Shibuya Hotel

[Lei Wulong]

Zakk made his way back from this horrible date in the hotel suite.  Betty was just being her usual jealous-self.  Hopefully, she should get cleared up pretty soon.  And she'll be back to her sweet kind self in no time.  Maybe she'll come visit his room and bring him snacks.  Unless... she might poison the snacks.

It's moment like these, Zakk understood why people turned to drugs.  Thankfully, this hotel was stocked with alcohol, and Zakk could just drink himself to a stupor.  Anything to help him forget what had happened with Betty and Julia.

He walks back into his room to change into some more casual clothes, as he cannot be wearing his badge and drink.  Those two don't mix.  His Father's Zui Quan made the whole thing confusing.  It's sometimes hard to tell whether or not he was sober or seriously a drunken stupor.  Usually, if he's red in the face, he's really, really, drunk or embarassed.  But if not, he's fake-drunk.

Zakk makes his way to the lobby and orders a case of wine.  That should be enough to give him a serious hangover tomorrow morning.

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Shery arrived on Japan and entered The Shibuya Hotel, go to the receptionist for a while, got the keys, and goes to her reserved room. Shery thought that she must be not alone and perhaps several rooms also has been taken by other competitors like her. But ofcourse she couldn't asked it because that was the guest's privacies. The reserved room was so luxury, made Shery couldn't believed and thought she was dreaming. Then Shery planned to go to the cruise ship which has told to be the arena by the receptionist tomorrow. But she hope the tournament would not held on the ship.

[Lei Wulong]

As Zakk grabbed the case he took note of a fellow competitor by asking the manager with his badge. He saw a foreign asian young woman goes to the receptionist. He couldn't help but followed her, stand near the receptionist table, eavesdrop, and over hear the whole thing. As the woman walked to her room, Zakk followed her.



"Don't be startled. I need to talking about Madison Adams-Grant. I am not going to hurt you."

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Shery excited and shoked.

"Eh??? Who are you??? You slipped behind and just told me to not be afraid???"

She didn't have any experience about stalker and yet, an unknown man suddenly followed her. She started to panicked.

"Go away!!! Or I'll gonna scream!!!"

[Lei Wulong]

Zakk didn't expect this reaction. He flipped through his wallet and showed Shery his badge.

"I'm Detective Lei Wanrei. I, too am here to investigate Madison Grant."

Perhaps this woman could help him find his cousin for him.

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Shery tried to controlled her breath.

"Phew... you are a cop. Then where's your manners? Just the words 'excuse me' or 'pardon' first didn't hurt, did it?"

Then Shery read the his police ID beside his badge.

"I am Shery Hsu. Please come in first, Detective Lei! I didn't wanted people got misunderstanding if they saw us talked at the door."

[Lei Wulong]

Zakk groaned. "Look, I'm sorry. I had a long day... As you can see." He holds up the wine.

"Yes, of course..." Zakk hoped Betty isn't watching him. He did notice that woman often likes to turn up where Zakk is.

Once inside he sits on the bed. He shouldn't get drunk yet.

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Shery currently wears her grey blazer and long pants with high heels. Her sweet smiles now returned althought she still kept a distance from him.

"You said before that you has investigating this 'Madison Grant'. So, perhaps I couldn't help since I just knew only the name and her face by the announcement four months ago."

Shery then sat on the chair. Her loosed long hair smells jasmine shampoo and she asked the tall detective.

"Who is this 'Madison', Detective Lei? I'm sure you have more information about this woman better than mine."

[Lei Wulong]

"I don't know much about her." He whispered. "But I do suspect that she possibly may have had a hand in a case that I am currently working on."

He closed his eyes for a moment to think for a moment.

"Johanna Williams was murdered by a young woman named Lian Lei. No relation there." Which was a lie. But he didn't want people knowing that girl was his cousin. "We coincidentally share the same family name. But I also recently discovered that Madison Adams-Grant is the suspect's aunt and she may be harboring a fugitive."

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"I see. Since the woman who named Madison who currently the host of the canceled tournament before and since me also the one of its competitors, then you wish that I would be helped you to found any informations about the killer who hidden under her wings, right?"

Shery asked while she flipped her loose long hair and still smile with her naughty stares to the detective's eyes.

"Perhaps I can help...perhaps. I am also curious about everything here. But by the way, do you have someone who knew well about Mishima Zaibatsu, especially about their scientific research? Please don't tell me to just using the internet, and please introduce me to them, Detective Lei!"

Shery knew that it might not be an easy tasks for her if she just tried to closed to someone who yet she didn't currently knew for found any informations, but she unable to wait any longer for any news about her lost parents.

[Lei Wulong]

"Yes, bingo! You and I can help each other out. I need to somehow get a search warrant, otherwise, I'd have to wait until the tournament starts before I do anything."

Once that happens, Zakk knows that the Williams family is going to kill Lian before Zakk even gets a chance to talk to her.

