Chapter 686: The Inescapable Trap

Why didn't they go to Yanjing themselves to make the arrest?

It's too far.

More importantly, time is pressing; they can't afford even the slightest delay.

Zhang Jiangke checked into the hotel three days ago. Judging from his past check-in records, he almost never stays at the same hotel for a long time.

Under normal circumstances, his stay at a hotel lasts about three days; the longest he ever stayed was merely five days.

So at this moment, Zhang Jiangke could check out and leave at any time.

"I'll go handle it immediately," Captain Xu replied, then immediately stood up and left.

When only Yu Dazhang was left alone in the office, his gaze fell once again on the documents before him.

"Why would such a seasoned human trafficker make no defenses against his own movements?"

Yu Dazhang muttered to himself:

"Even Xie Wei knew to have someone else rent a room for him; that way he could effectively evade the police's tracking methods and achieve the goal of long-term hiding."

He did not believe Zhang Jiangke would be inferior to Xie Wei.

The older a person gets, the sharper they become; in every aspect, there is a considerable gap between Xie Wei and Zhang Jiangke.

Between these two lies Zhang Qian.

That is to say, Xie Wei isn't even as good as Zhang Qian, let alone Zhang Jiangke, who is one level higher.

In that case, it shows Zhang Jiangke's mind must be more agile than Xie Wei's, and his consideration of matters more comprehensive.

He did it on purpose!

Yu Dazhang immediately made this judgment in his mind.

The reason Zhang Jiangke dared to use his real identity to check into a hotel must be that he was confident he wouldn't be caught.

Or rather, this seemingly normal behavior is actually a smokescreen he set up for the police.

"At the very beginning, during ticket purchases and hotel check-ins, he wouldn't set up defenses, because at that time he hadn't yet started large-scale acquisitions within the country."

Yu Dazhang narrowed his eyes, his mind whirring.

A habitual offender like Zhang Jiangke knows very well that once he starts acquiring nationwide, it won't be long before the police are alerted.

But at this point, he can't stop unless he's made enough money.

As time passes, Zhang Jiangke's vigilance will also grow heavier and heavier.

A person in this state easily falls into the fantasy of scaring themselves.

Because he doesn't know whether the police have already discovered him.

So the question arises.

How to determine whether the police have discovered him?

Thinking of this, Yu Dazhang involuntarily shifted his train of thought.

"If I were Zhang Jiangke..."

"As more and more people are caught, I would also begin to live in constant fear day and night."

"Continuing like this isn't a solution; I can't just wait for the police to come knocking. So before the police find me, I must set a trap to judge whether I've already been exposed."

"What kind of trap should I set?"

At this moment, Yu Dazhang's brain worked rapidly, one hypothesis after another flashing through his mind.

"Since I'm setting a trap, it must be placed on the path the police must take during their investigation."

"Within the country, I have no fixed contact phone number, so that path is blocked; the police can't find me through phone calls."

"Then the only option is to track my movements, and among those, my hotel check-in records are the most critical clue."

"Yes, it's the check-in records; this is the only place where I can set a trap for the police."

Having said this, he suddenly stalled.

How should he do it?

Gathering his focus, he turned his gaze back to the documents.

Before continuing the deduction, there was one thing he could confirm first.

This time, he started looking from the back to the front.

March, February, January...

Sure enough, there wasn't a single ticket purchase record!

But during these three months, Zhang Jiangke did have hotel check-in records in both Yanjing and Songhai.

This indicates he no longer used public transportation to travel between the two places.

Looking further back, in mid-December last year, Zhang Jiangke had purchased an airline ticket to fly from Songhai to Yanjing.

That is to say, he started guarding against the police from this year onward.

Without ticket purchase records, the police couldn't lock onto his movements, yet he continued to stay in hotels by checking in.

"I know!"

Yu Dazhang's eyes lit up.

Now that it was confirmed Zhang Jiangke was setting a trap, the method wouldn't be hard to guess.