591: Rescue (Part 2)

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide! Isher was sprinting, saying over the radio, "Unless he can fly! Otherwise, he's dead today!"

At the same time, Gress had also re-positioned his sniper rifle.

This time he was lying on a flat rooftop, and his accuracy was even higher than before!

His voice also came through the radio: "Gress Isher ready, I will shoot immediately if there Isher armed resistance."

These communications were completed almost instantaneously.

However, Isher's sprinting steps suddenly stopped.

He saw Zhang Qi standing on the rooftop of an eight-story building, having stopped running and instead turned to look at him.

Isher immediately reached for his lower back, wanting to pull out his gun.

But precisely at this moment, he saw that Zhang Qi actually ran down the fire escape on the outside of the building!

"Damn it!" He saw Zhang Qi's face with a faint smile, which was exactly the same as the expression in the last moment of the live broadcast!

He didn't draw his gun, but continued to chase. There was a distance of three hundred meters between them, and he had lost track of Zhang Qi. But... they still had drones!

Bangi's voice came: "He's changing clothes! Yellow jacket, blue hat. He's going down the fire escape! Catch him!"

Before the words "Catch him" had even finished, Bangi's tone immediately changed: "No, no, no... he's entered the building!"

Once Zhang Qi entered the building, the situation became much more complicated.

This eight-story building was not a residential building, but a shopping mall with dense crowds and a complex structure. Chasing him in such an environment would undoubtedly be much more difficult.

As an FBI team, they had to be cautious when operating inside the mall to avoid causing chaos.

Zhang Qi was highly dangerous, and if he caused a disturbance, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, Agent Isher was experienced and responded quickly.

After confirming that Zhang Qi had entered the mall, Hacker Bangi immediately attempted to infiltrate the mall's surveillance system.

"I'm trying to take over the surveillance system, give me three minutes, and I'll definitely find him." As soon as Bangi finished speaking, Isher instructed Fuan to contact FBI agents, tell them to come to the building, and prepare to enter the mall.

"If anything happens, evacuate the crowd immediately, don't alert him now," Isher ordered.

Fuan responded: "Received!"

Although these five people had never worked together before, their experience and operating styles were similar, and in an emergency, their cooperation was incredibly tacit.

Gress had found a new sniper point and reported: "I'm ready here too. Two exits, as long as I see him come out..."

"Wait, yellow clothes, jeans, blue hat, right?" Gress's voice suddenly became serious.

Fuan and Born were guarding both sides of the first-floor entrance, highly focused, but they didn't see Zhang Qi's figure.

Just as they were about to ask where Gress saw Zhang Qi, Bangi's voice came: "That's right, blue hat, yellow jacket!"

After Gress confirmed the target, he prepared to shoot.

However, before pulling the trigger, he heard a shout of "Wait a minute."

"Damn it!" Gress cursed angrily, "Isher, what the hell Isher going on with you?"

He subconsciously raised his muzzle, but the trigger had been pulled, and the bullet went astray, hitting the Third Floor of the building, fortunately without injuring innocent people.

Gress was furious, but Bangi's voice came, making him stunned: "I've entered the surveillance system and saw at least thirty people wearing the same attire, which Isher the uniform of the staff here."

Upon hearing this, Gress stopped speaking.

Isher then said, "It seems he was well prepared. I was just wondering where he got the clothes to change into. Now it seems he had already planned his escape route."

Born asked, "What should we do now?"

Fuan also looked troubled. There were many employees in the building, and with the hats and clothes, it was impossible to find Zhang Qi on the cameras.

At this time, the agents from the apartment building were rushing over.

Isher said firmly, "It doesn't matter. As long as he Isher still in this building, even if we have to use a human wave tactic, we must find him!"

Meanwhile, in an office of the Security Bureau in Beijing, China, Gao Long was on the phone.

Before her were two personnel files for Xiao Xiao, one fake and one real, but classified as top secret.

She was in contact with the United States liaison, discussing Xiao Xiao's specific situation.

Suddenly, another desk phone rang.

