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Chapter 3 "Pathways (Part 1)".

Chapter 3 "Pathways (Part 1)".

-The prota: when we started the search for such murderers we encountered the first problem, the body that was the only evidence that they were here was being examined by forensics to see if they found the culprits, making us not have direct access to the body in a legal way.

But come on, who would believe that the same killers who killed him would take the body... *I said to myself firmly*

-Liax: stop thinking about stupid things, as soon as you set foot there they will kill you. We are not in a city, here everyone knows each other so the guard stays guarding the bodies. *He said seriously.

-The prota: how did you know what I was thinking? *I exclaimed surprised*

-Taquira: you're an open book you know?

after that Liax took a breath and started to explain the plan.

-the body is obviously not going to have any evidence of him. So rule out going after the body, I think it's more of a priority to check the house where he lived. But assuming they removed all traces that can unmask them. There is only one option left, security cameras, although it doesn't look like there are cameras around, they are almost not visible, and only those who put them there know it. Unless they are ghosts, we will have an image of the murderers.

-The prota: After that we went to an abandoned house which as I understood was a barracks where all the cameras of the city were managed in its antiquity, since in theory they used it secretly to detect possible terrorist attacks or opposition parties...

it was located between the stones, a few kilometers from the town. In a meadow which the only way to enter was through a cave... quite far-fetched I would say. But I wasn't there during the war time to give my opinion.

When I entered, I saw a kind of house which was empty except for one room which was full of screens of the cameras that were scattered around the city, even inside the houses there were cameras with their respective microphones obviously... I could see why they used that place from far away. I understand why it was so hidden?

-Liax: well now everyone will have to inspect each camera, and all the possible hours since we don't know the time of his death either.

when I heard that I knew that we would have for a while since there were more or less 100 cameras and without a fixed time, we would have to go searching one by one, hour by hour... *I thought discouragingly*

-Taquira: wait but they won't suspect us, because disappearing out of nowhere for long periods of time will make us to be in the sight of everyone... and even more considering that there was a murder recently.

-Liax: I had already taken that into account, and my solution is to take turns. One will stay here reviewing the recordings for a few hours, and the other two will go home, then one will go and so on until we finish.

The first shift was Liax's, while Taquira and I went home without attracting too much attention. But when I arrived I was arrested by the police?

Why? *I said to myself angrily*

because apparently I am a potential suspect of having participated in his murder, why? *Because apparently some neighbors saw me talking to him, and now he was dead, reason enough for them not to let me go. As for Taquira she wasn't seen by the neighbors so they had no argument to take her too, so I told her not to worry and go on. That she would end up leaving for lack of evidence.

-hours later-

In the end I won't be able to leave the cell today because as I am the only suspect, they won't want to let me go so easily. I haven't heard from the others, they must be focused on the search since it is obvious that I will end up getting out and they must not be worried about me.

-another day later-

I am already losing hope that they will let me go... but Liax

called me and told me that he was working to see how to get me out of there as soon as possible. Giving me to understand that there was a shift change.

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we couldn't talk about it as the calls are intercepted by the police. So I could simply assume the situation from the outside.

in the time I was here I had time to think about things...

as everything happened so fast I did reckless things that led me here...

The only thing I have clear is that I want to find the one in charge of our kidnapping, why? being superior to all of us he has information that I cannot have access to, as I cannot depend on god to get it. I must get it from him, what I have not considered is how we will defeat him. If he is superior it is because of his power and right now I am unable to beat anyone. I have to be stronger if I want to win, even knowing where that road would take me...

(that day I had to keep a smile because otherwise I would cry, and I don't deserve to cry *I thought resignedly*).

-the next day-

in the morning of that day they finally released me, they didn't even apologize to me since they still considered me the murderer, but since they couldn't prove it they had to let me go even though they were still suspicious...

Liax and Taquira were waiting for me at the door, when I walked a few steps I told them

-How are they doing with that?

-Liax: We haven't found it yet, but we've already searched most of the cameras *I exclaimed with sincerity*

-Liax: Okay, we should hurry. I feel we don't have much time left....

-Taquira: What do you mean?

-nothing specific *I said discouraged*

-Taquira: I don't understand you, is something bad going to happen? *I asked with my voice trembling.

-Liax: Calm down a little, nothing has happened yet....

those words sound good if you think about it, the way he said it only showed second intentions... making the atmosphere rougher

because even though I started the topic, I didn't know what Liax was

referring to...

-three days later-

when we returned, we immediately continued with the search, we were totally obsessed with finding what we were looking for. Although days and nights went by and we found nothing, we didn't lose hope.

there were less and less things left to search, making the search more frantic.

although sometimes we had to return to the house, so as not to look more suspicious than we are. Or rather that I didn't look more suspicious, since neither Liax nor Taquira were accused. They had it against me only...

although in the end it was good to have that time alone with myself, if I can call it that. I was able to take the time to think about what I would do. So everything is not so bad *I said to myself* I think?

-one day later-

-Taquira: I found it!!! *she said with joy, releasing a tiredness accumulated since days ago*

Hearing her say that made me happy, Liax seemed to give it all the same.

What we saw was horrible, the man who gave us the information that Taquira desperately tried to kill to get the information out of him... that man had been ambushed by 3 assassins who killed him without mercy... when we saw that, from the images we could see, it seemed that he didn't resist and allowed them to kill him... But why? was so little worth his life that he didn't even want to resist? *I said to myself resigned*

if his life wasn't worth so little why did he try to resist so much to not give us the information... I don't understand (I ended up resigned to know that I couldn't understand, that he simply decided that dying would be the best option)

returning to the subject His death captured by the cameras occurred at 3:46 [a.m.], The only positive thing taken from that recording was that we could see their faces. And we already had a way to locate them... but we lacked enough power to defeat him, which neither I nor Taquira had, Liax we don't know his strength, so we can't count on his help in a confrontation. it was painful to admit it, but the truth... I don't think we can win.

thinking about it brought back that thought which I wanted to repudiate, but I knew I had no other choice.

after we found him, me and Liax went back to the house, while we left Taquira downloading the recordings so we could have them at hand.

we went to sleep and when we woke up, we started a search for the assassins, knowing their identities...