| | Akira receives a mail from someone claiming to be 'The Bat'. He infroms Akira that he's watching over him "from the shadows," additionally advising him to stay away from [[Tokio Morishima]] in the P.S. Chizuru rings his doorbell, and shortly after answering the door, Chizuru explains that she needs Akira to technically "come down to the site." They leave and make their way towards Typhoon. | | Akira receives a mail from someone claiming to be 'The Bat'. He infroms Akira that he's watching over him "from the shadows," additionally advising him to stay away from [[Tokio Morishima]] in the P.S. Chizuru rings his doorbell, and shortly after answering the door, Chizuru explains that she needs Akira to technically "come down to the site." They leave and make their way towards Typhoon. |
| − | After arriving, Akira and Chizuru head over to Typhoon's courtyard, stumbling across [[Riley Kawabata|Kawabata]], who explains that the victim must have died on impact after falling from the third floor. He adds that the victim's body has multiple fractures and bruises, but isn't entirely sure if it was suicide or a murder. After asking Chizuru to tell Morikawa to come around for mah-jongg once in a while, Kawabata leaves. In the meantime, a police officer questions an elderly man, Mizoguchi, who says that - while calling the police shortly after discovering the body at 4 AM - he didn't see anyone or anything out of the ordinary. Mizoguchi says that no one was suspicious, and the officer leaves him alone. Morikawa arrives to the scene and makes a few quips on Chizuru's account, adding that he was busy "working part-time at a convenience store." Chizuru IDs the victim as a man named Hiruma, living on the third floor, and is ordered by Morikawa to get the key to his apartment. Prior to that, however, a child starts yelling from the fourth floor. Upon arriving, the child turns out to be Koichi, who asks the detectives to "help Hikaru." | + | [[File:Typhoon.jpg|thumb|200px|A view of Typhoon.]]After arriving, Akira and Chizuru head over to Typhoon's courtyard, stumbling across [[Riley Kawabata|Kawabata]], who explains that the victim must have died on impact after falling from the third floor. He adds that the victim's body has multiple fractures and bruises, but isn't entirely sure if it was suicide or a murder. After asking Chizuru to tell Morikawa to come around for mah-jongg once in a while, Kawabata leaves. In the meantime, a police officer questions an elderly man, Mizoguchi, who says that - while calling the police shortly after discovering the body at 4 AM - he didn't see anyone or anything out of the ordinary. Mizoguchi says that no one was suspicious, and the officer leaves him alone. Morikawa arrives to the scene and makes a few quips on Chizuru's account, adding that he was busy "working part-time at a convenience store." Chizuru IDs the victim as a man named Hiruma, living on the third floor, and is ordered by Morikawa to get the key to his apartment. Prior to that, however, a child starts yelling from the fourth floor. Upon arriving, the child turns out to be Koichi, who asks the detectives to "help Hikaru." |
| | '''Saturday, July 3, 1999, 08:32 AM'''<br> | | '''Saturday, July 3, 1999, 08:32 AM'''<br> |
| | Akira gets called by Kotobuki and Morikawa, with the former thanking him for his help in ''decoyman,'' and designating him as a Special Agent in the Heinous Crimes Unit. Morikawa explains that Akira has been scouted, additionally noting that everyone in the HC Unit was scouted by Kotobuki. Nonetheless, Kotobuki tells him that he's able to turn down the position on one condition - if he can do "the Firebird Splash." After a few moments of nothingness, Kotobuki welcomes Akira aboard the HC Unit and immediately puts him on the Typhoon case. Morikawa comments on the case a bit, mentioning that his gut feeling tells him it isn't a suicide after all. Kotobuki tells Akira to keep an eye out on Koichi, Hikaru's friend, and asks Morikawa to keep sending reports on the "Silver Case", after which the meeting ends. Akira and Morikawa then head off to the Typhoon apartment complex. | | Akira gets called by Kotobuki and Morikawa, with the former thanking him for his help in ''decoyman,'' and designating him as a Special Agent in the Heinous Crimes Unit. Morikawa explains that Akira has been scouted, additionally noting that everyone in the HC Unit was scouted by Kotobuki. Nonetheless, Kotobuki tells him that he's able to turn down the position on one condition - if he can do "the Firebird Splash." After a few moments of nothingness, Kotobuki welcomes Akira aboard the HC Unit and immediately puts him on the Typhoon case. Morikawa comments on the case a bit, mentioning that his gut feeling tells him it isn't a suicide after all. Kotobuki tells Akira to keep an eye out on Koichi, Hikaru's friend, and asks Morikawa to keep sending reports on the "Silver Case", after which the meeting ends. Akira and Morikawa then head off to the Typhoon apartment complex. |