Tears started streaming down Morgan's face as she said,"I called you because I want to help my friend… but I don't want anything to happen to you!""Oh, Morgan… nothing is going to happen to me, just trust me. I know exactly how to handle such people. You trust your brother, don't you?"Morgan nodded even though her face was covered with tears, and Dave continued;"Then, be a good girl and listen to me carefully. Take your friend and go to my apartment, you already have the keys, right? Good. Neither of you are supposed to go to school until I tell you it is safe to, okay?And don't let your mind wander even for a second, I'm going to be perfectly fine, and so are you two. Understood? If anything happens, just call me."As soon as the girls' disappeared from Dave's sight, his anger returned with ten times the previous intensity. Yesterday, he had seen with his own eyes how the person on the most wanted list had gotten a chance to humiliate him in the police station, while his teamma
As soon as Matt managed to stand up on his own two feet, he ran towards Dave like an angry bull charging at his target. Although Dave managed to dodge his first attack, he gripped his collar and the two of them were locked in a struggle where each one was trying to push the other back. As the struggle intensified, the teacher, fueled by desperation, pulled out a gun from the pocket of his robe that was hanging loosely over his shoulders till now. "Get away from me, whoever the hell you are! You hear me? Stay away or I won't be responsible for the consequences!"He threatened while brandishing the gun menacingly. A cold shiver ran down Dave's spine as the weapon gleamed ominously in the light.Numb with shock, Dave hesitated for a moment… but just then, inspiration struck him as his hand reached into his pocket and gripped a cold blade.In one forceful arc, he hurled a knife towards Matt, who was not expecting this at all. The blade whizzed through the air, finding its mark with pre
As the teacher lay on the floor, taking his last breaths, a new announcement from the system rang in Dave's ears.[Ding! Host, you have completed the first level successfully. Access to the second level has been granted.][Congratulations! You have received one reward. Open it now?]Dave knew he just had to think about his answer in his mind, and the system would automatically follow the command. And that was exactly what happened, as the voice echoed;[Host, you have received power- up: Truth Sense. This ability will allow the host to find out if someone is lying, and help uncover their hidden motives.]The air in the room was weighed down by an eerie stillness, after Dave's tumultuous encounter with the high school teacher. Everything was too calm, with only the sound of the microwave going off in the background. Although a sense of relief washed over him, knowing that this leech won't be able to touch any other girl without her consent ever again, there was another unsettling real
After sending Morgan and Ivy to her room to start packing up, Dave went straight to the kitchen.He immediately got to work, making some hot tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. While he was working in the kitchen, he could hear the distant sounds of laughter coming from their room, over the music they were blasting on the speakers.Little by little, the burden of their trauma was lifting from his shoulders, and once he had plated the food, he called out;"Girls! Come out for dinner!""Yes, just coming!" Their voices echoed together as Morgan and Ivy ran out of her room.Seeing their faces, which were in complete contrast to the tear filled eyes he had seen earlier that day, Dave became content that they were alright now. And now, it was his responsibility to never let these carefree smiles vanish from their faces… thinking this, he left home again, saying that he would be back before long.He had already dealt with the teacher, unintentionally creating a mess at his place; and
As Dave left the teacher's house, a heavy sense of purpose accompanied him on the journey back to his own residence. Within the span of one night, he had experienced so many unsettling revelations that he wasn't even able to process everything yet, let alone decide whether it was a bane or a boon. The moon hung low in the night sky, casting its glow on the quiet streets as Dave navigated his way home. A distant breeze carried the scent of blooming flowers, but it did little to soothe his disturbed mind. Upon entering his apartment, he was greeted by the faint aroma of dinner lingering in the air, and the soft hum of television running in the living room. Minutes after the door clicked shut, Morgan came into the hallway to see who it was. The concern on her face immediately melted into a smile of relief, as she saw that it was none other than her brother."You're back!""Yeah, did you guys finish packing yet?"Dave asked, ruffling his sister's hair softly."Almost… Ivy is still goi
The next few days elapsed, each one carrying the weight of anticipation and a growing sense of urgency for Dave. But amidst the chaos of uncovering the web of blackmailers and fulfilling his duties as a policeman, he found a moment to ensure the well- being of his sister's friend as he made his way to the address that Ivy had given him. Nestled in a quiet middle- class neighborhood, Ivy's house showed the distinctive signs of both age and limited resources. The exterior was marked by peeling paint, and once Dave had identified the house, he pushed open the rusted iron gates. The hinges of this gate protested with a loud creak as it swung open, revealing an unkempt front yard. Weeds had claimed their territory among neglected flower beds, and Dave could assume that the house had perhaps seen better days when Ivy's parents were alive.But perhaps since their death, her grandmother was struggling to keep up with the maintenance required. There was a weathered welcome mat at the door
