@oddy surprisingly my approach has been that everyone seems to have a link to the past and that link will bring them together one way or another
Chapter 8
Reina's POV
The feeling of hunger filled my mind as I headed over toward the police station. After Ai left, I decided to walk into the convenience store. It was weird that only a night ago I was on the floor with the robber inside. My body lured me to the hot food section and I felt a tap on my shoulder.
“Hello… boss.” I turned to find a girl bowing her head to me.
“Boss? Who are you?” She pointed at her name tag, I looked at it and read it as Maasa.
“I was a trainee when you left, Miya and Aika were my teachers until you left, they went their separate ways, and left me without a group.” She explained.
“Aika went on deliveries and Miya was sucked into the prostitution.” Her body cringed when I mentioned Miya’s name.
“I saw Miya a while back, she never looked like a prostitute, but she had told me about you going into the police force. I never believed it because it would only risk yourself for your past.”
“Well, I did get in, because I had knowledge that could get the high officials fired. However, they sent me into a special division, in which Miya gave me some insight.” Maasa’s eyes lit up.
“Miya never gave up hope that you would come back, but I think it might work out for you, especially your compassion.” She smiled as I took her to the side.
“I will still kill you if you do give it away.” I whispered into her ear as she pulled away from my grip.
“Ok, have a good day!” I grabbed the items I needed and walked up to the cashier.
As she progressed in checking out the piles of noodles dishes in front of her, I called Maasa over to toss her a container, and gave the cashier one for appreciation. Then, I took Maasa to the side again while the cashier took the next customer.
“What about the youngins, how they doing?”
“They just make trouble to the local police and steal to feed the elderly.” I smirked at the explanation.
“Thanks for the info, I’ll be back.” I walked out and opened the container of hot noodles.
I put a decent amount into my mouth before chewing it, as I walked to the station. Rarely, I could enjoy noodles but since it wasn’t an emergency, I could take my time to arrive at the station. However, I heard my phone ring and answered it with my mouth full.
“Tanaka, swallow and answer me properly.” I took down the big mass and wiped my mouth with the one napkin provided.
“Gomen, Nakazawa, what’s up?”
“Your partner is on her way to the station, please come down immediately.” After she hung up, I dumped the open container into the trash and ran all the way down to the station.
After about a mile of running, I stood by the corner and someone pushed me from behind. Before I could say anything, she lifted her head, and watched the banana get squashed. Then, she looked at me through her sunglasses and ran away with whatever was left in her bag. The tall figure left a receipt behind, in which I picked it up, and saw the name of the customer:
Coastline Protection, Inc.
I just slipped it into my pocket and ran the half of block down to the station where Risa had been waiting for me.
“Ai is coming back to the station, she was attacked, but it has been neutralized by her and Yoshizawa should be on their way here.” She reported.
“I see, are we going to start on the interrogation?” I asked as Risa looked through her notes.
“Soon, she has requested her lawyer, he should be coming down soon enough.” I walked to my desk to relax as we waited for the people to show.
Risa took the seat next to me and we looked at the clock waiting who would come to the station first. I was looking over at my food and offered Risa a container of noodles. She politely accepted it and put it aside for later. I didn't know when Ai would be coming so I placed it in the fridge and walked back to my seat where Risa put her head onto the table.
“Lucky, you get your day off, I have mines tomorrow, but I am tired.” I smiled to agree to that point.
We were soon approached by Ishikawa who was waiting for her partner to come back after the response of the attack on the train.
“Takahashi is a hell of a cop, she took down two people with guns, Nakazawa should be happy that she didn’t follow Sayu.” I turned to Ishikawa and tilted my head.
“What do you mean by that?” Ishikawa paused before taking me to the back where the raid equipment was stored.
“After we interviewed Takahashi, we had a scoop that Sayu was given an opportunity to take on a better paying job, since Nakazawa had refused the transfer, Sayu went on her own by deserting the force. She had been undercover since she had left us but we found out that Mrs. Kajiwara was employing her and two others.”
“If she is undercover then she could be helping us, but why isn’t she being cooperative?” I asked as Ishikawa turned toward the room.
“For her own sake and Ai’s forgiveness, as a theory…” I absorbed the words but somehow in me, I knew that I had loved her too much to give up for that reasoning.
“Sayu had a mutual respect for Ai, they spent nights together planning every thing out, I became kinda jealous when their names would up for anything because they were each determined to make things work out for each of us.” She went on explaining.
“That’s why Ai never knew because Sayu had planned this all along, behind everything, she was determined to a cause.” I began to speak to myself as Risa tried to catch my attention.
Before I could think about Ishikawa’s theory, Ai came through the front door, and walked through the door of the interrogation room. Risa and I looked from outside as Ai became furious at the suspect. It seemed that she had known this woman that she was inches from her face while she looked unfazed. I knew that Ai could attack at any time and I charged in to protect Ai from anymore danger.
“Hmm, it seems you might have a person closer to you than that bunny. I hope it serves you well that now you become enemy number one.” Ai broke my grip and went back into her face.
“You were my idol when we were at the academy, I appreciated all the things you did for me as an officer, why do this to yourself?” Ai visibly was ready to strangle her as I pulled her away.
“I’ll wait for my lawyer, so I can talk.” She crossed arms while I kept Ai in control of her anger.