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THE WHITE WITCH
Ethan’s eyes narrowed. “Then what is the key?”The caller breathed shakily. “The accountant.”Rachel’s fingers froze above the keyboard.Ethan’s voice dropped. “What is his name.”“I cannot say it on this line,” the caller said. “But if you really want to catch Gideon Harrick, stop chasing the money and start chasing his accountant.”Ethan did not answer immediately. His eyes remained fixed on the speaker as the distorted breathing continued on the other end of the line. Something about the caller did not sound rehearsed. The fear was real, and people rarely risked their lives without a reason.His voice stayed calm. “Why?” he asked. “Why help us? If you know this much, why come to me?”The room fell silent again. Even Marcos stopped trying to trace the signal, waiting for the answer. Mira folded her arms tightly, while Rachel unconsciously held her breath.The caller let out a slow, trembling sigh. “Because some debts cannot be repaid with money,” the voice said quietly. “Some can on
FOLLOWING THE MONEY 2
By midnight the next day, the investigation room no longer looked like an office. It looked like a battlefield made of numbers.Screens covered the walls with transaction maps, bank routes, fake vendor names, and red lines connecting one organization to another. Rachel sat before three monitors, her eyes were tired but focused. Marcos stood beside her with a tablet in one hand and a printed ledger in the other, while Mira moved between the screens, pinning each new discovery to the larger pattern.Rachel finally pushed back from her keyboard and said, “Master Ethan, the twelve million dollars was only the first visible crack. When we expanded the search beyond the Verdanis War Recovery Trust, the missing money became much larger.”Ethan stood behind her, his arms folded. “How much larger?”Marcos answered before Rachel could. “One hundred and eighty-three million dollars connected to relief operations cannot be properly accounted for. Some of it is missing. Some of it was redirected.
FOLLOWING THE MONEY 1
Three days after Gideon Harrick called poor citizens economic burdens, Ethan Xavier discovered that the stolen relief money carried Gideon's own fingerprints.The emergency audit room inside Xavier Group headquarters was cold, quiet, and filled with screens. Financial records covered the central table. Donation files, bank confirmations, foundation reports, and procurement approvals had been arranged in clean rows, but nothing about them felt clean anymore.Ethan stood at the head of the table, his eyes fixed on the report Mira had placed before him. Rachel Byrne stood beside the main screen, while Marcos Hale worked through a transaction map on his tablet. Three senior officers from Xavier Group’s philanthropy division sat opposite Ethan, and none of them looked comfortable.Mira spoke first, her voice was controlled but heavy. “Master Ethan, we completed the first internal review. Sixty percent of the funds routed through the Verdanis War Recovery Trust came from Xavier Group humani
THE QUIET THEFT
Meanwhile across the city, Ethan sat in his private study, still wearing the simple clothes from the rally. The wig and moustache were on the table beside him, but the anger from Gideon’s words had not left his face. Screens displayed news clips of the rally, and one replay showed Gideon humiliating him before the cheering crowd.Ethan picked up the remote and replayed the same moment again. He was not studying Gideon's words anymore. He was studying the crowd. Every laugh, every cheer, every approving face told him something about the country he had fought to save. A leader could not ignore what people believed, even when those beliefs had been carefully manipulated.Mira stood across from him with a folder in her hands. “The clip is already spreading. His supporters are calling you an ignorant heckler. They do not know it was Ethan Xavier, of course.”Ethan watched the frozen image of Gideon smiling on stage. “Good. Let them think that.”Mira searched Ethan's face for any sign of wo
NUMBERS AND PEOPLE
Gideon Harrick smiled for cameras at the rally, but three hour later, that smile became colder behind closed doors.The private conference room inside Harrington Financial Group headquarters while was miles far away from the campaign ground smelled of leather, coffee, and expensive cigars. Tall glass walls overlooked the capital, where campaign posters still carried Gideon’s face across digital billboards. Around the long black table sat investors, bankers, corporate lawyers, and campaign advisers. These were not ordinary supporters. These were the people who paid for campaigns and expected policies in return.The atmosphere inside the room was completely different now. There were no campaign songs, no cheering supporters, and no patriotic slogans. Here, every smile had a price, and every handshake represented an investment waiting for a return. Politics was merely another business meeting for the people gathered around the table.One heavyset investor laughed as a screen replayed th
THE WRONG MAN TO DISMISS
Gideon Harrick stared at Ethan for a few seconds, then gave a soft laugh that carried across the loudspeakers.The crowd waited. Cameras pointed towards Ethan the poor-looking man in the third row. Gideon’s smile returned, polished and calm, but his eyes now held irritation. He adjusted his suit jacket and looked Ethan over from his old shoes to his cheap brown coat.“My friend,” Gideon said smoothly, “before we discuss national economics, may I ask what you do for a living?”Ethan held the microphone with a steady hand. “I work.”A few people chuckled.Gideon’s smile widened. “That was not my question. I asked what you do.”Ethan looked at him without shame. “I trade.”That answer gave Gideon exactly what he wanted. He turned slightly toward the crowd, as if inviting them into the joke. “Ah. That explains the question. You see, economics is not as simple as selling fish, vegetables, or cheap goods in a roadside stall. We are discussing national budgets, investment flows, debt structu
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