Arabella And Beauty System
Twenty-Five Minutes Earlier

Other side..

At 12:33, exactly twenty-five minutes before Vano was killed by a hit-and-run, Nael had just gotten help for his car running out of gas. He asked for help from a friend who happened to be in the area, asking to bring gasoline with a bottle.

As soon as the car was back on, Nael first pulled out his phone from his pocket to call Mr. Hans.

"Sir, are you still on that Pine Forest tour?"

"Yes. And vou? Hows it? Did you get any help?", asked Mr. Hans across the street.

"Already, sir", replied Nael, "What in the cctv footage was the last trace of the perpetrator when he came out of the tourist area?"

"Yes. We saw on CCTV footage in a candy bar at the end of a large street. The man initially walked towards the left, then he turned around again and walked towards the right"

Nael raises next to his eyebrows.

"He didn't use a car?"

"No. Even strangely, he walked up carrying a blood-spotted axe on his hand. He will not be afraid of being threatened by any accusation" Mr Hans said.

Strange, Nael murmured in his heart.

How could he not intend to hide in the slightest after just killing people? That's weird, except the one who did it was a madman. But, it seems unlikely that the one who killed Mr. Reonald was a lunatic. Killing neatly without a trace even had time to leave me clue, certainly not a madman who did it.

"Please send me the tape sir" Nael said.

Moments later, Nael opens a chat from Mr. Hans. He sent me a one-hour video.

That's a recording in front of a candy store, from 12pm to 1am. At 00:14, a dark green Jeep that Nael and Vano thought was the killer's car, passed in front of the candy store and walked to the left.

Nael watched the video carefully, at exactly 00:16, and saw a man pacing in front of the candy store. The man was wearing all black, and a black face-covering cloth covered his entire face except for his eyes and nose. The man initially walked to the left and a few seconds later he turned back and walked to the right.

That's all it is.

After seeing the short video, Nael again connected his phone with Mr. Hans.

"Hello Nael? What say?"

"Is it possible that one of them is just a diversion? Or maybe both are the killers? I felt that one of them was just a diversion" Nael said.

"really. I feel that way too. The killer made a diversion so that we would be busy looking for both of them and it would take us quite a lot of time "

"Who do you think the diversion is? A green jeep or an axe-man?", asked Nael.

"Hm. an interesting guess. I want us to answer simultaneously" said Mr. Hans. Nael nodded.

"OK", said Nael.

"One. two .. three"

"The axe-wielding men" said Nael and Mr. Han simultaneously.

"It turns out that we think the same" Nael said.

"Alright, Nael. Better now you try Vano's phone. If you can, follow him. We will finish this" said Mr. Hans.

"Well", Nael turned off the phone.

After that Nael opened Vano's contacts and tried to call the man.

Phone's ringing.

But after waiting for a while, the phone did not pick up.

Nael then tried calling again, not getting picked up either.

Try again, not to lift either.

"Then how can I catch up with him if he doesn't pick up my phone?", asked Nael alone.

"Master, Vano didn't even pick up my phone. How am I supposed to catch up with him?"

"Maybe he's busy. Then now that you're here, we'll finish this one" said Mr. Hans

"Okay," Nael turned off the phone.

After turning off the phone, Nael immediately drove his car at a speed of 140km/h to get to the Pine forest tour.

*

Within 25 minutes, Nael finally arrived in front of the candy store called Mr. Hans earlier. He saw Mr. Hans' car parked next to the candy store.

When Nael entered the tavern, he immediately met Mr. Hans who had just walked out of the entrance.

"Oh, you've finally arrived" Mr. Hans told Nael.

Nael's face looked rather moody.

"I feel like what I did today was in vain. I found nothing", said Nael, the man sighing deeply.

"Calm down, Nael. It's not easy to solve this case. The perpetrator is very skilled, we certainly need a fast one to catch him" said Mr. Hans as he patted his shoulder gently.

"I think we should also look for traces of the axe-holding man, even if he seems a diversion, but.."

Welcome to the main news, we are currently in the Queenstown forest area. Here we would like to re-enact the case of the death of a detective at New York's main police station, who was allegedly hit-and-run..

Nael and Mr. Hans looked at each other immediately. The look of both looks the same as freezing.

"Vano?", asked Nael in a soft voice.

"Would you please call the man again!", said Mr. Hans somewhat after.

Nael quickly took out his phone, trying to ascertain whether the announcer meant Vano or not.

Drrt... Drrt...

One second, two seconds, ten seconds..

Not answered.

"I think.", Nael paused his sentence.

Mister Hans nodded, looking at Nael with a gaze that seemed to understand what Nael was trying to say.

"I think it is Vano" said Nael slowly.

"really. Because there's no other detective we've assigned to duty today other than the two of you" Mr. Hans said. Nael nodded in understanding.

Mr. Hans lowered his hat, then lowered his head, as a sign of respect to Vano who had just been rumored dead.

Nael himself checked his WhatsApp check. He saw two notifications from Arabella. He saw the girl giving a message at 10:12, last night. He hadn't even read that message since last night because he was so busy.

Arabella

Nael, sorry to interrupt

Arabella

Today my friend is going to the police station for an interview. We'll interview Mr. Vano, he's my friend's brother. That's all

Nael raises next to his eyebrows looking at the message.

Vano just died today.

Guilt began to spread through his brain. He should not have left Vano alone on duty..

"I'm sorry. It's all my fault.."