Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 343 - The Laid-Back Hostage

After the gangsters dropped me in front of the building, they didn't even hesitate to close the van and drive away from the place. It was like they are avoiding a plague or something similar though I am quite sure I am the main reason they decided to leave quickly. To them, it is crazy for someone to not be worried and be nonchalant about the situation. Someone who still has the gut to threaten the kidnappers on what to do is someone that is not to be messed with. Thankfully, the leaders of those guys are smart enough to know that I am not someone they can easily mess with. They really did the smartest move.

Now that they dropped me in front of the company, I am quite sure they are already waiting for me.

Upon entering the building, two guards stopped me in my tracks.

"What is your business with here, boy?" the more muscular security guard blocks the way using his large body, trying to intimidate me with his muscles. Too bad, I am not even the slightest affected by his display.

"Why are you asking me? Shouldn't your boss know? I am dragged here by his men forcefully and now you are asking me? You guys are just wasting my time."

I was about to go back when a guy who looks like a bodyguard of a big shot appeared.

"He is saying the truth, let him in."

When the bodyguard-looking guy gives permission, the guards no longer block the way and let me through without any difficulty.

"The president is waiting."

I nodded and followed the guy straight to the elevator. He didn't say anything but I can see written in his face the confusion. Perhaps he is confused on why I am not being escorted by anyone and perhaps on my behavior. As someone who has been taken forcefully, no one would act like it's nothing to them.

Soon, we reach the top floor where the president, Ayane's father is currently on.

The office is the typical boss office, with a long table with documents, an open laptop, some books and papers of the work. The view outside the building can be clearly seen due to the clear glass that serves as the only barrier between the inside and outside. Maybe all boss offices are similar to this especially if you are a rich man.

The chair of the boss is currently facing behind so he has not seen me just yet. Currently, his secretary seems to be feeding him. Damn, what a lazy bum.

"So, did you guys manage to bring him here, very good."

"..."

From the looks of it, he didn't know that the men he hired to kidnap me did not escort me at all. He is just assuming I was being escorted by them.

"Hey, why are you guys not talking at all. You guys are a noisy bunch, to begin with so why..." he turned around and stopped talking when he saw me grinning at him.

"Heh, why are you talking to people who didn't exist here? Are you some kind of an idiot?"

The old man is visibly shocked. He looked at the bodyguard who escorted me to this place.

"What is going on?! Where are those numbskulls?! I clearly ordered them to bring the hostage here, then why is the hostage here all alone?! Where the f*ck are they?!"

"Ah, them? They are smart enough to leave before things get really bad. It seems those guys are hesitating."

The old man frowned. He then does a sign and from the looks of it, it's a command to his bodyguard. It was a quick sign but the bodyguard quickly pulled out a firearm. So he is planning to interrogate me huh? But, this is too slow.

"[Shockwave]"

It was just a blink of an eye but a thunderclap occurred inside the office and the bodyguard who was just about to point the pistol to me collapsed, releasing the pistol from his grasp.

"Gotcha..." I grinned as I catch the pistol in my hands. They might not look identical but this one functions similarly to the gun in Alternate World, right? I started spinning the gun in my hands and look at the baffled old man.

"I don't know why you wanted to threaten me over the fault of your daughter. And besides, it was just a slight injury, so why would you go to the lengths of doing this?"

"You don't understand me. I will do anything to appease my daughter. She is my one and only daughter and my only treasure. If something happened to her, I will not forgive myself. So seeing an injury on her arm made me want to punish the person who did it. I am not wrong aren't I?!"

I see. So he was just doting to his daughter. I don't know the main details but I heard Ayane's mother passed away while Ayane is still a kid. He is just spoiling his daughter since his wife is not there. However, it seems like this kind of growth made Ayane a spoiled b*tch that didn't know danger or anything. Perhaps she thinks no one can defy her father. Well, they are not that bad, but they still needed some lessons. Doing something like this just because you have the power to do so, is not something I would tolerate. What if they clashed with someone who is not capable of defending themselves? Someone's life would be ruined due to Ayane's toxic way of understanding things.

And the first step on that is through the main source, the father of Ayane.

"Your fatherly instincts are not wrong. It is the duty of a father to protect their family, however, your way of sheltering your daughter is too much that I am sure you will destroy someone else's life in the process."

"And who are you to say something like that?! Remember that you are in my territory. One wrong move from you and your life will be over!"

"Whoa, scary. So, what do you want me to do, scream and beg for forgiveness to your daughter? Then call your daughter. It would be unethical for me to apologize to someone like you whom I didn't do anything with."

"Huh...you got a point there," the old man grinned and he pushed a button on his laptop. Then I heard the voice of Ayane on the other side of the line.

"Dad? Why did you call me? Perhaps it is done?"

"He is now asking for your presence so that he can apologize."

"Ah, yes. That's great! I will be there in a moment!"

Wow, the little b*tch is so eager to see me suffer huh? Damn, I underestimated the high pride of this woman in the past timeline, a good thing I didn't cross with her much despite being with Teruyama most of the time. This f*cker has a loose screw on her brain.

"My daughter can decide whether you can live tomorrow to see the light. Perhaps you should already pray for what is going to happen."

"Meh, boring," I grumbled and sits down on the floor. Since I have nothing to do, I decided to start disassembling the gun. It is a licensed pistol from the bodyguard and it cannot be compared to the pistols that America has but this is still a real deal gun. Maybe seeing what is inside might allow me to have an inspiration in creating guns in Alternate World since it is one of the troublesome things I have a hard time creating.

Without a real gun as reference, I can only go to the internet and search about it but nothing beats a real gun disassembly experience than in real life. Damn, how long before I can get out of here though? Author, can you do something about it? Give me some plot armor or something for me to get out of this mess.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Are you blind? I am disassembling the gun."

"You *sshole, I am just trying to hold back because you are just a kid but the way your tone is towards someone older than you is getting irritating. Annie, silence him, will you?"

The secretary slightly unbutton her blouse, exposing her cleavage. It seems she did it for the comfort of moving in rapid speed.

"Understood."

And in a single blink of an eye, she disappeared beside him and appeared behind me. It was fast, but not fast enough that I can't keep up.

FWIP!

"What?!" the female secretary was visibly shaken when I catched her knife that was meant to be used as a tool for threatening me.

"I commend your speed in using the knife. However, it was just not fast enough for me to not see. Give it up. I am not interested in dealing with you."

I easily pulled off the knife in her hands and send it to the table of the old man.

"You better behave or the next time you do something, you are going down from this floor immediately without using an elevator or stairs. Stay put like a dog, okay?"