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closed. @exs-et-ohs​

Geralt sighed as he closed the door to his office behind him. He threw his leather jacket across his chair and sat down on his desk. A huge pile of files lay on the right side but he looked at them with a plaintive gaze. The most important was the case in the file in front of him. This whole thing started a week ago as worried citizens told the police about disturbing videos appearing on social media websites. Starting with rape and torture through to murder; everything was involved. Pictures which gave the new recruits nauseous feelings and probably the first trauma. But for Geralt it hadn’t be new. He knew such videos from the dark net and even within there only experts knew how to find that stuff.

All the more it became critical that such videos were now free to watch by everyone. And they became more every day. Geralt sighed when he thought back to the the press report from yesterday. Again, it was the fault of the police. They should have reacted much earlier and now they were acting too slowly. Geralt ran his fingers through his hair and opened the file. The papers inside showed pictures from the latest video. A young man was tortured to the bitter end. And the man wasn’t unknown. It was the son of a famous actor who vanished three years ago while on a walk. Half a year ago, the search was stopped. And now they got this video.

But the most mysterious thing wasn’t the video itself or that it showed that the young man was still alive. No. This video didn’t get published on any social media website but found its way directly to the police via an anonymous hint. Which meant the culprit played with them. And he wanted to show who got the upper hand in this game. Geralt closed the file when the door to his office opened and a man stepped inside. “Hey, Wolf”, Vesemir greeted him. He was the chief of this office. Geralt rolled his eyes when he heard his nickname. He hated it. His colleagues gave it to him a few years ago. Vesemir always tried to explain to him that the others just wanted to praise his sense for the solution of many cases with this name. But Geralt knew better. His rough and eccentric nature didn’t only scare off his last three partners but often brought conflicts with his colleagues on himself. He was the lonely wolf in this office.

“Good Morning, Vesemir”, Geralt said and stood up. The chief smiled. “I see that you’re already into the case. Perfect. I’m sure you remember the last meeting where we talked about external support.” Geralt nodded. A few days ago they had sat down with some colleagues from other offices to discuss the best way to approach this case. Geralt had made the suggestion to get an IT expert into the team which only resulted in tired laughs. Until Vesemir took the suggestion and turned it into a good idea.