He was thinking, and once again, the waitress interrupted his thoughts by bringing his food. Julian began to eat while looking at people talking with their friends and companions. When he finished, he went to the waitress, paid for the food, and left the restaurant toward the library. When he arrived, he entered, greeted everyone, and went to George in his office.
Julian knocked on George's office door... George said: "Enter!"
Julian entered and sat on a chair, beginning to talk with George: "George, I want a request from you!"
George, raising his head and staring at Julian: "What do you want, tell me?"
Julian: "I want a slightly difficult mission from you to develop my level!"
George opened a drawer in his office, took out many papers, and started searching through them. Suddenly, he pulled out a paper and gave it to Julian.
**Rank 2 Mission:** Investigation into a heinous murder crime. The victims are a family consisting of a father, a mother, their fifteen-year-old son, and his sister, who is about two years old. All the family members died in their small house on 1st Beatrix Street, Alley 11. The police thought the cause of death was not an ordinary murder, but a plan studied for months by the killer, who was not satisfied with just killing them but tortured them. Before killing them, he killed their two-year-old daughter. The strange thing is that the son did not die. When the police investigated him, he said he was buying something from outside and only found the bodies afterward. This case has not been solved until now.
Julian: "I want someone to take me there; I want assistants."
George: "Alright!"
Julian rode his carriage with assistants to the crime scene. When they arrived, he got out of the carriage, they opened the house door, and entered.
Roland: "A slightly heinous accident. How will we find the criminal when the accident was a month ago? The criminal must have escaped by now."
Julian: "Listen to me, I want you to search the whole house. If you find anything suspicious regarding the son, bring it to me."
Everyone scattered in the house to search, but only minutes passed before one of them shouted and said: "Come look!"
Everyone rushed toward him, and when they saw, there was a secret door in the house hidden in the son's room. They entered and saw a room with a foul smell. Everyone started searching for something, but then Julian found a book in one of the desk drawers and opened it.
**The diary of Balmond (the son's name):** *"My father is a very nervous person. When he comes, he comes drunk and angry, starting a fight with my mother. I would just be watching their fight, afraid for my mother. But one day, my father hit my mother a strong blow that made her lose consciousness. I couldn't stand in my place; I went and hit him with an iron bar on his head. But he didn't lose consciousness from the blow; he only bled from his head. He looked at me, grabbed me, and started hitting and insulting me every day in the same way. But one day, I wanted to defend my mother, but she shocked me and said: 'Get away, it's none of your business.' She hit me, and from that day, I am angry and I hate my family."*
Roland: "This opens many things, but we don't know the killer yet."
Julian: "I figured it out!"
Roland: "Who is the killer?"
Oswald: "I expect it's the son!"
Julian, laughing: "I found it! Indeed, the son is the killer. To confirm my doubts, bring the son to me."
Oswald went to bring the son, but Julian and Roland were still discovering things in the secret room. Before the boy came to Julian, Julian talked with Roland about things we don't know yet.
Julian was sitting in the living room, and as he sat, the son entered and sat down. Julian didn't give any importance to the son; he lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.... Then Julian spoke and said: "Where were you during the accident?"
Balmond, nervously: "I was outside getting some things."
Julian with complete coldness: "What are these things?"
Balmond: "Why do you want to know? It won't benefit you; I want my family's rights!"
Julian hit the table hard with his hand: "Speak!"
Balmond, with signs of tension appearing on his face: "Some vegetables and milk."
Suddenly, a person entered with Roland.
Godfrey: "Hello, Julian."
Julian: "You are one of the old investigators of the accident, correct?"
Godfrey: "Correct!"
Julian: "What was in the fridge?"
Godfrey: "Some vegetables, milk, and meat!"
Julian, laughing and looking at the boy: "Why are you lying?"
Balmond: "I was just nervous!"
Julian: "Godfrey, at what time did the father start and finish work?"
Godfrey: "He starts at 7:00 AM early and finishes at 3:00 PM."
Julian, laughing in the boy's face again: "The accident happened at exactly 3:30 PM. You were studying and finished at 2:00 PM. You are the one who put nails in your father's carriage so he would come late and you could complete your plan."
Balmond, screaming, wanting to escape: "I am not the killer!"
He tried to escape, but he was tied with chains to the chair and couldn't stand up.
Julian took a diary out of his pocket, and when the boy saw it, he started screaming. The boy threw a knife that he brought out of nowhere at Julian's face, but Julian deflected it with his hat.
Julian: "You killed your mother because one day you wanted to protect her but she hit you. You didn't understand the situation; your brain thought she hated you, but she was protecting you and you didn't know. Also, you killed your sister who had the attention of your parents. They only loved their newborn, and your mind thought she was an intruder in the family. You killed her and hid your mother's body with you."
Balmond, crying, wanting to get out of the chains with all his strength: "I didn't do it, please leave me!"
Julian, with total coldness and without any feelings toward the boy, said: "Arrest him."
The assistants took him to prison and then to court to be tried. Julian sat to hear the judgment.
The Judge: "After the session and the resolution of evidence proving it's the boy, he is sentenced to life imprisonment."
The boy was crying, and people were sympathizing and comforting him. But Julian, with cold blood, walked out of the hall, happy with his investigation for justice.