Macau's Berserk

CHAPTER 6: Cards On The Table

Beep beep.

A hand flipped and opened the message through a burner phone.

The message was read as Phosphorus. Osmium. Silicon. Titanium. Vanadium. ∑.

The man in a dark blue suit hurried and erased the message after reading it. As an intelligence agent, he shouldn't be complacent especially when the lead confirmed that it's "POSITIVE" according to the message. The MSS has acquired such new evidence proving that the possibility of refounding the 21st century of black society is at stake.

The message was read as:

Phosphorus with element symbol of P

Osmium with element symbol Os

Silicon with element symbol of Si

Titanium with element symbol of Ti

Vanadium with chemical symbol V

And the mathematical symbol for sigma "∑"

Now the team needs to do some espionage about a positively confirmed descendant of Asia's infamous Godfather, alias Wang Kai. Seventeen years ago, Wang Kai who is originally from Hong Kong suddenly vanishes without a trace into thin air. The intelligence service from before wasn't as good as it is today, that's why the MSS (Ministry of State Security) a CIA-like in China office-based in Macau started to re-open the case in relevance to sudden berserk from the wicked 14K Triad in Macau's hotels and casinos recently. The said project was called Operation: Katydid. It means an operation of camouflage, because for such a very long time, the Ministry of State Security, Macau had not gotten a chance to arrest any of the four main leaders of these black societies or mainland Chinese criminal organizations. Before, there were no identities, no pictures, nothing, only aliases. The triad leaders were able to keep their identities secret. Blending to normal and regular people on the streets was too easy for them. Black societies are a more-mature organized crime that deals with drugs, the ability to achieve illegal control over local markets, receiving police protection, money laundering to trafficking and prostitution, smuggling, counterfeit goods, and kidnapping.

"Mama!" called Sean from their room.

"Bodi's not home yet?" he follows. "Don't you think this is too much already? It's almost 12:00 midnight, what possibly could happen, can't he continue doing what he needs to do in his house instead?" added Sean.

"Did you try calling or messaging him already?" answered Li Hua.

"Already, for who knows how many times! That brat is really uncaring! Let me just circle at the university mah, I can't sleep anyway." implied by the older brother.

"Bring your phone, call me." Li Hua responded.

Vroom vroom.

Sean ignited his gray 2017 JMCTiger pickup truck, stepped on the gas, and lashed out of the garage.

Bip bip bip bip...

The sound of the phone he's calling on the other side.

"The fuck is happening to this boy," it has been like this for 2 minutes already. Finally, he reached the main entrance of the university. "Hi officer, good evening, I mean morning. I am Li Shen, I am looking for my brother, he's a TA and undergrad student here, do you happen to know someone by the name..."

"Sean-ge?" a voice from afar calls.

Sean tries to look for the familiar voice; he fixes his glasses to see where it comes from.

"Sean-ge! Here," It was Bodi, waving down at his brother from the 5th floor of the main university, "Wait for me, I'm coming down!"

"Wait for your ass!" Sean whined. Bodi, on the other hand, runs down very fast towards his brother. 

"What a bothersome! Does he think he's still six years old to act like such?" Sean asked himself. "What's a matter with you, don't you know that's it midnight already? You really have no plan on telling us..."

"Gege, phone's battery died around 17:00 when I WeChat you last. After that I still have class until 19:00, then I proceeded to the library to borrow other books, I studied there too, you'll see my I.D. log, I didn't realize that it's 21:00 already, the library has to close so I went at the TAs faculty room and didn't realize it's midnight already. Am so sorry, I was just too busy editing my thesis. Don't get mad anymore, I haven't eaten yet. Treat me, will you?"

"One condition!" Sean answered with a voice of compassion. He knows that Bodi is too busy; it's just that this is the first time that he has been so late for home. "Next time no matter how busy you are, no matter what you're doing, even you're dying already; let us know where you are so that we won't worry."

"Mnn." Bodi agreed with a beam.

"What do you want to eat?" Sean followed.

"Old Taipa Tavern," Bodi easily answered. "I want their burger and beer!" he excitedly mutters.

Bodi clung his arms to his gege's neck and lead back to the gray truck.

"Wait, I forgot! My scooter!" he suddenly remembers.

"I'll just drop you off tomorrow, anyways it's Saturday," Sean insisted, "Your class is in the afternoon on Saturdays, right? We have all the time tomorrow, don't worry about it, just tell the security guards." Sean said.

"He's with me now mah, he didn't realize the time, he's comingwith me, I told him to just leave his scooter at the security," Sean joyfully tells the other person on the phone. "Mnn, I'll bring him to the Old Tavern to eat, goodnight mah don't wait for us anymore, well be there soon." He hangs up.

"Let's go Sean-ge! To O-T-T!"

Sean had a combo platter of fries and burger but didn't drink any beer for he is driving. Bodi ordered a beer mug, a platter of fries and burger combo, New Zealand Beef tenderloin, and a traditional Christmas pudding.

"You're not hungry, aren't you?" Sean was too amazed as to where his brother's going to store all these foods. "Munch on it well, don't rush." He continued.

"Thank you, ge." Bodi smiled back at his brother.

They enjoyed their meal, unlike any other meal.

It's already the crack of dawn. But the two were still laughing inside the gastropub.

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