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- 16.1 - Sylvester and Shiloah Kidnapping Case (The Fraudulence)
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CAKE's Evidence - 16.2 - Sylvester and Shiloah Kidnapping Case (The Investigation)
LUKE MATTHEW “What happened to Sylvester and Shiloah?” THE ECHOING SOUND of the bottle of loo cleaner colliding with the tiled floor filled the silence that followed the Detective’s question. “W-What did you say?” Cara stuttered. “The cousins!?” Toto rushed to us with his bubbled gloved hands. “What happened to the cousins?” “They have been kidnapped!” the lady cried out. The lad held one of her shoulders while his other hand ran up and down her back to calm her down. “You are Shiloah’s father,” the Detective remarked, staring at the lad. Then, she shifted her gaze to the lady. “And she is Sylvester’s mother.” She brought her gaze back to the lad. “You two are siblings.” “How did you know?” I asked. She turned to me wearing her usual bored expression. “Their physical appearances have similarities and their arrival together means they are related to each other. Also, for them to look for me, specifically, and come right here on my doorstep means they’ve met with someone who they
CAKE's Evidence - 16.3 - Sylvester and Shiloah Kidnapping Case (The Rescue Operation)
LUKE MATTHEW “Don’t tell me you’re planning to ambush the white van riding just a skateboard?!” BUT WHATEVER I say, my words only fell on deaf ears. “The van turned right!” Cara announced and then Toto added, “The biker followed them!” The Detective reappeared by the open car door with her left foot resting on Vester’s skateboard. “When I make a signal, begin counting down from twenty. Once you get to zero, go to the white van’s location. Understood?” I don’t know what to say anymore and agreed with a hesitant “Yes”. She rolled her eyes. “Whether you say yes or no, you will do as I say.” Then, she pushed her right foot, beginning the skateboard’s motion. “Count!” “Twenty!” Cara started. Just as the count went down to seventeen, I got out of the car and witnessed Hibara’s actions. She was going at full speed, running past the biker who was pedaling the same. She opened her mouth and gave orders to him. Upon reading her lips, I gasped. “What?!” “What is it?” Toto asked in a pa
CAKE's Evidence - 17.1 - Face-off with The Forensic Club (One Step Ahead)
HIBARA AFTER EVERYTHING THAT happened that day, the headline writer still had the guts to print out that we staged everything for fame?! We are not as fame-greedy as that stupid detective wannabe! With a copy of Ammunition at hand, Reign Mercado, our classmate and a member of the Ammunition Journalists Club, approached us in the back row. If I’m not mistaken, she wrote that one article that featured us as a ‘JHS Trio’. “Hibara and the gang,” she addressed. By hearing that, the Major who was drifting somewhere opened his eyes. “I need you to investigate our club.” I snickered, “Just as I thought.” “Just as you thought?” she asked with glistening eyes. “To be honest, I was actually waiting for this moment; the time you will tell me to investigate what is going on inside your club.” I gave her a smile before continuing. “Ever since the first fake news appeared on the headline, I was suspicious of the Ammunition Journalists Club.” I picked up the school paper. “If a news writer mak
CAKE's Evidence - 17.2 - Face-off with The Forensic Club (The Sniper)
HIBARA “So, you heard it too?” I CROSSED MY arms right when the three members of The Forensic Club came into our view. Their arrogant Club President Jacob Valle is a real-deal detective wannabe. Although I dropped those words earlier, I never meant to say he’s better than me. Of course, I am and always will be the greater detective. He ignored my sarcasm and pointed a finger at Matthew. “You! Call your chauffeur and have him drive us to the crime scene!” The Major awkwardly replied, “But my Genesis G80 only has a capacity of five passengers; six if those who will ride the backseat are four slim persons.” “Can’t you borrow bigger cars?” Jacob huffed. “Well,” he smirked; “I don’t think Eligor would let you ride his seven-seater Genesis GV80 after that case involving Chedipe, Rangda, and Drace.” I clapped and gave him a sinister smile. “I didn’t know you have the skills to shut this detective wannabe up, Major.” “That’s it!” Aliszia Tuazon glared at their President. “I suggest we
