The Testimony

2013-7-22

Lars reportedly went home alone the night before according to traffic camera footage. He had said that his next school day was filled with giggles and unapproving stares directed at him. Asahi barely talked to him that day. He needless to say, felt depressed the entire school day.

What made this day worthy of documentation however, is what happened after he was dismissed. The following is Lars's recollection of his second encounter with the suspect.

" To my surprise, I saw Shiro and her RX-7 waiting for me at the school exit. She was sitting on her trunk and eating a cup of instant ramen and used her car's spoiler as a dining table. I walked towards her anxiously and gulped in fear.
"What's your name?" She asked me in english after finishing her noodles.
"...Lars." I said hesitantly.
"Alright Lars, get in, you work for me now." Shiro said and got in her car with me following.

"Give me your number." Shiro asked. I complied out of fear.
"[REDACTED]." I gave her my number. She listed it on her phone... Looking back, her phone didn't look like anything I recognized, it was a smartphone nut it looked far more advanced than our current phones.
"Here's how it works, I call you, you respond within two rings. If you don't, i'll send your Evo to my friend as a replacement for wrecking his Toyota." Shiro said in a casual tone after putting down her phone.
"How'd you know-" I got interrupted by her.
"I attended one of your races, and did some digging. You're not very inconspicuous you know." She said as she turned on her car.
"So-" I got interrupted again.
"You run errands for me, you don't get paid. However, your reward for complying with my texts will be me keeping you and your family away from the Yakuza's sights. Now, I don't care if you're sleeping, in class or banging a girl or whatever. If I call, you immediately drop whatever you're doing and come to me.
"...Alright then." I said.

After driving around Saitama, she stopped outside a parking garage.
"Your first task will be to carry that box of parts and place it inside the trunk."
Shiro ordered me. Back then, I was scared shitless of her, thinking she'd beat the crap out of me and leave me to die in an alley if I don't do what she says, so I felt obligated to do her every order. Shiro got out to open her trunk while I carried the extremely heavy box of what seemed to be a turbocharger and a couple of cans of NOS. She leaned on her car watching me as I struggled to place the box into the trunk.
"You drive." She said while walking to the passenger's side of the car.
"...Are you certain I won't wreck your car???" I asked.
"Jesus what's with your tone? I set the car to drive in AWD like your Evo so you can get used to it." Shiro assured me as I sat the driver's seat.

What was inside the car was astonishing. I never noticed at first because i was too scared to look around, but the dashboard had all these buttons and sliders with various labels, and a bunch of other stuff you wouldn't normally see in a 1998 Mazda, or any other car in this time period, it felt like a car from the future.

The Mazda handled similarly to my Evo, so I quickly got used to the car and followed the GPS going to who knows where. Shiro fell asleep on the passenger's seat so she didn't talk much. When I stopped at a red traffic light, I noticed her phone lighting up from a message notification. I couldn't help but look at her lock screen wallpaper, it was of her and a brown haired south east asian girl holding hands and both smiling. It was kind of adorable...

The GPS took me to a suspicious looking building in Tokyo. I wondered if it was related to the Yakuza. Shiro apparently works for them after all...
Shiro was still asleep, so I had to wake her up, but I didn't want to touch her, so I calmly called out her name. She quickly woke up with a 'hm?'. I couldn't help but giggle a little. She looked a bit embarrassed.