There was no one in the dark monitoring room, with only a screen on the wall emitting a faint light.
"Crack."
The light was suddenly turned on, and two people walked in one after the other.
After experiencing another flight in a short period of time - again without protection - Jerez Brandy's hair became messy, but he didn't care about appearance as much as the people around him, and he looked directly at the screen as soon as he came in.
Apello stood behind him with his arms crossed and expressionless.
…
The time goes back to 8:14 in the morning.
Apello, who learned about Bourbon's escape from the bottom members, immediately rushed into the monitoring room.
In Cell No. 1, Scotland sat silently on the bed. He had already put on new clothes. In Cell No. 2, there were only a few low-level members who found something wrong and went to check. Bourbon who had been sleeping on the bed had long disappeared.
The camera facing the window clearly returned the picture of the window. The iron bars were completely removed, revealing a hole that was not too big or too small, barely enough for an adult to pass through.
The bars and windows of Cell No. 2 were not welded shut, but were fixed with screws, which gave Bourbon a chance to escape.
Apello's face was so gloomy that he could shed water, and the others behind him were trembling with fear. They were afraid that Apello would be angry, and they were also afraid that the undercover escape would cause everyone here to get into trouble.
"That guy..."
Apello gritted his teeth, wondering whether he should tell Angostela immediately or inform the leader immediately. He stared at the screen closely, trying to find some clues on the screen.
Contrary to what many people in the organization had guessed, Apello sometimes looks impatient, but he himself is a completely calm person.
Bomb design is a very dangerous job. If you are not careful, the designer himself will be the first to be blown to pieces. They cannot be impatient and they do not have to be very careful.
Apello stared at the picture for a while, then suddenly recalled the picture he had seen twenty minutes ago, and the strange feeling he had noticed before came to his mind again - he reacted instantly.
He stepped forward and quickly pressed a few times on the screen, calling up yesterday morning's monitoring and this morning's monitoring side by side.
——The images on the two screens are exactly the same.
It turned out to be like this. No wonder he felt something was wrong when he saw it before. It turned out to be exactly the same picture as yesterday.
No matter how upright a person sleeps, the way they look when they fall asleep will not be the same every day. There will be subtle differences in their expression, hair, position of the quilt cover, and the folds of the sheets underneath them.
People don't make much movement while sleeping, which makes surveillance people much more relaxed, and also makes them relax their vigilance and ignore such details.
After finding out one of the reasons for Bourbon's escape, Apello's expression did not change at all. He should have scolded the person who monitored him at night, but he understood that he had the greatest responsibility.
He looked at the other people: "The third team will stay behind, and the first team and the second team will go to the forest outside to track him. He will definitely not be able to run far."
"Yes!" Several other people shouted in unison.
"——Use a tranquilizer gun, not a real gun." Apello warned again.
"...Yes!" Several other people hesitated a little, but still responded one after another.
After the others left, Apello was left alone frowning at the screen.
There is no eavesdropping or positioning function in the restraint. The chain in the middle can be stretched very long and does not affect people's running. However, there is a scanner on it. If the pace is too fast, it will be judged as a dangerous move, and the restraint will automatically lock.
Bourbon, who had been locked up once two weeks ago, definitely knew this. After finally escaping, it was impossible for him to make such a stupid mistake.
Apello is not afraid of not finding anyone, but he is most afraid that Bourbon will lose his mind and commit suicide. There are many cliffs in the forest outside, so he can just jump off anywhere...
Thinking of the wild bear that was skinned and deboned by Angostela, Apello once again regretted his negligence. He sighed and took out his mobile phone.
He sent an email to Angus in the morning and has not responded yet. Maybe the other person is busy at work or still sleeping, so he wants to contact the boss first - this is a calm decision based on the situation, because he is afraid of Angus.
It's okay for Terra to be angry.
The call was quickly connected, and the boss's original voice on the other side was: "Hello?"
"Sir, I have something to report..."
Apello escaped with Bourbon and told the truth about the surveillance being switched. He honestly took the blame and did not leave it to anyone else.
"It's nothing. Undercover agents won't give up so easily."
After listening to his words, the boss was not angry at all, and his voice was as gentle as ever.
"Over there in Angstra..."
"He will be very busy today, and it will be difficult to get there before 12 o'clock in the evening. Don't tell him about Bourbon's escape for the time being." The boss's voice came, "I will find someone to visit Scotch Whiskey on his behalf."
Apello breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became concerned about another topic: "Boss, I have another question. Bourbon... I don't know how he changed the surveillance."
He remembered that Angstra gave Scotland a computer. The computer was on the table when he entered Cell No. 1. Could it be that...
...No, he believed in Angstra's loyalty and ability. He said that the computer only had entertainment functions, so it only had entertainment functions.
"The visitor tonight will answer this question for you." The boss smiled and said, "Okay, I'm very busy now, so I'll hang up the phone first."
After the call ended, Appello just put down the phone when his movements suddenly froze.
He seemed to have forgotten to ask the key question of the call - what to do with the escaped Bourbon?
"…………"
Calling him now would definitely disturb the boss, and judging from his tone, he didn't take it to heart at all.
Apello felt a dull pain in his head. He hesitated for a moment and finally chose to take back his phone.
Since the boss said that other members would visit in the evening, he would let the bottom members continue to look for people while waiting for him to come.
I hope that during this period, Bourbon's body will not be found. It would be better if he completely escaped than if he was dead.
After all, the person who escaped can search the ends of the earth to catch him, but when a person dies, he is dead, and there is no way to remedy it.
…
Apero finished his recollection and stared at Jerez's back.
Due to the confidentiality of the organization, even if he is the person in charge of an important base, he is not qualified to know all the codename members.
"If you are curious about how Bourbon escaped, I can tell..."
"No, I can guess it - the surveillance screen has been changed, right? Undercover agents often use this method if they want to escape surveillance."
Jerez still stared at the screen and answered without looking back.
"That's right."
Apello was not surprised. He could tell with just a few glances that those who could be sent here at such a special time must be members with strong abilities or special status.
It was his tone that inexplicably gave people the feeling that he was experienced.
"The question now is, how does Bourbon change the monitoring without any equipment." Apello asked the question that has lasted from the morning until now.
"……Eye."
Jerez stood up straight, turned off the screen he had just called up, and turned to look at Apero.
"When you put him in the cell, did you check whether his eyes were wearing contact lenses?"