Chapter Sixteen
Otaku
I quickly learned that mealtimes were nonexistent in the Task Force Building. It seemed no one noticed (or cared, mind you) if they completely missed whatever take-out Matsuda ordered, and if they did happen to eat, they didn’t notice that they were until it was half gone. They weren’t eating out of hunger, I realized. They were eating out of habit. But, what did I really expect? That every evening at six-thirty, Chief Yagami would stop the entire investigation and say ‘Oh, look, it’s time to take the casserole, vyungu vya out of the oven,’? No, this was serious stuff. There...
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