"This person was of Middle Earth descent, but he wasn't from Middle Earth. His nationality was from a small country south of the Tiya Empire," the youth said seriously as he looked over the documents on the table.
"He came to Fickley alone as a tourist. He didn't have much money and was staying in a cheap hotel near Pine Street, where public security was poor.
"He was also rather careless. He once told a taxi driver that his trip would last seven days, and today happened to be the seventh day. In theory, he should have left Fickley today. If he 'disappeared' today, no one would notice his disappearance."
The youth raised his head and looked at He Ao. "If he hasn't 'gone missing' yet, then I think he's the person in these files most likely to 'go missing.' Those people like targets like him."
"That's a very reasonable analysis."
He Ao lowered his head and looked at the documents before him, at the photograph of the Middle Earth youth in the file.
These documents were not intelligence Kack had gathered. They were documents He Ao had received from Kack afterward, taken from the cloud drive of Kack's friend who had already gone missing.
Since Scar had already been taken out by following the vine to find the melon, Kack, who had been connected to Scar, could not possibly have gone unnoticed. All the information Kack had gathered might have been marked by the other side.
Investigating through those materials might instead lead them into the other side's trap.
So after briefly going through them, He Ao directly abandoned the documents in Kack's cloud drive and instead printed out the files belonging to Kack's missing friend.
"So," the youth said, lifting his head to look at He Ao, "are