Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 298 - 293: Investigation

Mantis couldn’t figure it out.

There was little surveillance nearby. He accessed the footage immediately, but found nothing unusual, as if the person who spoke to You Le earlier didn’t exist.

"Boss, this is too strange. None of the nearby cameras has any footage cut, yet they didn’t capture those people at all..."

"There must be an underground passage nearby for quick movement." Fu Yuanxuan’s expression was serious, holding binoculars to observe.

The street in front of the bar is a commercial area, bustling with people, while the back street is a residential area, quieter but still with people coming and going.

After the explosion, the only way to move quickly within such a short time is through the passage.

Fu Yuanxuan stared at the burning spot through the binoculars, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Mantis, find the map of Back Alley Street."

"Got it."

Mantis tapped a few times on the tablet and handed it over.

The map on the tablet was a satellite real-time map that, when zoomed in, clearly showed every building, even their construction years and land area were marked.

The buildings in the residential area were quite old, renovated during the first reconstruction phase after the chaos, crowded houses, narrow streets, reminiscent of Sea City’s old alleys.

When Fu Yuanxuan saw Anhe Middle School three streets away from Back Alley Street, his eyelid twitched.

He quickly enlarged the building view around Anhe Middle School, then combined with the criteria for underground passage entrances, he swiftly locked onto an area.

"Mantis, take people to immediately surround the Anhe Middle School faculty family residence."

Mantis noticed that his captain’s frown could probably kill a fly, and his heart skipped a beat.

Could the passage exit be over there?

The buildings in this residential area are quite old, having been renovated in recent years, so even if there is a passage, it couldn’t be long. Given the concealment conditions of the underground passage, the entrance and exit could indeed be nearby Anhe Middle School.

No wonder the captain looks so concerned. If it’s near the school, would those people blow up the school for safety?

Thinking of this, Mantis desperately wanted to rush over immediately.

***

On a deep winter night, the campus was enveloped in darkness, with the nearby family residences being the only ones lit.

The security guard, who was eating, glanced at his phone on the table while gnawing on a pig trotter, occasionally letting out a few laughs.

"Knock knock knock..."

Suddenly, there was an urgent knocking on the window.

The security guard was so startled that he almost choked, dropping the half-eaten pig trotter on the ground, then turned to look outside the window with a frown.

The window was fogged, faintly showing a silhouette close to it.

Annoyed, the security guard wiped the window, revealing the person outside.

Very unfamiliar, never seen before.

As the area being wiped grew larger, the security guard was shocked to see quite a few people in police uniforms standing behind the man outside.

A sense of unease immediately rose in his heart.

He quickly opened the tightly closed door, looking tensely at the people at the entrance.

"Hello, we’re from Anhe Police Station. This is my identification. We are here to inquire about some matters. Please cooperate with the investigation. Have you noticed any strangers entering the campus recently?"

The security guard swallowed a few times and shook his head, "The school requires... the family residence not to be rented out externally... It’s all teachers and their families living here..."

Not far away, Fu Yuanxuan heard this and glanced inside the security room but didn’t go over, instead observing the residential area around.

The family residence was separated from the campus by a wall, topped with some thorned barbed wire, about three meters high, preventing anyone from climbing over.

The family residences occupied a small area, consisting of six buildings, not very tall, each with about ten floors.

The buildings were arranged in an orderly manner, appearing identical from the outside, with each building roughly 50 meters apart, without a proper community environment, only surrounded by a simple fence.

The entrance to the residential area was in the same direction as the school’s entrance, and there was only one entrance.

If strangers were entering or exiting, the security guard would definitely notice.

After observing the environment, Fu Yuanxuan returned to the security room.

He happened to hear Mantis asking the security guard, "Whose cars are these three vehicles?"

Mantis held up the tablet for the security guard to identify the vehicles on the surveillance screen.

Though the residential area appeared small, it was filled with private cars.

Within half an hour before and after the explosion, three private vehicles had exited the residential area, including one seven-seater SUV.

Although the three vehicles didn’t leave at the same exact time, Mantis, with his rich investigative experience, still suspected there was an issue.

The security guard scrutinized the tablet and confidently identified two of the cars, "These two cars belong to Mr. Feng’s kids; Mr. Feng’s two children came to visit him today, probably leaving after dinner. This SUV seems to be the new car Mr. Zhao bought..."

"Where do these two teachers live?"

"Mr. Feng lives in Building Three, Apt 607; Mr. Zhao lives in Building Four, Apt 608..."

Before the words were fully spoken, Fu Yuanxuan had already commanded, "Immediately notify the emergency center and demolition group! Group A evacuates the residents within the residential area, Group B is on guard duty, Group C tracks the locations of the three vehicles, confirm the personnel information on the cars..."

The security guard was startled by the commotion, anxiously watching the figures running out.

The police acted swiftly, setting up the cordon within half an hour, and all residents from the six buildings were orderly evacuated, standing nervously by the roadside.

Emergency vehicles, police cars, and fire trucks surrounded the residential area completely.

Fu Yuanxuan, along with his team members, donned explosive suits, following the demolition experts, arriving outside the door of Apt 607 in Building Three.

As the lock was opened with professional tools, several of them cautiously entered the room.

There was no one inside at the moment, and the demolition experts tested the air, pulled out explosive detection equipment, and began scanning the room.

"Beep beep beep..."

An hour later, the demolition expert put away the equipment and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "No explosives in the room."

Fu Yuanxuan and others quickly removed their bomb suits and began searching the room for any retained evidence.

However, the room was extremely clean, not even a hair on the ground.

After searching for a long time, they found nothing useful, and Mantis couldn’t help but glance at Fu Yuanxuan nearby.

"Captain, did you find anything?"

Fu Yuanxuan stood between the master bedroom and the living room, deep in thought.

Then, he started knocking on the wall between the two rooms, continuing to knock until he reached the custom closet in the master bedroom.

He opened the closet door and knocked on the wood panel inside the closet.

"Knock knock knock..."

Hollow board.

Fu Yuanxuan immediately took out all the clothes from the closet, threw them on the nearby bed, finally discovering a recess inside the closet.

He gave it a strong pull, revealing a hidden space behind the closet.

Originally a walk-in closet, it was now covered with countless photos.

The people inside were all students from Anhe Middle School.

"This... this is..." Mantis, who was following Fu Yuanxuan, was stunned, his mouth slightly open and feeling a chill on his scalp.

Beside these photos were their identity details.

Mantis roughly scanned around, finding that most students were from Anhe Middle School’s Elite Class, their physical or spiritual power was A-level.

You Le’s photo was also among them, even marked with a prominent circle.