The mysterious land

part 10: The town's visitor

In those moments … In those moments when Maya was waiting for the moment of truth..

The truth of the town visitor…

is he really from the organization?

*Steps … Steps*

With a five of his followers … he entered the town from the front…

He was a young man in his twenties … with scary features ... he looked scary as a poisonous snake…

Well, that’s just how people in this town look at this person … but if they see him that way … so what was the cause of all those cheers and chantings?

Maya broke through the crowd to be at the front of the row … while koja was just staring from the back without saying anything … after maya said to him:

“ - With a smile - you stay here ! I know that you don’t want to draw so much attention … so I will take care of things from now on “

“A-Ah … okey I will be here then “

Suddenly, the residents of the town gone to face the visitor with artificial faces, and some of them started to kiss his hands ...

Until one of the residents began to kiss his feet from the intensity of the fear ... He was just an old man from the town….

“ Please ... sir, forgive me this time ... My wife is very sick and I cannot even pay the price of medicines ... I promise you to double my efforts next time to get enough money " said the old man

While the visitor was looking at him with an arrogance looks …

“ What have you just said? ... Did you mean that you have no money? You did not prepare my money? So Pathetic “

the visitor started stepping on the old man’s head ... and at the same time he ordered his followers to tie him up…

Well, as if the bullying stopped here….

“ you scums … did you prepare my money for being living in my ground? “

The citizens with one voice:

“ A-A-A-Ah ! Y-Y-Yes !! we …. Of course we did sir ! “

The visitor laughed triumphantly … it was a very loud lough as If he was saying with himself nobody can stop me from what I’m doing now !

Until….

Something interrupted his loud laugh … the action that the visitor did it was similar to someone was in a deep sleep then he remember that he did not do something important before the sleeping…

Yes, we call this the pain in the butt….

As if the visitor noticed something reminds him of some old bad memories … but he doesn’t know what was it !

“ what was that? This presence ! where it comes from? From that young man there? No … from that girl that was staring at me with anger? No ( he meant maya of course ! ) “

Well, this person didn’t look so much strong but … we can tell that he is the cunning type who knows how to take the situations in his favor … for that maya was sure that he was using the people of the town with a legal documents or something like that … for that she couldn’t do anything except watching what was happening and cursing him…

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And in a second…

After the visitor got some anxiety…

After he took the presence that he felt very seriously…

He ordered the gathering of residents there to disperse…

Then…

“ Hmm? Hey you ! you there “

The visitor was pointing at that person who was standing in the back of the gathering…

And…

That person was … koja of course ! who was waiting for maya for coming back…

“ Shit … we just wanted to buy some food and here we are ! “ koja said that

Not as if was ignoring the visitor … he didn’t even look at his face well … and he didn’t even hear what he was saying…

“ HEY ! YOU…….. I’m talking to you ! Don’t pretend as you did not hear me ! “

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With a cold looks … koja turned to the visitor !

“ Hmm? …………… Wait ! Oh…. Adar? Are you adar? “

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After the visitor looked at koja for a few seconds …. and if we want to be thorough … he stare at him for a complete 5 seconds…

Suddenly……………!!!!!!

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“ N-N-N-NANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!!!! K-K-K-KOJA??????? What the heck is he doing here at a time like this?!!!!!!!!!!! “

Then koja pointed his finger toward the visitor and said with a bored accent:

“ Oh ! you are really adar … what are you doing here? Ah Collecting the tasks ? – with a smile and a scary tone – am I right? "

The words stopped coming out from the mouth of the visitor ... as if the cat had swallowed his tongue ... but nevertheless he could not stop himself from saying those words with himself … as if he was passing a hysteria…

“ shimataaa !!!!! I’m really going to die now !!! it’s koja …. He is really koja !!! If he knew that I’m bullying the public………… He would remove my head from It’s place as he did with my old brother !! After this agent knew that my brother was bullying the public and forcing them to pay extra money for their taxes ... he slaughtered him in front of me and the last words he said to my bro was….. “

From the intensity of the fear ... the visitor could not say those words that he suddenly remembered ... the last words he heard from Koja that day ...

