Rescue!

Without hesitation, Jurgen took off the earphone and put it in his ear. Because the earphone was small, it fit perfectly into his ear canal, and its color was similar to his skin tone, so there was no abnormality visible from the outside.

Just as Jurgen put on his headphones, a gentle yet somewhat old-fashioned voice came through his ears.

"It's safe outside the door, you can pass."

Jurgen's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he couldn't help but speak up.

Who are you?

However, his question received no response, so Jurgen had to give up on communicating with the other party and, following the instructions in the earpiece, led the group out of the Free Reading Room.

Just as the earpiece had said, there were no soldiers outside. The group pretended to be as cold as the others and walked quickly down the street, following the voice in the earpiece to their destination.

They were currently in District 42, which was right next to District 41 where Thompson Curry lived. It wasn't far even on foot. They easily bypassed the patrolling soldiers and quickly arrived at the No. 12 apartment building.

Thompson's apartment, 1705, was on the seventeenth floor. To avoid being caught on camera in the elevator, Jurgen originally wanted to climb the stairs, which was a bit of a hassle, but he had no other choice.

But the prompt that rang in his ears again made him take the elevator directly. Considering his smooth journey so far, Jurgen quickly guessed that the other party probably had control of all the cameras in the city.

So after a slight hesitation, Jurgen led the group straight to the elevator. As they approached, before they could even press a button, the elevator doors opened by themselves. The four people following Jurgen looked into the elevator with some wariness, only to find it empty. Jurgen, however, was already prepared and led the way inside. The others quickly followed.

The journey was far too smooth. There were no soldiers, no pedestrians, and even the elevator opened its doors by itself to wait for them. It was nothing like the thrilling experience they had originally imagined.

Jurgen didn't have time to explain to them. After reaching the 17th floor, he went straight to Thompson's house and knocked on the door.

Before he could identify himself, the door was quickly opened, and Thompson, with a cold expression, appeared inside.

"Come in quickly."

Thompson's voice was cold, causing Jurgen to frown.

"You received an injection of 'Bosean'?"

"Yes, half an hour ago the TV screen suddenly went black, and then the recording of me being reported and the footage of the search team being dispatched appeared."

Thompson's voice remained cold and devoid of any emotion.

"And there's footage of you on your way."

Upon hearing this, Jurgen thought to himself, "As expected." All the surveillance cameras they had passed along the way had been controlled by this mysterious force. Moreover, it seemed that not only the cameras, but the entire network had been controlled by them, and even the television footage could be modified at will. However, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. This was a good thing for them!

"Then a voice told me to inject 'Bosean' in advance and to pack up all the contraband so that you could come and meet me."

Jurgen calculated the time and realized that the other party had only notified Thompson to prepare in advance after they confirmed they were coming to meet them.

If he had decided not to save them at the time, they wouldn't have notified him, so as not to let the priests discover anything. They were very cautious!

However, the most important thing they are doing now is to be cautious.

Without wasting any more time, Jurgen immediately prepared to lead his men to move the contraband. However, after entering the room, he was dumbfounded. Thompson had accumulated several boxes of contraband over an unknown period of time. They couldn't possibly move it all at once, and walking on the street would be too conspicuous. Although they had earpieces to guide them, it was still too dangerous.

Most of the contraband in the city was smuggled in from outside the city, and it was generally not very large.

According to his original idea, most criminals don't have too many contraband items in their homes, and the five of them could take them all at once without attracting too much attention.

But now...

"Contraband can be transported to room 2107."

Just as Jurgen was racking his brains over Thompson's vast fortune, that familiar notification sound rang in his ears again.

Jurgen's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly called on the others to start moving things with Thompson. However, as soon as he finished speaking, the voice rang in his ears again.

"Thompson will be examined soon and cannot engage in strenuous exercise. Let him stay and clean the room to remove any traces."

Upon hearing this, Jurgen quickly realized that the search team would arrive soon, and if they discovered that Thompson had just engaged in strenuous exercise, it would easily arouse further suspicion.

Immediately, Jurgen instructed Thompson to thoroughly inspect the entire room again, removing any suspicious areas, while he and the other four carried the boxes into the elevator.

The elevator automatically ascended to the 21st floor. Having learned about the abilities of their mysterious ally, the five ignored a surveillance camera in the corridor and carried their boxes to the door of room 2107.

"Click!"

With a soft click, the red indicator light on the electronic access control system instantly turned green.

Jurgen gently pushed the door open with the box he was carrying.

The five people quickly filed in, only to find that it was an empty room with no one living there, which was indeed a good place to temporarily hide contraband.

Soon, the five of them made another trip back and forth, clearing out all the contraband. Seeing that there was still time, they checked the entire room again to make sure nothing was left behind, and then left before the search team arrived.

Guided by the earpiece once again, Jurgen hurriedly returned to the underground base. Back in his office, he quickly pulled out his phone.

Judging by the timeline, the search team should have been at Thompson's house for quite some time now. Jurgen wondered how things were going and whether he could escape unscathed, so he wanted to check if there were any messages on the phone.

When he opened his phone, the first thing that appeared was the same map as before. Jurgen noticed that the icon representing the search team had overlapped with Thompson's, indicating that they were still searching his house. Then, before he could do anything, the screen changed, showing the surveillance footage from Thompson's front door. It turned out that in addition to the monitor in the hallway, there was also a hidden camera at his front door!

Thompson is really lucky; he didn't give himself away under the camera's surveillance. It seems he's always been very careful outside, but he still managed to be caught red-handed.

Fortunately, it seems that these cameras have been taken control of by this powerful and mysterious ally, otherwise they would have been in danger.