"The way of one's soul is the way of one's world."
Hanover, Germany
A middle-aged man was reading the newspaper in his office when his phone rang. He picked up the phone and asked, "Who is it?" The other end said, "Consider me your well-wisher." The man looked at the number and said, "If you are my well-wisher, then why are you calling me from an untraceable number?" The other end laughed, "Are you interested in making big money quickly?"
The old man smiled, "If you are someone from those crap pyramid schemes, then you are just wasting both of our time?" The other end smiled, "Time is money, Mr. Edward, and I have a proposition that will give you a lot of money for just two hours of your life." Mr. Edward smiled, "If you know my name, then I think you should also know who I am. So, tread carefully." The other end said, "Fine. I just thought you wanted some help winning the upcoming elections. Your opponent, Mr. Hendrick looks quite strong and many believe he will win with a large majority."
Mr. Edward asked, "How would I know this is not a trap?" The other end said, "I knew you would say so. Open your window." Mr. Edward walked towards the window behind him and opened it. An arrow flew inside with a letter tied to it. The other end said, "Read the letter." Mr. Edward opened the letter and read.
"Don't read aloud and if your answer is yes, then disconnect the call. My man will call you from another number. As you already know, Rico Martinez is looking eagerly for a big deal in Germany and one fine individual is planning to fulfill his wish. I want you to call the number that my man will give you and introduce yourself to him and tell him that you won't tolerate whatever he is doing and will take strict action if he leaves the country. You will get 50 million for this small help. The money will be in cash and you will receive it after I confirm your call. What is your opinion?"
Mr. Edward looked at the letter and then disconnected the call.
Minutes later, a phone call came on his phone and he picked it up. The other end said, "The job is very simple. You just have to call this number and say the things you heard in the previous call. Don't talk too much and just say everything in a daunting voice." The phone got disconnected and Mr. Edwards looked at the phone screen where a number flashed. He dialed the number and after a few rings, the other end received the call and asked, "Who is it?"
Mr. Edwards said in a daunting voice, "I am Mr. Heinrich Edwards and I won't tolerate whatever you are planning to do and will take strict actions against you if you do anything." The other end quickly disconnected the call. Mr. Edwards looked at his phone screen where a message appeared, "Good. Open your door. The bag contains the money." He opened the door and a bag full of money was there. He looked at the money and smiled.
Berlin, Germany
Andrich quickly dialed a number and after few rings the other end replied angrily, "¿Por qué carajo me llamas a estas horas? ¡IDIOTA!" Andrich said grimly, "Because it is urgent, Mr. Martinez. The German authorities know about our deal and have threatened me that if I do anything, they will arrest me and put me behind bars." Rico Martinez grunted, "How the hell those dogs sniffed out about our deal? ¿NO TUVISTE CUIDADO, IMBÉCIL?" Andrich said grimly, "I already told you that it is a very big deal and many people are already keeping eyes on us. If you had taken the consignment earlier, things wouldn't have been such worse?" Rico said angrily, "Time is important, idiot. If I had taken the consignment earlier, VPS would have destroyed it too. I know how to do my business. A careless person like you don't have to tell me."
Andrich asked nervously, "Now what?" Rico said laughing, "Ahora te mataré, bastardo." Andrich said, "Stop joking. I will die either way if I am caught with such a huge amount of consignment with me." Rico said, "Bolivia is hot, too. Those Haitian bitches are causing a lot of nuisance here. I will send my men in Germany and you can show them the place where you have stored your consignment. Your money will be late, but this is the only viable option right now." Andrich said, "No, no. Germany is bad place. We have to conduct the deal somewhere outside of Germany. Amsterdam is good." Rico said, "Fine. I will tell my brother, Luis to go there. He will take the consignment from you and will bring it back to Bolivia by the sea route. After the authenticity is confirmed, I will send you the money to your account. Okay?" Andrich said, "Okay." Rico smiled, "Call me when you reach the Dutch land." He disconnected the call and sighed.
Turkey
Vikram was sitting in his room, drinking green tea when Giovanni entered the room and said, "There is a man have come to meet you, sir." Vikram smiled, "I knew he would come. Send them in." Giovanni nodded and a few minutes later, a tall, dark man walked inside the room. Vikram smiled, "Welcome, my friends. It's been quite a while since you last visited me." The man smiled, "Your antics are becoming so bigger nowadays that I have to come here and meet you personally. After all, I represent the High Table."
Vikram smiled, "Re-enacting the High Table doesn't make you the same powerful as the previous one. I don't have anything to say to you." The man sat beside him and said, "Your disturbance in South America is already being observed by my seniors and now you are planning to cause disturbance in Europe too. I am saying it for the last time, the consequences will be dire." Vikram smiled, "I didn't come this far to shiver on some random person's threats. I have done all my calculations. You can wag your tail back to your masters and tell them that if they want to keep messing with my principles, I will sooner or later, make them suffer the consequences. After all, the High Table has been destroyed once already."
The man said grimly, "Don't challenge the people who are keeping you afloat. If they remove their support, you will turn into ashes in seconds." Vikram looked at him and said, "You are sitting in my house and threatening me. Do you think your masters will rescue you if I make you my hostage?" The man smiled, "Kidnapping a mediator of the High Table is a direct assault on the integrity of the High Table. They will do much more than rescue me." Vikram smiled, "Fine. I want to see what the hell those fuckers can do?" He took out his gun and shot the man in his forehead. Giovanni ran inside and asked, "Sir? Are you okay?" He looked at the dead body of the man and asked, "Should I prepare dinner?" Vikram smiled, "Don't worry. We will have our dinner in Japan." Giovanni smiled, "Japan?" Vikram looked at the dead body and smiled, "It's time to ignite some old flames."
