KAGEMA

Part 2: Chapter 8

2 weeks later:

There is an entire police squad outside of the Ito villa; an armored swat van outside with investigators dusting up any evidence they can find inside the 3 levels of the villa. Inside of the study room office, was Akira Ito; deceased and lying on the ground with crime scene markers next to her corpse. She was stabbed in the heart with a letter opener that matched the set of office supplies in the room.

After a photographer took pictures of the crime scene; the lead detective, Masaki Matsuka who is famous among the police force for his days busting numerous cold-blood murder and drug rings cases said "The killer most likely used gloves but there might be prints on the letter opener, better check anyway. And did somebody interrogate her lawyer son yet?". "No sir, he was being checked by the ambulance downstairs, sir". "Is that so?"  said Matsuka as he left the room.

Riku was sitting inside an ambulance with it's doors open, getting checked by a nurse. He felt uneasy as Matsuka approached. "How you doing, kid? Losing a parent is never easy but you get used to it the second time around; all alone, no one to care for you if you're not in a relationship and you start to realize that your days are going to end eventually, just like your old folks."

Riku seemed confused by Matsuka's attitude; "Y-yeah...I-I guess so" Riku said.
"Did you know anyone who had a grudge on your mom, Mr Ito?" Matsuka asked.

Riku knew that he'd live the rest of his life in jail if he told him the truth, what's left of it anyway. "N-no, I dont think so. I don't know" he said.

"Why do I get the feeling that you're letting on more that you know?" Matsuka asked but Riku couldn't reply; for once, he wasn't the smartest man in the room.

Matsuka moved on by asking another question: "Did you leave here with your mother alone?"

Riku knew he had to quit his stuttering and seem calm and confident in his answer; "Yes. But I wasn't here tonight. I was at my girlfriend's".

"Oh, so you are in a relationship? Why didn't you say so. Since when have you been dating? And what's her name and her address, we would need to speak to her as well." Said Matsuka.

"No no..y-you misunderstand, I was at my girlfriends'. Plural." Riku bluffed.

"Huh..... ain't that funny." Matsuka replied with a tone of sarcasm.

The officer Matsuka was talking to upstairs went to the ambulance; "Mr. Matsuka, we have the prints." She said.

"Well, kid, that's my queue.." Matsuka said as he got out of the ambulance car. He turned back before leaving and said "oh, and don't go anywhere. We're not done with you yet."

The officer took Matsuka in a corner away and told him "Sir, the fingerprints belong to Riku Ito. How should we approach?"

An apartment elsewhere...

Ren wakes up on the floor, shirtless and passed out for who knows how long. "I can't seem to remember a thing, what the hell happened?" He wonders as Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd plays on a radio on a wooden desk on his right and a dark wooden closet to his left; he notices a calendar on the wall next to a twin bed. The calendar reads 28th of June. "What the hell? How? I remember it was 14th. Last thing I remember was breaking into the Ito villa and...and Sophie and I went to Riku's office. Did I just blackout during the last two weeks? Fuck...I have to find out what happened."

Ren looks for his phone around the apartment he doesn't recognise but he can't find it at all. A landline phone rings while he's looking and he picks up, "Hello?" He answered.

A deep low-pitched voice replied "Mr. Ren, I know you have many questions at the moment, but that doesn't matter. You can't go to Sophie Gordon right now."

"What? Who are you?" Ren asked.

"You really don't listen do you? I warned you, do what you will. I'll be in touch." The voice said before hanging up.

"Hello? HELLO? FUCK" Ren said in confusion.