The Luckster And The Detective

Okay...a few reviews, yet this is enough for me to get inspiration to bring in the third chapter, and this is where things start where the last chapter left off as Kirigiri and Naegi commence their team up and work together which will take them to several areas within Tokyo to hunt down drug dealers who are connected to a cartel that managed to infiltrate a student of Hope's Peak Academy.

Last chapter showed you how this story commences and Naegi's "luck" sends him in a bad situation and Kirigiri is trying to get him out, and this resulted in a brief melee with the corrupt police force, until the two teens are eventually cleared of the charges, and now in this chapter things will result in Kirigiri and Naegi taking a leave from the academy to begin their "mission" on how to find this cartel and expose them before they take their hold on Hope's Peak Academy's students that would turn them into drug depended addicts. This is where our heroes' adventures start, and expect this to be full of mystery and suspense

Well, that's the summary I can tell you right now, but you'll soon see where this would lead to, so here is the opening chapter, so read and enjoy!

Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche

Ch. 3: Karera no Otorisōsa ni Intārūdo

Tokyo.

Makoto Naegi and Kyoko Kirigiri arrived and are now standing by at a snack bar as she told her partner that they are waiting for one of her "contacts" to arrive and there she will introduce to him so that he would know where to get information and clues as to where they would start in finding out about the cartel and which drug dealers are involved in distributing the drugs to students at Hope's Peak Academy, which Naegi nodded, as he wondered how their mission would turn out as this is his first time in doing something like this.

After several minutes the teens are approached by a pretty teenage girl, and to Naegi's confusion, she is dressed in a sexy Santa Clause suit and there Kirigiri introduced her as "Santa-Chan" and told him that Santa-Chan will be their "source of information" much to his surprise.

"Hello!"

"About time you arrived..."

"Huh? A girl in a Santa Claus suit? It's not even Christmas!"

"Naegi-kun...allow me to introduce to you...code name: Santa-chan."

"Please to meet you!"

"Umm...hello..."

"Have you brought information that we can use...?"

"Yes. Kiri-chan!"

"Let me hear it then..."

Like what Santa Claus does, Santa-Chan brought out something from her bag and revealed to be a huge map of Tokyo, where Kirigiri and Naegi glanced at the map where several "x" are marked at certain areas, where the marks are revealed to be certain business districts within Tokyo, which gave Kirigiri ideas on where to start looking for the cartel members. As naegi looked at the map, the scene shifts closer where you can see which areas are marked. They are:

- Akasaka

- Ikebukuro

- Roppongi

- Shinjuku

- Shibuya

- Shiodome

With six areas to choose from to begin their search, Naegi is a bit skeptical on how to find their target with the areas quite far from each of their destinations, but Santa-Chan assured to him that she has her "sources" and that she will give Kirigiri a call once she gets info and sights on the one that they are looking for, in which Kirigiri nodded as this would help in their search for the ones who are secretly distributing drugs to innocent students at Hope's Peak Academy and vowed to bring them down and bring them to justice, which Naegi wondered if they would succeed in this mission of theirs.

After that, Santa-Chan leaves and begins her role in providing help to Kirigiri and Naegi, and the two teens leave as she tells her partner that they are going to stroll around Tokyo while awaiting news from their "source", which Naegi nodded as he wondered what his fellow classmates think once they noticed that he and Kirigiri are absent from class.

-x-

At Hope Peak's Academy, the Class Of '78 are on a recess and noticed that both Kirigiri and Naegi are absent, with Kiyotaka Ishimaru complaining that the two are both out at the same time, which Hifumin Yamada suspected that the two are "believed to be secretly dating" which Aoi Asahina suspected it as well, with Celestia Ludenberg supporting the rumor and in turn caused Sayaka Maizono to get suspicious and worried since she has secret feelings for Naegi though Sakura Ohgami urged her classmates not to jump to conclusions and they should wait for the two to show up and from there they will ask Kirigiri and Naegi on why they were coincidentally absent at the same time.

"Naegi is absent...? And so is Kirigiri?"

"That's odd...absent at the same time...?"

"That's unacceptable! They must know that absence would affect their grades! They should practice healthy lifestyle so that they won't use sickness as an excuse not to attend classes!"

"Hmm...I bet Naegi and Kirigiri are secretly dating..."

"Huh? Are you sure?"

"Fu-fu-fu...Quite a gamble for Naegi-kun..."

"Everyone...let us not jump to conclusion..."

"Sakura-chan's right...once they attend again...that's when we're going to ask questions..."

"He's right..."

"Let's wait..."

"Naegi-kun...are you really dating Kirigiri-san...? What about me? You're the reason why I gained strength...because I like you...!"

By then a teacher arrived and told the students that class in now in session and the students prepare for their next lessons while hoping that Kirigiri and Naegi would attend the next day and ask them what happened, so that this would end the rumor and speculation about the two.

-x-

Back at Tokyo, after several hours, Kirigiri and Naegi stopped at a snack bar to rest after their search gave almost no results, though she is undaunted while Naegi sighed as he was a bit tired after walking for so long but then his "luck" came and seemingly gave him and Kirigiri a good one as Santa-Chan came and told them she has some "good news" as she managed to find a "source" on how, who and where they can get a lead on who is supplying illegal drugs to students and Kirigiri is all ears and is awaiting the info and Naegi asked if this "source" is an adult or a teenager and there Santa-Chan begins her "report" and there the two teens gave their views.

"Merry Christmas!"

"But it's not even December yet..."

"Calm down, Naegi-kun...Santa-chan...have you..."

"Yes, and this info I gained would benefit you two..."

"We are listening..."

"..."

