Chapter 51 Evidence In The Phone
Kendall took her phone out of her pocket and called Mark. "Hey, Officer Mark, are you on duty today?"
"Yeah, what's up?" Mark sounded confused, having received a sudden call from Kendall.
Kendall smiled. "Being on duty is perfect. Can you come to the underground parking lot of Joyful Arcade near Oakhaven University? I've caught a fraudster here, and I need you to come and pick him up."
Mark couldn't help but complain, "How did you get into something like this again? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Kendall urged. "Hurry up and get over here. I just knocked him out and I'll be waiting for you in the underground parking lot."
Mark replied, "I'm on my way now. Be careful."
After Kendall ended the call with Mark, Ali's phone in his pocket began to ring. Kendall crouched down, pulled the phone out of his pocket, and saw that the caller was a number saved as 'Lexy'.
The name was clearly a girl's. Kendall thought of the girl who was playing the claw machine with Ali in the arcade.
Ali had told her he was going to the restroom. So much time had passed, and Kendall wondered if the caller was her. Regardless, Kendall had no intention of answering. She put Ali's phone on silent and ignored the call.
The phone had a password lock, which Kendall couldn't open, but she found that Ali's phone had fingerprint unlock. Kendall 'borrowed' Ali's finger and successfully unlocked the screen.
Going through Ali's phone was an invasion of his privacy. If she hadn't known from the system that Ali was such a scumbag, Kendall would never have looked through his phone.
However, without evidence, this was the fastest and most effective method.
Young people nowadays only use a few social media apps to communicate. Kendall first opened Ali's chats and looked at his recent conversations. With hardly any scrolling, Kendall discovered the secrets within Ali's phone.
Y Bibi 1993.3.20, nurse, C cup, nudes 860k, 206 Greening East Road...
Y Cee 1998.9.18, dance teacher, gentle and virtuous, rich, Blue Bay Villa Complex...
Y Lexy 2000.5.12, university student, clever and cute anime style, only child, Blossom Community Building...
Kendall immediately noticed unusual notes against some contacts. She swiped her finger to the contacts list and found the 'Y' section.
As expected, more than a dozen contacts in this list all had this kind of initial followed by their name, birth date, profession, personality traits, and home address.
Kendall counted.
The list had exactly sixteen contacts.
Among these sixteen contacts, ten had a monetary amount in their notes. The lowest was a few tens of thousands, the highest was over two million. The ten girls who had a monetary value also had 'nudes' or 'videos' written before the amount.
Kendall wasn't stupid. Ali's notes were so explicit they were impossible to misunderstand.
Besides this list, Kendall also found a list starting with the letter 'Z'.
Z to-be. Stacy 20 years old, chauffeured to and from university in a luxury car...
Z to-be. Mimi 1995.7.16, university student from Oakhaven University...
Z to-be. Jenny 23 years old, drives an Audi, family owns a mine, has a brother...
This list had even more names, but the notes were not as detailed as the 'Y' list.
Kendall skimmed it and then opened Ali's photo album, where she, as expected, found some private photos and videos of girls.
Kendall didn't click on them to look closely, but she could guess the content from the names of the photo albums.
Looking at the unconscious Ali lying on the ground, Kendall got up and stepped on his face.
While Kendall was looking for evidence, Lexy called several more times, but Kendall didn't answer. Lexy seemed to give up, and the phone in Kendall's hand returned to silent.
Kendall and Nathan waited in the underground parking lot for about ten minutes before Kendall heard the sound of a vehicle driving in. At the same time, the phone in her hand rang. She answered the call, and Mark asked from the other end, "Where are you? I'm here."
Kendall looked up. "I think I hear you. I'm in the very back. Just drive in."
"Alright," Mark responded, continuing to drive forward.
The underground parking lot was very dim. Mark's headlights were on, and Kendall saw a black police car turn the corner. She pulled Nathan and walked out from the corner. Mark stopped the car in front of Kendall and got out.
When he saw Nathan standing next to Kendall, Mark's gaze lingered on him. Mark hadn't come alone. After he got out, another police officer in the passenger seat also got out. Kendall glanced at the officer and thought to herself that she was lucky today, as Mark's colleague was a female officer!
"He's over there," Kendall said, pointing to the corner where Ali was lying on the ground.
Mark followed her gesture and saw a person lying in the dark corner. Mark awkwardly touched his nose, feeling foolish for having thought that the person tied to Kendall with the harness was the culprit.
Fortunately, the underground parking lot was so dim that Kendall hadn't noticed Mark's subtle gaze, so she was unaware of his embarrassment.
As Mark went to put handcuffs on Ali, Kendall held back the female officer who was about to help him and showed her Ali's phone.
After unlocking Ali's phone with his finger, Kendall had been careful not to let the screen lock again. When the female officer's gaze fell on the phone screen, Kendall repeated her previous actions, opening Ali's chats, contacts list and the contents of his photo album for her to see.
After seeing what was on the phone, the female officer, who was more sensitive to these matters than Kendall, took the phone and said with a serious expression, "Whose phone is this?"
"His," Kendall said, pointing at Ali. She didn't forget to remind the female officer, "His phone has a password lock. Make sure the screen doesn't lock, or you'll have to use his fingerprint to unlock it."
The female officer looked at Kendall, her gaze a bit meaningful.
"Thank you for the reminder. I will make a copy of this evidence and contact the victims in here in a timely manner."
Kendall calmly nodded, showing no guilt for using Ali's finger to unlock his phone.
> [Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission, catching the fraudster, Ali! Reward: +5 days of life value and +50 karma!]
(End of Chapter)