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Clink . Crash ! A drunk man, stumbling down a dark, and lonely street dropped his beer bottle on the wet concrete. "Shit! That was my last bottle." he slurred, throwing the empty box of booze he was carrying onto the ground, next to the shattered glass. The man continued his journey down the street, still stumbling and bumping into the occasional light pole.
Pit pat pit pat . The sound of light footsteps behind the man caused him to stop in his tracks. He didn't remember anyone else being on the street with him. "The fuck" he said while turning around to inspect. Nobody was there. "Must be imagining shit. Did I smoke something too?" he muttered to himself and turned around to continue his drunken stagger home.
As the man started to pass in front of a dark alleyway, a wave of nausea hit him. He staggered into the wall of the alleyway and bent over to empty the contents of his stomach.
BLEUGH !
"Ah fucking hell I'm never drinking again."
EUGH !!!
He let out a pained groan.
Over the sounds of his groaning he couldn't hear the sound of rapid footsteps approaching him from behind.
Pitpatpitpatpitpatpitpat
The assailant stealthily made their way towards the man, timing their approach perfectly. The drunken man bent down again and let out another disgusting groan as vomit left his mouth. The assailant used that opportunity to finish their dash towards the man.
Ughhhhh
The man spits. He didn't have the chance to make another sound before the feeling of an arm wrapped around his throat disrupted his thoughts as he was suddenly dragged into the dark alleyway.
"AHHH SOMEONE HE- " His cry for help interrupted by a knife plunging into his side, followed by another swift and harsh slit across his throat.
The attacker let the man fall onto the ground, not bothering to take the knife they had used to commit this heinous crime and fled the scene.
The only sounds that could be heard were the fading sounds of footsteps running and the slow gurgling as the man choked on his own blood and took his last breath.
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Moriya Akane stepped out of her car and let out a deep sigh as she stared up at the clear blue sky. She sighed again as she turned her gaze towards the crime scene in front of her "Another long day ahead..." she said making her way towards the alley "So what do we have this time?" Akane asked her partner, Sasaki Kumi, who was standing in front of the police tape. "Japanese male, late 20s to early 30s I'm guessing. Someone really did a number on this guy." Kumi replied, observing the forensics team.
"Why are you standing out here?" Akane asked.
"Just waiting for you, partner! Lets go check it out." Kumi answered while ducking under the tape.
Sighing one more time, Akane followed her overly excited partner towards the body.
"Whew!" Kumi whistled, crouching down to view the victim closer "Look, whoever did this definitely knew the guy. The slash across his throat was aggressive, not precise at all."
Akane nodded "Poor guy must've pissed someone off pretty bad." She took notice of the knife still lodged into the man's side "You guys take prints off of this yet?" she asked to a lone forensics team member. "Yep. We'll send what we have to the lab. Should be awhile till the results come out." He replied before taking his leave.
"Well let's see who this guys is huh?" says Kumi, reaching into the victim's pocket. "Yamada Kiminobu. Age 31. Ha! I was right, you owe me lunch."
"Never agreed to that."
Akane rolls the victim over slightly to reach into his back pocket, pulling out a cell phone.
"Well it's smashed to shit, but we might be able to get something off of it."
Kumi nods "I'll get it sent to-"
"Daaaamn! What happened to this guy?"
Both detectives rapidly turned their heads towards the voice, finding Oda Nana and Nagasawa Nanako, the two detectives for hire walking in their direction.
Akane outwardly groaned " What are you two doing here?!" she growled out
"Chief called us and practically begged for our help" Nana replied, leaning over Akane's shoulder, uncomfortably close to her face.
"She really called you guys?" Kumi asked surprised.
"Ehh called us or we overheard her talking about it, no difference." Nana said while inspecting the body closer "Hey Naako look at this. Two wounds probably done by different knives."
"What's the vic's name?" Nanako asked Kumi while pushing past Akane for a closer look.
"Yamada Kiminobu. 31 years old."
"Kumi! Don't share information with these fools!"
"C'mon, you already know the chief will hire em'. Might as well share what we have now."
Akane grumbled in response.
"Yeah c'mon, Nennie! We're just here to help!" Nana said cheekily
"Ooh! A phone!" Nanako exclaims before getting up and snatching the device right out of Akane's hand.
