Zhang Heng didn't know that the emergency response team was waiting to ambush him in the surveillance room. After all, he wasn't omniscient. Judging from the number of shots fired, Zhang Heng could tell that there were no valuable clues in the surveillance room, and it was the most conspicuous location in the entire hotel. So, he didn't go there again.
Unlike 0, although Zhang Heng also attached great importance to the four emergency response team members, he didn't care enough to change his strategy, especially when the emergency response team had the upper hand. If he stopped moving forward, the latter would find the memory encoder first and bring it downstairs to meet with the group of federal police downstairs. By then, he would be in a more passive situation.
So while the four emergency response team members were hiding in the surveillance room, Zhang Heng had already begun to move.
The Four Continents Hotel was a medium-sized hotel with a total of 14 floors and 832 rooms. It would take a lot of time to search each room since the surveillance cameras couldn't be used.
Fortunately, Zhang Heng didn't need to search each room.
All four members of the special operations team were wearing exoskeleton equipment. This set of equipment gave them great strength, speed, and combat ability. On the other hand, they would leave more traces when they moved.
Zhang Heng saw a pothole on the wall on the ninth floor that seemed to have been left by an exoskeleton collision. The height of the pothole was about the height of an ordinary person's head, but it happened to be the shoulder of the exoskeleton wearer. Other than that, Zhang Heng also found a small piece of leaking oil on the wall below. Zhang Heng guessed that one of the exoskeletons must have suffered a violent attack when they escaped. Although they managed to escape into the hotel, the exoskeleton's body was severely damaged.
Zhang Heng walked along the corridor and soon found a second and third piece of oil stain … These oil stains extended all the way to Room 946 at the end of the corridor.
However, Zhang Heng thought for a moment. In the end, he didn't go to Room 936. Instead, he took a few steps back and came to the linen room next to the elevator.
Basically, all hotels would have a linen room, mainly used to store some bedding, cotton towels, and the like. When Zhang Heng passed by the linen room earlier, he noticed that the door of the linen room was ajar, indicating that someone should be inside.
Holding the gun, Zhang Heng leaned his back against the outer wall, reached out, and gently pushed the door open. After that, he threw a smoke grenade inside. After a few seconds of silence, he put on the Filter Lens and rushed into the linen room.
Zhang Heng moved quickly, and as soon as he entered the room, he rolled to the side to avoid any possible attacks. At the same time, he quickly looked around the linen room. In the end, he only saw a coughing attendant next to the trolley.
The latter was curled up in the corner of the linen room, his body trembling in fear.
Considering that Zhang Heng had just thrown a smoke grenade at her workplace, her reaction was understandable. However, she must have been curled up there before Zhang Heng threw the smoke grenade because he didn't hear anyone moving inside the building.
After that, the attendant in the linen room found that her arm was grabbed by someone, and she was pulled up from the ground. Zhang Heng then pulled her out of the linen room and into the corridor outside.
The waitress finally saw Zhang Heng's face. When she saw that he was wearing a police uniform, the fear in her eyes faded a lot. After that, she rushed into Zhang Heng's arms while crying. She did not expect Zhang Heng to take half a step back when he saw her, causing her to fall into his arms.
Zhang Heng asked, "What did you see before?"
"Huh?"
Zhang Heng was very patient. He repeated, "You should have seen something before. That's why you are hiding in the corner of the linen room."
"Oh, yes," the attendant gulped and gestured, "I saw a person wrapped in metal rushing out of the fire escape. At that time, I was about to change the sheets and towels in a guest room."
"Only one person?" Zhang Heng frowned.
"Yes, only one." The attendant nodded affirmatively. "I was so scared that I couldn't move. I collapsed in the corridor. That's why I saw it clearly." After a pause, she added, "But he didn't look too good at that time. He was staggering."
"After that, he escaped into Room 936?"
"Yes."
Judging from the attendant's description, the special operations team member in Room 936 was more like a straggler. Or, because his exoskeleton was too damaged, he took the initiative to leave the team because he did not want to be a burden to his companions. If that was the case, the memory encoder was definitely not with him, and he probably had a death wish in his heart.
"Did anyone else come to you before me?"
"No … no."
"Is that so?" Zhang Heng then asked the attendant, "You should have a strong detergent in the linen room, right?"
"Ah? Yes. "
"Take a few bottles out and clean up the oil stains in the corridor."
"Huh?" Although the attendant was full of doubts about Zhang Heng's request, she chose to obey the order because the other party was a police officer. She turned around and walked back to the linen room, trying to find two bottles of detergent from the smoke. After that, she returned to the corridor.
Zhang Heng looked at the time and spent a few minutes with the waitress to clean up the oil stains in the corridor. From the waitress's answer, Zhang Heng knew that the emergency response team had not arrived yet. In that case, there was no reason for Zhang Heng not to take advantage of the situation.
0's observation and reasoning abilities were also very good. Although he might not be as good as Zhang Heng, he was not too far behind. Zhang Heng believed that if 0 were standing here now, he would definitely come to a similar conclusion. There was an 80% chance that he would let go of Room 936 first. What Zhang Heng needed to do now was to mess with 0's judgment.
The detergent would remove some of the oil stains, but there would still be a small amount of oil left. There were also potholes on the wall. When 0 came here, it would not escape his eyes. However, it would be his turn to have a headache. He had no idea what was going on in Room 936.
Of course, there was still one last step to achieve this goal.
Zhang Heng packed the empty detergent bottles and looked at the waitress beside him. Coincidentally, the waitress was also secretly looking at him at the same time.
"Come with me," Ye Zichen said.
"Okay. Are you going to take a statement?" the attendant asked.
"There's no hurry. I'll do it later. You should have the key to the guest room, right? I still have to do some investigation, and I need your cooperation." Zhang Heng did not hesitate and continued to put his police uniform to good use.
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