The Son (2014), a Crime Thriller by Joe Nesbo: summary

Before deciding to have this book, first of all, my eyes were on the author’s name – so unique, and his picture and the profile on first page convinced me. So this is it, the book that I pick to read on July 2016. There were ten titles of his books but I chose the Son. Joe Nesbo, the Norwegian crime thriller author, has written 16 books. They were translated to English made him international best-selling author. He is also lead singer, song writer, musician, and economist.

There are countless thriller books about corrupt police that links to mobster and murder, but how many books written by a Norwegian’s perspective? The 645- page book takes place in Oslo present day and is published by Vintage Books London in 2014. Seemingly the book needs reediting, there are numerous grammatical errors. 

What was even more intriguing about this book is that there is an interesting dynamic in the author of the book. The story grows heat by the escaping of young inmate named Sonny Lofthus who convicted two murders. After knowing the truly story about his father’s death, he escapes to punish some bad guys. The Chief Inspector Simon Kefas, his father’s friend, has suspected latest whole killing series were related to Sonny. There is a lot of action until closer to the end.

The book draws readers into the story straight from the start and holds the reader’s attention until the very end. The author describes the drug, human trafficking, and corrupt cop and how Oslo city holds on to things. The story is completely unpredictable and the ending will blow you away.

The Son, a Crime Thriller by Joe Nesbo: summary

  

Prisoner Chaplain Per Vollan visited a young boy in prison and brought him a Bible. The chaplain saw the boy had opened the Bible. It’s simple trick; inside were folded papers with information Sonny needed in order to confess and three small bags of heroin. He brought the description of the house he entered- the house of the ship owner named Kjersti Morsand.

The prison governor Arild Franck looked his watch. Most escaped prisoners were brought back in the first twelve hours. Franck had asked for twenty-four hours’ media blackout to find Lothus. Nestor Hugo reacted to the news. He had to find Sonny Lofthus, they persuade him to confess to the murder of Mrs. Morsand before anyone else got to him.

Chief Inspector Simon Kefas was now in his sixties. He lived with his wife, Else. Else needed operating on her eye and her husband needed a loan for her. He just had new female assistant. Kari Adel was fresh graduated the Drug Squad – eighteen months with Drug Squad. She just joined the Homicide Squad. She was blonde, lifeless hair, very tall, very young, and skinny. She looked more like ambitious bank clerk than a police officer. She wore hardly any make-up had a slightly pained facial expression that made her look like the cowed daughter of rich a man.

Inspector Henrik Westad studied long hair man, Sonny Lofthus. Sonny has confessed kill two young women. He then convicted a murderer and jailed for eighteen years. They have found her hair on him. Marta Lian has worked at Ila Centre for seven years. Ila Centre was a hostel for active drug users.

The pretty girl ran the freely place for any kind of drugs – selling and buying but gun was not allowed at the centre. Ila Centre’s regulation allowed them to search resident’s room without warning and permission if they suspected of keeping weapons. Simon and Kari investigated Ila Centre for Per Vollan’s death. They were suggested that Vollan was living there. The chaplain was found dead in the Aker River. Vollan was a prison chaplain. He was just temporary staying, he didn’t live at Ila centre. Per was a man with a dark side. He became chaplain because he needed forgiveness more than most. Middle-man was thrown by his wife and wrote something that could be seen as a farewell note. Someone had seen him talking to one of Nestor’s dealers sometimes. Seen buy a wrap but not pay. He was dead before he was thrown to the river.

There was a rumours of the mole in the police force who leaked information to person who ran most of the drugs and sex trafficking in Oslo. The police called him the Twin. A man called Ab Lofthus left behind a suicide note in which he claimed to be a mole. Ab was Simon’s friend. Prisoner Johannes Halden was Ab’s confidential informant. He told story about Sonny’s father. Reading the note where he claimed he was the mole in the police who helped drug dealers and traffickers.

Ab Lofthus suspected who the mole was. He overheard drug lord Nestor talked on the phone to his boss about how they had to get rid of a policeman called Lofthus before ruined everything for them. Nestor’s people didn’t want the fallout that would come from shooting a police officer so they forced his father to write a suicide note and in return for a promise to spare Sonny and his mother. Afterwards they shot him point-blank with his own gun.

Arild Franck loved his Porsche Cayenne, the expensive car for a civil servant. He had never met Ab Lofthus but he knew that the son had followed in his father and showed. He was attacked by the Son in his own office. The Son was punishing people and he was on a kind of vendetta.

