Supremacy Games

1465 The Fallen Spectres Organization's Five Heads.

"I will handle it." Nidam gave a slight nod and took off immediately.

"Hazel, what did you find on the victim's past." Captain Charleson asked.

"Nothing much." Hazel shook her head, "Everyone I asked said the same thing. Arion was in a deep debt and his gambling den was on the verge of being shut down. No one knows if he has cleared off the debt or not, but the gambling den declared bankruptcy and he has disappeared ever since."

"He must have been turned into this after failing to pay his debt." Felix reasoned.

"My thoughts exactly." Captain Charleson ordered, "Hazel, did your investigations find the identity of the lender?"

Hazel shook her head, "No one knew the lender personally besides Arion. I will try to unravel his identity."

"Good, we need every lead we get." Captain Charleson turned to Felix and Ravager. "I want you boys to dig deeper into those hundred cases and try to find any leads as well. Prioritize the newest ones."

"On it."

Captain Charleson clapped his hands and said one last time with a serious tone. "This is a whole different battle than what we are used to, so be careful and avoid making even the slightest mistake."

Everyone understood what he implied and exited the office with grim expressions. The notion of having a superior part of the fallen organization and keeping his eyes on them would send the creeps down anyone's spine.

They were certain that if they made a single mistake, he wouldn't hesitate to seek their early departure from the department.

It was even harder on Felix and Ravager as they were still trainees and amidst active competition.

'We wanted a big case to win the competition, now I doubt we will make it through.' Ravager sighed.

'As long as we follow the rules, we will always be in the right.' Felix replied calmly.

'I hope so...'

...

On the other side of the coin...

meeting was held between the Five

with only a

characteristic sharp-toothed grin, lounged on one side

map of the spirit realm, glowing with various points of

were colored green, but the majority were either colored red

solid like a stone, and Marcel who constantly seemed to phase in and out of existence, took their

wearing an emblem that showed his rank as the High Inspector, but at this

cleared his throat, "The situation has become precarious. Charleson and his squad are creeping up on our operations. I have already commanded for the sellers to lay low and planned to make it difficult for his squad. But, we still need a legit strategy in case this situation

of subtlety." Sharky said with an icy tone

different character than what he displayed in public, which wasn't shocking considering he was the closest thing

sudden disappearance would raise even more suspicion. We need to

representing the interest and benefits of the spirits with the

with his deep, subtle voice, suggested, "We could plant misleading evidence,

of his status as one of the

the public and government like any

sent either to jail or kicked out of

"Or introduce another threat in the realm. A decoy. Something they can't

judge with a great standing in the jurisdictional system, possessing enough authority to

halt our operations for even a moment. So, telling our sellers to stay low was a bad move." Sharky stated, "The duke is rushing the operation for a reason. We don't know it yet, but he will hang us alive if he hears that we are

said with a deep frown, "But, we should at least send

have no issue with

"Seconded."

Everyone agreed at once.

away and he was the only direct link the squad had at the moment to

erect a wide search to

I won't approve of it." Inspector

a reason to do it without making it too obvious." Solomun suggested, "We should create disturbances in the outer regions.

use the opportunity to force them into deployment and buy us

when it came to emergencies, he

guess we have a

all

other for a few moments before Gravus informed, "If this issue isn't solved by the next two weeks, I will

"..."