[Lumen]

<I must agree Pipebomb-san.  The dangers and risks are quickly mounting against us while there has been little to no evidence to point to what may have befallen our victim.  Perhaps it is time to present our employer with our findings and speculations and see how he wishes to proceed.>

Kuren shakes his head clearly worried about the future of this investigation.

[Muscular_Bevar]

<Hells to the yeah on that one. This shits gettin dangerous>

[Chrona]

"I get why we would be worried about the Yakuza, we wouldn't want to even look at them the wrong way.. but surely we don't need to worry about the Megacorp so long as we don't mess with anything directly involved with them? They might be connected to Renraku but everything with the girl might not be to do with the Corporation.. "

[Necrogigas]

<@All: Shouldn't we do at least a token amount of surveillance on the Yakuza guy and the woman's boss at Renraku before going back to the Johnson empty handed?>

[Lumen]

<I have no qualms during surveillance on Renraku, as J-san said, as long as we're not interfering with anything directly they should not cause any trouble.  The Yakuza on the other hand would not hesitate to dispose of someone who saw the wrong thing.  I believe our victim is proof of that.  I can start tailing the boss but it could take days to find anything.>

[Crossbow]

"We have a who, we don't have a why, that was the parameters of the job.  We either need to have words with the Yak or dig up info on the supervisor, I am not hopeful on the former, barring getting Ms Makato a roommate, but we can go that route.  We need intel, like I said before, I am gonna call a friend and see how good the opposition research is where Renraku is concerned.

<@pipebomb KidNinja never saw the squat, unless you are paying for the new safehouse, we ain't moving her. Bring the paranoia down a notch.>

Smiley also drops a line to a sweet young thing named Cho at EVO

<Hey you!  You still at work?>

[HydroRaven]

@ Smiley

You get a quick reply from Cho. "Not for long, Smiley. Want to meet after?"

[Crossbow]

@ Smiley

You get a quick reply from Cho. "Not for long, Smiley. Want to meet after?"

<Wish I could beautiful, raincheck?  I was hoping to trade services   You corp types do opposition research on other executives don't you?  I could really use a hand with tracking someone down, a Renraku guy by the name of Ishihara>

[HydroRaven]

@Smiley

"Ishihara from Renraku you say? I'll get on it, but it'll cost you a trio of dates, all expenses paid" replies the woman.

[Crossbow]

<I am all yours>

To the rest of the group, Smiley says "I got someone working on Ishihara, do we want to go visit the hitter?"

[Muscular_Bevar]

"Not like anything else is jumping out of the wood work..."

[Necrogigas]

<@All: I'm almost back. Since a white guy is bound to stand out and throw up a few flags, want me to keep an eye on the girl?>

[Crossbow]

<Like a redskin doesn't stand out?> 

"You got an address on the hitter Kuren?  If not I can reach out to a friend, maybe."

[Lumen]

Kuren forwards the address his search turned up.  <I do but it's a business address not a personal one.  I will see if there is any more information I can uncover. >

[Chrona]

"Well I am glad we haven't hit a dead end... still plenty we might run into. Hopefully safely. Like with an airbag at least."