Markus Engseth, the boy who lived in Sonny’s neighborhood, witnessed the people came in out the yellow house, Lofthus’s house. The Son had no friends, relatives, and money. He was an A-grade student. He was one Norway’s best wrestler in his age group – a clever tactician. Sonny wanted to be police officer like his father, but he went off the rails when his father died. Got in trouble at school, pushed people away, deliberately isolated himself and became self-destructive. His mother too, fell apart after the suicide and then overdose of sleeping pills. When Sonny was eighteen years old, he confessed to two murders and was sent to prison. Everyone in the police thought that Ab Lofthus must have been the mole. When Ab died, the mole activities ceased.

Detective Inspector Henrik Westad was the first man who interviewed Sonny. But now the boy has changed his statement, he even said he had an alibi for the time of murder and he also had the witness. Einer Harnes got a job with a firm of lawyers operating decidedly at the bottom of Oslo’s legal system, worked for them just to get the license. He started his own firm with an alcoholic and ageing man. He merely offered the marginally more expensive alternative to debt collectors, social services, and fortune tellers. He had a client who has paid the bill, a real client. Harnes knew for certain his paymaster.

Johannes was the only one with access to control room and the doors can only be opened with fingerprints stored in the data base. He helped the Son’s escaping. Simon and Kari seized an escaped prisoner from Staten Prison at Ila Centre. Simon was interested in Sonny Lofthus because the coincidence between Vollan’s visit and Lofthus’s escape makes Vollan’s death even more suspicious. His prison mate Gustav Rover was talking about him to Vollan before Rover has just released from prison. Sonny Lofthus signed at Ila Centre as Stig Berger. Martha helped the boy to get job and gave him some clothes. They became friend.

The shoeprint was found where the women shot and killed. Agnete Iversen was previously in business, but now a housewife. She was the daughter of one of Oslo’s biggest property owners. She married a fellow economist and then she retired. Her husband had pursued a more strategy, frequently buying and selling which involved greater risk, but also greater gain. The toothbrushes were taken.

Kalle, the drug dealer, was robbed and killed. Kalle was tied to the radiator by left-handed and Agnete Iverson was shot by someone left-handed. There was a connection between Agnete and other victims: Vollan, Kalle, Sylvester. Pelle was a cab driver. He waited his customer around the drug centre.

Hugo Nestor claimed to be Ukrainian but according to the file he was born and bred in Sweden. Hugo Nestor was Oslo’s most important drugs and human trafficking operator. He offered Kefas enough money for Else’s very expensive eye operation.

Sonny brought Martha to his old house. He told her the whole story of his family. His father used to write his diary and he said it was a confession. He was sixteen years old when he discovered a syringe among the pills while clearing up his mother’s bedroom. Six months later he sold everything in the house. Since he was under eighteen and couldn’t be sent to adult prison, he started paying his habit by confessing minor robberies and burglaries. When he turned eighteen and such offers dried up and the pressure, to get money only grew worse, he had agreed to take the fall of two murders in return for being supplied with drugs while he was in prison.

Two of Nestor’s men searched Sonny’s house. Sylvester and Bo. Leif Krognaess, aged fifty-three, lived in Drammned, he immediately recognized the suspect from the photo. Morsand had first come to them and he wanted his unfaithful wife killed, Nestor had taken it to mean that he wanted to hire a hit man. A man came to Nestor on behalf his client a man in shipping business. He was a friend of Iver Iverson.

Fidel Lae bought a dog and the merchant lead him to Nestor. Fidel Lae signed in hotel in cash. The man lying on the bathroom floor looked like he was hugging the lavatory. Nothing had been damaged. The bill had paid. He admitted he played some stupid game. Asmond Bjornstad cried and he saw the dogs killed Nestor. Lae sold illegally and Nestor was his client. The boy came to Franck office and had put the gun on Franck’s head. He asked about the name and the account number Nestor sent money to when he paid Franck. They ought to be checked for DNA.

And two of the toothbrushes had DNA material that proved a family relationship to unborn child who registered as a murder victim. The mother was killed, an Asian woman, probably a victim of trafficking.

The toothbrushes of the Iversen were taken on the day Agnete was killed. Three toothbrushes were sent to Simon by post with a note from someone called S who said. Fidel Lae rented a car under the name of Sylvester Trondsen.

