[Espy]

FORZ

He blinked his eyes open, still in a sleep-induced daze. The room was still dim, but he assumed such a grand hotel would have thick curtains. There were reasons he preferred to not go to the police headquarters, but since he had too...

Might as well not play the part they expect of me, he thought, remembering a certain mindset that the Hunters were a group of ragtag mercenaries, as he headed toward the shower.

Half an hour later, he had showered, packed, and gotten breakfast and coffee from the continental downstairs. Not bothering to use a map, he hailed down a taxi outside the hotel and asked to be driven to the police HQ.