Naegiri Week 2022 (Creepercraftguy)

Day 3 - Past/Future

The Kirigiri family were known in the business for being a family of special detectives, with Kyoko, the youngest, having attended Hope's Peak Academy with the title of Ultimate. What many did not know however, is that the family line expanded a long way into the past; all the way back in the Taisho period in fact.

Every Kirigiri had their own methodology, their own field and their own level of skill, but the skill of Kaguya Kirigiri was her unrivaled ability to hide in plain sight.

In 1919, Kaguya was the owner of an esteemed hotel. It was very high-standard, but not too expensive, and it was placed in a very good place for business, near a mountain road. Many travelers, weary from their journey, or out seeking thrills, stopped by her hotel to put their feet up and relax, before they went on their way to continue their own expeditions.

However, the hotel itself was, in secret, a front for Kaguya's detective work. She used it as a way of gathering intelligence from potential targets and suspects, and it just so happened that tonight, a particularly shady figure was staying at her place.

The figure in question was a businessman named Fuuji Itsutsuji. A variety of people, mainly victims of his misdeeds, as well as some of his business partners, close cohorts and yes-men (who Kaguya had managed to squeeze info out of after getting them drunk enough) had given Kaguya more than enough information on this man.

He had a previous criminal record, but ever since his release, Itsutsuji has retained the image of a law-abiding citizen, and had even been able to start his own company. The twisted reality on the other hand, was that he has used the contacts he had made in prison to form his own underground crime syndicate, and began masterminding heists and criminal fronts across the whole country. These days, he travelled Japan as a billionaire art collector and critic, but his real business was the trafficking of not just priceless stolen treasures, but people too.

Be it through pure circumstance and/or sheer dumb luck, the man had taken residency at Kaguya's hotel for a week. If there was ever a time to expose his criminal nature to the world, it was here and now.

Kaguya couldn't stand criminals like Itsutsuji; likely as a result of her traumatic childhood. As a young girl, her family was taken from her, and she had lost them as a result of the worst betrayal imaginable. The criminal responsible was arrested and sentenced to death, but the emotional scars on her conscience didn't fade. This was what fueled her determination as a detective, having carried on the family business from her father before her; but it also meant she had steeled her nerves and kept her emotions in check, not allowing anyone to get past her impenetrable defense's...

Or so she thought...

Itsutsuji had been staying at her hotel for three days now, which meant she had four more days to officially bust him and turn him into the police. On this dark and stormy night, she had taken the time to put all her evidence out in front of her.

"I'm so close...I have everything I need to counter any claims he may make..." she looked over the objects she had stolen from his room, plus copies of transcripts he had sent to his allies, "all I need is a confession directly from his mouth."

The entrance door to the hotel suddenly slid open, forcing Kaguya to hide away all of her evidence as she greeted her unexpected guests. A storm was raging on that night, so she hadn't expected anyone to come knocking so late. Much less who she actually saw through the doorway.

3 men kitted in gi and with swords strapped to their belts barged in, clearly desperate to escape the storm. Kaguya very quickly noticed the weapons and started observing them keenly. One of them was taller than the other two, and had a muscular build and tanned skin. The one in the middle had done his clothes neatly, despite the dampness from the rain, and he had large red eyes, black hair, and a furious pair of eyebrows. The third one had a crew cut and a goatee beard, tied with a band.