BLOODFEUD 1

Kabanata 23

Kabanata 23

Until we got back again upon the hideout, Laxner was still staring at the phone.

It was given by the Domina. A black box, inside is a phone with a password. She put it in the box with a message.

"Unlock the phone... then you'll have the clues."

And at the back was...

"missing pounds crane fiasco legacy launfal illustrate ban sanctify"

What?

"What does it means?" I asked while looking on it.

I don't get it. It's like a code message.

"It's Ms. Collins," Laxner answered.

"How?" Killian asked.

"Starting with the first two words. Read the first and last letters from left to right," Laxner said casually.

"Then who's Ms. Collins?" Lenus asked perplexedly.

"Maybe it's the password on the phone?" Mako suggested.

Our brows furrowed when Laxner shook his head.

"I've already tried but it's incorrect," Laxner remarked. "Even the whole word 'Miss'."

"What?" Primo's forehead creased confusedly. "Then what's the purpose of it?"

"Search for a girl named Ms. Collins here in Gorostiza," Trevan command.

And that's our problem. Kaiden was still sleeping until now.

At kahit naman magising siya ngayon ay hindi pa rin papayagan ng doctor na gumalaw siya agad at gumawa ng kung ano.

"I'll try to find her," Yuno volunteered.

Trevan nodded.

"Send a message to Giusteo to hack the systems of the municipality here in Gorostiza," Trevan added. "So we can check if there's a possible resident named Collins."

I grabbed the phone again ang stared on it. All of them glanced at me when two messages came up.

Domina:
2 hours

Domina:
and 23 minutes only.

"A freaking time limit?" Zyon blurt out.

"Shit," Magnus cursed.

Laxner shook his head while looking from nowhere, thinking deep about the codes.

I transfixed my gaze at the time. It's on the 24-hour format.

20:12? 8:12 PM?

My brows furrowed when the phone's time was not changing.

Sinubukan ko pang magbilang ng 60 seconds pero nanatiling 20:12 iyon. Nagsalubong lalo ang kilay ko.

"Laxner..." I called only him, but they all looked.

"What?" he asked.

"Mukhang konektado ang oras sa magiging sagot ng code na 'to," suhestiyon ko.

"That's what I noticed too," he nodded. "Even the date, it's not March 22 now."

Tumango ako at napatitig ulit doon. Bakasyon ngayon, tapos na ang Marso.

I tried to slide it down but it's not fucking moving. Only the up way for the password.

"Zyon, looked at the calendars of your phone then search a Thursday, March 22 date," Magnus said.