I am a super cop

Chapter 2709 Is it dark under the lamp?
He Junchao continued to report on the phone: "It's correct. They have always lived in Chengdu. As for the Magic City you mentioned, I don't know, but at least they have lived there for these years."

"We can contact the police in Chengdu later to see if we can find more details."

"What about now? Are the old couple in Jiangnan City?" Gu Chen asked again.

"This..." He Junchao hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "From the current situation, they did move away from here, but it seems that they should not leave Jiangnan City."

"After all, they just moved from Rongcheng to Jiangnan City. Even if they were discovered by someone they knew, as you said."

"And they don't want their acquaintances to know that they have returned here, so they should move to another place to continue living instead of moving back to Chengdu immediately."

"Of course, this is just my own guess. As to whether this is the case, it depends on the results of your investigation."

"So that's how it is?" Listening to He Junchao's analysis, Gu Chen felt that He Junchao's analysis actually made sense.

At least it shows that the old couple will not leave immediately.

The reason is very simple. They had just moved in and lived there for a while, but were discovered and moved out immediately. It would be difficult to do so without help from others.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen asked He Junchao again: "What about Wen Jun, has he found this area?"

"I did look for him. According to the surveillance footage, he was indeed wandering around the area last night. It was also clear that he really wanted to find the two elderly people."

"But you have to know that the two old people had already moved out of here at the end of last month. Wen Jun is just trying in vain. He can't find them at all."

"Okay." After hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen agreed with him and asked again:

"What happened next? Wen Jun went straight back to the hotel?"

"Yes." He Junchao responded.

"During this period of time, were there any suspicious people following Wen Jun?" Gu Chen asked again.

"No, I checked it myself several times, and from beginning to end, it was only Wen Jun who appeared in the picture."

"And after returning to the hotel, he did not come out until the power outage."

"What happens after the power goes out?" Gu Chen asked.

"That's a bit troublesome." He Junchao hesitated for a moment and explained:

"In fact, after the power outage, we didn't find many abnormalities in the surrounding area, including the vehicles on the road.

"As for how Wen Jun was kidnapped, this is indeed worth pondering. I feel that there must be a traitor on the hotel side."

"There's a traitor in the hotel?" After hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen hesitated for a moment and said slowly:

"Wen Jun chose the hotel himself, so if there is a traitor in the hotel, the probability of this happening is very small."

"However, the fact that they are familiar with various electrical circuit issues in the hotel shows that they are indeed very familiar with the layout of the hotel."

"That's right, Gu Chen. I feel that we still need to start from the hotel. I will continue to investigate the whereabouts of Wen Jun and the two old men. I will notify you immediately if there is any news."

"Okay, let's do this first."

After a brief communication with He Junchao, Gu Chen also determined the general direction of the investigation.

So I quickly communicated with everyone.

"Junior Brother Gu, do you think Wen Jun's kidnapping has a lot to do with the hotel?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously.

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently, and said without hesitation: "First of all, he is so familiar with the line problem, it must be unusual. If it wasn't done by someone in the hotel, then it was assisted by someone in the hotel."

"Also, when the hotel's lines were destroyed, there were no signs of other vehicles driving around, which shows that Wen Jun was not kidnapped by a vehicle."

"So what do you mean?" After listening to Gu Chen's analysis, Yuan Shasha seemed to have guessed something.

Gu Chen said directly: "I suspect that Wen Jun is still hiding somewhere in the hotel."

"The kidnappers may want to create a time difference, that is, take advantage of the time when we are relaxed after the investigation, and then find a way to take Wen Jun out."

"In this way, they might think that we thought Wen Jun was kidnapped during the power outage."

"Yes." Officer Wang crossed his arms and seemed to be thinking:
"In fact, I have always suspected that the other party was able to kidnap Wen Jun in such a short time after the power outage. This is somewhat abnormal."

Officer Wang shook his right index finger and continued to analyze: "First of all, the degree of coordination must be very precise."

"How can they guarantee that they can kidnap Wen Jun and take him away without being discovered? This is obviously not realistic."

"Also, the surrounding surveillance cameras did not capture any vehicle leaving at the time."

"Generally speaking, if you kidnap someone, you should take them into a car first and then take them to a secret location, right? But there were no surveillance cameras around, so they definitely didn't go to the main intersections."

"But if you don't use vehicles to transport people to this place, it's impossible to take people away."

"So." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Lu Weiwei beside him quickly replied:
"So, Wen Jun is most likely still in the hotel, but he is being controlled by the robbers. They may want to take advantage of our laxity and find a way to take Wen Jun away."

As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen couldn't wait any longer and snapped his fingers:

"Let's go, we have to go to the hotel immediately, without wasting a moment."

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After everyone reached a consensus, they immediately started rushing to the hotel.

When we arrived at the hotel, some police officers were still there.

Many people have registered. Gu Chen came to Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong and asked, "How is it?"

"Everyone who should be registered has been registered." said Huang Zunlong.

"I will send these lists to Brother He later and ask him to help use big data to check if there are any suspicious persons among these people." Gu Chen said.

"Okay." Huang Zunlong nodded silently to show that he understood.

Afterwards, Gu Chenyou walked up to Ding Liang and asked, "Where is the manager of the hotel?"

"I guess he's in the office? Should I ask someone to call him?" said Ding Liang in the lobby.

"Call him over immediately." Gu Chen also said in an order.

"Okay." Ding Liang nodded silently, then found a waiter in the lobby and urged him, "Go and call your manager over quickly, the same manager from this morning."

"I know, I'll go right away." The waiter was quite obedient and turned around and left immediately.

Soon, a fat manager came over.

Gu Chen quickly asked: "Do you know the situation of your hotel?"

