Reiji was driving back to the station with Syo. The gear in his brain was turning as he tried to figure out this case. He knew it was Ranmaru behind this because it happened before. However, Reiji wasn't able to book Ranmaru or his gang due to witnesses disappearing and alibis that were too strong to break through. He's not going to let one slip through his fingers again.

"Here's what I'm wondering..."Syo said as he glanced out the car window, "What does a crime boss want with a dead body?" He asked his partner. "Kurosaki could still kick everyone out when he impersonated a cop and take the gifts while leaving the body behind."

"Because the body wasn't dead to begin with," Reiji answered as he parked the car and got out of the car.

"W-what?!" Syo quickly got out of the care and followed Reiji inside, "Everyone confirmed they heard gunshots and saw the blood."

"But did they see the victim get shot?" Reiji went into the filing room where they kept unsolved cases in alphabetical order. His fingers dance along the edges of manilla folders full if reports of many cases in the past. His fingers stopped when he reached to the the letter H and pulled out the light weighted folder. " Have you ever heard about the Hijirikawa charity auction a four years ago?"

"Yeah who hasn't? Someone stabbed Masato Hijirikawa's girlfriend and ran off. No one was able to find the killer." Syo recalled reading it in the paper and was baffled that someone would attack an elite's girlfriend in front of him.

"No only were we not able to find the killer but the body as well as 40 million dollars worth of artifacts were gone as well." Reiji tossed the file onto the table before moving onward to another one. Syo watched one by one as a file hit the table. "The year before that Girlfriend kidnapped...and the year before that girlfriend shot...and the year before that fiancée strangled! Everyone of them the body was as well as money, gifts, and anything else of value was missing." Reiji explained the connection to each and everyone of them.

Syo tried to make sense of this as he read from one case to another quickly. Every one of them seem the same and it seemed to happen once a year which lead to one conclusion, "It's a scam..."

"That right!" Reiji slapped his hands on the table, "And my theory is the girls in all of these case are one and the same." He went through the files and pulled out the pictures of the women with their respective men before disappearing.

"I think you're shooting blanks here, Reiji-san," Syo said as he studied the photos, "Everyone of them looked like completely different women."

"I thought so too when I took these cases but look closely at the facial structure. If we can find her and get her to confess, we can finally get Ranmaru Kurosaki." Reiji placed his hands on Syo's shoulders, "Justice-kun you and I can put all of these cases to close."

"I've never seen you so passionate about working," Syo said as he lightly brushed off Reiji's hand. "Why the interest?" He had to know what connection Reiji had with the crime boss.

"Let's just say he stole something from me..." Reiji said before walking to the door, "Clean that mess up, Justice-kun. We can't clean up the streets if we can't clean up a room!" With those words he left and closed the door.

"W-what?! You pulled these out!" Syo yelled then let out a frustrated sigh before picking up the folders.

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Maya walked up to the door of Ranmaru's office with glowing confidence. She came up with a plan to retrieve more valuable items to sell. The young woman knocked on the door and waited to be let in.

"Come in," Ranmaru called out . She took a breath before opening the door and walking in. Her face had a look of surprise when she noticed her boyfriend was in a meeting with another crime lord and his cohorts. It was not just any crime group either. It was Camus's gang and with him was Ren Jingūji and Van Kiryuin. They were handsome, rich, and dangerous. They're role in this was that they auction off the items that Ranmaru's group risk their asses for.

"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know you had company," She said as she was about to back out.

Ranmaru sighed an waved it of, "No it's fine, please stay." It was too late to tell her to leave because's Camus's horny dogs already seen her. If she left now, those two will follow after her to harass her. Maya quickly walked over and stood behind Ranmaru wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "Where were we?"

"The increase in demand," Camus said. "People are buying more items than I can sell."

"So what? Increase the prices. Do you know how long takes get this stuff without being suspected?" Ranmaru hated this guy but he also had to play nice for the sake of business. He felt his lady gently run her fingertips against his jawline, calming him down.

"Perhaps you should try a new method, love," Maya said as she leaned against him more, "I have an idea if you're willing to listen-"

Ranmaru cut her off as he grabbed her wrist, "Maya." Hearing his sharp tone made the grip seem like it was tight, "We talked about this. Stay in your lane."

"I would if I didn't know that eventually, real cops will be at the end of it," Maya argued and pulled her wrist free. "Do you even care what's going to happen to me if I get caught?" Ranmaru didn't even look her in the eyes and it confirmed what she feared. "You're a piece of shit," she said before storming out the door and slamming it shut.

Ranmaru groaned softly and ran his fingers through his hair, "Damn it."

"Hell has no fury like a woman's scorn," Ren said under his breath. He found this all hilariously amusing.

"Oh shove it," Ranmaru glared over at him.

"She does have a point, Kurosaki. You need a new strategy. Demand is getting higher and you're not supplying fast enough." Camus spoke as he stood, "Either you kick it up a notch or I'm going to have to find a new supplier." With those words, Camus left with his group.

Maya burst into the room she shared with Ranmaru and started to throw whatever she can get her hands on around. She tightly gripped a pillow and threw it across the room. There was a loud thud instead of a soft thump an it peeked her interest. Maya walked over to the pillow and opened up the item. She gasped lightly when she saw a little black book inside, "What the hell?" She picked it up and opened it up. Inside this book, were targeted places, events, and people. Her lips turned into a small smirk, "Stay in my lane huh...Oh I'll stay in my lane alright...after I burn yours down." Maya took out her phone and started snapping photos of the pages.