"What?" Suddenly, Edward's lips went numb when he heard the number that Frans said. He couldn't say anything else and was silent.
"What should we do now, Young Master?"
Edward didn't answer, his head suddenly dizzy. Fifty billion dollars is not a small number, everything can go wrong if the assets are really stolen. And in Edward's head was not a material loss to the company that Frans actually held. However, he is more concerned with the rations of his spree on his friends.
"Shit, at this rate, I can no longer splurge and pay a mercenary!" he thought.
"Master, did you hear what I said?" Frans tried to wake Edward from his daydream.
"Aaah... yes, we'd better check over there now!" said Edward. And it was beyond Fran's expectations. He did not expect the answer that came out of Edward's lips was different from usual. "I'll change first, you better get the driver to prepare the car!"
"S-well, Master!"
Frans left Edward with smiling lips. "A little progress! I hope he really comes to his senses and takes hold of the whole company of his parents!" whispered Frans.
****
The car is parked in a 40-story luxury building. The largest company owned by the Edward family, the annual income is nearly 100 million billion dollars. The income is so fantastic, the company also broadcasts the results of production from production houses which are none other than the company.
Edward got off, then followed by Frans from behind. When he arrived, the police car was parked neatly in the parking lot of the building. So is the ambulance. Edward and Frans entered the building. Inside he was confirmed by several policemen who were moving the bodies into body bags. And two other policemen were interrogating a security guard who didn't look well, although his injuries weren't too bad, enough to make the security guard hurt. Then the remaining two police officers were checking some of the CCTV in the lobby.
"What happened to this?" shrieked Edward, quite surprised by what he saw. He immediately approached the security guard. All eyes saw Edward and Frans who followed behind the young man.
The security guard stood up. Then saluted, but not to Edward, but to Frans who he considered his superior. Because Edward is not very well known in the company of his parents.
"Who are you two?"
"I'm Edward, the son of the owner of this company," Edward replied. The security guard frowned. He thought Edward was the son of Frans. "And he is the assistant my parents trusted to run this company!"
Once again the security guard frowned. "Security? So all this time the owner of this company was not Mr. Frans, but the young man?" whispered the security guard.
"Okay Mr. Edward, I want to explain what happened in this father's company," added one of the police officers who handled the body of the security guard who died. "Come with me," he continued, showing the way to the body bag. The policeman opened the body bag, a very confused state on the policeman's face. Many bruises and also dried blood came out of his nose. It seemed that he was trying to fight back when the bandits were about to forcefully enter Edward's company.
"This is the body of the victim of a security guard at your company. He was shot twice in the chest." The policeman showed a wound in the chest, where the bullet was lodged. Pathetic. Edward looked at the corpse with a frown.
"So they used weapons?"
"That's right sir!"
"Do you know who did it?" Edward inquired curiously.
"Not yet. We are conducting autopsies on bodies and fingerprints left around the objects they touched," the police officer replied.
"Okay." Edward woke up after seeing the corpse. "In that case, we would like to see the state of the archive room and data storage of our securities!"
"Fine, but first we want to explain the state of the CCTV in this room!" said the policeman. Directing Edward to several CCTV cameras that are being checked by other police. "Here all CCTV has been tampered with after they paralyzed two of your company's security guards ..." said the policeman, starting to explain. It looks like the CCTV camera is badly damaged. The robbers deliberately destroyed the CCTV after the cables were cut. Edward lost valuable evidence from the CCTV.
"Are there any indications from insiders? I see they are very familiar with the location of the CCTV situation in my company!" Edward was suspicious, but he couldn't be sure who the person he suspected was the insider.
"We can't say for sure yet, Mr. Edward. We have to investigate everything in this case, and we'll let you know the results later!" replied the policeman bluntly.
"Okay! Now can you take the two of us to our file and securities room?" Edward asked.
"Just let me drive him, Mr. Policeman!" cried the security guard offered himself. Edward, Frans, and the police looked at the security guard.
"No need, you just heal your wound. And let the police take us!" Edward answered firmly.
"But sir, I feel guilty about this incident. I was too careless in carrying out my duties," he said with a slightly pitiful face.
"Don't argue too much! I'm a person who doesn't like to be argued with!" he snapped. "Come on Frans, let's go upstairs!"
Frans followed Edward who had already entered the elevator with the police. The button bearing the number 20 was pressed. The elevator runs slowly, one continuous number on the screen at the top of the elevator changes until they arrive at their intended floor.
On the front, the door looks damaged as a result of being broken into and destroyed by force with a weapon. The state security lock shattered and lying on the floor. "Come, sir!" The police ordered Edward and Frans to follow. "We beg you not to touch any of the items here so the evidence won't be lost!" asked the cop. Edward and Frans nodded.
Very chaotic situation. All files were scattered everywhere, then drawers were scattered on the floor. The door to the cupboard where valuable files were stored was damaged by the robbers. In fact, the safe that had the code was successfully broken into.
"That's bad!" Frans went straight to the safe. What he was worried about and the information from the security guard in the lobby was completely lost. "Our investors' stock papers have disappeared, Young Master!" said Frans. His face was pale, he was weak to see the contents of the safe were gone.
"We'll take care of it later, Uncle Frans," Edward said, already dizzy from hearing Frans's words. "And you, Mr. Police, I beg you to find the robbers and jail them. If necessary, shoot them dead!" Edward demanded through his teeth, a sign he really wanted to get revenge on the robbers.
"Yes, sir! We'll do our best to do this job."
"Thank you," Edward said. "Come on uncle, let's go home. And let these police work in peace!" ask Edward to go from there. The young man's head felt very dizzy hearing sentence after sentence about the losses his company had to bear. Moreover, he had never faced investors in the company.
Frans followed, feeling worried about the company he was in charge of. Moreover, the losses that will be borne by the company are not insignificant. "Shit, who are the robbers? What's wrong with them?" thought Frans, his eyes still looking at the empty safe.
And below, Edward's gaze was very sharp from the time he exited the elevator to the lobby. "You try to investigate the security guard, and give me all the data!"
"What's the matter, sir?"
"Just follow my orders, don't get caught by the security guard if we investigate it!"
"Yes, Young Master!" Frans said not daring to argue any further.
****
To Be Continued.