Evening and Winter (夕方と冬)

So Long, Sucker~!

Jacob Doyle has been taken care of and he was put in prison for his crimes, after unsuccessfully defending himself from the justice and evidence. Chifuyu was reading a file of a new case Taylor told him to take care of in Eve's room, his chain earring making the settle noise Eve enjoys when he tilted his head. Eve was prone on her bed while Chifuyu was leaning against the front-side of her bed in front of her, he was tall enough for Eve to easily touch his chain earring from behind to play with the one-and-a-half-inch silver chain of his earring as the afternoon light shone from the big window in Eve's room.

"Bored?" Chifuyu asked Eve in a relaxed sigh, who was touching the chain of his earring and chuckled.

"I've never seen a boy with a piercing before, and I really like your earring." Eve responded, Chifuyu could feel her smile from her speech. "Have you ever thought of wearing other earrings before?" Eve was curious.

"Not really, since I like this one." Chifuyu responded, without turning his attention from the document he was reading. A moment later, the home telephone outside of Eve's room rang that made the two of them turn to the closed door.

"I'll get it," Eve stood up from her bed and walked out to answer the call, "Hello?" she placed the phone next to her ear.

"Eve, is Tsuguha-kun there with you?" It was Taylor at the other end of the call.

"Oh, he is." Eve stepped to the doorway to gesture Chifuyu to come, and the 17-year-old rose from his seat to approach Eve, who handed the phone to him.

"Investigator Tsuguha here," Chifuyu placed the phone next to his ear, speaking with an arrogant voice.

"Hey, listen up. I told you to work on the case of Samuel Hughes's kidnappings, right?" Taylor sounded serious, "Give me a summary," he wanted to know if Chifuyu actually read the file he gave him or not.

"Samuel Hughes is a 38-year-old man who is suspected of woman abduction for the last 3 months, he is suspected to be responsible for the disappearance of Caroline Miles, Amelia Mist, and Elizabeth Ruth. Current whereabouts are unknown, and the location where the women are held captive are unknown as well." Chifuyu gave a short summary.

"Alright, his whereabout aren't unknown anymore." Taylor said, "From investigating another case, I coincidentally discovered Samuel Hughes is attending a mask party held at Paris Central Hall. I want you to attend that event," He explained.

"A mask party...?" Chifuyu's expression showed complaint.

"No complaining, young man. This is part of your investigation," Taylor spoke strictly, "Samuel Hughes possibly planned to go there to abduct another woman, he could take advantage of the crowd and area if he is planning to do so. We couldn't come as police to arrest him on the spot since he's still a suspect and is yet to confess about his crimes, so taking him down on the spot when he does take unwanted actions is the best choice." He explained.

"Why do I feel like an errand runner more than a hired investigator?" Chifuyu was still complaining, "I hate parties," he rolled his eyes, while Eve was listening to him with curiosity in her eyes.

"That's why you can take Eve with you, it'll make you blend in better." Taylor tried to convince Chifuyu, "You just need to observe him and make sure he doesn't do anything unwanted until the event is over," he added.

"Fine, fine. I'll go," Chifuyu reluctantly agreed.

"Good, just contact me as soon as possible if you have him down, and we'll come to arrest him. His actions there would be enough evidence to bring him in front of the justice, if he actually does plan to abduct, that is." Taylor said, "I'll be in front of the central hall to hand you the invitations, I'm expecting you to execute as well as last time, kid." He added.