In the rearview mirror of his car, Dave's gaze fell on the stack of documents he had brought from the teacher's house. For some reason, he didn't feel like he could read the contents of these pages and still remain sane.But he felt a sudden urge to ignore his personal inhibitions and just face the truth. Without hesitating at all, he pulled up the papers and sat in his car, turning them carefully. With a deep breath, he started to scroll through the pages, and each name he encountered was like a dagger of reality piercing through the curtain of ignorance that he was hiding behind. Page after page contained the names of the victims, and Dave felt disgusted on seeing that so many innocent lives had become reduced to just becoming the targets of this organization.As his eyes moved across the list, a sickening mixture of anger and despair welled up within Dave, and he found himself unable to fully digest the extent of the evil acts committed by those predators.His grip tightened on t
The cursor on the screen hovered over the name for a few moments, until Dave managed to compose himself. He continued to scroll through the list of names, linking the corrupted people to their victims and weaving a dark web.As his eyes scanned the details, he started to notice a pattern, and as the realization slowly sank in, it actually sent a chill down his spine. There were many disgusting rats like Matt, who were working for the organization, and their basic task was to identify the vulnerable targets and trap them anyhow.Once they had managed to lure the teenagers into a secluded place and molested them, they uploaded the recordings to a local server. Their local superiors in this location could also view these files, but they didn't have access to the recordings from any different area.But there were five individuals in particular, who were the ones receiving all of the disturbing videos sent by these perverted agents, serving as the masterminds behind this scheme of exploit
"Is it urgent?" Lauren asked since she was on her way to her work."Yes!""Okay. Let's go inside the house we will talk there, " Lauren replied and invited Dave inside the house.Lauren's work would start in an hour and a half, she just wanted to go there early. Since she had nothing to do that is why she was always coming to work early. But since Dave needed to talk to her about something, and he said that it was urgent, she would just talk to him first before going to work."So what is the urgent thing that you wanted to say to me?" Lauren immediately asked."I've come to one of the trials of the criminal and found out who was behind the illegal boxing match, " Dave said.Dave wanted to help Lauren out on her investigation on the illegal underground boxing match. Since she was helping him out as well, he thinks that he would tell her everything that he knew."What did you find out?" Lauren asked and listened closely."So this lawyer has defended two serial murderers at the trial
"I'm fine now! It was just hard for a couple of three months and the bills piled up because of the huge bill of therapy that my brother is paying. But now thanks to my brother's effort who didn't give up on me, I was able to get back on my feet again, " Adam explained.Since it was hard for Adam to watch his brother stressed out for all the bills that the hospital kept sending to him, because of the therapy. Even if he was having panic attacks for small things, he could still understand the burden that was causing his brother.Adam did everything he could to overcome the fear, and now he was able to do things and have no panic attacks."If I were in your position I think it would be hard for me to be healed by the trauma for their month. I think even if I had therapy it would more than be a year before I was able to overcome the fear. Since that kind of situation would always imprint on me and the nightmares that I would have been unbearable, " Ethan expresses his thoughts about t
"So she is your visitor today...." Elaine rolled her eyes.Elaine felt a bit jealous but didn't want to show it to Juliana nor Dave."Just let her be! I dont even know that she was coming, " Dave tried to explain since he can read Elaine's mind and felt a bit guilty realizing that she was getting hurt inside."Hello!" Juliana warmly greeted the two and closed the door behind her."So you are here!" Elaine said and sighed seeing the warm spirit of her sister."I just came to visit!" Julianna explained and didn't mind the two were talking, after all they are comrades and working in the same division. She does not feel any jealousy towards her sister since Dave was her sister's boss after all."Ummm, Dave. About the report I think I would be coming back here to let you check it. Since it does need to polish a bit and still lacks some details that were needed by the report. I would bring it to you once I am done since you needed to sign, " Elaine said just saying some random things."Wh
