CHAPTER TWO:No Trace

" What is wrong with you people?" The police chief roared at them immediately they got to his office.

" We're sorry sir,we tried our best to handle the situation,"Ken said sadly.

They expected that already especially knowing that the police chief was expecting a promotion and won't want anything to stain that. He is someone who is wary of things that could jeopardize his opportunity not to even add the fact that the commissioner was interested in the case.

" You tried your best and the result you could bring was announcing the death of the victim. You got there hours before the crime was committed which means the killer waited for you people to settle down before striking," the police chief added.

" You, James what got over you in the first place. You of all people know the effect of this on my promotion. How could you miss that?" He asked.

" I'm sorry Sir,we actually tried our best but it was unfortunate that we missed it. We will try and apprehend the person as soon as possible," James said.

He needed to say that to appease the police chief who is only obsessed with his promotion and nothing more. It won't be easy to apprehend the killer but he knows time will definitely tell.

" Good, I will be expecting the good news soon. You people can go while I quickly put a call to the commissioner to assure him the success of this operation soon", he said, and pat James on the shoulder.

" What did we even expect the man to say?" Ken said immediately they left the police chief's office.

" Exactly,we all know that the man is not concerned with anything that will draw him away from the promotion. The burden is on us to achieve that while he relax in his office making phone calls," Alex added.

" That is okay,we should not disturb ourselves with that issue. Let us look for a way to solve this case and get over it as much as possible," said James.

" Okay sir, that is really important. It won't do us any good to get in the bad record of the commissioner since he is interested in the case. It is surprising because it's unlike the man to be interested in such a case without a reason.

"Let us meet in the next one hour to discuss this case.Also make sure to call Angelina when you are coming," James instructed.

" She's joining us for the operation?" Ken asked in astonishment.

" Yes,we will probably need her more than you can imagine" James said in reply, while opening the door to his office and entered.

Even though James was the person who profiled that the murder will take place at Rico's Park,he was starting to assume that he was wrong.

In the end,they were unable to protect the victim's life who was murdered brutally. The murder was a well planned work and he knows that.

The person was murdered with his right hand cut off and that seems to surprise him. He keep wondering how a person will kill someone and cut his right hand off to do what exactly?

They had to send the man's body to the forensic unit for investigation on circumstances surrounding his death and to confirm whether the killer left some evidence they could use to track him.

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" The forensic unit sent a file regarding Mr. Beckh who they did an autopilot for to define how he was killed," James started, after they were all on seat for the meeting.

" Good, did they find anything that can aid this investigation?" Alex asked happily.

The murder was a smooth work. They didn't find anything incriminating no matter how they tried,"James said sadly.

" That means that this murder was well planned from the beginning. That is why they had the temerity to send a letter to the police," Angelina said.

" Exactly what I thought, but they suspect that the person was poisoned," James said,while others looked at one another in surprise.

" They found some substances in him that proved that. I believe the poison weakened his system which gave the killer upper hand over them," he added,when he saw the confusion writing on their faces.

" I believe that even though it's not an incriminating evidence,it might also be of help to the operation," Angelina said.

"We are going to start the operation from this first lead," James said smiling.

" How are we going to go about that?when we all know that there's no way it would lead us somewhere," Ken said.

" I know that you will think so. The Forensic unit suspect a poison called Ivin. We just need to find out about the poison first. Ken and Alex I want you to find out about the poison and report it as soon as possible," he instructed.

" After that,we will know the next step to take after finding out about the poison and where exactly people can get it," James said conclusively,and ended the meeting since he still had to meet the police chief again.

Somewhere in Raws,Krung prison to be precise,a man walked out of the gate with smiles probably for his release from prison.

He dusted his clothes very well and even put on a shade glass to avoid recognizing him. He looks shabby and mischievous with his domineering smile ready to oust someone in authority from power.

" It's good to be free after a long time," he said, still putting on his mischievous smile and stretching his body like someone getting ready for another session of adventure.