Chapter 68 Doubt
"Look, Skynet has been updated again." On the plane, a girl holding a tablet computer shouted excitedly in a low voice.
"Wow! Great! Another child has been found?" Her companion immediately came over, their heads together, staring intently at the latest video uploaded on the web page. The passengers sitting next to them heard it, and some immediately took out their computers to search for Skynet's page. In a blink of an eye, there were many comments about Skynet's update on the Internet.
Zheng Yirou also opened her laptop and flipped through it. A smile appeared on her face. She turned the screen to her husband and said, "Look, this child has been trafficked for three years and has changed hands several times. I don't know how Skynet found him. The human traffickers in Sugar Country are really rampant. Thank God, there is Skynet to control him!"
Seeing the tearful scene of relatives recognizing each other on the screen, Jin Bai's eyes seemed to be stung. He turned his head and said stiffly: "Don't go online on the plane."
"What are you afraid of? It's still a long way from landing!" Zheng Yirou enthusiastically commented in the message area online, and together with many strangers on the Internet, sent blessings to the child and his family.
Jin Bai didn't want to hear this, so he pulled down his blindfold to cover his eyes, also hiding the worry and fatigue on his face.
It's not that he didn't admire Skynet's actions and magical powers, but when he found out that Skynet might be related to Crow, he felt upset when he heard the name.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, the Public Security Bureau is the busiest. If it weren't for work, Jin Bai would not be able to come to City B at this time. Now that the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year has not completely dissipated, he and his wife Zheng Yirou are going back to City A. The only son Jin Yang still has ten days of vacation, so he can stay in City B for about a week.
In the past, they were not worried about leaving Jin Yang alone in City B. After all, they were both busy and had little time to take care of the child. Jin Yang had learned to take care of himself since he was a child. Staying with his grandparents in City B, he could get more love and act like a child, which made him feel more comfortable than in City A.
But this year is different. This year, Jin Yang is surrounded by a group of mysterious investigators and a possible violent organization that is both black and white.
Jin Bai found it hard to believe that his innocent and kind son was actually connected to such a murder organization. In his heart, his son was always the child who was just learning to speak and knew nothing. But there were too many doubts. No matter how much he tried to excuse his son, he couldn't say against his will that there was no connection between them.
The work of catching the wanted criminal with a bounty began in City A. Before that, Jin Yang had just copied all the wanted bounties in his filing cabinet; Jin Yang almost had a car accident, and the mysterious Wild Wolf mercenaries who sneaked into City A were exposed; even if they changed their residence, they were soon revealed to the Criminal Investigation Team by the Crows; in the end, no one was left alive, and the only survivor was also killed; Jin Yang was kidnapped, and the kidnappers were all killed except for a few unaware minions. It has been confirmed that the person who did it is most likely the mysterious killer among the Crows; at the same time, four violent organizations abroad were all wiped out, and more than a dozen people from various countries were sent to investigate, but they still couldn't figure out who wiped out these armed forces and what level of firepower they had. The biggest possibility at present is this Crow organization that suddenly appeared.
Before the forces of Mura and others were wiped out, Crow was just a shadow active in the online media. Although it had strong information intelligence capabilities and may have some very capable operatives, its position was generally on the side of law and justice. Secondly, the destructive power of the Internet was limited and controllable. The Internet police also had plans for the possible network damage caused by Crow. Therefore, this mysterious existence did not attract enough attention from the top. At most, some people were eager for Crow's ability and hoped that after catching Crow, their personnel could be exempted from guilt and absorbed into government departments.
But after those armed groups were wiped out in an instant, everything became different. The name "Crow" instantly sounded a level one alarm.
- If the one who did those things was really this Crow who has always been very interested in catching wanted criminals, if there really is such a force inside Sugar Country... or from another perspective, if Crow is just a part of a huge force abroad, then the consequences would be truly disastrous.
It was imperative to catch the crow. Not to mention Jin Bai's son, even if the son of the chief councillor was related to the crow, he would be investigated.
Fortunately, Mr. Jin's numerous achievements are still there, and Jin Yang's past experience is also clear and traceable, without any doubts. His so-called "relationship" with Crow may be a conspiracy, it may be that Crow wants to absorb Jin Yang, or he may just be a smokescreen erected by the other party... If there were no doubts but no solid evidence, Jin Yang would never be under surveillance like now.
But as a father, Jin Bai knew that Jin Yang was not completely innocent in this matter.
He had talked to Jin Yang twice, and before returning to City A, he took time out of his busy schedule to have a conversation between father and son. But Jin Yang was vague when it came to key issues. Jin Bai could feel that Jin Yang was protecting someone, and for this he was even willing to put himself in a situation of suspicion.
——Who is it?
Jin Bai suspected someone almost immediately.
——Rongyuan.
He had seen the profiles of the Crow members made by the criminal investigation team, and Rong Yuan was very similar to one of them.
[Cautious, confident, extremely intelligent, few friends, working in a relatively simple profession, such as a student.] The result of the profile was written like this: When Jin Bai saw the report, he immediately thought of Rong Yuan. At that time, he just thought that he was too suspicious, but after all, the seeds of suspicion were planted. Later, Jin Yang almost had a car accident. After discovering that Crow was also involved, Jin Bai immediately sent people to secretly investigate Rong Yuan. He learned that he had been with Jin Yang since the car accident, without any abnormal behavior, and he didn't even make a phone call. According to the records of the telecommunications company, his mobile phone and landline at home were just decorations. Except for Jin Yang and a few teachers and classmates who would call him, he never took the initiative to contact anyone. His daily life was basically a straight line from home to school, occasionally going to the supermarket and the city library, and there were no suspicious people among the people he came into contact with.
