The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

In one abandoned house at District of Crown in City Z, there were two blindfolded men tied down on a chair. They were being restrained inside an empty room, under the watch of two pairs of eyes.

"She's coming a little bit late. She said we can start to dig some pieces of information from them." Charles said to Phantom.

"Alright. She's on the way now, isn't she?" Phantom asked Charles. He was rubbing his chin as his eyes were fixed on their two prey in front of them.

"Yes, she is on the way now." Phantom nodded as he heard Charles's reply.

"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" one of the blindfolded men interrupted their conversation as he asked them. His voice was filled with uncertainty and fear. The one who spoke was Carlo Vello.

"Why did you kidnap me? You held me as a hostage for three days now. What are you planning to do with me? Tell me what do you want from me. I am willing to do anything just let me leave." Carlo's nervous and angry voice echoed in the room. He was trying to negotiate with them.

"Don't worry, we will release you after we are done playing with you. By the way, if you want to leave here alive then you just need to answer our questions. So I advise you to cooperate with us." Charles assured them.

"I am willing to answer your questions. But how about the money you robbed from my company? I want it back!" Diego de Dios also spoke up.

Thinking back, Diego met a stranger in the restaurant that day. After hearing the words that strange man had whispered to him, he went into a panic.

"Five Four One Three Zero Nine (541309) that was the number combination of the passcode of the vault inside your company right?"

Diego was shocked beyond belief when that stranger mentioned the codes. One thing came into his mind 'Did someone try to rob my company?'

Without entertaining his assistant's inquiry, Diego immediately left the restaurant and drove straight to his company. When he arrived he quickly went to check the vault.

His mind went blank and he fell on his knees when he saw that the vault was already empty. All the money was taken. Someone robbed his company, taking all their cash. He clenched his fists in anger. He was shouting and cursing the persons who did this when suddenly someone hit the back of his neck to knock him down.

When he woke up, he was already tied down and blindfolded in some unknown place. Diego was also surprised when he learned that he was not alone in that room.

What was more shocking to him was that the person who was also held captive together with him was his old companion Carlo Vello whom the police authorities were looking for.

"You are in no position right now to demand us to give you back the money. Besides, that money is not yours! You took advantage of other people and gained that money illegally." Charles spat back at him.

"What do you want to ask? Can you promise to release us once we answer all your questions?" Carlo desperately asked them. He wanted to be sure that they would release them.

Charles let out a peal of sarcastic laughter before he responded to him.

"It depends if your answer will satisfy us. Oh, before I forget, do you still remember one of your friends named Jefferson Gong?" The two men gasped in surprise at the mention of Jefferson Gong.

They had heard the news of what happened to him. They were puzzled whether this kidnapping incident was related to Jefferson's case.

"You might end up like him if you will become stubborn and not honest with your answer. Do you want to have the same fate as him?" Charles threatened them and it was effective.

Carlo: "No! Please don't harm us!"

Diego: "Please don't! I will cooperate."

Both of them had the same thought in mind. The person who kidnapped them was the same person who killed Jefferson.

"Very good. Now, listen. Sixteen years ago, your group attacked the Falcon's household. Why did you do it?" Charles started to interrogate them.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Falcon's household?" Carlo said in confusion.

"Sixteen years ago?" Diego mumbled as he was trying to remember what happened 16 years ago. It was a very long time so he was not sure what the guy was referring to.

Phantom and Charles exchanged glances with one another. Phantom signaled Charles to elaborate his statement and make them remember the crime they committed.

Phantom ground his teeth. He was enraged by the thought that these two men in front of them had already forgotten the crime they committed which destroyed the life of one innocent child.

"You both deserve to be punished. F*ck the both of you. You forgot your crime! Remember the name Cedrick Falcon, the former head of the Phoenix Special Task Force. You attacked his family and killed everyone there!" Charles was fuming in rage.

Carlo and Diego remembered. They were puzzled why for the past few years this person did not do something, and now they were here to dig in the past. As they all knew, that Falcon's murder case was already closed.

'Who is this person? Why is it he knew that we were involved in that incident 16 years ago?' Carlo thought to himself.

"Now, give me an answer! Who ordered your group to do that?" Charles said with his stern cold voice.

"We just followed our leader at that time. We did not know who gave us the order. Only our leader knew who is that person and what is the reason why." Carlo answered his question.

"That's true, we are just following the order." Diego supported Carlo's statement.

Phantom and Charles were both unhappy with their answers. Carlo and Diego started to have cold sweats. The room was engulfed with deafening silence. They did not know whether that person who was interrogating them right now believed their words or not.

They suspected that this person was connected to Agent Falcon, maybe he was Cedrick's friend or relative. They both assumed that he wanted revenge for killing him and his family.

They were scared to death just thinking about what happened to Jefferson Gong. They needed a scapegoat. They needed to convince this person that they were just following orders to justify their acts and they should blame someone else. Carlo spoke up again to break the silence.

"We did not kill Cedrick Falcon!" Carlo suddenly blurted out.

"It was… it was his daughter! Yes… it was his daughter who killed him!" Carlo said to them with too much conviction on his voice.

"Yes! He is telling the truth! It was his daughter who killed him. She stabbed his father so that she could live." Diego also said to them.

"If you already knew until now his daughter was missing. She probably fled. Besides, our Boss made an agreement with the father and daughter at that time. She killed him." Carlo added.

Phantom and Charles were both dumbfounded after hearing their statement. They could not believe it.

"You are both lying!" Charles shouted at them.

"We were there. You were not there so you did not know what truly happened! We witnessed everything! You want the truth so we are telling you now what is the truth." Carlo was now talking with confidence.

Unknown to them, Elle was already there. She also heard what the two men just said. Hearing those words seemed like she was reliving her nightmare once again.

Her eye's widened, her body froze and her mind fell into a dark abyss. Then Phantom noticed her presence. Phantom felt like his heart was being stabbed a thousand times seeing Elle's expression.

The blankness of her expression and her empty dark eyes which were staring back at him made Phantom become uneasy. He was looking at her and there was no single hint of emotions that could be seen in her face. He was afraid that Elle would break down again.

Phantom quickly ran towards her and pulled her into a hug. Charles was also surprised to see Elle. Phantom's actions made Charles became nervous.

'Is something wrong with Elle again?' He asked himself silently.

"Don't listen to them. They were just saying a lie. Get a hold of yourself, Elle. It's not you who killed your father." Phantom was trying to console Elle.

She did not respond to him. She was just standing still, unmoving. Phantom clenched his teeth. He would not allow Elle to suffer again with another emotional torture.

He knew there was a deeper story behind that incident. There was no way that Elle would kill her father just to save herself. With her attitude, he knew she was even willing to die with her parents that day.

When he found Elle 16 years ago, she was also covered with her own blood. These two men were definitely lying! Even Phantom did not know what truly happened during Elle's encounter with those bad guys.

He did not ask her. Elle was not willing to talk about it. She tried her best to avoid remembering those ugly and frightening memories.

She tried to bury the demon of her past but unfortunately, there were times that it was still haunting her, in a form of not nightmare.

'Elle, my daughter, please believe in yourself. Don't let these sc.u.ms destroy you with their lies. Get a grip of yourself.'