ANOTHER DAY IN CITY ONE

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Spoiler: A COLD NIGHT IN MANHATTAN, 2019

"So you tellin' me you fucked this broad?"
"I did, was not too shabby, no?"
"..And how'd her husband find out?"
"Jan...She told me he said he noticed a smell about her. Some shit like that."
"You fucking ragheads..." A chortle, from the Brooklyn cop. "You prolly don't even notice that stench of yours. What' you fuckers eat anyway? Kebabs? Tikka Masala?"
"..None of the sort. We have a snack called...Shawarma. Your American pig palette would be amazed by it."
A smile toward his partner under his mask. "You fuckin' Arabs and your senses of humor... You know, technically this makes it even, you know dat' right? I fucked this Bosnian bitch way back in ninety-six...Five dollars to her brother for anything I wanted? Whooh. Make that same deal to my father-in-law...
and he'd disembowel me with a fucking wooden cooking spoon."
"..Bosnians, ey?" The Arab cop said, deep in thought.
"Why'd they even call you PATRIOT anyway? Least fuckin' American guy in this place. I remember the first day you were here -- you didn't even know New York was a state."
"..Jew York, more like, but we can agree on this - Give me a second, I'll think of something funny in no time."
A venomous laugh from the Brooklyn Civil Protection Officer.
Awkward, but it worked. Not everything in life was cinematic.
"Say, honey -- aren' we comin' up on third? How about we pay Jan a little visit? If we're lucky, we can blow that bitches' brains out right in front of him."
"After showin' him how it's done, of course -- hahah!"
"With AirWatch watching our asses? No chance, habibi."
"That's an OLD scanner model, man -- they take two friggin' minutes to upload every photo to the central database -- didn't I tell you about my stint as an operator for one of those? Told them I fuckin' ACED the Manhack Arcade...Anyway, tell you what.."
The Brooklyn Cop got into a whisper.
"You go up execution style with that thing following you, and when you're taking them out? I come in and crank this ole' Charlie-Victor one-point-five-G on that baby..How's that sound, bub? I'll turn it up on the highest setting too..That thing won't know what hit it."
"And will they recognize us on the other end?"
"You mean Antonio, that Puerto Rican fuckin' raw-as-a-whore's-ass-recruit who probably got sent here as a fuckin' diversity hire, same as you, you old fuck? Not a chance. Plus, I haven't seen a bitch get shot in a LONG while. My heart's achin' for violence, bubby. You feel me? If we're lucky, we can instigate a fucker for accessory to a 148 and take HIM out too, wouldn't you just wanna soothe my cold, cold heart, Abby?"
Not even a cold-hearted Iraqi was immune to the charm of a low-down Brooklyn Functionary. He acceded.
"Right, I'll take cover -- Make sure your baton's nearly maxxed-out, I don't want you to go kaboom, but as long as you aren't playing whack-a-mole, it won't hurt fuckin' nobody. I'll start running when I hear shots."
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Around 2106, gunshots were recorded to be heard from around five-hundred meters away by PT-516, patrolling an adjacent precinct. Two DB's were found DOA, with one, Jan Aleksandrov CID #C1V8928 shot seven times by a nine-millimeter caliber handgun and the other still yet to be identified due to the facial burns obscuring any facial recognition software the PT had on their PDA's.
Another corpse was discovered, that of Maria Aleksandrovna CID #C1K8248. Similarly, she was shot in the head three times with a nine-milimeter caliber handgun. There were signs of a struggle on scene, with purplish lines found around her wrists and neck.
A scanner was found with the video-recording module stripped from it's carapace. No fingerprint taking equipment was or is available for City One, and no security cameras were on scene. A single citizen, Han Ji-Yeon, was purported to be on scene. She reported that two thugs with a strange, hammer and sickle style insignia was spouted on their uniforms, which consisted of leathery tunics. Her report was doubted by some functionaries on scene, but is currently being investigated.


You are about to see what the Protection Team didn't find.

Spoiler: THE STATE-SANCTIONED SERIAL KILLERS EMBARKED

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