"The cartel is operating within Roppongi...and is aided by one of your schoolmates...he's said to have a tag name of "Salesman"...who is a friend of "Trader"...whom you tried to take down but was ran over by a vehicle..."

"Eh? Seriously?"

"Tell us more, Santa-chan..."

Naegi is shocked while Kirigiri remained calm yet her eyes had a rather livid look when told by their "source of information" that a supplier of one the cartel they been seeking is situated within the Roppongi area, and the cartel is being aided by one of the students of Hope's Peak Academy, who is known by his tag name of "Super High School-level Salesman", and that he is a friend and cohort of the recently killed "Super High School-level Trader", and Kirigiri asked if she can take her and Naegi to the area where the cartel is doing their business and meetings though Naegi advises Kirigiri about it fearing that the "Salesman" might recognize them, yet she responded by saying that she has made some "counters" for such a situation.

Santa-chan nodded and began to lead the two teens as they head for Roppongi and the two teens are bracing themselves as they are about to meet with the cartel that are shipping illegal drugs and the "Super High School-level Salesman" which Kirigiri intend to find out who he is and find a way to expose him and the cartel for ruining the lives of the innocent youths due to their reckless distribution of their dreaded drugs.

-x-

At a local bar in Roppongi, the time now is 18:00 and the scene shifts inside where you can see a lot of people dining inside, and most of the patrons are businessmen and politicians alike, and are swooning with bar girls dressed in playboy outfits which resembled the ones you see in Las Vegas in USA, and there the scene slowly revealed that the "Super High School-level Salesman" is talking with some men in business attire, where a briefcase is being shown and when opened, it revealed a lot of illegal drugs, such as coccaine, LSD, Ecstasy, among others, and there the rogue Hope's Peak Academy student began his "business transaction" with the men, who turn out to be members of a notorious drug cartel.

"Hello, gentlemen..."

"Well, well...the "Trader" from Hope's Peak Academy..."

"You got something for us?"

"Hope it's worth out effort in seeing you..."

"I promise your times won't be in vain...after all...I'm a "Salesman"..."

"Then you have something we want?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Good..."

"Let's get to business then..."

By then Kirigiri and Naegi arrived, wearing disguises such as wigs and sporting business-clad attires, and there she saw the "Super High School-level Salesman" handing cash to the men while receiving the drugs which she recognize him as she encountered him before and she is now sure that he is the one who had the recently deceased "Super High School-level Trader" do the selling at Hope's Peak Academy, and now this is her chance to solve the case and put an end to the cartel once and for all.

She whispered to Naegi and pointed to him that the teen talking to the unidentified men are the cartel members and advised him to act like they planned so as not to give him and herself away, which Naegi nodded as the two teens began their work and approached the group where the "Super High School-level Salesman" is still talking to the cartel members, and when the two teens arrived and "introduced" themselves as "potential distributors", both the "Salesman" and the cartel members listened as Kirigiri used persuasive means to convince them that she wants to do business with them, slowly earning their trust.

Naegi remained quiet throughout the discussion but then the "Salesman" approached him and attempts to converse with him seeing that he is Kirigiri's "assistant" and the "Luckster" sticks to the plan and does his best to "mingle" with the suspect, which worked so far, having earned the "Salesman's" "friendship", which Naegi managed to conceal his true identity so as not to jeopardize his and Kirigiri's mission.

"You sure are young...you intend to make money this young?"

"Ehe-he-he...yes...I want to earn money the shortcut way..."

"How about you hang out with me? I can help you earn a lot of Yen...and if your lucky...american Dollars...straight from "Uncle Sam"..."

"Really...? I don't know...what if..."

"Stick with me...and you will see..."

"Er.."

"Want me to treat you to some beer?"

"Ah...no thanks..I'm..."

The "Salesman" felt he has found friendship in the disguised Naegi and offered to treat him with "good stuffs" such as food and drink (i.e. beer, wine), though Naegi politely declined the offer, but then Naegi's "bad luck" struck as he accidentally hit a mug of wine which spilled on the "Salesman's" lap, and though he apologized, the "Salesman" stated that it is alright and grabbed a napkin to wipe off the stain, unknowingly dropping his cellphone, which fell on the floor and Kirigiri secretly took by using her foot to drag it towards her.

The "meeting" went well as the "Salesman" and the cartel are pleased with how the discussion went on, while Kirigiri managed to keep them from noticing Naegi, who secretly removed his foot from his shoes to use his toes to place the fallen cellphone inside his shoe, and then pretended to fix his shoe when in reality he took the cellphone and turned it off and then placing it inside his socks before composing himself. After that Kirigiri managed to earn the cartel's trust and secured a way for her and Naegi to gain access to the cartel's business before ending the meeting.

As Naegi and Kirigiri leaves, the "Super High School-level Salesman" frantically searched for his cellphone at the area he was sitting earlier, unaware that Naegi took it with him and had no idea that the two undercover teens are now on the way in figuring out what the "Salesman's" contact numbers on his cellphone are about to be pried by "prying eyes".

To Be Continued…

Hope you liked this chapter of this fic, though it focused mostly on Kirigiri and Naegi mixing with the cartel members, and yet it introduced a sub-villain in the form of the "Super High School-level Salesman" who turn out to be a rogue student from Hope's Peak Academy, and the story is now picking up after Naegi's "luck" kicked in and allowed him and Kirigiri to acquire their first clue to infiltrating the cartel.

Preview:

The next chapter will continue on how Kirigiri and Naegi would get their way in to the cartel's "warehouse" of drugs while remaining in undercover to get close to their target while the "Super High School-level Salesman" slowly developed an interest in Kirigiri while Naegi is having trouble of his own...