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Right, it's me.

The Char Sius' top assassin.

Yeek!

Please... Please don't hurt me!

I can overlook everything you just did, for now.

But listen up. I'll only ask this once. And if I don't like your answer...

Well, you'll see.

I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything that I know!

Where are the goods the Lou Seois stole from us last week?

I don't know!

Why did you steal them? Who's the buyer?

I don't know...

Again you don't know?!

I really don't know!

I-I've only been with the gang for two months... I really don't know any of our big secrets!

Then what DO you know?!

It was last week! Our members stole something from the Char Sius at the port. The boss was real happy, but he went missing just a few days later.

We looked everywhere, but couldn't find a thing.

(So their boss really is missing.)

And then?

Then, we got your guys' message today. I figured there was going to be a fight, so I tagged along. Seriously, that's all I know!

(Hm... Looks like that's all I'm getting from this guy.)

*Cough*. I'll tell you this much. Your boss? We Char Sius kidnapped him.

Go home and tell your boss. Uh... tell whoever's calling the shots without him.

I'll give you one last chance to settle this peacefully. Meet us at the docks with what you stole. Midnight.

And I'd better see some sincerity, or your boss is dead meat.

Now scram.

Okay!

Phew...

Looks like he bought it.

It's not easy playing the villain.

Calm down. Calm down... Next up...

You idiot! Imbecile!

We had the guy tied up. How'd you let him get away? Now how are we supposed to negotiate with the Lou Seois?

What're you yelling at me for? You brought all those guys and still couldn't catch him!

Why you—

I heard somebody's looking for me.

It's you!

Yep, it's me.

Heh, I gotta hand it to you two. You've got keen eyes, being able to see through my act.

That's right. I'm the boss of the Lou Seois.

I knew it... W-What do you want?

It's very simple. The things we took from you? You can have them back. But we'll need an explanation for why you kidnapped me.

We'll be waiting for you at the docks with the goods, tonight at midnight. I want all of the Char Sius there.

I'll let you have what's yours, but I won't tolerate this disrespect.

(What should we do? Do we still want it...?)

(W-Wait... He's all by himself. We managed to knock him out earlier, maybe we can...)

Hold it right there!

T-That's the Feline hitman! It's her!

Heh, I let my guard down and got ambushed once, but did you really think I'd let it happen again?!

Sounds to me you don't know who you're dealing with.

*Cough*...

(What do I do now?)

(The wall. The wall!)

(Oh, right.)

Hah!

She knocked the wall down... in one strike!

I'll be waiting at the docks in two hours. You better show up if you know what's good for you!

What do we do now...?

What do you mean, what do we do? There's no running from it. We just have to go!

Wait, wait! Hold on! Why are we running so fast?

You still haven't told me what this charade's all about.

Phew... This should be far enough.

*Sigh* To tell you the truth, I don't really know what's going on myself.

Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll treat you to some finballs next time.

No worries. It's no big deal.

You really looked like some mafia boss just now, though. I nearly fell for it myself.

Do I really look like such a bad guy?

You're not hiding any secret identities from me, are you?

Come on, stop teasing me.

Eh, I'll head to the docks first. All of this should start to make sense come midnight.

Good. Right on time.

Heh, I could say the same to you.

Where're the goods?

Slow down. Where's our boss?

Don't make me laugh. You think you can just keep screwing with us like this?

Now cut the crap and give us what's ours!

In your dreams! Let us see the boss first!

Taking us for a ride, are you? You want to go again?

Let's do it! I ain't afraid of you!

Okay, let's drop the weapons. If you got anything to say, say it at the station.

Shit! It's a set-up!

All of you, come with me.

You're the one who called this in, right?

Yeah, that's me...

Mind telling me how you found out a deal was going down between these two gangs?

Uh... It's a long story...

I'm still wrapping my head around it, but that's about the size of it... Do you believe me?

Hahaha, don't be so nervous. The L.G.D.'s actually been following this case for a while now.

Guess there's no harm in telling you. Most of their weapon cache actually got strewn all over the streets after their last rumble. The L.G.D. tried to retrieve as much as we could, but the Char Sius still managed to get their hands on a decent chunk of what's left.

I-Isn't that dangerous?

Yeah, though they didn't have the guts to smuggle the weapons themselves.

They were thinking of taking out the brand new Originium Devices on the weapons, and selling those instead. Of course, that's illegal too.

The L.G.D. apprehended the Lou Seois' boss the other day. He was looking for a buyer for the stolen goods, you see.

He's pretty tight-lipped. Couldn't get much out of him. We owe you a great deal tonight. It's all thanks to your plan that we managed to apprehend all these people.

Though come to think of it, you really shouldn't do anything so dangerous again.

I see, so that's how it is...

Um, ma'am? If there's nothing else, is it okay if I go now?

Hold on.

Truth be told, I've actually been keeping an eye on you too. With your skills, I think you're a bit overqualified to be a mere street hawker.