Chapter 163: The Third Time K Smashes His Computer, Damn Everything is Under Control!

After a brief outburst of anger, Bomber quickly calmed his expression, his gaze growing colder as he fixed his eyes on the Red Rose Beauty Salon in the distance. The specially designed bulletproof glass effectively blocked both sound and sight.

Even though many passersby were curious about the heavy off-road vehicle, they couldn’t see inside or hear any sounds.

Bomber picked up the specially made phone from the passenger seat, keeping his gaze fixed slightly ahead. He then dialed a special number.

After the familiar 15-second wait, the call was answered. Bomber spoke in his deep, hoarse voice.

“K.”

“Prepare for action, Rose has been captured by the police.”

“Rose was captured?” On the other end of the phone, K first asked in disbelief but quickly regained his composure, responding without any emotion. “Bomber, briefly tell me the details.”

“The main target of that task force is Poison in Gusu City. Logically, Rose shouldn’t have been caught, so how did you find out she’s in trouble?”

…

At this moment, on the top floor of the Xing Sheng Building in Cangshan District, Luzhou City.

K, dressed in a silk nightgown, was comfortably leaning in a reclining chair. He quickly sat upright as his phone, still held loosely against his ear, conveyed a tone that was calm, yet his eyes were icy.

His mind was already running through worst-case scenarios.

Rose could die, but she absolutely could not be captured by the police.

Though her criminal skills and abilities were far less developed than those of the other members, and even when she passed the initial assessment, she had assistance, Rose knew how to make human skin masks and held detailed facial information of everyone in the organization except for him.

If the police got hold of her facial information, then other members would definitely be exposed. Escaping would be the only choice.

At that point, all the years of planning and preparation would be ruined, and K simply could not accept that.

The key point was… K didn’t understand. The task force’s focus was clearly on Poison, so why was Rose the one to be captured?

Could those useless police in Yuhua District, led by the incompetent Chief Gao, really find Rose, who had been hidden so perfectly?

This was a case he had assisted in planning.

When the Yuhua Criminal Investigation Team conducted their investigation, they couldn’t even find the Poison flower. Could they have made such a breakthrough now?

Even though his attention had mainly been on Poison, K had kept an eye on the other members, so he should have been alerted in advance.

How could Rose be captured without him knowing? Why did Bomber have to notify him?

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, K became more confused. He continued to listen to Bomber’s explanation while starting to check the surveillance in Liangxi District to figure out why he hadn’t been alerted.

“Yesterday, Rose, worried that she might be exposed by the police, asked me to prepare enough explosives for her. She planned to destroy her current identity if things got too hot.”

“So, I’m in Liangxi City now, right across from Rose’s Red Rose Beauty Salon.”

“I first suspected something was wrong when I called her about the explosives, and she didn’t follow our organization’s 15-second code. Plus…”

“She had urgently requested the explosives before, but this time, she didn’t mention them at all.”

“I felt something was wrong and suspected she might be in trouble, so I hung up the phone. But the voice was exactly the same, and I couldn’t be sure of the situation.”

“Was Rose betraying the organization? Or… was she unable to withstand the police’s torture and was forced to pick up the phone, not following the code, and failing to mention the explosives as a warning?”

“So, I drove to Liangxi City and arrived near the Red Rose Beauty Salon. Then I saw…”

At the same time, K had already pulled up the surveillance from the Red Rose Beauty Salon, which had been specially set up to protect Rose and gather the latest intelligence.

First, he checked the surveillance footage from the salon’s main lobby, but to his surprise, the signal had already been lost, and he couldn’t connect at all.

Switching to the last available footage with a signal.

K clearly saw a group of plainclothes detectives burst into the beauty salon, flashing their credentials. After quickly taking control of the situation, they immediately cut the salon’s surveillance cables, rendering the cameras useless.

One of them was Lin Tian!

Lin Tian, who should have been in Gusu City, was now in Liangxi City? That means…

The image remaining from the surveillance made K’s gaze turn icy, but he remained calm, pulling up the footage from the private rooms in the salon.

He had also set up automatic alert systems for these private rooms.

But the next second…

K realized that all the police who had entered the rooms first were not wearing the standard green police uniforms or tactical gear. They were all in plainclothes, and they cut the camera cables immediately.

The only ones in actual police uniforms were Lin Tian and Gao Chao.

But they were wearing white shirts instead of standard police uniforms, and their shoulder epaulets had been removed.

Due to the color, the white shirts couldn’t be recognized by the automated system, and with the shoulder epaulets gone, the script couldn’t automatically report it.

On top of that, all the officers who entered first were in plainclothes. By the time other officers arrived to assist, all the cameras had already been cut off.

Even with the advanced recognition system, how could it distinguish whether these officers were in plainclothes? How could it determine whether Lin Tian and Gao Chao were wearing regular white shirts or police uniforms?

Someone had taken advantage of the rigidity of the machines and scripts.

Moreover…

They had intentionally placed Gusu City’s operations in the open to distract K, leaving him unable to monitor the safety of other members.

The most infuriating part was that this capture operation, which should have been detected by K and preemptively alerted Rose, had happened right under his nose without him knowing. He needed Bomber to inform him.

Who?

Who was behind this operation?

Now that Lin Tian was here, could Su Ming have already been in Liangxi City, and was Poison abandoned by them? Was the real target always Rose?

K felt an unprecedented sense of humiliation and rage, and he could no longer maintain his calm.

In a fit of anger, he grabbed the laptop in front of him and smashed it onto the floor.

Bang—

The laptop shattered into pieces, its components scattered across the ground…