Everyone couldn't help but look toward the blackboard.
[Su Yu: High-IQ criminal, proficient in various extreme sports techniques, and possesses a thinking pattern beyond that of ordinary people.]
It was just a single line of text, yet it perfectly summarized all of Su Yu's traits!
The five pursuers, upon seeing this, felt a sense of deep respect rising within them.
This woman… was definitely no ordinary person.
In just a few minutes after watching the footage, she had already analyzed what they had come to understand only after being played by Su Yu multiple times.
At that moment, Shangguan Yue turned her gaze back to them.
"Any questions?"
"N-No problems at all," Wang Tao said, embarrassed.
When Shangguan Yue first entered, he had looked at her with the eyes of a senior toward a junior.
Now, in hindsight, it was utterly humiliating!
In mere minutes, she had analyzed and grasped what had taken them countless failures to understand.
"Alright, if there's no issue, let's get to the main topic," she said. "You can start by sharing your deductions."
Hearing this, Zhang Mingshan finally spoke up.
"Our current main line of investigation is focused on how Su Yu might leave Donghai City and travel to his next destination."
This was the same theory they'd been working with:
If Su Yu wanted to leave Donghai, he would inevitably need to use some form of transportation.
And given current rules and regulations, transportation required identity verification.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yue's expression remained calm.
"If Su Yu wants to leave, he can do so without revealing any identity information. He could take a private vehicle, intercity buses, or even ride a bicycle—he has many options."
This...
Everyone furrowed their brows.
They had to admit—what she said made perfect sense.
All of those were viable methods, and none of them would be slow.
"Then where do you think we should focus our efforts?" someone asked.
"Still on your current line of thinking," she replied.
Her answer left the group confused again.
Wang Tao couldn't help but speak up:
"But you just said Su Yu could leave without exposing his identity. That means he could easily escape, right?"
This sentiment was shared by everyone present.
Wasn't Shangguan Yue contradicting herself?
On one hand, she said Su Yu wouldn't expose himself; on the other, she implied he might.
What was going on?
But then—Shangguan Yue smiled.
In that moment, it felt as though the very lighting in the room brightened.
Everyone was momentarily stunned.
Then her voice echoed clearly:
"I never said Su Yu wouldn't expose his identity."
What...?
"What does that even mean?" Wang Tao asked, frustrated.
He was the impatient type, and Shangguan Yue's half-revealing way of talking was driving him nuts.
She glanced at him and shook her head.
"Seems like none of you have learned anything from Su Yu."
"From what I understand, Su Yu is a high-IQ criminal, but he doesn't exhibit the traits of a typical fugitive. If you keep applying standard fugitive logic to him, you'll never catch him."
"Su Yu thrives on the unexpected. When you think he won't take a certain route, that's exactly the one he'll take."
"He craves attention. He wants you to chase him—so he can throw you off in a spectacular fashion. Do you get it now?"
Her words left the entire room silent.
Wang Tao's jaw dropped.
If anyone else had said that a fugitive didn't want to hide and instead liked to show off, he would've called them an idiot.
But if that person was Su Yu... suddenly, it all made sense!
Wasn't that exactly what he'd been doing?
From the moment he broke out of prison, everything he did had been unexpected.
Even in the most recent special operation:
He had started by performing a magic show in a public square full of people, and then walked off openly with the Crimson Moon in hand!
At that moment, all five pursuers nodded instinctively.
"That makes sense."
Meanwhile, the livestream chat exploded:
[Holy crap! Is that even possible?! But it sounds completely plausible now!]
[I was thinking the same! I've watched Su God for so long—I know him! This woman's analysis is spot-on!]
[She's terrifying. Just a few sentences and she's already broken things down to this level.]
[Oh no... I'm starting to worry about Su God again!]
The chat was filled with chaos and awe.
Back in the command center, Li Kai was the first to think of a counterpoint.
"Miss Shangguan Yue, if Su Yu really does plan to take a train, high-speed rail, or even a plane—how would he get past identity checks?"
"These modes of transport all require strict ID verification. Even if he managed to get a ticket, facial recognition would expose him."
The others nodded.
That was true.
Security checkpoints involved facial and iris scans. Su Yu would never pass through.
To this, Shangguan Yue simply replied:
"He has his ways. You'll see the specifics when the time comes."
This…
The five of them looked at one another again.
Honestly, they had no idea what this woman was thinking.
"Miss Shangguan Yue, what exactly is your plan?" someone asked.
"I haven't finalized it yet. First, I need to check on my team of pursuers."
With that, Shangguan Yue waved them off and left the room.
Inside the command center, only the five pursuers remained.
Wang Tao frowned.
"She's pretty amazing, but it doesn't seem like she wants to work with us."
"What can we do?" Zhang Mingshan sighed. "We can't keep up with her thinking."
He understood her arrogance.
The stronger a person was, the prouder they became.
They might appear calm and polite, but deep down, their pride couldn't be hidden.
"I actually liked her at first," Wang Tao grumbled. "But now? If she wants to work alone, let her! I don't believe the five of us can't outdo just her."
Though he admitted she was smarter, his pride as a man bristled at being looked down upon.
"Whatever the case," Zhang Mingshan said, "if she has the ability to bring Su Yu in, we should do our best to cooperate."
At that moment, Qi Haiming—who had been quiet all this time—finally spoke.
"Actually… what she said really makes a lot of sense. Su Yu is definitely not the kind of guy who hides in the shadows. He's not one to quietly disappear."
…
The five of them fell silent again.
"Alright," Zhang Mingshan finally said, glancing through the glass at the woman who had already gone downstairs. "Let's follow the direction she suggested and keep thinking."
Meanwhile, a few hundred meters from the command center, inside a staff-free café, a seemingly ordinary man sat by the window...