Chapter 6 : The Black Market

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After the whole fiasco , it's finally night time. Most people already went home and sleep. The squad parked the car nearby and ahead over to the streets to find the entrance to the black market. They then head over to the subway and look for any sign of an entrance.

" Got anything on your side , Ayato ? " Hiroki asked on his comms as he walked around the perimeter.

" Negative , how about you big guy ? " Ayato then asked Norihito who was looking in the subway station.

" No. This damn subway smell like shit tho. " Norihito said as bomb maker chuckled.

" Keep looking , we ain't got all day. " Hiroki said as he went behind the building.

His eyes scanned the area but no signs of an entryway. He looked for levers or button that could hiding. He then arrived to the trash disposal area. Hiroki hold his nose to prevent the horrible smell of trash entering his nasals.

He was about to search at a different area but he quickly say something. A dim light flickering underneath the huge trash bin. He pressed a button on his comms and signal his team.

" Boys , I think I've found it. " The voices of Ayato and Norihito can be heard on the comms , telling him that they're on their way to his location.

Norihito pushed the trash bin aside as a door can be seen underneath it. Hiroki grabbed the door and opened it , revealing stairs heading downwards. The team went down as darkness surrounded them. What seemed to be a whole 10 minutes of heading downstairs , in the distance , they can see a tunnel of light. After entering it , they looked around as they finally found the  Black Maket.

 After entering it , they looked around as they finally found the  Black Maket

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" Now remember the plan. We are not here to cause a scene but to observe the place. There's too many people here. " Ayato and Norihito nodded at Hiroki's command.

They looked around the stalls here and saw many of the vendors sold illegal items such as weapons , substance , endanger animals parts and more.

But what caught Hiroki's eyes was the fact that childeren and women were sold as slaves here. His eyes narrowed down with anger but he kept his composure.

Walking down more deeper into the market , the team notice that there were a lot of guards patroling the area , especially the high parts of the area. It seems that very important people are there but they can't due anything at the moment.

As they continue on walking , Hiroki can feel something grabbing his leg. He looks down to see a someone in a cage was holding on to him. It was a girl , she was skinny due to the lack of food she got in her. She wore ragged clothing and had visible scars and scuff marks on her body.

" Let go you bitch !! " The owner of the vendor said as he hit the girl's arms with a wooden stick. The girl screamed on pain and pulled her hand back into the cage as she wimpered in pain.

" Sorry about that sir , she's been very troublesome lately. " The vendor smiled as he looked at Hiroki.

" No worries , say how much a slave ? Hiroki asked curiously.

" It depends on what kind of slave you want ? For example , for this slave would cost you around 15 million yen. " The vendor said as he points to the girl.

" i see , thanks for telling me. " Hiroki said as he left his stall.

" You gonna kill him , aren't you ? " Norihito said as Hiroki looked him with a devilish smile.

" You know me too well. " Hiroki said as he unsheath his combat knife from its holster.

" What happened to plan of not causing a scene ? Ayato asked as Hiroki looked at him.

" It doesn't matter if no one sees it. " Hiroki then went back to the vendor's stall.

Hiroki goes behind the stall and went through the back. He saw the vendor , he was trying to sell his slaves to people but before he can , Hiroki grabbed him from behind. He make sure to cover the vendor's mouth to prevent hin from screaming.

He then grab his arm and toss him over his shoulder and ontk the ground. The vendor gapsed at the sudden lost of air in his chest but then , the last thing he could see was a sole of a boot hitting his face.

After killing the man , Hiroki went back to the slave from earlier. He bend down to his knees and looked at the malnorished girl. The girl saw Hiroki and due to his mask , she backs away to the end of the cage terrified. Hiroki noticed this , he took off his mask , allowing the girl to see his face.

" Hi , my name's Hiroki. What's yours ? " He asked the girl. The girl calmed down and use last bits of her energy to say her name.

" S-Sa...ki....Yo-shi..da.." She uttered.

" Well , Yoshida. Do you want to get out from here ? " Hiroki asked her , his eyes focused on her as he waited for her answer.

" O-Out...Out...from..here.."  Saki's muttered as she heard the words that was coming from Hiroki's mouth.

" P-Please...I want..t-to..get out..fr-om he.re " She said to him. Hiroki nods as he unlocked her cage by using the keys that he got from vendor's corpse.

He then slowly lifted up the frail girl , careful to not causing her pain. He then called both Norihito and Ayato as they then left the black market. Once they were out , they got back to their vehicle , Hiroki slowly put down Saki on the seats. Ayato called the HQ and told them to prepare a room for a patient. Norihito then got into the driver's seat and start the car while Ayato was next to him.

Hiroki was on the back , keeping an eye on Saki. He saw the girl slowly lifting her frail hand and placed it on top of his.

" T-Thank you for saving me. " She said to him , grateful for him saving him and let her out from that hell hole.

" No problem , it's what I do. " Hiroki replied to her. Saki then closed her eyes as she can finally sleep peacefully for the first time in forever.

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