All he could do was remember those moments ... and retreat back ... as if he was preparing himself to escape…..

( The organization will employ you instead of your brother ... If you dare to follow your brother's path ... I will not hesitate to do the same to you )

Well, it seems that person is really from the organization as maya said !

“ A-A-AH K-K-Koja that’s really you … it … it was a long time, right? I … I … I was just passing from here ... and ahaha It seems that the inhabitants of the town have known the news of my arrival … for this they prepare all this to welcome me .... Ahhaha as you know … I’m following your words !! aha “

“ Hmm ! is that so !? “

The inhabitants of the town were quite surprised by what was happening there ... It was the first time that Mr. Adar, the tax official, had acted in such a pathetic way…

Who’s that person who made Mr. Adar the one who we always were afraid of … act like that?

“ What is happening here? “

That was a typical question from one of the inhabitants…

“ K-Koja-dono ! we … we have to leave now ! I … I Have an appointment the High Tax official … S-So I .. I was happy to see you ! good bye now ! “

“ Wait ! you are not hiding something from me….. right? Adar “

That phrase that koja said … made adar freeze in his place ! And from the severity of the fear…….!

“ K-Kusooo !! My body ... my body is completely numb ! I can’t move my body ! T-Taskute ! I can feel it … the DEATH !!! “

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“ That person Is just lying … He must have been forced the inhabitants to pay extra money … I saw many people like him before … but … but I couldn’t do anything because all of them were using legitimate ways to subject people ! “

With a scary looks … koja stepped some steps forward … after what he heard from Maya !

His mood … totally changed??

“ So ... you and your ilk ... who were desecrate the name of the special organization?...... Unforgivable ! “

“ N-No, K-K-Koja dono ….. don’t believe……………………….. “

Adar .... Stopped talking immediately....

After he saw that Koja has been standing in front of him.....

Very lightly ... he moved quickly to be standing in front of this person…

But that's not what made the cat swallow adar’s tongue...

What made him stop talking completely was ....

That strong punch that was approaching his face very fast ... he saw death through it

*Doooom*

And once the punch struck his face ... in less than a second ... he was already embedded with the ground….

“ K-Kaaaaaaaaaah ! “

The eyes of the inhabitants of the town widened ... as if they did not believe what their eyes just saw ...

As if they were seeing a miracle happening before their eyes...

This explained everything … this explained a lot of things … and one of those things that koja …

Was never a bad guy…

He never tried to use people before … he was just following the justice he believed in !

Koja … was never like that person who called adar…

After a silence …

And after the mouths of the inhabitants fell down from the intensity of stunned…

With a calm and a scary tone …. Koja talked to adar whose features have tronsformed after he took that heavy punch … :

“ You have exploited people , then what? You have got the money ... then what? You and the people like you are just living for living … those who live for material purposes ... do not deserve to have a spirit in their depths ! “

Koja carried adar up ... and then pushed him towards his followers … Whose eyes showed how scary and afraid they were…

“ Leave this place immediately … if I found anyone of you here again … I will be sure to kill you all “

The mercenary band did not find what to say ... only to escape quickly before Koja changed his mind and kill them all…

“ W-W-What have you done !!! this is really bad …. Why did you hit him !!!? that person will back and……. “

Those words that the inhabitants said … means that they know very well how this guy is sly … they know very well that a person like adar will never forgive them after what happened….

But … koja did that because he is above the law of course … yes, he is a deadly character after all … someone like adar can do the nothing to him … but is that what made koja do that without hesitation?

Is it possible that he was ready to reveal his identity to the inhabitants for the sake of helping them?

Well, this kinda too much for koja to do…

Suddenly … Koja lifted that thing he was carrying in his hand before the inhabitants finished their words that shows how scared they were … that thing looked like a document … yes it was a paper !

Then with a cold tone … koja said:

“ This is the document that adar threatened you with? … It's totally fake … from my experience I can tell that this contract is completely fake, and later I will tell his commander what happened here ! “

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“ N-NANIIIIIIIIIIIII ! was that really fake all that time? wait … is that mean that……………… that we are free now !!!!!!!!!!!? “

“ Impossible … are we really free? Will that person stop from imposing additional taxes on us? “

“ Y-YAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!! “

“ That young man there … that young man saved us from adar !! “

Suddenly all the inhabitants gathered around Koja...

