Analysis!

Officer Rio and Yasmeen stared at the unconscious shirtless man on the stretcher.

"My men found him unconscious behind a tree close to this mansion" Officer Rio filled her in. Yasmeen adjusted her trench coat then said

"I think this is the guy the assassin disguised himself as" and officer Rio nodded agreeing with her.

"Asim!"she called

"question this man when he becomes conscious and also gather all the statements of the guards and others workers".

After she instructed She walked to where the dejected Peter sat blankly staring at the space ahead of him. His blue eyes seemed empty.

How the assassin slashed his dad's throat reminiscing in his head,how his dad took his last breath,how his dad's eyes looked lifeless and cold with no trace of warmth in them.

He vowed to hunt Aryan down and skin him alive for taking his dad away!!. His eyes have turned bloodshot with extreme hatred for Aryan.

"Young Patterson"

Yasmeen called and Peter slowly looked up to her.

" I am Chief Detective Inspector Yasmeen Azan Ameen of the head of Special Task Force Wolf.

Me and my team are currently working on a case and it's linked to your Dad's assassination" she showed her badge and sat on a chair opposite him then continued

"So I will ask the investigation bureau to assign me to your father's case, I know you're still shock about your dad's death but I want to ask you some questions please be cooperative" Peter slowly nodded his head.

"How did the assassin went into your room"

"I don't really know,I finished instructing my guard Simon how to run me an errand along the hallway"

"And nothing seemed suspicious it was after I got inside my room and closed the door, that I heard the click sound of the door opening again. I turned around and saw him".

"And he asked me to lead him to my father"

"Did your father and the assassin talked about something" she asked and dug her hand into her coat pocket and Peter slowly nodded

"What did they talked about?" She brought out her recorder and on it.

Peter's lips quivered before he parted them and stated

"He said something about some people wanting to get rid of him because he was so close at finding something" she gestured at him with her head,encouraging him to continue

"Father talked about the underworld and warned me not to indulge myself in"he kept quiet so also Yasmeen who was processing his words at incredible velocity

'Things to note here should be

The mafia world,

what Mr.Patterson was looking for and the people that gave the mission to assassinate him. If Mr.Patterson indeed indulge himself into that dangerous world then he won't do that all by himself unless he has some allies!'

'Allies!'she re-emphasized

'Yes!! That's definitely it'

After she concluded and finalized her thoughts she looked back to Peter and hurriedly asked as if afraid she'll miss her analysis.

"Young Patterson? Who's your Father's right hand man?"

"Jack Blake" Peter said as he curiously looked at her.

Yasmeen got up from her seat

"Thank you for answering my questions and rest assured we'll do our best to catch your father's murderer." Peter thanked her and she retrieved to where officer Rio stood

"Officer, me and my team are leaving for now,if there's any updates,ding me please".

"And you can inform the media about Mr.Patterson's death. The government needs to know".

Inspector Azan and her team left the crime scene and drove back to their office.

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Days have passed now and the news about Mr.Patterson's death have finally settled down, but Yasmeen and her team got no lead.

All the informations they gathered were baseless.

Today Yasmeen and her team scout the mansion again for any clues that may be they've missed.But they found non so they decided to go through the previous information they have in hand.

'Everyone went to the conference room.'

'"I will give you ten minutes to reorganize everything that you have to gather regarding this case,especially information related to Phantom. We all know that Mr.Patterson assassination was done by Phantom and we finalized this because of the card I found and his way of killing. Then we will report it one by one" Yasmeen said to them.

She didn't inform anyone about her encounter with Edmund because she didn't have enough evidence for it.

"Noted Inspector!!".

Everyone responded

'"Are the results of the autopsy of Mr.Patterson out?"

Yasmeen asked from the head seat

"Just like what the doctor said who examined the body. He said Halliard Patterson obviously died because of the deep incised injury on his front neck caused by the dagger or in short

the cause of death was cutthroat. However

aside from the cause of Mr.Patterson death

the result shows that he underwent a Kidney transplant and even without him being assassinated his days were numbered."

Roman read the autopsy report submitted to him .

"And lastly I also got nothing suspicious with the CCTV footage" Nadia added .

Everyone sighed in frustration except Yasmeen who was lost in her thoughts

'Something seemed off with the way that child was looking at that tree. Maybe Phantom hide there.

