After the voice finished speaking, it was never heard again, but we did not ask any further questions, because the last words spoken by the person controlling the bomb made the atmosphere on the scene freeze to its climax!
At this moment, sweat was gradually oozing out of my forehead, and Lin Yingxue stood in front of me at the first moment. Although the two police officers, two security guards and the office director did not say anything, the distance between everyone was gradually widened. Everyone looked at the people around them vigilantly. Behind that vigilant look, I didn't know what these people were planning.
"That person is just talking nonsense. He just wants us to kill each other. Don't believe them. I think we should ignore what the bomb operator said and continue to look for a way out."
We confronted each other for about two minutes, and one of the two police officers stood in the middle of the crowd with an awkward smile on his face, and waved at us, indicating that we should not be so hostile.
"Hmph! Don't give me that shit! You know what you're thinking! Anyway, I don't trust you policemen anymore. I won't go with you! Who knows if you guys will suddenly stab me in the back halfway through!"
The office director sneered and said, Lin Yingxue's face instantly fell, and it seemed that she was ready to take action.
The office director looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He didn't care about the angry Lin Yingxue at all. He turned to the two security guards and said, "I think we should go together. Maybe we can find the exit first. These policemen are useless. It's just a waste of time to follow them!"
As the office director said this, he turned around and walked upstairs. The two security guards hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted their teeth and followed the office director's footsteps. Only Xiao Chen shook his head at me apologetically before leaving.
We watched the three of them walk up the stairs and eventually disappear into the darkness. The two police officers nearby asked, "Just let them go up there alone? Aren't you afraid that something might happen to them?"
I shook my head and said, "The three of them are not on the same page right now, so they will definitely be on guard against each other. If anyone wants to take action, the chance of success is not very high. If the three of them are together, the chances of getting into trouble will be smaller. On the contrary, if they go with us, there is no guarantee that someone will suddenly take action. Let them have fun on their own."
The calmness and analytical ability shown by the office director during this period has always been a question in my mind. If the person who controlled the bomb had not suddenly said such a rule, I would never let him leave my sight. I always feel that the way the person who controlled the bomb got out of here has something to do with the things hidden by the office director.
The police officer who spoke nodded and said, "What should we do now?"
I looked around. Although it was dark here, we had stayed on the first floor for such a long time without seeing Bai Longfei, and we hadn't heard the sound of the bomb exploding. Obviously, Bai Longfei and the others were not on the first floor. So I said, "Let's go up as well, but we won't go with the three of them. While trying to find a way to get out, we can also find a way to sneak up to the tenth floor and see if we can catch the person controlling the bomb in the monitoring room while he's not paying attention!"
The two policemen had no opinions at all. They were completely frightened and at a loss as to what to do in this environment. They could only do what I said and followed Lin Yingxue and me obediently, walking up the stairs.
After we arrived at the second floor, we did not continue going upstairs. Instead, we planned to search the second floor first to see if there were any clues or traces of Bai Longfei. The office director and the other three did not seem to be on the second floor at this time. It seemed that they should have gone to a higher floor.
I really hope that the office director and his team can sneak to the tenth floor and capture the people in the monitoring room. In this way, we can save a lot of trouble and successfully resolve the current crisis.
I have to say that the person who controlled the bomb was really smart. Maybe he discovered the security guard Xiao Wei who went out alone and Bai Longfei who chased after him, so he came up with such a conspiracy, wanting us to kill each other, so that everyone would give up the idea of trying to leave alone. It's like killing two birds with one stone, which really gives me a headache.
There seemed to be several meeting rooms on the second floor of the newspaper office, and the meeting rooms were quite large. There were only eight meeting rooms among the many rooms on the entire second floor. So we divided into two groups, two people in a group, looking for clues in the corridors on both sides. Lin Yingxue and I were in one group, and the two police officers were in another group, because I was still a little worried about the two police officers.
The two police officers were reluctant to be divided into groups at first, but time was limited and they understood their current situation. Although they were very scared, they still walked to the other side of the corridor to check the four meeting rooms on their side.
