Marcus (Richard Gutierrez) gets summoned by higher-ranking NLEA officials. As soon as he walks into the meeting room, Colonel Dionisio begins questioning, particularly about Marcus’ alleged interaction with Datu Rahman (Jaime Fabregas).
Seconds later, Director Azuelo (Rommel Padilla) also arrives in the room, frustrated with the fact that the officials are clearly overstepping their boundaries by failing to notify him of the meeting, especially since Marcus is one of his personnel.
When Paulino raises further questions about Marcus’ speculated alliance with Datu Rahman, Marcus firmly answers that he isn’t knowledgeable of the reason behind the Datu mentioning his name, but it also does not automatically imply that the Datu’s statement is wrong.
Furious, Colonel Dionisio exclaims his suspicions that Marcus and Director Azuelo both want NLEA and SID’s reputations to fall apart. Marcus then argues that the real ones soiling the agency and division’s credibility are the ones behind the seemingly orchestrated disorder that wrongly accused Datu Rahman as well as the selfish protectors of big syndicates all over the country.
Following more of Colonel Dionisio’s threat to arrest Marcus if he continues his allegations, Marcus confidently counters, saying that he’ll do the same to them as soon as he proves that the syndicates have a connection to the officials gathered in the room.
Hearing more unusual defensiveness from his superiors, Marcus ultimately stresses the need for further investigation prior to talking about personal truths, especially knowing that it is common that the protectors of criminals hide under their badges.
Be sure to catch Marcus and Director Azuelo’s toughness in “Blood vs Duty,” streaming on iWant and airing weeknights at 8pm on ABS-CBN sa ALLTV2, A2Z, Kapamilya Channel, and Kapamilya Online Live (KOL).