"Who is it? Come on in!" Dave said while he was busy looking at the files that were on his desk."Ummm, are you busy?" Elaine asked looking at all the files that were on Dave's table.Dave put aside the case he was working on to attend to what Elaine needs to know. "No! Why? Can I help you with anything?" he asked."Actually I wanted to know what happened the other night? My father and sister refused to tell me anything. He said that it was for the best that I didn't know anything so I would not worry anymore. But how would I not worry when it was my sister's life that was in danger?" Elaine sadly said as she sat down on the chair."What exactly do you want to know?"Dave knew that he was in no position to tell Elaine anything, but he knew that as older siblings, they needed to protect their younger siblings. So he understands what she felt, and could not help himself to say everything he knew."I just wanted to know what happened the other night, " Elaine said.Dave sighed and e
"An older brother would do everything for his younger brother, " one of the police stated as they deeply thought of a reason.As they continued walking, Dave entered the station feeling stressed and frustrated at the same time."My brother...." Dave keeps murmuring.While Dave was still deeply thinking of his brother that experience in a traumatic experience. One of his female comrades Elaine walked closer to him."You're so proud of yourself right now, right? It seems that you are being so over proud just because you know the location of those kidnappers, " Elaine insulted him.Dave just glanced at him and rolled his eyes, not wanting to mind him.Dave just keeps on walking but Elaine keeps on blubbering. "Now you won't speak, because you felt so high of yourself?""What?" Dave asked.He was pissed by what he heard since he was not thinking of solving the case. He was just thinking of saving his brother in any way possible."What you didn't hear what I said?" Elaine asked and smir
"Morgan? Adam? Come here!" Dave called his siblings and they immediately went in his direction.He glances at Elaine and Lauren one more time before talking to his brother."Yes, brother?" Morgan asked and smiled since she felt a bit good seeing that his brother had two young ladies who seemed to be fighting over him.Adam glared at him and said. "Don't smile like that, you look weird!""My gosh, can't you see? Our brother has two dates, you are an idiot. I don't even know if you are my brother or not, " Morgan whispered and rolled her eyes seeing his brother so clueless.Adam looked at the two young ladies and shook his head "Oh! Now I know.""Stop it!" Dave said to his siblings who were assuming some things. "Stop assuming something, Lauren is my best friend and Elaine was here because I saved her from the robbers. So now the two of us stopped assuming things that weren't even true before I smack the reality out of you. So please just assist the two of them, alright?" Dave ad
"Elaine?" Dave called her out and looked at her.Dave had a plan inside his mind, and he was determined to do it, it was also one of his plans as a Lynch Master to seek justice for the victims.Elaine looked at her and smiled. "Why?""I have something in mind---- I think you could help me out this time, " Dave expressed his idea but didn't fully tell everything."What is it? Could I help in any way possible?" Elaine asked."We can arrest everyone that was working under the lawyer tonight. I would fight in the arena again, and while I was fighting you would burst in then you could arrest them. Do you think you could help me out?" Dave asked since he was asking for a favor."Do you think we could arrest everyone that was working under the lawyer tonight?" Elaine clarify."Yes! Since there would be a big fight tonight, even one of his fighters would be there. The lawyer would be earning big tonight, and if you want to capture them all. Then you need to do it now, or else we won't ge
"What!?" Lauren shouted.Lauren was shocked to hear what happened because she had found out about it earlier. Then she would tell his comrades about it since yesterday they were able to save some teenagers who had been blinded by money and decided to join."What do you mean that they took him from you?" Lauren asked confused."Adam and I were able to run through the back of the warehouse in the same spot where you found me. I thought we lost them but while I was talking with my brother. Some men have taken Adam away from me and they threaten to kill my brother. I was unable to move since they had put a knife through my brother's throat and with one wrong move he might die, " Dave explained."You should have told me what happened yesterday. So I was able to say it to my comrades, in that way, we can be able to save him. We have saved countless teenagers who badly wanted to join in the competition because of the prize money that was offered to them, " Lauren said.Dave was feeling gui
"What?" Dave asked irritatedly because he just wanted to rest and had no time to talk to the system.[Congratulations, Host! You have been able to finish your task faster than ever. Your last two tasks were not able to finish this early, but this third one was different. You have been starting to love this task that I was giving to you.]Dave looked at the system and asked. "What do you want?"He just wanted to lay his body in his soft body and rest for a bit.[You seem cranky!]"I'm tired, but you are still talking to me. The system just wanted to rest, so just let me, okay? I will talk to you later or tomorrow, for now, let me rest, " Dave ordered.[I'm just here to congratulate you, Host! Your performance on this six tasks was excellent and was exceptional. If you keep this kind of performance in your every task, then there will be more big rewards and chunks of surprising rewards. So Host, make sure that this kind of thing that you are doing in your task, make sure to kee