Do You Exist?
Plot
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place between captors and captive, to the difficulty and eventual astonishment of the prefecture's Chief of Police.
Keywords: rural-setting
Mrs. Toshiko Yanagawa: [sweetly] By the way... I haven't asked you yet, but what will my ransom be? [Kazama holds up five fingers] Five? How much is that? How much for each finger?::'Lightning': 10 million yen. Fifty million in all. It's been decided.::Mrs. Toshiko Yanagawa: [her smile disappeares] How much did you say?::'Lightning': Fifty million yen. You've been nice to us but that's one thing, and your ransom is another. It's fifty million. No discount!::Mrs. Toshiko Yanagawa: [sternly] Young man. Who do you think I am? Although I'm old, I am the head of the great Yanagawa family! Don't underestimate me. Make it simple and clear. Ten BILLION yen. If I was worth less than that, I'd die in shame. Understand? Ten billion. No discount.
'Lightning': If I hadn't met you, I'd never have thought of kidnapping you.::Mrs. Toshiko Yanagawa: Really? I see. Some climb a mountain because it's there. You KIDNAPPED me because I was there.
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