Maybe we'll know more in later chapters, there was such a big time jump and now takemichi is in highschool so maybe he did some cool shit or they heard about him from back in the days is my guess ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
I would have actually preferred all of them dying because who the fuck would be mentally stable after seeing so much death? But moreover, this was very interesting to read.
bro istg I CANNOT WITH THESE CLIFFHANGERS *sobs