Hypnosis Microphone: Red Division Unfolded Story

V: Nostalgia

"All your stuff is clean and safe," comment Reiko after finish checks up his luggage.

After the briefing, three of them was separated in the different stall to do the luggage checkup. Each of them was checked by different staffs and Ichiro stuck with Kurusu Reiko.

"Of course, I came here with honour, I won't use such dirty trick to win the battle" responded Ichiro, packing back his stuff into the bag.

Reiko chuckles, "Well, you're right, Ichiro" agree Reiko. "Oh, I meant, Yamada" she corrects herself.

"I don't really care about formalities, you can just call me 'Ichiro' if you want," said Ichiro. Reiko surprised by his remarks but then slowly, she smiles.

"Yeah, you're right"

Ichiro speechless to see her smiles. It's just a simple smile, yet for him, he kinda familiar to the smile...somewhat give him a nostalgic feeling.

"Rei--"

"Kurusu" suddenly, a man voices call out from outside the stall, the curtain was pushed aside and the man in the suit named Kurokawa appear.

"Sir Kurusu has arrived, he wants to meet you," said the man in the suit. She nodded, grab her handbag and walks out from the stall.

"Ichiro, you can return to your room now"

"Eh?" She turns around and smiles.

"All the best for tomorrow"

He opens his eyes, stares into the hotel room's ceiling. While his body laid on the bed. A lot of thing playing in his mind. Yet, he feels hopeless to unfolded or solve them one by one.

Tomorrow, he will be going to face with Aohitsugi Samatoki, someone who he used to admire til one day, he finds that Samatoki's idea contrasted with him.

But somehow deep in his heart, he was bothered by something else, that he, himself don't get it.

Thump!!

Ichiro turns his head when heard a noise came from his hotel room's door. He gets up from his bed and opens the door...only to see no one.

"Who?" He wonders, he closed the door. A second later, his stomach grumbles loudly, he sighs, "Urgh, I need to go get a dinner, I guess"

However, if he just going out just like that, he might be attracted a crowd. So, he grabs a mask, took off his varsity jacket, and lift up his white hoodie, before going out of his room.

He landed to Jiro and Saburo rooms to invite them for dinner, but there's no answer from their room. Assumed that his brothers already fall asleep, he ends up decided to go get his dinner alone.

He went to the elevator, when the elevator door about to close, suddenly, a man in black suit rushes to the elevator, asking Ichiro to hold the door for a while. Ichiro obeys, his index finger pressing the door open button. A few moments later, a woman with blonde strawberry hair jog in her heels enter the elevator. Then, the elevator door close.

"Whew, we make it, Eiji," said the middle age woman.

"You are right, Kurusu-san" their conversation draw Ichiro's attention. Ichiro looks at the man in the suit and realized that man is the one with Reiko just now.

"Oh, Kurokawa..." words slip through Ichiro's lip. The man in suit realized Ichiro's greet him as he turns around to look at Ichiro, same goes the woman.

"My, my, if it is not the participants of Division Rap Battle, Yamada Ichiro" comment the woman. When Ichiro heard the woman voices, he shocks.

"An Okama??!!" Surprise him, when realized the 'middle age woman' is actually a middle age man that cross-dressing as a woman.

"W-what an okama doing in the Chuouku?!" puzzled, Ichiro.

"Hey, that's rude!" the man in the suit cut him. "This you so-called okama is the Head Engineer of Cross Corporation, Kurusu Tooru".

Quickly, the woman stops the man in the suit from continue scolding Ichiro, for him, Ichiro is not fully wrong "I'm here for a business purpose, Yamada Ichiro", while handing in his card business to 19 years old boy.

Ichiro took it and read the card, "Kurusu?" He read the card. "Are you perhaps related to Kurusu Reiko?" ask him.

"Oh, you've met my daughter?" D-daughter?!

"Yeah, sir, Reiko is the one responsible for briefing just now," said Eiji; the man in the suit. Tooru nodded.

"She always does whatever she wants...although that job isn't for her" comment Tooru, grab his sunglasses from his clutch handbag and wear it.

Listen to how the man in suit addresses the crossdress person as 'Sir', plus, has a daughter. Ichiro convinced that the person comfortable to be addressed as 'male' instead of 'female', albeit his appearance.

"How ironic isn't, Yamada Ichiro..." The Yamada glances at the man in his black sheath dress. "That person sacrifices themselves in hope to give you a normal life"

"But end up, you pick this way of living" smirks Tooru, glance at Ichiro behind his sunglasses. "Even worst, you drag your brothers along"

Ichiro speechless by Tooru's remarks.

That person?

"Oh right, you don't even know them" Tooru snicker as a back of his hand covers his mouth. In the same time, the elevator doors open, show the hotel lobby. Quickly, Ichiro grabs his mask from his jeans pocket and wear it.

Eiji and Tooru walk out to the hotel lobby and make their way out of the hotel. But then, Ichiro stop them.

"Kurusu-san!!!" Both Tooru and Eiji stop their steps. "What do you mean just now?" asked him.

Tooru twirl around, "What do I mean?" He pulls down a bit his sunglasses, glance through his sunglasses.

"About the one that sacrifices their life, and...what do you mean by normal life?? Are you perhaps know about my past? About my brothers... About us?" Both Tooru and Eiji silent, glance at each other.

Then he sighs, "I wonder how strong the waves during they hypnotist them?" whisper Tooru.

"You know what, Ichiro," suddenly, a growl sounds came from Ichiro's stomach. All of them dumbfounded when heard that. Ichiro faces turn red.

Then, Tooru burst out laugh "Man, this is funny" he laughs so loud that he almost tears up.

"Yamada Ichiro, do you eat sushi?" suddenly the crossdresser asks him.

"Yes"

"Then, why don't you join us for dinner?" invite Tooru. Ichiro blinks in confused before accepting the offer.