"What should we do then? We have no clue about what actually happened and who was really behind that guy going rogue and killing the director," the man told the woman as he frowned.
"Who says we have no clue. We have a living clue," The woman answered.
"Who?" The man inquired.
"You know what Mark was investigating. The source of Ray. And the old man came here to meet Ray despite not meeting him before, according to Ray. What do you think this means?" The woman asked after giving a vague explanation.
"That... Do you mean that Ray is lying?" The man asked softly.
"Itâs either that Ray is lying or his source had some kind of attraction that managed to bring the Owner of one of the biggest companies to him despite not knowing him. And their death is linked to this person as well. This person... Is our clue? We need to find his source," the woman said as he lazily.
"Good. I will start interrogating him about the source," the man nodded his head as he turned back to leave.
"Thereâs no need," the woman called out as she stopped the man.
"Hmm?"
The man turned back, confused.
"You forgot, didnât you? He already told us that he doesnât know his source. And that he had no ways to find him," the woman said.
"Heâs obviously lying," the man let out, rolling his eyes. "How can he not know who was helping him."
"Even I know that he is lying but trying to get him to confess is a wasted effort. He already lied to us, and he would stick to it. Thereâs no benefit in asking him. We wouldnât get anything from him," the woman said.
"So what should we do, Mam?" The man asked the woman who was in a much higher ranking position. The woman was the Direction of National Security of this country. Her position was higher than the position of Mark, who was the Director of FBI before his death.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Let him go," The woman answered.
"What?" The man inquired in a slightly unusual tone, wondering if he misheard it.
"I said let him go. Free him. Youâre the acting director. He was arrested because he wasnât telling the source who made the FBI waste their resources based on false information. Youâre the acting director now. You will soon be permanent and take Markâs position."
" Go and free him. Tell him that you donât care about a little waste of resources. We canât keep such a talented person locked in prison for such little things. Go show him your support. He is supposedly one of the best agents, after all. Free him."
The woman said lazily as she commanded the man.
"But what about this case? Are we going to drop it as well?" The man asked.
"Sigh, Drake. Sometimes you make me regret my decision of nominating you as the next Director. You still donât understand what Iâm trying to say? Free him, but donât free him. Keep his phone tapped and have agents on his tail. He would most probably contact his source of these deaths if he knows something about these deaths and has links to it," the woman let out as she rolled her eyes.
She was in disbelief that she still had to explain such little things to this guy.
"Ah, right. I was so immersed in the possibility of interrogating him; I didnât think of this possibility. Iâll do this right away." The man nodded his head. He opened the door to leave.
"Make sure he doesnât get suspicious. And arrange everything in his phone before giving it back. Also, get me the unlocked laptop of Mark when you come back. Our team should have unlocked it by now," the woman said again.
"Yes, Mam," the man said before he left. He didnât forget to close the door.
Ryder took the cab back to DiskeyLand from where Alice was still sending her pics of the ride she was taking as per his commands.
He stepped out of the cab and entered the amusement park before he called Alice to know where she was.
"Youâre back?!" Alice exclaimed in surprise to know that Ryder was back.
"Yeah. Iâm back. Give me your location. I should be there soon," Ryder replied.
"Iâm in front of the Ronald Duck ride. Itâs towards the-"
"Itâs fine. You donât need to explain further. Iâm in front of the map of this park. I know the ride youâre talking about. Itâs towards the south, right?" Ryder asked while cutting her off.
"Yeah, thatâs where it is," Alice agreed.
"Good. Iâll be there in a few minutes. Stay there," Ryder let out as he started walking towards the ride after disconnecting the call.
He soon reached the ride, which had a big gate at the entrance. The gate seemed like the face of a white duck that had its mouth wide open. A person had to walk through the mouth to enter.
He could see Alice standing near the gate. Alice saw Ryder at the same time as he saw her.
"Did you find out about brother Shu?" Alice asked Ryder as soon as he reached her. He had gone to find the whereabouts of Shu. She was also concerned about that.
Now that Ryder was back, she decided to ask.
Ryder grew stunned as he heard her question. He hadnât thought that this would be the first question she would ask.
He wasnât yet ready to tell her about it. It wasnât the right time. He wanted to talk when they were in a more secluded place, preferably back in the hotel. Now was certainly not the time.
"What happened? Why arenât you saying anything? Did you not find out anything?" Alice asked softly.
Ryder nodded his head and decided to go with the story that he didnât know. In this case, he could later confess the truth to her and say that it was then that he got the information. In this way, he could delay these talks.
"Yeah. I didnât manage to get answers. I went to his office, but the higher-ups werenât there. And the receptionist didnât know anything," Ryder answered. "I guess they all left on some business trip outside the country. These low-ranking people in the Organization would certainly not know about this."
"But why wouldnât he tell you that he was going to go outside the country?" Alice inquired.
"How would I know. Maybe thereâs some problem with his phone. Or it could also be that he called in the night. Thatâs it. He must be in a country where itâs night when here is day. So he didnât call us because he didnât want us to be disturbed at night," Ryder gave an excuse.
In his haste to find a justification, he had forgotten something crucial.
"Couldnât he have messaged you? From someone elseâs phone?" Alice asked.
Ryder felt like smacking Aliceâs head lightly for asking so many questions.
"Miss Detective, how should I know everything? Iâm only guessing too. Shu would give his own explanation when he returns. As for your question, maybe his phone got corrupted, and he lost all his numbers. You donât know, but that guy is pretty lazy. He certainly wouldnât have any numbers remembered. That must be why he didnât send a message or call," Ryder answered.
"In any case, itâs only been a few days. He is so careless; he wouldnât know how worried we are for him. Just let him come back. Iâll have him give all the answers with a big apology," he let out as he placed both his hands on Aliceâs shoulder.
"Now, can we stop this interrogation? Letâs have some fun. You went on all the rides alone, but I didnât even get to go on a single. Letâs not delay anymore," Ryder insisted as he caught the hands of Alice before he started walking inside the mouth of the Duck.
The ride was nothing more than a basic Ferris wheel. The only thing special about it was its design which was based after a popular cartoon, Ronald Duck. Another special thing was its speed. It was said to be the fastest Ferris wheel in existence.
Ryder and Alice entered the chamber of the Ferris wheel while holding hands.
They sat inside and started waiting for the ride to begin.
"You are free. I canât even believe that Mark had kept you in arrest for such a little thing like false information. Many pieces of information turn out to be faulty. This doesnât mean we must arrest all informants," the new acting director of the FBI opened the hands of Ray and freed him.
"Here is your phone and your gun. Welcome back to duty, agent Ray," he continued.
"As you know, we have a big case about Director Markâs death. You saw the culprit yourselfâ the Vice-Director. Come, let me explain the updates on this case. Youâll be leading it."