Sophia took out the notebook and saw the list made by Woody which consisted of the names of the people who knew about what had happened to her mother, Annabel.
Knowing that the Mitchell Family would learn that the money had already been taken away sooner or later, she had to get the latest updates on the people in the list because they might have started investigating Annabel after watching Cooper’s video.
It was only a matter of time before they linked the matter to her and hence, she had to know their next move so that she could do some preparation in advance.
Back at The Imperial, Sophia went to the basement with her notebook and started running some searches in the database created by Abel. She keyed in the names of the people included in Woody’s list into the database in order to get more information about their identities.
Two of them who had retired were suffering from dementia just like Woody. After completing her search, she noticed that Abel was still trying to track down Cooper. He had listed around a hundred suspects in the database and he was now trying to inspect them one by one. Anyone who had some similarities with Cooper would make that list.
Suddenly, she walked to the back and said to Abel, “You should stop searching for Cooper because our priority now is to look for the Phantom Wolf’s leader.”
Abel was puzzled. “Don’t you want to look for him since he’s your father?”
“There are only two possiblities which can explain why he didn’t reappear up until now: firstly, he really died in that accident and secondly, he is still alive but he really doesn’t want to appear in public again. No matter which one of the two is the truth, I don’t see the point in carrying on the search,” Sophia said.
Right now, Sophia had already deemed Cooper as a dead man. However, Abel didn’t share the same sentiment.
Cooper was someone very important to him and he had to track him down because he knew there was no way he could have died. Also, Cooper was one of the very few people who had seen Phantom Wolf’s leader in person before and he had even met him in two different phases.
Therefore, Abel was of the opinion that as long as they managed to locate Cooper, they would be able to locate Phantom Wolf’s leader too! That was the reason why he couldn’t give up searching for Cooper!
“I’m merely carrying out Boss’s instruction and he wanted me to get to him regardless of whether he is alive or dead. Also, he’s a very crucial clue that can lead us to Phantom Wolf’s leader.”
Abel then continued his investigation on the list of suspects. Meanwhile, his men were carrying out field investigations everywhere in the world and they had been constantly uploading all the information they managed to glean to the database. So, Abel’s task was to analyze the plethora of information to see whether there was anything useful.
Standing behind Abel, Sophia watched him as he analyzed the identity of a pianist named William according to the information provided in the database. He was a pianist from a very influential background who was an enthusiast of calligraphy and was well-versed in Cethosian culture. Clues like these were important in deciding whether he was likely to be Cooper.
A video of William performing at a piano concert was transferred to the database. Judging from the timestamp, the video was taken yesterday and it was clear enough for them to look at his most up-to-date condition.
Abel scrutinized the video, careful not to miss out any detail so that he could spot the similarities William might share with Cooper. William’s latest handwritings, contour and thumbprint later appeared in the database so that a comparison could be then done between his information and Cooper’s.
At that juncture came Sophia’s uninterested voice, “This man isn’t Cooper.”
Abel turned round and queried, “How can you be sure of that?”
Staring at William in the video, Sophia commented, “I observed how Cooper played piano in videos very carefully before but the man in this video doesn’t have the same vibe. So, he can’t be Cooper.”
Abel decided to eliminate William from the list of suspects since Sophia had said so. For the next few guys he analyzed, Sophia was able to give him the answer.
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