Distortion Detective

*After barely managing to escape the Taboo hunter sent by N-corp, Moses and Ezra checked into a hotel placed YuRia’s old body and standing is YuRia in her plush body which was a small red bear* ***Moses*** “Alright, Ezra… Tell me your first impressions of Vespa.” *Ezra has a keen sense when it comes to combat. Since she enjoys fighting, she’s excellent at discerning a strong opponent from a weak one* ***Ezra*** “Can’t beat him!” *Ezra declared that outright. Ezra is honest when she says she’s no match for someone* ***Ezra*** “That person reeked of blood. He’s probably fought more battles than I can count. He might be stronger than Hee-joon seonbae, too!” *Which means he’s definitely Grade 2 or above… One who is an expert in murder at that…* ***YuRia*** “Umm, Detective Moses. Can’t you defeat him with your Psychoment? Your smoking pipe could take down the gigantic skeleton the other day.” ***Moses*** “YuRia, confronting humans is a different issue. There’s a fundamental contrast between a Distortion filled with naught but murderous intent and a person who was trained in the art of killing. A person like Vespa who has overcome numerous life and death situations won’t give me any time to breathe into my smoking pipe. He'd slice my arm off or break it before I could take a single peep” ***YuRia*** “What if Ezra seonbae earned you some time just like the last time?” ***Ezra*** Junior, I’m not sure I can stall that guy at all.” *Silence fills the room. Only the sound of the ventilator fan disturbs the stillness* ***Moses*** “If we can’t fight the hornet head on, we’ll have to outsmart him. The best way would be to avoid having to fight him altogether.” ***YuRia***“The first thing I can think of is fleeing District 14.” *YuRia suggests, crossing her tiny plushy arms* ***Moses***“A simple idea, but sadly not foolproof. There’s two weeks of time until we can take the WARP train with the tickets we received. The taboo hunter could catch up with us easily if we just drove along the road.” ***Ezra*** “Detective! I got one! I got one!” *Ezra raises her hand and waves it* ***Moses*** “Go ahead.” ***Ezra*** “Maybe we should hire a super duper strong Fixer to fight for us!” ***Moses*** “Yeah… Hopefully they’ll buy us enough time to run. Do you have any personal connections with Grade 1 or 2 Fixers who specialise in combat, Ezra?” ***Ezra*** “Hmmnng… Nooo…” ***Moses*** “I’m doubtful they’ll take our request in the first place, even if there were any. Opposing a Fixer who directly belongs to a Wing essentially means opposing that Wing.” ***Ezra*** “Detective! That means he’ll stop bothering us once we meet up with Hee-joon seonbae in District 11! Right?” ***Moses*** “…It’ll certainly be less trouble for us if we can pass the buck on him.” *We just need to hold out for two weeks. I need to find someone who can buy us that much time* ***Moses*** “Ezra, do you have the most recent issue of the monthly Fixer Office catalogue?” ***Ezra*** “Of course I do!” *Ezra rummaged through her pockets and handed over the paper book she found. I skimmed through the catalogue densely packed with advertisements and promotional phrases for all sorts of Offices, carefully scanning the section for combat-oriented ones. There’s one useful-looking Office that’s not too far from here, Fire fist office a grade 1 office. Unaffiliated with any Association 9 members operates 24/7 open all year around. Normally, it’s extremely risky to use an Office with no assurance from any Association. It could be linked to dangerous Syndicates. But in times like these, it’s a perfect pawn for us. They won’t ask what’s going on, all they ask for is money* ***Moses*** “Ezra. I’ll go outside for a bit stay here and protect YuRia’s body” ***Ezra*** “Okie Dokie Detective! Stay safe”! *A crude signboard that reads ‘Fire Fist Office’ is hanging outside a two-story building. The light on the sign was flickering, I took the stairs to the second floor when I opened the door I was greeted with a chime*