Chapter 1

Aki

I moved my rook in B7, I looked at his poker face while his hands are supporting his chin's weight. He moved his rook from A8 to C8.

He is playing as color black while I am color white.

I smiled in my head when he fell into my trap.

By moving my knight from C4 to D6. He moved his rook by A8 to C2.

Stupid Aki, you're doomed.

I massaged the bridge of my nose and looked at the chess board analytically.

But then I suddenly saw my bishop's placed in G5. He has a hanging pieces but I didn't took it, instead I moved my queen from H5 to F7.

He moved his rook to C2.

"Check," he said checking my king with his rook in C8 and his queen in A4.

I moved my king to E2.

"Check," he said again while putting his queen to C2. I moved my king again to E3.

He formed his knight from A6 to B4.

I slide my queen to F8 causing my face to smirk.

"Checkmate." I said and lend my hand in front of him. He looked disappointed but he took my hand and gently shaked it before getting up.

"Bravo," that one guy said and slowly clapped his hands. I don't even know why did I took his bet, but this is a big help.

We bet for ten thousand, whoever wins we'll get it all.

Well, I won. He underestimated me, even though I am a girl, I still know how to play a chess.

"Detective Tolren," someone called me.

"Not here, dumbass." I frowned when he called me a detective. We're at a casino, he shouldn't call me that way.

"Joke," he jokingly said while awkwardly looking to those people who heard him calling me a detective.

"What do you need, Bright." I said before fixing my dress and stood up to get a glass of wine. Someone offered me, I didn't declined it, tho the wine looks good and looks like a grape wine.

"They need you at the headquarters." he formally said. I nodded and took my bag.

"Okay," I said shortly before going inside the parking lot and rode my car. It is Lamborghini Urus P820 Venatus Evo.

I went inside the headquarters and roamed around the hallway.

Bright is annoying me! He didn't even bother to tell who needed me. Why didn't I asked either? Aish!

"There, casino girl." I heard Aego whispering before he walked again.

"The rumors had begun." I whispered to myself and shook my head before I walked again. I went to the closest vending machine to drink some caffeine.

"You came back from casino?" Echo said when he saw me while he's wandering.

"What the hell! He spread it already? I just went there because somebody invited me to play chess. That's not gambling right?" I asked him.

"Did you and that person offered a bet?" he asked me.

"Yep, but ten thousand only." I said and drank my coffee.

"Gambling," Echo said.

Already?

"Hasn't Bright come yet?" I asked him. I'm already irritated by that person who didn't even say who was looking for me

"Not yet, I just arrived too?" he sarcastically asked.

"Oh, I know you just arrived, you're like a mushroom, popping up all of a sudden." I complained. He just laughed and said goodbye. I nodded before throwing away my canned coffee.

I took my phone out of my bag and dialed Bright's phone.

[Hello—] he didn't even finish what he was going to say before me.

"Who is calling me?! Why don't you tell me right away?! Where are you?!" I asked straight.

[Your voice's hurting my ears! Chief Hermenez wants to talk to you!] he shouted back.

I took him down immediately and went to the elevator again to go to the floor where Chief Hermenez is.

Chief Nehemiah Roman G. Hermenez

I opened it and I saw Nero's sitting in a swivel chair while looking at the papers.

"What is it, Chief?" I asked him, he lend me those files and I roamed every pages.

"Tonight, we'll send you three to the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez to investigate their deaths. Nobody witnessed the killings except their two children who was with them during the crime." Chief explained while I was looking at the details.

I suddenly felt my heart ache. Those two innocent childs, who witnessed their parent's death.

"With whom?" I asked him.

"Detective Queira Jin Olde and Detective Bright Devis Alvar." Chief said.

Unlucky, why them? They might think I'm complaining, even though I really want to complain to them.

Especially Bright, his voice is irritating, annoying, and deafening.

"Off you go, talk to them." Chief said. I walked outside his door and slightly kicked my foot in the air.

I was about to go down when I saw Jin, waiting at the elevator. I rushed to her and stand beside her.

"We will work together on the new case later." I said. She grimaced and frowned.

"Why! I don't want it either." I defended.

"With whom?" she asked.

"Bright," I rolled my eyes and went inside the elevator.

"What's the case is all about?" she asked.

"Hmm," once again I looked at the files that Chief Nero gave to me.

"Mysterious death of Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez."