"Alright, the transfer will go on at 11:00 p.m. sharp. Be there at that time or there will be dire consequences."

"Ye-yeah."

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"I'm back," said a tired voice.

"Ohh, welcome! You're back early. I'm making curry," said a bright, slightly arrogant voice in reply.

The dark-haired man roughly took a seat and put his head in his hands. The blonde, cheerful person in an orange apron approached him in concern, though putting on his awkward smile. He sat down and mimicked the dark-haired man named Sasuke. Naruto, the blonde boy, captured every move he made until Sasuke stood up and walked away. Naruto, puzzled, walked towards him and asked him what was wrong.

"I just have more and more dealers and cases this week. I got a notice today that a new Mafia boss was appointed out in the Eastern Disrict," Sasuke said with his hand to his forehead.

"Eastern District? That's already anuptight, high-end crack-pack there. Are you the only one investigating on it?" The blonde looked at him with gazed, somewhat worried eyes, thinking of how much trouble has happened even in that high-society-like district.

"So far, I AM the only one. The boss won't start letting more people on until he knows his 'best' crime investigator can't handle something like this alone. I hate my boss with a fiery passion," he snared back. "Anyways, I have to get going in about an hour or so. I'm supposed to have a report on the other four cases I've done this week."

"I'm sorry," Naruto said in a voice almost like a whisper.

"Why? Is there something wrong?" Sasuke wondered.

"You work so much while I sit here because of my financial crash.."

"That's all right. There's no need to be sorry since we've known eac other for years. That's what friends do. We help each other out in their time of need."

They both gave a slight grin and ate their pork curry. About an hour later, Sasuke rushed out of the door to get back to work on the Mafia case. He worked many ohurs of the night into the morning. Dead tired, he slowly walked out of the office building , back hunched, tie loosened, heavy bags under his eyes and all. Once he came back to his and his roommate's apartment, something felt a bit off. He slowly opened up the door to find that everything had been raided. His eyes widened and was suddenly aware of how much more serious the situation became.