There was a loud bang.


    The carheading straight towards Ste was knocked over by a cargo truck.


    Immediately, four policemen got down and had their guns out, pointing towards the car.


    “Get off the car!” Sheldon shouted. With his gaze upon the tinted car window, he opened the car door and was astonished to find the orphanage’s assistant in the driver’s seat. “It’s you?”


    The assistant looked at Sheldon in horror. When she realized that she was caught, her face instantly turned pale.


    “Bring her over to the police station,” Sheldon said.


    The police officers immediately hauled the assistant into the car.


    “How did you know that you will be hit with a car?” Sheldon asked Ste.Content bel0ngs to N?vel(D)r/a/ma.Org.


    Ste had previously asked Sheldon to prepare a cargo truck and guard by the door while she was having her meal, as she knew someone might run over her with a car. It turned out to be true.


    “Head over to the orphanage and detain all the adults now. Hurry up, or else the children will be in danger once they know what is happening,” Ste said urgently.


    “I’ll get on to it right away.” Sheldonplied and called Vannhurriedlyto dispatch back-ups.


    Ste held Neil’s hand and got onto her car. Gently, she said, “Don’t be scared. Anyone who does bad will be brought to justice.”


    “Are those policemen going to arrest the director as well?” Neil asked in a crisp voice.


    “Yes, they will. Justice always prevails. You will have kind uncles and aunties to look after you and stay with you while you grow up, happily, in the future,” Ste replied.


    “They said that we are monsters, and no one would be willing to get close to us,” Neil spoke as his eyes turned red with tears.


    Ste pulled Neil into her arm in an embrace, “How are you all monsters? Only heroes of the future will have a different childhood than others because God wanted you all to learn to be strong, resilient, and independent when you’re young. This is so when you grow up you’lle to be someone great and mighty.”


    “Just like Spider-Man?” Neil asked.


    Ste smiled and said, “You will grow up to be a man who is more amazing than Spider-Man. Spider-Man wasn’t as sensible as you when he was five years old.”


    Neil nodded heavily, “I will definitely grow up to be someone bolder than Spider-Man.”


    “Of course,” Ste said with a smile, “Let’s head over to the police station so you could have a look at how the policemen catch bad guys.”


    …


    At 3 p. m.,


    Ste was listening to music and leisurely drinking coffee whileNeilwas sitting cross-legged on the sofa, flipping through the heroes’ics that Ste had given to him.


    Sheldon came over and knocked on their door.


    “Come in,” Ste said as she put down her cup.


    “They confessed.It turns out the orphanage acts as an intermediary that sells organs to the ck market. Dianne also admitted that she had beaten a child to death,” Sheldon stated.


    “Right. How about the children in the orphanage then?” Ste asked worriedly.


    “Director Vann has reported everything to the State Mayor, and they will immediately send some people over to take care of the children,” Sheldon said.


    “Are the people he sent reliable?”


    “The State Mayor is also worried that the children might be abused. So, he asked for the police force to work together and have two officers stationed to oversee them.”


    Ste nodded, then told Neil, “Right now, you will be protected by the police apart from having kind uncles and aunties by your side. From now on, you could live happily together with your friends.”


    “Yeah. Thank you,” Neil said sincerely.


    “Will the Eleven return to thepany today?” Ste asked.


    “They’ll being in at around 3:30 p. m.”


    “Alright.”


    …


    The police sent Neil back to the orphanage, but the others had yet to arrive. Ste began to browse through her mobile phonewhen she suddenly thought of ck. She took out his business card and dialed his number.


    “Hello,is this ck?” Ste asked politely.


    The person on the other side of the phone remained silent.


    Ste thought thather phone’s signal was bad, so she asked again, “Hello? Hello? Could you hear me?”


    “Yes,” he answered.


    Ste’s heart trembled a little upon hearing the voice that sounded familiar to her, “I would like toe over to the bureau around 1 p. m. tomorrow. Will that be alright?”


    “Sure, call me when you’re here,” ck said.


    Ste raised her brows, “You’re the one who saved me, aren’t you? I recognize your voice.”


    The other partywas silent once again.


    “Hello? Hello?” Ste repeated.


    He replied, “Yes, it was me but I hope that you could keep it a secret.”


    “Alright,” Ste responded.


    He then hung up on the phone.


    Ste felt that ck was a cold and mysterious person.However, she couldn’t fathom why he had a photo of her with him.


    At 3. 30 p. m.


    The rest of Eleven came back to the police station.


    “Did you guys find anything new?” Sheldon asked impatiently. They were being bombarded by a flock of reporters, and because of that, Director Vann was in a bad mood. Sheldon, as the Director’s assistant, was also affected.


    Ray shook his head, “The killer did it meticulously, there were no clues left behind.”


    “Did youe across any albums? It’s best if it’s a recent album that has photos that were taken at home,”Ste asked.


    “There’s an album. I looked through it, but I didn’t find anything special,” Alissa said.


    “Could you show it to me?” Ste asked.


    “Sure. I’ve brought the album here,” Alissa took the album out of the briefcase and handed it to Ste.


    Ste put on a pair of disposable gloves and flipped through the album casually. She then found what she was looking for in the album, and pointed to a photo of a plush bear seated on a sofa, and said, “This toy. Did you guys find it at the house?”


    Ray looked at the album and said, “I didn’t notice it.”


    “What about this?” Ste pointed to a toy truck in the corner and asked.


    Ray shook his head, “These are small things that I didn’t really pay attention to. What’s up with them?”


    Ste exined, “The murderer is someone who pretends to be a clown, nicknamed Uncle Joker.”


    “He pretends to be a clown in shopping malls, ygrounds, and other ces. He would give out toys to children, and roses to the children’s mother.”


    “When the children see that their mothers were happy receiving the flowers, they would then naturally lower down their guard against strangers,” Ste said.


    “Then? What happens after?” Alissa, who was always impatient, pressed on.


    “The will then be cast. He would make use of the surveince devices in the toys to monitor and observe the family, to target on his next victim, and find the best time to take action.”


    Alissa didn’t believe Ste, “If that’s the case, he must have a lot of time on his hand then. After all, it isn’t easy to find a family in which the husband has passed away.”


    “He is patient, and he has his own way of making decisions. He takes a month to find the right family and monitor them, and another month to test the family, which after he would then take action,” Ste exined.


    “That’s impossible. If that’s true, you would have already solved the case by yourself. Then what did we even do today? Wouldn’t all the things we’ve done today be in vain then?” Alissa grumbled.


    Ste gave a faint smile, “I feel that you could use more of your timedoing what you’re supposed to dorather thandisagreeing with me.”


    “I just can’t stand arrogant, conceited people,” Alissa said in disdain.


    “Well, you could see for yourself if I’m indeed arrogant or conceited within one week,” Ste said calmly.