FUKUSHŪ

CHAPTER 4

Chapter 4

Kabukicho district, Tokyo:

Police tape was stretched thick around the area; a few officers patrolled the outer skirts of the crime scene as forensics were hard at work. A chalked outline of a figure was drawn across the floor, symbolising as to where there was once a body that had been taken away. An officer dressed in a sky blue uniform with a navy blue vest and pants approached her ranking officer, an uneasy look in her eyes as they wondered around the room.

"Sana, what have you found so far?" the black haired woman turned to her attention away from shouting orders towards the woman standing beside her carrying some evidence in her hands.

"The only clue we've had at this moment is this card," Sana raised a transparent plastic bag which contain a silver coloured card. "There is no fingerprint, no foot print; the blood splutter is consistent with the killing method. The victim was strangled by long, thin thread, most likely to be wire from the size of it." Giving back the evident to her assistant, Sana continue "Nayeon.. I'm afraid this case is somewhat related to them"

Nayeon look at Sana worriedly. "Which case?"

At that question, Sana walk to her laptop "The Interpol case involving the Triad. The silver card and the killing method are consistent with the killing method that was being used so far for all their past victims. Nayeon, we are confronting with the Triad's Assassin. I think we should contact the Interpol police."

Nayeon read the details shown on the screen about the Triad "How about the victim? Is it possible this is just a copycat killer? This time the victim is not the same as before. The record shows that they had killed the presidents of big companies in Europe, the consulates, ministers, politic figures. But this man is just a manager who managed a small logistic company. That is very different from their modus operandi"

Another few clicks from Sana and the screen showed a picture of a card. "From past cases, there are two type of silver card left by the assassins. Both card show a dragon figure, but type A, the dragon holding a green sphere and type B, the dragon holding a blue sphere. The lab still couldn't decipher relation behind the card and victims. But according to rumours, the cards represent the assassins." Typing in a few words onto her laptop, Sana began to search the database for records. "The Triad is said to be based in China; with rumours to have two very professional assassins. It was 7 years ago, that their assassins began to move. The first victim was said to have struggled and was slowly killed. More like the assassin is killing them by strangling them slowly with the wire, before it manage to cut through or maybe the force was not too strong at that time. But, from the fifth victims onward, all the victims showed constant evidences. The wire was pulled swiftly and quickly and it cut through the neck cleanly. The assassins left their card behind starting from the fourth victim with the first card is type A. From 38 victims so far, 21 of them were by Type A card, and 17 was by Type B card."

Sana looked at Nayeon waiting for her response before she typing on her laptop "About the victim, his name is Kenichi Gin, age 43, has been working under Andy Smith for Smith & Co Logistic before opening his own logistic company 4 years ago. The company is also subsidised by Smith & Co."

Sana heard her captain sigh before she spoke

"Ah… call the Interpol Police too. Tell them about this case and ask them to send their officers to help with investigation. "

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Myōi Corporation

Mina sighed as she rested a magazine on her working desk. Glancing back at the magazine, she stared at the bold letter of "Business Times" written in red. Red and fierce. Just like her feelings right now. Under the magazine's name, the topic of the magazine "Successful Company of the month, Rising to the top" decorating the front page with a picture of a person she just met lately; Chaeyoung Son. Chaeyoung,adorning her usual black suit with red necktie, her white pearl teeth shining behind her lopsided smile. Shining just like the chinese character that's smartly pinned on her necktie. Mina could feel her head thumping as she raised her hand to massage them gently.