4 The Detective, The Gangster and Anya.

Four men stand outside. They all have a black sun tattoo on their necks which I never quite understood, I mean- if you organise some secret organisation or gang that you don't want find out, why would you have them all wear the same piece of clothing or tattoo associating them with your group? It's impractical.

Anya: Gentlemen, can I help you?

[Thou Shalt Not Cover] X4.

Wonder why they're jealous. The smallest guy speaks first.

Gangster 1: Sorry to bother you sir, is there a Edmund Lockland here?

Anya: No, I don't know a Edmund.

A second guy nudges the first one as a third guy steps in between them revealing a gun.

Gangster 3: We know this his apartment so where the fuck you hiding him?

Anya: I'm a new tenant, I don't know anything about this Edmund Lockland.

Gangster 4: Stop playing around! Where is he!

Anya: He's six feet under and unless you want me to introduce you to him, I would be quieter.

Gangster 2: Is that a damn threat!?

The second gangster creates a knife in his hands and tries to stab me. I COULD dodge it, stay still because the knife would just break off or disarm him but I just grab it and turn it into a dove. It's not about the damage, it's about sending a message.

Gangster 4 : Well you just exposed your gift dumbass!

The fourth gangster creates a sword on fire out of a paperclip and swings. I didn't know what he expected as I could just do the same and turn it into a dove but I'll do something different. I manipulate some ribbons to grab his ankles and trip him over, wrapping him in the ribbons and constricting his movement.

I dash forward and send a roundhouse kick to the third gangster's head but I put a bit too much force and now his head and spine is metres away from his own body.

I just summon my halberd for the last two and put them sleep as I don't want to risk accidentally killing them. I take the three alive ones and drag them inside to hide them somewhere but I get another knock at the door.

Oh shit, I forgot about the third guy I sent straight to heaven. He's just lying there and I'm 100% sure whoever just knocked on my door saw him laying there dead and brutalized.

Anya: Yes...?

I meet eyes with a guy about the same age as my original self, not Jayce. We both turn to look at the dead body and then meet eye contact once more.

Enzo: May I-

Anya: If you don't ask about the body then yes, you may come inside.

Hmmmm..... that's interesting. Out of all the people I've seen, he has the lowest sin rating so far. Enzo looked around, his eyes darting all over the place and analysed everything in extreme detail.

Anya: So why were you following me?

Enzo: You noticed?

Anya: I'm surprised you managed to keep up at the rate I was going.

Enzo: You're incredibly agile, I give you that. I managed to keep up using my gift which allowed to me to see invisible trails of colour that is unique to each person.

Anya: Why are you telling me this?

Enzo: At first I followed you because I thought you had killed that woman and ran away when you noticed I was approaching...

You fell right into my trap card! I left that body there to lure you in my safehouse so I can kill you and leave no witnesses! MUAHAHAHAGAHAHAHAHA!

Enzo: But then I saw multiple other trails chasing after you. You were being chased by them and encountered the body right? Or was it that you encountered them killing the woman and they tried to silence you?

Anya:.....….how did you know?

Enzo: Well, as an ultimate detective it was quite easy for me to deduce.

Bullshit! Wipe that smug smile off your face!

Anya: So..... are you going report me for killing that guy?

Enzo: I can just rule it off as self defense in the case file and most if not all of this will be top secret.

Anya: Like I said, why are you telling me this?

Enzo: I want to recruit you. You managed to lose those gangsters chasing after you, almost evade a ultimate detective if I didn't have my gift and brutalized that guy outside.

Anya: What will I get out of this and want do you want me to do?

Enzo: Money, Power, Status. Depending on how much you contribute, I can give you anything you wish. I can't tell you more unless you accept.

He's not lying and he genuinely believes in me. With the system and even my current abilities, unless some sort of cosmic god or someone with conceptual altering gifts and could negate the effects of my abilities.

Anya: Fine then. What do you want?

Enzo puts down a briefcase on the living room table.

