Awakening the War God

Chapter 218 The Culprit

Chapter 218 The Culprit

"Hello? Mr. Gabriel, what's going on?"

As soon as the call connected, Elizabeth anxiously asked.

She had just been on the phone with Gabriel, but he abruptly hung up. It seemed that something had happened.

During this time, she didn't dare to call him back, worrying constantly.

Gabriel walked to the window, his face darkened. "Someone tried to poison us just now, nearly killing a few of my friends. The poison is called Deadly Grass, a type of poison from Annam, the Southwest!"

"Use the methods of the Ghostly Purgatory Hall to help me find out who has been targeting me from behind all this time!"

He had a feeling that the person who poisoned them today was somehow connected to the foreign assassins from a few days ago.

Originally, he wanted Santos to investigate who was targeting him by following the trail of the assassin's corpse.

But the appearance of the poisoner today made him even more certain that it was a force from the Underground World and not someone who hired assassins with money.

When it came to the Underground World, the Ghostly Purgatory Hall had better means of investigation.

"Understood, I'll start investigating immediately!" Elizabeth obeyed the order.

Gabriel added, "By the way, I might be going to Gumoldur City in a few days, so prepare in advance!"

With Vicky's appearance, he had already decided to get involved in the affairs of the Gumoldur Clan.

Since he was unfamiliar with the place, he needed Elizabeth to help him prepare.

"Yes!"

Elizabeth accepted the order once again.

Gabriel finally hung up the phone and took out a cigarette.

He placed it in his mouth and started smoking.

His gaze was distant, his expression solemn.

Who exactly was causing trouble for him repeatedly from behind?

He had quite a few enemies now, and it was not easy to figure this out.

But if he didn't figure it out, he would continue to be passively attacked, which was very uncomfortable.

Afterward, he wrote a prescription of herb medicine and handed it to Sparrow.

After the medicine was obtained and Stella and the others drank it, Gabriel and Zoe went to the monitoring room together.

Six screens displayed twenty-four surveillance footage, monitoring every corner of the club without blind spots.

Thomas said to Gabriel, "Boss, after the incident, I immediately sealed off the club. No one was allowed to leave! The female waiter on the ninth floor who made tea and poured juice has also been detained!"

Gabriel nodded and then turned to Zoe. "Zoe, I'm really sorry for troubling you!"

Originally, after Zoe finished the SAT, he wanted her to relax a bit.

But he didn't expect that she would have to work as a detective to solve the case.

In fact, he understood that since the enemy had such means, he would have most likely already escaped by now.

But he still wanted to investigate, just in case the enemy was careless and hadn't left yet, so he could catch the enemy.

"It's okay, Gabriel. I have nothing to do anyway!"

Zoe stared at the surveillance screens, her eyes fixed.

Thomas was secretly amazed. With so many surveillance screens, how could she spot the poisoner by watching them all at once?

Just as he was wondering, Zoe said, "Number one, number six, number thirteen, and number twenty-four, enlarge these four screens, rewind them to an hour before the poisoning incident, and play them simultaneously at sixteen times the speed!"

"Huh?" Thomas was momentarily stunned!

He didn't understand what Zoe was trying to do.

Shouldn't they watch the surveillance footage slowly? What could they see by simultaneously watching four screens at sixteen times the speed?

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and do it!" Gabriel glared at Thomas fiercely!

This idiot didn't even know how amazing Zoe was!

"Understood!"

Thomas snapped back to his senses and didn't dare to delay.

He instructed the operators to follow Zoe's instructions, bringing up the four sets of footage and setting them to play starting from an hour before the poisoning incident.

It was played at sixteen times the speed!

After the playback started, Thomas also tried to take a few glances.

The screen switching was so fast that he could hardly remember anything.

He really couldn't understand. How could this method find the person who poisoned?

But, what followed completely overturned his worldview!

One minute later!

"Scene one, stop, rewind forty-eight seconds!"

A few seconds later!

"Scene thirteen, stop, rewind sixteen seconds!"

Three minutes later!

"Scene twenty-four, stop, rewind thirty-two seconds!"

Six minutes later!

"Scene six, stop, no need to move!"

In just over six minutes, Zoe stopped four surveillance screens.

Thomas stared at the frozen four screens, unable to speak in astonishment.

In these four unrelated surveillance screens, he could see a waitress.

That was the same waitress!

The key was that the locations monitored by three of the screens were not where this waitress should be.

"Zoe, thank you!"

Gabriel was extremely delighted and admired Zoe immensely.

To find the person who poisoned amidst such chaotic scenes was truly impressive.

While admiring her, he furrowed his brows deeply.

The suspect had been found, and it was undoubtedly the fake waitress.

The figure in the sixth surveillance screen should be the last image of this woman escaping.

Otherwise, why would she, a waitress, go to the second-floor equipment room?

In other words, this woman had already escaped! Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Zoe nodded and said, "Gabriel, this woman has already escaped. It's meaningless to chase her now!"

"The resolution of the surveillance footage is too low, but I can enhance the resolution to high definition using computer technology and completely restore her appearance!"

"This person is definitely not ordinary. With a clear picture of her, you can have someone investigate and should be able to find out her identity!"

"Great!" Gabriel was extremely grateful.

With Zoe around, many things became much easier for him.

Afterward, with the screenshots of the surveillance, they went to Stella's office on the ninth floor.

Using the computer on the desk, they began to restore the slightly blurry video footage.

Zoe's method was simple. The computer was just a tool, and her brain was the real processor.

First, she stored the low-resolution photos in her mind. Then she restored the highest-definition image in her mind.

In the end, she used Photoshop to transform the blurry image into what she had restored in her mind.

Standing at the office door, Gabriel angrily said to Thomas, "Tom, what's the deal with this waitress? Also, didn't you say that the club was sealed off and no one could leave? Why did this waitress slip through the cracks?"

Thomas trembled and replied, "I'm sorry, Boss. It's all my negligence! I just asked the supervisor, and he said that this woman is not a waitress at the club at all!"

Gabriel immediately laughed. "Are you saying that our club inexplicably gained an extra waitress, and everyone, including you, the supervisor, and the other waitresses, were all like fools and never noticed?"

"Tom, I entrusted the club to you, and this is how you manage it?"

"I'm sorry, Boss!" Thomas panicked. "These days, because of the club's opening, we did indeed hire some new staff. I'm not very familiar with many of them, but that's not an excuse. I am willing to accept any punishment!"

What he said was an objective fact. Over the past few days, dozens of new staff members had joined the club.

The time was too short, and they hadn't familiarized themselves with each other, which gave the culprit an opportunity!

"B*llshit. If I'm going to punish you, I should wait until after the grand opening tomorrow. From now on, there can't be any more mistakes. Got it?" Gabriel scolded.

Most of the club's affairs still had to be handled by Thomas, so now was not the time to deal with him.

"Got it. If there are any more mistakes, Boss, you don't need to punish me. I'll cut off one of my own hands!" Thomas immediately offered.

"Alright, go about your business!"

Gabriel waved his hand and sent Thomas away.

Then he patiently waited for Zoe.

In less than half an hour, Zoe finally finished her work.

The images on the computer were even clearer than those taken by a high-definition camera...