Hoshi's POV
After that, Croix left off in his SUV to finish the rest of this case, while we went into our hotel. There, Mariya and the others were in the lobby waiting for us while being very, very worried for our safety. It seemed that they were tired from going around to trick any corrupt police officer from following our tracks from Baclaran Station to the LRT depot. Hmm…it seemed that our plan had worked so well…
"Hey, guys," Bokuto said to them, catching their attention fast.
"Guys!" Saki responded while she and everyone else ran to us and checked if we were injured or not.
"Are you guys okay?" Mariya asked while being worried about us.
"Yes, we're okay," Sha positively replied back.
"Not a scratch!" Taro added happily.
"Um…" I said to him, "…you know that one of the suspects had shot my old glasses?"
Mariya and the others were shocked at that, while Taro realized that, apologized shortly, and corrected his statement toward them.
"Sinira nila ang salamin mo?" Mariya asked me.
I then nodded. "Opo, pero binigyan ni Tito Croix ang kanyang salamin sa akin, at sabi niya na sa akin na iyan, at bili siya lang ng bago."
"He's so generous, guys," Sha brightly added.
Because of that, Mariya and the others were relieved to hear that, before asking if the case had been solved or not.
"Yes," Bokuto replied, "we solved it, got rid of the suspects, and one more step to justify how we took care of the suspects."
"How did you guys solve it?" Reo asked back.
"Well, we need to be a bit unethical to do so," Sha answered while relaxing a bit, "and that part was of the NBI."
"Is that even allowed?" Saki asked in response.
"Strangely, yes," I responded, "in fact, both Croix-san's superiors and the current president of this country gave their consent to literally get rid of the suspects."
Hearing that, they couldn't believe it.
But it seemed that they could not believe that and just accepted what happened. "Also, guys," Sha said to them, "we have to clear our names in the Supreme Court before we can move on with our vacation."
(He knows that from researching the judiciary system of this country.)
Because of that, they agreed on the date the trial would begin.
"I don't know," Taro responded back.
I shrugged as well because I don't know either.
And then, my phone rang, and it was a phone message from Tito Croix. I picked it up and took a look at it. Everyone else also took a peek at it. It says, "Mr. Santos, we will leak the case sa Korte Suprema bukas ng umaga. Kapag needed kayo diyan for the case, please show up po. Thanks, good night po."
Seeing that message, we were surprised, but we are willing to delay our next leg of our vacation here and attend that trial.
Taro also wondered what it would like within the interior of the Korte Suprema.
After some time, we checked into our rooms and rested up for the night. But then, I got a flashback of the motive of the corrupt police officers to partake in this cover-up of a crime, and it reminded me of how a verse had said that 'money is the root of all evil'. So, I checked that out in my Bible and flipped the pages to the book, chapter, and verse and read it. Yup, it says so, and I was quite wise not to fall for that.
I then put that thing away and wrote in my journal how the case went so far, almost detail by detail and recording the statements of Croix-san and the suspect. I also added commentaries for these as well. That was relaxing, releasing my emotions on that case. I then finished my entry with this line, "I felt as if I had 'solved' the plot of that Shake, Rattle, and Roll movie. Hehe…I wondered what the film studio would think of it…"
After writing that entry, I closed my journal and went to bed for the night with peace in mind.
The next morning, while we were having breakfast in the hotel's restaurant, news of what happened last night at the LRT depot and about the case of the LRT killer had blown on TV, with reporters and news hosts covering it in great detail. The views on it vary barely, but they all agreed on the details of it.
"Wow…that went fast…" Paulo commented.