Centorea rushed to her department. She needed a printout of Hurley for the investigation, asap. The airhead Harpy of the front desk was the person in charge for in this matter.
"Papi, I need a picture of Hurley, the blacklisted Hellhound, asap."
"Ok, I'll print her out, but what's the rush? I didn't see any fresh cases popping up."
"Just do it for the love of God." Centorea lashed out in response to Papi's meaningless questions.
"Hmm….blackish fur and red eyes, I'm pretty sure that even if she visited once Manako'll remember." Centorea stormed out of her office towards Oni-café.
"I'm Rachnera Arachnera from the detective department. I'm looking some information about one Karen Kurusu and one Ryan Davidson." Rachnera flashed her badge to the receptionist.
"Ma'am please wait. I'll inform director Ichinose-sensei in a minute." The receptionist dialled a number and told something to the director over the phone.
"Ma'am your appointment is fixed. Director will see you in another 15 minutes." The receptionist informed Rachnera.
"That photo was very pivotal, it a damn luck that I saw it, the Kurusu girl along with the Hellhound and her adoptive brother." Rachnera muttered to herself.
"Welcome Ms. Rachnera, how can I help you?" the middle aged director asked in a mild manner.
"Hi, Mr. Ichinose, I would like to have some information about Karen Kurusu and Ryan Davidson." Rachnera relaxed over the big couch.
The director clacked his keyboard frantically and then two pages came out of the printer. "You'll have their field of athletic events, disability, contact numbers, family history and addresses. But tell me detective, are these kids involved in something? Both of them are hard-working kids and I seriously doubt that they are involved in something shady."
Rachnera stopped the man with a gesture, "Nah, it's just a routine enquiry ."
Rachnera came out from the office with a gleeful smile, "Two calls on the same day from Hurley's phone to Karen's. I'm pretty sure these two are in the cahoots."
Centorea sprinted towards the Oni-café almost out of breath, Smith held out the door for her, "Ms. Centorea shall I bring a drink for you?"
"Yees….and send Manako-san I've more info for her." Centorea let out between pants.
"Ah….now this is what I call a drink." Centorea gulped down almost the quarter of the Beer bottle in one go. She then flashed out the photo in front of the Manako's single eye. "Now Manako-san, have you seen this Hellhound around your café? If yes then did you see her around the same time when Mr. Kimihito was seen with the victim?"
Manako scratched her chin, looked upwards and then replied, "Yes, in-fact I saw her on the same day. I also saw her another time with two specially abled kids."
A smile graced Centorea's lips. "Manako-san you're simply great. Why're you wasting your time, here? We need stealthy and observant people like you in our department. Heck,why don't you write the next Police recruitment exam?"
Manako's cheeks heated up, she was embarrassed due to this praising. "I'm…bit awkward around other people and we see each other as scary, anyways."
"We'll take care of that, once you're in the force." Centorea paid the bill and tipped the Monoeye, she was elated due to this new lead.
Suddenly her phone beeped, she took out to read the incoming message. It was from Rachnera, "Meet me at Beika park. Bring your sword and gun."
A sly smile appeared in the Centaur's face, "If Thou art going storm this Hurley's address, be assured of my unwavering support of thine action." Centorea often indulged in Victorian English whenever she had something interesting to delve into.
Rachnera' snarky reply read, "You bet we are, Ms. Shakespeare."
Rachnera knocked the door of the flat cautiously with an eye on the keyhole, while Centorea was ready with her sword.
Suddenly a light male voice lashed out, "Go away, Nee-san isn't in the house." Which followed by a heavy thud, coming from the back end of the flat.
Centorea kicked the door open, only to find a human boy on wheelchair. "Who're you, why did you break the door, violent lady?" he cried out loudly.
"Centorea, leave him, our target is running through the park." Rachnera pointed out the fading silhouette.
Hurley was sprinting with all her might, the vast grassland gave her ample opportunity to loose her pursuer, yet the increasingly louder sound of hoofs suggested otherwise. "Seems like I was seen through the keyhole, one's a centaur, I heard her hooves, the other is…."
"If the Centaur won't leave me alone I'll pump all these bullets in her." Hurley was going to reach for her pistol while running.
Suddenly another silhouette appeared on her left side, it was an enormous dark blob and a skittering sound followed it. Before she could respond a fierce punch on her left cheek threw her to the ground followed by a pair of hooves striking her with full force towards her shoulder blade.
Hurley tried reaching for the pistol but some sort of webbing stopped her from doing so. She was greeted with six fiery red eyes and a pair of icy cold blue eyes.
"Now talk. Or else I'll just gut you, Alive." the last part was spelled with more emphasis as the Arachne sank her claws to grip the Hellhound's face.
Hurley for the first time in her life felt raw fear, she knew that this woman wasn't joking.
"Why did Erika contact you?" the Centaur asked calmly.
"Who is Erika and for fuck's sake, let me go." The Hellhound pleaded.
The Centaur took out her sword and struck Hurley on her ribs with the blunt part. She doubled over in pain.
"Look, Hurley. My partner is quite violent despite being a blue eyed blonde. So for your own interest, I suggest that you should talk." Rachnera cupped her face with more pressure.
Centorea was angry about being called a violent blue eyed blonde, but she knew more pressing matters were to be addressed.
"Hurley, if you don't cooperate with us, we'll have to arrest you. We have enough evidence to do so. Think about the plight that will be dished out to your disabled brother, how will he cope with the arrest of his sister? Think clearly, help us and we'll keep our end of the bargain." Rachnera toned down her glare while Centorea was busy cracking her knuckles.
The only weak spot of the otherwise tough Hellhound was brilliantly exposed by Rachnera, Hurley fell onto her Knees.
"Erika hired me to kill someone. She didn't anything about the target in the beginning, but then when she shown me the target at Oni-café I was astonished. The target was Karen's big brother, Kurusu-sensei. Karen is a very sweet girl and is very affectionate of my brother. There's no way I could have forgiven myself after this task, you know I'm more sort of mercenary, this contract killing wasn't my thing but I was lured in as I need a shitload to treat my ailing brother. But I refused due the call of my conscience but Erika won't stop pestering me, so I called her out and gave her a piece of my mind. "
The sobbing Hellhound was interrupted as Centorea wasn't convinced , "Thus stabbing her to death."
"Please Ma'am, believe me, I didn't kill her. I just punched her till she passed out." Hurley almost pleaded to the Centaur, while Rachnera was on her phone, checking up on her mail.