With those high laughs ... laughter of joy...

And…

Even the most of them shed the tears of joy….

As if … as if a dream just came true !!!

As if one of their dreams had just been achieved !

( I joined the forces of the criminals hunters in order to bring peace to the continent ... this continent on which we built our memories and dreams)

( so for that i must win this fight and keep trying to make this dream come true )

then they carried him high ... and cheered him … thanking him after he rid them of their suffering !

“ Arigatooo !! “

they even throw him high in the sky … while he was saying with himself:

“ W-What … what just happened? I just did what I suppose to do … Anyone who maintains the safety and integrity of the continent ... may do what it did … so … why this feeling I’m having now? What is the meaning of this feelings? This deep feelings that I never had before?! “

Then they put him down !

“ you are really strong ! ni-san ! we will never forget what you did for us today … now with this evidence ( he meant the fake document ) we can sue adar for his heinous deeds ! “

with a slurred accent and sequentially bows … koja said with a red face:

“ A-A-Ah hai hai !! domo domo ! A-A-A-AH I’m …. I’m Happy for you !! “

Suddenly … that one who was looking at koja from behind…

smiled a large smile … made her looks really cute…

as if … as if she really felt joy for Koja…

yes, it was maya for sure … maya who didn’t believe what just happened … a member from the organization … no … not any member … an agent from the deadly character squad ! He just helped a whole town by himself … and with a blush….

After she laughed a laugh from the bottom of her heart ... she said:

“ That lonely baka … he is not social at all ! “

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Suddenly … The old man who was persecuted by adar approached toward koja ... After the youths of the town untie him…

He was carrying some bags and that happy look appeared in his face … then he talked to koja :

“ please accept this from me, young man … I know that it will not make up for what you did for us ... but at least let me express my gratitude to you in my own way “

Koja took the bag with surprising … than he opened it to find…………

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“ T-T-This !!!!! is this ……….. the bass fish? I really wanted to try this type of fish …. B-But this is too much … I can’t accept that from you ! “

With a smile:

“ Oh … you really know so much about fishes ! I didn’t expect that a young man like you knows about this kind of fishes …. But … if you really love fishes this much … so please take this … It is a thank-you gift on behalf of the people of the town …. I have become a merchant of this type of fish because of my wife, who was infected with cancer .... The fish of seabass protects from this type of Disease, so I trade half and take the other half to my wife .... but …. You really deserve it after what you did “

Koja answered:

“ Well, if you insist …. I won’t say no ! “

The old man said again … after he remember what koja said that time…………!!

“ But … young man, you said that …. That you will tell the commander of adar about what happened here … could it be that … you are a member of the organization? “

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Koja …. Freezed !

With that smile that spread in his face…………!

He realized things suddenly ... and remember that he should not draw much attention……!!

“ S-S-SHIT !!! WHAT HAVE I DONE !! I have………… gone too far !!!! “ said koja with himself

Then he continued with stutter:

“ I-I-I’m …… yes I’m just …. Just a normal member from the blue police !!! yes that’s it !! “

“ So ka? This is … this is really delightful …. To see a kind of persons like you in the organization ! I know that i can't say this but ... the organization was always do bad things to the citizens ... that person who called adar came every year on this day in order to take half of what we get from our work ... on the pretext that the ground we inhabit belongs to his grandfather the geologist ... So he forced us to pay the tax every month for more than three years ..... It was a terrible nightmare and your sudden presence saved us from his injustice ... from his reaction it seems that he will never get in to our ground again ... We really thank you for your help dear, sir ! “

“ arigato … thank you so much “

“ we are welcoming you at any time “

Suddenly … maya who was looking at koja with that smile…

made a serious face ! with a Wide eyes … she kept staring at koja….

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Koja …. Who start laughing…

Koja … who made that face that It’s close from the impossible to see him making it…

Koja … who always had that depressed face…

He finally laughed !?