kurosawa-As long as there's people out there for Reina to kill there will be missions
Kikk4r-Ai will do some killing pretty soon but I won't say when or who she'll kill
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"Hello?"
"Hello Lt. Do you know who this is?"
"Yes. You must be from the Nishizawa crime family. I've been expecting you to call."
"Our family has had some issues lately and we could use your help. We've heard a lot about your work in Columbia and Somalia"
"Ah yes. I've heard the Takahashis and Fujiis have been hitting you guys hard!"
"We want you to take out certain members of both groups. My assistant will email you the file with the names and pictures of your target."
"Ok I want 900,000 yen per confirmed kill and a ticket to any place in Japan. Can you promise me that?"
"Whatever you want. Just kill them."
"I'll do my best."
"Good luck, Lt. Li."
She hung up and walked over to her computer to check her email. She looked at her latest message. As she looked at the pictures, one in particular caught her eye. She immediately went to a nearby bookshelf and grabbed a old notebook. Flipping through the pages, she stopped at a page with several paragraphs of Chinese written on it.
"Never thought I'd have to kill you..." she said as she looked at the page "This is going to be a challenge"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ch. 25: The Assassin's Assassin pt. 1Reina and Erina sat in Sayumi's store, playing video games. It was 4 days after the death of Nishizawa Ryo and Reina was enjoying her vacation.
"Stop using the same move! That's not fair!" Erina cried
"Don't be mad just because you can't handle the ice powers of Subzero!" Reina replied, smiling "Fatality! I win again!"
"Just face it, Mano-san. You're not good at Mortal Kombat..." Sayu said, patting Erina's back
"Whatever. I think you cheated anyway" she mumbled, dropping the controller
"Well, Mano, we better get moving if we want to get to the movie on time” Reina said as she stood up
"Where are you headed?" Sayumi asked as she turned off the game system
"We're headed to my place to get money and then we're going to see this new scary movie" she answered, already headed towards the door "It starts in 30 minutes so we're in a hurry. See you later, Sayu!"
"We'll stop by tomorrow, Michishige-san. Thanks for the game!" Erina said, bowing and following Reina out the door "Bye!"
"Bye ladies!" Sayumi replied with a smile
The girls went back to Reina's apartment building and walked up the stairs to her apartment. As they approached the door, there was an odd smell in the air. It was different from the usual cigarette smoke smell that normally filled Reina's apartment building.
"What is that?" Erina asked, inhaling deeply "Smells weird..."
"Smells like...gasoline. It's smells like it's coming from my apartment..." Reina answered as they walked towards her door. They didn't notice the thin wire just inches above the ground until it was too late.
"TRIP WIRE!!!" Reina yelled as she attempted to pull Erina back. The hallway instantly erupted into a wall of flames.
"Let's get out of here!" Erina yelled as she backed away from the fire
"Follow me. We'll take the stairs." Reina said, grabbing her friend's arm
The two girls sprinted toward the stairwell as the building quickly filled with smoke but the stairwell's door was locked.
"Crap the door's locked! We gotta find another way out!" Reina yelled as she looked for an escape route. Her eyes landed on a window at the end of the hall.
"Awww we're going to burn in here" Erina cried as she fell to her knees
"No we're not. See that window down there?" Reina asked pointing down the hall "We're going to jump through it"
"We're three stories up! There is surely another way out!" Erina replied
"What would you rather have? Third degree burns and smoke-filled lungs or bruises and possibly broken bones?" Reina asked putting a hand on Erina's shoulder "I'd rather take the broken bones. Now let's go"
The two sprinted toward the window and dived through it.
They came to a few seconds later.
"Ugh, I’m not doing that again. Mano, you ok?" Reina asked
"Y-yeah...I think so" Erina answered softly "Where did we land?"
"In a dumpster, I think" Reina replied
"Eww, there's old watermelon juice all over my arm.." Erina whined "It's sticky."
"Stop complaining and let's get out of this thing." Reina said as she climbed out of the dumpster
"What happened in there?" Erina asked as she climbed out
"Well, it seems like someone tried to kill us. Well mainly me but you just happened to be here" she explained "I'm assuming the Nishizawas are behind this"
"Not the Nishizawas! Just me!" a voice said from behind the two. They turned around to find a tall woman in a military jacket, t shirt, and shorts standing before them.
"Who are yo--" Erina managed to say before the woman pulled out a pistol and shot her. She collapsed to the ground.
"Now that she's out of the way, we can talk" the woman calmly announced
"Mano!" Reina yelled as she checked on her friend "You have no idea who you just pissed off!"
"Oh but I do, Tanaka Reina! I have been researching you for a while now. You're from Fukuoka originally and the you're the only daughter of a chef, low level crime lord, and single father” she explained “He was arrested for poisoning a rival gangster 10 years ago and sentenced to 40 years."
"H-how do you know about my father?" Reina asked, still crouched by Erina
"After he was arrested, you attempted to stay in school but it became too difficult and you dropped out three years later. You became a drifter, con-artist, and common thief. You slowly wandered north to Osaka where you met Takahashi Ai, a delinquent from a working class family in Fukui" she continued "You became fast friends and using your street smarts and her business smarts, you turned into a great team. Before long, the Takahashi group gained territory spanning several wards. She became one of the Kansai region's top crime bosses and you became one of Japan's top hitmen"
"Hold on! Why do you know these things? Who are you?" Reina said as she slowly stood up
"I'm Lt. Li Chun formerly of the Chinese Army. You can call me Junjun. I always like to do research on my targets before I kill them..." she calmly replied with a smirk "And today you're my target!"