
"Makes sense." Victor said
"Oh thank you for the food, Luci." The man said
"Not a problem." I replied
"So what do you want to know this time?" He said
"Sho Tatsuya." I said
"Hmm, you haven't mentioned that to me since you first arrived here in Korea" he replied, "what could be the problem?"
"We heard something about Sho being here in Seoul to do something" i said, "have you heard anything like that?"
"Well... I did hear that he went to a bar across the street to get help from someone" he said, "i asked around on who the man he got helped from and some said that it was Taeha Seon, an ex fighter from your Arena."
"So he convinced someone to help him and someone strong as well" i replied, "i'll look into this Taeha, thank you for your time."
"It's always a pleasure, Mr. Deanem." he said
"Thank you thank you." I replied
The man left and we got our answer, time for some more digging.