The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective - Volume 2: Their Paths Cross Again Chapter 481 481: Rose's Suspicion

*** At XXX Crime Investigation Headquarter ***

Erick’s team was waiting for him. Erick was still together with Elle, Phantom, and Mr. Carter. Carl was sorting the information they had gathered, reorganizing them while trying to determine the true motive and the possible culprit or mastermind for Senator Mondragon’s death threat.

On the other hand, Rose and June were busy with their assigned task, digging information from the past 18 years. As per Erick’s order, they were no longer focusing on catching the new Catseye. Their point of investigation was diverted to Alfonso Ramirez and the Los Mollasses gang regarding their involvement in Elle’s Family Massacred Case.

Bryan and April were still on leave because of the preparation for their upcoming wedding ceremony. Among them, only Allen was not around. He went out a few hours ago, saying he had an important matter to attend to.

When Allen came back, his colleagues noticed his anxious and restless expression as if there was something troubling him right now.

“Hey, where have you been?” It was Carl who greeted Allen first.

Allen glanced at Carl with his worried look but soon, he was able to conceal his emotion, trying to look calm in front of others. “Oh, I just went out to check and confirm something. It’s related to our case.”

“So what did you find out?” Carl asked him again.

Allen fell silent for a moment. He looked at Allen meaningfully before answering him.

“Hmm, nothing. It’s just a false alarm. I have to investigate it further to confirm my suspicion. Don’t worry, I will tell you once I find something significant.”

“Oh, alright. Come, help me with this one.” Carl didn’t ask further as they went back to work.

June and Rose couldn’t help but wonder about Allen’s troubled expression. He’s been acting weird in the past few days.

“Hey, June did you notice it as well?” Rose whispered to June.

“Notice what?” June asked her curiously.

“Allen is acting strangely in the past few days,” Rose informed June.

June nodded his head in agreement. “Yeah, I noticed it too. Maybe it’s the result of being broken-hearted. Did you forget? Marie rejected Allen. She already has a boyfriend,” June sighed deeply after saying that, pitying Allen.

“No it’s not just that. I feel like Allen is hiding something from us. Do you think, he is the traitor in our team? He is becoming suspicious as time goes by.” Rose shared her thoughts with June. She was suspecting Allen.

June was taken aback when he heard that. He remembered that Chief Lee’s mission before was compromised because of information leakage, thus resulting in the mission’s failure.

“Hey, don’t say that. We don’t have proof. What if he is just problematic in the past few days because of some personal reasons. He’s our friend remember? Besides, even Chief Lee trust everyone.” June didn’t want to conclude that Allen was the traitor.

“Yeah, I know. I’m sorry about that. I’m just bothered by the fact that someone among us had betrayed the team.” Then Rose glared at June. “If I find out that it’s you then I will beat you to death.”

“Eh??? Why me? I suddenly become a suspect now. Rose, you are harsh! Do you know that?” June complained to her. Rose just stuck her tongue out at him.

It did not take long when Erick arrived in their office. He dropped Elle first in her office before heading to the XXX Crime Investigation headquarters.

Erick’s team stood up immediately to welcome him. They wanted to know what happened to the emergency situation a while ago.

“How did it go, Chief?” Carl asked him expectantly. The other team members were also anticipating Erick’s response.

Erick gave them a meaningful smile. ” Mission Accomplished!”

Everyone felt glad to hear that.

“What is that mission all about Chief?” Allen asked him with intrigue.

“Hmm, sorry. I can’t tell you the whole detail.” Erick believed in his team but he still wanted not to elaborate further about this or mention to them about Mr. Carter. It’s for their own sake and Mr. Carter’s protection.

If his team knew something then they might be targeted by the enemy. They didn’t know who were the spies of the Dark Knight. Erick needed to be extra cautious and careful when it came to relaying sensitive and important information to his team.

They sensed that Erick didn’t want to talk about it further so they decided to go back to their respective work. Erick entered his office. Rose followed him behind.

“Chief Lee, can we talk?” Rose wanted to share her suspicion with Erick.

Erick smiled at her and nodded as a response. “Sure, please sit down first.” He invited her to settle down first.

“What is it you want to talk about, Rose?” Erick glanced at her, willing, and ready to listen.

“Chief, I don’t want to think about this but I couldn’t help it. After knowing about the possibility we have a traitor in our team, I became paranoid. Since then, I kept observing everyone in this office. And I noticed that something strange happening with Allen. He is the most suspicious among us,” Rose informed Erick about her observation.

“He had been going out from time to time. We didn’t know where he was going. And just a while ago. He also went out to check something. He disappeared again without informing us.”

Erick was silent. He listened to her attentively. He was thinking and analyzing things based on Rose’s statements.

“I know I have no proof, Chief. It’s unfair to Allen because I know he is going through heartache as of this moment. Maybe I am just overthinking. But I just want to let you know about this. We can also monitor him secretly just to make sure, Chief Lee.” Rose suggested to Erick.

“Thank you, Rose for this. Let me handle this. I will think of the best way to verify this. I hope we are just mistaken about Allen. I trust my team. I hope no one among us is the traitor. Don’t stress yourself over this. Just focus on your assigned task.”Erick reassured Rose.

“Okay Chief, got it.”

With that, Rose went back to continue her work. Erick was left alone in his office, thinking and racking his brain. He had complicated emotions on his face right now.