As Ria’s stomach suddenly start growling, Rouka quickly cover his mouth with his hand, all to hide any possible weird face he might be making. What a busy girl, he thought. Quickly after that, a familiar tone from Ria’s cellphone fills the quiet room, notifying her of incoming mail. While Ria writing respond to the said message, Rouka noticed a small vibration on his pants pocket.
"………"
Without even checking his phone, Rouka simply put his hand into his pocket and press the button to make it stop. What a worrywart, he thought to himself.
"Oi...shorty pants. Shall we go?"
While Rouka was lost in thought, Ria's voice pulled him back into reality. After giving her a nod, Rouka opens the door and the two descend to the first floor.
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"Inspector Ouka, is there something wrong?"
"Ah, sorry, it is nothing. I was just checking an acquaintance."
"Is it that boy you've been talking about in the office?"
"You sure have good memory. Yes, it is him. But we can talk about it later, tell me the situation."
The seventh victim of Saika incident. An odd case where the victim had their blood overflowing from their own body. Just like the previous one, the victim's body are practically uninjured, but due to extreme amount of blood lost, the body looked like it had been sucked dry. The woman known as Inspector Ouka then crouch down to give the corpse a closer look. This is going nowhere, Ouka thought inside her head. During the course of several month, this sight is slowly turning into a common sight, and it's definitely not something to be celebrated.
"You got the victim data right?"
"Yes. Our Intel just finished it few hours ago" said her assistance as he showed her a tablet containing the requested data. Ouka give it a quick read and pay focus on one particular part of it.
".........Another Esper, huh. The unregistered one up to boot"
The unregistered, as the name imply it is data of Esper that not yet been registered in the COIN Esper database. Whatever
it wants there is a reasoning behind it, Ouka thought as she clench her fist.
"We're done here. Whatever we're facing here is definitely not ordinary. I'm still not sure how come
it manage to grab hold information we have not yet obtained, but that precisely why we must end this fast, or else the public will eventually connect the dots together."
"Ah, y-yes!"
Hides under the normality of the world, lies an unknown entity. No one yet to know what it wants nor what it seeks. But it is undoubtedly moving towards something. Comes with it are those one who supports it, opening the curtain to another side of the world that is yet to be explored.
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The first floor of Katz cafe is the main hall, where the majority the costumer gathers. On the left side are lines of nicely tidied tables where the costumers enjoy their food and drink. Table and chair are made of fine high quality wood and the store's generally grey aesthetics gives up an antique feels to it and makes a really relaxing atmosphere.
It is slightly after the rush hour, so the number of costumer had already decreased a bit, but there still quite amount of costumer remains. Most of the remaining costumers are ones waiting in line at the counter, seemingly ordering the store famous shortcake for take-out. Without further ado, Rouka and Ria heads up to one of the empty table and press the table bell. Soon after, a young waitress come to their table.
"Ah, isn't it Rouka and Milady. Going to eat here today? or do you want me to call the Master?"
The waitress who approaches them is the floor chief of this Katz cafe, "Christine" is her stage name for the store. Meanwhile, the Master she is talking about is the de facto Manager of Katz cafe. While on-paper it is Ria who is the manager, the one who actually run the place is none other but Master himself. Rouka have only met him several times, but he gives up a gentle kind vibes. Master says that he's a former COIN agent but quit after he enters his sixties. No one ever mentioned said his real name, but as everyone simply call him Master, Rouka follows along. As people working here are people from Tsurara, all of them call Ria as milady. Which is a really fitting name for her, Rouka thought.
"No thanks, we're just here for extra lunch. Can you get me a pancake and a iced tea?" so he said stating his order. Ria herself said she have something to talk about, but decides so just hold it on till they finish eating. Therefore, Rouka decides to wait till Ria herself talk about it.
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