Bashed Life

**Bashed Life** is a case featured as the first case of Year 2050. The case takes place in the New Era district of Malpharr City.

## Story

### Chapter 1

Chapter 1 started during the last events of 2049, where the former mayor of Malpharr City got poisoned and where  a singer gets kidnapped. 2050 is more different than 2049. Later on around April 2050, Zhao Li is hired in the Malpharr City Department and he is joined with two partners to investigate the murder of Julianna Jackman. During the investigation, Mason Sanchez gets reminded by Hannah Stark about the Texas explosion that happened in his life, which led him to take a break and to meet Hannah about it after the investigation. Meanwhile, the team met four suspects. Brandon East said that he have nothing to do with the murder, while Alexa Stone is shocked of the news, causing her to talk quickly. The team also met Byte Phillip, who is glad of the murder because of what Julianna caused in his life. Lastly, they met Kortani, a security and communication robot who said that Julianna is "a nice human". After all of these events, the team decided to recap in the lounge, where they got interrupted by some news regarding a violent protest in a future crime scene which it needs backup.

### Chapter 2

Previously, the team was interrupted by a news regarding a violent protest in a nearby cafe, which is the third crime scene. Vanessa Thompson and the others decided to shut down the cafe due to the manager's offensive acts to the cafe staff. The team then stopped the protests, and Mason detained Vanessa, allowing Hannah to interrogate her, while Mason and Li investigate the cafe. In the interrogation room, Vanessa said that she saw Julianna bribing a gang, which gave Vanessa a bad impression. Vanessa and the others were arrested for causing a violent protest, while the manager got arrested for harassment and abuse to staff members. Later on in the cafe, Mason and Li found a broken locket and a cellphone, while Hannah found a hidden box where bloody ropes are inside it. According to Jacob Bailey, the blood in the ropes belong to the victim, which means that the ropes were used in the murder. He also concluded that the killer drinks energy drinks. The locket belonged to Julianna and Brandon. Since it was broken, they decided to interrogate Brandon East. Brandon said that Julianna cheated on him. According to Apinya Saeli, the victim received death threats from Byte Phillip, which caused Mason and Li to interrogate him, but they caught him in Empire Street, stealing or robbing money from the bank machine. In the interrogation room, Byte - full of anger and sadness, decided to share a story of himself and his sister, in which his sister got kidnapped by a black van. He also said that he received a video message from Vanessa showing Nina's death, which led him to send death threats. Byte also got arrested what he did in Empire Street. Meanwhile, Lana decided to call Hannah about Mason. Lana decided to join in the conversation later for support. Lastly, while the team recaps, Ally Travolta yelled at them to get down, since Kortani is out of control, attacking the team with powerful lasers.

### Chapter 3

Previously, Kortani was out of control, trying to attack the team with powerful lasers. Ally Travolta helped out by drawing her gun to Kortani, and she shot her thrice. But Kortani planned to attack Mason, and Li protected him, but he got shot and he was brought to the hospital. Later on, Apinya decided to analyze Kortani, and she found a footage of an argument between the victim and Kortani, in which the victim planned to ban Alexa Stone and she asked Kortani to create alt accounts to raid her Chatsiez server. The team also learned that a company named Paradis created Kortani and they decided to arrest Paradis in case if Kortani is the killer. Alexa Stone was interrogated later on about the footage, and she stated that Julianna and her friends spammed in her Chatsiez server that Alexa and her friend are domestic abusers. Later on, the team decided to check Julianna's apartment, where they found a broken vase and a cassette tape. Apinya informed that the cassette tape recorded the murder but the killer's voice is changed. She also concluded that the killer has a scar. Since Ally is still working on the vase, the team decided to check the cafe for more clues, and they found Vanessa's sign that opposes Julianna, as the hater of the year. Vanessa stated that her comments offended a million members with mass mentions and spams. Soon, the team decided to check for the news about the vase. Ally concluded that the vase is a murder weapon and the killer uses hair dye. After the conclusion, Lana called and said that Li's health is improving. After all of the events, they decided to arrest Alexa Stone for the murder of Julianna Jackman. She killed Julianna because she bribed her gang to kidnap her son, leading him to have a bad life. Alexa was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Later on, there's a news about a robbery.

### Rise of Crime (1/5)

Mason and Hannah decided to head to the cafe due to a report regarding robbery. In the cafe, they arrested the robber named Michael Stone, who is Alexa's son. Oliver conducted an analysis on Michael, and he concluded that Michael is brainwashed, which is why he doesn't remember Alexa. Michael decided to talk to Alexa, so Jacob brought Michael to Alexa's cell for a conversation. When Alexa heard that they found her son, she decided to reunite with him. Unfortunately, Michael released his anger in front of Jacob and Alexa, yelling that he is grown and he doesn't need a mom. The other officers heard the noises and they decided to bring Michael to his cell. Later on, Hannah decided to talk to Alexa about what happened to her son. She informs her that MCPD can do anything to help Michael have a better future. Meanwhile, after David heard news about an upcoming earthquake, he and Mason decided to interrogate Howard Hudson because he is the one who reported the earthquake, and earthquakes are unpredictable. Howard learns it from rumors, and he informs the team that the earthquake and rumors are true. Later on, David advises Mason to take a rest, but Mason informed him that he didn't helped too much (see Chapter 1) in the investigation and he is staying in the lounge to apologize to Hannah later. David decided to interrogate Brandon East for more information about the kidnapping of Michael Stone. But, Brandon mentioned that Julianna and other people were talking about secret missions, brainwashings, and shockingly, the artificial earthquake. David also started a meeting in his office about what he found. Later on, Lana needs Hannah in her autopsy room, where she told Hannah that she needs to go for some rest. She also advises Hannah to apologize to Mason. In the lounge, Hannah and Mason meet. They apologized to each other about their wrongdoings and they improved their relationship. After they reconciled, Li came back with a fast recovery and Apinya decided to start a selfie with Applez and some team members. Meanwhile, an unknown girl and an unknown man were exchanging text messages, but eventually, she got kidnapped. Later on, the unknown man advised Brandon East to start the artificial earthquake in exchange of money. Unfortunately, he started it, and the earthquake starts tomorrow. That concludes Case 1.

## Summary

### Victim

* Julianna Jackman (found bashed in the head in her own apartment)