Kari and Simon had information one of the residents at Ila Centre. He saw deputy manager Martha and Stig were getting along well and went to Iversen property. The information led Simon and Kari to Senior Iversen. The businessman told them everything. Twelve years ago a Vietnamese girl was found dead in a backyard. A boy named Sonny Lofthus confessed to the killing. The girl was pregnant when she found. DNA evidence from the toothbrushes in Iverson’s home proved that someone in his house was the father of unborn baby.

The DNA on only two of three toothbrushes in the Iversen family showed a family relationship to the foetus. Iver Iversen finally admitted that he had an affair with some Asian girls. Mai was a prisoner and had been abducted from her home and family. Iver paid for her freedom, gave her a flat as a nest love. Then one day she was pregnant, Iver asked his wife about the pregnancy. He thought his wife grown-up woman but Agnete has hired hit man to kill the girl.

The biggest private property owner in Oslo with a perfect image and a family name had a bastard kid with trafficking Asian girl. Agnete was old-fashioned woman and the company was built by her money. Iversen Property did business with the Twin. Governor of Staten Prison admitted to having a secret account into which he has received money from Nestor Hugo.

Simon had evidence that the Twin had laundered money through Iversen’s property business. DNA evidence linking Iversen to a Vietnamese girl, whom Twin trafficking into the country, murdered and made Sonny Lofthus took the fall for. He threatened the Twin and asked him to stop looking for the boy. The boy was the son of his friend. The Twin insisted want the Son, he had killed his people and stolen his money. All he wanted was the mole who betrayed his father, he would go away. Twin said he never knew the mole’s identity. They exchanged money and information anonymously.

The boy had asked the cab driver for his card the last time Pelle drove him. Pelle usually made sure the customer did the talking. Martha and her beau, Andres, just announced their wedding plan. The boy was there, Martha’s fiancé hit Sonny. The boy had tied handkerchief around his forehead. It was soaked in blood. He told to Pelle he visited a man who is guilty of murder. Pelle started his car after he heard the shots. The boy had told him that the man inside the house was killer.

Markus recognized the Son came to the yellow house. He had seen the Son on TV but his mother said that there was nothing to be scare of, that he only hurt bad people. On Twitter several people were praising him, tweeting that police should let baddies kill baddies. It was like using predators for pest control.

Rover was being held by two men, a third was standing next to the big man, pointing a pistol on him. Rover tried to explain that the boy had already known about the Twin. Though the boy was called as the Buddha with the Sword on internet, but Martha insisted asking the boy leaving with her. Martha was already waiting for him at the house. She was in love with the boy and has left Andres.

There were only two more left and then they escaped. The man who decided that his father must be killed, and made him as the mole must be found. The Son was in love with her. Martha had rushed off and Sonny had left in hurry. The key of the yellow house had been put in regular place. Markus read the diary on the table. The book in which the Son had been reading. Martha was already waiting for him at the house.

The boy was sitting on the bed when Simon pointed a gun on him. A pile of disposable syringes and a sheet of hypodermic needles lay beside the bed. Simon found the boy from his phone. He told the boy the whole story from the past. They were four people who had nothing, who shared a flat in Oslo. It was cheaper that way. Three boys went to the Police College plus his mother. The tree boys named themselves as “troika” and they were best friends. They were Sonny’s father, Simon, and Pontius Parr. The three boys had fallen in love with the same girl, Helene. Sonny’s mother picked the wrong guy, Simon. Helene was the love of his life. Simon and Helene started seeing each other, but his gambling debt made their lives chaotic. Ab Lofthus came along and saved her.

Simon was down finding Helene was pregnant. Ab and Helene moved out. He gambled like maniac and lost everything.  He sought the devil and offered it to the Twin. The Twin never knew who Simon and Ab were, the information they gave through telephone and emails. Simon brought Sonny to the Twin. The Son just wanted to make a peace to the Twin, he gave back the money and the drugs he took. Levi Thou aka the Twin admitted that he killed Sonny’s father. The mole wanted him to kill Ab Lofthus but he never met the mole, they only ever communicated by email. Simon has been shot. Before he died he confessed that he was the mole.