CAKE's Evidence - 17.3 - Face-off with The Forensic Club (The Shield)
HIBARA I STOPPED AND discontentedly accepted the offer. I can’t believe the sniper got away from me! “Where’s the detective wannabe?” I asked the Major. “He took a motorcycle from one of the flower shop’s customers and trailed the shooter,” he answered. “It seems he lost sight of him as well.” “What information did he get? The last location sighted?” He shook his head. “All he knew was that the shooter was wearing all-black.” A smirk flashed on my lips knowing I am one step ahead of that Club President. Matthew’s eyes met mine through the rearview mirror and he remarked, “I know that face. You’ve got more information than him, haven’t you?” “Since when have you started doing this, Matt?” Mrs. Vargas asked her son. He simply answered, “Monday. Third week of classes.” “AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME?! It’s been, what, two months?!” “The Salcedos will stop me, Mamá. You know that. And these sixty-one days of my life were the most un-boring.” Mistress Lilith fell silent upon hearing Matt
CAKE's Evidence - 18.1 - Joint Investigation with The Forensic Club (Part One)
LUKE MATTHEW “I will still believe.” IT WASN’T A bluff. I don’t know exactly what occurred to me. At that moment, I just decided to believe in the Detective’s deduction about the sniper not targeting a Salcedo family member and dared to use my own body as a shield once again. As a detective, she has to protect the world from criminals. But who will protect her from them? She may think she’s strong and clever enough to keep them off of her, but there will be times when she’s not. Suddenly, a flash of red light pulled me from my thoughts. “SON, GET DOWN!” Mamá shouted as she ran across the street, her hand reaching out to me. It was chaos. The next thing I knew was that the Club President of The Forensic Club had my head in his hand, locking me in a bent-forward position. Because I was in that form, I couldn’t see what was really going on above, but I could hear the sound of the Detective’s pocket pistol. Then, I saw a tomato-looking ball thrown to the ground from the Nerd’s hand.
CAKE's Evidence - 18.2 - Joint Investigation with The Forensic Club (Part Two)
LUKE MATTHEW THERE WAS NOTHING. Not a single trace of the sniper was left on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Institute of Architecture and Engineering. Not even a footprint or a drop of blood could be seen. It was like he wasn’t even present. After learning of the Detective’s bloody message on Jacob’s sleeve, we decided to perform a joint investigation—“Just this once”, he said—about the sniper. I really don’t understand these two’s rivalry when we can do more if we’re all in one team. “Do you have any ideas about the fraudulent headlines on our school paper?” Cara asked the Club President, diverting the topic. “Well, aside from the Ghost Hand case, we know you wouldn’t stage a crime for fame so we dug deeper,” replied Tere. “I am suspicious of the EIC,” Toto stated. “There’s no way Catherine and Emmanuel’s articles would be edited drastically if it wasn’t for the last person who handles or approves them before printing.” I agreed. Jacob smirked as he declared, “Her criminal co
CAKE's Evidence - 19.1 - Exposing Violet's Identity: The Forensic Club Special Narrative (The Warning)
JACOB CLUB DAY SATURDAY brought the three of us here in Room 502 of the Senior High Building—The Forensic Club’s Clubroom. After reading something on her phone, Tere announced, “The brat’s surgeries were successful.” “Violet, Indigo, Ocean, Green, and Dandelion— we must be the first to unmask who these people are! We can’t let the meddlesome youngster’s team open the curtains before us.” I declared with a wide grin, replacing the cap of the whiteboard marker after writing. “Didn’t you see today’s Ammunition headline?” Zia asked with a straight face, throwing the school paper on the table lazily and sighing. “We’re on the bad side again.” “I bet the sniper’s codename is Indigo. It’s the only one that sounds manly. Oh, it could be Ocean too!” “JACOB VALLE!” Zia slammed her hand on the table. “Are you listening to me?” Tere pulled the hem of my brown coat. I looked at her and she gestured her head toward the other girl. I met with Zia’s eyes and a shiver ran down my spine. Why is s
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