"One moment," she said, picking up the other call. The person on the other end said directly, "Zhang Qi Isher being pursued, seemingly by FBI elites, including former Central Intelligence Agency Agent Jason Bourne, retired Lieutenant Gress, and others. The pursuit Isher taking place on Flushing Street in Queens."

Gao Long raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself, "Pursued? Isher this his way of proving himself? Or has he been discovered?"

She knew the reputations of Jason Bourne and Bob Gress. Being pursued by such elites and still managing to escape would indeed say something. But this was not enough for her to make a decision.

However, when the person on the other end said another sentence, Gao Long's pupils slightly contracted.

"Isher this the gift Zhang Qi mentioned?" she murmured to herself.

The person on the other end replied, "This needs further confirmation."

Gao Long thought for a moment, gritted her teeth, and made a decision.

She immediately picked up the previous call, canceled the hold, and said to the other side, "Have Xiao Xiao go to the safe house in Queens, give her authorization, and have her help Zhang Qi escape as much as possible!"

Inside the shopping center on Flushing Street, FBI agents had taken full control of the scene.

Customers had been thoroughly checked and evacuated, with only some mall staff remaining.

Hacker Bangi sat on a low chair, staring intently at the laptop screen in front of him, which displayed real-time footage from all surveillance cameras.

To ensure nothing was missed, continuous monitoring was crucial to prevent Zhang Qi from escaping.

At this moment, the shopping center was completely surrounded, and anyone entering or leaving had to undergo strict checks to prevent Zhang Qi from blending in and slipping away.

The agents' attention was focused on the more than one hundred mall employees.

Isher spoke, "Everyone, please pay attention. If you see someone you don't recognize around you, please point them out immediately."

"I believe no one wants to waste time on this matter."

"You have three minutes to voluntarily identify the person, which will also save us time."

Saying this, he took out his phone, opened the timer, and still had a sunny smile on his face.

"Timer starts!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fuan's voice came over the radio.

"Will this really work?"

"I looked again carefully, Zhang Qi Isher clearly not among these people."

In fact, not only did Fuan think this, but others also held the same view.

Isher, however, responded in a low voice, "That's not the goal, of course."

Fuan asked in surprise, "Then?"

Isher interrupted him and continued, "Since he could get employee uniforms and has been lurking here for nearly half a month, it's likely he's become familiar with people."

"We in the IMF have disguise masks, and I think with Zhang Qi's methods, he likely has similar equipment."

"Just relying on appearance Isher unreliable."

His words seemed to be contradicting himself.

Bangi looked puzzled, not understanding what trick Isher was playing.

Soon, he asked, "Isher, stop being so mysterious, what exactly are you planning to do? Just say it."

Agent Isher chuckled lightly, pacing among the crowd as he explained, "It's very simple, this Isher a psychological game."

Bourne's voice also came, "Psychological warfare?"

"You want to find Zhang Qi by observing the employees' reactions?"

Isher replied, "Exactly."

"Even if he changed his face and even became familiar with people, then it's very likely..."

Bangi seemed to suddenly understand and continued, "It's very likely he will be nervous and thus expose his identity!"

"Isher, you're amazing, as expected of you."

However, the voices of the other four immediately came over the radio in opposition.

"That's not it."

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Bangi was confused again.

Agent Isher continued, "For ordinary people, this kind of mutual suspicion, even if it has nothing to do with them, will make them nervous."

"But for someone like Zhang Qi..."

"Not only will he not be nervous, but he will also use this opportunity to think about his escape plan."

"He will be calmer than ordinary people!"

Hearing Isher's words, Bangi thought for a moment and finally sorted out his thoughts.

He shook his head and sighed, then said, "Are all you field agents good at this?"

"Isher, I think you're talking about yourself!"

This time, Isher did not respond.

His gaze was fixed on the one hundred and twenty people, trying to find his target.

However, even after the timer went off, Isher still hadn't found the target he had in mind.

"What's going on!?"

"Isher he not here?"

His heart was filled with doubt.

At this moment, Jason Bourne's voice came again, "Didn't find him?"

