He was a foreigner, and a chatterbox at that!
Wasn't this exactly the guy?
Ye Cangtian sighed. How could he run into this fellow everywhere? He pretended not to see him and turned to check the surveillance with Xu Weiwei.
However, the shaman who had just come out still spotted Ye Cangtian at a glance.
"Huh?"
The shaman was stunned at first, then delighted, "Big Brother, what are you doing here?"
Ye Cangtian was helpless. He turned back, and before he could answer, the shaman said with realization, "I get it. Big Brother, are you here to bail me out? I was wondering why they let me go after interrogating me for so long. So it was Big Brother who intervened."
Do I have nothing better to do than to cause trouble for myself?
Ye Cangtian really wanted to roll his eyes. If he had known that this guy was being interrogated inside just now, he would have asked Xu Weiwei to keep him for a few more days.
This guy was simply a follower, and an overly familiar one at that.
"Do you know him?" Xu Weiwei looked up at Ye Cangtian, frowning.
"Not well!" Ye Cangtian didn't deny it.
"Big Brother, how can we not be well-acquainted?"
Hearing this, the shaman immediately argued, "Don't you remember? We're friends! You helped me in Oman."
What a friend he is!
Ye Cangtian felt a little embarrassed. He turned and said, "I have something else to do. You should go first!"
The shaman wanted to say more, but a police officer behind him hurried him along. He could only leave the office hall sheepishly.
After the guy left, Xu Weiwei couldn't help but ask, "Where on earth did you meet this guy? His Chinese is bad enough, but he's also incredibly talkative!"
She was already impatient, and encountering such a chatterbox almost made her want to beat him.
Ye Cangtian was also helpless, and shrugged, "I met him on the plane when I returned. Let's not talk about him for now. Are there any clues in the surveillance?"
Xu Weiwei nodded.
"There are over eight thousand cameras in Yangzhou city. I've filtered them through the system and found over a dozen people wearing masks. Most of them are actors and online streamers, so they shouldn't be the ones you're investigating."
Soon, surveillance footage was brought up one by one.
The first scene showed a man wearing a copper mask, of a slender build, near Tang Xinwan's villa complex.
This was Huang San. Ye Cangtian recognized the figure at a glance.
The second scene was captured by a surveillance camera in a park. Two masked figures appeared in the footage: one wearing a copper mask, and the other a middle-aged man in a silver mask.
Ye Cangtian's eyes lit up when he saw this.
It seemed a Profound-level expert had indeed come to Yangzhou city, and this Profound-level expert was accompanied by a Yellow-level member.
"Where is this place?" There were many parks in Yangzhou, and he hadn't seen this one before.
"Xishan Park. There are several hotels nearby, and the closest one, a five-star hotel, is only a few hundred meters away," Xu Weiwei explained directly, as she was very familiar with Yangzhou's map.
"Then check these nearby hotels, especially that five-star hotel, and see if any suspicious individuals have checked in these past few days," Ye Cangtian nodded.
"No need to trouble ourselves with that!"
Xu Weiwei directly instructed a subordinate, "Activate identity recognition and compare the identities of the guests staying in these hotels."
Although the person wore a copper mask, and their face and appearance were not visible, the police could still use their build and walking posture to identify them.
Soon, the results came out.
The system quickly filtered through the information of over a thousand guests and staff members from several hotels, and finally provided the identities of a few individuals.
Among them, at the closest five-star hotel, a man named Li Jiu matched the copper-masked man with a 95% match.
"It's him!" Ye Cangtian was surprised.
He recognized this person. He was a steward for the Tao family, his most distinctive feature being a scar on his face.
He had heard from Tuo Hai that this Li Jiu was very powerful, and many underground bigwigs had invited him, but he had always stayed with the Tao family.
Ye Cangtian was somewhat surprised. Although he knew this Li Jiu was not weak, he never imagined that he was actually a Yellow-level member of the Dark Association.
Had the Tao family been targeted by the Dark Association? Or was the Tao family itself a member of the Dark Association?
If it was the former, then the Tao family was likely still in the dark, unaware that their family had already been targeted.
This was interesting! Ye Cangtian's lips curved slightly.
"This Li Jiu is the person you're looking for, isn't he? What's the problem with him? And why do they all wear masks?" Xu Weiwei asked a series of questions.
She was not clear about the Dark Association. The last time she knew of people wearing masks was when several bigwigs of the underworld were killed, and the killer was a person wearing a copper mask.
Ye Cangtian didn't intend to involve Xu Weiwei in this matter, so he casually brushed it off, "It's nothing, just some mysterious force. You don't need to worry about it."
Xu Weiwei frowned. What did he mean by "don't need to worry about it"? I'm a police officer.
Before she could ask further, Ye Cangtian changed the subject and asked, "Have you found any clues about the other silver-masked man?"
Xu Weiwei shook her head, "Only that one camera in the park captured him. After that, he never appeared within the surveillance range. None of the nearby hotels or establishments have anyone matching his build."
Ye Cangtian nodded, "That's normal. These Dark Association members only wear masks when they are carrying out missions or meeting other members. Otherwise, they are just like ordinary people.
They could be sanitation workers, businessmen, or even nine-to-five office employees, and so on.
In other words, the other party could be anyone.
If they don't wear masks, you would never guess they are members of the Dark Association!
However, Ye Cangtian was not worried. Since Li Jiu had already been identified, it was enough. If they had any ulterior motives, he believed that the silver-masked middle-aged man would eventually reappear.
Of course, he would never guess that the purpose of these two was to eliminate him.
Soon, Ye Cangtian left.
Xu Weiwei frowned unhappily. These masked people were definitely suspicious, but that Ye Cangtian wouldn't tell her anything.
"Hmph, if you won't tell me, fine. Don't I have my own ways of investigating?" Xu Weiwei pouted and turned back to her office.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
As soon as she answered, Xu Shi'an's voice came through, "Weiwei!"
"Call me 'Sister'!" Xu Weiwei corrected him through gritted teeth.
Such disrespect!
"Sister, I heard Ye Cangtian is back. Where is he now?" Xu Shi'an asked on the phone.
"Him? He was just here with me, but he's gone now."
"He was at the police station just now? Oh, he probably went back to Haitian Pharmaceuticals. I'll go find him there!"
"You've come to Yangzhou?"
As Xu Weiwei asked, she heard the phone beep as the call was hung up.
This made Xu Weiwei grind her teeth in anger. I'm your sister, for crying out loud! You came here and didn't even come to see me first, but instead went directly to look for that guy?