Chapter 175 Part 1: Countess (1/2)

Chapter 175 Part 1: Countess

Instance dungeon! A damnable instance dungeon! Of all times, it had to be now!

Unfortunately, Chen Xiaolian and Roddy could do nothing about it. Additionally, the both of them had been bracing themselves for it.

After all, roughly one month had passed since the Tokyo instance dungeon. Generally, the period between instance dungeons was only that long. For the instance dungeon selection to occur now was something that was beyond their control.

“24 hours,” Chen Xiaolian’s visage was ugly to behold. “We only have twenty four hours to find Qiao Qiao and Soo Soo.”

“Did the system send the information regarding the instance dungeon over?”

“Not yet, we will need to wait,” Chen Xiaolian shook his head. “According to the system, the details will only be issued out after 24 hours.”

At the same time, Lun Tai and Bei Tai had also received the prompt.

The two of them quickly called over. However, Lun Tai and Bei Tai also brought a piece of good news with them.

“I found a friend with connections with the police. They can get the surveillance videos,” Bei Tai said slowly. “However, we will need to pay quite a bit: 10,000 pounds.”

“Money is not an issue,” Chen Xiaolian quickly replied. “However, we are currently pressed for time.”

“The other party said that as long as we can produce the money, we can get the video tonight.”

…

One hour later, Chen Xiaolian and Roddy met up with the two brothers, Lun Tai and Bei Tai. There, they handed the 10,000 pounds in cash to Bei Tai.

Bei Tai walked ahead alone as he moved toward a chair in a plaza. Moments later, he made an exchange with an intermediary and came back with a portable hard disk.

“It seems you have quite the circle of friends,” Roddy said with an extremely envious look on his face.

Lun Tai laughed. “It’s only so-so in Europe. If we were to go to Afghanistan, he would be like fish in water. [1]”

Chen Xiaolian carefully regarded Bei Tai who responded by laughing out. “I actually hope I do not have to return there ever again.”

The four of them entered a hotel and used a computer to access the portable hard disk. Soon, the surveillance videos were copied out.

Lun Tai and Bei Tai were very careful with this matter. They were soon able to pinpoint the exact location that they wanted to see on the surveillance videos. They were soon looking at the street located between the phone booth and the pier. The time shown on the video was the exact time that Soo Soo had made the call to Chen Xiaolian.

Soon, what Chen Xiaolian was looking for appeared on the computer screen.

On the screen, he saw Soo Soo appear. Then, she ran toward the phone booth alone and made the call. After a brief conversation, she ended the call. At that point in time, several Asian looking people appeared on the screen.

Seeing these people coming over, Soo Soo showed good behaviour and did not resist as those people took her away. They took Soo Soo toward the pier by the River Thames.

The surveillance camera recorded everything that happened along the way.

“Six people,” Lun Tai who was looking at the video said. “Did you notice? Five of them are probably ordinary humans. As for the male walking behind, he is most likely an Awakened.”

“Why?” Roddy asked.

“Because he has the most relaxed expression,” The answer did not come from Lun Tai, but Chen Xiaolian. He stared at the screen. “The other five must be ordinary bodyguards. They appear very nervous but very professional. However, look at the male walking behind. Unlike the other bodyguards, when walking, he has his hands inside his pockets and he did not bother checking the surroundings. He appears reckless… also, look here.”

Chen Xiaolian pointed at the screen. “Look at his face, the way his mouth is moving… he seems to be whistling.”

Roddy narrowed his eyes.

The man who was whistling within the screen was not young. He appeared to be in his thirties with a medium build. He wore a casual blazer instead of the thick old-fashioned formal suit. His most striking aspect was his hair.

The fellow had long hair and he wore thick circular glasses. He appeared like someone who worked in the artistic field.

Several different surveillance videos were aligned together and they were quickly able to see the six of them leading Soo Soo toward the pier and into a yacht.

That concluded the video.

Chen Xiaolian stared at the last screen and he quickly said. “Reverse it a little.”

A few seconds later, Chen Xiaolian called out. “There, stop it!”

Roddy immediately hit the pause button.

The video was stopped. There, the yacht on the pier had already moved out slightly, exposing part of its body.

Upon the surface of the yacht were a business tag and the vessel’s number.

“Check out the yacht,” Chen Xiaolian’s eyes flashed.

In a business world where the flow of information had been greatly developed, checking the details regarding a business tag was not a difficult matter.

Soon, they were able to find what they were looking for.

“Found it, Terrence (tài lún) Brothers boat rental company,” Roddy looked at the information shown on the surface of the computer screen. “The yacht belongs to the company.”

It was currently in the middle of the night. Thus, they had to patiently wait for dawn to arrive.

At nine in the morning, Roddy and Chen Xiaolian went together to the Westminster Area of London to find that boat rental company.

Outwardly, the company did not appear to be too big. However, Roddy had checked it out yesterday. Through the internet, he found that this company was quite famous within this field. It could also be considered a veteran boat rental company. The reason why it did not appear big was because, in London or anywhere else in Europe, many well-known companies of their respective fields would not build a particularly ostentatious office, unlike what was happening in their country.