Chapter - 141 - Mastermind

A few police officers came into the room and handed out water bottles to all the men. Derrick opened the bottle and immediately gulped down the water to ease his frustration, just like the other men in the room. He crushed the bottle imagining it was the Capello family and threw it to the side.

He found a small piece of folded paper dropped near his feet as he turned after throwing the crushed bottle to the side. He looked around but didn't find anyone who could have passed the note to him.

Derrick quickly took the note and unfolded it with high hope but never knew the content would be beyond terrifying. He thought he was dreaming and read it a few more times, but the message was the same.

"THE WATER WILL TASTE FINE UNTIL YOUR MOUTH IS SHUT! IT'S BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN TO BE DEAD!"

Derrick looked at the crushed water bottle and his men in shock. He had no idea what they had added to the water but was sure they would all die. The warning was crystal clear. He swallowed his saliva in terror and sat stiffly in his place. He knew he had to decide quickly to save all their lives.

'No wonder he is known as a Devil! Why did I even think of bringing down the Capello family? How stupid was I? I should accept the punishment and come out alive after a few years. That's it! At least I can be alive,' thought Derrick and looked at his men with determination.

Derrick let out a low whistle, and his right-hand man turned towards Derrick. The man came a bit closer to Derrick. "Confess about the crimes but never talk about our last deal if you want to live," whispered Derrick, pointing to the water bottle.

The man was quick-witted and understood their life was at the mercy of the Capello family as he saw the bottle and nodded his head. Soon the order was passed on to all the Visconti men in the room. The Visconti men, who had a slight hope of escaping the prison were now praying for their lives instead.

Nora and her team quickly started to interrogate the men of the Visconti family, thinking they would have a tough time bringing out the truth from them but to their surprise, they all readily confessed to the crimes. Nora and her team never expected this outcome. They took a break before investigating Derrick and assembled in their office.

"What happened just now? Did they all agree to the crimes? They all disagreed on it till morning!" exclaimed Kevin in surprise. "Was it an order from Derrick?" pointed out Leo. "We will only know when we interrogate him," said Nora, equally stunned. "Let's get done with Derrick soon." Nora led her team to the interrogation room.

Derrick lifted his head to look at Nora as she stepped inside the room and smiled faintly. "Do I have to ask you questions?" Derrick chuckled and said, "Others are wrong about team Delta. The team definitely has a capable leader!" Nora smirked and said, "Thank you for the compliment. Shall we get down to business?"

"You are under arrest for smuggling and selling drugs, kidnappings, threatening officials, real estate fraud, evasion of taxes, custody of unlicensed weapons, and whatnot!" said Nora calmly. Derrick nodded lightly and said, "I admit to all the crimes! Anything else?"

At that moment, Nora knew there was a mastermind behind Derrick who was pulling strings. "Yes. There is one more thing. Who is the mastermind behind you?" Derrick laughed loudly and asked, "Who else is the head of the Visconti family other than me? I am the master with a mind." Nora chuckled at his response and looked deeply into his eyes.

"Each of you was denying crimes till morning but decided to agree to it. Why a sudden change of heart?" questioned Nora. Derrick leaned on his chair and said, "Well...I am tired of working hard all these years and thought of taking a break. I realized this is a chance for me and my men to take a rest."

"Then what about the recent drug dealing? Who did you distribute the drugs to?" Derrick seriously thought and said, "I never did any drug dealing recently!" Nora slapped her palm against the table and asked, "Why can't you admit to it when you had admitted to all other crimes?"

Derrick smiled and asked calmly, "Why would I admit to crimes I have not committed?" Nora scoffed at his reply and left the interrogation room in anger.

"Such a scumbag! He is clearly out of his mind!" exclaimed Laura. "He is hiding something. Derrick and his men said the same thing. They didn't even bat their eyes while admitting to the crimes," said Leo. The team kept berating the Visconti men as they didn't like their attitude.

"No matter what, we will bring everyone in front of the law. First, we have to finish all the reports and attach the evidence regarding the testimonies of those men. Second, bring in all the agents we found on the list and deal with them. We will deal slowly with the rest of the work."

"Right from the anonymous tip to all the testimony has been an easy ride which means we are acting according to the plan made by the mastermind. We will have to be careful with our investigation from now on. Let's revive the Delta team with this opportunity!" said Nora with a determined expression.

The team nodded and immediately rushed to do their work with motivation. Nora stared into the distance through the window in deep thought of who the mastermind was!