[code]accessing database “event_record” ...

ACCESS_ID: ktakeda3168
ACCESS_DATE: 2120.08.23
CLEARANCE: RED-4[/code]

A rather massive case file was on Takeda’s desk, covering absolutely everything Jian had on the whereabouts of this so-called “golden disk.” Some of the surveillance data here required corporate clearances beyond anything she’d even heard of in a ten year tenure. Someone way high up the ladder was pulling strings for them. This was the mythical “Hand of Osiris” some of the old white men talked about if she was ever going to see it. A case that had the attention of Osiris Holdings Ltd. was a once-in-a-lifetime deal for a mid-level corporate spy.

Card rapped a hand on her door, drawing an eye away from the mess of intelligence. He waved another manilla folder filled with what Takeda assumed was an assignment. She turned her attention back to the documents she already had until he took a seat on the far side of her desk and tried to close the folder on her. [color=cc99ff]“Don’t touch my intelligence.”[/color]
Card dropped the new folder square on top of the documents as she flipped a page. She gave him a scowling face. [color=cc99ff]“You touched my intelligence ...”[/color]

[color=d6d6d6]“Kira are you mad at me?”[/color]
Around him she couldn’t hold a flat face. There were two types of operatives: those who were enigmatic and deceptive all the time, and those who needed to not be from time to time. Takeda seemed to be the second, probably from her upbringing. [color=cc99ff]“You told me two hours ago I was going to be running this op, and I only find out when I show up that you took it away from me,”[/color] she snarked after thumping the intelligence file back on top of Card’s mission dossier, [color=cc99ff]“So yes Bill, I’m a little mad at you right now.”[/color]

He sighed, trying to have the patience to not just pull rank which would end poorly. [color=d6d6d6]“That came from over my head,”[/color]
[color=cc99ff]“And I don’t care.”[/color]
[color=d6d6d6]“Look,”[/color]
she dropped her file and gave him the same scornful stare, [color=d6d6d6]“you lost out on running the op because you have more connections in the criminal underworld than most of our other agents. We can’t afford to have you sitting in a com van.”[/color]
[color=cc99ff]“Most, not all. I’m not the only one with old contacts in dark places.”[/color]
[color=d6d6d6]“And all of them are going into the field too. I wasn’t kidding about all hands on deck. The deputy director is pretty sure the Hand of Osiris is in play with this.”[/color]

[color=cc99ff]“I figured as much...”[/color]
She closed the intelligence file she insisted on reading through the duration of their conversation and pushed the folder aside so Card could finally show what he had brought her. [color=cc99ff]“Alright show me the assignment.”[/color]
He finally got to open the folder with the assignment. None of the criminal organizations she saw immediately referenced  was one she was ever involved with, oddly enough. [color=d6d6d6]“I knew you’d probably kill me if we put you back in Kyoto so we opted to take advantage of your reputation instead. The pla-”[/color]
[color=cc99ff]“Anyone who’s heard of me would know I’m not exactly friendly with Yakuza anymore.”[/color]
[color=d6d6d6]“Yeah, we’re counting on it. An old grudge to settle is the story to get you in with Militia.”[/color]

That plan seemed dubious. Kyoto Yakuza was affiliated with the Nazyashi Consortium. They and the Militia were at war with each other and had been for years. She rubbed at her temple, head hurting at the prospect. [color=cc99ff]“That’s gonna be a hard sell to not just get shot.”[/color]
[color=d6d6d6]“Yeah I figured as much. If you can step back into your old ruthless criminal persona, I have a plan put together for convincing the Militia you’re no friends to your old affiliates.”[/color]
Takeda gave him a sideways look. [color=cc99ff]“Why do I get the feeling this plan of yours involves a body count and explosives?”[/color]
[color=d6d6d6]“Because it does,”[/color] he affirmed.
[color=cc99ff]“Perfect...”[/color]