The old city is divided into east and west parts by Qinglong Street.
It was half past two in the afternoon when Yu Zhesen and Chu Yuexi arrived at the Beibailu fast food restaurant, and there was no one in the fast food restaurant.
"There is only one security surveillance camera nearby, and it captured Jing Xiangming leaving at 12:40."
Yu Zhesen was standing under the surveillance camera less than 20 meters away from the fast food restaurant. This was an intersection. The surveillance video captured Jing Xiangming walking towards the west area.
Chu Yuexi asked: "He has not appeared under surveillance since then?"
"Yes."
"Then he shouldn't have gone far." Chu Yuexi speculated.
Jingxiang Ming is just an ordinary office worker and does not have the qualities to counter-reconnaissance. It is impossible for him to avoid all surveillance in the future.
Although the security management conditions in the old city are poor, major road intersections like Qinglong Street are equipped with security surveillance, and security assistance robots are deployed in alleys and lanes.
Therefore, Chu Yuexi can deduce the general scope of Jingxiang Ming's activities based on the fact that he did not appear in the surveillance footage after leaving Beibailu Fast Food Restaurant.
Yu Zhesen took his mobile phone and connected the surveillance cameras at several nearby intersections into a network.
He said: "Jing Xiangming should be within the area included in this network."
"Is he in a state of sleepwalking, half asleep and half awake now?"
"Maybe, this can explain why he dared to skip work and breach the contract with the Security Bureau." Yu Zhesen replied while searching the buildings in the area included in this network.
The two high-rise buildings, Tianheng Department Store and Sea Breeze Capital Hotel, first caught his attention.
Chu Yuexi saw that he had marked these two buildings on the mobile phone map, and asked in confusion: "Why a commercial building and a hotel?"
"There are only two high-rise buildings in this area, and the others are small shops on the street. The difficulty of investigation is very different."
"But if Jing Xiangming uses his personal account to make purchases, Yi Guang will find out right away, right?"
Yu Zhesen glanced at her: "So the Sea Breeze City Hotel can be left alone for the time being, as idlers without spending money should not be allowed in there."
"Then let's go check out the commercial building?"
"There are not enough manpower." Yu Zhesen shook his head.
Tianheng Department Store has 12 floors and two underground floors, so investigating is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It is also unrealistic to retrieve the surveillance in a commercial building. This kind of civilian surveillance does not have face recognition capabilities, and it is also difficult to accurately find Jing Xiangming.
"Have you left his wife's phone number?" Yu Zhesen asked.
"Keep it." Chu Yuexi nodded.
"Call her again and ask her if Jing Xiangming has any wishes."
"Wish?"
"Yes, ask her if Jing Xiangming has any vision for life, such as what she wants to do after making money or where to take her family."
Chu Yuexi understood and walked aside to call Jing Xiangming's wife.
Yu Zhesen opened the superpower forum again, found the post he had collected, and tried his luck to see if the owner of the post had updated it.
After pressing the "View only the owner of the post" button, he scrolled directly to the bottom of the post.
The last update by the poster with the ID "Seventeen Years Old Wanderer" was two hours ago.
"Today is the last working day of the week. I interviewed three companies in the morning. I don't know what the result will be... maybe I will have to spend an anxious weekend."
Someone below replied with a joking tone: "Why don't you go to Mr. Nightmare? Let him sell you a dream of successfully joining the company."
Yu Zhesen frowned, thinking in his mind what the power of "Mr. Nightmare" was.
In the anecdotal story Wu Dazhi told him, there was no name like Mr. Nightmare, only a mysterious man who trafficked in dreams.
Moreover, the mysterious person Wu Dazhi mentioned mainly helps to sneak into other people's dreams. It seems that the focus is on hunting for novels or snooping into privacy.
But the "Seventeen-Year-Old Vagabond" on the forum and the Mr. Nightmare they met by Akira Jingxiang whose ability they wanted to investigate was more like helping others create a dream.
They are all abilities related to dreams, but their nature is different.
Before, he preconceivedly believed that Mr. Nightmare and the mysterious dream dealer were the same person, but now he couldn't help but have doubts.
"I've finished calling Mrs. Jing." Chu Yuexi walked over from the side, "She said that Jing Xiangming once promised to take his son to play video games."
"Is there an arcade mall near here?"
"Yes, there is a video game entertainment center on the 12th floor of Tianheng Department Store."