After seeing the two police officers walk into their conference room, Lin Yingxue and I turned around to check our conference room. After checking three conference rooms in a row, we did not find any suspicious objects or hidden exits inside.
"Where do you think Bai Longfei is doing? Based on his personality, he wouldn't just leave alone and ignore us." Lin Yingxue asked me in a low voice as she pushed open the door of the fourth meeting room.
I sighed and said, "Brother Long must have found clues about the person who controlled the bomb and went to catch that person, otherwise he wouldn't do this. Believe in Brother Long, he is not a reckless person."
After opening the fourth conference room, I used a flashlight to take a rough look inside. The furnishings here were exactly the same as those in the other three conference rooms. It seemed that there was nothing to see at all, but we still walked in and planned to take a closer look.
"Do you really have no idea now? I think the person who controls the bomb this time may really detonate the bomb at one o'clock. We must do something now."
I checked the things in the conference room and said, "I do have some clues, and I even have someone I suspect, but I don't have any evidence right now. Besides, that person must have the remote control of the bomb. Even if we suddenly catch him, there is no guarantee that he won't detonate the bomb at a critical moment and die with us."
Lin Yingxue was a little surprised and said, "You already know who it is? Could it be the office director? I think he is the most suspicious."
I said helplessly, "I'm not sure yet. Anyway, if we still can't find any clues by 0:50, we can only arrest people according to my guess. But arresting people is too risky."
As I was speaking, I suddenly noticed something black underneath the conference table in the middle of the meeting room, which flashed in the light of the flashlight.
I immediately stopped and shone the flashlight towards the black thing, then I could see clearly what it was.
I saw that the black thing was a very long log, and the size and shape of the log were very similar to the piece of wood that stabbed Ma Jie to death in the surveillance video when Ma Jie died!
Lin Yingxue exclaimed after seeing it: "Wasn't this piece of wood taken back by the local police for investigation? How did it appear here?"
I squatted down and looked at the wood in front of me carefully, shaking my head and said, "No, this is not the piece of wood that killed Ma Jie. Have you forgotten that in the surveillance video, the piece of wood that killed Ma Jie had been sharpened by the murderer Zhou Jingyi? But the piece of wood in front of me is cylindrical at both ends, so it is obviously not the same piece of wood."
"But if it is not the same piece of wood, why would this piece of wood appear here?" Lin Yingxue was very puzzled by the appearance of this piece of wood. While asking me, she used a flashlight to check if there was anything else near the wood.
I thought about it for a moment, then said, "This is probably what the person who controlled the bomb said was the way to get out."
Lin Yingxue immediately turned around and asked me, "What do you mean? This piece of wood can find a hidden way out?"
"That's not the case. I've said it before. The person who controlled the bomb only told us to find a way out, not the way out. Although this piece of wood is not the one that killed Ma Jie, it is very similar, and it is impossible for it to appear in a conference room like this. So this piece of wood can only be placed here by the person who controlled the bomb!"
Having said that, I stood up and didn't look at the piece of wood again. Instead, I took Lin Yingxue and walked out the door, saying as I walked, "I understand. It turns out that this is the real way to get out of here!"
There are two things related to this piece of wood. The first is the case of Ma Jie's death. We have solved this case before. Both the murderer Zhou Jingyi and Zhou Jingyi's method of killing were perfectly reproduced by me, so the person who controlled the bomb did not mean this.
Another thing is that Director Zhao died not long ago! Because the piece of wood that killed Ma Jie happened to be the same piece of wood that killed Director Zhao! Since there is a similar piece of wood here, then the person who controlled the bomb must want me to find out the real reason for Director Zhao's death within an hour! As long as I can find the reason for Director Zhao's death and say it loudly so that the person who controlled the bomb can hear it, then he will let us go. This is the real meaning of his so-called game!
But this case happened a long time ago, and now almost all the people involved in this case are dead. How can I start investigating with only one hour? And more importantly, why did the bomb operator go to so much trouble to let me do this? Is there any relationship between him and the deceased Director Zhao