Guyver Armor: KAP-2

Chapter 105 The Meeting, the Lingering Warmth of Fatherly Love

Sato Kenichi let out a long sigh, closed his eyes wearily, and when he opened them again, all that remained in his eyes was deep helplessness: "Ah—Shirai Hideo, you old man, you've really made my life miserable."

He took one last look around at the group of people in front of him, and once again recalled the character of these people from the intelligence he had gathered.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally felt as if a huge burden had been lifted from his shoulders and slowly made up his mind.

"Now that we're on this pirate ship, there's no turning back—"

Sato spoke in a low voice, his tone filled with a desperate resolve: "There's no other way. I'll stake my daughter's and my safety's on this one time. But you must promise not to involve her!"

"If she is in any danger, I will immediately stop all research!"

The following afternoon.

In a quiet bookstore next to the main gate of Tokyo Metropolitan University, warm yellow light falls on the open notebooks. Hoshino Yuki—

The annotations are drawn by the fingertips lightly tracing the edges of the pages.

Her shoulder-length light chestnut hair was tucked behind her ears with a simple silver hair clip, revealing her smooth forehead and delicate features. Her off-white knit sweater made her skin appear even whiter, and she exuded a quiet and reserved scholarly air.

But at this moment, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes held an undisguised anxiety.

Normally, on the last Saturday of every two months, her father would put new letters, documents, and living expenses for the period into the secret compartment of the western suburban cemetery. But when she went there this morning, the compartment was empty; nothing was left behind.

"I hope nothing bad has happened to Dad."

Hoshino Yukie murmured to herself, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

She knew that her father worked in Kronos's secret service, and that he was always in hiding, making it impossible to even meet him openly.

But he had never missed the appointed time like this before, without leaving a single message.

"Excuse me, are you Hoshino Yukie?"

Just then, a calm and gentle voice sounded beside her, deliberately lowered to avoid attracting attention: "I went to your classroom, and your classmates said you came here."

Hoshino Yukie suddenly looked up, her light chestnut-colored bangs swaying slightly, and her almond-shaped eyes widened instantly as she looked at the man in front of her warily.

He was dressed in simple dark casual wear, with a tall and straight posture, a handsome face, and black-rimmed glasses, exuding a gentle and harmless aura.

"Who are you?"

Hoshino instinctively shrank back, clutching the notebook to her chest like a frightened little animal, her tone full of wariness: "I don't know you."

Tsubasa Kamino gently pulled up a chair next to her and sat down opposite her, pushing a familiar blue and white checkered bag gently in front of her: "I am a friend of your father, Mr. Kenichi. He asked me to bring you something."

"How did this end up in your hands?!"

Upon seeing the package, Hoshino Yukie instantly became excited, and most of the wariness in her eyes vanished.

She knew that no one other than someone her father trusted would know about their relationship.

She quickly reached out and took it, her eyes slightly reddening, her voice trembling with emotion: "My father—is he alright? He missed our appointment yesterday, and I'm so worried about him."

Looking at the worry in the girl's eyes, and recalling Sato's anxious expression when he entrusted her with these words, Tsubasa's heart softened slightly. She said gently, "Don't worry, your father is fine. He has taken on an urgent research project and needs to remain in hiding for a while, so he can't deliver things to you as usual."

We will take over all future communication and supply transfer work.

He paused, his tone becoming increasingly serious: "He told me to make sure you tell him not to go to the western suburbs cemetery again, and not to easily contact strangers. Take good care of yourself."

"An emergency mission, covert?" Hoshino Yukie frowned, her worry deepening. "Don't lie to me—has he encountered some danger?"

Following Sato's request, Tsubasa Kamino didn't reveal too much, but calmly reassured him: "I can only say that your father is doing something very important right now, something that will allow him to completely escape danger and see you openly in the future."

"When the time is right, I promise he will come to see you in person."

As he spoke, Tsubasa Kamino took out a small encrypted communicator from his pocket, gently placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Yukie Hoshino: "Take this. If there is any emergency, you can use it to contact us, and we will arrive as soon as possible."

Hoshino Yukie solemnly picked up the communicator and held it tightly in her hand. The cool touch on her palm reassured her a little.

She blinked and said softly, "Thank you. Please be sure to tell Dad that I will take good care of myself and not let him worry."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and took out a neatly folded envelope from her bag. She carefully handed it to Jin Yeyi, her eyes filled with a hint of shyness and expectation: "Please take this to my father. Inside is the cell culture experiment report that I completed following the ideas in his notes."

I didn't dare write too much, afraid that others would find out. I only wrote down the key points, and I want to explain them to him in person when he comes back.

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"Hoshino-kun, you have a father who loves you very much. He does everything he can to make sure you can live a peaceful life."

Tsubasa Kanno took the envelope, carefully placed it in her inner pocket, and nodded gently. "Don't worry, I will personally deliver it to Mr. Sato and convey your words to him without missing a single one. I will also tell him your feelings completely."

Without saying another word, Kamino Tsubasa turned and strode quickly toward the bookstore entrance, his figure soon blending into the crowd at the street corner and disappearing without a trace.

Hoshino Yukie sat there, clutching the encrypted communicator tightly in her hand, her gaze fixed on the small blue and white bag. The anxiety in her eyes gradually gave way to a resolute expression.

Meanwhile, at the Odagiri residence, Sato Kenichi sat at his desk with Murakami's Beast God Body test data spread out in front of him, but he couldn't concentrate on reading a single word.

Just then, the door opened and Tsubasa Kamino walked in.

He gently handed the envelope to Sato.

"Dr. Sato, I have accomplished my mission."

Sato carefully took the envelope, his fingertips even trembling slightly. He slowly opened it, and inside was Hoshino Yukie's neat handwriting, which detailed the experimental process and results of cell culture. At the end was a small doodle of a sun, exactly the same as usual.

Looking at the words on the paper, a long-lost gentleness finally appeared on Sato's lips, and the worries and hesitations in his eyes completely disappeared.

"Thank you, Mr. Kamino."

He carefully placed the envelope into his inner pocket, looked up at Tsubasa Kamino, and said solemnly, "Now, I have no more worries, and I can start my research at any time."

Sato stood up, his gaze falling on the research data on the table. A researcher's fervor finally shone in his eyes: "The super biotechnology of the Descendants—hmph, I'll show that old man Shirai that even after all these years, I can still easily outclass him!"