Enigma of Darkness ✨

Mr. Troublemaker and Mr. Nuisance

Araki reaches his office. The AI scans him and welcomes him wholeheartedly, telling him about noteworthy movements in the office. Araki opens his coat button and sits on the chair, hearing whatever the intelligence was reporting. He calls Mr. Han and instructs him on getting particular files to his room.

He sighs, stares at the screen in front of him, and then clicks on the files sent to him. There were various images of a shadowy figure and videos of it hiding in the shadow, clicking pictures of the illegal trade being carried out at night.

Araki remembers this case. It was about the trafficking of the omegas across the border. Umbra brought it to light. He also remembers the list of the men of his team that were on duty in that part and colluded with these traffickers to get things done.

He wanted to punish them, but they were mysteriously found dead in their apartment, and some accused ran away. This part of the information is obscured from the press, nor did Umbra get a whiff of it.

Araki, however, feels Umbra is a strong organization capable of digging out every truth. He scans the file sent to him and plays the videos, looking closely at the minute details. There was a dark shadow of the man lingering around the areas with illegal activities, watching them and snapping their pictures.

Araki narrows his eyes he tries to look closely at the figure. The man in the video was well prepared, he was the darkness himself. Camouflaged in the blackness. It was difficult to identify him with just this video. Araki was disappointed, he felt like wasting time on this.

He then checks the photos that were sent to him, they were all the same as the video except for the one where the person stands near a flickering lamp, and before he could disappear, the team managed to get the shot of it.

He was not sure if they were going after the right person. Some evidence was significant to make progress in this case. He can use this picture to scan it with the individual records of the people of Wolford. All this requires time and his presence on the base.

His team confirmed that this person is the one collecting information for Umbra and if identified can lead to them. Araki was, however, not excited. The person was very clever in hiding himself, the physique was quite general to stand out among others.

Still, he doesn't neglect this piece of the puzzle and decides to run it through his database to obtain the list of people with the same physique.

The problem is, he has to immediately leave for the base. This highly specific data was accessible only in that place.

Araki stares at his watch and the work he has in hand. He couldn't delay either of them. Mr. Han knocks on the door just in time with the files in his hand. He comes to Araki giving him the files and briefing about each of them in short.

Araki nods while signing the papers, reading them once himself. He then asks his assistant to make arrangements for departure. He wanted to go through these files as quickly as possible and leave in an hour for the base.

Mr. Han was surprised but dutifully nods, ready to make arrangements. Araki stops him as he was about to leave the room and gives another instruction "While we are not here. I want to get every information on Lucian if he goes somewhere other than his home."

Mr. Han hesitates but courteously nods and closes the door. Araki stares at the paper he has to read, then sighs. At times, he hates himself for being in a situation where he has to act this way.