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It's a great place, and no less impressive than Dossoles. If you have the time for another vacation, I recommend it.

Trust me. Lungmen won't disappoint.

Don't hurt me, Miss Ch'en. I won't do it again!

Your eyes and the hand behind your back tell a different story.

This looks like a great place to hide your lackeys. You have a bunch of them here, don't you? Get them out.

Hmph, I shouldn't have expected any less from you. Come on out, everybody!

Get her!

Hold that thought.

Who?

Sorry to intrude. Give us a second. Ch'en, what gives? You're in a fight, and you didn't think to call me?

Here you are, anyway.

Heh, Ch'en, I've noticed you've gotten cockier ever since you went to Rhodes Island.

Enough. I'll leave you half.

Sure thing.

Grr, it's all of us against you alone, and you still got the upper hand.

You put on a show to lure me into fighting you, then you want to ambush me. Why all the hassle for little old me?

All of us would be making a killing right about now if it wasn't for you, Ch'en.

I don't get it, all eyes in the city are on you and Lin right now, and the mayor's got your back. You could have all the fame and fortune you wanted.

Why can't you go shoot some commercials and go on your talk shows and leave us alone?!

You could be rolling in all the dough, but you have to stop us from making money.

This has got nothing to do with you. Now come with me to the police station.

Hah, the police station.

The jails at the police stations here have been sitting empty for so long. Guess they will finally get to fill them.

I'm not sure if you know this, Ch'en, but as soon as the man I'm working for gives the cops a call, we'll all be out of there before you walk out the front door.

You'll remember this lesson I taught you, though.

Yeah, of course I will. How could I ever forget such a badass? Heh.

Let it go, Ch'en. There's no talking to these guys. Let's try breaking his hand. That will keep him from giggling.

I won't do that, and don't you dare. Not like I have the authority to stop you, though.

I know the drill, but you don't really think I listened to you just because you were my boss, do you?

Well, I can't break his hand, but I can at least gag him, right?

Hoshiguma ties a rope around the criminal's mouth before giving it a strong pull.

Nnnnnngh—

Whatever you want.

Okay, let's take them to the station.

These men are suspected of destruction of property and attempted to assault me in a premeditated manner. I'll leave them to you.

What? They'd attack you, Miss Ch'en? P-P-Please, leave them to us! I promise they'll get what's coming for them.

Nnnnnnngh!!

You can stop winking! Now that you got on Miss Ch'en's bad side, there's nothing the men behind you can do for you.

Give them the punishment they deserve. That's all you need to do.

Of course! Anything you say.

Hm? What's going on over there?

You know how much work it took to earn that kind of money?!

How could you even say that?!

And what'll you do about it? I'm in a bad mood today. If you don't want to spend the rest of the week in jail, then scram!

You... *Sigh*!

What's the matter?

M-Miss Ch'en? N-Nothing. This guy's being unreasonable, is all. Haha.

Ch'en?! I'm not being unreasonable. I saved for a whole year just to join this championship. I even won a little money and put it right on my card.

Then somebody stole my card while I was walking down the street this morning! That's why I came to the police station to ask for help catching the thief.

But as soon as I told him how much I had in the bank, he laughed at me and told me to leave!

Is that so?

Yes, uh... No... What I meant was...

Where can I check the surveillance drones' footage?

Huh? Uh... We can watch them right here in the station... It's been a while since we used them, though.

Show me.

Yes, ma'am!

You come too.

T-Thank you, Miss Ch'en!

The room's a little stuffy. Sorry about that.

It's fine. Give me the key. We'll take it from here.

Yes, of course. Uh... If you need me for anything, please don't hesitate to ask.

Well, the equipment here sure looks advanced. More so than anything we have back home.

But all this clearly isn't getting much use. It's honestly a waste.

How's the surveillance equipment back at the department? Has it been upgraded yet? I brought it up once before I left.

Nope, but we got the approval, at least. It'll probably take a good while still.

That's good.

Do you know how to use it?

It's a Columbian system, so I can at least read it. The authentication, on the other hand... Grr, should've kept the guy here.

Let's give this a try...

Ch'en says and holds her phone up to the authentication terminal. A crisp sound of approval floats out.

Alright, looks like they did give me all the permissions... *Sigh*.

What's so bad about that? Maybe you should consider getting a job here. These men listen to you. It's got to be a happier place to work.

I'll pass.

Hey, um, I don't understand what you're saying there.

Oh, we're both from Lungmen, just chatting away in our language. Don't sweat it.

Okay, you two keep on talking.

You seem to have calmed down.

Right. It puts my mind at ease when you are willing to help me. Everyone in the city knows you're not like the cops.

With you helping me, I'll be fine even if we don't end up catching the thief.

Relax. Ch'en and I have dealt with hundreds of cases like this one, if not thousands.

When was it stolen? The more details you can give me, the better.

It was about eleven o'clock, maybe right in the middle of Knox Avenue? That place right in front of the big bar there.

Isn't that around where Lin Yühsia's bar is...? You wait outside. I'll look into it for you, but you can't be here seeing all this.

Don't worry. You gave me more than enough details. Even if the cameras didn't get anything, there were probably witnesses.

Okay, thanks for the help.

The contestant leaves the control room to wait outside.

Heh, that's just like you, Ch'en. Folks trust you, no matter where you are.

The local police should be dealing with this.

It's not so bad to set an example for them, no?

Only if they are willing to learn.

Haha, that's true.

Come help me.

Set the time from 10:00 to 12:00. I'll watch these two feeds. You check the other two.

Sure thing.

You know, Ch'en?

What?

Maybe I shouldn't say it...

You always end up saying it anyway.

Haha. Well, you were absolutely swagger when you talked to those incompetent guys just now.

This is how I used to talk to everyone back in the department too. It's a force of habit, but you're right. I should fix it.