Spot The Traitor.

"System, has anyone been staring at me?"

"5 people in total. Nobody is staring at you outright, but they keep sending glances from time to time."

On the outside, his eyes opened up slightly.

The system created a panel, and the observers were visible on the screen.

"Him, him, her, him, and Tao."

Wang Tao had left along with Tai Zhong. They were going to ask the government for more help.

Alex observed the suspected onlookers. They were focused on their work for the time being.

"Two of them have a desk that is close to me. They might be the culprits, but the chances of curiosity being the main factor are high."

One of them sent a glance and whispered something to the person next to him.

"Could it be him?"

Alex observed him for a few more minutes. After a while, the suspect stopped looking at him and went back to work. He didn't look at Alex after that.

"Not him."

All this time, the suspects closest to him continued to get distracted by his presence.

"Creeps."

He diverted his attention and looked at the last present suspect.

Constantly on the phone, the guy kept twirling a pen in his other hand. He was obviously unnerved about something. His eyes were observing Alex far too often. But he was trying his level best to stay calm.

"For some reason, that guy is terrified of me."

After some time, the guy started to move his feet. Constantly in motion, his nervousness was slowly getting the better of him.

"Let's wait for Tao."

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"How long could this take?"

On the other line, the military general asked Tai Zong.

"Depends on how fast we move out."

"Give me a number, General."

He looked at his second in command.

"A week at the most. We need to get a large-scale operation started as soon as possible."

"Based on a hypothetical?"

"The Designs were stolen. If the enemy succeeds, would you like to answer to the higher-ups?"

Tai wasn't backing down.

The General on the line went silent.

"If this turns out to be nothing, going through warehouses of the big companies could be the end of our careers. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I don't care about that. This is a threat to national security."

The general sighed.

"Fine. You can have my men. But only for one week, and the Army would be keeping an eye on the operation."

"I'll send the document for approval."

"You owe me a favor after this. Don't forget that when I need your help."

"Deal. I'll hang up now."

After placing the phone back on the table, he looked at his second in command and said,

"You lead this mission from our side. First, we go through all the factories and houses near the hot spot."

Wang nodded and said,

"Sure. How fast can I deploy foot soldiers?"

"Is the proposal ready?"

"It should be done."

"Then we should head back. We need to inform the boy about the situation."

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Alex kept observing all 5 of the suspects. 3 of them had already lost interest in him. One of them was behaving hysterically, while the other one was yet to arrive.

"They are here."

Tai Zhong walked towards him, while Wang Tao walked towards the main suspect. Alex was focused on analyzing his mannerisms.

When Tao got closer to the nervous suspect, he opened his eyes.

"Had a nice nap?"

"I wasn't napping."

Tai was skeptical, but he said,

"We have extra support. The army will be joining in on the mission."

"What are they talking about?"

He pointed towards the two suspects.

"Drafting a proposal for approval."

"Can I see the proposal?"

Alex made a request.

"I don't see why not."

Tai felt that Alex wanted to show that he was involved in this mission. He must have been feeling left out after sleeping for hours.

Alex and Tai walked towards their desk.

"He wants to go through the proposal."

He asked Tao, who looked at the nervous man and said,

"Li, open up the document."

The man named Li didn't look at Alex. He didn't have the courage to. Tai realized his nervousness. After all, he was a recruit. He pulled up the document on the screen. It was written in Chinese and had a stamp of approval from the special forces department.

Alex got closer to the monitor. He could hear Li's heart beating like crazy.

"Traitor."

The nervous recruit felt something hard on the back of his head. Those words sent a chill down his spine, and the two people looked at the kid in horror.

"What are you doing?"

Tai was the first person to ask. Alex looked at him and said,

"He is the mole."

Wang Tao looked at Li, who was shivering due to fear.

"What is your proof?"

Everyone in the room was staring at the kid in disbelief. Where did that gun come from?

"I don't need to show you my proof."

He rebuked the statement with a harsher comment.

"Then how can you implicate someone without proof? Are you insane?"

He looked at Li and said,

"Log."

Everyone was confused at that. But Li, who was only shivering before, emptied his bladders at that statement.

Alex looked at Tao and smiled.

"Now I have two traitors."

He pointed his gun towards Tao's leg and shot without any hesitation.

"STOP!"

Tai wanted to step in, but it was too late. Blood appeared through the bullet hole, and Wang Tao fell due to pain and loss of balance.

"Ask everyone to open the files related to the two missing scientists on their systems."

Tai looked at him and said,

"Cao ni ma."(Translate it yourself.)

Alex smiled and pointed the gun towards him.

"I don't have any reservations. I will kill everyone in here. Just do as I say, and you might get to live."

When the others saw that their leader was being threatened, they immediately did as he said.

"Open up the log files."

Nothing out of the blue. Tai was looking for an opening, but Alex and his bloodlust made sure that there wasn't one.

He pointed the gun back towards Li and said,

"Show us the hidden log files."

Li looked at the bleeding Wang Tao on the ground.

'Click'

"I will blow your brains off. Don't keep me waiting."

Li hurriedly opened up a folder and deleted all the files in it.

Routine Check, File accessed a few days back by Second in command, Wang Tao.

Immediately, a new log appeared on the log file.

"The file was hidden from everyone else. He was the one behind the disappearance of the 2 scientists. If we interrogate him, we get our culprit."

He put the Glock and roses back in his pocket.

"There is your proof."