"Then hurry and call your superiors to report the situation."
"Don't worry. I'll call right now."
The Tattooed Man remained calm. He took his phone from his pocket, opened his contacts, tapped the screen, and dialed the number.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
Ringing came from the phone, but no one answered even after many rings.
Just as the Tattooed Man was wondering why the other party was taking so long to answer, the call finally connected.
"Hello?"
"Why did you take so long to answer?"
"I was in a meeting just now, so it wasn't convenient to answer. What did you call me about?" The contact explained why he had failed to answer earlier, then asked in return.
"Something happened on my end. I need to tell you about it," the Tattooed Man said.
"What happened?"
"Zhao Zhihe was caught by an investigator."
"How is that possible? Are you joking with me? That isn't funny at all." The contact was shocked and spoke in disbelief.
"How could I joke about something like this? Everything I said is true." The Tattooed Man sounded solemn.
"How could he have made such a blunder?" the contact said irritably.
"I don't know either. Now that Zhao Zhihe has been caught by an investigator, should we continue with the plan?" the Tattooed Man asked.
"Zhao Zhihe was a major factor in whether this plan could be carried out successfully. Now that he's been caught by an investigator, continuing is very likely to end in failure."
"You mean we should suspend the plan?"
"Yes. That's all we can do for now."
"We've plotted for so long, and now we're just suspending it? The people above will blame us!"
"They definitely will, but that's still better than paying a terrible price for the plan's failure."
"That's true."
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