Harrison would never doubt Kaitō Kid's intelligence capabilities. The staff's answer made him realize that things were going wrong.
"Shit! From the moment we entered, Kaitō Kid probably already knew we were taking action!"
"He's just looking for an excuse to slip away. We can't let him leave the hotel!"
Bruce immediately instructed those outside to be extra vigilant, watching the area around the hotel, making sure no one could come or go.
Even their own people—whether BND agents or Enforcement Bureau officers—were not allowed to leave.
In previous operations, they often tripped up on this.
Kaitō Kid could disguise himself as anyone, including their own people.
"What's he here for?" Harrison asked, staring at the staff.
At this point, the staff was terrified and had lost their composure, but obediently answered Harrison's questions.
"Mr. Mike successfully won the bid, and we are currently processing the paperwork."
Harrison immediately realized that the "Mike" at the auction was actually Kaitō Kid.
After questioning the staff, Harrison understood what Zhang Yang's goal at the auction had been.
"Portraits of the Emperors? Did he pay you? Has he taken it?"
Harrison's expression and tone showed his disbelief.
Kaitō Kid paying money to buy auction items?
That was absurd! A joke!
The staff didn't know that the Portraits of the Emperors had already been swapped out, so when Harrison asked about it, the staff led them to the room to see it for themselves.
"Great! Kaitō Kid didn't get away with it!"
"Harrison, he will definitely come back!" Bruce said, excited.
As long as he didn't succeed, Kaitō Kid wouldn't give up.
Bruce was absolutely certain about this. It was knowledge gained from their previous failures.
"Leave a team behind to guard here!"
"Everyone else, take control of the hotel and search every corner!"
Harrison gave the order decisively.
In an instant, BND agents inside and outside the hotel were fully alert, not daring to slack off for even a second.
"This time, they really aren't going to give him a chance. Can Kaitō Kid still escape?"
"Now the hotel is surrounded by a mercenary force. It's hard to imagine how Kaitō Kid can make it out alive!"
"Harrison's team is holding back a big move. It's so sudden!"
"Fuck! They deliberately let Kaitō Kid relax his guard, then unexpectedly surrounded the hotel!"
"Oh my god, it's hard to imagine how Kaitō Kid could escape this!"
At this moment, Zhang Yang's fans outside were worried sick, all hearts in their throats, with the deafening sound of helicopters above.
The few armed helicopters in the night sky were already capable of monitoring every corner of the hotel area.
Zhang Yang, sitting inside, realized that Harrison had brought his men in. He could tell that running around the hotel in circles wasn't going to work anymore.
"I can't keep dodging them. I need to find a reasonable identity quickly!"
"Or find a place that won't be easy to spot!"
Outside the hotel, there were not only a large number of BND agents but also several armed helicopters. The moment Zhang Yang stepped out and appeared outside, he would definitely be spotted.
As for changing his identity, Zhang Yang thought carefully and decided to disguise himself as a security guard from the Nago Auction.
Harrison was fully prepared. Disguising himself as one of their people was highly risky.
Apart from that, there were only the auction buyers or staff from the Nago Auction.
Harrison might not have all the details on them.
This way, he could use the information gap to buy more time.
As for escaping, Zhang Yang wasn't in a rush.
No matter what method he used to appear outside the hotel now, there would be a high risk of being discovered.
"This will do!"
Zhang Yang put on the Nago Auction staff ID and walked out of the bathroom confidently.
"I need to destroy tonight's surveillance system before Harrison and the others arrive!"
It was obvious they were going all out this time.
If Harrison saw the footage or checked the replay, Zhang Yang's chances of exposure would be very high.
Now, Zhang Yang was doing his best to destroy all the risky clues as quickly as possible.
Using the hotel's internal map, Zhang Yang headed straight to the surveillance room.
The people guarding the surveillance room tonight were all from Scorpio Security.
Harrison and the others hadn't arrived yet, so Zhang Yang pushed open the door and walked in.
After showing his ID to the two Scorpio Security personnel, he calmly came up with a reasonable excuse.
"We need to make a copy of tonight's auction surveillance footage. Please help us!"
After verifying Zhang Yang's ID, the Scorpio Security personnel had no doubts and allowed him to operate the computer.
Zhang Yang plugged a virus disk into the computer, performed the normal video copy process, and quickly implanted the virus into the surveillance computer's mainframe.
Once the progress bar was full, Zhang Yang smiled and removed the virus disk.
"Thank you very much!"
Zhang Yang left the surveillance room and, while walking down the hallway, happened to run into Harrison and his team hurrying over.
Zhang Yang passed them by, and Harrison glanced at Zhang Yang's ID badge but didn't give him another look.
"Harrison's quick!"
"Too bad, he's still one step behind me!"
Zhang Yang chuckled lightly and quickly left the surveillance room hallway.
The moment Harrison entered the room, all the surveillance footage was deleted and permanently destroyed.
"Shit! Didn't you notice that the surveillance footage wasn't even saved?"
Finding people through the surveillance videos was much faster than searching them one by one.
Too bad, Zhang Yang had already deleted the footage.
As Harrison fumed, the entire wall of surveillance monitors gradually turned black, and all the surveillance signals were cut off.
"It must be Kaitō Kid! Who has been in the surveillance room tonight?"
Three minutes ago, Zhang Yang had just left, and the two Scorpio Security people simultaneously pointed to the same suspect!
"Sir, there was only one staff member from the Nago Auction. He said he was copying the auction footage, and he left three minutes ago!"
Harrison immediately felt a chill down his spine.
The person he had just crossed paths with in the hallway was Kaitō Kid!
"Fuck!"
"Dammit, the guy who passed us in the hallway was Kaitō Kid!"
After leaving the surveillance room, Zhang Yang immediately changed into a new outfit, disguised as an auction buyer, and returned to the Nago Auction.
"There are enough Nago Auction staff. It should be enough to keep Harrison busy for a while!"
Zhang Yang sat back, relaxed, and watched other people bid on the items.
After Harrison checks the surveillance room, he'll definitely realize Zhang Yang disguised himself as Nago Auction staff.
If Zhang Yang hadn't disguised himself so well, Harrison might have easily figured it out.