The Amazing Luther Chris

Chapter 5

At a quiet alley way.

 The sky was dark, painted with gleaming shiny stars surrounding a crescent moon.

 Foot steps echoed as a lady clad in a puffy jackets walked down the alley way. Her head was down and she wore a headphone.

 At that moment, a vehicle suddenly pulled over besides her. The door swung open revealing three hefty men with tatoos wearing armless vests.

 The three hefty men grabbed the lady, with one of them landing a karate chop on the back of her neck, causing her to lose consciousness.

 The men shoved her into the vehicle and swiftly drove off.

* * *

 The next day..

 Chris walked out from the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist. Taking a glance at the mirror on the wall, a smirk appeared on his lips.

 Thanks to the body fitness exams, he was starting to notice the developing abs and biceps.

 At that moment, he recieved a notification from the system.

-[New Weekly Quest; Join the Police]

 "Join the police?" Chris wondered.

He wasn't against joining the police. After all it would give him a good chance of getting into contact with criminals and earn points.

 However, he was worried about what Cindy and the Cortez family would think of him when they saw him parading the city as a police officer. Plus if he became just a mere police man, he wouldn't have access to top level crime cases.

 If anything, he hoped to join as a detective. Too bad he didn't know how the system worked.

 Fixing himself some clothes and a plate of fried eggs and flat bread, he grabbed a coat and left the house.

 Just as he was about to flag down a taxi, two ladies walked past him, discussing.

 "Have you heard? a lady got kidnapped yet again yesterday"

 "Gosh. It's the sixth one within a week. Now i'm even scared to go out at night"

 "What are the police doing about this huh?"

 The ladies didn't speak quietly, so Chris was able to overhear their conversation.

 Girls getting kidnapped? How come he's never heard of it before?

Just as he mused over this, a taxi pulled over.

 "Where to?" the taxi man asked.

 "Rottinhemier Police Department"

* * *

 A taxi pulled over at Rottinhemier Police Department. Chris alighted and paid his fare.

 "Who would've thought that i would come here one day to sign as a police officer?" Chris whistled as he stared at the police station filled with officers patrolling around it.

 Walking up the stairs, he suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder. Spinning around, he saw the culprit.

 "You? what are you doing here?"

 "Hehe. I should be the one asking you that" Annabeth chuckled.

 "My dad is a cop here. I want to give him breakfast" Anne smiled, swinging the lunch box she held.

 "N-Nice!" Chris gulped unintentionally.

 What the hell! her dad's a cop! he suddenly began thanking his stars that he didn't hit on her that day.

 "I came here to register" Chris scratched his nose.

 "You want to become a police?" Anne was surprised.

 "It's weird right" Chris grinned, looking quite embarrassed.

"No. No. I didn't mean that. It's just that most guys don't like the cops job. The patrols. Little pay. I just found it surprising" Anne shrugged her shoulders.

 "Well, i just like fighting crime" Chris said.

 By now, the duo already arrived at the entrance.

 "Hey Anne. What's up?" a burly police officer gave Anne a thumbs up.

 "How's it going Pedro" she winked, leading Chris inside.

 "You wait here. Let me go and call someone" Anne patted Chris shoulder and left.

 Sitting at the waiting chair, Chris brought out his phone. At the home screen was a news headline that read;

 "Six young girls kidnapped in just a week. Is the future of Rottinhemier City turning bleak?"

 "This news yet again?" Chris groaned inwardly.

 "Chris!" he heard Anne's voice.

 Looking up, he saw her standing besides a middle aged man in a brown coat and wearing glasses.

 "Meet my Father, Detective Warren. He's the lieutenant of this precinct" Anne introduced the middle aged man.

"W-Wow! good morning sir!" Chris hurriedly stood up and gave a bow.

 However, it looked funny in the eyes of Anne and her father.

 "Follow me young man" Detective Warren beckoned at Chris.

 At the Cortez family apartment..

 "Mum. Enough with the make up okay?" Cindy groaned as she struggled to stand up.

 But her mother Bella swiftly latched her arms around hers.

 "What do you know? you are going on a date with Lewis Chapman. Just how many girls will die to get this opportunity" Bella snorted.

 The Chapman family were part of the top three families in Rottinhemier city. And Lewis was the first child of the Chapman family.

 If anything didn't happen, he was going to become the next patriarch of the family. The Cortez family were more than willing to grasp on the fat thighs of the fat meat.

 If they could unite through marriage, the Cortez family would instantly soar into greatness. Like a carp leaping through the dragons gate.

"I know mum. It's just.." Cindy stressed.

 "Just what? you're still thinking about that poor bastard, aren't you?" Bella snorted.

 Right from day one she never supported the idea of her daughter marrying the likes of a pauper such as Chris.

 She was just like Chris, born in a poor family. However, she married Cindy's father Alfred, thus elevating her family status and began swimming in wealth.

 Naturally, she wished for her daughter to get married to an even richer man. But alas, this stupid daughter got seduced by that pauper, even going to the point of commiting suicide if she didn't marry him.

 When she heard the news of Chris becoming crippled and missing, she was the happiest. Since then she began to hoodwink her daughter into 'socializing' more with Lewis.

 "What the hell do you even see in that bastard body. Looks? i'll admit he's a pretty face, but Lewis isn't bad either. Plus, he's rich!" Bella felt like tearing open her daughter's head to check what's inside.

"You won't understand mum" Cindy smiled ruefully.

 "Then make me!"

 "Do you remember that time when grandpa brought the idea of me marrying Chris?"

 Naturally, Cindy was referring to her late paternal grandfather, the former family patriarch.

 "At that time, i wasn't happy about the idea of marrying Chris. But as we stayed together, i began to like him for one thing"

 "What? his looks?" Bella spoke in a 'matter-of-fact' way.

 "No. I discovered that he's compassionate to a fault. Like a fool"

 "Hm?" Bella was confused.

 Didn't her daughter love Chris? why was she insulting him?

 "Tell me, would Lewis boil the water for my bath? or make me coffee? wash the dishes? shop groceries? give me a jacuzzi massage?"

 "Lewis is a rich scion who cares alot about money. Although we'd get married, i won't be able to control him. But Chris is different"

 "Chris is just a miser, easy to control. Once i give the word, he obeys like a dog because he's aware of the disparity of our status"

* * * 

"How was it?" Anne asked Chris as soon as he got out.

 "It went well" Chris smiled.

 "What were you expecting?" he grinned.

 "My dad didn't make things difficult for you right?"

 "Nah"

 "What department are you in?" Anne asked.

 "I don't know yet. Your dad told me he'd tell me tomorrow as well as my uniform too" Chris shrugged.

 He couldn't help but frown inwardly. Why was the 'complete mission' notification popping?

 Was the system broken perhaps?

 "This calls for celebration no? a restaurant's just a stone throw from here. Why don't we go grab lunch and celebrate while we're at it?" although Anne said this in a suggestive tone, she was literally dragging Chris towards the door.

 "Sure. But i'm paying this time" Chris warned her before hand. He had to save face right?

 "You better!" Anne snorted jokingly.

 As they left the building unbeknownst to them, a police officer patrolling the area swiftly walked into the building.

The police officer hurried towards an office within the station, pushing open the door.

 "Sir! your daughter just left the building" the police officer reported respectfully.

 "Did she leave with anybody?" Detective Warren asked.

 "Yes sir. She left with a man"

 "Good. I want you and three others to monitor those two. Don't let them stray away from your sight"