Haru laughed at her suggestion. He knew who was going to get the office after she left.
“Well, they did talk about repainting the office. Maybe he would appreciate the charred black,” he said, grinning. He knew she was just joking. She couldn’t possibly be suggesting that she burns all her records. People already had it easy pinning things on her. She didn’t have to make it easier by doing stupid things like that.
“Let’s go,” he said, dropping the last bunch of loose papers in the respective box.
Their walk to Nilan’s office was silent and awkward; thankfully, he was just two floors away. When they reached, Haru knocked and the inspector asked them to come in. He wasn’t smiling upon noticing them, like he usually did. Nilan remained extremely formal and professional. He began explaining the situation; how he believes he has identified the person responsible for the plague. But, as always, he needs more proof before he can nail the guy.
“I have several reports claiming that he hangs around the edge of the forest. Some even claim to have seen him vanish into a secret cave,” Nilan said, handing them a map with the locations of all the reported sightings marked on it. “We need him
alive,” he added, emphasizing the last word and looking sharply at Akira. Haru understood why, and he was certain Akira did as well. Killing him wasn’t going to help them stop the plague. If they could get information about the nature of the plague out of the culprit, it would be a lot easier to counter it. However, Haru didn’t like how the inspector implied she killed every culprit she laid eyes on.
“Right,” Haru said.
“If you are so scared we will kill him, why ask us then? Why not send Captain Baldanti?” he retaliated. He was done with the passive aggression from the Inspector. If he had something to say, he should do so like everyone else did.
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