The Son already knew the mole was Simon from Arild Franck’s statement. The prison governor said the code name Diver. When the Son was young he often looked family album. His mother told him the mysterious photographer with the exciting nick name, Diver. It was Simon. The Buddha with Sword had vanished without trace. His crusade appeared to have ended with the death of the Twin. Else’s sight was much better after the operation. She told the whole story about the mole to Kari. Simon was scared having children- the addiction gene, and he feared it might be the devil’s child.

Sekapur Sirih

Dari ratusan deretan buku thriller terpajang di toko buku kala itu, Nesbo nama unik- telah menarik perhatian. Ketika membaca profil dan melihat sorot mata kecerdasan dari foto penulis, thriller ini pun segera dibayarkan ke kasir. Sekitar sepuluh judul karyanya terpampang namun the Son telah kupilih menjadi bacaan di bulan Juli 2016.

Jo Nesbo adalah penulis laris berkebangsaan Norwegia, dan novelnya diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Inggris dan 48 bahasa lainnya menjadikannya penulis thriller laris mendunia. Buku setebal 645 halaman ini diterbitkan Vintage Books London pada tahun 2014. Fiksi ini dituliskan dalam bahasa yang mudah dimengerti, mungkin saja karena ini adalah versi terjemahan. 

Telah banyak dituliskan kisah tentang thriller pembunuhan, mafia narkoba, balas dendam dan pelarian penjara, tapi karya Nesbo memberi warna lain dengan plot kuat memilin dan misteri berlatar udara dan cara kerja kota Oslo dan disampaikan dari alam pemikiran penulis Norwegia.

Setelah menikmati halaman demi halaman selama 16 hari di sela-sela kesibukan, sepertinya penulis ingin menyampaikan nilai-nilai dasar kehidupan dalam tuturan sederhana. Novel ini sangat menginspirasi, penulis bukan berbahasa Inggris, namun berhasil masuk ke deretan bestseller dunia. Latar belakang penulis sebagai musisi dan penyanyi, pencipta lagu, dan ekonom, telah membawa nuansa kebebasan dan alami dalam kalimat-kalimat yang dilontarkan. Tidak mudah menghakimi orang lain. Kemunafikan selalu datang dari orang-orang yang menganggap dirinya bersih seperti ditokohkan rohaniawan Per Vollan, sangat bertolak-belakang dengan tokoh utama, anak muda pecandu heroin, Sonny Lofthus, seorang pembunuh sadis dan berantai, tapi dia masih memiliki kasih dan nurani. Dia hanya menghukum para mafia dan orang-orang jahat.

Terjemahan (Ringkasan) bahasa Indonesia: the Son ( Anak ) karya Joe Nesbo

Kisah diawali percakapan dua orang tahanan dalam bilik penjara Staten kota Oslo, Norwegia. Sebelum tahanan Rover terbebas dari masa hukumannya, dia sempat mengupas ulang kasus kawan penjaranya Sonny Lofthus. Pemuda bermata hijau itu membantah dan dia mengaku tidak pernah membunuh kedua gadis yang dituduhkan. Hanya dalam hitungan belasan jam lagi Rover akan segera bebas. Rohaniawan penjara Per Vollan menjalankan jam kunjunganna pada Sonny. Sudah trik lama sebuah Alkitab berisikan tiga bungkus heroin dan peta rumah pengusaha Morshand disodorkan Vollan pada pemuda pecandu.

Sonny adalah anak seorang polisi korup yang bunuh diri dan dianggap sebagai mata-mata pembocor informasi pada kawanan mafia narkoba dan penyeludup dan perdagangan manusia yakni gadis di bawah umur dari kawasan Asia. Sebelum menembakkan diri, Ab Lofthus menuliskan surat bunuh diri. Istrinya tergoncang dan terlarut dalam obat-obatan dan mati sia-sia menelan pil overdosis. Tinggallah Sonny berusia enam belas tahun, dan sebelumnya terbiasa membersihkan jarum suntik narkoba ibunya. Ia sesekali mencobanya.

Seperti kehilangan arah Sonny pun terjerumus dalam pencurian dan perampokan kecil-kecilan, tapi saat itu dia masih dibawah umur. Sebelum ayahnya bunuh diri, keluarganya bahagia. Sonny anak pintar di kelasnya, dan seorang juara gulat. Dia sangat bangga akan ayahnya dan bercita-cita menjadi polisi. Usia delapan belas tahun Sonny semakin dalam terlibat narkoba dan membuatnya terlilit ekonomi  dan memaksanya terlibat dengan kelompok Nestor. Seorang gadis Vietnam terbunuh dan Sonny mengaku dialah pembunuhnya tapi dengan perjanjian selama di penjara dia disuplai heroin murni. Dia juga mengaku atas pembunuhan gadis lainnya.

