Cue the theme from "Peter Gunn"

Boggs:  I love that tune.  

for two years.  I take a pull off of my Sake and push aside the 
demolished
remnants of leftover Sushi.  I don't bother to clean up for my client. 
She
won't come.

Boggs:  Then there's something wrong with your technique.  
Mizu hits Boggs with hammer:  Apparently Saotome capitalises all
edible substances.  
Boggs:  Food's always been very important to him.  

thousand yen.  Nabiki could've smelled how much it was.  I put the 
money in
my jacket pocket and nod for her to sit.

"What can I do for you, Miss..."

"Tendo."  She winces at the Miss.  She's got one of those plainly 
beautiful

Mizu:  Oh come on.  Nabiki would not be working as a secretary to
an unsuccessful gumshoe.  And if she did, he'd be successful, but
poor.  
Boggs:  Why does she wince at "Miss"?
Mizu:  And why doesn't Saotome notice this woman's his secretary's
sister?
Boggs:  I think Shampoo should be the secretary.  She's got the
body to make a great cliche P.I. secretary.
Mizu:  Or for the more professional, useful secretary, Ukyo would do
well.  

"Saotome,  the name's Saotome." I say.  Yeah, just like a remember her.
She's a real Mrs. Grundy, you know?  Not a very pleasant person, in my
opinion, anyways.

Boggs:  My uncle is ill but the highway is green.  
Cog:  This paragraph's meaning is quite opaque.  

Yeah, I understood it all right.  She wanted me to find the Xian Zen 
Kyo
Diamond.  The biggest diamond in the world.  It had a bloodier history 
than
the hope diamond and Kellog's cereal combined.  And now, she wants me 

Boggs:  Bloody history?  Cereal?
Mizu:  Cereal killers!

Specifically one rival of mine, in Chinatown.  One Tatewaki Kuno, 
police
detective.  The "blue-thunder" of Chicago.  Yeah right, he's a jerk and 
a
mark to boot.  He occaisionally comes up with useful material.

Boggs:  Hey, the Blue Thunder's a cop!  That's pretty funny.  But Kuno
wouldn't be Saotome's rival.  That ain't the right word for the mildly
hostile cop who warns the P.I. to stay out of police business but 
occasionally lets useful info slip.  
Mizu:  How about former rival from when they were both cops?  Saotome
did mention a service revolver, so he's an ex-cop.  

"That's Detective Tatewaki, to scum like you."

Mizu:  Why is Kuno asking Saotome to call him by his first name?  

Scum?  Just because I haven't shaved in two days and I look like 
something
the cat dragged in doesn't mean I look scummy.  I told him so.  The 
poor
jerk has some kind of ego problem.  All the coppers have that, 
especially
in Chinatown.  Not even the Yak's will mess with them.  Not with Senior
Detective Tatewaki Kuno around, anyway.

Boggs:  Did I mention that my uncle was ill?  Fortunately the highway
is green.  What kind of rank is Senior Detective, anyway?  
Cog:  Once again, the meaning of this paragraph is impossible to 
decipher.  Does he mean that Kuno is tough and capable, insecure and
incompetent, or merely so fanatical that no one ever tries to bribe him
or any of his men?

"The Xian Zen Kyo?" He thought for a second.  "There's word on the 
streets
that something hot is about to move around.  Something big."
"Whose got th' goods?"
"I do not know, Saotome.  The police do not follow up such vagaries."

Boggs:  Aw man this is SO wrong!  This is the point where Kuno warns
Saotome not to get involved in an active police case and to tell him
if Saotome has any information!  Also, he should stay talkin' like a 
stiff through the whole talk.  
Mizu morphs into Kuno:  Reports I have received from diverse parts 
suggest that a major illicit transaction is about to transpire.
Boggs:  Yeah, like that, only maybe toned down a little.  Also,
Saotome can't afford to slap around a cop that casually.  Even
if Kuno can't take him in a fight, he can put him out of business
in a hurry.

Happosai was without a doubt one of the dirtiest old Japanese I knew.  

Mizu:  Everyone in the story's Japanese!  Just call him a dirty old
man, and leave it at that.  

"Perhaps this would jog your memory."  I say and toss the old goat a 
choicy
undergarment.  I have no clue were that Jane of mine get's this stuff, 
but
I usually don't care to know.  The previous owner had not washed it 
after
its use and therefore it had a bouquet only Happosai would recognize.

Mizu:  No big mystery.  Saves her having to do laundry.
Boggs:  I'm kinda disappointed this Ranma doesn't have the curse.
After all, what could be better for undercover work?

Kodachi!  The Black Rose was behind this?  I couldn't believe that even 
she
would stoop to petty theft.  It didn't make sense, she was rich, and a

Boggs:  Petty theft?  The diamond's supposed to be hugely valuable and
famous!
Mizu:  Besides, Kodachi might steal and sell it just for giggles.  More
likely she'd keep it for herself, though.  

She saw the look on my face and grinned.  "So, you've figured it out, 
Ranma
Honey?"  She purred.  Something was wrong, the earlier warning bells
drowned out everything.  "That's too bad." She continued, "No matter."
That's when everything went dark. 

Boggs:  OK, the tone's more or less right, except for the Kuno bit,
but it looks like the author's fakin' the plot to me.  He needs ta
outline it further in advance insteada makin' it up as he goes along.  
Mizu:  And I think he should have cast Nabiki as an underworld king
pin or maybe a night club owner who knows everything for a price.