Rewind again.”
The surveillance footage of room 3805 and the corner corridor abruptly jumped from 7 am to 7:30 am in the next shot.
It was clear that thirty minutes of surveillance video was missing.
However, the footage from other cameras didn’t display the same anomaly, and there were no unusual occurrences at the front door of the bar between 7 am and 7:30.
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Lucinda grasped the implication immediately.
“They must have slipped through the employee passage. There are no cameras there.”
Nathan nodded and swiftly dialed Sonny’s number.
“Focus on reviewing the surveillance videos of nearby hotels starting from seven o’clock this
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morning.”
After he hung up, he turned to the bar staff with piercing eyes.
“The surveillance videos have been tampered with. Aside from us today, has anyone else paid a visit to the monitoring room?”
Anson Tucker, the monitoring room administrator, squirmed uncomfortably.
“Sir, the visitation records of the monitoring room are confidential. We wouldn’t dare to disclose that to anyone, not even you.”
With no hesitation, Nathan pulled out his badge from his pocket. His gaze was ice-cold as he locked eyes with Anson.
“On behalf of the National Security Bureau, I’m conducting an investigation. If you don’t tell me everything you know, I might just suspect you’ve been accepting bribes and hiding something from me.
And I could drag you in for questioning at the National Security Bureau.”
“Sir… I…” Anson stammered, his panic evident.
“Have you ever spent a night in National Security Bureau? If you’re curious, I can organize a cell for you and show you our hospitality.”
Nathan’s words were delivered casually, yet they struck fear deep within Anson’s heart, causing his legs to tremble.
“I’m sorry, sir! I did take some money!”
With trembling hands, Anson brought out a bank card from his pocket and placed it on the table.
“This is the bribe money, two hundred thousand dollars. I haven’t touched a cent of it. Looks like I won’t get the chance now. I’m willing to donate it to the National Security Bureau!”
Nathan remained cold. He fixed his gaze on Anson and demanded, his voice cutting through the air, “Who gave you the money?”
“It was … Carsten from the Loftus family. He showed up alone this morning. He claimed he accidentally left something valuable in the room and needed to check the surveillance footage!”
Hearing this revelation, Dwayne couldn’t contain his rage.