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I need to investigate this barbershop... Why does Connor go there every week?
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*Drive to the barbershop*
Central Chinatown... Why are you going here, Connor?
There's a good place to hide near that alley.
I should be able to spy on the barbershop for a while here.
It's Wednesday, so Connor should arrive around 7:00 PM today.
It's only 8:00 AM right now. I want to see if anything strange happens before 7:00 PM.
Lots of time has gone by with no action...
So Wednesday must be a really slow day for this barbershop.
It's been five hours with not even one customer.
Maybe I should go inside and get a haircut myself.
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*Walk inside the barbershop*
The barbershop is named Lukshon. It looks quite old and out-of-date.
Jonathan: Hello, can I get a haircut, please?
A tattooed Asian man replies, "Appointments only."
Jonathan: There's no one here, and there are three of you working here. Surely, you can give me a haircut.
The two Asian men look at you and don't make a sound.
Jonathan: I just want a quick haircut. I'll pay extra.
An Asian woman, from a dimly lit corner, calmly tells you, "You need an appointment, sir."
*Leave the Lukshon barbershop*
Wow... That was very strange...
Lukshon Barber Shop
- 🔍How many employees were there?
- 🔍Why do I need an appointment?
- 🔍Why was it so dimly lit inside Lukshon?
- 🔍There is only room for two people to get a haircut.
- 🔍There wasn't a main counter or register.
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There were three employees, one woman, and two men. The men were muscular and heavily tattooed. All the employees were Asian, which doesn't surprise me, I'm in Chinatown.
5
There was no one there, and no one came in for nearly five hours... why wouldn't they want my business? I was even willing to pay extra... This doesn't make any sense.
6
If they are giving haircuts, wouldn't they want good lighting? The whole place seems very odd to me.
7
Lukshon is such a small place, but there is a hallway that leads to another part of the building. I wonder what's back there.
8
Where did they keep money? Is this place even a barber shop at all? Is this some fake business... something is very strange about Lukshon.
9
Well, it's lunchtime. Do any employees leave?
I'll continue watching and see...
This place is so mysterious...
No one leaves and no one comes in...
Wow, it's already past 6:00 PM with still no action.
Connor should be arriving soon, less than one hour.
The blinds just closed.
What are they doing in there? It's 6:52 PM.
Now they just opened the blinds for a moment.
Here comes Connor... It's 6:58 PM, and as he walked in they closed the blinds.
Did they close the blinds every other time???
I can't remember... Did I honestly miss this detail?
Are they closing the blinds because of me?
This is possible... They're definitely trying to hide something.
The time is now 7:45 PM.
Connor just left Lukshon, and not a minute after, one of the men opened the window blinds again.
What should I do?
- 🔍I could wait until Lukshon is closed and then take a closer look.
- 🔍I should probably just leave after Lukshon closes for the night.
- 🔍I'll open up my laptop and try to set up an appointment.
- 🔍I didn't notice that before...
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Honestly, I don't know that this would help me... plus this place is kind of creepy. I don't want someone to see me snooping around at night near this "Lukshon" business... who knows who I'll encounter.
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This is the least risky course of action. I'll come here again next week, I think... or maybe tomorrow...
12
Ha... would you look at that... I'm on Lukshon's website and it says you have to come in-person, no appointments allowed. What is this place?
13
There's someone on the floor above Lukshon in the window... this person is just staring outside... not moving at all. It almost looks like a doll, this is so creepy.
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Well, it's almost 9:00 PM, I should get going.
I'll see if the employees leave. If Lukshon is closed, they should.
It's 9:08 PM and they aren't leaving yet.
They could be closing stuff up, I guess, I'm not sure.
Oh... Who's that?
A solid black car with black windows just pulled up...
A couple of men just got out of the car.
Two bodyguards exited the vehicle along with a man in a black suit.
I need to refocus my binoculars to get a closer look at the man in the suit.
This guy is definitely the boss... he even has two Asian bodyguards... Things are getting more and more intense.
That must be the boss... He sort of looks Russian... but his guards are Asian.
I suspect Connor must be working with this man in the black suit.
I wonder what the boss is doing here.
*Wait until the mean in the suit leaves*
That's it, he and his guards left after 10 minutes...
There's something much larger at play here...
This is yet another criminal organization that I've found in this case...
Conclude Investigation
1. What is Lukshon?
- A barbershop
- Money laundering business
- Place for criminals to meet
2. Who was the man with the black suit that I saw enter Lukshon after closing time?
- Mexican Cartel boss
- Russian Mafia boss
- Triad boss
- Local gang boss
- None of the above
3. What does Connor do at Lukshon?
- Sell drugs to the Asian men
- Get a haircut
- Discuss plans with the boss
- Acquires more product to sell