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Chapter 51 - Episode 51

That evening.

"I’m telling you, give Hayate back! If you can’t do that, then at least tell me where he was taken!!"

Rena was at the airport service counter, searching for Hayate.

"My lady. Let’s go to the hotel for today. You’ve already consulted with your father, and it would be better for you to rest a little until the investigation progresses."

Rena’s bodyguard, Mochizuki Kureha, proposed they move from their current location while remaining vigilant of their surroundings.

This was because she had noticed the presence of someone monitoring them from a short distance away. The ones watching Rena and the others were also mercenaries hired by David. They were the insurance in case the brainwashing on Hayate didn’t work. However, since Hayate was successfully brainwashed, all the mercenaries had already withdrawn.

Even though the observers had suddenly disappeared, Kureha felt she couldn’t let her guard down. But she also understood the anxious feelings of her charge, whose lover had gone missing in a foreign land.

So she half-forcefully pulled Rena, who refused to move from the service counter, and led her to an uncrowded spot a short distance away.

"Please listen carefully. Hayate-sama will be absolutely fine. He is the strongest ninja, acknowledged by that Hattori Juuzo."

"Y, yeah. But…"

"You are in more danger than he is, my lady."

"Huh, me?"

"Until just a moment ago, about ten people were monitoring our movements. It might be related to Hayate-sama’s disappearance. My lady, under what circumstances do you think Hayate-sama would be unable to use his full power?"

"…For example, if I were taken hostage."

Kureha was impressed by the intelligence of the master she served. And to reassure the anxious Rena, she nodded with a smile.

"Exactly. If we leave this place and position ourselves somewhere where it is easier to protect you, it might lead to helping him."

"But, but. What if Hayate wasn’t captured by bad people, but was just arrested by this country’s judicial authorities?"

"Even in that case, there is no problem. He can be released upon payment of bail. The Shinonome Zaibatsu holds a considerable amount of power even within the United States. So please rest assured."

He wouldn’t be able to return to Japan until a verdict was reached in court, but she would still be able to spend time with Hayate.

"O, okay. Hayate will be fine, right? He’ll be able to move more freely if I’m in a safe place. Maybe I should even increase the number of bodyguards."

"Thank you for your understanding. We were unable to pursue the people watching us earlier, but if we increase the number of guards, it will become possible to tail any suspicious individuals who appear. A request for additional guards has already been submitted to Shinonome-sama."

"Okay. Thank you, Mochizuki-san."

Rena still looked a little dissatisfied, but she prepared to move with Kureha and the others.

"M, my lady! Please look at this."

One of the maids stopped Rena as she was about to leave and showed her the smartphone in her hand.

"What’s this, a dungeon clearing stream? Wait, Hayate? H, why!?"

Hayate, who was supposed to have gone missing at the airport, was in a dungeon somewhere.