Bab 13: The Cave
"Love! Been forever, I almost thought you got killed!" Teddy said once he picked up. "You wouldn't have even been able to taste my spicy tamales recipe."
Wolfe sneered at this. "First he calls you love and next he cooks for you? Is there something you haven't been telling me, Leon Mo? Something about..... I don't know, you're credibility as some 'straight' man?"
"Oh, your hook-up is still with you," Teddy said. "You guys sounds more serious with how jelly he's acting, love. Don't tell me you got bent?"
"Teddy... This is Wolfe Fang, my fiance. It's complicated, family-related stuff." Leon had no choice but to formally introduce the two to diffuse whatever this one-sided rivalry they were having.
"Wolfe, this is Teddy Han, my main contact at Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, France and my best bud. He calls every single person in the world love, it's a British thing. Or maybe just a Teddy thing, really."
"Yes, Wolfe love! My, my, my this is the shock of the century for the office, Leon!" Teddy exclaimed. "The great Casanova, the Lion King of all fuckboys itself.... Now bethroted to a man? The Pres would sure like to hear this---"
"Don't you dare mention anything to the President." Leon said testily. "If you don't want me to bring up your 'night business' that he had long been asking me about."
"Ah. what a meanie! Blackmailing your 'best bud' now, eh?" Teddy chuckled.
Wolfe was surprised they could mention the President of their organization so casually. "I didn't know you were that chummy with the higher-ups. Your status is greater than I thought."
"Nah, our new President is just one of the most down-to-Earth geezers to grace the office." Leon said. "Anyway, Teddy, we're getting off track here. I messaged you about that Korean case, think you can gather up the details for me as quickly as possible?"
"That's like asking if the sun sets in the west. Of course I can give it to you in a jiffy. Right after you give me the tea about this whole fiance affair." Teddy Han must have been grinning wide at the other end of the phone.
Leon could imagine his sweet-looking baby face wearing that shit-eating grin and he wants to punch it right now. "I'll send those pics in the group chat if you don't send those files within 5 minutes. Time starts now."
"Ok, ok! Will get to work now. It was nice meeting you, Wolfe~ Let's have some drinks if you ever go to France, ok?"
He then hung up, and Leon felt relieved. He turned to Wolfe, who's arms were still crossed.
"What pics?" He asked.
"Hmm?"
"The pics you mentioned and night business. I thought I'm the one who came from a family fo blackmailers, but you're quite skilled at this Leon Mo." Wolfe said mockingly.
"It's not really that much of a blackmail. Everyone was pretty much aware of Teddy's night gig, he just doesn't want the people finding out where he does it or else the whole office would barge in the show and become his groupies."
"Show?" Wolfe was confused. "But doesn't he already have a job at Interpol?"
"More like a hobby. Man, you're just as nosy as him. Is that a standard for everyone in the entertainment industry?" Leon started walking out of the MSS building, and Wolfe followed after.
"Well, as your future 'fiance', I suppose I have the liberty to know some things about your private life now, right?" He said. "Come on, I'm really curious here. I want to know that guy's secret."
"Why? Coz you don't like him and want something as blackmail?" Leon guessed.
"No.... He did say he want to be friends and have drinks." Wolfe tried to lie as convincingly as he can, but he knows it has no effect on someone as good at face-reading as Leon.
When Leon just raised an eyebrow cockingly at him, he scoffed. "Fine, don't tell me. I'll find out myself using my family's connections. I can even find the info you're having him search for faster with the Fang network."
"Ah, fine. He's a drag performer."
Wolfe was about to type something on his phone, and stopped at this. "What?"
"Teddy Bear is his drag name. Everyone knows it, but only I have seen him perform and found the pub he does shows at." Leon said. "He's proud of it, but he's pretty thin-skinned when showered with that much affection from men, and would immediately go haywire for it. That's why he didn't want anyone to know."
"That's..... That's it?" Wolfe could not believe his ears.
"Yeah. Hmm, you do have a point that you might find info faster." Leon said. "Guess it's time for you to have the 'spotlight' this time. Let's go to the Cave."
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The Cave or Dongxue was a much, much smaller building than the Den, and it does not have any scary underground killing floors.
The Cave was just like your average information and tech support agency. Once you enter, you will find an average desk manned by a single receptionist, one security guard that was sleeping after reading the daily newspaper, and average office workers going behind their desks and wearing headphones.
But Leon Mo knew very well that he could not be fooled by this normal appearance. After all, the Fang criminal empire was responsible in single-handedly destroying seven other mafia families and having them caught by the police, without incriminating themselves.
They really were like a pack of hungry wolves. They were ruthless, and would eat a dog in this dog-eat-dog world.
"Can I get access to the Alpha, please?" Wolfe said, smiling at the receptionist.
The receptionist recognized him right away, and said, "Right upstairs, sir. Second door to the right."
"Thank you." Wolfe nodded, and winked at her. The receptionsit blushed.
Now it's Leon's turn to be intrigued. "You frequent here often?"
"Let's just say my parents tried their best to convince me from getting into the showbiz life by showing me what it's like from the outsiders' perspective," Wolfe said. "I was taught how to be a paparazzi before I became a celebrity myself. So I know very well how to avoid, detect and subdue them."
"Quite handy for your very active dating life." Leon shrugged. "Too bad it's the people who taught you the ropes that got you caught in the end."
Wolfe shrugged too, but more in a condescending way. "That just means my family is the best."
Wolfe and Leon went inside this tiny room, where a single, simple computed was there, connected to several wires.
"This is the Alpha. Our family's most prized possession and greatest invention." Wofle sat down at the swivel chair in front of it. "This little baby is a magician that can give you all the secrets you seek in one click."
"Try searching for 'fetus soup mafia' then."
Wolfe chuckled. "No can do. In order for the Alpha to work, you need to input the right words. Just like how Ali Baba need to say 'Open Sesame'."
Wolfe started to type quickly a series of codes, and eventually click enter, as the system started to run all the input he placed.
"Ta Da~ We got 110 hits, filtered to be only useful ones with no memes or 4chan theories." Wolfe said. "Well, some of them are useful, but Alpha knows to detect from what's not."
Leon scanned the results with him, and his eyes widened at one of them.
"This one. It mentions Heifu Yang Club." He said, narrowing his eyes. "Rumors of child pornography and prostitution inside the club, along with disappearance and trafficking..."
"How does that relate to our case? I mean, it's very awful but these are more like pre-pubescent children and teenagers. We're after babies."
"That's because Heifu Yang.... Is where Wu Bei used to work as a waitress."
Wolfe Fang's eyes widened at this, and Leon grinned at him. "How about we go clubbing tonight?"
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