A Girl's Turmoil

Chapter 25 - The Movie

A dark office is dimly litted by the light of a projector from the back end of the room, whilst windows are closed to help the projector focus its coloration. Several people sat around a large rectangular table, having nothing but cups of water by their side. Their eyes focused attentively on the screen, waiting for the briefing to begin. Among the members were the white-haired girls who are twins, a tomboyish girl, and finally, the wavy blonde girl resting her neck with her hand on the table. While they are in a state of boredom, they never shift their expression and remain constant with patience. Only some of them are wearing the formal police uniform while the rest are still in civilian clothes

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"Woah," Hanako awed. "Saku onee-chan looks incredibly serious here."

"I kinda half-expected something funny is going to happen in the opening," Nadeshiko commented.

Sakurako merely shares a glance. "I never said it was comedy."

"Alright, you're already as serious as you in the movie," Nadeshiko stated back.

"What's going on there?" Akane asked. "Are they having a presentation?"

Sakurako contemplates for a moment. "A briefing."

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The camera pans at the screen, revealing a female detective standing next to it, well dressed for the occasion. She clears her throat and fixes her collar before examining the members available in the room.

"Is everyone here?" the detective asked, her thick brown pale ponytail almost unmoved after glancing.

"Yes," one of the white-haired twins replied.

"Alright, I'll get to the point then."

The projector enters a slide, revealing a face of an almost bald man, 30 years old from the looks of his wide cheekbones and proper size of his jaw with a sharp, thin square beard on his chin.

"The man you are looking at is Fujio Kasaguna, a suspect who has recently been freed from jail after serving seven years for murder, arson, and grand theft auto."

Then a black American man steps in, standing on the other side of the screen. "One week after his release, he returned to a life of crime, recently committing grand theft auto at a car auction down at Sora Taiki Auction House with his crew of eight armed men."

The slide then shows the pictures of two different men, one of them looking half-American. "Two of his men, namely Itoh Mamoru, a long friend of Fujio who was released two years earlier than him, and Bond Mamitoru, a specialist carjacker, orchestrated this entire car robbery with him. They managed to steal three cars, which brands are Mercedes, Ferrari, and Rolls-Royce, pricing around six million dollars each."

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"Um, remind me again, how much six million dollars is in yen?" Chitose turned around and asked awkwardly.

"Seven hundred million yen," Sakurako responded, earning the attention of her sisters and the Akazas.

"That much for a car?!" Akari dropped her jaw.

"Well, those are expensive brands he's talking about," Nadeshiko spoke. "I'm not even surprised it would cost billions to buy one of those cars."

"It's a different story if they wrecked it, though," Yui commented.

"Can't they just fix it?" Hanako asked.

"So you want to spend money to fix an expensive car and then sell it?"