Johannes Halden seorang mantan informan juga sepenjara dengannya. Lelaki berumur itu adalah informan ayah Sonny. Halden mengaku mendengar percakapan secara tidak sengaja bahwa Ab Lofthus tidak bunuh diri tapi ditembak oleh gembong Nestro. Dia telah dipaksa menuliskan surat bunuh diri, karena membunh polisi akibatnya panjang. Telah lama tersiar kabar ada mata-mata dalam tubuh Kepolisian yang bekerjasama dengan gembong besar the Twin (si Kembar). Ab Lofthus mati aksi mata-mata berhenti. Halden sendiri merasa berhutang budi pada ayah Sonny sehingga dia membeberkan fakta itu dan menolong anak itu keluar dari penjara dengan menyamar sebagai petugas.

Atas saran seorang pecandu, Sonny pun dianjurkan untuk mendatangai Ila Centre, sebuah penginapan khusus untuk para pecandu narkoba. Penginapan Ila terkenal aman bagi pengguna narkoba dan lolos dari kepolisian. Surga bagi transaksi narkoba tapi pengelola sangat anti pada kepemilikan senjata. Tak jarang juga tiada hari tanpa orang overdosis (OD) dan mati di penginapan itu. Martha Lian sudah tidak heran menerima penampilan seperti Sonny, saat dimana pemuda itu tiba. Tanpa alas kaki dan tampilan berantakan. Anak pecandu memang seperti itu. Setelah sepakat dengan sewa kamar Sonny pun tinggal di sana. Martha malah memberinya pakaian bekas ayahnya dan menolong mencarikan pekerjaan.

Inpektur Kepala Simon Kefas dalam usia lima puluhannya baru saja mendapat asisten muda bernama Kari Adel. Menururtnya gadis muda itu lebih cocok pegawai bank. Dari kulitnya, gadis itu seperti anak orang kaya. Dia baru saja lulus delapan belas bulan. Sebagai asisten Simon, kasus pertamannya: terbunuhnya Rohaniawan Penjara Per Vollan. Lelaki yang telah dicampakkan istrinya itu ditemukan mengambang di sebuah sungai. Dia telah mati sebelum dibuang di sungai. Lelaki itu punya masa lalu gelap dan menjadi rohaniawan untuk menebus dosa masa lalu. Tapi saksi mengatakan terakhir dia bertransaksi narkoba dengan anak buah Nestor tanpa bayar.

Simon dan Kari pun mendatangi Ila Centre, tempat disinyalir pernah ditinggali Vollan. Martha membenarkan Vollan pernah tinggal di Ila Centre tapi hanya sementara. Anak-anak pecandu sering memakai rumahnya. Sebelum mati dia meninggalkan surat pada Martha. Dalam waktu berdekatan Morshand seorang istri pengusaha pengapalan barang ditemukan terbunuh. Gubernur Penjara Staten Arild Franck sudah tidak sabar menuggu hasil pengejaran anak buahnya. Biasanya pelarian tahaanan bisa ditanggkap dalam 24 jam. Dia sudah sempat menjanjikannya pada media.

Seorang ibu rumah tangga terbunuh. Dia adalah putri pemilik perusahaan property terbesar di Oslo. Ibu beranak satu itu mati ditembak di rumahnya dan tak satu pun perhiasannya hilang, hanya saja tiga sikat gigi dari kamar mandinya raib. Pembunuhan Agnete Iversen menjadi berita besar di media. Simon dan Kari kini menangani tiga kasus pembunuhan dalam waktu bersamaan.

Kalle, seorang pengedar narkoba, dirampok dan dibunuh. Ia ikatakan pada sebuah radiator sebelum mati. Dari ikatan dan tembakan pada wanita kaya, pelaku miliki kesamaan yakni kidal. Sebuah paket kiriman lewat pos berisikan tiga sikat gigi sampai di kantor polisi. Si pengirim berinisial S meminta agar dilakukan tes DNA.

