Crucial Power

**Crucial Power** is the third case of Criminal Case: Mystery in the Americas. It is the seventy-third case overall. The third case in North America. It is situated in Salt Lake City, United States.

* Previous Case: Bury The Truth
* Next Case: Blow To Greed
* Partner: Manuel Belanger

## Plot

In the city of Salt Lake City, a higher authority meeting was supposed to take place whom the teenage drug dealers worked along with. Though as the meeting could take place, Manuel calls us from the gym saying that someone was found murdered, so in order to investigate we go the gym to get going for the investigation. Manuel says he was getting in shape but a murder decided to happen, we proceed to investigate the murder and the victim was identified as Joseph Ainsworth, the gym trainer. Manuel says that during the movies, Froylan and Braxton did their best to cheer him, especially Froy. After we send the body to autopsy we spot Yang Dae-Hyun there, he decides to go off but we manage to interrogate him and ask him why he decided to just leave. Dae-Hyun says that he was just here to get in shape and Joseph was his trainer for the day and he used all his energies to give him all the exercises. Manuel says to tell about that higher authority meeting to which Dae-Hyun denies of happening. We were suspicious Dae-Hyun, and we further find out that Joseph had contacted a certain Gemma Lawrence sometime before his murder so we interrogate her. Gemma breaks into tears and tells us that Joseph was her husband and she as excepting his second child, and now she is sad that she will have to raise them alone. Jacques tells something interesting about Joseph, he says that he came to know that Joseph probably used steroids which might have resulted in his death, even though the killer had hit him in the heart with dumbbells, which caused it.

While we take results, Amaya comes along and teases Manuel that why he needs to maintain his body, as if he trying to impress someone, to which he shrugs off. After that, we see that a famous actor Brandon Thompson is seemed to have been in the gym and he was willing to talk us about something related to Joseph, he says that he doesn’t know but Joseph told him to join his legion, he also said that he threatened him that he will blow his house, Brandon says he finds in weird that how a gym trainer would have something to do with a legion. After we talk to him, we discuss the details, Mary Ann says she found something about Gemma.

Mid-investigation, Mary Ann tells us that Gemma has a different story behind her, although she couldn’t say now, but before we could saw anything, some teenage guy calls us telling his name as Hayden Walsh, who tells us that some woman is bothering him, we call him at the station and he says that he wants to talk about Joseph. While we begin Hayden looks at Manuel and says "Don't make that face, you look hot without it" Manuel who had no time to deal with it said "Boy you haven’t even evolved from the ground yet, maybe get some other boys". Nevertheless, Hayden tells us that Joseph worked in the higher legion above him, and Hayden then goes off without saying anything else. Later Mary Ann tells us that Gemma is pregnant with someone else's baby but not Joseph. We got a whiff of suspicion from her and interrogate her, she says that Joseph rarely paid attention to her and had affairs with several women, we ask Gemma if she knows anything about his "high legion life" but she denies anything. Manuel says he feels bad for everyone who gets betrayed in a relationship, he recalls that how his ex-girlfriend whom he loved very much broke up with him because he wasn’t able to get her something she liked because that time his mother was admitted in hospital. Amalia says she wants to talk about Joseph as she got information about him, and said she actually met him just before he was murdered.

Amalia tells us that Joseph took her one of the members of the drug dealers as she looked much alike her and he was drunk so he revealed her that the higher legion is have something planned in Caribbean though they are waiting for the right time to strike. Amalia smirks and says that she knows how to make her targets speak, she also says that no one knows about her work, and says that Felix is somewhere in Mexico for other purposes. Manuel says that Amalia isn’t his sister even though the name are same. Manuel decides to check up on Braxton, when he goes both Froylan and Braxton were discussing something to which Braxton says "Bro you up for another movie today, and oh well you know we gotta take Amaya because she will complain" Manuel says he is then Amaya comes and says "So what three of you are planning without me" Manuel teases her. At the precinct we were discussing details, Lovisa comes to us saying that the Floramaria wants to arrest Amalia.