Enzo: I should introduce myself, just call me N and all the information is in this briefcase. I need you to help me find seven dangerous criminals and capture them dead or alive. Each one of them nets an enormous bounty and reward. Do you own a phone?

Anya: No.

Enzo or N, hands me a phone with a symbol on the back representing a white dove made out of crystal triangles, squares and shapes.

Enzo: It's encrypted and specially produced by our organisation. Contact me through there and send a photo when if you do find one of those criminals as proof.

Anya: No particular order?

Enzo: I'd satisfied if you managed to get a photo and even capturing one would be enough.

Anya: I'll see what I can do.

Enzo leaves, taking the dead body outside and promising to get rid of it as my 'signing bonus'. I put on James' ripper outfit and smother myself in some blood from earlier. I take one of the gangsters that I hid in my surprisingly very spacious closet and.... get to work.

It took a few fingers, teeth and lacerations but I managed to get something out of him. Seeing the condition of my first victim, the second gangster was less resilient but still stubborn however, nothing a bit of water torture and broken bones won't solve. The last gangster and actually the first one to speak and the most polite who surrendered after I separated spine from body with the third gangster.

They were sent by the Nikkō gang and Edmund owed them a lot. Edmund also had a huge bounty on his head so the boss wanted to make some money. They meet up in a abandoned building but the meetings are usually only arranged by their boss. I took their phones and tried to contact him but they don't have his number and when the meetings are arranged they get sent a message anonymously.

The Nikkō gang huh? They're aspiring to become a gang big enough to surpass the Cosa Nostra at their height in the 1950s. They're kinda just loansharks who trick people into getting into bad deals by sabotaging their lives and causing them to sign it in the first places. Like the IRS but if they're willing to take your knees..... wait, that's still the IRS-

They're not that important as they're just part of a branch off a bigger family of gangs known as The Ryujin Clan. I think there are five different pillars which the clan is made out of and each pillar oversees gangs of their own which finally have branches which is the Nikkō gang. That's all I extracted off of these guys.

Anya: You, what's your name?

Dante: Dante! Dante Angelo!

Of course I already know his name, I just don't want him to ask questions and go through some unnecessary trouble.

Anya: From now on your name is Angelo Kasugi, got it?

Angelo: Y-yes sir!

Anya: Any family or friends that know you personally or just anyone that cares about you and knows your former name?

Angelo: Besides the government, my hospital records and a few people who I don't think would be bothered to remember my name, no sir.

Anya: You'll become my puppet, do you know what a puppet is?

Angelo: A movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it?

Anya: My definition was a person, group, or country under the control of another but yeah, that works too for my explanation.

Angelo: Duly noted sir.

Anya: You'll become a tool for me to use however I please. This however isn't a command, it's a offer.

I hold three of Charon's Coins in my palm and hold them out to Angelo.

Anya: I shall use you to do my bidding and you shall follow all and every instruction without fail, you will not betray me and your every whims and decisions will be oversaw by me.

Anya: In return, I promise not to cause you intentional harm, pain or distress for unnecessary or no reason at all. I also promise that I will not send you to your death unless I am absolutely sure you will survive.

Anya: I also promise to make you the clan head of The Ryujin Clan ruling over all of them. Do you accept? the name change is permanent though.

Angelo hesitates for a couple seconds before accepting the coins. He bows in solemn gratitude. His eyes show both a hint of fear and idolisation.

Angelo: If sir can truly make me the clan head then I swear to be your eternal undying slave.

Anya: Then here's your first mission, take care of this dove.

I create leave the room and come back with a dove possessing the same eyes as Angelo and a ribbon wrapped around it's leg the same eye colour as Angelo.

Anya: I'll contact you for your second mission, in the meantime take this money and remain blending in. Continue as if this day never happened. Now leave.

After sending Angelo away, I head over to the other two and write my true name on a a piece of paper and ask them to read it out loud.

Gangster 2/Gangster 4: Anya-....

I turn them to stone as they finish their sentences. Now that I've dealt with those two, I can have a look at these seven criminals.

As I read the files, I get a text but it's from James' phone, how interesting. Reveal to me your secrets!