Chapter 510 - 510: Accomplice of the Crime

~ Flashback ~

"Dark Lord, I found the scientist. I learned the identity of the person who was helping him." Jason approached the leader of the Dark Knight Organization.

"Continue…" the Dark Lord simply stated.

"The person is Agent Cedrick Falcon. The Head of Phoenix Special Task Force. He is my friend. He brought the family of the scientist to the safe house. Fortunately, he trusted me that much. He told me everything so I helped him." Jason continued supplying him with information.

The Dark Lord remained silent, just urging him to continue.

"The scientist became a whistleblower. They will expose the Bio-weapon facility."

After hearing that, the Dark Lord stood up. "Clean this mess. I'm counting on you Snake."

"What do you want me to do?" Jason asked him.

"You said that the agent was your friend, right?" The Dark Lord said meaningfully.

Jason just nodded his head.

"Then try your best to convince him to work for us. If he refuses then you have to kill him." The Dark Lord said firmly.

Jason's eyes widened upon hearing that. Cedrick was his good friend. He already betrayed him by telling these pieces of information to the Dark Lord, but killing him, he couldn't do that.

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After talking to the Dark Lord, Jason became uneasy and restless. He was having conflicting thoughts. He didn't know how he would be able to convince Cedrick to work for the Dark Knight Organization.

He knew him very well. Agent Cedrick Falcon valued integrity more and had a great sense of justice. He was a good cop… a very clean law enforcement officer.

Upon arriving at the office, he immediately looked for Cedrick. He wanted to talk to him and ask him indirectly.

Cedrick noticed that Jason looked troubled by something.

"Hey, do you have a problem?" Cedrick asked Jason worriedly.

"Ced, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Answer me honestly. What if someone will ask you to stop investigating a case in exchange for money? Will you do it and accept the money?" Jason asked him expectantly.

Cedrick was taken aback when he heard that. He fell silent for a few moments. Then a loud chuckle was heard, breaking the silence.

Jason looked at him confusedly. "What's funny?"

Seeing the frown on Jason's forehead, Cedrick stopped laughing and answered him.

"Well, do I look like a person who will accept a bribe? Hey, Jason, are you suspecting me of being a corrupt officer?" There was a glint of humor in Cedrick's eyes while asking him that.

"I heard that the Dark Knight Organization is a very powerful organization. You told me that they had spies in the police department. What if they will offer you a great amount of money and ask you to work for them, will you not be tempted to accept it?"

"This is just a hypothetical question. But I want you to answer me truthfully," Jason added, anticipating his reply.

This time Cedrick became serious. "No, I will not accept it."

"Even if they will threaten your life? What if they will come after you and kill you? What will happen to your family?" Jason was still hoping that Cedrick would change his mind.

Cedrick held his shoulders and looked straight into his eyes. A faint smile was formed in the corner of his lips. Then he spoke up again.

"Since the start, I chose this profession, I already knew the danger I would be facing. We are gambling our lives in every mission. But this will not stop me from doing the right thing. I am ready to die serving my country." 

Jason couldn't accept this. He didn't want him to die but Cedrick was firm with his decision. 

"If you die what will happen to your family? You have a daughter and she's still young. Don't you care about them?"

"Jason, I care about them, that's why I am doing this. I want to give my family a safe place to live in. That's why I will do my best to catch every criminal who will threaten the peace in our country, including those powerful underground syndicates."

At that certain moment, Jason realized that there's no way Cedrick would work for the Dark Knight Organization.

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Dark Lord: "If that's his answer then we have no choice but to eliminate your friend. He is a great threat to our organization. Our operation will be compromised because of him."

"Kill him as soon as possible and bring the scientist back to the facility!"

Jason: "Dark Lord… I-I… I'm sorry but I can't… I can't kill him."

The Dark Lord fell silent. He knew how Cedrick and Jason became close. He asked someone to do a background check on Cedrick Falcon. Jason was still soft but he knew that his loyalty was still with him and the Dark Knight.

Dark Lord: "Alright. You don't have to kill him yourself. I will ask someone else to do the work. Alfonso Ramirez, he is the perfect man for this job."

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The day when Alfonso and his gang attacked the Falcon's household, it was Jason who was the accomplice of the crime. 

Because of his presence, Agent Cedrick Falcon lowered his guard. It was Jason who let Alfonso and his gang enter the house. That's the reason why there's no sign of breaking in and it happened during the daytime.

While Alfonso and his gang were beating the Falcon's household one after another, Jason was outside, serving as a look-out.

He could hear the sinister laughter coming from Alfonso's gang and the desperate plea of Cedrick's daughter, Elle. His heart was being pierced million times hearing her cries. 

He wanted to run inside to stop them but in the end, he chose to ignore it. He closed his eyes and his ears.

When there was complete silence inside the house, that's the time he entered. Then he saw Cedrick and Elle lying on the floor bathing with their own blood. He couldn't look at them straight. He quickly ran out of the house and vomitted outside.

After the crime, Jason was the one who cleaned all the evidence, that's why Erick's father didn't get any clue about the culprits when the case was assigned to them.