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Previously on Match Point: 8man succesfully breaks into the Chiba Police Precinct and recovers the evidence, while Komanda has his lieutenant killed.


Sunday – Chix & Dix – 19:06

Rorona takes a deep breath, as he looks at himself in the mirror. Currently he is standing in the changing room, wearing jeans and a very loose white dress shirt. On his head is a cowboy hat, along with two brown boots covering his feet.

'Okay… I just need to get this shift out the way… Then I can ask around.'

He sighs and places his head in his hands.

'God this is embarrassing, but hey - at least I'll make some cash.'

With that, he turns away from the mirror and heads to a curtain covering a doorway. Just as he's about to head through, a lean muscular man walks out from the other side of the curtain with glitter and thin coloured streams slipping off his shoulders.

"Crowd's great today." He says to Rorona, giving him a thumbs up and a grin.

Rorona simply nods, before making a fist and walking through the curtain.

This leads him out onto to the stage, where a few other men can be seen dancing in front of a crowd of woman. To the right of him are the female strippers on the other side of the club.

He slowly walks up to the edge, swaying his hips and shoulders as he does so. The spotlight shining out from the roof hurts his eyes a bit, but he ignores the glare and continues strutting. Upon reaching the edge, a few girls up front whistle at him. Rorona awkwardly begins slipping his arms out his shirts sleeves, as the song "So High" by Doja Cat plays in the background.

It doesn't take long for him to get in a rhythm with the music and almost enjoy the experience – despite how embarrassing it is. The little fun he is having however, is brought to an abrupt end when he notices his ex-wife Pamela standing by the stage staring up at him with her mouth wide.

"Oh my god…" She reacts, as her friends dance around her obliviously.

Rorona quickly kneels down by her, with a bright red face.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" He asks, while trying to continue dancing so as to not raise suspicion.

"What the hell am I doing here?! What the hell are you doing here?!"

"I-I'm… Working…"

This is only half a lie.

"Working? This is the job you've been keeping a secret from me?"

"Uh… Yep…"

As much as he wants to tell her he's only undercover for Hikigaya, Rorona knows lying right now is the best course of action – no matter how cringe inducing it is.

"I can't believe this…"

"Well… B-Believe it… Now tell me: What are you doing here?!"

"My friend's getting married! We're here for a party!"

"What kind of party is this? You're at a strip club!"

"So are you!"

Rorona shakes his head and stands up. He looks around at the other dancers and the crowd, before turning around and walking back out the curtain, far too shaken up to continue.


Chiba Police Precinct – 19:11

"What the hell happened here!?" The police captain yells out angrily at several officers all gathered in the break room.

The captain has a short grey beard, and is quite overweight – given his lack of fieldwork in recent years.

"We're not sure sir…" One of the detectives responds, leaning against the counter the coffee machine is placed on.

Touma chuckles from the other side of the room and shakes his head.

"We're not sure? Yes we are. Someone – a teenager – came in here, knocked out an officer, then STOLE evidence." He says, clearly disappointed.

"At the time the lights were out…" The younger detective responds.

"Why do you think they were out?!"

Karen raises her hands in the air and walks to the middle of the room.

"Listen, it's nobody's fault; whoever did this was a professional. Touma has been tracking this guy for months."

The officer Hikigaya knocked out in the cells sits on a couch with a bag of peas pressed against the sore head.

"Professional? Nah, the kid just got a lucky hit on me!"

"This kind of incompetence is unacceptable. I expect more from every single one of you." The captain says with a disappointed expression, before walking past his subordinates and out the break room.

There is a brief moment of quiet, as they all stand there quite embarrassed.

"So… What did he take?" Karen asks, breaking the silence.

"Two files of evidence; one about a guy named Haru Hizachi and another about the assassin I'm chasing."

"Do we have backups?"

"I have Hachiman Hikigaya's file backed up in my home, but the investigation against Haru Hizachi was in limbo – that was the only file."

"Wow… We really got screwed."

"There's no point in worrying about it now. Someone go find this Haru Hizachi guy and bring him in for questioning. It's possible he hired the assassin to do this. Also, I want all the officers who came into contact with him to speak to a sketch artist. I want a face by the end of the day."

The detectives and officers around him nod and head off to go do as Touma says.


Monday - Chiba Streets – 05:31

Hikigaya walks down the (almost) empty street, as he takes in the early morning air. It's still quite dark, with the sun just about starting to appear and light up the sky. Suddenly, the assassin's phone begins vibrating in his pocket. Hachiman promptly takes it out and answers the call.

"Hi." He greets into the device, before looking over at a car parked a bit down the street.

