Chapter 8 C8

Larry raised his eyebrows slightly. The room smelled faintly of cigarettes and although it was not obvious, it proved that someone was here earlier. Frank had departed for another Country a month ago.

He recalled a woman jumping into his room from the balcony of Frank's room last night. With that behavior, she must have been drugged.

His cold gaze swept across the room rapidly. Everything looked normal but there was something amiss upon closer inspection. Then, a hint of danger gleamed in his eyes.

"Is Frank back?" As the Chief of police, Stanley had strong observation skills. "No, it isn't Frank."

"A woman's cigarette!" The highly observant Stanley soon discovered a cigarette butt beneath a chair in the lounge. "Larry, could the woman have entered Frank's room? If it's true, her purpose could be..."

Larry did not answer him as he was already checking the CCTV footage.

Based on The Fly's info, he keyed in the time and location which brought up that area's footage.

In the footage, Henry's car had left the hotel and stopped at the first turning before the car door opened.

Next, a black umbrella appeared and someone got out. When seen from the camera's angle, the person was completely covered by the umbrella that even the legs could not be seen.

"This woman is cunning as hell. Was she aware of CCTVs?" Stanley's lips twitched. "No, if she knew about the CCTVs, she wouldn't have gotten down at that location. Is she a meticulous person by nature? Or is she feeling guilty? Nonetheless, the area in which she got out was empty and spacious, there wasn't any spot for her to hide. Wasn't she afraid that we'll see her?"

Larry's eyes narrowed slightly. In fact, it was very safe for her to get out of the car immediately after leaving the hotel because the people who were frightened by the hand grenade had yet reacted in time. Besides, he was the one who could not catch up with her.

However, the area was indeed empty and it was easy to reveal oneself. With that, holding an umbrella in the middle of the night made it even more obvious.

An intelligent person like her should not have made this mistake!

Larry stared at the footage without blinking his eyes.

He could see the person with the black umbrella moving quickly towards the middle of the road, and that person was as fast as a man.

"What is she going to do?" Stanley frowned as he looked on with confusion.

At the very next moment, that person vaulted across the traffic barrier and made it over the other side of the road.

Although the barrier was rather tall, and most people were incapable of leaping over it as effortlessly, the umbrella had very nicely shielded her entire body.

"Very agile movements. Larry, she's no ordinary woman." Stanley's expression sank. "I'm even more suspicious of her identity now."

Larry recalled the scene of her jumping into his room the night before. Given that it was the 33rd floor, one needed both courage and skill to do something like that.

Yes, she was no ordinary woman!

In the footage, she kept holding on to her umbrella as she crossed the road and walked towards a roadside gas station.

Then, she headed straight for the convenience store at the gas station.

The CCTV could not record the scene in the store, but the store was the only exit at the gas station.

No one was outside the station at this hour, nor did any cars passed by either.

Larry gradually sped up the footage but nothing of interest occurred.

From the footage, the woman did not leave the convenience store.

"There's only one exit at that gas station. Could she still be inside the store?" A look of excitement appeared on Stanley's face. "Larry, let's head over there. I'm sure we can catch her."

Not moving, Larry's gaze darkened. He started to adjust the footage, but he realized that no matter what he did, nothing on the screen changed. Everything was already set in place.

Due to the absence of people and moving objects on the screen, it was difficult for him to detect any changes. Most importantly, the footage kept flashing as he watched it which gave him an illusion where he assumed that the video was still playing as normal.

However, it was obvious that the CCTV had been hacked the moment she entered the convenience store because the image froze at that point. Yet, he could not understand how the flashing effect was created.

He tried to check other footages but discovered that the CCTV at this location could no longer be used, while the CCTVs at other locations functioned normally.

It seemed like he had met an expert in this field!

Larry knew that the woman was no longer at the gas station now.

The night was as cool as water, but his gaze was as cold as ice.

Stanley stared at the screen with wide eyes and a gaping mouth before he slowly came to his senses.

"Perhaps I'll go there to have a look, Larry." Stanley regarded Larry while his heart was beating violently with fear.

"Is Helen still at the hotel?" Larry turned around and his soft voice was laced with intimidation.

"Yes." Stanley felt a chill running down his spine.

"Tell someone to bring her to the parlor on the first floor." Assuming that the woman had escaped from his clutches, he would still do anything to get her back.

The parlor on the first floor.

Right now, he was still wearing his mask; he could have forgotten to remove it.

"I really don't know who she is. She wore a mask and I couldn't see her face." Helen was terrified and felt wronged.

"Why did you help her if you don't know who she was? You'd better think carefully before answering me. I'm handling this matter personally and you should understand its gravity." Every word uttered by Stanley was laced with menace.

He was aware that she knew of him and his identity.

"Because... Because she threatened me and did so with a gun?" There was a brief change in Helen's expression before she darted her gaze.

"If she did threaten you with a gun, your first reaction when you got out of the elevator on the first floor was to scream for help, not pretend to be injured and obstruct the staff from entering the elevator." Stanley laughed coldly. "You better not lie to me, or else I'll suspect that you're her accomplice. When she left the hotel just now, she threw a hand grenade and wounded seven people. If I can't catch her, then you'll..."

"I'm not her accomplice! I'm really not! I don't know her at all!" Helen's face went pale with fear and her body began to shake.

"Then come clean. This is your final chance." In all honesty, Stanley did not know how to treat a woman kindly sometimes.

"She, she used a secret of mine to threaten me, so I had to help her."

"Your secret? What secret? How did she know?" Stanley furrowed his brows. He was evidently surprised by this answer.

A flash of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

"The fact... The fact that I had an abortion." Helen did not want to hide anything anymore.

Stanley's expression shifted slightly. He then quickly turned towards Larry who was smiling in an enigmatic manner.

"I'm... I'm telling you the truth! Why would I hide anything else from you after revealing this matter?" When the two men remained silent, Helen became flustered. "Right, previously, there was also a man inside the elevator. He was also threatened by that woman."

Both Larry and Stanley were taken aback.

Henry Max was threatened?!