It turned out that their police department had received an order from above, which notified them about a trainee coming to the department. The trainee arrived soon after the order was issued. The Chief didn’t carefully check his profile because he thought that no one would dare to impersonate a police trainee.

However, a few days later, the trainee submitted his resignation letter.

He resigned in the morning. In the afternoon, the Chief was notified by his superiors that the trainee had gone missing, so no one would be coming to the department in the near future.

The Chief finally recognized that someone had impersonated the trainee. However, since that man hadn’t done any harm to the department, he didn’t disclose the matter. He kept it hidden to avoid punishment.

After I listened to his story, I had a headache. There were two victims already, three if the missing trainee was also counted, and I felt that the number was bound to increase.

I advised the Chief, “You must hurry to find the...