"Hey, it's Rorona…"

"What's up?"

"Listen, I can't do the stripper thing. Sorry."

Hikigaya frowns and continues staring at the car, as a prostitute dressed in skimpy clothes walks up and leans into the driver's window.

"Yeah, uh… It's no problem, I got the evidence from the precinct."

"Already?!"

"Wasn't too hard."

Rorona chuckles through the phone.

"Okay well, I'm still at the strip club. I'll look around for a bit, but we should nail the lieutenant soon."

"We'll have her by the end of the day."

"Cool… Cool…"

"I have to go. I'll meet you later, bye."

Hachiman doesn't wait for a response and quickly presses the red button on his phone screen, then returns the device to his pocket. He proceeds to jog over to the car, which is quite a distance away.

Inside of the vehicle is Haru Hizachi – who also happens to be the pimp from the strip club.

"So you're late on your payment as well? What do you girls think this is?" He asks angrily, as he gets out of the car.

The prostitute puts her hands out and backs away.

"Chill, I told I'd get the money. Just wait a lil'."

"Wait? That's what you all say, every single day! You think that you're special? You aint… If you don't deliver, I'll make sure you learn your lesson."

"Tsch… Like I'm scared of some Wokou."

Haru shoves her roughly.

"You better be, because I can make sure that face is no where near as presentable as it is now."

"Piss off…"

That tips the pimp over the edge, and he raises his hand to slap her. He swings towards her cheek, however his attack stops abruptly when Hikigaya grabs him by the wrist, before twisting his arm around his waist and pushing Haru backwards.

Hachiman then pulls the man's arm over his head, and pushes him over the front of the car in a similar position the police would use to handcuff someone.

BANG

He uses his other hand to raise Haru's head up by his hair and slam his face into the vehicle.

BANG

The pimp's nose begins bleeding, causing his mouth and face to get stained with blood.

BANG

One more hit does it, and he is knocked out. Hikigaya proceeds to grab the man by his shoulders and throw him into the backseat of the car. The prostitute watches with wide eyes as he does so.

After that, Hachiman pulls the keys out of the ignition, then heads to the back of the vehicle and opens up the trunk – where he finds several bags of cocaine. He takes out one of the bags, opens it, then pours the contents over the unconscious pimp in the backseat.

"Do you have a phone on you?" Hikigaya asks, turning to the woman.

She nods, and quickly pulls one out of her slightly exposed brassiere. The assassin takes it and dials a number, then raises the device up to his ear.

"Japanese Emergency Services, how may I help you?" The person on the other end of the line greets.

"My name's Haru Hizachi, and I love doing cocaine and shaking down hookers. Please arrest me before I do something I'll regret."

"Excuse m-"

Hachiman then ends the call and throws the phone into the backseat.

"Holy shit…" The woman says softly. "You're him..."

He turns back to her and raises an eyebrow.

"The girls have been speaking about you… Just rumours so far, or so I thought."

"Rumours?"

"Yeah… That there's someone helping us…"

Admittedly, his reasons for taking down Miyuki and in turn Komanda are inherently selfish. Hikigaya knows this and can't help but feel slightly guilty.

"Well, you're welcome."

With that, he begins walking away from the car and back down the street, heading to the strip club to confront the lieutenant.


Chiba Police Precinct – 07:10

Detective Touma stands patiently, as the elevator ascends up the different floors. After a short wait, the lift dings and the doors separate, revealing the roof of the precinct. He quickly walks out and heads over to the ledge. Past said ledge is a wide and beautiful view of Chiba, along with the ocean around it.

The morning birds are chirping and flying around, giving a nice calm atmosphere. Occasionally, Reo will come up here to take breath and collect his thoughts. As he does so, the detective hears his cell phone start ringing. He pulls the device out of his front pocket and answers the call.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Detective." The caller greets.

This person just so happens to be Hikigaya.

"Who is this?"

"I know you've been looking for me, Detective…"

Touma's blood runs cold and he stands dead still.

"You're the a-"

"Assassin?" Hachiman interrupts. "Yes, that's me."

There is a long silence, as Reo considers what to do.

"Anyway, I thought we should speak. Yesterday I broke into your precinct and took some evidence."

His voice is cold and emotionless.

"What about it?"

"My reasons were not malicious, and I can actually be of some service to you – If you want."

"You're murderer; when I find you, I'll arrest you. If you're lucky perhaps you won't get the death penalty."

"Calm down, Detective. I have no plans to harm you, or anyone else for that matter."

Touma wipes his forehead and begins pacing up and down.

