|CHAPTER 1

As I sat down in my office chair, feeling drained, a sudden notification popped up on my phone: "Dreamer posted another chapter! Check it out!"

"Ah" ..

It's that unfamous author. I've always quite enjoyed her novels since they were interestingly realistic and always is connected to my previous cases. Though this chapter is a bit early, is it not?

This "Dreamer" seems to be a fan of my cases for her to write them so detailed... But I wonder how she knows about these things when they haven't even been published to the public. Could it be a stalker?

Nah. Could it?

"Stop using your phone, Charlie! We need you to focus on the current case."

It was a colleague of mine named Luan Shin, a very strict colleague.

"Yes, yes, I will. It's just that… something doesn't feel right."

Our current case is about a ten-year-old boy who was recently found dead near our building. By "near," I mean in our building's alleyway.

"What do you mean?" asked Luan.

"It's just that our building is full of CCTV cameras. And the fact that 'they' somehow committed the crime in our alleyway is slowing us down..."

That's right. The CCTV footage hasn't been given to us yet. We'll have to wait.

"Is the footage not here yet?" I asked as my colleague handed me a cup of coffee.

"Just wait, it should be here in an hour," he answered as he sat back down.

If so, I should just finish my stalker's recent chapter. I thought of it as sheepishly fun, so why not?

As I read Dreamer's novel, a little boy was mentioned.

A TEN-YEAR-OLD? KILLED AT THE—WAIT... NO WAY... NAH.

I double-checked again. It definitely says OP COMPANY, that's where I work. And where the ten-year-old died. The whole chapter seemed like it was a case solved by me...though the name given to this detective is 'sly fox' I wonder why.

"This... this is definitely interesting"

I said grinning as I found it very interesting

"Ah, here it is, the footage," Luan said with excitement. "Let's watch it after I finished liquidating, okay? " he continued as he went back in his office

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"Ye uhm sure"

I felt a a sudden unease.I didn't feel like looking at it because I didn't doubt Dreamer's recent chapter. Because all of her chapters were always accurate. I feel stupid for actually believing something outrageous.

As I finished the short chapter, my colleague and I watched the footage. The footage was exactly how Dreamer said it was going to be.

I now feel stupid for finishing a case that I've read about.

| Dreamer, exactly how can you write these things? |