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‘Remain calm!’
Andre kept telling himself in his heart.
It was such an improvised lie; the other party’s ultimate goal was to observe the change in his expression should he panic.
When he turned around, his sharp eyes quickly switched to reveal a confused and lost expression.
“What do you mean, Officer? My aunt? She died in prison three years ago after a judge wrongly sentenced her.”
Eric quickly waved his arm and signaled the prison guard to bring in the next prisoner.
Andre walked through Ward A and slowly headed back to his cell. He did not notice that Sergeant Eric was observing his every move in the surveillance center above his head.
Previously, out of the 103 suspicious people that the prison had screened, only 11 people had been under observation.
The identities and backgrounds of these 11 people were too clean, which meant that they were all first-time criminals in prison.
According to the police station’s analysis report, the web author did not have any criminal records. He was a clean and law-abiding citizen.
Eric’s pig-like head did not move at all. His eyes were glued to “Cooper” on the surveillance camera.
Only when he saw Cooper return to his cell did he turn around and instructed the prison guard beside him.
“Try out the bugs that were installed in their cells earlier. Record every sound they make.”
Seeing the prison guard leave, Eric smiled sinisterly. He did not believe that the web author would not slip up.
An hour ago, the prison had received a clue from the police. Back when Andre had just published “Prison Situation”, he had mailed Christmas cards with his signature to 10 winning fans during a fan event.
The police had found one of the winning fans and paid him a visit. After some lobbying, they had finally managed to get Andre’s fingerprints off the Christmas card.
The prison was very excited about the discovery.
After returning from the Justice Department, Eric had immediately collected the fingerprints of the top 11 suspects and sent them to the police station for fingerprint comparison.
It was not known whether it was intentional or not, but Andre’s fingerprints were the first to be collected.
The police station was only a little over an hour away from the prison. Counting the time it took for the fingerprints to be compared, the result would be known in about two hours.
During this period, Eric could not relax when he returned to the office. He kept walking around the spacious rest area.
This Andre was obviously a genius, but he had deliberately hidden his talent. He appeared extremely ordinary.
Such an individual was too terrifying!
Tick tock!
The clock that was hanging on the wall in the lounge area ticked away, hitting Eric’s heart with each second.
There was a suffocating scent in the air.
At times like these, the other prison guards would not dare to disturb him even if something big happened.
After returning to his cell, Andre had originally planned to enter the system to check Sean’s current location.
He was also afraid that this kid would make a mistake and trigger serious consequences, causing the police to chase and arrest him.
If that ended up happening, Andre’s plan would be delayed.
Who knew that just as he entered the system, he saw a striking warning sign.
“Warning! Host, a listening device has been detected!”
Andre clicked on it and was shocked to find that his cell had been bugged.
This was interesting.
Andre found it funny. Usually, his communication with the fugitive, Sean was done through the system. There was no need for Andre to speak. Every time he wanted to speak, the system would automatically convert his thoughts to voice and send it to Sean.
After lying in bed and pondering for a long time, Andre could not think of any sound to stimulate those who were listening.
So, he farted.
Poooot!
The loud and persistent sound of his fart was recorded by the eavesdropping device and finally captured by the receiving terminal.
In the prison surveillance hall, a prison guard wearing headphones was dumbfounded.
What was that sound?!
Could it be a fart?
Should I record it…
Eric was very annoyed. Two hours had passed, but the d*mn fingerprint comparison had yet to be released.
As the prison’s top manager, he was very afraid of losing his job and even more afraid of his corruption being exposed.
He could not accept spending his old age in prison.
He was very eager to discover the online writer’s true identity.
Then, he would disappear from the prison.
Ring!
The loud phone finally rang. Eric quickly picked it up and pressed it against his big ears, afraid that he might miss something.
A moment later…
Eric collapsed on the couch, looking defeated.
The police department’s fingerprint comparison showed that the fingerprints of the 11 prisoners did not match those of Andre’s on the Christmas card.
That meant the prison’s initial assumption was wrong.
The online writer, Andre was not in prison at all.
If that was the case, how did Sean escape from prison?!
Eric was going crazy!
Was Andre really human?
Early in the morning, Cell Block A in the Chicago Correctional Center was silent. Meanwhile, Andre had just woken up.
He had slept well the night before without any surprise checks from the guards.
Upon getting out of bed and washing up, Andre sat back in bed with his eyes closed.
Those who did not know probably thought that he had not woken up, but he was actually checking the system’s updates.
A random reward card was hovering in the system’s interface, emitting a bright fluorescent light.