I was distracted by the bustling traffic of this thread
Anyways, on we go:
Flushed the cocaine down the toilet then back to the club.
I can either talk with the twins on the left or the two guys I recognize from the stairwell. I talk to the guys on the right:
Well that doesn't sound suspicious at all. But, I agree. Outside:
Right.....I have a few options here. Fight, run, etc.
In the stairwell I overheard them talking, and the little guy said, "They always go for the little guy". Taking the hint, I choose to attack the big guy.
My KGB training comes in handy and the small guy runs away in fear.
I search him and find a lockpick. I stash the body in a nearby trash can.
Now, what can I do with this lockpick? Well I can gain entry into that meatshop that was closed earlier.
Well, that's bad. But I notice that there's a side door.
Success! I go into the meatshop.
It's too dark to see anything. I light a match, not wanting to turn on the lights (I'm sneaking around, after all).
Now, I don't remember this game perfectly from when I played it, but one thing I do remember vividly is that there is an alarm under the desk. If you don't shut off the alarm before touching anything, then the suspects are warned and you're screwed over for finishing the game. But the game NEVER TELLS YOU that you've done something wrong, so you just wonder wtf you're supposed to do.
Anyways, I turn the alarm off.
Continue to look around. There's a door on the left. I go through.
Ryumin was telling the truth, it seems. The butcher is clearly a psycho. I leave (and turn the alarm back on), then go over to the apartment once more to question the butcher.
I ask him about his shop:
He tried to deny that he's a nutcase, but I tell him that I know all the details about the alarm so he knows I'm not lying. He starts sweating and lets me into his apartment.
I tell him to explain himsel:
So basically, some gangsters in the neighborhood (possibly related to the ones we're looking for?) kidnapped his daughter, took some unpleasant photos of her with men in masks, and threatened to do worse if he didn't do what they said, which was allow them to use his meatshop as storage.
Now that is the kind of lead that we need. He kicks me out of his apartment, but in the hallway...
So, I take out my lockpick and I make my way inside her apartment...
TO BE CONTINUED