Chapter 19

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21:00 CST

Inside a lonely phone booth, a man wearing a windbreaker, a baseball cap, and a facemask, all in black, can be seen. The dimly lit outdoor booth is situated at the corner of an alley that whoever was inside was almost impossible to get recognized. He looked around first before dialing. When the call was connected, he lowered the cap's brim to hide his upper face and made a half turn to enable himself to observe the surrounding for anything out of ordinary as he converses over the phone.

"I got you something to work on," said the man inside the booth.

"Haven't heard from you for a long time. Is it something big that you need to use a public phone now?" replied someone from the other end of the line.

"Quite huge..."

"Oh, I guess I have to cut my holiday then."

"You should. Sorry to disturb your wandering galore. Prepare to travel in two days. I've left some documents on a locker in a train station in Shanghai. Once you arrive there, somebody will meet you at 7 after dusk and take you where the locker is. The code is 52033."

"It seems highly confidential that you are not meeting me this time."

"Yes, it's definitely a top secret. I've sent you an email. That's the real deal. What's inside the locker are documents that could be of help to hasten your assignment."

"Are you saying this mission is ASAP?''

"You could say that. Anyway, I'll be giving away royalty bonus, depends on how short you could expedite your mission without drawing blood... and attention, of course."

"You're getting more demanding. Let me remind you my dear client... I may be a businessman under the shadows but I never draw blood. Your very own flesh and blood can attest to that."

"That's good then. This matter isn't for me. Don't ask further in case you're curious."

"Okay, if you say so."

"By the way, I told the guy that he is going to meet a feminine gay in green cheongsam dress."

"Whaaatt?"

"And that you like flowers so I told him to prepare a flower bouquet."

"Are you crazy?!!! "

"I know you're not. Just charge the costumes on my bill."

"I'm not gonna... Helloo...? hellooo...? damn!" his words were left mid-air as several toots can be heard from the other end.

The mysterious guy left the phone booth with a smirk on his lips.

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78 Hours later...

08:05 London ST

FLASH MESSAGE

CONFIDENTIAL PANTHER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEWIS EYES
ONLY

SUBJECT: OPERATION FINDING NEMO

MESSAGE 1: ACTIVATE SHADOW SQUAD, LOCATE PERSON OF INTEREST
SEE ATTACHMENTS

MESSAGE 2. NOTIFY DR. WEB FOR GENEALOGY REPORT & DNA TESTING - XIAO FAMILY

END OF MESSAGE

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10:05 London ST

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