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I'm not sure.

[ as familiar as he might be with the xian le family considering his uncle, he can't say he knows them all That well. some people aside at least. ]

Mm... Maybe it's a delivery he wants to make sure arrives where it needs to be? Not that Shigure isn't reliable, but... Or maybe there's someone he has suspicions about that he'd like us to investigate. That does seem more up our alley.

Yeah... well, it has to be something if he's going to us instead of one of his men.

[ at the very least they can assume it won't be illegal, thankfully ]

Something he can't trust them with, then. [ it might not be that deep, tsukasa.

or maybe it is. can't show you're sus of people you're supposed to be friendly with. ] Mmm... Well, we won't know until we go, at least.

[ he glances at the address again... mm... ]

We should be fine. [ he doesn't think the head's the type of person to like. set a trap or anything. so. ] Let's see what he has for us then.

[ ...... ]

I promise not to get distracted on the way there. [ even if there are cute girls with flowers. ]

If you get distracted then I'll just drag you by your collar.

[ he will not hesitate to use force, binch

hmmm ]

Although that probably will make people not suspect we're up to something, I guess.

[ you're a real bro, bro ]

Is it that suspicious for us to hang out together?

[ tsukasa. ]

Yeah.

[ there is just

zero hesitation there ]

[ THAT'S SO ]

[ he wouldn't say he's surprised because he thinks he would've been more surprised if taka had said nah but also like ]

[ ........sigh. work partners, nothing more..... he wants to hang out with shishi... ]

You're right... Then I'll get distracted just enough not to arouse anyone's interest, I guess. [ unfortunately an au has not made him a better actor so GOOD LUCK, BOYS ] ...Oh, before I forget -

[ he was planning on showing taka, so- he produces the comb from one of his pockets. ]

This was sent to me by an anonymous sender, along with a typewritten note asking if I'd like to do my job. It's sort of ominous, isn't it?

Huh...

[ anonymous is one word for it.

he holds his hand out so he can look at the comb. ]

Nothing else? No instructions on how to contact them?

Nope. [ here you go!! ] It'd seem this comb's the only clue to their identity... Or maybe it's a hint towards someone we should check out?

[ hmm. ]

[ HMM. ]

Do you recognize it at all?

[ HMMMMM. ]

...Not exactly. I don't usually pay attention to what people use to comb their hair, although... [ he frowns slightly, folding his hands in front of him. ] ...I guess it reminds me of the kind people wear in their hair, rather than the kind used to brush it. You can tell because of the tines - they have holes in them.

[ good for hair grip. ]

You don't usually see people with shorter hair with that type of thing either, since there's not a lot of hair to hold up, so I'd guess it'd be for someone with medium-length or longer. Assuming that's a clue - the twin snakes on it could be more indicative of who we're looking for.

[ or both. ]

Hm... well, if we take the double things literally, then I can immediately think of some actual twins.

[ baren and okuni exist and are out there. ]

But I guess we need to also figure out if we're meant to investigate whoever this is about, or go talk to them... if it's the former, it'll be bad if we tip them off before we even know what we're looking into.

[ hey. okuni would NEVER....... except she is running a dubiously legal fighting ring that tsukasa doesn't approve of so never mind. ]

That's true... And if it's the latter, talking to the wrong people wouldn't be good for us either. [ man being police is tough stuff. tsukasa plays with the note, folding it and unfolding it - there's creases already, so it's obvious he's done this before, too. ] ...We could see if Xie Lian has any ideas. We're going to visit him anyway, and if it has to do with "my" - our - job, then maybe it'll be a clue to his parents' murders, too.

[ at the very least, they can't assume things aren't connected in some way. ]

Right... if something happened that we don't know abut, someone out there has to. And it'll probably be easier to get information from someone like him.

[ xie lian must hear a lot, from his position. ]

Or at least, we can see if he recognizes it.

[ phew, he's glad takaomi agrees. tsukasa'll take it back and tuck it away safely again. ]

Then we'll ask him about it after we see what he's got for us. [ a small sigh. ] You didn't get anything like this, did you?

Nothing in the mail, no.

[ he will get another tip but that happens after this thread, so. ]

Although we shouldn't be surprised if we get more. Things are... tense now, obviously...

Mmm. As long as it's just this and nothing too horrible, like dead animals with threatening messages or something like that.

[ or people parts. please. no one send. people parts. thank you. ]

...We shouldn't keep him waiting.

Yeah. It's probably bad to piss off someone who's the head of an entire crime syndicate.

[ like.... he seems fairly nice, in general, but also

there is no doubting that he has most likely killed someone before ]

[ and if not before he certainly will in the very next thread thank you so much.

anyway with not much else off they go!!! closes my eyes this team wasn't a mistake at all ]

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