The clues resurfaced, and the two immediately set off for Tianheng Department Store.
The elevator door opened on the 12th floor of the commercial building, and the noisy dynamic music stimulated their eardrums, and the rhythmic drumbeats kept ringing.
It was daytime on a working day, and the business in the arcade was not very busy. Behind the service desk for exchanging game currency stood a short-haired cashier lady with a meticulous professional smile on her face.
"This is a bionic man, right?" Chu Yuexi whispered.
Yu Zhesen also looked like it. It is very common for department stores to use mass-produced androids as waiters, but now they are not wearing armor, so it is inconvenient to detect them.
"Welcome, do you two need to exchange game coins?" the cashier lady asked with a smile.
Chu Yuexi showed her ID with the police badge of the Security Bureau: "The Security Bureau is performing official duties."
The cashier girl kept an unshakable smile on her face.
This is undoubtedly an android with only business AI set up...
Chu Yuexi looked at Yu Zhesen: "Shall we go in and take a look?"
"Wait." Yu Zhesen told her not to worry, "If Jing Xiangming is inside, he will definitely exchange the game currency."
But he has checked Jing Xiangming's personal account that Yi Guang tracked, and there is no new consumption information.
At this time, his eyes fell on the leaflet at the service desk.
A striking message caught Yu Zhesen's attention.
"Special children's fun activities..." Chu Yuexi followed his gaze and saw the content on the flyer.
This video arcade is holding a promotion. A total of 500 token exchange coupons of different denominations are hidden in random corners throughout the Tianheng Department Store. Anyone can use the exchange coupons they find to receive the corresponding coupons at the service desk.
Amount of game currency.
Therefore, Jing Xiangming can enter the arcade to play even if he does not use his personal account to make purchases.
Yu Zhesen's doubts were dispelled: "Let's go."
In the arcade area, there are several young people with colorfully dyed hair gathered around, playing fighting games on a machine.
The two people who were fighting quickly operated the joysticks and buttons with extremely focused expressions, while the onlookers made strange noises from time to time.
Yu Zhesen and Chu Yuexi passed behind them and carefully identified each person's face, but there was no Jing Xiangming they were looking for.
"Not here, go inside and have a look."
Yu Zhesen agreed, but stopped and his eyes fell on the screen of the fighting game console again.
A duel was about to be decided, but the young man at the disadvantage suddenly reversed the situation with a magical combo of moves, taking his opponent away with one set.
Huang Mao, who suddenly went from a big advantage to a loser, cursed and stood up to give up his position for his companion.
Hong Maozhi, who had narrowly defeated the opponent, proudly took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and asked his younger companion to light the cigarette for him.
"Yu Zhesen, what's wrong with you? Now is not the time to watch this."
Chu Yuexi's voice made the unscrupulous young people turn around. The cigarette-smoking Hongmao yelled "f*ck" when he saw the Security Bureau uniform on Chu Yuexi.
Yu Zhesen showed them the photo of Jing Xiangming on his mobile phone: "Have you seen this person?"
"Who are you?" Huang Mao crossed his legs.
"What's the benefit of telling you?" Hongmao blew out a smoke ring.
"Ahem, only those who don't wear uniforms are called strips." Yu Zhesen lifted the hem of his jacket and showed the handcuffs on his armed belt to the delinquent youths.
A group of unscrupulous young people replied in unison: "I haven't seen it before, I don't know it."
Yu Zhesen nodded.
Huang Mao and Hong Mao seemed to be preparing to play another game, but Yu Zhesen stepped forward and held their shoulders: "Wait a minute, I haven't finished asking yet."
"Sir, are you bothered? I told you we don't know this person."
"We didn't commit any crime either!"
The four companions of Huang Mao and Hong Mao gathered around, forming a subtle encirclement, separating Yu Zhesen and Chu Yuexi.
Chu Yuexi's expression became nervous and she subconsciously touched the baton at her waist.
But Yu Zhesen calmly sat down on the bench in front of the game machine, and put his arms around the red and yellow haired people on the left and right: "How about I play two games with you? If I win you, you have to work hard
Answer my question."
"What if you lose?"
"500 SP points." Yu Zhesen said, "If I lose, I will give each of you 500 SP points."
500SP points! The red and yellow haired eyes shine.
The two of them said to each other: "I'll fight you!"
This chapter has been completed!