Ding!
[criteria for side mission has been met]
[SIDE MISSION: Identify and expose your rival and get corrupt inspectors jailed within 3 days]
[REWARDS: will be calculated based on how well the side mission was completed]
System Countdown: 2 days, 23 hours, 59 min.
Eron placed a glass of warm water on Lyria's table and sat opposite her. "Miss Lyria, I think this is related to my previous boss." He took a deep breath. "Yesterday, he told me to resign and come work for him again. I refused, of course. I just remembered that he is a very petty bastard."
"No need to worry," Lyria said calmly. "Take today as an off-day. Once this is resolved, we're going to be busier than ever."
"Okay. Take care of yourself, ma'am," Eron said before heading out.
Lyria sat back, replaying Tessa's arrest in her mind. If she wasn't mistaken, Tessa had winked at her. As they were leading her away, Tessa had crossed two fingers with her thumb bent .Lyria felt that this reaction was very familiar then she went through her memory again that was when she realized that this was their way of communicating. It means: I am lying act along. The first thing she did was check the cameras which showed no shady activity and then she realized yesterday night record can not be found which means the cameras were not working and that is not possible. Then she went to check Tessa's stuff where she found a rabbit plushie, which she wanted to return but she saw a note quoted "I forgot it at the café last night" which made her remember last night conversation before Tessa slept.
"Lyria I can't find my plushie, I placed a camera in it so it can record how I sleep" Tessa moved to the wardrobe "like I need to know if I sleep cutely or not. If I do it's great but if I don't I have to learn to, but now I can't even find it.
"Tessa don't be weird who wants to record theirselves while sleep" Lyria said with a sign...
So Lyria took the plushie and removed it memory card which she played on her newly bought clawputer (yeah guys computer 🤧)
Then she saw someone entering the building wearing a face cap, a mask and a coat. The person dropped something at each hidden spot. Seeing this Lyria said with a smirk "got you". When she arrived home that evening, her family was gathered in the sitting room, expressions heavy with worry. Her mother, Serena, was pacing the floor. The moment she saw Lyria, she pulled her into a tight hug.
"Darling, are you alright?" Serena asked, her voice thick with heartache.
"I'm fine, Mom."
"About Tessa..." Finn started, but he trailed off, unsure of what to even ask.
Lyria didn't stay to talk. She went straight to her room, locked the door, and showered. Once changed, she sat before her Clawputer. Her fingers flew across the keys. To an observer, the screen would have been a blur of densely packed green code. Lyria was systematically dismantling the firewalls of Jake's Clawcom and the Golden Crust security system. "Thank God I learned a lot in my last life," Lyria muttered.
She breached Jake's call records and nearly laughed. "I don't know whether to be happy or insulted that he's too stupid to delete his logs."
She mirrored his entire database and then took a bigger risk: she hacked into the government server to pull files on Jacinta and the other inspectors. She left quickly not knowing she was noticed. Elsewhere in an isolated place on an island, people sitting in front of a computer where trying to hack the ip address of the person who just into the government firewall like as if it is their playground. Inside the inspectors' personal devices, Lyria found even darker secrets—evidence of past crimes they had kept as leverage against one another.
Meanwhile, Tessa sat in a cold steel room, facing a stern interrogator named Clark.
"Miss Tessa, how did you acquire the drugs?" Clark asked.
Tessa leaned forward, a teasing smile playing on her lips. "Mister Clark, I don't know if you know this, but you're actually exactly my type."
Clark blinked. "Excuse me?"
"If we were to have kids, how many would you want?"
Clark, a man who had been in the military before joining the force, turned bright red.
"Wow, you're definitely a cutie," Tessa giggled, watching his composure crumble.
"Please... Miss Tessa... just answer the question," Clark stammered.
"What do you like better?" Tessa whispered, leaning in further. "Being the one in charge, or being pinned to the bed?"
Clark cleared his throat so hard he nearly choked. He stood up and practically ran out of the room. The beastwoman who replaced him fared no better; Tessa was a relentless flirt when she wanted to be.
The next day Lyria's situation and the news about Moonpetal Coffee & Confections use of black ember was at the peak. That morning her mother came to Lyria after breakfast after noticing the dark circles and big eye bag . "Lyria, I can have friends to help if it is getting overwhelming and don't think too much sweetheart I am sure Tessa has her reasons" Serena said trying to reassure her.
"Mum everything will be resolved today and concerning Tessa, we are cool. " Lyria said with a smile."besides after this pass we will be a sensation and I won't be able to rest so I will just take it as my off day"
"ok moonbeam, then I am at ease" Serena said before living for work.
Cyris just smiled at her before taking Milo to school. While Orion and Finn had small talks with her before they left. She returned to her room to compile all the evidence she had gathered, By noon, Lyria had compiled the evidence. She uploaded it all to a decentralized, untraceable public forum. The things when sent online created a sensation so wild that all social platforms hanged for some time.
Netizen1: can you imagine she murdered that pregnant fecund".
"Netizen2:i can't belive this people are still working under the government after all this atrocities they have committed"
"Netizen3:this is the most explosive news of the year"
Then hastags like #punishcorruptofficials#JusticeForMoonpetal. Filled the top search.
Lyria then placed a call to police, officially suing both the inspectors and Jack. after thorough investigations with the evidence present the inspectors were jailed. Jack was sacked after which the new manager sent a public apology to Tessa, Lyria and Moonpetal Coffee & Confections. Very Early the next morning, Lyria stood outside the station as the doors opened. Tessa walked out, declared innocent and free.
The system chimed in Lyria's head
DING!
[SIDE MISSION COMPLETED]