Looking for an idiot online—urgent!
Xiao Yang nearly laughed out loud at the absurd moves some people were making.
Seriously? You guys really dare to play it like this?
But the others weren't laughing.
Because yes—they did dare.
The same people who dared to launch a terrorist attack and break into a police unit.
What else wouldn't they do?
Until someone was caught, anything could happen.
Now that they suspected something important was hidden within the Criminal Police Division,
First priority: find it.
The police began a full-scale search.
Xiao Yang didn't join. He sat at the front gate, zoning out.
Chu Dongchan stood beside him like a shadow, watching him openly.
"I know I'm good-looking," Xiao Yang quipped with a smile, "but are you seriously eyeing me that hard?"
"Look all you want, but don't lust after me."
Chu Dongchan: ...
She had never met anyone this shameless.
Was this the legendary idiot?
"Why aren't you helping search?" she asked, throwing him a cold side glance.
"I'm not here to run around like a headless chicken," Xiao Yang replied. "I'm looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?" Chu Dongchan frowned.
He was just sitting there—who was he "looking for"?
"Yeah," Xiao Yang rubbed his temples. "The person who brought the item into the Criminal Police Division."
It was more of a mental deduction than physically searching.
Who could enter a police unit freely?
Police officers, staff, suspects, informants... too many possibilities.
It'd be hard for an outsider to smuggle something in and hide it without anyone noticing.
So logically, it had to be an insider.
The item in question had to be extremely dangerous.
Dangerous enough to attract suspected spies.
No offense to the regular cops—but it was highly unlikely they'd just stumble upon something like that.
Yet somehow, the item ended up here, and the enemy knew about it.
Suddenly, it hit him like a bolt of lightning.
"I get it!" Xiao Yang's eyes lit up with realization.
What if someone had the item, and was being hunted for it?
If you're being hunted by trained operatives, what would you do?
Run, obviously.
But you can't outrun spies.
Then—what about hiding in the police department?
Even spies wouldn't dare cause a scene there, right?
So this person finds a way into the Criminal Police Division.
As what? A suspect? An informant?
Doesn't matter. He got in.
The spies saw him enter.
Later, he leaves—and gets caught.
But when they search him... nothing.
Maybe something went wrong.
Maybe he died.
Either way, the spies were convinced:
He hid the item inside the police station.
Now, someone might ask:
Why the hell would they stage a terrorist attack just to search the place?
Who said they hadn't already searched?
They had. They just didn't find anything.
But they knew the item was still there.
If the police had taken it, it would've triggered all kinds of red flags.
But the station was operating normally—so the item must still be hidden.
And they couldn't find it.
So they came up with a bold plan:
Let the police find it for them.
That's why the terror attack happened.
That's why they stormed the station.
Now you'd say: What if the police do find it? Wouldn't it be game over for them?
Not necessarily.
Xiao Yang's expression darkened.
These people must've had a plan to retrieve the item after the police located it.
What plan? That was the scary part.
With cops, SWAT, and even a soldier like Chu Dongchan around—how could they be so confident?
One more thing—
How would they even know if the police had found it?
"...Shit."
Xiao Yang jumped up, his face grim.
There's a leak in the police department.
Wiretap? Surveillance? Some kind of bug?
The enemy had eyes and ears inside.
But he paused.
No rush.
Maybe he could use this.
Set a trap of his own.
Another thought struck him:
What if the people behind the terror attack and the ones who broke into the police unit weren't the same?
What if one group was trying to steal the item—
and the other was trying to stop them?
A classic double-cross.
Either way, first—find the damn item.
Let's go back to the original hypothesis.
Someone being chased came into the police department
and used a clever trick to hide something.
But as a non-officer, his range of access would've been limited.
Lobby? Interview room? Bathroom?
All searched. Nothing.
Who could hide something from a team of seasoned crime scene investigators?
Unless… the item wasn't hidden in the building at all.
Maybe it wasn't in the station.
Maybe it was on someone.
A person. A police officer.
What if the guy had hidden the item on a cop—
someone completely unaware?
Xiao Yang's eyes widened.
Holy crap.
That would be genius.
Now, this was still a theory. It needed proof.
"Gather everyone from the Criminal Police Division," Xiao Yang said to Chu Dongchan.
"I think I found something fun."
"How fun?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
Chu Dongchan headed into the building.
Soon after, every police officer in the unit was assembled outside.
"Let's go," Xiao Yang said with a grin.
"My treat for lunch—but you're paying."
"I'm just a broke, fresh graduate. Can't afford anything fancy."
Everyone: ...
Are you serious?
Is this guy some kind of troll sent by the heavens?