Gotham Memoirs: 4-11 Criticisms

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The consequences of searching Councilman Harris' study are worse than I expected. Under pressure from the team, I have to find a way to make up for it.

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• I start on my new job and a new life upon joining Prosecutor Boseman's team.
• A week has passed, and I am familiarising myself with the work.
• My job involves writing press releases based on new evidence discovered by the team, and mailing them to news agencies.
• For me, it's not hard at all. In fact it's right up my alley.
• I thought everything would continue to go smoothly, but then we run into our first crisis...

• I am almost late for work due to a traffic jam, but manage to arrive in the last couple of minutes.
• You: (My clothes are all wrinkled... I should get changed before I head in.)

• Dressed and presentable, I put a smile on my face and walk towards Prosecutor Boseman's office.
• But I hear Thomson and Annie engaged in a fierce argument when I reach the door.
• Thomson: Am I wrong? It's all because Colvin gave herself away that we can't continue the surveillance.

• When I hear Thomson say my name, I hold my breath nervously and eavesdrop on the conversation.
• Annie: Thomson! It was just an accident!

• Thomson: Hmph, stop being so nice, Annie. So what if it wasn't intentional?

• Thomson: That sly fox is now getting suspicious. How are we going to keep an eye on him now?

• Annie: There's always another way... You're going to upset Miss Colvin if she hears what you said.

• Thomson: Well, she deserves it! Having someone like her on the team will just drag us all down.

• Annie: Please stop saying that. I'm sure Miss Colvin would feel worse than we can imagine...

• Thomson: If she were capable of feeling bad about her actions, she'd have done much better.

• Thomson: I've said it since the beginning, she's not reliable at all. She's the shortest stave of the team!

• You: (What happened? Why is Thomson calling me a burden to the team...?)

• I cautiously poke my head into the office and glance at everyone in the room. It turns out Prosecutor Boseman is present too.
• She is browsing her documents despite the fierce argument between the other two.
• Annie: Miss Colvin was only trying to get evidence. She did it for the team...

• Thomson: For the team you say! You can't just write off the trouble she caused by saying she was trying to help!

• Annie: Thomson, you're really...

• Thomson: I've already said this. She must face the consequences for her blunder. Who knows what else she might mess up otherwise.

• Annie: Miss Colvin's intention was to help Prosecutor Boseman too, isn't that right?

• Annie: You know how hard it is to gain proof of the councilman's crimes. You can't blame her.

• Thomson: Ever since that incident, he's suspected that someone's been watching him. He's increased the number of bodyguards and stepped up his security.

• Thomson: If she has any pride left, she should think of how to make up for her error, not let the whole team suffer for it.

• You: (Did Councilman Harris become more cautious because he discovered me in his study? Is this costing the team?)

• I stand quietly by the door and listen to Thomson's tirade, and feel guilty when Annie speaks up for me.
• You: (Thomson is right. It is all my fault that Councilman Harris is now suspicious...)

• While thinking about this, I accidentally knock my shoe against the door frame.
• Diane Boseman: Miss Colvin? You're here. Come on in.

• Both Thomson and Annie immediately clam up and shoot me complicated gazes. I see Thomson curl his lips in disapproval.
• You: I apologise. I heard everything from outside...

• Annie: Ah? Please don't take it to heart, Miss Colvin. We don't mean any harm.

• Thomson: So what? I can still say those things right to your face. You're useless!

• Annie: Thomson! I beg you, please stop talking!

• Thomson: Out of the way, Annie. It has nothing to do with you. Colvin is to blame for the halt in our investigations.

• You: I'm sorry...

• Thomson: If you have the time to be miserable, you should be thinking about how to salvage the team's losses.

• Diane Boseman: Enough, Thomson.

• Prosecutor Boseman snaps sternly at Thomson, and he shuts up.
• You: I'm really sorry, I didn't know that the consequences were so grave. I will do my best to think of a solution...

• Annie: Calm down, Miss Colvin.

• Annie brings me a cup of hot coffee and takes me aside to sit down. Prosecutor Boseman nods and begins to speak.
• Diane Boseman: I doubt Miss Colvin knows what has happened.

• You: I heard Thomson say that I aroused Councilman Harris' suspicions and he has increased the number of bodyguards...

• Diane Boseman: Well, things aren't as simple as that.

• Diane Boseman: Councilman Harris has started investigating his confidants and subordinates in secret. He is purging his personal team.

• Diane Boseman: He's also changed his personal line.

• You: Huh, his personal line?

• Thomson: You don't even know about that? Hey, are you telling me you don't know what we've been investigating all along...

• Annie: Thomson! Don't interrupt Prosecutor Boseman. I think Miss Colvin will be even more concerned about what's happening next.

• Annie hurriedly stops Thomson. He shuts up with a sheepish look on his face, and seems to have suddenly remembered something.
• Diane Boseman: Everything I've mentioned so far has only increased the difficulty of our investigations and slowed our progress...

• Diane Boseman: But what I'm about to tell you next involves the survival of our team.

• You: That's so serious...

• Diane Boseman: Councilman Harris has proposed to the mayor to abolish the special prosecutor office.

• Diane Boseman: If his proposal passes, our team will be dissolved.

• You: What? Why would he propose that?

• Diane Boseman: His reasoning is that the department requires high spending with no results to show.

• Thomson: Don't act like a naive kid. Don't you know how our mayor thinks?

• Annie: Alright, Thomson. Stop saying useless things.

• Diane Boseman: All you need to know is that the mayor intends to approve Councilman Harris' proposal to dissolve our department.

