He sat there in the sofa facing the city through the glass wall from the 73rd floor that his apartment was. A version of Mozart's Symphony 9 played in the 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos Surround sound system in his room. Having achieved the peak of the economic status reachable, he can have everything and grab anything he wanted. But "The best things in life are free.", a simple yet powerful phrase, rang through his mind.

He thought, "I no longer want to live this way!".

The reality of the world is that it will not give the truest purpose to anybody except those who seek for it. And then keep seeking for it. And then they will have to surpass all the fake purposes and propaganda presented by many fraud schools of thoughts.

He was Zatoichi's closest friend.