~ C H A P T E R F O U R ~
Stephen wanted to know more about the Mask and the logo in it, so he called Nate. "Hey Stephen, anything going on?"
"Yes, definitely. I wanted to ask you a favor, you're in the station, right?" Stephen answered through the phone while looking at the picture of the Mask.
"Yes, and what favor?" Nate asked quickly.
Stephen explained the situation, he discussed about his findings at Stella's mansion.
"You discovered a hidden room? And a missing artifact? Brilliant. So, what about the logo?"
"Yes, speaking of that - I wonder if you could search any file about the S.E.U? That would be a great help."
"I'll call you when I found something." Nate tried his best to find data about the S.E.U logo. He went in a dim room that's full of documents. Boxes are labelled and filled with files. Nate was the only one in the room, it was silent and smells like old papers. He moves briskly around the room and searches everywhere; his feet would trip sometimes as he moves very fast, for he might get caught at any minute.
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He opened some files, and found nothing. An hour has passed, Nate lost his hope finding anything relevant. His sweat fell on the ground as he quickly reads every file that he finds. He's about to give up, but he continues to search for more.
Later, he noticed a dusty and old box hidden at the very end of the shelf. The box seems to be insignificant. He pulled out the box, and it contains some files about the unsolved crimes in 1940's. Nate rummage through the box, hoping that he would find a file about the S.E.U.
Minutes later, he found a slightly wrinkled paperwork entitled "Seeing Eye of the Union (S.E.U)." As soon as he found the file, he called Stephen.
"Found anything?" Stephen asks with excitement. "It's not a lot but, S.E.U means Seeing Eye of the Union, and it's an organization that exists way back in 1941." Nate stated curiously.
"Well, that's it?"
"Yeah, nothing more."
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Even though there are no further records about it, both detectives realized that the organization exists way back in 1941 - when the Second World War was still happening. And because of the name and timeline, it might be connected to the Nazis. Well, they think it's possible; because 1941 isn't too far in their timeline.
"This is definitely a confidential topic, and a dangerous one. We're talking about a big - Nazi fanatics - organization. You're still going to investigate?" Nate asked apprehensively.
"I'm not sure..." Stephen answered hesitantly.
"That means 'Yes'. I said this once and I'll say it again. Don't get caught and be careful."
After their conversation, both detectives became aware. Their thoughts lingered in their mind. What if the S.E.U is really a Nazi organization? Does that mean they intentionally killed Stella? Does that mean that the Mask that Stella keeps belongs to the S.E.U? If that's so... The Mask must be very valuable that they would kill a person for its possession, but what if the organization does not exist at all? Was it really an accident?
Stephen tried his best to discover more. He investigated in town hoping for more information. Stephen knew the danger he puts himself into, but his curiosity and ambition drive him to meddle more into this case.
He became wary, looking for some hints of threats.
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