The CIA director called for the maintenance team to begin checking the database room.
At this time, Zhang Yang had arrived on the fifth floor, which was completely empty.
However, the CIA had surveillance cameras everywhere, and Zhang Yang, unfazed, walked straight toward the vault.
Thanks to the access card, he passed through the security systems with ease, almost without any obstacles.
After walking through the winding corridor and entering the vault, Zhang Yang found himself in a bit of a predicament.
This vault was different from those he had encountered before; it was filled with file bags, neatly arranged in rows.
"So many file bags, how much intelligence and how many plans has Eagle Nation been eavesdropping on?" Zhang Yang thought.
He activated the scanning function on his monocle, and the yellow parchment file bags were easily penetrated, allowing him to scan their contents.
These file bags contained scattered papers, but any file containing the Qīngnáng Shū would be easy to spot.
Zhang Yang was glad he had upgraded his monocle to the advanced level before coming; otherwise, with so many file bags, it would take forever to go through them.
[Ding!]
[Suspected Qīngnáng Shū file bag found!]
The monocle marked one of the file bags with a red dot. Zhang Yang quickly moved forward and took out the bag.
"Yes, it's you!"
The Qīngnáng Shū looked quite damaged, and it felt like it could fall apart with just a little force.
Once Zhang Yang confirmed it was the Qīngnáng Shū, he didn't even dare to take it out of the file bag. He directly placed it into his magical space.
Just as Zhang Yang was about to leave the vault, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the winding corridor.
"So soon?"
There were cameras everywhere in the CIA, and Zhang Yang had initially thought he could sneak by, but his luck tonight wasn't great.
The only way out of the vault was through the winding corridor, with no other passages available.
Zhang Yang quickly took out a card and pen, wrote a note, and left it on the shelf where he had taken the Qīngnáng Shū. He then hid in a corner deep inside the vault.
The CIA director and Bruce, along with their team, rushed to the vault. The director immediately went to find the Qīngnáng Shū.
"Fuck!"
The director angrily shouted as he took the card from the shelf.
"We're still too late!"
Bruce walked over and took the card from the director's hand.
The note left by Zhang Yang read:
"Director Bruce, I've taken the Qīngnáng Shū. I look forward to our next meeting!"
Five minutes ago, they had received a report from the monitoring room that a person had been spotted on the fifth floor, but they weren't sure if it was Kaitō Kid.
So, they immediately rushed over.
"Shit! Damn Kaitō Kid! His hacking the database was just a diversion..."
"He knew I would be guarding the fifth floor, so he deliberately led us away!"
The director's face darkened, and he coldly said, "Director Bruce, I hope the database hasn't been compromised. Otherwise, you and I will be in big trouble!"
In fact, after seeing that the Qīngnáng Shū had been stolen, the CIA director actually breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the CIA's data hadn't been leaked, losing the Qīngnáng Shū wasn't too serious. At least, it wouldn't be considered a major dereliction of duty on his part.
After Bruce and the team left the vault, Zhang Yang came out of the corner.
The CIA's alarms had not stopped yet, and Zhang Yang was getting impatient.
"It's just a virus disk, why is it so hard to find?"
By now, the CIA alarm had been blaring for nearly half an hour.
The crowd of onlookers outside was getting more and more curious.
"Oh my god! What did Kaitō Kid do? Why is the alarm still going off?"
"Good heavens, the CIA can't even stop the alarm, can they really catch Kaitō Kid?"
"Shit! What exactly happened in the CIA?"
"There hasn't even been a gunshot until now, just the alarm. Looks like Bruce is going to lose again!"
"Did Bruce not even see a shadow of Kaitō Kid this time?"
While everyone was discussing, the CIA's alarm suddenly stopped.
Based on Zhang Yang's guess, they were probably investigating the virus disk he left behind.
So now was the best chance to leave the CIA!
Zhang Yang quickly exited the vault and stepped into the response corridor.
The fifth floor was still empty, but now the monitoring room should be closely watching the fifth floor.
Since he had already appeared on the monitoring screen, Bruce and his team would be arriving soon.
Before leaving, Zhang Yang purposely waved at the camera, as if bidding farewell to Bruce and his team.
Then Zhang Yang opened the window, spread his Silver-Winged Cape, and jumped out of the fifth-floor window.
When the crowd outside saw the familiar white figure, they immediately became excited and cheered.
"Wow, it's Kaitō Kid, it's Kaitō Kid!"
"Oh my god! He finally appeared, it's Kaitō Kid!"
"What? Kaitō Kid won?"
As Zhang Yang flew over the crowd, he scattered red petals in celebration.
When Bruce and his team received the notification from the monitoring room and arrived on the fifth floor, Zhang Yang had already left.
And the director was still holding Zhang Yang's virus disk.
"Shit! When we went to the vault, Kaitō Kid never left the vault!"
Bruce's face turned as dark as soot, and now he finally realized.
The card they had seen was meant to make them think that Kaitō Kid had already left.
"Director Bruce, you should start thinking about how to report this operation to your superiors!"
"I still need to decrypt the contents of this disk, so I'll take my leave now!"
The failure of this operation had greatly disappointed the CIA director in Bruce.
From start to finish, they had been led around by the nose by Kaitō Kid, never once gaining the upper hand.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that this failure was a complete, absolute crushing defeat.
Bruce sat dejectedly in his chair, his eyes filled with resentment.
"Fuck! Kaitō Kid is too cunning!"
"Our plan, and even our countermeasures, were all within his expectations!"
After reviewing the situation, Bruce realized that everything had been under Kaitō Kid's control.
They had always been led by the nose, with each step they took being an exact trap laid by Kaitō Kid.
After arriving near the Great Bear Nation Embassy, Zhang Yang carefully took the Qīngnáng Shū out of the file bag and took a photo.
The Qīngnáng Shū, left by Hua Tuo, held immense significance in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The CIA knew this very well, which is why they went to such lengths to bring it back from the Dragon Nation, keeping it completely confidential.
Zhang Yang put the Qīngnáng Shū back into the file bag and drove to the embassy entrance. This time, he opened the car door and gently placed the file bag down.
If he had thrown it directly out of the car window as before, he feared it might cause irreversible damage to the Qīngnáng Shū.
The guards quickly ran out, watching as the car sped away. They bent down to pick up the file bag and quickly wrapped it up in their arms.
After Zhang Yang left, the media reporters and the onlookers outside the CIA didn't leave but were waiting for Bruce to come out!