"Good idea Naako! We can see if he has any acquaintances that can be questioned." Nana praises and makes her way back towards the entrance of the alleyway.
Snatching the phone back Akanen harshly whispered "Don't touch that! You don't have any gloves on, idiot! That goes for you too, Oda! Keep your filthy hands off of my crime scene!"
Nana waves her off half heartedly "Sure thing, boss!"
"Alright, partner. Why don't you go get some coffee or something from down the street? I'll make sure they don't touch anything else." Kumi suggested while chuckling.
"Fine. Did you drive here?"
"Nope. Took a cab."
"Alright, I'll buy you a cup and wait at the car." Akane finished the exchange and walked away.
"Buy us one too, boss!" Naako yelled after her.
"Yeah, I'll buy you guys one and spit in it!" She called back.
Kumi snorts.
Oda walks back over to the two left in the alley "Who pissed in her cereal today? She's more cranky than usual."
"She just hasn't had her morning coffee yet, she'll be fine. And you guys don't make it easy for her."
"We can't help it, she looks like a life sized stuffed teddy bear. It's fun annoying her!" Nana says.
"Ha! Totally understand, just don't make her too mad, she has a gun y'know."
"Oda, if she shoots you, we can sue the department." Nakko says excitedly
"Good point. I get shot and then you get shot too. We'll be rich!"
"Moving on! What do you two think about the scene?" Kumi interrupts. She honestly enjoys the antics the pair brings to the department, it's nice to have some comedic relief especially considering the gruesome work she often experiences. But, she needed to get to her partner as soon as possible.
"Well, there were definitely two weapons... Who would slash someone across the throat and then stab them? Or stab them, Remove the knife, cut their throat, then stab them again?" Naako replies
"So you think there were two assailants?" Kumi asked, taking notes. They may joke around a lot, but the pair in front of her were significantly good at their job, no matter how unorthodox their methods were.
"Hard to tell, I didn't see anything around the scene that would suggest otherwise."
Kumi nodded
"What about you Oda?"
"Sniffed out some stank in the front. Looks like our vic was feeling sick before he was attacked. Probably drunk."
"Could be someone else's." Kumi pointed out.
"Doubt it. Not many people come this way at night, dude."
"Okay, I'll get the forensics team to collect a sample for DNA." Kumi motions to the lingering team, waiting for more instructions.
"Ooh! I'll go tell them" Nanako gets up from her crouching position and walks towards the team.
Kumi nudges Oda, who was watching Nanako leave, "I gotta go soon, anything else you wanna tell me?"
"Hmmm... just a hunch but the killer or killers definitely personally targeted this guy. They seemed to wait until he was right in front of the alleyway entrance, almost as if they knew he would come this way." Oda answered, stroking her chin.
"Yeah, Nen and I were thinking it was personal based on the way he was killed. There's an apartment complex a ways from here, maybe he lives there?"
"I was thinking the same thing! Naako and I will meet you two at the department and we'll all go there after Rika is finished with the autopsy."
Naako rejoins the two at this time.
"Perfect. We'll send the body to the coroners office and meet then."
"Akane probably wouldn't want us to be there." Nanako replies
"All the more reason for us to go!" Nana throws her arm around Naako.
Kumi eyes the two for a second before shaking her head and walking towards the forensics team. "Don't get into any trouble while you're away!" she calls over her shoulder, spotting Akane waiting in her car across the street.
"We never get into trouble!" Oda calls back
"So, what are we doing now?" Nanako asks, grasping onto Oda's index finger
Oda watches the two detectives drive away before replying "I know the landlord of the victim's apartment, we're gonna snoop through his place before the police and then go to Rika and make her tell us whatever she knows."
"But, didn't you say we were meeting up with Kumi and the angry one? It's not cool to lie to the police."
Naako pauses
"HA! Just kidding. Let's go and pick up some lunch along the way."
The two high five and make their way towards a black Sedan parked just behind the forensics van. Nanako tosses the keys to Oda "You're driving. I'm too tired right now."
"It's my car. I was gonna drive anyway and you didn't do jack shit, the hell are you tired for?"
Naako shrugs and turns on the radio as Oda starts the car. "Lets get some McDonalds, Oda."
"Gross. We're going to Burger King."
Nanako pouts as Oda pulls out onto the street
"Fine."