Book 2 Chapter 125. Unworthwhile Business (Part 2.)

  Marcus wao give Kevin a thumbs up, but only ohe man proved that he would not be trying to run away again.

  “Mathis. ” The middle aged man responded, his head held low and his voice softened, defeated. The previously obvious ical and stubborn attitude was but all gone. Just as Kevin suspected, he was Brooklyn Payhe infamous PI and occasional fixer for rich but unsavory people of the city.

  “You look horrible. What happened?” Captain Ko’s voice sounded ed, Marcus took a quick peek at Kevin’s s, he looked ed as well.

  “Just a bad business day. Nothing you should be ed about.” Brooklyn Payne shook his head: “What do you want? Why are you sending your men to this neighborhood?”

  “That’s police business, and you are not on the o-know list.” Captain Ko sighed: “And why ARE YOU there? Why are you interfering with the iigation of my detectives?”

  “That’s none of your business as well. You are not going to scare me like that - ” Brooklyn Payne coughed and wheezed, this time, Marcus could see blood on the er of his mouth.

  “You got into something you shouldn’t have.” Captain Ko’s void face turern: “Marcus, Kevin, you firm this? He’s caught something.”

  Kevin turned his eyes to Marcus, and Marcus responded with a simple answer: “Yes. Foul energy surrounded his entire body, it’s growing aing him up. I don’t know how loill has.”

  Brooklyn Payne growled and shot at Kevin, his arm swung at the phone. But Marcus’ left arm got in the way and stopped this attack at the midpoint of its trajectory. Marcus’ right hand pushed at Brooklyn Payne’s chest a him backwards.

  “You do that again, I’ll go all ‘resisting arrest’ and ‘assaulting an officer’ on you.” Marcus raised a fi Brooklyn Payne.

  “So - what THE FUCK, do you want? Ko?” Brooklyn Payne coughed again: “You want to say ‘I told you so’? You want to gloat about how good of a mission and goal you have?”

  “No. I’m simply proposing that you ply with my detectives answer a few questions, then maybe they let you go. Or else I okay them on the arrest, and you should hahe paperwork.” Captain Ko nodded: “Your choice.”

  “What a fug low demand.” Brooklyn Payne responded with a ptful scoff.

  “And e to my pce when you have fulfilled your end of the deal. You KNOW I know someone who help.” Captain Ko sighed, then hung up the video call.

  “So - what do you say?” Marcus stood between Brooklyn Payne and Kevin: “You want another round? Or do you wanna answer some questions?”

  Brooklyn Payne’s entire face was red, and veins almost popped out of his forehead as he tried his best to raise his voice without alerting the neighborhood: “I don’t know who you think you are or what you think you know about the situation, or the things happening around the city. But ohing you be FUG SURE, is that your dear captain is no simple captain. He’s not trustworthy. He’s not who you think he is!”

  “I don’t care. How about you answer our questions first?” Marcus shook his head.

  “Exactly, like, for starters, the reason you are here.” Kevin popped his head out behind Marcus.

  “Yes. Let’s start with that, won’t you?” Marcus crossed his arms.

  “I am here to find someone. But it turned out they’re not here.” Brookly Payne gruhen coughed again. His spit dripped onto the ground, leaving red spots everywhere.

  “How he help you? The captain, I mean.” Kevin popped his head out again.

  “Like I said. He knows much more thas on. He DOES more thas on. And I think you know that, right? Because up until retly, iigation with the paranormal as a factor for sideration had not been a thing for years.” Brooklyn Pay out an ugly grin, with his teeth covered in blood mixed with saliva.

  “And what is the person’s his person you’re looking for.” Marcus asked.

  “Luo Zhuge. The same one you’re asking about. I’ve also been trag him for a while.” Brooklyn Payne wiped the ers of his mouth, then his forehead.

  “If that’s even his real name.” Kevin scoffed: “What’s his real ell us what you know!”

  “I don’t know anything. The man’s good. He’s got a ton of aliases. ” The disgruntled PI groaned.

  “You must know something.” Mararrowed his eyes: “Tell us more about him. Whatever you have. Give us everything you have on him, then we’ll tell our captain that you’ve been cooperative. And of course, he would gdly see that you’ve been a great help to our iigation.”

  “Then you’d have to pay for it. Let me know, what’s it worth to you?” Brooklyn Payne grinned once more, his teeth slightly ed up: “Tell your captain, I am willing to give you this information. But I’m gonna need something iurn. I want what he knows. I want to know how. I want to know the ins and outs. Tell him I ask this, he’ll uand.”

  “That’s not enough.” Marcus did not ge his tone or his posture.

  “And you don’t have a choice. If you really believe that I don’t have very long, then you know the information’s got an expiration date.” Brooklyn Payne ughed out loud: “Tell me, do you really want t this o, with the food festival ing bato the schedule somewhere else?”

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