Chapter 426: Fleeing in Fear of Crime?

Interrogation Room.

Xu Mo found Hao Qi and was ready to ask about the details.

"Did you draw your gun before entering the complainant's house?"

"No," Hao Qi said, shaking his head without a second thought.

"When we arrived, the couple was arguing, the door was open, the complainant was blocking the doorway, not wanting her husband to leave. At that moment her husband wasn't holding a knife; they were just arguing more intensely, no one made a move. In that situation there was no need to draw..."

Speaking of that, Hao Qi suddenly became agitated, recalling a detail.

"I remember! As soon as we stepped out of the elevator, we heard the shouting outside—very intense. Instinctively I reached for my gun holster; the gun was still there. When I heard the shouting I intended to pull the gun, but as soon as I turned the corner I saw the two people arguing. The complainant was shouting for us to stop her husband. I saw the man didn't have a knife, so I didn't draw the gun."

"The gun was still there then? So you only discarded it after mediating the couple's dispute, or after leaving?" Xu Mo's earlier guess was correct.

When we saw the couple, the gun hadn't been discarded yet, so the suspicion on the Onlookers in the residential complex was essentially cleared.

To confirm, Xu Mo asked another question.

"After you finished mediating the couple's dispute and were about to leave the complex, did any residents come over to watch the commotion?"

"No," Hao Qi shook his head.

"Only at the beginning were there people watching, but before we got on the elevator we drove all the onlookers away, mainly to protect them from harm. When we left the complex, no one came up to watch."

"Alright... I understand." With this, the suspicion on the residents was completely cleared; the problem lies with the couple!

Xu Mo left the Interrogation Room and dialed Han Fei.

At that moment, Han Fei had just arrived at the complex a short while ago and hadn't begun his investigation when Xu Mo's call came through.

"Han Team, there's no need to waste time checking the complex's surveillance; the gun wasn't stolen by the residents. Focus your investigation on that couple—I think they might be involved."

As soon as he arrived, Xu Mo narrowed the suspect pool for Han Fei.

Since the residents had no suspicion, the surveillance didn't need to be checked, saving time.

So quickly clearing the residents' suspicion? I just got here! I haven't even started, Xu Mo's speed is terrifying... Han Fei didn't ask further, just gave a brief acknowledgment.

"Alright, I'll focus on that couple... How's it on your side? Have all the officers been cleared of suspicion?"

"Not yet, only the three officers who were on the mission with Hao Qi have had their doubts cleared," Xu Mo's voice came over the phone.

The suspects aren't just those three officers; after Hao Qi returned from the mission, every officer who had contact with him is under suspicion.

The gun was discarded after seeing the couple.

The residents' suspicion has been eliminated.

Now the suspects are the couple, and the officers who had contact with Hao Qi after he returned to the police station.

After all, Hao Qi only realized his gun was missing before handing it over.

That means anyone who approached him from the moment he contacted the couple until he surrendered the gun is a suspect.

Of course, the suspicion on the three officers who worked with Hao Qi has been cleared; Xu Mo questioned them, and the gun's disappearance has nothing to do with them.

After a round of elimination.

Xu Mo ultimately narrowed the target suspects to the couple and the officers who had contact with Hao Qi after his mission and before he turned in his gun.

After ending the call with Han Fei, Xu Mo planned to locate the officers who had interacted with Hao Qi before he turned in his gun for further questioning.

He went to the office area and scanned the row of officers at their desks.

"Today..."

At that moment, Xu Mo's phone rang.

It was Han Fei calling.

He replied so quickly; the couple must really be a problem, Xu Mo thought.

He decided to pause further checks on the police officers and instead answered Han Fei's call.

"Xu Mo, you were right—the couple does have a problem! They're not home, the main gate is locked tight; I suspect they've fled."

Almost as soon as the call connected, Han Fei's urgent voice came through.

"Fled?" Xu Mo repeated instinctively. Fleeing in fear of guilt? With this, the couple's suspicion grew even more.

"Yes, quickly use Sky Eye positioning to locate them. I'm heading over to arrest them now! We can't let them roam around with a gun!" Han Fei said urgently.

In his view, the couple's problem is serious; the missing sidearm was most likely stolen by them.

And now they're not at home; they just stole the gun and immediately left—this is a dangerous signal.

Xu Mo also realized the seriousness of the issue.

"Alright, you wait a moment."

After speaking, he approached the three officers who had just been cleared; only they had seen the couple with Hao Qi, and to use Sky Eye to search for people, he needed their help.

After briefly explaining the situation, the three also grasped its seriousness and immediately used the system to look up the complainant's phone number from today's report call.

They then entered the phone number into the system and retrieved the complainant's identity information.

Finally, they keyed the identity info into the Sky Eye System and began searching for the couple's current location.

Soon, the results came back.

The Sky Eye query showed that the couple was currently inside a shopping mall...