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The next day, as Nicholas was reviewing the information about the men they had caught, Ellen entered his office. "Boss," she said in her usual confident tone, "what do you plan to do with those men you caught?"

Nicholas looked at her, his expression serious. "I am going to make sure they face the consequences of their actions," he replied firmly. "But my main priority now is to find the real boss behind all of this."

"There's someone else aside from the ones you already caught? I don't think those men are going to say the truth. You are a boss yourself, you know how everyone is trained to keep their mouths shut." Ellen tried to reason.

"I know. The more reason I will make them confess even if they don't want to. I won't let them get away with what they did." He promised.

"So... What do you have in mind? Do you have any leads on their boss?"

Nicholas doesn't know why Ellen wants to dig further. He wants to believe it's not because she is trying to hide something. But he decided