Monitoring Room
He Ao lowered his gaze and looked at the surveillance feed in front of him.
The camera was aimed at a kind-looking Old Man inside a clean, orderly metal "cell."
At first, he sat on the bed, seemingly dozing off.
As the timeline was dragged back, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
Then he walked to the door and lightly knocked on it.
No sound came from outside the door.
He then turned on the communicator beside him and entered a string of passwords. With a soft click, the door opened naturally.
He Ao shifted his gaze to another surveillance screen beside him.
On the screen, the Old Man casually pulled open the door and walked out. Outside, the guard stationed at the door had turned his head to chat with another guard in the distance.
With his back to the guard by the door, the Old Man used the guard's broad body to conceal himself and quickly turned into the corner behind him.
He Ao turned to the next screen and saw that after entering the corner, the Old Man had precisely caught the gap when a patrolling staff member turned his head. He quickly passed behind the staff member and turned into the next corner.
What followed was almost a replay of the previous scenes. The Old Man precisely stepped into every blind spot, passing behind or around the backs of staff members. Every time he encountered somewhere that required a password, he entered the correct code on the first try and passed through the access control without issue.
In this way, all the way until he left the underground detention facility, the Old Man encountered no obstruction at all. Like he was leaving his own home, he strolled leisurely out