Hasil DNA tes membuktikan dua sikat gigi terhubung dengan janin gadis Vietnam yang terbunuh puluhan tahun sebelumnya. DNA janin yang tidak pernah lahir dari gadis itu cocok dengn DNA pada sikat gigi. Iversen Junior dan Senior. Iversen Senior akhirnya mengaku bahwa dia memang menjalin hubungan dengan gadis-gadis seludupan. Mai, gadis seludupan asal Vietenam, telah menambat hatinya. Ia menebus dan membeli gadis itu dari the Twin serta memberikannya sebuat flat. Ketika gadis itu hamil dia meminta nasehat pada istrinya.

Dia pikir Agnete wanita dewasa. Malu dengan kehamilan gadis itu, kelak juga akan mencoreng nama baik keluarga Iversen, Agnete membayar anak buah Nestor membunuh gadis itu. Perusahaan property Iversen menjalin kerjasama dengan the Twin termasuk dalam pencucian uang. Ketika itu Sonny dalam hutang besar dalam kaitan narkoba dan ia sepakat mengaku menjadi pelaku pembunuhan.

Gembong mafia Nestor Hugo sangat marah dengan prampokan dan kematian anak bauhnya. Dia semakin yakin ini perbuatan Sonny Lofthus. Polisi Simon juga menduga ini perbuatan anak muda itu. Dia tahu jika anak muda itu keluar penjara ingin menguak siapa sesungguhnya pembunuh ayahnya dan si mata-mata yang memerintahkan kematian Ab Lofthus. Sebelum mari, Sylvester, anak buah Nestor, memberinya informasi. Dia pun mendatangi gubernur penjara dengan penyamaran sempurna dan menyerang gubernur itu. Arild Franck menyebut nama rekening pengirim atas nama perusahaan. Rupanya dia juga telah terlibat dalam operasi gelap si mata-mata. Dia tidak pernah tahu siapa jati diri si mata-mata tapi hanya tahu kode namanya yakni Diver (Penyelam).

Sonny berhasil membunuh Nestor Hugo dan beberapa anak buah lainnya. Tentu saja Bos mafia the Twin tidak tinggal diam atas kerugian uang dan narkoba yang dirampok Si Anak darinya, belum lagi kehilangan orang-orangnya. Simon bertindak sendiri mendekati Si Anak karena bagaimana pun Sonny adalah anak kawannya. Dia pun mengakui jika Simon dan dua teman lainnya termasuk ayah Sonny adalah sahabat waktu pendidikan Kepolisian. Tiga lelaki tinggal dalam sebuah rumah ditambah gadis bernama Helene untuk menghemat biaya. Rupanya ketiga pemuda tampan menyukai gadis itu. Tapi sang gadis memilih orang yang salah yakni Simon. Simon memiliki kebiasaan berjudi dan membawanya pada hutang.

Ab Lothus menyelamatkan sang gadis. Setelah Helene hamil, Ab dan ia pun pindah. Simon semakin terpuruk dan menjual jiwanya pada The Twin, bos gembong narkoba, dan perdagangan manusia. Ab dan Simon pun terlibat sebagai mata-mata pembocor infromasi dari Kepolisian untuk melancarkan bisinis gelap the Twin. Saat Ab tidak setuju lagi dengan kegiatan Simon yang sudah keterlaluan, sebuah plot bunuh diri dibuat untuk menghilangkan Ab Lofthus. Sesungguhnya The Twin tidak kenal dengan Simon dan Ab karena mereka berkomunikasi lewat telepon dan email. Orang-orang the Twin yakni Nestor dan Sylvester menembak Ab. Dan menyuruhnya membuat surat bunuh diri.

Hubungan Martha dan Sonny semakin dekat, keduanya kini menjadi sepasang kekasih. Martha pun membatalkan pernikahannya dan memilih ikut lari dengan Sonny. Gadis cantik itu tahu Sonny adalah pembunuh, tapi ia tahu Sonny tidak gila, ia hanya menghukum para penjahat. Banjir dukungan di internet dan Twitter, mereka menamainya Buddha dengan Pedang.

Setelah kematian the Twin, kabar tentang Sonny, si Buddha dengan Pedang pun tidak terlacak. Sebelum Simon meninggal, dia sempat mengakui bahwa dialah mata-mata itu. Tanpa pengakuan itu sang Anak telah mengetahui jika mata-matanya adalah Simon, simpulan atas pengakuan kepala penjara. Semasa kecil dia sering melihat album keluarganya, pada sejumlah foto tertulis nama fotografernya  atas nama samaran Diver. Ibunya menjelaskan ia adalah Simon.