"Then what is this call for? To taunt me?"

"No… I want you to meet me somewhere."

"Where?"

"There's a strip club here in Chiba. Be there in two hours and we can speak. Come alone."

"Yeah, I'll be there."

Not a moment later the call ends, leaving Touma with his eyes wide open.

He quickly puts his phone in his pocket and jogs over into the elevator. It doesn't take long for him to descend back down to the floor where his office is; as he arrives, the detective begins waving his right hand around getting everyone's attention.

"Hey! Everybody, I've got a location on the suspect who came in here yesterday. Get a SWAT team ready, now!"

The officers and detectives quickly drop what they're doing and stand up to help.


Chix & Dix – 07:49

Hikigaya calmly walks up to the rear entrance of the strip club with one arm behind his back. Some of the hookers loitering in the area begin to disperse as he passes them. Upon reaching the door, he pulls it open – finding two guards on the other side. When they see him they suspiciously raise an eyebrow each, before looking at each other.

As they do this, Hachiman moves his arm out from behind his back, revealing a concealed and silenced pistol. He fires the gun twice, hitting them each in the leg once.

PSEW

PSEW

The men topple over while yelling out in pain; he pays no attention to them and simply steps through the door and heads down the hallway. After a short walk he arrives at a staircase, where another guard happens to be stepping out of.

PSEW

One bullet does the trick and he falls down the last few steps, hitting his head on the tiles. The assassin quickly jogs up to the second floor. He then checks around at the different doors, before finding the one he's looking for and promptly kicking it in.

As the loud sound of wood cracking and a lock breaking echoes through the hall, Hikigaya walks inside. On the desk at the end of the room, he stares directly at Miyuki who is sitting down with her legs crossed.

"I've been expecting you…" She says with her nasally voice.

"Really?" Hachiman responds, clutching his pistol tightly.

"Yeah… Komanda's given us all a heads up, just in case; guess he was right."

"You weren't sure?"

"Nah… I have a lot of enemies. Most don't have the stones to confront me directly though, so kudos I guess."

The assassin takes a deep breath, before speaking.

"I'm sure you know by now that I'm not here to kill you."

She nods.

"But I'm not here to arrest you either."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah… I've come to make a deal."

From outside the strip club - Rorona stands leaned against the front wall, watching cars go by. As he watches them, he begins to hear the faint sound of sirens.

Back inside the lieutenant's office, Miyuki raises an eyebrow and grins.

"A deal? What kind of deal?"

"You work directly with Komanda… That means you could be a big help to me."

"I do work with him, but why would I help you?"

"Because as of now you only have three options."

Hikigaya reaches behind his back and pulls out Haru's evidence folder.

"The documents and witness testimonies in here implicate you in extortion, money laundering, illegal prostitution, human trafficking, murder, and other crimes as well. The original detective handling the case was bribed a big sum of money and it all just went away, but if I were to give this to a real police officer – an incorruptible one – you'd go to jail for life."

Miyuki stays silent as he speaks.

"Personally, I don't care about the law. If I thought throwing this evidence in a fire would bring me closer to completing my task, I'd do it. So here are your three options:

One – You turn on Komanda and help me take him down.

Two – I give this to the police and you go to jail.

Three – You die right here, right now."

"Wow…"

"You have thirty seconds to make a decision."

The female lieutenant folds her arms and chuckles.

"So you're going to kill me?" I thought you were an ex-assassin?"

"It's true, I'm not a hitman for hire anymore – but for better or for worse the jobs I did have taught me one very important thing; when something needs to be done and someone gets in your way, no matter who they are, they become just as important as a contract. So in that, you're just another one of my targets… And I kill my targets."

As they speak, several police cruisers and vans pull up outside the building. Rorona quickly runs inside to warn Hachiman, while the officers and SWAT teams exit their vehicles. The SWAT all have full black gear on, along with the letters S-A-T printed largely on their backs, representing the Special Assault Team of Japan. Right next to them is Touma, armed with his handgun and bulletproof vest.

They all head up to the entrance with guns raises, before kicking in the door and heading inside. The raid doesn't take long, and soon everyone inside the strip club is sent out and the teams begin clearing the different rooms and levels.

Eventually they enter into Miyuki's office where they find her with her hands tied up and folder of evidence resting on a cabinet by the door. After Touma arrives, he picks up the folder and begins looking through it. Miyuki is soon arrested and marched to the cruisers.

Hikigaya however, is no where to be found.


Author's Notes: No breaks for 8man! Looks Miyuki didn't take the deal... Chapter 43 will be up next week. Thanks for reading!