Brentford, Great Britain
Nafisa was sitting in the bath tub and was listening to violin music, when her phone rang. She picked up the phone and sighed on seeing Andrich calling. She mumbled, "I am going to die between these idiots." She said, "Don't call me, Andrich. I have already talked with VPS and he will not do any kind of deal with you." Andrich said angrily, "I told you that bastard won't do any deal with me. But, you were so eager to talk with him, that you disclosed all the details to him and told him all about my deal with Rico. Why did you tell you that?" Nafisa asked, "So, what? What happened now?" Andrich said grimly, "Disaster happened. That idiot interfered in my business and tipped the German dogs about my deal with Rico and now if I make a deal with Rico, they will arrest me." Nafisa asked, "So, the deal is off?" Andrich said angrily, "Are you mad? Do you think I would waste millions of drugs? I changed the location and now we do the deal outside of Germany." Nafisa asked, "Then, what is the problem?"
Andrich said grimly, "The problem is VPS. If he can interfere once, he can interfere again. I want you to keep an eye on him and tell me all of his movements. I want to know where he goes, whom he meets and what he does till the deal is successful." Nafisa said angrily, "That's why I fear for you. VPS is a lot more shrewd than us. He will instantly know if I keep an eye on him." Andrich said grimly, "Then, consider our deal eliminated." Nafisa said grimly, "No. Our deal is important. I will think of a way. When is the deal?" Andrich said grimly, "At the end of this month." Nafisa said, "Good. I will arrange something by then." Andrich said grimly, "I am counting on you. Don't dare disappoint me." He disconnected the call.
Nafisa walked towards her room and wore her clothes. She looked at the mirror and was about to pick up the comb, when her phone rang. She picked up the phone and said angrily, "What the hell, Vikram? When will you stop torturing me? Every time you do this. I try to do something good and you create obstacles in it."
Vikram said grimly, "I don't know what you are talking about. I just called you to remind you that the next container is leaving Nairobi again. This time they are transporting the container by plane. Make sure that the plane doesn't reach its destination." Nafisa said angrily, "The plane will not reach its destination. But, I have an urgent thing to talk about." Vikram said, "Fine. Reach Osaka by tomorrow. I am staying there for a week. Shinzo and Anbu will appreciate your presence." Nafisa sighed, "When will you start listening to other people's advice?" Vikram smiled, "When they start listening to mine." He disconnected the call.
Osako, Japan
Five Japanese men were sitting in a room. Two maidens entered the room and placed green tea and snacks before them and bowed before them. Ten minutes later, a man entered the room and looked at them and bowed. The soldiers bowed too. The man sat before them and said in Japanese, "Thanks a lot for meeting me here on such short notice. I don't want to waste your precious time, so I will come to the point straight. As you all know, the Kyoto and Tokyo heads have decided to join hands with the new High Table.
They think it will provide them the same security and prestige that the previous High Table gave their predecessors. But, we all know that is far from true. In fact, the newly formed High Table is just a congregation of opportunistic and treacherous snakes who will not think twice before damaging our prestige and misusing our resources for their own selfish motives. Their head, Hutch Dempsey is planning to extend his influence in South Asia by luring weak and derelict crime families. Many are saying that Jimmy Law was a major supporter of the High Table and was also a prominent figure in the High Table. But, both Jimmy Law and the High Table are dead. Malaysia and Thailand are now no longer considered a family and Indonesia is also out of our map. India and its neighbouring countries are still developing.
So, only Japan is the place that wretched bastard, Dempsey has his eyes on. So, as the head of various police and crime prevention agencies, I request all of you to stop them." Mr. Hiroshi Yamada, the chief of the Japan Police Department, JPD looked at the man and said, "Pardon me, Shinzo-san. But, your brother, Haruto himself is involved with them. He killed three of my officers last week when they caught him in a warehouse filled with illegal arms." Shinzo looked at him and said, "I understand your query, Mr. Yamada. Haruto is a disgrace to our family name. But, what can I do? He is our blood after all. But, next time you face him, you have my permission to take strict action against him."
Mr. Daichi, the President of the Japan Anti-corruption Bureau said, "Your connection with VPS is not a secret anymore. The antics he does is too much. Many big organizations are already trying to arrest him. So, how can we work with you when you have befriended such a big criminal?" Shinzo smiled, "Criminal? I call him a revolutionary. He could have been a very successful and great scientist, but unjust and unlawful people stopped him. But, he didn't give up and decided to fight back. No one is born a criminal, the society makes them."
Mr. Kaminari, the head of the Japan Joint People Party, JJPP said, "Whatever the reason maybe, we cannot let him linger amongst us. It will ruin our reputation." A voice came from behind, "The ones who have power never lose their reputation." Everyone looked behind and saw Vikram standing there. Shinzo smiled and hugged him. He said, "I am surprised to see you, Vikram." Vikram smiled, "Actually something happened unfortunately and I have come here to seek your help." Shinzo smiled, "Just tell me what happened?" Vikram smiled, "I accidentally killed a mediator of the High Table." Everyone looked at him with shock as Vikram looked at them and smiled...