Chapter 49: It

Seeing this result, the members of the Investigation Team looked at each other in bewilderment.

Almost everyone's face showed varying degrees of shock.

No record of this person in the area? That makes no sense.

The last place Xu Mo was seen was, after all, near the Sheraton, wasn't it?

Could the time be wrong? Maybe Xu Mo left the hotel earlier?

Han Fei thought to himself.

"One more time, expand the time window to six to nine o'clock."

After Han Fei finished speaking, the officer operated the Sky Eye again.

However, this time the result was exactly the same.

"No record of this person in the area…"

Now the members of the Investigation Team were completely baffled.

Could Xu Mo really have vanished into thin air?

He even managed to evade the Sky Eye?

The Sky Eye works by scanning every camera to locate a person.

As long as the target appears under a camera, the Sky Eye will definitely find them.

Since the Sky Eye didn't locate Xu Mo, there are only two possibilities.

One is that Xu Mo has truly vanished.

The other is that Xu Mo was never exposed to any camera.

But both possibilities seem unlikely…

This is Yangcheng, a top‑tier city, where the number of cameras is uncountable.

Every street and alley is covered with cameras.

Essentially there are no blind spots.

Trying to avoid all the cameras would undoubtedly be exhausting.

Even Han Fei couldn't manage that.

And Xu Mo actually has the ability to bypass every camera?

Now the Investigation Team members have to reassess Xu Mo.

He has completely overturned their understanding.

Earlier, after Han Fei and the others reviewed Xu Mo's basic profile, they truly thought he was just an ordinary office worker.

But now it seems…

Is this guy really an ordinary office worker!?

He can take a bag of cash right under the Police's nose, forge documents, and dodge every street camera…

He's meticulous, has special skills, and possesses extremely strong counter‑recon abilities.

If he were an ordinary office worker, that would be strange!

"Could this kid be a spy?" Han Fei thought.

That possibility is quite high!

Han Fei isn't the only one with that thought.

Chen Ke thought the same.

"Could Xu Mo be a spy? He forges documents, does counter‑recon; an ordinary person shouldn't have those skills. Now you tell me he can fly a plane, I don't even doubt it!"

"Fly a plane? How could that be?" Han Fei gave Chen Ke a cold stare: "Even real spies rarely know how to pilot."

"Exactly, and how could Xu Mo be a spy? The records are crystal clear—he's an office worker. In my estimate, he's just watched too many cop‑and‑gangster movies."

Li Chen also, at that moment, laughed and patted Chen Ke's shoulder.

Hearing that, Han Fei couldn't help feeling puzzled.

Xu Mo… really escaped their grasp multiple times just because he's watched too many cop movies?

Although Han Fei still sensed something off about this.

But now, this is the only explanation.

The tactics Xu Mo previously displayed—counter‑recon and the like—might have been learned entirely from those movies.

…

Airline Company.

Manager's office.

The staff in the HR department responsible for entering new employees' information noticed some irregularities.

"Wang Jingli, the ID copies you submitted for the two new hires have a problem; the ID numbers won't even link to the system."

"Hm?" the manager asked, puzzled. "Is the network bad or what?"

At that moment, the manager was secretly delighted about having recruited such an excellent Pilot.

He hadn't even taken the ID copy issue to heart; he just mentioned it offhand.

"It won't work; from the start it couldn't be entered. I thought the network was bad, but after several attempts I realized something was off—the ID numbers of those two people simply won't connect to the identity system."

"How could that be?"

"Really, manager, it truly won't connect to the system. Where have you placed those two employees? I'll go ask them; maybe the copies are unclear and I misread the numbers."

"Let's go together; I'll come with you to ask." After saying that, the manager got up.

At that moment, he also realized something was amiss.

Who could have an ID that can't connect to the network?

……

In the office, Xu Mo was still smiling and chatting about this and that with the Flight Attendants.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open.

The first to walk in was the Manager, followed by another employee.

Xu Mo had already seen this employee when the Manager had taken him to handle the onboarding earlier.

Even though the Manager hadn't spoken yet, Xu Mo could already guess what the Manager wanted to say.

In the next second, the HR employee behind the Manager spoke, looking at Yang Jingxuan and Xu Mo.

"Could you both give me your ID numbers? I need to verify them."

Upon hearing that, a flash of panic instantly appeared on Yang Jingxuan's face.

She knew very well that both her and Xu Mo's ID cards were fake!

Xu Mo had forged them just before leaving the hotel.

She couldn't possibly remember the ID numbers on them.

She could only cast a pleading glance at Xu Mo.

To her surprise, Xu Mo's behavior was completely normal.

In fact, from Xu Mo's expression one could see no sign of nervousness or guilt.

Xu Mo calmly recited the ID number from the forged card.

After reporting it, he looked at the Manager with a puzzled expression.

"Manager... why do you need the ID numbers? Didn't you just keep a copy earlier?"

"Your ID numbers don't connect online; Xiao Hu thought maybe the copy was blurry, so he asked you both."

Having said that, the Manager looked at the employee.

"How about it, Xiao Hu, is it a problem of an unclear copy?"

Xiao Hu shook his head.

"No, the ID number he reported matches the one I entered, so why wouldn't it connect online?"

At this moment, Yang Jingxuan's gaze began to waver.

The Manager and the others didn't know, but she did.

The ID numbers can't connect online because the IDs are fake.

Only a working ID would be strange!

Seeing this scene, the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room all felt their hearts lift.

"This can't be the moment we're about to get caught, right?"

"I have a feeling this show might end here; next the Airline Company will call the police, and the Police will arrive and catch Xu Mo red‑handed!"

"Damn... I can't accept this ending; the Police searched for Xu Mo for so long and couldn't find him, don't tell me he's being arrested now because the ID info is off."

"It's over, we're dead..."

The Water Friends think that because they're watching from a god's‑eye view.

They knew from the start the IDs were fake, so as soon as they heard the IDs wouldn't connect online, they immediately thought Xu Mo would be exposed.

But the Manager really hadn't thought of that.

Instead, he looked at Xu Mo, scratched his head, and said, "Your IDs aren't expired, are they?"