T.A series Volume 2: The Illegitimate Extra

Chapter 9 - Dangerous Developments

Standing 5' 10" tall, 32-year-old Mr Tadashi Fumihito was like your typical CEO, clad in a black suit today, crisp white and clean dress-shirt underneath the black blazer and the silk tie to finish the look off.

His hair is short, thick, and black, and it is softly gelled. He has a broad face, a broad nose, and thick lips. He has profound pale brown eyes and angular brows. He has long arms, a slim body, and small legs. And, like any other CEO, he had black rims around his eyes, indicating he didn't get much sleep on the job as the two children took their seats. In Ranran's perspective, it's kind of expected; after all, operating a firm worth millions of yen is a lot of effort.

"Mr Muniko said you wanted to get to the bottom of locating his half-brother, Mr Namba, through me?" His brows were brought together in an angry pout, and his lips were pressed together in a tight line, as he wasn't amused that two grade 1 kids were put in charge of investigating a case of this sort.

"I mean, if we hadn't, it would have harmed your company's reputation much more." Ranran crossed her legs in a ladylike manner.

"Listen, I'm not only doing this to preserve the firm; I'm also doing it to safeguard the employment of the 800 people that work here." He frowns even more at the two children, saying, "I hope this doesn't harm our firm stock market later on...otherwise-"

"You would sue?" Ranran concluded his speech, much to the surprise of the man. "You will not be the first person to say this. The previous individual who stated this....he ended up having to beg on the streets," Ranran says with a sly grin.

Which subsequently gave the guy goosebumps before he demanded from her apprentice, "Is she serious? If that's the case, she has a poor sense of taste."

"If you were in my shoes, Sir, that was only the tip of the iceberg." The blue-eyed boy shook his head glumly, conveying additional warning signals to the black-haired man.

"So let's start the interview, "Ranran begins by asking, "Your eldest brother-"

"You mean Saji right?"

"No, not Saji. I meant the one your mom had before having Saji."Shinichi said.

That sent goosebumps to the man, "I have no idea-"

"What you are talking about?"Ranran finished his sentence.

"No, I mean I have no idea what is his real name."The man denied, "When I was adopted into the family 3 years after Saji was born, the family were tight-lipped regarding his name, as my mother didn't want all of us to bring him up after being forced to give him away by our late father."

"Ok then, "Ranran flipped another page in her notebook, "Your elder brother, Saji, why did he willingly hand over the seat he was entitled to have since birth?"

"Ah, you mean why he was that foolish as to give up his seat to become CEO of Tadashi Pictures 19 years ago? Simple," he sarcastically remarks, "in the name of love."

"Love." Shinichi paused momentarily, "Like Seto Manami? The woman who committed suicide on the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge?"

"I see you both done your research," the CEO said, his eyes wide open before snarling.

"So they were dating?"Ranran probed.

"Very much in love, and I suppose I owed it to her for being concerned about Saji.  If she hadn't been around," the CEO contemplates, "I wouldn't have been CEO, the issues around Saji wouldn't have died down, and his relationship with me wouldn't have improved."

"Is it?"Shinichi pressed in scepticism, "I mean if she had married him, you don't get to become CEO."

"Is that what you kids think after watching the movie 'The Origin of my Childhood'?"The CEO was irritated that they concluded his personality was based on a movie. He groaned as he saw the kids' emotions as they anticipated his response "While I believe that the film depicts some realities, not all of them are true. The Will part, in particular...."