Cyberpunk Session 11

After a short break (of a few weeks in length) we all reconvene and are joined by Mark¹ who has been on a long undercover operation. The short break has been very quiet - we've been getting on with paperwork and our investigation has continued but with no active events. Specifically we've been:

Tremen

Doing background research on the South American Mercenary Company and the South African publishing company (Both of whom are about 18 months old)

Ricky

Heads to the streets looking for rumours and hints about unusual activity (but is met with either spun yarns or with looks of perplexed looks)

Shadowdancer

Heads to the bars in a similar fashion to Ricky (if inside rather than outside in the rain and is met with similar wild tales or strange looks)

Spooky Witch

Scans the dark web and the real web for hits on anything related to the events in Cyberpunk Session 10 (She finds that Over the past couple of weeks several observatories around the world have reported that 5 stars that where thought to be stable and years before their time to go nova have disappeared. This unknown stellar phenomena has not been seen before and the scientific community are a buzz for it's implications. and The spree of murders attributed to Sgt. Masher have continued, the total is up to 27 and it is believed are there more as the homeless, immigrant and transient population cannot be fully accounted for.

Tharbin

Gives our american colleagues a nudge about progress on their research (and is relieved to learn that, qhile they can't add anything at present, that the investigation is proceeding).

Wakiya

Checks the Weirdo magazines but reports that she can't find anything directly relevant at this point

Ricky and Shadowdancer return to the office (Shadowdancer a little worse for wear) in the late afternoon and our conversation (which is just going around in around in circles) is interrupted by two burly gentleman enter the office and insist (in no uncertain terms) we accompany them. After Tremen checks their ID we comply. They take us to the elevators and, after the doors close, we are surprised (some less os that others) when the elevator goes sideways instead of up or down. When the elevator stops its right wall slides away to reveal a new lobby and we are led to a well-appointed office. (On the way Ricky and Tremen overhear part of a conversation: Perrrfect now we have some new blood and at least one member of our group is convinced they can smell food cooking behind a closed door - it smells good).

The office has a picture window showing a view of Sakura trees (bearing in mind our offices are up in a standard office block this is a liitle unusual but perhaps it's simply a generated picture though the image does look extremely realistic). We are greeted by a Smartly dressed woman in a Kimono. She is Lady Kitsune and says that Daisuke² has given me permission to move your squad over to my part of Section 9. She further explains that, while we may find her information unbelievable the daylight world isn't all that there is and that the the secret world of Yoki, Oni and the like is very real, the Illuminati, Templars, and Dragons to name but a few are all part of this Himitsu no sekai. She tells us that, for now, we should continue our investigation into the activities of Neuf mères in Japan and while we are to have access to this part of the building it has no cell, net or direct lines so any information must be handed over in person and that we may see things in this part of the building that are not normal

CCTV view of the warehouse

She then tell us that the maid of Sato³ has been found - more accurately her body has been found. She was killed with a single shot. The shot was from a gun believed to be a Pool gun⁴. The autopsy suggests she was killed in a different location and then taken to the location where the body was found.

She also tells us about a Warehouse where she believes that the gang using the gun uses and tells us that She wants the warehouse raided Now, no warrant, no notice.....

The Warehouse is in a rundown part of town. On the southeast corner of the warehouse is the entrance to a parking lot and a set of offices.

After a very short planning session we head to the warehouse and start the raid....