• You: Are things really this bad? Prosecutor Boseman, is there any way we can--

• Thomson: Are you seriously asking this? Would our team be in this state if not for you?

• Diane Boseman: Take a look at this, Miss Colvin.

• NEWSPAPER: Councilman Harris' approval ratings exceed 50%.
• You: This means that Councilman Harris is highly likely to get re-elected...

• Diane Boseman: Yes, that's how dire things are right now, and we're running out of time.

• Prosecutor Boseman takes a deep breath and gives me a pat on the shoulder.
• Diane Boseman: Miss Calvin, please don't mind Thomson's behaviour.

• Annie: Yes, it's a serious issue after all. Thomson is just bad tempered, but he has the best interests of the team at heart.

• You: Yes, I understand that...

• Diane Boseman: We shouldn't be pointing fingers right now. We need to gather more information as soon as possible to make progress.

• Diane Boseman: Producing actual results is the only way to save our department. Does everyone understand that?

• You: You're right, Prosecutor Boseman. But how do we begin?

• Annie: Our previous source of information has been completely cut off. We have to take a different approach to continue investigating.

• Thomson: As much as I hate to say this, we're counting on you now, Miss Colvin.

• You: What do you mean?

• Thomson: Well, you're friends with Councilman Harris' daughter, aren't you? You should see if you can get more information from her.

• You: But Miss Harris is probably unaware of everything. She's innocent...

• Annie: Wait, Thomson, you're putting Miss Colvin in a spot.

• Thomson: Think about it, Miss Colvin. Our team is about to be dissolved. Is this the time to be struggling with a dilemma?

• You: Miss Harris has always treated me as a friend. It doesn't feel right to treat her this way...

• Annie: I know you're a kind and upright person, Miss Colvin. But if we had any other choice, we wouldn't want to do this either.

• Thomson: Do you still not understand how grave the whole matter is?

• Annie: Alright Thomson, stop forcing Miss Colvin to agree. Let's see what Prosecutor Boseman has to say.

• Diane Boseman: By the way...Take a look at this too, Miss Colvin.

• You: These are...the secret documents I found?

• Diane Boseman: Yes, I got someone to decipher some of the information on it. We can see that the first part includes an alcohol transaction of some sort.

• Prosecutor Boseman motions to me to check out the part at the back. I see that there's a list of dates, locations, names, and some strange words.
• Diane Boseman: If you don't get it, read it together with the report in Officer Taylor's file.

• The cover page has Officer Taylor's name, police identification number, and precinct he was posted to.
• I flip open the file, skimming through the records in front. I pause at the last few pages, which record the missing person case of a girl named Amy.
• You: (Amy? That's Jessica's daughter's name... She must be Officer Taylor's granddaughter.)

• It says that Walter Taylor and Bob Wilson were in charge of investigating this missing person case.
• Taylor continued to investigate alone, and reported to his superiors the dozens of missing children cases which he had uncovered.
• I look at the list of victims. My heart aches as I read their names out loud.
• You: Emma Smith, Lucy Schmidt, Mari Hoffman...

• You: These names...They match the names on the transaction list. Were they traded as goods?

• Diane Boseman: Read on, Miss Colvin. There are more noteworthy things below.

• My heart starts to race. I quickly check out the column naming the school.
• You: Gotham Charity School?

• As far as I can remember, it's a welfare school that relies on donations. It accepts children from poor families.
• You: Is this school somehow linked to the missing children?

• There is a report written by Officer Taylor at the back of the file.
• His report describes his suspicion that the cases are all linked, and that the victims are all children from poor households.
• No further leads of deductions are mentioned in the report.
• The report is the last part of the file. The file can't give me any more info.
• You: (I know what happened after that... Officer Taylor died in a Mafia fight, and couldn't continue investigating...)

• You: (Could his death be linked to his investigations?)

• You: (Perhaps someone didn't want him probing any further, and got rid of him...)

• Diane Boseman: Have you noticed anything after reading these?

• You: I suspect that these missing children have been targeted for illegal human trafficking.

• You: The list...It records the details of each transaction.

• You: The numbers on the list that start with the digit 1 are probably the ages of the missing children.

• Prosecutor Boseman nods, indicating that my guesses coincide with hers. She tells me to continue.
• You: These dates do not match the dates that the children went missing. They date after the report was made, so I think they may be the transaction dates.

• There are also some symbols on the list that have not been deciphered. They are likely to be descriptions about the quality of the "goods" or some other information.
• Diane Boseman: This involves a series of heinous crimes, and also concerns many broken families and the tragic fate of the victims.

• My heart is in turmoil as I think of the dark truth hidden within these papers.
• Diane Boseman: If our department is to be dissolved, the truth will be buried. More families and children will be swallowed by this growing evil.

• Diane Boseman: Our target is not the councilman, but the crimes of New York. We must fight this to the end.

• Diane Boseman: And so, we must quickly find evidence that will prove the link between Councilman Harris and these documents.

• Annie: I'm sure you understand too, Miss Colvin. We need conclusive evidence to stop it all.

• Thomson: DIdn't you say you'll make up for your error? This is your chance. Why the uncertainty?

• Diane Boseman: I hope you can consider our suggestion for the sake of these innocent children and grieving families.

• Everything they said makes sense and the evidence is clear as day. I can't sit back and ignore the spread of this evil.
• You: I understand. I will speak to Miss Harris.

• You: (I'm sorry, Miss Harris... I wish to protect more people.)