"You didn't find him either?"

Fuan also said, "I didn't see anything unusual."

"Could it be that he had already thought of this step?"

"And then deliberately put on the same expression as everyone else?"

"This guy... Isher really terrifying!"

Is Hunter said, "No, it shouldn't be like this."

"Even for me, it would be very difficult to pretend to have this expression in this situation."

"And I have studied micro-expression analysis. If it were Zhang Qi, he would definitely be very vigilant in his heart, both worried about being reported and worried about being seen through by me, so even if he pretends, there will definitely be flaws."

"But what the hell Isher going on..."

Bangi, however, said, "He could have thought of that too, couldn't he?"

Central Intelligence Agency Agent Bourne said directly, "Check them one by one, see who has a face mask or disguise on their face, and arrest them directly."

"Including wigs, Zhang Qi's hairstyle definitely can't change in a short time."

"This Isher the easiest way to find him!"

Bourne's words gave Isher great inspiration, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

Then he began to arrange personnel for the inspection and also participated in it himself.

He touched face after face and head after head. When he touched a seemingly normal male employee, he suddenly stopped.

"You're wearing makeup, friend?"

The white male seemed a bit restrained and nervous.

Hearing Isher's words, he stammered in response, "Yes... I'm wearing makeup... Isher that very... very strange?"

Is Hunter looked at his messy hair and narrowed his eyes.

He smiled at the employee, then ran his hand up his hair.

At this moment, Isher felt that this employee was very suspicious!

Both the makeup and his reaction upon seeing Isher made him feel something was off.

Then, Isher touched his hair.

When he felt the texture of the wig, Is Hunter's heart filled with joy!

"You!"

Whoosh!

He yanked off the wig!

The entire place was shocked!

Agent Isher decisively removed the disguise of the man with foundation covering his face and a wig on his head.

"You!"

"You are Zhang......."

Isher's words stopped abruptly.

The surrounding crowd also fell into dead silence.

Everyone looked at the wig in Isher's hand and the bald, egg-like head, and were stunned.

Including the FBI agents and Is Hunter himself, they were all very clear that this could never be Zhang Qi.

"You..."

"I'm sorry."

Isher handed the wig back to the bald white man and patted his shoulder apologetically.

However, his actions seemed to have caused great pain to the man.

The man silently took back the wig and tried to put it back on.

But his fingers were trembling, and the wig couldn't be put on properly at all.

At this moment, a mall manager in a suit walked up to Isher and explained, "He has cancer, and chemotherapy caused all his hair to fall out. But for a living, he had to come out to work..."

"Sir, you really..."

The mall manager hesitated to speak further, and Isher also realized how big a mistake he had made.

He was filled with guilt, but at this moment, the authority of the FBI could not be lost.

After all, if he couldn't control the situation, it might cause greater chaos.

So, he could only nod and then leave.

The search continued, with a dozen FBI agents conducting a comprehensive check of the one hundred and twenty employees and managers.

As a result, no one had any problems.

This fact plunged Isher into great confusion.

The search team seemed to have hit a bottleneck.

Over the radio, Hacker Bangi's voice came again, "What should we do? If we can't find him, should we let them go?"

Isher did not answer. Instead, Central Intelligence Agency Agent Bourne spoke, "The problem now Isher not whether to let people go or not, but whether Zhang Qi Isher still here."

"Isher, we must consider the possibility that he Isher no longer inside the mall."

Agent Isher remained silent, and the radio channel fell silent for two or three minutes.

Also silent were the ordinary people who had just finished being checked.

They didn't know what was happening. Although they had been checked, they were clearly no longer suspects, so why were they still waiting here?

These three minutes felt exceptionally long for Isher.

After deep thought, his voice sounded again on the radio channel.

"Anyway, we have prevented Zhang Qi from leaving this building."

"But if he's not here now, there's only one possibility."

"He's likely hiding in a room somewhere, waiting for us to finish the search..."

Fuan said, "Are we going to search room by room?"

Isher gritted his teeth, "Search!"

"I don't believe..."

"We won't find Zhang Qi today!"

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