Mid investigation, Floramaria says that we should arrest Amalia, we decide to ask her why we should, Floramaria sighs and says that Amalia knows way too much about the higher legion and she is puzzled that how can someone know this much though we don’t know if its right, we keep Amalia in custody and ask her about her knowledge that she knows that much, she says her ways of research might be weird but she gets information, she says that someone sent her message that how the teenagers were treated by the higher legion above them and it even mentioned the name of Joseph as one of the perpetrator behind this, though we don’t believe but we know Joseph was part of it. After few time, Amaya comes to us saying that she feels off for no reason and wants to take a stroll with them, that maybe cause us to know more. It indeed proved better as we saw Dae-Hyun trying to commit suicide, we manage to save him and interrogate him why would he do that, he tells us that he had enough of his life, he says that he never wanted to part of it, but he had forced to do so, but he say he can’t say anything else or he will be killed by the "higher legion". We sympathise with him although he still was working with them, so he can't go like that. Manuel says how awful is for these teenage girls and boys to be part of it, even though we didn’t meet any girl member of it.

In the end, we had enough evidence to arrest Hayden Walsh for the murder. Upon admitting, he bursts into anger saying that he killed Joseph to save everyone from the higher legion's cruelty. He begins by telling that Joseph chose these teenagers by threatening them with killing of their families, and once they got in, they were made drug addicts and has to deal drugs with customers, but no one said anything, and he even goes onto say that those who wouldn’t supply drugs were forced to be tortured by them, but they never had the heart to do that, he says that he had enough of it, and tells us that the criteria for girls was much worse and he basically saved them from being part of this dirty plan, he says that those who didn't take part in the torture, were subjected to it by much more older people who wore masks, after Joseph used them as pawns he would feed them with "forgetful potion" after which they would forget what had happened, but he and Dae-Hyun fooled them by not drinking, Hayden says he struck Joseph with dumbbells for many times and it eventually killed him, but he doesn’t care if they kill him, but at least he gave all the information to us.

Judge Kingston sentenced him to 14 years in prison. After the trial, Floramaria calls us in the office and says that these group of teenagers are being forced by the higher legion and we need to rescue these teenagers from this.
Dae-Hyun comes to Manuel saying that he wants to talk to him. Dae-Hyun says he wants to be no longer part of it, because he feels like shit and he never wanted to be part of it, Manuel says they will try their best to let everyone escape but we still don't know who is the higher legion. Froylan appears and tells us that his girlfriend Elaine Warburton will be coming over. After that, we decide to check up on Amalia, asking her for help, if she could help us taking down the drug dealers. Amalia says that it's much difficult to take them down, because they have advance technology and basically cameras everywhere, so it's not really a good idea to defeat them like that, she says that Felix told her that he found some Mexican teenagers working for the same legion, so it’s not really that we have defeated them all. Manuel gets worried and says that it's better that we all work as a team, and then Amaya gets along with us, while Manuel sleeps. We take a stroll with Amalia, who keeps telling us that how she bought this new green dress when some guy comes and flirts with her to which she says "Did you ex abandon you because you couldn’t satisfy her, what a noob".

After that, we go back to the station where he heard someone moaning, when we go it disappeared and Manuel was sitting, Amaya asks if he was the one to which he innocently replies "I don’t know, it maybe Brax or Froy with their girl" and Amaya looks to him questioning eyes and says "You are suspicious af". After that Floramaria tells us that Amalia asks that Dae-Hyun should be kept with us, so we can save him from the cruel. After that Elaine comes to the station and greets and she also holds a box in her hand, curious Amaya asks her what is in the box, Elaine says as she is meeting them for the first time, she thought she wouldn't come empty handed, so she made some cookies and sandwiches. While everyone gave their introductions, Manuel kept seeing her to which she asks "What happened" to which he replies "I am just seeing how much of a sweetheart you are, at least not like my ex, I hope you and Froy never fall apart" Elaine smiles and says he might get someone one day, and then we all start talking to each other and making jokes. Felix calls us from Guadalajara telling that there is something we should know.

## Suspects

Yang Dae-Hyun

Teenage Drug Dealer

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect works out.
* The Suspect drinks protein shakes.
* The Suspect uses hair gel.

Gemma Lawrence

Victim's Wife

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect drinks protein shakes
* The Suspect uses hair gel.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a scar.

Brandon Thompson

Actor

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect works out.
* The Suspect drinks protein shakes.
* The Suspect uses hair gel.

Hayden Walsh

Teenage Drug Dealer

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect works out.
* The Suspect drinks protein shakes.
* The Suspect uses hair gel.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a scar

Amalia Dreiser

Athlete

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect works out.
* The Suspect drinks protein shakes.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has a scar

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer works out.
* The Killer drinks protein shakes.
* The Killer uses hair gel.
* The Killer is under 6"0 ft
* The Killer has a scar.