Matapos ang ilang minutong katahimikan, nagkatitigan sa huling pagkakataon ang mag-ama. Humahagulhol na sa pag-iyak ng mga panahong iyon si Masahi habang nagpipigil ng kanyang damdamin. Hindi niya mapaliwanag ang sarili kung bakit hindi nito magawang saktan o atakihin man lang ang mismong taong pumaslang sa sarili nitong ina.
“I did not kill you own mother.” Niyakap ni Senator Hironobu ang nanghihinang anak habang dahan-dahan nitong nabitawan ang hawak na patalim..
“How do you suppose to explain the fingerprints on the gun used to murder her, ha?” nanggigigil na sagot ng dalaga habang tinitigan niya ito ng seryoso.
“It was all a set up done by the Black Spiders themselves.” Pinakawalan niya ang kanyang anak habang may inabot itong mga papeles mula sa kanyang likuran.
“I wanted to quit that time, away from the organization itself. I wanted to pay all of the crimes I had caused and I was willing to do it with all my heart. All I ever wanted is for your mother to speak up, and exploit my secret, as well as revealing the organization’s secrets as well. But they’ve planned out in advance.” Lumuha bigla ang senador habang inaalala ang mga pangyayari.
“They knew what I was going to do, so they set a murder plan for Taheko. And for me to shut up, they took up your older sister, Maori. Yes, you have a younger sister. They used her own existence against me. And believe me, there was nothing I could ever do.” Natahimik bigla siya habang inabot ang isang lumang letrato mula kay Masahi.
Isa iyong larawan ng kanilang pamilya. Napansin nga niyang may hawak-hawak na isang bata si Taheko ng mga panahong iyon na nagpatunay na may kapatid nga siya.
“Since she was only a baby at that time, she did not knew her real parents. She was brainwashed by the organization itself, and a bait for me from exploiting their secrets.” Bago pa man siya makapagpatuloy, may dugong biglaan na lamang dumaloy mula sa kanyang dibdib.
“Father!” sigaw ni Masahi habang dali-daling sinalo ang nanghihinang si Senator Hironobu. “Someone quick! I need help!”
Nagdatingan ang mga tauhan ng senador at napagbigtangan pa siyang pumatay rito. Napansin nila ang isang kutsilyong may danak ng dugo na kahina-hinalang hindi naman niya nagamit sa senador.
Hinampas ito mula sa batok bago pa man ito makapagpaliwanag at dali-daling sinugod ang senador sa emergency room. Pero huli na ang lahat- nilagutan na agad siya ng buhay matapos ang ilang minuto.
Mula sa malayo, nagaayos ang isang sniper ng kanyang mga gamit at dali-dali itong tumakas ng lugar.
“Things are going according to plan, Mademoiselle.” sagot ng misteryosong taong ito sa kanyang cellphone habang tahimik na pinagmamasdan ang namumuong kaguluhan mula sa kabilang building mula sa bintana.
“And now for Plan B, Mr. Haddock. Keep it up.”
BINABASA MO ANG
Vanilla Midnight
RomansaYasaharu Yoriko or known as #15 is an assassin of a secret organization called The Oracle. She is raised by the way of an assassin that totally stripped off her childhood years. For her, it is the only means of making her mother proud, wherever she...
