Book 2 Need for Speed (9)
Miss August?! What is wrong with ?! Im the worst!
Said Tony half crying as they were driving back.
I cant stand this. This work is definitely not for . Getting hard?, Amazing tits?, Fucking hot?!, I almost feel like vomiting after speaking so disgustingly. I feel almost as if I had dived into a pool of filthy water. Shouldnt making love be all about the connection between two people? The heart-to-heart connection is the most important part! Well you may feel like vomiting all you want, but to be honest as a performance, it was pretty much flawless. Unfortunately for you.
Said Godunov from the drivers seat
Hey, Alex. Do you think that maybe we could switch next ti? I think that would definitely be much better. Thats nonsense. Youre much better at coming up with good answers, and youve studied this stuff as well. I think the best role for a guy like is just staying in the back and playing along. We talked about this when we were first paired up, right? Well, thats true, but
Within the current setting, Tony was playing the role of the negotiator, and Godunov was simply playing his partner. Ultimately, the impact would be much softer if it was Godunov who did all the talking and stood out, while Tony kept quiet in the shadows behind him.
Ah, I hate this. I ended up using up all of my ntal strength and now I just want to eat sothing sweet. Want to go to the donut place or sothing? Alright alright. Your wish is my command.
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The night Tony t up with Gyarben from the gang, Matoba went back to his house in the warehouse district by himself.
Tilarna had told him that she would be staying over at Cecils tonight. Its not like it made much of a difference to him anyways. He simply said Oh okay, and didnt ask any further questions. He wondered if maybe it would be better to call Cecil and make sure she wasnt bothering her, but decided against it in the end. She probably wanted Tilarna to stay over as well, so all was well. He would just go ho quietly without anything noteworthy happening.
The city buses werent running anymore, so he had a coworker give him a ride instead. The car stopped in front of his house, he got off and entered the first floor from the garage.
The house felt strangely spacious without the Mini Cooper S and Tilarna.
The room that Tilarna had been creating for herself inside the garage was still there just as she had left it. Materials and tools were still lying there, all over the place. But the quality of the work she was doing was actually pretty good. Even though as far as he rembered she was ant to be the daughter of so Farbanian noble family or sothing, this kind of craftsmanship was pretty unexpected.
As he got to the second floor, Kuroi ca out to greet him like always. He patted her soft furry back, and she owed while looking up at him. Her round, amber eyes were almost asking him wheres Tilarna?
She said she would be staying sowhere else tonight.
Kuroi started purring. She didnt seem particularly sad or lonely. It was more of an accepting purr. Well, that was fine. She wasnt a particularly smart creature to begin with.
Thats such a sha. She seed to be quite fond of you, you know?
So of her belongings were still lying there in the living room. He was thinking about how he would have to pack them all up and send them to her eventually.
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I couldve caught him right then and there.
Said Tony to the group of detectives in the briefing room
But I thought that the entire ss of arresting a criminal might end up stinking ONeill up, right? Besides, apparently there are other people collaborating with Gyarben, so I was thinking of getting them all at once. In any case, I simply arranged so stuff with him, and let him be on his way.
Other than Tony, there were also Matoba and Tilarna, Zimr and Godunos, and two other Vice detectives, raising the total to six other people.
Stinking soone up was an euphemism used in ONeills underground society to talk about soones trust being hurt gravely. If an official was able to catch a criminal right after being introduced to him by ONeill, that would put him on a tight spot, and he would not be able to work as an informant for them anymore. So when will the trade happen?
Asked Matoba as he skimd over so docunts. He was wearing a black shirt and an orange necktie. It was a Versace full body attire. Tonys 70 points had been the highest any of his attires had gotten in recent mory.
Tomorrow at 6am. Were scheduled to bring both the money and the goods to Sheffields abandoned factory. So were going to catch him there, right? How much backup do you think youre going to need? How many mbers does the gang have? Gyarben told that they were three people including him. I wonder We tried talking to the injured warehouse worker, but it feels like there were more than just three people there. Managing to carry almost ten thousand magazines in the span of five minutes from the activation of the security alarm until the security guard ca seems like too much work. There was a forklift operator, soone receiving stuff on the truck and soone taking things out of the warehouse. At least those people are confird. And there probably was a driver and soone keeping watch. Though its true that security caras only caught three people, but still To be fair, they didnt look like particularly tough guys. I think it should be fine.
