Chapter 291: This Time, Let the Priest Walk Into the Trap Himself

Using a Green Channel Truck as cover?

Upon hearing that, Liu Yang, who was always quick to agree, immediately slapped his thigh without hesitation.

“Exactly!”

“The chances of it being a Green Channel Truck are very high.”

“Under our current high-level lockdown, every vehicle passing through the highway toll stations has to open its trunk for inspection.”

“Even delivery trucks have to provide tracking numbers and detailed company information.”

“But among them, Green Channel trucks carrying vegetables are a special case. They’re still allowed to pass with just a sunshade tarp or closed truck doors, after only a simple external check.”

“These trucks transport agricultural products, which makes thorough inspections nearly impossible. There’s no way to unload everything just to check if weapons are hidden inside.”

“Those goods are easily crushed, and once unloaded, reloading them would waste a lot of time.”

“Plus, Green Channel Trucks are always in a rush, which means… inspections on them are usually very cursory. That’s the biggest problem.”

“Our police force’s habit of enforcing the law in a civilized manner has clearly become the perfect tool and choice for the Priest to infiltrate Jiahe City.”

Lin Tian frowned, his expression grave as he spoke.

“Xiao Ming.”

“Now that we’ve tracked the Priest’s movements…”

“Is it possible for us to intercept him midway by car? Wouldn’t that be a faster way to apprehend him?”

In response to Lin Tian’s question, Su Ming didn’t answer immediately. As he tapped away on the keyboard, using the Sky Eye Surveillance system to track the Green Channel Truck the Priest was driving, he asked in a calm voice.

“Chief Chen.”

“You’re a veteran officer of Jiahe City. You should be very familiar with the entire jurisdiction.”

“Roughly how far is it from the highway entrance to Sanhe Square? Is there a chance to intercept the Priest along the way?”

Since they had managed to track the Priest’s movements so quickly, then—

If they could stop him en route, it would undoubtedly be more efficient and convenient than trying to trap him at Sanhe Square.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Sheng recalled for a moment, then widened his eyes and answered excitedly.

“It’s possible!”

“From the toll station to Sanhe Square, even at normal speed, it would take at least twenty minutes to get there.”

“It’s only been about ten minutes so far. If we send the nearest officers, there’s definitely a chance to intercept the Priest and apprehend him more quickly…”

Before Chen Sheng could finish, Su Ming shook his head and directly cut him off.

“No, Chief Chen.”

“I’ve been using the Sky Eye Surveillance system to track the Green Channel Truck the Priest is driving, trying to pinpoint his exact location.”

“But by the seventh minute of surveillance, I noticed something… the truck had already disappeared from the system.”

“And the surrounding surveillance cameras didn’t pick up the truck afterward either.”

“You can take a look. The exact spot where the truck vanished is here… at the side gate of the Lüyuan High-tech Industrial Park.”

At that, Lin Tian, Chen Sheng, and the others immediately leaned in to look at the surveillance footage on the screen.

The Green Channel Truck driven by the Priest hadn’t followed the expected route toward Sanhe Square. Instead, it suddenly turned into a secluded corner midway—right at the side gate of Lüyuan High-tech Industrial Park—and then completely disappeared. The truck was never seen again.

There was no doubt about it.

This was clearly the Priest deliberately choosing a blind spot to evade the Sky Eye Surveillance.

Chen Sheng’s face turned serious as he spoke in a low, solemn voice.

“The side gate of Lüyuan High-tech Industrial Park is in a pretty remote area. Hardly anyone passes by there on a regular basis.”

“Because of the low foot traffic, the number of surveillance cameras in the area is significantly lower than in other places.”

“From the toll station to Sanhe Square, if there’s any place ideal for slipping past surveillance, that factory park is definitely one of the best options.”

“But the question is, why would the Priest suddenly choose to go off-grid? Wouldn’t it save more time to get closer to Sanhe Square before doing so?”

“Wouldn’t that also give him more time to prepare for the sniper attack? Could it be… the Priest sensed something was wrong? That we’ve uncovered his plan?”

In response to Chen Sheng’s speculation, Su Ming paused for two seconds, then calmly shook his head.

“Probably not.”

“The tip-off call was specifically given to us by Ghost. His goal was to create an environment that would make it easier for himself to escape.”

“If that’s the case, then Ghost definitely wouldn’t have told K that he reported the Priest’s infiltration to the police. That rules out the possibility that the Priest realized we were onto him and started trying to evade us.”

“So from the Priest’s perspective, he most likely believes that we have no idea he’s entered Jiahe City.”

“That being the case, the reason he chose to stop in a surveillance blind spot midway, making it impossible for us to track him, likely comes down to two reasons.”

“First, it could be to unload the firearms.”

“Driving a Green Channel Truck all the way to the job recruitment center at Sanhe Square would attract a lot of attention—especially if he had to take out weapons hidden among the vegetables.”

“Second, it’s likely to further conceal his movements and avoid being discovered too early, which could jeopardize the mission K assigned him.”

“Given how cautious the Priest is, he would definitely notice that the level of lockdown on the roads is much higher than usual. He’d also see that the traffic police are photographing license plates and noting anything unusual.”

“So, out of concern for staying hidden, and based on his assessment of our Special Task Force’s investigative capabilities, the Priest would undoubtedly worry that the truck driver’s identity might be uncovered soon.”

“To avoid that uncertainty causing the mission to fail—or worse, getting intercepted midway—the Priest would take the conservative route of abandoning the truck and switching to another method to reach Sanhe Square.”

“Under normal circumstances, this kind of caution would indeed make it much harder for us to catch him.”

“But now… with an unexpected informant tipping us off, all the Priest’s precautions have become meaningless.”

At that moment, Su Ming’s eyes grew sharper, his voice firm and full of confidence.

“This time…”

“We don’t need to worry about the criminal escaping. All we have to do is wait at the finish line.”

“And let the ever-cautious Priest walk straight into the trap himself…”