"Perhaps I can help...perhaps. I am also curious about everything here. But by the way, do you have someone who knew well about Mishima Zaibatsu, especially about their scientific research? Please don't tell me to just using the internet, and please introduce me to them, Detective Lei!"

Luckily for her, Zakk did know someone. He wasn't sure if Dr. Kristovitch was receptive to getting questions about her time in the Zaibatsu, but it was a long-shot. Plus, he, Steve, and Lei were all looking into the Zaibatsu's science department as well. It was nice that they had Dr. Kristovitch's full co-operation, but seeing as she was his Pop's girl, she really can only cooperate. As if one would refuse to cooperate with their Detective boyfriend. Betty sure did, though.

"Good news, I know just the person. Her name is Dr. Kristovitch and she worked on a number of experiments for 15 years before she resigned. I will personally introduce you to her whenever I can. She'll probably show up at the tournament."

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Sept 19, 2018 6:39:25 GMT -5 Lei Wulong said:

Good news, I know just the person. Her name is Dr. Kristovitch and she worked on a number of experiments for 15 years before she resigned. I will personally introduce you to her whenever I can. She'll probably show up at the tournament."

Suddenly Shery approached, kneeled-down infront of the detective who still sat on the bed, and grabbed one his hand with her both hands like praying position. Her both hands with their long fingers didn't seems very attractive on very closed-views because she had trained them so hard since younger age. Her beautiful teary eyes widen with inverted-V shaped eyebrows, stared so deeply to the detective's eyes.

"Really??? You knew a former Mishima Zaibatsu's scientist??? Oh, praise the Lord...."

Her tears flowed down from her eyes.

"Oh, excuse me...."

Shery released the detective hands and quickly stands while wiped her tears with her right hand. She regained her spirits since she saw an hope infront of her. Shery must be patient a little longer for the tournament where the former scientist might be probably appeared. After she calmed a bit,

"Detective Lei. It seems your case might be harder and even it made you carried a wine with you. Before we exchange our numbers, please show me the pictures about Lian Lei! You have them, haven't you?"

[Lei Wulong]

Zakk smiled and watched as Shery got on to her knees as she grabbed his hands.

"Really??? You knew a former Mishima Zaibatsu's scientist??? Oh, praise the Lord...."

Zakk wondered if she was a Christian, but it wasn't too out of the norm. Christianity is everywhere. "Yes. Dr. Kristovitch is an accomplished geneticist who published her findings. She used to be a college professor, but... now she's a lab tech, still doing her research on the side, though." Zakk added.

He wondered what that woman was up to these days. He hasn't seen her since Chinese New Years.

"Detective Lei. It seems your case might be harder and even it made you carried a wine with you. Before we exchange our numbers, please show me the pictures about these Madison and Lian Lei! You have them, haven't you?"

"Oh, the wine? Yes... um... well... actually..." He grinned sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "It's girl problems. You know...?"

Zakk then got out his phone and loaded up a picture of Lian, a brunette half-Asian with olive eyes. He then showed her a picture of Madison.

"Obviously, she's kin to Madison on her father's side, since her mother is Taiwanese, and her father is English."

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Geneticist? Shery wondered what the Mishima Zaibatsu purposed then. If they needed her parents for any meaning of health and medical purposes, the zaibatsu didn't need to threat her parents and made them disappeared without any news at all. At least there's still hope for her since Dr. Kristovitch was worked on the zaibatsu for the last 15 years.

"I see, she still doing her research. And about your girl-problem, well, no wonder if it 'more harder' than your case. It looks like she is 'cheating' on you.", Shery's smile returned.

Shery saw the picture on the Zakk's cellphone and after they exchanged their numbers,

"Ok, I'll try to close to them after the tournament begins later. By the way, I changed my mind. Since my spirit up and I'm not took a bath yet, I would rest later. Detective Lei, did you knew any gym around here?"

[Lei Wulong]

"Yeah, and she's in a relationship with my Pops. I suppose that if they get married, she'll be my step-mother. Which is cool. But she's an independent woman. And Pops tends to date women who depend on him financially."

When Shery tells Zakk that possibly his girlfriend was cheating on him, Zakk simply shook his head.

"No, other way around." Zakk said. "She thinks that I'm cheating on her, which I'm not! She accuses me of sleeping with my female best friend, which is absurd! Because she's my friend!"

Zakk was sober, but he was too frustrated to even worry about pouring his heart out to some woman that he just met. "Like, she thinks my friend has a crush on me, which she totally doesn't." Zakk honestly wasn't too sure about that part.

"So my head hurts. And I want to get shitfaced for the evening."

"Ok, I'll try to close to them after the tournament begins later. By the way, I changed my mind. Since my spirit up and I'm not took a bath yet, I would rest later. Detective Lei, do you know any gym around here?"

"There's like this gym called Average Joe somewhere out there in the Minato District. Great place to spar."