Chapter 315: Surveillance Played This Fast—Can You See Clearly?

Taking the documents handed over by Wang Dachuan, Xu Mo gave them a quick glance.

The missing persons turned out to be girls aged sixteen to twenty‑four.

And these girls all shared one trait: they were all quite beautiful, fitting the usual notion of a beauty.

"These are all missing cases reported in the past three days? Thirteen disappearances in three days—that's way too many," Xu Mo said after reviewing the data, placing the papers on the desk, then looking at Wang Dachuan: "Why didn't you investigate when the reports first came in? Waiting three days to look—if these girls were indeed trafficked, they'd probably be in danger by now…"

Upon hearing that, Wang Dachuan wore a worried expression and sighed.

"Brother, you just arrived, so there are things you don't know. Missing‑person cases have a special nature; they're not like murder or theft cases. Normally, a disappearance can only be reported after forty‑eight hours, and a missing person doesn't necessarily mean kidnapping—there's a high chance it's a runaway, or they might be sulking and refusing to contact their family, among other reasons. Kidnapping is actually rare; the missing‑person reports we receive are basically runaways or people simply not wanting to get in touch with their parents."

"Similar incidents happen far too often—there are several every month. On top of that, most of the bureau has been occupied with homicide cases lately, so when the missing‑person reports first came in, we didn't give them much attention, just assigning a few officers to look for them. Then the number of reports kept rising over the past three days—over a dozen cases, all girls, and the officers sent out couldn't locate any trace. That's when we realized something was off."

Speaking of that, Wang Dachuan paused, feeling a bit guilty.

"Still, it was indeed our oversight; it would have been better if we'd noticed the problem earlier."

Seeing this, Xu Mo hurriedly reassured Wang Dachuan: "It's fine. With surveillance networks so advanced now, those missing people will definitely be found."

At that moment, Han Fei walked out of the office.

Seeing that everyone had basically gathered.

Han Fei spoke: "Everyone, come over. I have something to say."

The others hurried over.

Han Fei stood in the middle of the crowd and used a magnet to attach a stack of photos he was holding onto the whiteboard.

"These are the missing persons from all the cases we've received in the past three days—every one is female, and none have been found so far. I suspect a criminal gang that specializes in trafficking women is behind this."

After speaking, he then pasted another stack of photos, placing each one beside the corresponding picture.

"These photos show the last scenes in which each girl appeared on surveillance; after that, the cameras captured nothing else. All these locations are somewhat remote, the kind where hardly anyone passes by at night. Their disappearance times all cluster after nine p. m., and every single missing person was walking alone at night, with no companion."

"The kidnapping scenes for these girls weren't captured by the cameras; the trafficking gang must have done it deliberately, avoiding surveillance to abduct the lone girls."

Having finished, Han Fei added a point.

"The higher‑ups are taking this missing‑person case very seriously, demanding that we solve it and eliminate the gang within a week. I'll soon post in the group chat all the girls' files and the last surveillance footage of them before they vanished. Everyone, examine them closely; no detail may be overlooked. Let's crack the case quickly, rescue them, and wipe out the gang in one fell swoop!"

"Yes!" the officers replied, their spirits soaring.

The main reason is that Human Traffickers truly hate people.

They're almost the criminals they despise the most.

For personal gain, they treat people as commodities to trade; we have no idea how many happy families and the bright futures of those young women they've shattered—it's downright inhuman!

To quickly uncover the gang and rescue the girls, the officers didn't waste time; they promptly returned to their stations and began reviewing the material Han Fei posted in the group.

They mainly examined the surveillance footage.

As for each victim's file, they just skimmed it and moved on.

After all, the victims' files aren't useful; the surveillance is.

The surveillance clips Han Fei sent were the last footage he had compiled of each victim before they disappeared.

These clips hold some value.

Perhaps the criminals themselves even appear in these recordings?

If any suspicious person or vehicle is spotted in the footage, it would greatly aid their investigation.

At first, the officers thought the case would be easy to solve.

Since more than a dozen people have vanished, they have over a dozen surveillance clips to examine.

As long as the same person or vehicle shows up in several of those clips, it's highly likely to be the suspect.

But when they actually started checking, they immediately realized their thinking was far too simplistic.

In those dozen‑plus clips, they found no person or vehicle appearing in multiple recordings; the people and cars seen across the clips were completely distinct.

The criminals are very familiar with the camera locations… they've avoided all of them!

"It's a bit tricky, no leads at all…" After watching surveillance for over an hour straight, Wang Dachuan's eyes grew sore, still finding nothing suspicious.

He involuntarily glanced at Xu Mo beside him.

He discovered that Xu Mo was still watching the footage.

Xu Mo's pace is slow; after an hour of footage he still hasn't finished? Wang Dachuan leaned over: "I've already watched all the surveillance Han Team sent, didn't find anything suspicious. Did you notice any suspicious…"

Before he could finish the sentence, Wang Dachuan was stunned.

The surveillance footage on Xu Mo's computer was flashing at breakneck speed; Wang Dachuan could only see after‑images.

How many times faster is this playing??

"You're playing it this fast… can you see clearly?"

"I can," Xu Mo replied while watching the footage: "There really isn't much clue in those clips. I also scanned the surveillance within a few hundred meters around the area and saw nothing suspicious. I even checked the footage from the days leading up to the incident, and when I compare those, I've found a slight lead."

"Can you even make it out?" Wang Dachuan forced himself to watch a bit longer, but still couldn't see anything clearly—only vague after‑images.

Not being able to see clearly is one thing, but the surveillance on Xu Mo's screen was playing so fast it made him dizzy, his head throbbing.

Can Xu Mo really see clearly? Did he also check the surrounding surveillance? Did he even go through the footage from the days before the incident?

Sounds like bragging—one hour to watch that much footage? Wang Dachuan expressed doubt: "Did you really find something? What exactly did you find?"