THEIOLOGY: The Galence Code

Prologue

The sun had already ascended from above as he tap the enter button of his computer. Thousand of numbers and letters were flashed in the monitor before it was painted black. It doesn't took too long before he could penetrate into the secured account of his rival's company.

Kumalawa sa kaniyang bibig ang isang halakhak na sinundan pa ng magkasunod na palakpak sabay iling. Ginawa niya iyon hindi dahil ayaw niyang maungusan sa negosyo kun'di ginawa niya iyon upang makita ang bahong tinatago ng kompanya nila. He'll use it against them if they'll send rumors that aren't true about his company. He swiveled his chair clockwise at sabay no'n ay tatlong katok na nagmumula sa labas ng kaniyang silid. He already knew who it was at hindi nga siya nagkakamali nang pumasok ang matangkad na babae na naka-corporate attire and her hair is in a clean bun. Her secretary.

She handed him a folder at mabilis naman iyon tinanggap ni Theio. He silently skimmed every reports he had before returning the paper to her.

"A new case," he mumbled. Those paper contains details about the said murder case of a teenage girl at their house. Nandoon din ang autopsy report ng biktima subalit walang sapat na ebidensiya ang pulisya laban sa culprit. The cops had already 3 prime suspects at may kaniya-kaniya silang alibi. Three of them have motives pero hindi nila matukoy kung sino talaga ang culprit sa kanilang tatlo.

Her secretary handed him a smartphone. At first his brows furrows in confusion yet mabilis niya pa rin iyon tinanggap. He scanned the messages but found nothing. Gano'n din sa contacts. Wala ring apps na makakapagturo sa may-ari ng phone. Napakunot ang noo ni Theio dahil do'n. Something is off, he thought.

"The cops wanted you to trace the owner of this phone since our agency is known for being a tech-geek and at the same time a detective," said the secretary in her authoritative voice.

"Something is off. If the cops haven't found any trace of fingerprints of this phone, the culprit must've be very cautious that he haven't leave any trace of his or her fingerprints. Nevertheless he ain't that skillful para maitago ang krimeng ginawa niya." Mabilis na tumayo si Theio at nagmamadaling lumabas ng silid. He beckoned her secretary to follow him.

His company is huge. The interior's design was bold. The walls were painted in luxurious metallic black. Bawat department ng kaniyang kompanya ay glass ang wall kaya kitang-kita sa labas ang kanilang ginagawa. Theio made this on purpose. Para mabantayan niya ang kaniyang mga employees na nagtatrabaho nang maayos. Ayaw niyang makakita nang hindi nagtatrabaho kasi unfair iyon sa ibang employees na dedicated sa pagtatrabaho.

Theio and his secretary rushed into their basement where his agency located. Only few knew about this hidden agency. Only those part of their agency knew about it. Pagpasok niya ro'n ay bumungad sa kanila ang dalawang IT experts na busy sa kani-kanilang ginawa and his other colleagues that were busy discussing on their case. They bowed down their head to him at agad ding bumalik sa kani-kanilang trabaho.

Tinungo niya ang kaniyang pwesto at mabilis na binuhay ang PC saka niya sinaksak ang smartphone sa USB chord. Ini-review niya ang recent history nito subalit ang mobile number lamang ang nakita ni Theio. Mas lalong kumunot ang noo nito.

"This phone is odd," said his secretary na tulad niya ay nakakunot din ang noo. "Walang history na nakita dito. They probably put something on this phone para ma-delete lahat ang history nito para hindi siya ma-track. According to the report, none of the suspects were affiliated in any IT experts."

"'Yan din ang iniisip ko ngayon. Something is really off."

"If I were the suspect...," her secretary mumbled under her breath. Malayo ang paningin na tila nasa malaling pag-iisip. She must be thinking on how the culprit hide his identity. Ilang sandali pa'y nanlaki ang mata nito na tila may nadiskubre siya na magle-lead sa misteryong nababalot sa phone na 'to. "The culprit probably installed a vault where he or she can hide the messages. Mr. Mozera I think the vault is hidden in a default app on this phone since wala namang installed app from play store dito." Mabilis na nagtipa si Theio sa kaniyang keyboard at ilang sandali pa'y isang linya na kulay berde na tila ini-scan ang apps na naka-project sa monitor.