My Akuma (Book One of The Yakuza Series) (✔️)

二十 (Twenty)

(Ryu's POV)

I used the phone that I got off the man from the docks to try and figure out who was picking up the shipments of women.

"Koneko," I called as I stared at my computer screen.

"Yeah?"

She was in an open area of the loft doing yoga.

"I need to ask you something."

"Go for it."

"Were there any other women with you at any point?"

"I did wake up at one point and when I opened my eyes I saw a few women around me. I think they were also drugged. The ground was cold and hard. Almost felt like metal. Why? Have you found something?"

"At the docks, the men I....ran in to were standing by a cargo container with unconscious women inside."

"You think that's how I got over here after she sold me?"

"I would say." I nodded and continued staring at my screen.

"Find anything?" She asked, coming up beside me.

"I'm not sure. I got this phone off one of the men at the docks. He said they were to text this number when a shipment came in. I traced it but got nothing."

"That's strange."

"Yeah."

"What now?"

I turned to the side and pulled her down on my lap.

"I have an idea, but I don't want it to do any harm to you."

"What is it?" She asked, looping her arms around my neck.

"Do you remember the night you escaped?"

She nodded.

"Do you think you could retrace or remember where you came from?"

"You mean from the building?"

"Yeah."

"I think so. It was dark outside, but I think I remember. When do you want to go?"

"Right now."

"Okay. Give me five minutes." She said and I nodded.

Minutes later we were walking out the door. I took her to the club that she showed up at once she escaped and started from there. We walked for about an hour and a half before she stopped. I had just been following behind her closely the entire time.

"There." She said pointing at a house. It was rundown and looked deserted.

"You sure?" I asked.

"Yeah. There should be a small window around the back. I broke it and slipped out."

I went around and sure enough there was a small broken window. It now had plastic covering it from the inside and the outside.

I went back for the front and walked up the steps. It wasn't long before I felt Aria right behind me, one hand on my shirt.

"Stay close and be on alert." I told her.

I opened the door carefully and walked in. The smell hit us instantly.

"Oh my gosh." Aria gasped, instantly covering her mouth and nose.

I kicked the foot of the guy closest to me.

"They've been dead a while." I mumbled.

We walked through the whole house and found a total of eleven dead men. We found the twelfth man when we walked down to where Aria had been kept.