The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

*** At Charles's Place ***

Ring! Ring!

Elena's phone was ringing and vibrating inside her back. Someone was calling her. Charles decided to answer the phone since Elena had not regained her consciousness yet.

After she fainted in the restaurant, Charles brought her into his house. She was currently sleeping in his bed. He glanced at her before picking up the phone.

Dr. Clara's name flashed on her phone screen. He immediately answered the call.

"Elena... where are you, dear?" Dr. Clara's soft and gentle voice greeted Charles's ear.

"Dr. Clara, it's me. Charles." He didn't waste time as he let her know that he was the one on the other line, not Elena.

"Charles!" Dr. Clara felt delighted upon hearing his voice.

"Are you with Elena right now?" she added.

"Yeah… she's here in my place. She fainted a while ago."

"Huh? She fainted?! Why? What happened to her? Is she alright?" Dr. Clara's voice was filled with worries and concerns.

"Don't worry. It's not serious. I think she was just quite shaken after hearing from me that Elle died. I told her that because I thought she also deserved to know what happened to her. She cared about Elle too." Charles said to her truthfully.

Dr. Clara fell silent for a moment. She somehow felt sorry for Elena. She didn't tell her anything about Elle. She chose to hide it from Elena.

"I understand. I need to go there and talk to her." Dr. Clara said after being quiet.

Charles gave Dr. Clara his address. After fifteen minutes, she arrived at Charles's place. But she was not alone, Phantom was with her.

Charles was a little bit surprised to see Phantom. He felt awkward facing him right now because of their last encounter.

Dr. Clara proceeded in his room to check Elena's condition while the two men went to the living room. The living room was engulfed by deafening silence. Phantom and Charles were both sitting quietly. No one initiated to talk.

After a while, Dr. Clara came out of his room. Elena was still asleep. She decided not to wake her up. Elena was shocked and emotionally exhausted. She knew how hard it was for Elena knowing that her savior who was also she considered sister already passed away.

Upon reaching the living room, Dr. Clara had sensed the weird atmosphere surrounding the two men. Something was off with them. They were both acting strangely.

Dr. Clara sighed deeply before talking to them.

"What's wrong with your faces? Why do I feel like you are not happy to see each other?"

The two men just merely averted their gaze to her and didn't respond. Dr. Clara raised her brows seeing their reactions.

"Great timing! The two of you are here. I have something to ask you." Dr. Clara looked at them seriously.

"Roland Bienvenido was reported dead. Killed by assassin Catseye. Who among you has something to do with that?" she directly confronted them.

Both men were astonished after hearing her direct-to-the-point question. Charles and Phantom had indescribable expressions on their faces. Dr. Clara couldn't figure out what they were thinking at that moment.

She was waiting for their response but it seemed like no one between the two men wanted to speak up. Dr. Clara heaved a deep sigh once again.

"Alright, I won't force you if you didn't want to talk about it. But whoever did that, I just want to say something to him. Do you think Elle would be happy because of that? I just hope that you two would consider what Elle would feel before making a hasty decision."

"How I wish that both of you have nothing to do with this." Dr. Clara said to them meaningfully.

"Oh, the two of you really need to talk. I'll go ahead first, I have a patient waiting for me at my clinic. Charles, please send Elena to our home once she wakes up." She said, bidding goodbye to them.

Then Dr. Clara turned to Phantom and said, "Old man, you came here because you wanted to see Charles, so don't waste your time and talk!"The two men remained silent as they watched Dr. Clara's retreating back.

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*** At XXX Crime Investigation Headquarters ***

Erick gathered his team in the conference room. They would plan out and strategize their next move on how they would catch the new Catseye.

They were about to start their meeting when suddenly they heard a knock. After that, two men entered the room.

June: "Allen?"

Bryan: "Carl?"

Rose: "Senior Sergeants!"

April: "Both of you! Why are you here?

The two men just chuckled upon seeing their different reactions. Then Carl approached Erick, giving him a piece of paper. Erick gladly accepted it and read the content. It was a notice of transfer.

"Sorry guys for barging in but whether you like it or not, starting today Carl and I will become part of this team!" Allen spoke up.

"Wow! Really?" Rose asked them with excitement.

"Is that true? But why?" June also asked in confusion.

"The Unit Head transferred them to our department, effective today. They will be assisting us in this case." It was Erick who answered them, showing them the notice of transfer.

"Yey! That's great! We will be working together again as one team!" April said, feeling delighted.

"Welcome to our team, Senior Sergeants, Allen, and Carl!" Bryan exclaimed cheerfully.

"Thanks, guys!" Allen said with a wide smile.

"[email protected]! I am so happy to be working again with this amazing team!" Carl blurted out with excitement.

"We are also glad to have you here as part of our team," Erick said to them.

After greeting each other and settling down inside the conference room, the team started their meeting.

Erick shared with the team the pieces of information he had gathered over the two years about the original members of Los Molasses Gang. He informed the team that he conducted a private investigation regarding Catseye's past.

Erick and Bryan were aware of the revenge that Elle was trying to do before. They somehow connected the dots pinpointing the Los Molasses Gang.

"Elle told me that her parents were murdered in front of her when she was still a child. As we all know, she attacked Gong, Vello, and De Dios for revenge. We investigated their past connection. They are original members of Los Molasses Gang." Erick said as he showed them on the projector screen the other members.

Harry Yao- was killed a long time ago

Jefferson Gong- dead

Carlo Vello- in prison

Diego De Dios- in prison

Roland Bienvenido- dead"

Among the original members, we only have three people left who are more likely to be the next target of this Catseye." Erick continued supplying them with information.

"Alfonso Ramirez, Samuel Sy, and Edson Tyler. I have background information of Sy and Tyler however I couldn't trace Ramirez's whereabouts for these past two years."

"So what are you suggesting now, Chief Lee?" It was Carl who spoke up."We will divide our team. One team will monitor Samuel Sy and the other team will follow Edson Tyler. We will also work with Officer Kim's team during our surveillance operation." Erick stated.

"Wow… that's nice. Since we already know Catseye's probable next target, we will just keep an eye on them, waiting for Catseye to attack. And once Catseye appears that's the time we will make a move to catch her or him." Allen said with amus.e.m.e.nt.

"Yes… but we have to stay vigilant and alert. We never know the exact time or day Catseye will make a move against them. This mission will require a lot of effort and time from us." Erick reminded them.

June: "We understand, Chief!"

Bryan: "It's part of our job! We have no complaints about that!"

The meeting lasted for two hours. They divided the task. Bryan and April would focus on Senator Mondragon's case. June, Rose, and Allen were assigned to monitor Edson Tyler. Erick and Carl would be monitoring Samuel Sy.

When the meeting ended, the team proceeded to their Department Office. They added two more tables for Allen and Carl.

They were setting up their table arrangement when Selena's assistant entered the office. She was quite busy lately that's why she was not able to come personally today.

The assistant gave the team the invitation cards for the upcoming welcome party for James. It was rescheduled two weeks earlier than the original date.