Around 8pm. In the area around the old house that Ilaya really wants to rent. A man is sipping his coffee while listening to the report of the spy that's following Ilaya. He listens as he smiles at the man who keeps talking about his grievances for following Ilaya by walking nonstop. The spy then noticed his reaction and spoke with pitiful expression
"Brother, I really need someone to switch with me to follow that woman. If this continues, if something unexpected happen, I'm may not be able to react on time because I'm so tired at that point"
Then, Yamato said while holding back his laughter
"But the boss has given you your mission, I don't know if the boss will place someone other than you to spy on Ilaya. She's an important target for the boss so she maybe placed just one spy to her to be discreet, lest Ilaya get noticed by our rival group"
The spy then sighed
"I know. It's just tha-"
Yamato then raised his hand to stop the spy from speaking as he felt his phone vibrates. He picks it up and saw an unknown number calling to him. He thought for a moment then got up from his seat and headed outside, only then he answered the call
"Hello? Who is this"
A female voice then sounded from the phone
"Good evening Yamato, it's me, Ilaya"
'Speak of the devil'
Yamato thought as he answered
"Ohh, Ilaya, you've bought your phone now? How are you?"
"Enough of the phone, I called you to ask if the landlord agrees to rent to house to me. So, did she agreed?"
He answered immediately
"Yes, she agreed to rent it to you. She said that you'll need to come to that house to sign a contract with her the moment you move there, when are you free?"
The voice stopped as if Ilaya on the other side is thinking, then said
"I'll need more time to gather money. How much is the rent by the way?"
"Ahh, it's 35000 yen a month, the price can be lowered if you're a good negotiator but it's better to be prepared if you failed"
"Hmm… alright, let me gather money first. Thank you Yamato. I'll call you back when I need something"
With that, the phone cut off and Yamato looked at his phone and lingered a bit. Then he shrugged and entered the cafe and sit again in his chair
'I thought about having more conversation to pry some Intel, but I can't rush it lest she became suspicious'
Yamamoto then looked at the spy who's energetic now that he refill his stomach
"Alright, where are we?"
…
Ilaya looked at the phone with a frown on her face. She then goes outside the restaurant while dragging a chair to sit at the front to feel the breeze
"It's expensive. I think I won't be able to gather that amount of money as of now. I need at least 3 months to have that amount as not to be penniless"
But it takes too long. I want to search that house as to find a clue to continue my searching. I just wanted to rent the house to gather information anyway so…
"Sneaking into the house it is"
Ilaya then got up from her chair and paced up and down
'But I'm basically courting death by doing that as the place is the territory of Yakuza. If that old house is one of their property. Then, I dodge the killers knife only to be hit by their bullet'
I don't dare underestimate the power of Yakuza and the gangs. They will be able to make me disappear if I provoke or challenge them
Ilaya then grab her hair as she exclaimed
"Ahh! I don't know! Maybe I'll think for at least a few days to analyze the pros and cons!"
Then, Ilaya felt that someone was looking at her. She hurriedly turned around and saw a person looking at her. As her close call with the killer the other days ago. She was vigilant about the people around her. She saw the person not far from her across the road, it was a woman in black. She wears fashionable clothes that are famous right now as she always sees people wearing them when she's on the search. Her most notable characteristic is her red eyes. Her gaze is felt like I can't hide anything from her, and that made her uncomfortable
'But.. I feel something about her. Something familiar'
The woman with red eyes retracted her gaze and walk at the corner and vanished from sight. Then finally Ilaya exclaimed
"Wait! Familiar!"
She runs across the road while shouting to follow the woman
"Wait! Please wait!"
The passersby all looked at her, and if it's another time, she'll be so embarrassed but she didn't care about it right now
'Its the first time I felt familiarity at a person! Maybe she knows who am I! Finally!'
She feels hopeful, surprise, and joy as she arrived at the corner that the woman had vanished, and all she sees is a speeding car in the distance. There's no one in sight. She just stood unmoving as she looked at the car leaving. She softly whispered
"Dont go…tell me who I am"
'Why did you leave? Who are you? Do you know me? Why did you look for me?'
Ilaya stood for a while then rub her eyes with her shirt as she walked back to the restaurant. She feel despondent as the hope of knowing her past vashined again. She then reached the staff room and lay down on the mattress to rest
'Is she someone who knows me? But why didn't she talked to me?'
She then closed her eyes
…
Ivana is sitting at the back of her car as she pondered about Ilaya
'She's definitely connected to that woman. I also feel familiarity about her even though I didn't met her. Is she really that woman child? If so, why did she left her child all alone?'
She received the report from her spy that's observing Ilaya. It is said that she's walking around the city like searching for something. She's also homeless like a lost child wandering everywhere, she even slept at the park. When she read the report, she's surprised. She even wanted to give her a job if she didn't manage to improve her situation, and to keep her at arms length to observe her closely
'And the most important thing is… is she also have these?'
In Ivana's palm, a red smokey mist appears the size of a golf ball
She felt a sense of kinship about Ilaya that she couldn't understand. She felt a subtle pull towards her and intuitively felt as if they're the same kind
'Looks like that I'm not the only one who's strange'
Ivana extinguished the red aura in her palm and looked outside the window. She remembers the woman clutching her hair like an idiot. Her lips curved up at the side as she thought
'She and power don't match'
The car speed up the road leading back to the base