WPG Arrived One Step Late! Questioning Identity? Haggling: THOR Project

Less than two minutes after SoftClean Cleaning Company's box van left Playa Luxury Apartments, two officers from Thailand's Bangkok Police Department arrived at the door.

In the lobby of Playa Luxury Apartments, the two officers showed their credentials and demanded access to the resident guest records.

Naturally, the security staff at Playa Luxury Apartments did not stop them. Instead, they actively cooperated, despite the flaws in the legal procedure.

One of the security guards even tentatively asked, "Who are you looking for?"

One of the somewhat overweight officers snorted. "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"

The other officer, who wore glasses, was browsing the resident guest records for Playa Luxury Apartments on a tablet. He had seen a photo of Jonas Longman and had been told that Jonas Longman was using an alias, so he ignored the guests' names and looked only at the ID photos.

There was some risk in the CIA making such a high-profile effort to find Jonas Longman, but the CIA was truly anxious. They wanted to find the target as quickly as possible to avert even greater risks.

In less than three minutes, the bespectacled officer found Jonas Longman's check-in record on the tablet. He had checked in under the alias [Ogden Peter].

Upon finding that alias, the bespectacled officer beamed with delight. As long as he found a lead, he would receive a reward.

But the bespectacled officer was greedier still. He wanted to capture Jonas Longman himself and earn an even greater reward.

So he lowered his voice and said, "We found the target. Let's go up and grab him now."

The overweight officer was a little nervous. "Wouldn't that be a bad idea? What if he—"

But the bespectacled officer cut him off. "Think about the reward for catching him!"

Thus, the