| [Apr. 22nd, 2009|12:51 am] |
Hiro smiled disarmingly. "It's okay, I believe you." He marked down a few notes about the poison, and a short comment that could very well have been 'poison judged to be a minimal risk.'
That wasn't actually what he wrote; the internal ops agent taking over the case would need to look up the poison and confirm Genma's description before they could truly sign off on Genma's course of action. But he continued as if it was.
"What arrangements did you make for the girl's return?" Presumably one of Jitaro's bodyguards would have been sent to retrieve the girl at Mitsugawa's office, thus discovering the grim scene left behind by the Konoha ANBU. That, in turn, would have set off its own set of fireworks within the city of Juunan, possibly larger even, metaphorically, than the explosive jutsu exchanged by the ninja.
What Genma might not have known, but Hiro certainly did, was that Oimikado was well-known as an outspoken supporter of the sex trade in Juunan. Giving impassioned speeches about women's right to use their bodies as they chose, citing heartfelt testimonials from young women who had made enough money to lever themselves up into respectable society, Oimikado portrayed herself to the poor, downtrodden whores of the city as a loving--though distant as the stars--mentor figure.
Which was why the best way to ensure that sparks would fly in the city of Juunan was to frame a furious and jealous Oimikado for the grisly murder of her assistant and his accompanying beruffled sex toy.
Disgusting, all of it. Both sides, as far as he was concerned. But if Oimikado managed to blame the whole thing on interfering ninja, spinning the sad story of the charmingly innocent child whore so that it improved her status in the city, rather than destroying it... Konoha's client would not be happy.
Hiro kept his face smooth and pleasant, though, his crossed ankles and forward posture the image of casual receptivity. Genma didn't need to worry about any of the politics here; his part in this fiasco was over and done with. Besides, Hiro was becoming increasingly certain--and he had been quite certain to begin with--that Oimikado's advance warning had come from someone within the Juunan political establishment itself. |
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