Chapter 55: Is There a Mole in the Expert Panel? Investigate Su Chen!

Chapter 55: A Mole Inside the Expert Team? Investigate Su Chen!

Duan Yu has been eliminated?!

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Qin Ming was the first to react. He immediately addressed the Skynet system:

"Enlarge the surveillance footage on grid 3, row 6!"

[Execution complete.]

The surveillance footage of the front courtyard of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau branch instantly filled the entire screen.

The members of the expert team had long been staring intently at Duan Yu's figure on the display.

At the very beginning, he had hurried toward his car as if he had encountered some incredible emergency and discovered vital information.

Running while pulling out his mobile phone, he fumbled and punched in the number incorrectly several times, showing just how unstable his state of mind was at the moment.

Shortly after, Duan Yu pulled open the car door and got inside.

In less than ten seconds, a figure in black escorted Duan Yu out and announced his elimination.

At this exact moment, the timestamp in the upper right corner of the surveillance footage showed—

Twelve o'clock, one minute, and twenty-two seconds.

Cui Liwan hurriedly took out his phone to check his call logs.

The time he received the call from Duan Yu was twelve o'clock and five minutes.

In an instant.

Everyone present felt a layer of goosebumps break out across their skin, a chill creeping up their spines.

Outside the window of the expert team's office, amid the one o'clock a.m. night, it felt as though a pair of eyes was lurking in the dark, watching everything that transpired here.

The person making the phone call was not Duan Yu!

Then who could it possibly be?

And what on earth was the crucial message Duan Yu had been in such a rush to tell them?!

"Quick, rewind the surveillance footage."

Cui Liwan hurriedly said to the Skynet system:

"Duan Yu was ambushed inside the car. The killer must have gotten in before him."

[Operation in progress...]

The surveillance footage rapidly reversed...

"Stop."

Wang Yanxing stared at the screen and immediately called out.

That killer had only appeared for a few frames throughout the entire sequence, but he was still acutely captured by Wang Yanxing's sharp eyes.

"Play it, capture the face, pause, and zoom in," Wang Yanxing instructed.

[Executing...]

Following that, a giant image appeared on the big screen.

This picture was precisely the facial image captured by the Skynet system through facial recognition technology.

The pixel count of the image was not high, but fortunately, this careless killer had accidentally exposed his full face once, allowing everyone to see it with absolute clarity.

It was Wang Yanxing's face, without the slightest discrepancy.

"What?!"

Wang Yanxing froze on the spot!

The other members of the expert team were also dumbfounded.

"Damn, Lao Wang, you with your thick eyebrows and big eyes..."

Qin Ming, standing beside Wang Yanxing, gave a start and immediately stepped back a few paces to put some distance between them.

"Explain yourself. What were you doing during the time you disappeared earlier?"

The other experts also cast vigilant glances toward Wang Yanxing in an instant.

They still vividly remembered the official statement when the show first broadcasted:

The killer could be anyone.

Could it be that Wang Yanxing really was the double agent?

No wonder Duan Yu's impromptu questioning hadn't yielded any results earlier—because they hadn't even considered the possibility of a mole within the expert team, and thus had never questioned the experts themselves.

"I... I was conducting a trace investigation..."

Faced with everyone's suspicions, Wang Yanxing felt completely unable to clear his name.

Never had he imagined that the surveillance footage would turn out like this. This killer must have gone into disguise and dressed up as him!

And yet, he truly had been working on private matters these past few hours and had no way to provide an alibi!

Was this supposed to be the killer's opening psychological blow against him?

Meanwhile, the other police officers in the expert team's office, along with the staff from the power distribution center, instantly perked up upon witnessing this dramatic turn of events.

Ooh, a juicy scandal?

There's actually a mole among the experts? Does this show have to be this thrilling?

"Listen to me, everyone. This matter requires further discussion before we reach a conclusion; we cannot jump to rash verdicts."

Wang Yanxing, who was not particularly eloquent, said helplessly.

"Naturally, we know that."

Qin Ming stared unflinchingly at his every move, placing a recording device on the table:

"Before our discussion, let me remind you: you have the right to remain silent. Once you speak, everything you say can and will be used as evidence against you in a court of law."

Wang Yanxing: "..."

Wait.

Amidst his anxiety, a train of thought suddenly flashed through Wang Yanxing's mind.

He knew that the murderer in this fugitive-hunting live broadcast was extremely smart.

Therefore, the other party definitely wouldn't just pick anyone at random to frame; they would undoubtedly choose the person easiest to successfully frame.

For instance, himself.

Because he hadn't been with the expert team at all over the past few hours and couldn't prove his innocence.

Then... how did the killer obtain this information?

Lost in thought, Wang Yanxing suddenly raised his head and looked at the expert team members before him:

"Everyone, I have a question."

"Before this, did anyone ask you about my whereabouts, or did anyone bring me up on their own initiative?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other members of the expert team immediately grasped Wang Yanxing's intention.

He was searching for the person who might have framed him.

Qin Ming and Bai Su carefully recalled the events and shook their heads, indicating that no such thing had happened.

However, the elderly Mr. Cui Liwan supported his chin and fell into deep recollection.

Thinking back to the events prior to capturing the real culprit, his expression suddenly stiffened as he spoke:

"I remember Su Chen brought this up in conversation with me earlier, though at the time, I just thought it was casual chatter."

Su Chen... Su Chen...

The other members of the expert team finally snapped back to reality at this moment.

Su Chen seemed to have been absent from a certain point in time all the way until now.

Attempts to contact him had also yielded no response.

A spark of realization ignited in Wang Yanxing's heart. He immediately turned his head and addressed the Skynet system:

"Skynet, retrieve Su Chen's facial data and play back his activity trajectory over the past few hours!"