Sleeping With the Fishes

"*Another cult follower slains in fishes tank! Stay on high alert as you search high and low for the killer!*"
– Case Teaser

**Sleeping With the Fishes** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 58th case of the game. It is the second case set in Antarctica.

## Plot

Stephanie and the player rushed to Station Courtyard's helicopter to stop Bruce Denver's escape with Anabel, only to find him dead next to it, shot in the chest with a poison dart.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Hank C. Leatherwood (PlayCenter CEO), Mallika Kalluri (lawyer), Yulia Chadov (S.D.S. cult member), Peter Vasuni (former president), and Bruno Magro (S.D.S. cult member).

Mid-investigation, Yuila Chadov called the team to learn of their progress in the investigation. Shortly after, Taraji traced Denver's GPS history and pinpointed The Pride's secret hideout. Darko, Stephanie, and the player then went to the hideout and was able to knock out President Peter Vasuni with sleeping gas before securing the area for investigation. The team then found the coordinates to Bruno Magro's hideout in South America and arrested him there. Later, the Bureau reported that Hank C. Leatherwood had tried breaking in Seven Deadly Sins' hideout. The team finally found evidence to arrest President Vasuni for the murder.

Upon admitting to the murder, Vasuni admitted that after they first used their zombifieds virus, they found that the vaccine was physically hurting them. However, Bruce refused to stop using his powers; by the time he died, Bruce was regularly having convulsions and was incoherent. When Yuila and Vasuni then went to the Station Courtyard to stop Bruce from escaping, they found him in excruciating pain, begging them to put him out of his misery. Vasuni then shot Bruce in the heart with a poison dart. In a protected cell, Judge Palamo sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder and for his crimes as a Seven Deadly Sins cult member. Barry confirmed that the Veronavirus was slowly killing Bruce.

During Last Hours of Apocalypse (2/4), Stephanie and the player then investigated the hideout and found Yuila's autobiography. Per Hisao, Yuila had written it while in prison and reading between the lines, he learned that Yuila had always been trying (and failing) to get the approval of her mother, Dominic Chadov. The day the Veronavirus outbreak, Dominic began doting on Yuila in order to get her to build a fortress around the Africa. After SoftCircle had fully exploited the virus however, Dominic thought that Yuila outlived her usefulness. The team then called Yuila once again, who confirmed the team's findings and told them that the zombified serum was Nazario's idea, making his cult members believe that it was for them to take so they could rule the world. However, by the time Dominic had taken over the fortress, Nazario had deemed his followers' useless and was deliberately keeping the serum from them, leading Helen Maxwell to spy before her murder by Maggie, her ex-girlfriend.

Yuila then directed the team to their hideout for Helen's footage of the fortress. From her video diary, the team learned that Helen had discovered that Dominic and Nazario had The Silence Slayer's hideout miles away from the fortress, from which he then stole a sample of the vaccines; however, Helen was apprehensive of using it. The team then called Yuila again, who said that Yuila had witnessed a horrific sight in the lab. She also told them to examine the vaccine first before using it, but Maggie was forced to take it in order to have a fighting chance against Dominic. Yuila then advised the team to be careful in their fight against Dominic and Maggie.

Meanwhile, Abel asked Darko and the player to find some bocryx metal to forge an engagement ring out of. Not long after they gave him the metal, Abel proposed to Hao, after which Hao gladly said yes.

After all the events, Shaheen told the team that he recognized the alley Helen was standing in and the team deduced that Dominic was planning to cause the Mutated Veronavirus so that everyone in the city but humans and other living beings would die. They then rushed to Queen Maud Land to stop Dominic's plans.

## Suspects

**Hank C. Leatherwood**
PlayCenter CEO
 **Blood** | A+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect reads *Tactical Warfare* magazine.
* The suspect wears indigo clothes.

**Mallika Kalluri**
Solicitor
 **Blood** | AB+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect is a marksman.
* The suspect has allergic to fish.
* The suspect reads *Tactical Warfare* magazine.
* The suspect wears indigo clothes.

**Yulia Chadov**
S.D.S. Cult Member
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect is a marksman.
* The suspect has allergic to fish.

**Peter Vasuni**
Former President
 **Blood** | O+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect is a marksman.
* The suspect has allergic to fish.
* The suspect reads *Tactical Warfare* magazine.
* The suspect wears Yes badge.
* The suspect wears indigo clothes.

**Bruno Magro**
S.D.S. Cult Member
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect is a marksman.
* The suspect has allergic to fish.
* The suspect reads *Tactical Warfare* magazine.
* The suspect wears Yes badge.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Mingxia Hao**
Lab Chief
 **Blood** | O-

**Abel Davis**
Hao's Boyfriend
 **Blood** | B+

## Killer's Profile

* The killer is a marksman.
* The killer has allergic to fish.
* The killer reads *Tactical Warfare* magazine.
* The killer wears Yes badge.
* The killer wears indigo clothes.