My Father's Secret

Chapter 52

Kimiko spent the rest of the trip browsing her phone about the Holy Emperor beside a soundly sleeping Tsurugi. Occasionally she would glance over and watch as his chest moved up and down as he breathed.

Why does he have to look so good even when he's sleeping? Is it even possible for some to even be born this good looking?

Kimiko turned away from her distractions back to the screen. She was determined to find out who exactly this Holy guy was. So far, she only managed to find out that his name is Ishido Shuuji - not helping at all. There wasn't a single picture or personal background of him. She even tried searching Ishido Shuuji and all that came up was the Fifth Sector logo and pictures of soccer teams - also not so helpful.

This guy who ever he was, was really good at disclosing information. She was unable to find a single piece of useful new knowledge by searching the Internet. Taiyou was definitely telling the truth when he said he couldn't find anything.

With frustration, Kimiko tried searching one last time. The signal was low and the page was taking forever to load. Stupid phone. She placed her phone down beside her on the seat as she rummaged her back pack for a book while waiting for the signal to come back. Just then, the bus went over a bump and her phone bounced of the seat with a clunk.

Kimiko let out a groan of annoyance as she got up from her seat. She knelt down on the floor in the narrow space between the seats and peered underneath only to find that her phone had slid under Tsurugi's seat.

Great. Just great.

After multiple attempts of trying to reach for her phone, she realized there was no way she would reach it without waking Tsurugi up. She sighed loudly just as the bus hit another bump and sent her crashing into Tsurugi's legs.

"Woah! What happened? Are you ok?" He shouted as he jolted awake.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about that"

"Here let me help you" he said as he offered his hand to Kimiko, who gladly took it without hesitation.

"How did you end up on the floor?"

"I was trying to get my phone. It's kinda under your chair"

"Oh, I'll help you get it" with that, he got down on all fours and effortlessly retrieved Kimiko's phone for her.

"Thanks"

"Holy Emperor?" Tsurugi asked as he eyed the page that was opened on Kimiko's phone.

Kimiko smiled sheepishly.

How am I supposed to explain this?

"You know you're not going to find anything no matter how much you search"

"Why?"

"Fifth Sector has him covered. They have experienced IT people that make all information related to the organisation private"

"Can you tell me about the Holy Emperor? You've worked with him before right?"

"Yeah. Lets be honest. There is someone pulling the strings behind the Holy Emperor. He's just the puppet"

"Who?"

"I don't know for sure yet either. But lets just say he's a scary man looking for revenge."

"What about the Holy Emperor? What is he doing?"

"Basically, Fifth Sector is using the Holy Road as a way to gain votes. If the schools under Fifth Sector win the matches, then the votes go to their side. If Fifth Sector wins, Ishido Shuuji-san becomes the official Holy Emperor and soccer will be completely under his control"

"So the Resistance is going to stop that?"

"Yeah. Right now, Hibiki-san is competing for the title of Holy Emperor. If Raimon continues to win, the votes will go to the Resistance"

"Then what about the Seeds?"

Tsurugi paused for a while. Kimiko could tell he felt remorse for his past actions.

"If you don't want to talk about it it's fine"

"No, I'll tell you"

"Whatever is most comfortable for you ok?"

Tsurugi nodded in response and continued.

"Seeds are specially trained, elite players that Fifth Sector sends into different schools to control the soccer team. If the Seeds successfully take over, the school will then be under Fifth Sector. I'll tell you that becoming a seed wasn't the best experience. It's not something you would want to go through"

"I won't ask"

"Thanks"

***

The week after the camp was extremely chaotic. There were exam preparations that needed to be done and the Holy Road nationals were also coming up, right during the exam period.

The only thing that cheered her up was the phone call she got from Yuuka-neesan on the day she arrived back from the camp.

"I have good news for you!"

"Really? Tell me, tell me"

"I have two things to tell you. I'll start with the less exciting but still exciting one"

"Is this about Dad?"

"Yeah. So, Masato-san got some more information about the case. Now that I think about it, its actually not so exciting. More scary if u ask me"

"What did he find?"

"You remember that drug gang Masato-san was talking about?"

"Uh huh"

"Well, Masato-san said that Dad and Lawyer Hideyoshi were there when they got arrested. He talked to some of his seniors that did this case before and they told him that Lawyer Hideyoshi was shot and passed away as they were transporting him to the hospital. He also checked with the hospital and confirmed that there was an ambulance sent there to pick Dad and Lawyer Hideyoshi up."

"The police got a call from Lawyer Hideyoshi to come arrest the drug gang. Dad received a severe brain injury in the process of escaping and so thats why he is in this state now."

"Wow. Thats a lot to take in"

"Yeah. I know right. I was just as confused as you must be right now when Masato-san first told me everything"

"But why was Dad there at the drug gang place anyways?"

"Thats what Masato-san is trying to figure out right now"

"Oh. This is just really messed up"

"Yeah. Lets just move on to the better stuff" Yuuka-neesan squealed.

"It better be really good"

"Ok. So, I got a phone call"

"Ok.. From who?"

"Guess"

"Omg lets not do this please"

"Hahaha ok"

"So who is it?"

"Nii-san!"