Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 24 - Like you, I have my daughter to protect

XG 24 - Like you, I have my daughter to protect

"None whatsoever. But I have information about this virus that will be useful for everyone. My source is reliable and you may share it among your trusted allies, but I hope my and my husband's names will not be shared as your informant. Like you, I have my daughter to protect."

It was best to avoid alerting the snake while they were still gathering allies.

"...It will be difficult to gain everyone's trust without revealing my source of information."

Suzie Yap chuckled. "As a show of trust, I saved your daughter, Nurul Hanani, from succumbing to the virus. Without any cure being researched yet, your daughter will be valuable to others. If you form an ally with me, your daughter will not need to live the rest of her life inside the lab."

"You are threatening me?" The Chief of Police asked heavily.

"I'm not a scientist, why would I do that to your daughter? As for my husband, he only provides funds and keeps his employees in check. He isn't the representative of researchers. Chief, surely you know human behaviour the best when they are facing life and death situations?"

Suzie Yap patiently waited, knowing that the two big shots would need to discuss her proposal.

"What will you get in return for helping us? Would you not want to gain a good reputation if you reveal the information publicly?" the Chief of Police asked. "Better yet, you can sell your information to our government directly."

Suzie Yap laughed. "Are you telling me that I could not trust you, the head of the police force that serves the country and protects the civilians from danger?"

"This matter is too big for us to handle."

"I trust you more than the government that has too many different ears and ambitions. To make this simple, we have a common enemy, the one that spread this virus on purpose. I had yet to figure out who, or how many people are in that group and I don't want to give myself up before capturing the enemy. But I will need help from anyone I could get, yet be careful to trust those that might be sent over by the enemy."

Suzie Yap only dared to seek alliance from them because she knew they were not her enemy. They were potential allies that were unfortunately wiped out in the early days of doomsday.

The Chief of Police's heart was as heavy as a mountain. He does not know whether a man-made, on-purpose virus was worse or a creation of a dangerous mutated virus was accidentally spread to the environment. But man-made viruses had their own benefits, such as the person behind the scene will eventually release the cure once they get what they wanted.

If the person behind the scene indeed has a cure before maliciously releasing the virus.

With a heavy sigh, he stared at the man on the screen with a similar tense expression as his. Andrew finally nodded and the Chief of Police closed his bloodshot eyes.

The police force had been tiring themselves out and even lost a lot of their comrades in just one week. The public was demanding answers from the police that were in the dark about the true nature of the human infectious viruses and had been blindly going around without a clue of what was really going on.

The police force had sought advice from the government, but they remained tight-lipped and vague with their direction, where most of the time would be spent deflecting their responsibilities. The police force was the one that took the great burnt from this incident, being shoved into the limelight for being incompetent.

It was only Mrs Wong who finally approached them with a possible answer which might be the only way to get the police force out of the public execution. Even if Mrs Wong's words were dubious, he was more willing to believe her than the shifty government that until now was hiding whatever they knew from him.