Man In Black - Season 1 - Episode 37

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Man In Black - Season 1 - Episode 37

It was after-hours at LIPD, and except for the Chief, it was completely empty. He had personally helped Efe put Tobi’s wheelchair into the space for the seat beside the driver’s, which had been removed specially to accomodate it. His wife had been coming to drive him home from work, until he was stable enough to drive himself. Apart from that, everyone else had gone, and the Chief was alone.

But not completely alone.

He was having a meeting with the president and the Inspector General of Police, all of them tied in together via audio/video transmission. He was on the main floor of the building, and he sat at the head of the conference table in homicide unit, directly facing the huge tv they had at the other end of the room, with its screen split lengthwise into two, displaying the other members of the meeting; the president himself on the left, and the IG on the right.

A camera was also pointing at him. A small digital camera sat at the end of the table just in front of the tv, with both its lens and view screen turned to face him, so he could see himself if he took his attention away from the larger screen beyond.

It was a big thing to have a face-to-face meeting with thepresidenthimself, which Abdul Rikau knew very well, and so he had not only dressed to impress, but he had also told Cole, the IT consultant that worked under Tobi, to set up the video conference with the best HD camera he could find, not just a phone or a laptop as he had first suggested.

“Look, Abdul, I know that during the investigation of the case of the Eel six months ago, LIPD tried its best. This is one very high profile case, featuring a felon who incapacitated Detective Tobi Akano, who, as I understand, is the best you people have there, and by my standard maybe even the best in your state.”

It was the IG speaking. Rikau nodded his agreement, and he continued.
“He has already taken down two people, one being our country’s Minister of Defense. Mr President, Rikau, I don’t know about the both of you, but as the Inspector General of Police of this nation, I think that regardless of how much time has passed since the incident, there is too much at stake to let the case grow cold.”