Clues

Although Ouyang Haotian has some aversion to Brother Dao's style of handling things, he has always followed Brother Dao and said that this person is responsible.

Tom believes in Ouyang Haotian's vision, just as Ouyang Haotian believes in Tom's vision.

So at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Tom waited for the slightly overweight Zhao Xin as scheduled in the private room of the Furui Tea House, a street away from the administrative district.

"Ange, why did you come here? No... your friend... was he messed up, right?"

Tom nodded and said, "It's because of me."

"Song Ren?" Zhao Xin immediately reacted.

"Hmm."

"Then you come to me..."

Tom took out his recording pen, pressed the play button, and played back the conversation recorded by Ouyang Haotian with that Jiang Yangtian.

"Hiss... your friend is quite smart!"

Tom smiled and said, "Being remembered, we all mustered up our spirits. Now it's not just him, I've also registered with the Internal Security Department."

"Ah?" Zhao Xin stood up and realized that he had lost his composure, so he smiled awkwardly.

Tom knew that Zhao Xin was very timid, and when he heard that he was being targeted by the internal security department, he instinctively wanted to run. However, he still had some original intention. He saved him and brought him back. He remembered this feeling, so he didn't leave directly to draw a clear line with him.

"Help me take this back to your instructor in charge. I think it's enough to prove Ouyang Haotian's innocence. Then, we won't owe each other anymore, can we?"

Upon hearing Tom's cold words, Zhao Xin felt embarrassed and sat down to say, "Well... Ange, look at what you said... you saved my life. Zhao Xin... is not an ungrateful person. Since you spoke up, I did it. After all, besides saving us, you also brought back the things you instructed, and the mission reward successfully offset my debt."

Tom nodded gratefully and said, "Okay, thank you!"

"If that's the case, Brother An, what do we say about thanking each other? If we want to thank each other, it's also me thanking you. So, rescue your friend. What do you plan to do...?"

"Let's act according to the situation. But don't worry, we won't implicate you."

"Hey, I'm not worried about this. Ange, you're going to see the outside world like this. Alright, it's not too late. I'll go back now and hand over this evidence to our instructor number 19."

Zhao Xin left, while Tom moved to the next private room.

When he came in, he opened two private rooms. Now that Zhao Xin has left, he will return to the next door.

If Zhao Xin didn't help him and instead betrayed him, he would definitely tell Song Ren's people to come to the private room just now to catch him. At this moment, Tom in the adjacent private room could hear any movement and quickly left.

Trust is relative, but the mind must have it, and Tom had a bottom line from the beginning. As for the recording pen, after bidding farewell to Brother Dao, he bought a new recording pen and borrowed a computer from somewhere. He backed up Ouyang Haotian's recordings into the new recording pen and handed it over to Zhao Xin.

He guarded the window and looked outside. From time to time, there were cars coming in and out of the Eighth Courtyard. It wasn't until two o'clock in the afternoon that he saw a somewhat familiar car coming towards him.

Tom was very alert and immediately took out the red crystal to be prepared.

The car stopped under the window, and he couldn't see the people getting out of the car. He could only carefully lean against the wall and listen to the movements of the neighboring private room.

As a result, the door next door was not knocked open, but rather the door of his private room was knocked on.

Tom carefully touched the door and heard the familiar knocking rhythm. He was overjoyed and quickly stuffed the crystal into his pocket before opening the door.

Sure enough, it was Ouyang Haotian, and there was also a person behind him, who was Zhang Guxing, the deputy head of the Internal Security Department, whom I met yesterday.

Tom first clapped his hands with Ouyang Haotian and congratulated each other before welcoming Zhang Guxing.

The three of them sat in the private room and lit a pot of hot tea to chat.

Originally, Zhang Guxing came to the Eighth Courtyard at noon to learn about the situation of supernatural powers. He happened to encounter someone from the Special Investigation Department investigating the matter of Ouyang Haotian. As a criminal investigation personnel, the instructor of the Special Investigation Department invited him to participate in the investigation.

Zhao Xin handed over the recording pen to Instructor 19 of the psychic team as agreed, and the entire recording pen recorded the task of Ouyang Haotian running errands for the security department, which also confirms his temporary work status in the security department. Then the detailed inventory recording, along with a retelling of the specific time, characters, and content, is indeed very strong evidence.

The personnel from the special investigation department immediately sent someone to the security department to confront Jiang Yangtian. Jiang Yangtian naturally denied it in every way, saying that the recording was fake. However, this was not difficult for the seasoned Zhang Guxing. Zhang Guxing broke through his defense in just ten minutes, making him honestly admit that he had framed Ouyang Haotian.

As for the reason, he bit to death because he was greedy for two crystals and wanted Ouyang Haotian to take the blame.

Tom and Ouyang Haotian both know that this must have been instructed by Han Haodong, but there's nothing they can do. It seems that Jiang Yangtian is planning to take it on.

Ouyang Haotian received a message from Zhao Xin, and only then did he find out that Tom was in the teahouse. Coincidentally, Zhang Guxing revealed his identity and talked about Tom's experience yesterday, and offered to escort him out of the Eighth Courtyard. After all, Song Ren's people must still be lurking outside. It's hard to say that Ouyang Haotian won't be taken away by the other party for an excuse when he comes out.

