Ethan #1

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“Not my bed.”

“I’d even not know it with the lights on.”

“Silk? Satin?”

“Please. My roaches would probably have a heart attack.”

“ Where was I last night? Roppon gi, then Furaito, then. . . what?”

“And I've got company. How drunk wa s I, anyway?”


“A stran ge body besi de m e. A woman. Well, that's gettin g som ewhere. Bu t how di d I get he r e ?”

“The Furaito. A basem ent harem deep beneath an office b uildin g. Assholes and o b vi o u s pervs need not apply.”

“Not one of my problems.”

“Just pay up and you get discounted all the ' Hey sugar, b u y m e a drink?' b ullshit.”

“No hagglin g, no waitin g.”

“No illusions. . .”

“'C ourse all the Furaito girls are super-jacked on reaper.”

“Bad b reast augm ents, IV'd like

“That night I was there

a voodoo doll. I'm not blowin'

for. . . a gu y. He needed som e

10,000 Easties for the privilege.”

papers and. . . oh, hell…”

“Little steep for three minu tes of bedroom eyes between nervous glan ces at her bootleg Tag Heuer.”

I missed the shit ou tta

“‘Missed m e’? ‘Baby’?

you, baby. . .

What What the the f. f....” .”


What part of “freeze ” do I hafta shoot through your skull?

Security! Mind if we com e in?

Hands where we can see ‘em !

“Poh- lice. And I thought I was clear. Hiroaki, that shitty little soap-dropper, musta sold m e ou t.”

In the air -now!!

“I love the J japanese people.”


Get ready, Ronnie. . .

In. the. air. “Bu t how many. . .? And they’re not… c o p s cops.” Last warnin g!

“A SWAT team?

“ What is s h e

How the fuck di d

smilin g abou t? And

I rate that?”

ready for what?”

“…and ‘Ronnie’ who ?”

That’s far enough!

aaagh!

Now, Ronnie! Now!!

“A shotgun. An honest-

“I’m cruisin g serial

to -fuck, pump-action,

killers now?”

pre- laser classic.”

“You’d think I’d rem ember t that.” hat. ”

Ronnie Mosberg is resistin g arrest. He’s arm ed and dan gerous.

“ W hat now?”


No big talk this tim e, Mosberg?

The youn gest is two Chiba had three children.

“I… that’s not right, I. . . I. . .”

years old. . . two!

Garbage!


“Days go by.”

“I don't know what else to do, so I get on with officer Kentaro Takashimaya's life.”

I di d like you told m e, Sempai. C ouple a' slaps and the whore got the m essage and. . .

“I am. . .”

“A child-molester.”

You're early this month, Takashimaya- san. . .

A h!

“A dirty cop.”

“A family left behind som ewhere.”


“It doesn't take much to get the picture. A real pretty one.”

“ With a body made sluggish and weak with ab use.” Whadda you think, Takashimaya?

Huh? Oh, yeah. . . sure. . .

S ure what?

“Asleep at work.”

What the fuck are you doin g? They're from the Toji clan. Di d you forget who pays your bills?

“Dirty…and stupi d.”



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