Cale's mind is working fastly, trying to solve the puzzle in front. He got an idea.
"Let me try." He says.
Cale moves forward and pushes the clock's hands to where they belong.
TA RT AR US
8:01 6:20 1:18 9:19
Everyone heard a click sound. An indication Cale guess it right. They stare at Cale with surprise, while the man himself slightly smirks.
"So I was right."
"Damn, commander! You still got it." Bud exclaims, pride in his tone.
His commander is really awesome. See? Even the other captain looks shocked at seeing him get it in one try.
"Cale-nim, you are really the best." Choi Han smiles.
"What? How? Explain." Rosalyn demands, still confused about it.
Cale glances out the corner of his eyes at Alberu to look at what is inside the black box. No words were exchanged but Alberu still understands the gaze.
He looks inside to get the bunch of documents and starts to read them as Cale explains how he solves it.
"I thought of the alphabet when I saw how the word TARTARUS is separated into two. Alphabet has twenty-six letters right?
"Yes." Eruhaben answers.
"So that means, A is equal to 1 and so on until it reached Z. T is equal to 20 then A is equal to 1. There are clocks in each pair of letters. I thought about military time. The hour twenty would be eight while one would zero one if we based it on the clock."
"The others are like that also."
"Ohhhh."
Eruhaben is impressed with the commander. The SS team really lives up to their reputation. Their brain, the commander, is no joke.
Bud nudges Eruhaben, his expression shows how delighted and proud he is with his commander.
"Yeah yeah right. You guys are awesome." Eruhaben replies to Bud.
Choi Han looks at them in amusement. Seeing Eruhaben indulgently replies back to Bud. It seems like Eruhaben is warming up to his team members likewise with his.
Cale softly chuckles before his attention went to Alberu, who right now has his brows furrowed. He walks over to him to take a peek at the documents.
Seeing it, his eyes twitch. The documents contain classified information about the organization. It appears that Venion, the victim, has a connection and dirt about the organization.
"We need to investigate the connection of Venion to the organization. He is involved with them." Alberu says, flipping to another page.
He saw a symbol of a scale on the upper right corner of the page. He ignores it for now except for Cale. Cale looks at it thoughtfully, not uttering what is in his mind.
He needs to confirm first his suspicion after all.
The other page contains the bad deeds Venion did. So, he was really a bastard at the end of the day.
After finishing looking at it, Alberu gazes toward his colleagues. Who, right now have complicated expressions on their faces.
"We need to infiltrate ARM. " Rosalyn mutters under her breath.
The organization is giving them the impression that they would destroy the society they lived in. One by one, their crimes are being unveiled.
"Bud, contact the Ancient Oldies. We need their help to investigate Venion. Also, investigate his family and relations with other people. We might have an inkling what their connection is to the organization."
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Joint Case
FanfictionAlberu Crossman and his team are the best at solving cases. Alberu has already everything-the fame, the face, the body, and the reputation. They solve cases right and left, not leaving one unresolved. But one day, a new team was transferred to the...
