Man In Black - Season 1 - Episode 38

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Man In Black - Season 1 - Episode 38

The President cleared his throat, and Rikau stiffened, an automatic reaction which was an adaptation of the best salute he could give without standing in respect to his ultimate boss, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The president sat in a tall, white leather executive chair with a huge coat of arms emblazoned on the white wall behind him.
“Chief, just as the Inspector General said, this criminal has taken the life of a man I appointed a minister personally. I cannot not hide my disappointment that you have not been able to make any headway at all in six whole months, if I must be honest.”
The blame automatically fell on him as the head of LIPD, whether or not he was directly responsible. Rikau swallowed the rebuke and kept his mouth shut while the commander-in-chief was speaking.
“But I can still understand that it was because the person in charge of your investigation on the case was indisposed.” Rikau thought that was an interesting word. “Indisposed”. “I do not know Detective Tobi Akano personally, but I have been made to understand that he is one of the best there is. And yet this criminal was able to come close to killing him as well.
“Gentlemen, I am a person that believes in results, no matter what it takes, and I think it is a sorry thing for an investigation of this magnitude to be dependent on someone who cannot even undertake it at the present. We need someone better than the best, someone who can hopefully outperform your detective. That is the reason I have decided to bring in Clyde dé Crozon to handle this case.”
That last statement left the other two shocked. At least Abdul Rikau knewhewas shocked. Clyde dé Crozon, of all people! He was a private investigator, the world’s best by a long shot, the kind of person whose name was mentioned in global crises, usually employed by first-world countries like China or the US, countries or sometimes evenpeoplewith cases serious enough to stick out paying his fees.