KAGEMA

Chapter 7

2 days later...
4:20 PM

Ren is in his apartment collecting his thoughts; "Why would Ohta be onto me if she's dating Sophie? Sophie used to date Riku and that's their past but I don't think Ohta's connected to the Ito family. Nevertheless, I still have a bad feeling about her... wait, I don't know when they started dating, Sophie didn't tell me. So perhaps Ohta is bi as well and she just eyed me before they saw each other. That makes sense. I'll leave at that for now. I have more important things to focus on."

Ren was carrying out link analysis, he had small pictures of the Ito family and Yamamoto hung up on the wall opposite of the TV, not visible through the windows; the pictures were all connected with lines of red yarn from a sweater his grandmother gave him on Christmas.
"This looks like the work of a detective trying to crack a case from an 80s movie but it'll do." He said to himself.

"Mrs. Akira Ito's case is being held today at the Tokyo High Court. Her attorney is Riku Ito, her own son. Mrs. Ito is being prosecuted as the suspect in the murder of Jon Yamamoto." Said the news anchor on the TV.

Half an hour later...

The news comes back on and the anchor says, "It appears that the weapon of use, a 9mm Luger pistol did not have Mrs. Ito's fingerprints on it but Mr. Yamamoto's. As was suggested at the beginning of the case, this is a suicide and not a murder case like some thought. The only fingerprints that belong to Mrs. Ito were on a whiskey glass in Mr. Yamamoto's office; Ito's attorney defended this by showing evidence of screenshots of the chats between Mrs. Ito, the suspect and Mr. Yamamoto, the deceased. All of which were traced back on Mr. Yamamoto's phone and verified. Both of them were business partners who did not wish any harm against one another. Finally, Mrs. Ito will be returning home with her son tonight after spending 4 days in solitary confinement."

Ren received chills across his body; he was furious and confused. "No, this-this doesn't make any sense. Why would he.. DAMN YOU. WHY?!" He cried and punched the nearest wall in anger.

Elsewhere at the Ito villa...
6:09 PM

Riku walks with Akira to the entrance of the car while she leans on him. "Welcome home, mom. I told the cooks to prepare dinner and the maids will help you freshen up with a shower and some massage." He said.
"Ah, I'm grateful to have a son like you, Riku. It would've cost a fortune if I had hired an attorney to get me out of that case, and they most likely wouldn't have won it," said Akira.

They went into the villa, a maid helped Akira up the stairs. "I'll see you at dinner, ma. Get some rest" He said as he went to the office. Riku was momentarily jump scared by a figure in the shadows inside. "Oh, it's you... listen, about the last time we met, I apologize. I wasn't in my right mindset and I got too cocky. " He said as the figure stepped out into the light, it was Sophie Gordon.

"Save your apologies for someone who cares. I'm here because you owe me. I gave you access to Yamamoto's mobile so you could get your friend to remove all traces of Akira and Ren. I just wanna know if it's done." She said.

"Yes, there's nothing against Nakamura; nothing the police can get their hands on anyway." He said.

"What do you mean?" She asked with a look that combined confusion and anger.

"This hacker isn't my "friend" like you said. I don't know him." He explained.

"What the hell? Are you fucking serious!" She exclaimed.

"He said he'd clear their names upon payment and I paid him. But he must have copied everything he deleted. I don't have evidence and he said he'd delete it all but I can't trust this person I've never met. Look, it was the fastest way to get my mother out and clear that shithead's name. My original plan was to throw Nakamura in there and frame him to get my mother out and you know it. But you didn't like that one, so this was the next best thing. Remind me again why I don't just have someone finish you off." Riku said.

There was a momentary pause until Sophie spoke, "You come after him, and I will rain fire on you. I'll release all the tapes and documents I have and I mean everything from your dad's deals to your trafficking ring, dickhead. I won't show you no mercy." Sophie said.

After a shorter momentary pause Riku said, "And if you do, I'd send all of your tapes to your parents. Gee, I wonder what would mom and dad in the states would think about you then, whore... If I go down, I'll take you with me."

"Get your friend under control and I'll keep mine under control," she said before leaving through the same balcony Ren hid in. Riku's phone started ringing with an unknown caller ID. He answered, "Hey, I was just about to call you."

"So, you own a trafficking ring" replied the other person with a deep low pitched voice.

"You're spying on me?!" Riku exclaimed with a look of fear.

"Pray for your sins, Riku. You might not be with us much longer." Said the voice before hanging up.

"Hello? You son of a bitch, HELLO?" Riku said before throwing his phone across the room. "FUCK!" he shouted.

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