Prologue
909 Words
"Bread!! Freshly Baked Bread!! Come Buy Some!!" Tatsuo shouted as he held up a piece of bread in one of his hands.
The market is full of people and dense. Everyone selling will have a guarantee of making a profit, but Tatsuo hasn’t been lucky. He was in the market for the whole day, yet he only sold 2 pieces of bread
”Just give up kid, pack up your things and go home. There’s always tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow will be your day” Said the seller of jewellery right beside Tatsuo’s bread stand.
”Just one last bread, then I’ll go home” Tatsuo said, then proceeded to get the attention of a stranger passing by but failed to.
As Tatsuo starts to lose hope, a stranger with a cloak grabs a piece of bread and takes a good look at it.
Tatsuo notices the man and quickly gives his attention to him.
“How much for this bread, young one?” The stranger asked.
”That will be 5 bronze coins, sir!” Tatsuo happily replied.
”Hmm... I’ll take 10,” The stranger said.
”Okay, Sir!!!” Tatsuo replied then packed up 10 breads in a basket
”Here you go, Sir!!” Then he gives the basket to the stranger
The stranger hands Tatsuo 2 gold coins and says “Here you go young one, keep the change” and the stranger walks away into the crowd
Tatsuo was shocked because a gold coin had the highest value of all three coins (Bronze, Silver, Gold) “Uhhh Sir!!-“ Tatsuo shouts but the stranger is nowhere to be found
“Well kid, looks like it's your lucky time” The Seller compliments Tatsuo
“Yeah!! I’ll be going home now!! Ma and Pa will be so happy when they hear about this!!” Tatsuo joyfully said as he packed up the pieces of bread and his things
”Bye Mister!!!” Tatsuo waves and walks towards his home
The seller chuckles as he sits on his chair and continues to sell
Tatsuo walks joyfully as he skips while walking across the streets “ Ma and Pa are gonna be so thrilled about this!!”
As he walked past the clothing store, he saw a beggar on the sidewalk asking people for money so her daughter could eat for the night. Tatsuo approached them and gave them the basket full of bread from earlier
”Ma’am, take this and ration it so it lasts at least 3 days. I’ll try to bring you some in the next few days” Tatsuo kindly said and handed over the basket.
”Ohh. Thank you. You are a very good kid, but why help us?” The woman asked
”All of us are struggling because of the FTBS and I wanna do my best to help everyone that needs help” Tatsuo replied with confidence
”Shhhhhh, quiet down kid. They might hear you” The woman said as she pointed at the FTBS Police that were patrolling the streets “You do know that if they hear you mentioning about the FTBS negatively, they will lock you up. Even if you are just a kid and who knows what they will do to you inside the prison”
Tatsuo nods as he holds his mouth shut
”You should go now kid and be careful on your way home” The woman said
Tatsuo nodded and went on his way back home
”Do you know him Ma??” The daughter of the woman asked her as she watched Tatsuo walking across the street.
The woman shook her head and gave her bread “Here, go eat love. We got food for tonight” The woman said as she smiles
As Tatsuo made his way to their home, he saw a huge engulfing fire, eating away his home with his family inside of it. Tatsuo rushes towards their house but when he gets there, It is already too late. The whole house was covered in flames. Burning whoever is inside the house. Tatsuo tried to go inside in hopes of saving his family but he was stopped by their neighbors.
"MA!!!! PA!!!! LUCIO!!!" He shouts to the very top of his lungs while crying and witnessing their house fall down.
He saw his younger brother on the window, screaming and trying to break out as the house falls down to rubble.
(12 years later)
Tatsuo jumps from his bed because of that reoccurring nightmare
"Another bad dream.." Tatsuo said as he stood up and open his windows revealing the sun. He then went to the kitchen to make coffee.
"I will find who is the man behind that day. I'll get my justice" Tatsuo said as he looks at a portrait of his family
"Be advice, An armed personnel has entered the museum of fine arts, as of now we don't have any clear idea on what is his motives and what he looks like" The walkie-talkie announce
Tatsuo finished his coffee "I should go, I need to meet up with Yui" he said as his phone rings.
"Yeah? Ohh, Yui. Yeah im on my way" He said while dressing up and getting ready
"Don't be late Tatsuo" Yui said over the phone in a threatening voice
"Yeah yeah, I'll be there" Tatsuo said as he hangs up the phone and went out of his apartment.
- Writer
