AREA - DEAD STRIP
The sound echoed throughout the area. Everyone stood still. Ameni takes the CV-50 and presses a red button, turning it into a gun.
She slides the gun into her gun pouch.
Ameni glares at the crowd and notices an individual with a black hoodie, but as soon as she blinks--the man vanishes.
It was Raikun. The dealer they were looking for.
Ameni hints at her assistant to go and look for traces left by the dealer.
Ameni says, "He must be here, Ken's intel must be right."
The assistant speaks, "Yes, ma'am."
Ameni speaks, "And find a way to dissolve this ruckus, I managed to calm them down, but I don't know how long they'll keep quiet for."
The noise from the crowd builds up slowly as they start talking.
"What was that weapon?" one guy from the crowd speaks.
"Is she insane?" another person speaks.
The bickering doesn't stop, and Ameni leaves the center as the crowd continues to bicker.
The vendor gets arrested and is kept in the police van as the red and blue lights flicker.
Ameni and her assistant walk through the streets as the attention is drawn to them.
Ameni speaks, "We can't find him if this attention doesn't die down." She speaks with an annoyed expression.
She pulls out a cigarette and leans toward the lighter in the assistant's hand, and she blows the smoke as the assistant scrunches up his nose.
She speaks, "What about the info? Do you at least know where he is?"
The assistant coughs and stutters as he speaks while following behind her, "Yes, ma'am… From the information I got… he seems to have gone to, um, Street 1 in Dead Strip."
Ameni scoffs, "Street 1? What does that bastard want from there?"
The assistant nervously smiles.
They manage to get away from the crowd and onto a quiet street alley.
The dusty air envelops the area, and the neon lights flicker in the distance.
Ameni says, "Street 1, huh? That's a fucking red area. What does he want from there?"
Meanwhile, Raikun in Street 1 is seen walking toward his house.
"That bastard Ken…" Raikun scoffs in anger.
"I literally agreed to it, so why did he fuckin' send these rats after me?" he says as he spots a contagion eating a human.
Raikun freezes in place, and his hands sweat because his house is right behind the corner.
"Do I kill it? Do I run?" His mind starts to get confused, and his hands sweat.
"If it's a low tier…" he looks at the contagion precisely.
"Then maybe…" He sighs. "Maybe I can for once."
The sound of the contagion chewing intensifies. The bones cracking and the flesh flopping make Raikun sweat even more, but he brushes it off.
"The kid couldn't be saved, but for once I can do something right," he thinks to himself.
Raikun sighs and shakes his head. "I guess the drug might work on it."
Raikun looks at the contagion again.
It's black in color. The eyes are that of a predator's, and the teeth are white, covered with blood, strong enough to bite through metal. Its movements are messy and jerky.
But it has low health power and is a lower tier than most of the contagions.
Raikun rustles through his pockets as he pulls out a syringe filled with white fluid.
"CD…" he looks at the syringe as he scrunches his nose because of the gory smell.
"I just have to look for an opening…" Raikun takes a deep breath.
"The neck. I just need to get to the neck."
He closes his eyes before opening them.
"Before it notices me."