The most convincing thing is that, perhaps because of financial constraints, he doesn't even have a computer at home! He doesn't have a little penguin, no Weibo, and even his mobile phone was just bought some time ago.
——How could a student who lives in a big city but basically lives an isolated life and never actively communicates with the outside world be a member of an organization like the Crow? At the very least, communication tools are still needed to transmit intelligence, right?
And Jin Bai also knew that Jin Yang was grateful to Rong Yuan and cared for him like a brother because of the incident in his childhood, and he always took good care of him. But Rong Yuan's reaction was always cold and indifferent, and it seemed that he didn't care about Jin Yang very much. During the winter vacation, Jin Yang spent the New Year in City B. On average, the two of them would call each other once every one or two weeks, and it was always Jin Yang who took the initiative to call. After a few words, Rong Yuan would hang up impatiently.
In comparison, Jin Yang has many friends who play ball with him every now and then; classmates who always surround him at school; and those kids from the neighborhood who never forget to invite Jin Yang along whenever they go hiking, traveling, or watching games... Any one of them seems to have a much closer relationship with Jin Yang than Rong Yuan.
There was another reason why Jin Bai's suspicion of Rong Yuan was eventually dispelled, and that was that he could not see what was so attractive about an organization like the Crow that would attract him to join.
Money? Power? Status? Justice? Rong Yuan never pursued these things. He was smart and proud, lonely and indifferent, and felt out of tune with the world. Although Jin Bai found that Rong Yuan also had a kind side during the fire incident, most of the time, he was sober and restrained. He might help others when it was convenient, but he would not risk his future for reasons like "upholding justice " or "becoming an underground hero to protect the city".
In other words, he can get whatever he wants through his own abilities, and has no motivation to join the dark world or any mysterious organization.
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"Why do you all think that Crow and Skynet are related? I think they are quite different." Shao Baoer said with her cheeks puffed up while sitting barefoot on the carpet. Because Jin Yang returned home and the surveillance mission was handed over to Zhou Yunze, she was drafted by He Xin and had to sort out Skynet's information with her in the hotel room.
"Oh? What's the difference?" He Xin asked casually, staring at the windows that kept popping up on his computer.
"It's simple!" Shao Baoer said, counting on her fingers, "They focus on different cities, different problems, and completely different styles of doing things. Crows are dangerous, but I feel Skynet is very good! Of course, I know that their intelligence gathering capabilities are terrifyingly strong, but if one force can do it, it shouldn't be surprising that other forces can do it, right? Didn't Newton and Leibniz create calculus at almost the same time?"
"It's not their similarities that make people suspicious, on the contrary, it's their differences that make people feel uncomfortable." He Xin raised his head and said, "Think about it, the time, place and degree of crime reported by Crow are very random, but the information it reports is very rigorous, specific and concise, and it will also formulate a nearly perfect action plan; and what about Skynet? Since its establishment, the time it releases videos has been accurate to the second. You must know that Skynet does not have a scheduled upload program, so this process is likely to be done manually, especially the revised Skynet, which looks like a perfectionist, but the information it sends to the relatives? It is not as rational as it appears, but... considerate, gentle, and trustworthy, but the content is not as accurate as the former - this difference, think carefully, isn't it interesting?"
Shao Baoer was stunned. She thought for a while and said, "You mean... someone deliberately showed them as different in order to cover up the fact that they are of the same origin?"
"Who knows?" He Xin shrugged and continued working. "Whether it's related or not, it's just speculation. Before more clues appear, it's just another direction for investigation."
Shao Baoer wailed, "Just for a guess, you asked me to work overtime during my break without overtime pay? That's too much! I asked for half an hour of internet access, or I'll go on strike!"
"No." He Xin rejected her coldly and said, "Whether it's Crow or Skynet, their network capabilities are far beyond our reach. When we are unable to prevent their network intrusions, cutting off all channels that may be used to steal information is a basic job requirement."
"Kill me!" Shao Baoer said woodenly, "Without internet and a cell phone, what fun is there in life?"
He Xin felt sympathy for her expression and comforted her, "Don't worry, a new phone will be delivered in two days. It has the highest level of communication security, and there will be no restrictions on calls then."
Shao Baoer became even more desperate and asked, "You are talking about... not that kind of charcoal head, right?"
He Xin nodded.
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"Has this information... been confirmed?" Rong Yuan asked in a low voice while sitting on the edge of the bed in the dormitory in City S.
"Yes, it has been verified from all aspects." Pea replied.
Rong Yuan sighed and fell back on the bed. He couldn't help but feel disappointed that the clues he had obtained with great difficulty were lost.
By searching for the person who posted the photo, we found that person's registered email address, and then found out her real identity - she was a freshman at a third-rate university in City A, a very ordinary girl, but she has been missing since that day. That post was probably the last message she left before she disappeared.
Rong Yuan covered his eyes with his hands, was silent for a while, and then said, "Pea."
"Yes." Pea responded immediately.
"Delete that photo, whether it's online or in a private folder."
"yes."
"Also... check how many other people like this girl were missing or dead during those three days, and what their circumstances were. Also, are there any abnormal records on Bus No. 223 in City A... In addition, find all the news about City A during those three days - no matter how big or small - for me!"
——He always took bus No. 223 to the library, and that day should be no exception. The girl who took the photo on the bus only had contact with him for a short period of more than ten minutes. If the reason for the girl's disappearance was related to him, what about the other passengers and the driver on the bus? Was the girl's disappearance a coincidence?
