Chat with Old P

Once Kimi had changed back into her other clothes and had disguised herself, she had contacted Old P again. "Old man, they really did send someone after me. I got away safely so there is nothing to worry about."

The voice of Old P had been heard through her earpiece. "It is to be expected once you get into this line of work. Nobody truly trusts others and if they are leaving their secrets in your hands then there will be those that will want some leverage of their own.

It is already lucky enough that you were allowed to leave the house without being stopped and were able to get away from their pursuit. You are still young and inexperienced in these fields so I was hesitant about helping you pursue this path.

This kind of life is not for everyone and it is full of dangers so you will have to adapt to it quickly if you want to survive. The task has been payed for in full and you carried it out as specified so it is a job well done."

The voice of Old P had a tone of caring and worry within as he had spoke to Kimi which had shown that he had been worried about her.

Just like the task he had sent her on when she attacked an illegal operation involving poison Pokémon, the task Kimi had went on was just as or more dangerous so he had been hesitating on sending her to both of them.

Kimi had proven herself from her previous task enough to let him agree with her business venture but there was a much larger danger involved in her criminal cleaning business.

The tasks he was planning on sending her on were infiltration and information gathering missions along with some that involved taking down smaller criminal groups so he had analysed her fighting power before sending her on them.

There was less danger on those tasks so long as she did not reveal her presence or identity to others and used a false identity and disguise.

If there was a need to fight then it was better for Kimi to use the element of surprise and ambush people individually or to quickly end the battle using certain methods.

If she was on a cleaning job then she was more vulnerable due to her needing to be around those she was working for and having to keep up a work attitude.

Even if she was in a disguise and had a means of protecting herself, it was not like she could call out her Pokémon and attack her employers before they had decided to turn on her.

All it took was one bad employer that wanted to unmask her or to silence her once she had completed her job then she could be prevented from leaving or be pursued.

She would be forced to fight back or take measures like destroying some things to provide a means of escape so that would make things difficult for her and force her into an unnecessary fight that could alert outsiders to her presence and involvement with such a family or group.

If it did not result in her being captured or injured then she would be able to escape but there was always a risk of her being exposed to the public or there being bad rumours or reviews being spread that could damage her business reputation.

Too many factors were involved and a simple conflict that could start out of nowhere could cause her business to fail and lose customers.

The business was still small and new so anything could cause it to fail before it was able to start up and become stable.

A small smile appeared on the face of Kimi. "If there was a problem then I think I could have handled it well enough to be able to escape. It was just lucky that they only probably wanted to track my location and gather information on me."

She rolled her eyes as she thought to herself. 'That is if they only wanted to follow me to find out my identity.. if they had wanted to kill me in order to silence me for good then it is even more important for me not to run into them again.'

Kimi listened to Old P as he had replied. "Mm.. I will put them on the list to be wary about so that you do not get called back there. I will try to investigate the next customers just so that we know if they have any connections with them. We cannot be too careful."

There would always be those that would use their wealth or connections to find a way to lure Kimi out with another job so it was the job of Old P to protect her from such things.

If he could figure out who was sending Pokédollars to who or who they had contacted and had relationships with then it was easier to spot the traces that were left behind.

Once someone had been identified as a problematic customer, it was his job to put them on the watch list and to stop Kimi from encountering them again.

Old P started to get to work and gathered information on the address that Kimi had visited along with those that was affiliated with it then started compiling a folder around them which had included data on the woman that had died just in case he needed any of it for future purposes.

Kimi had wandered around for some time and was busy dealing with some lower level wild Pokémon so that she could complete some official tasks to earn a little extra Pokédollars on the way home.

She was on her way home when a small group of people had blocked her way and had sinister looks on their faces. 'Sigh..'