"What do you mean?" The fat hotel manager didn't seem to understand what Gu Chen meant.

So Gu Chen asked again: "Do you know all the rooms in your hotel, all the storage rooms, and any places where people can hide?"

"Uh……"

After listening to Gu Chen's words, the fat manager hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and confirmed:

"Yes, I'm familiar with them all." "Then please take our people to search the entire hotel thoroughly." Gu Chen said.

"A carpet search?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the hotel manager was stunned for a moment, but still nodded in agreement: "Then...then okay."

"Brother Wang." At this time, Gu Chen looked at Officer Wang again and said:
"Take some people with you, block all entrances and exits, and let the rest of you join us in the carpet search."

"Okay." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang immediately went over to arrange personnel.

Soon, except for some police officers who blocked the entrances and exits of the hotel, all other police officers were called to Gu Chen.

Everyone lined up in two rows, including Gu Chen's team, a total of 15 people.

Gu Chen also ordered: "Everyone, please pay attention. I suspect the hostages are still staying in this hotel. What we need to do now is to search the hotel inside and out."

"Don't miss any place where people can hide. You must find the hostages. Do you understand?"

"Understood." After hearing Gu Chen say this, everyone instantly understood the requirements of the task.

So everyone took action immediately and began to follow the hotel manager to prepare for the investigation.

Gu Chen also requested, "Prepare all the door cards. We are going to search each room one by one."

"All of them?" Upon hearing what Gu Chen said, the hotel manager suddenly became a little flustered.

Gu Chen nodded vigorously: "All."

"But this will have a huge impact on our hotel. After all, there are so many guests staying in the hotel. Such a large-scale search..."

"But what if the kidnappers and the hostages are still in your hotel room?" Lu Weiwei asked in return.

The fat hotel manager was stunned for a moment.

He knew that as a hotel manager, he could not bear this responsibility.

However, if the police were to search every room, it would inevitably bring difficulties to the operation of the hotel.

It's a dilemma, but after all, it's a hostage-taking incident, and I definitely can't refuse to cooperate with the investigation.

So the fat manager immediately communicated with Gu Chen: "Comrade police, can you let me report this to the leader? After all, this involves searching the entire hotel."

"You can report it now." Gu Chen said there was no problem.

So after expressing his gratitude, the fat manager took out his cell phone, walked to the corner, and started reporting to his leader.

Not long after, the fat manager hung up the phone and came to Gu Chen with a helpless expression.

"How?" Gu Chen asked.

"Well, no problem, you can go and search, and I'll arrange for the room card to open the door for you." The fat manager looked helpless, but there was nothing he could do and he could only follow Gu Chen's arrangements.

So everyone started a carpet search of the hotel rooms.

The hotel manager arranged staff to assist the police in searching the room.

But Gu Chen did not participate in the search. Instead, he stopped the fat hotel manager and asked, "How many utility rooms do you have here?"

"There are quite a lot. There are several on each floor, and there are also some on the rooftop and in the basement." said the fat manager.

"Take us to the basement." Gu Chen's first thought was that if the kidnappers wanted to take Wen Jun away, they would definitely need to use a vehicle on the road.

The shortest distance is obviously the basement, and there happens to be a parking lot there, which is a perfect escape route.

The fat hotel manager, although he didn't understand what Gu Chen meant, was very cooperative and immediately called a middle-aged man in work clothes:

"Master Liu, do you have the keys to the utility room in the basement?"

"Have."

"Did you bring it?" the fat hotel manager asked again.

"I have it." Master Liu reached into his pocket and took out a bunch of keys.

And each key has a label on it.

The fat hotel manager quickly reminded, "Take these police comrades and search the basement."

"Okay." Master Liu is an honest man. He does whatever his superiors say.

He immediately took out the key and started leading everyone to the basement.

We first took the elevator to the basement level.

This is a cargo channel.

Normally, the hotel has supporting equipment and supplies, which need to be transported to the underground garage by truck and then moved to the freight elevator entrance.

All items are then moved from here to various corners of the hotel.

There are also many sundry warehouses here, which are used to store some supplies and equipment of the hotel.

While introducing everyone, Master Liu took out his key and walked to the door of one of the utility rooms.

Then, use the key to open the iron door of the room and turn on the lights in the room.

In an instant, the entire utility room was brightly lit.

"This is the largest warehouse on our underground floor. It contains all the supplies and equipment for our hotel."

While Master Liu was introducing the situation, Gu Chen and others had already walked into the warehouse.

The warehouse layout is relatively simple, divided into several areas using letters such as ABCD.

However, in each area, there will be some multi-layer iron racks, and the supplies will be placed on those racks.

There are many cardboard boxes here, and the other party is in the corner.

Since it was a warehouse, the smell was a bit strong, so Lu Weiwei fanned the air away from her nose and said:

“It smells really bad here.”

"Hehe, there are a lot of things piled up, but there are ventilation vents. If the smell is too strong, I'll ventilate it for a while."

As he spoke, Master Liu picked up some of the materials scattered on the ground, and put them back in their proper places according to their numbers, muttering to himself:
"These guys don't organize the things they take and leave them everywhere."

"Do you have a warehouse manager here?" Gu Chen asked curiously when he saw this.

"I'm the warehouse manager." Master Liu said with a smile, "When you pick up supplies, you need to register at the door. I will check."

"After the materials are confirmed, the recipient will sign for them before they are released from the warehouse."

"Have you always been in charge of this warehouse?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Yes." Master Liu nodded silently and said with a smile: "Anyway, I will do all the dirty and tiring work, any miscellaneous tasks, and I will be there whenever you call."

"Besides, there aren't many things going in and out of this warehouse on a daily basis, so it's not that tiring. It's just that my superiors saw that I'm honest and reliable, so they let me take charge of it first."

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