Episode 6

**Singapore Sky (Case 2.1)** is the sixth episode of the *Great Pretender* series. It is also the first episode in the second case.

## Summary

Edamame spends the next two years in prison having worked as a mechanic while incarcerated. After being released, he begins his new life working as a car mechanic at Nakanoshima Heavy Industries vowing to never get involved with Laurent again. One day, the shop owner Shouga Nakanoshima shows Edamame his own propeller plane and gives him a chance to work as a mechanic for an upcoming air race, which he accepts. Meanwhile Danny, an arrogant businessman, fires Chris with the latter vowing to sue him for sexual harassment, but Danny warns her that she will never win the lawsuit. Danny goes to Las Vegas where he meets Cynthia and is introduced to an underground boxing ring. Cynthia pressures Danny to bet a huge amount of money on Abby with Abby winning the first fixed match to convince Dan to increase his wager, and then losing the second to take his money. Danny is arrested when he tries to get the police to report the ring only to find that Laurent closed the ring and fled, leaving behind proof of Danny's crimes. Cynthia visits Chris and shares a portion of the profits with her. Sometime later, Laurent's gang arrives at Edamame's workplace to reveal that his team will participate in the air race and Edamame frustratingly joins. Abby and Edamame test ride a plane Edamame had been working on and it explodes as unbeknownst to Edamame, Laurent had secretly planted an explosive.

## Plot

Laurent scouts out Abigail for another fraudulent job. Edamura is doing time in Japan for his fraudulent activities. He picks up a job as a mechanic while in jail. After being released, he pays his landowner the missed rent for two years] and leaves to start a new life as a mechanic, turning down Laurent's offer to join him. He begins working at Nakanoshima Heavy Industries as a car mechanic, enjoying the day to day routine of waking up and putting in hard work. One day, the shop owner, Shouga Nakanoshima shows Edamura his own propeller plane and offers Edamura a chance to work on airplanes. After working for two months, the owner let's Edamura work as a mechanic for an air race, to which he agrees.

Meanwhile, Cynthia hands Danny, an arrogant businessman, a wad of cash to bet on Abigail in a fixed underground boxing match. Abigail wins, Danny secures the winnings, and Paula explains the match was fixed. Hooked, Danny withdraws a large sum of money to bid on Abigail. However this time, the match was fixed for Abigail to lose. Laurent's crew soon leaves the city with the money.

Laurent's crew arrives at Edamura's facility and reveals that they will all take part in the race as Team Confidence. Makoto frustratingly joins in on the plan. Abigail and Edamura test ride the plane Edamura worked on prior. The engine seizes and the pair are forced to ditch the plane. The catch is that Laurent planted an explosive for the plane to explode.

## Characters

* Laurent Thierry
* Abigail Jones
* Makoto Edamura
* Kudo
* Cynthia Moore
* Danny
* Shougo Nakanoshima
* Sam Ibrahim (Picture)
* Clark Ibrahim (Picture)

## Trivia

* The boba tea Laurent drinks is an actual franchise of boba tea with locations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and North America.