With the escort of Zhang Guxing, Ouyang Haotian can naturally leave the Eighth Courtyard with great confidence.

At this moment, even though Han Haodong's people suspected that Tom was in the teahouse, due to Zhang Guxing's identity, they still dared not break in and could only helplessly guard downstairs.

"Tom, to be honest with you, your case has been detained to death, and the current evidence is very unfavorable to you. The manager Zhang Guangliang also added testimony, saying that you often ask him for more crystals."

Upon hearing Zhang Guxing's words, Ouyang Haotian suddenly became furious and said, "Damn it, that sleazy man dares to say that. Let's go and beat him up before we talk."

Tom grabbed him and said, "Officer Zhang, thank you for trusting me. I also know that these pieces of evidence cannot help me get away with it, but may I ask that tattooed man, do you have any clues?"

Zhang Guxing replied, "I have sent someone to the statistics department to investigate and inquire. The list of registered personnel who entered the shelter and the photos they kept should have yielded some information. This obvious feature is easy to detect."

Ouyang Haotian, however, had some doubts: "What if the tattoo on his face was done after entering the shelter?"

Zhang Guxing shook his head and said, "There is a specialized criminal sketcher in Nei An Ke. He, like me, was a professional before the disaster. I described him last night and his portrait looks very similar. After all, we have been working together for many years. Believe me, the embroidery on our faces has no hidden meaning in our eyes."

Tom thought for a moment and said, "What if it's for other purposes, such as coordinating abilities?"

Zhang Guxing nodded and took a sip of tea, savoring the aroma spreading on his tongue before speaking up, "I specifically asked the instructor of the psychic team, and it is possible because in the Eighth Courtyard, there is an awakener who uses ink to draw on his arms and activate his powers, so that his hands can look like other things in the distance, such as iron bars, knives, etc., but when he gets closer, he can see through it."

Tom and Ouyang Haotian's eyes lit up, which was similar to his simulated invisibility. So he asked, "Is that Awakener using Blue Crystal?"

"Yes, but in the photo of you stealing, the camera is very close to the thief, close enough to see through the disguise."

"What if the Awakened One's abilities were stronger? They might be closer and not afraid of being detected." Tom thought of his own simulated invisibility, as well as the stealth of the skinny Wang Sanli in the medical camp. One's own invisibility will manifest with a single movement, while Wang Sanli's invisibility can move slowly without being detected, which is why it is called stealth. Moreover, Wang Sanli's abilities have been upgraded once and his movement speed can be faster, indicating that there are differences in abilities as well.

But Tom still finds it inconvenient to explain these to Zhang Guxing, and even if he does, it's useless.

Zhang Guxing trusted Tom very much to follow his train of thought and steer the person who stole the crystal towards the awakened face. Without enough evidence, if he mentioned more, it would turn into sophistry.

"In the photo, I found a detail." Zhang Guxing took a photo out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Tom.

Tom picked it up, and Ouyang Haotian leaned up to take a look. This was the photo of Tom stealing the crystal,

Zhang Guxing smiled and asked, "Can you see where the problem lies?"

Tom quickly looked at it and immediately realized the problem. "The Awakener watch in his hand is a counterfeit!"

Zhang Guxing nodded and said, "Among the other gang of criminals who went to your house last night, the leader wore one on his hand, which looks very similar to this one. There is a white line on the strap of the watch, but unfortunately, this watch cannot indicate that this person is not you."

Tom thought of another reason: "The Awakened Watch has identity recognition ability, which is useless for others to wear. This type of counterfeit Awakened Watch will not be sold on the market because it will make it difficult for Haiwei Mini Industry to distinguish who is the Awakened and who is an ordinary person. However... there is a store that sells it."

Zhang Guxing said, "Yes, Shangjiang Trading Company. Unfortunately, the department head rejected my suggestion, saying that this company was one of the earliest mutual aid societies to transform in the shelter, and provided great help in accommodating survivors in the shelter. Without direct evidence, we cannot come to investigate. The people I sent went to inquire with the other party, but they also stubbornly pushed back. Even with the strength of the internal security department, we cannot verify this line."

Tom and Ouyang Haotian exchanged a glance, and the Shangjiang Trading Company was Zhang Chengjiang's black market.

Tom entered the internal security department and the assassin who came to kill him was likely from Zhang Chengjiang's subordinates, who were also instructed by Yuan Feixing.

Nowadays, people who dress up like themselves are also wearing black market watches, so it is highly likely that these watches were given by Zhang Chengjiang. In this case, as long as you tap Zhang Chengjiang's mouth or obtain the shipment records of these watches, you are likely to find the person pretending to be Tom by following the clues.

"Officer Zhang," Tom said, "what if we go to Shangjiang Trading Company to get a statement or shipment record?"

Zhang Guxing's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head and said, "Do you plan to break through hard? It's very dangerous. Their security guards all have gun certificates, and there are also Power Awakeners inside who hold the qualification certificate to use crystals in the shelter. If you run into them..."

Ouyang Haotian stood up and laughed, "He has a lot of crystals there, and coincidentally, Tom and I are also Awakeners, and... our experience in supernatural combat is more extensive, just a few watchdog dogs. Hmph... These bastards are so proud of framing us. It's time for them to know what the tiger, who is threatening, looks like!"

Tom stood up and nodded, "Yes, Officer Zhang, let me provide evidence in this regard."