Tony didnt look keen on requesting backup from local officers. There was a general negative perception of borrowing officers from other departnts or zones, and mixing in unknown faces in a mission wasnt always the best idea. He was thinking that maybe they could simply have the four available people at Vice at the mont as backup and make do with that.
No way. We will have the fourth division help us with three patrol cars.
Said Zimr who had been quiet and listening to their conversation the entire ti
Well have at least six of their officers and Matoba and Exedilika from Vice. We can also get Malcolm and Dyson, and that would make us 11 people in total counting . What about us? I dont think you counted us. You will be in charge of the arrest, as Tony McCloud and Alex Ivanov. I see. Understood.
Tony and Godunov shrugged
The duo of McCloud and Ivanov would have to keep going on undercover missions afterwards, so the best way to protect their personas was to have them get caught along with the real criminals. They wouldnt let them et with the criminals again, and then supposedly let them free after not being able to find sufficient evidence to charge them with any cris, thus making them viable for future missions.
Its a great strategy especially when there is no certainty on whether theyll be able to imprison the criminal for a relatively long ti.
What about the notice to the fourth division?
Said Matoba
Ill send it myself. Well gather in Sheffield at 5am tomorrow morning and get everything ready. Any questions?
Nobody raised their hands
Alright. In that case, that is all.
All of them gathered their cellphones or docunts, stood up and left the eting room while chatting with each other.
Matoba. Stay here.
Zimr called out to him.
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Whats up? How is Exedilika doing?
Asked Zimr after Tilarna had left along with the other detectives.
Tilarna, huh? Theres nothing wrong with her as far as I know. She usually sits down and listens to etings like this quietly. Especially because she still has a lot of stuff to rember. But Im sure shell manage sohow. I see. Is there anything wrong? No. Its just that I had never worked with a Semanian before. My superiors are also sowhat uneasy about her, so I was just checking. I know, right? She never received any training as an officer, and she has absolutely no experience patrolling either. Well, thats true.
Zimr had a sour look on his face.
Though in reality there were absolutely no legal issues with having Tilarna work as an officer despite never having formally studied for it. Since San Teresa City was a special and autonomous region, it had a police system specifically designed so officers from many different countries and regions would be able to be hired with ease. In fact, most of San Teresas officers aged over thirty used to work in other cities but were eventually transferred or hired there.
In this case, the aning of Officers from other countries had a very specific aning.
There were many Farbanian and Semani citizens mixed in with the population of San Teresa City. Ever since Mirage Gate first appeared, the governnts of several countries from both Earth and Semani signed the Kariena Treaty, a basic treaty of mutual understanding and unification of a basic legal frawork. Thanks to that a lot of different agreents were made between countries from both sides. Within that treaty, a specific clause ntioned how officers from the Semani world had to be treated with the sa respect and position as officers from Earth.
Strictly speaking there was nothing similar to a Police force in most Semani countries, which were still mostly feudal societies. The closest figures were knight orders and the military. Tilarna was a Farbanian Valsch, a rank equivalent to Matobas sergeant. This was an extrely unfair assessnt according to many Police Sergeants that had to work diligently for years to get to that sa position, but that was still the current situation.
Thats also the reason Tilarna was suddenly transferred to Earth, despite still being completely clueless on many aspects of Earths society and culture. It was just a legal loophole in Matobas eyes, but that was precisely why it couldnt be helped.
If anything, the real problem was why the HQ superiors were still adamant on keeping a Semanian officer hired with no apparent reason. It was true that Tilarna had threatened them after the incident with the late boss Roth, but there was no way that was the only reason for it.
Even Zimr, who was hired a little later after Roths incident, had been talking with his superiors about it and probably found it strange himself as well.
I know. It seems like theres a lot going on in her own country as well. And Im sure that there would be plenty of people who would love to see Tilarna fail, and plenty of people who would love to see her succeed. Even on our side. For instance, I heard that the head of the cri prevention departnt has been having dinner with the consul recently. And Im sure other people have their own particular circumstances as well. So its a ti bomb? It is a ti bomb. Which is exactly why I want you to look out for her. And to do it thoroughly. For fucks sake this is why I hate politicians Stop complaining. If anything, I think it will be sothing worth rembering in the future.
Matoba found that response relatively out of character coming from Zimr. So far he had only seen him as a good for nothing old man, but now he almost felt respect for him. And Matoba could definitely see a common ground they could eventually share.
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