The Illicitor's Code #1

088: Fake Dim-Dim 2

"Keep your lies to yourself, but when my brother comes, you'll be more dead than this, Faker!" scolded Amma.

And only then did the fake Dim-Dim look scared. "Okay, I'll really tell you my intentions!" he said. "So please don't hit me—"

"I'll hit you again if you don't start talking," Dim-Dim said angrily, and the man immediately revealed his identity.

"I'm Pedro, and I'm an orphan. I come from Papua New Guinea, and I came here with difficulty. But I don't have a job here, and I'm starving. I try to find food by pretending to be someone else and entering people's houses to eat a bite or two spoons of rice, and then leave..." the fake Dim-Dim said quickly.

"The part about eating a bite or two spoons of rice sounds dramatic," Amma commented. "Even for your cunning standards."

"Okay, okay, I eat and steal money. Are you satisfied!?" Pedro yelled in frustration. "But just a little, I swear. I don't want to be a fugitive. I just want to live, so I only steal a little for bus fare."

"And now