'No!he won't think about hiding there,that was a small and reckless move' she reasoned condemning her other thought.

"As usual for the professional killer

Phantom left no marks and fingerprints at the crime scene"Henry commented which brought Yasmeen out of thoughts

"How is your interview with the guards and other workers present that day ? Have you found any suspicious person?" Yasmeen followed up a question.'

'"Nothing unusual. They were all saying that it was a usual day. Everyone was doing his job accordingly with no inconveniences. The security was very tight around the vicinity."'

They also wondered how the culprit was able to get inside the mansion. They were all shocked when they found out that their master was assassinated ." Asim shared with them the result of their investigation.

'"I am wondering how Phantom got into Peter's room without been spotted even by the cctv cameras in the hallway.If he killed Mr.Patterson then why did he leave without killing Peter ? Was he not afraid of Peter calling the police"Henry shared his thoughts.

"Remember Henry,This is Phantom we're talking about not any regular murderer that recklessly leaves a crime scene with so much evidence.Phantom is not new in the line of assassination,he avoids any possible mistakes and if you see any lapses in his assassinations he intentionally left it knowing that the police won't get any concrete lead with that".

Yasmeen broadly explained from her seat,her expression screamed nothing but calmness . She knew this case was never an easy one and finding a lead would be hard.

"Oh right! I remember the guy that Phantom disguised himself as,had mentioned that he encountered the assassin outside the premises of the mansion and apart from that he remembered nothing".

'"Oops... again I forgot one of the guards said the last person that went to the interview,they didn't check him upon entering the mansion because he claimed to be on pressure wanting to go to the bathroom and when I checked the cctv camera by the gate there was no data for that scene..." Asim paused and immediately stood up ,his hands on the table

"Wait! There is something suspicious about that. Phantom maybe cleared all the cctv footages before we arrived or maybe he had someone helping him".

Yasmeen interlocked her fingers and then said

"I don't think so Asim, he didn't kill Peter because he got no time,so also for the cctv cameras, he got no time to clear up the data so he avoided them, but what I think about that scene by the gate section is the data was not cleared but not recorded. Maybe because the cctv camera was faulty or maybe not on". Yasmeen's speculation made Asim to make a metal note about checking the cctv cameras again.

Yasmeen cleared her throat and then decided to share what she talked about with Peter and her conclusion about the conversation.

"Peter said to me that his father was engaged with the Mafia world and he was close at finding something about them so they hired Phantom to get rid of him. So from what I analyzed if Mr.Patterson really engaged himself into investigating the Mafia world then he wouldn't do that by himself unless he had an Ally."

"And that ally will be non other but Jack Blake the CEO of Timber Company and Mr.Patterson's right hand man."

"Maybe the meeting Mr.Patterson have that morning at 7:00am with Jack Blake was about what he gathered about the Mafia world,maybe Mr.Patterson knew the kidney transplant would fail and his days were numbered. If Jack Blake really know something about the Mafia world then they will shut him off too...." This was Asim's analysis after Yasmeen finished her statements.

"So now it only means Phantom next target will be Jack Blake"

Roman filled as he connected Yasmeen's information to Asim's statement.

The conference room was enveloped with silence. Everyone was having a deep thought.'

Yasmeen said immediately as she realized what Roman just said synced with her thoughts.

"That's it guys!!"

'"That's it. We found the clue! We have a lead now. Good job guys! We must meet Jake Blake and interrogate him before anything happens to him. We're indeed lucky the mafia world haven't made a move" Yasmeen blurted out suddenly and for the first time that day she smiled. A smile that reached her eyes.

The mood in the conference room changed and became livelier upon hearing this.

Finally after so many days of being blind

they finally made some progress. It seemed like they were finally able to connect some dots and solve the puzzle little by little.

After a while

Asim's phone rang. He excused himself to answer the call. Five minutes passed and Asim came back to the conference room. He was rushing in and seemed like he got something important to tell them.

Everyone focused their attention on Asim who just came back in and looked at him curiously.'

"Inspector Azan new information just came in from Officer Rio! And guess what!Jack Blake invited you for a talk ."'

"He said they're important matters that he wants to discuss with you regarding Mr.Patterson's death"

Asim informed them. Everyone was stupefied upon hearing this. All of them were thinking the same speculation in mind.

'Indeed Jack Blake is the key to some of the mysterious happenings in the country'