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Tomoko set her phone down on the table, and sighed. She was finally at the end of a busy day; there were a few meetings she attended and, while she wasn't expected to do more than smile and nod at times, she found them draining, nonetheless. Her agent did most of the talking, and while she's grateful for that she also found it mildly annoying that it meant her presence in these meetings was mostly for show.

But that was over. Her next appointment with him would be in two weeks, so for now she was free to do as she pleased. Which included meeting up with an old friend - one she hadn't seen for quite some time now.

Idly, she wondered how well he was doing, and if he was still in touch with the other members of the Kamen Rider Club.

And if he knew where Ryusei was.

Tomoko sighed again.

...maybe not.

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Tomoko hesitated a bit. This was different from having to hack into computer files to delete all the school pictures. This was something she could get in trouble for, something she would have to risk herself to accomplish. But this was JK and she did promise to help him out.

"It... would depend," she said. "What type of computers do you use? Does every computer need a password to operate? Are you all connected to a single network?"

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"I think there's just one, yeah. I'll check ..." JK would have to make his enquiries discreet. He'd put Tomoko through more than enough already, and was already having troubling mental visions of having to bail her out of a prison cell for infiltration of the network, "I promise, Tomoko-chan. Nothing's gonna happen." The intervening years since they last met hadn't cured him of the habit of crossing his fingers behind his back whenever he made a promise.

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Tomoko clasped her hands together. "I-- I sure hope not." She doubted her agent had enough power to pull her out of trouble if it ever came to that. But a promise was a promise, and she'd do all she could to help JK out, for the sake of their friendship.

"Where do you work? I'll meet you there."

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JK recited the address, and then went to type it into his phone to send it over to her, "when can you make it? Thanks, Tomoko-chan. I'll ..."

At this stage he hesitated. Even he thought he'd probably taken enough liberties without trying to make promises he might not be able to keep, "I'll do something, okay?"

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"Tomorrow. I can meet you at your office tomorrow, after work hours. Just text me if your building's vacant and we can do what we have to do."

Then Tomoko shook her head. "There's no need for that, JK. If I can help you with your problem that that'll be good enough for me." Besides, right now she didn't need anything... did she?

She bit her lip. Maybe she did need something, after all. "Have you heard anything about... Ryusei-san?"