Human Trafficking

Jay was confused for a while as to why the number of viewers on his stream suddenly shot up from out of nowhere. 

So, Jay looked at the comments in the live room and soon understood the situation. 

'These guys, they went out of their own way to post the boy's story and even shared my live stream room in their social media!'

Jay can't help but feel grateful to everyone. 

At the same time, he realized once again just how critical this current situation is right now. 

For criminals to be a part of such a well-known online car hailing app, one can only imagine just how bad the state of things is. 

Just as Jay's attention is all on his phone screen, he hears a sound echoing in his mind. 

[Ding!]

[Ding!]

[Ding!]

It rang a couple of times before it became quiet. 

When he heard it, the corner of Jay's lips can't help but raise. 

'It seems like I completed some achievements again, huh.'

Jay felt the urge to open the Cube Menu and take a look at it.

But thinking that he's in a public setting right now and doing so could lead to some trouble, Jay suppressed the thought. 

Instead, Jay started interacting with the viewers inside his live stream room.

A lot of new viewers have entered his live room and without surprise, they do not know about Jay. 

Thankfully, their focus is not on Jay at the moment, but on the current criminal case. 

[Hosts, how was it? Will the police do something?]

[Upstairs, you just entered? The host already talked to the officer and the officer already went to his superior to report it.]

[So, when will the police start moving?]

[Maybe after they finished discussing it?]

[Hmm, they will probably do something about it soon. First of all, they need to conduct an investigation about this current situation.]

[Hais, it seems like the kid won't be able to go back to his home anytime soon, huh.]

[...]

Jay kept his eyes on the comments and read as the viewers discussed among themselves. 

When he saw the comment about the kid, Jay immediately remembered something important. 

He turned his eyes to the teenage boy and asked, "By the way, kid, can you tell me where you live?"

Jay's question attracted the attention of, not just the kid, but also his three friends and all the viewers on his live stream.

With curious eyes around him, the kid raised his head, looked at Jay and said, "Brother Jay, I live in Angeles City, Pampanga."

Hearing the answer, Jay's eyes flashed with surprise. 

"You actually live in Pampanga?"

Angeles City is roughly 2 hours away from Olongapo City depending on your mode of transportation. 

It is located in the province just right beside Zambales where Olongapo City is, and is called the province of Pampanga. 

At this time, the viewers in Jay's live stream reacted. 

[What? That kid was actually brought to Olongapo from Pampanga?!]

[That driver really put an effort, huh.]

[Is there any reason to bring an abducted kid so far away?]

[Well, it's probably because Olongapo City is near the waters, right?]

[Uhm, sorry, I didn't study well, can someone tell me what the one upstairs means?]

[What he means is that, maybe that kid was about to be transported somewhere through the waters. You know what they do with some abducted people right?]

[Actually, I don't. Can someone tell me?]

[Hais… of course it's to take their organs and sell them somewhere!]

[:ShockEmoji: Is it so cruel?!]

[...]

Jay's attention wasn't on his live stream at this time or else, he would have frown if he saw the words from his viewers.

From the looks of things, the possibility of the viewers' words are pretty high.

If the kid was really brought here in order to transport him somewhere else through the waters, that implies that there should also be other victims hidden somewhere here in Olongapo City. 

Because for such dangerous transportation or human trafficking, it's impossible for those criminals to just move 1 'product' as that would cost too much. 

Anyway, all of these remain unknown to Jay as his eyes are looking at the teenage boy at this time. 

Scratching his head, Jay immediately realized a problem. 

Earlier, he confidently promised that he would bring the kid back to his home. 

But he didn't expect that the kid actually came from that far. 

This puts him in a tight spot. 

After all, he has plans for today to hang out with his family.

He doesn't want to selfishly cancel it after all of them prepared for it. 

Just as he's thinking what he should do, the officer from before came back and approached them. 

When Jay saw the officer, he suddenly thought of an idea. 

'That's right! I can just ask the police to handle it since the kid is still a victim of a case!'

'They should be able to coordinate and even call the kid's parents to come here for him!'

With a plan in his mind, Jay relaxed himself. 

… 

Facing Jay, the officer sat down on an empty seat and said, "I already talked to my superior and a task force unit is already being assigned with the investigation of this case."

Pausing for a moment, the officer's eyes moved to the teenage boy and said, "It appears that a lot of missing person cases suddenly appeared which is most likely related to this."

Hearing that, Jay's face can't help but become serious. 

From the tone of the officer's voice, those missing persons must be still missing.

Jay can't help but glance at the boy beside him. 

For him to escape from that situation, he was really lucky… and courageous. 

After that, the officer said a few more things and was about to go back to his work. 

But Jay stopped him and talked about the kid's situation. 

To which the officer said, "His cooperation might still be needed, so it's for the best if he could stay here for now."

"Instead, we will contact his family for them to come here and accompany him."

After hearing that, Jay was finally relieved.