Chapter 533 The water is muddy and deep
"Sebastian," Clark pulled up today's access log data from his computer and began to flip through it, he saw that a companion's name appeared when he was not on duty, and the location was still upstairs in the database.
"This person is suspicious?" Charles saw Clark's face change and knew what he had found.
"No, Sebastian is fine, he's mine," Clark shook his head, "but I saw in the access log that the access control device in the database had read the data of his badge during the power outage in the building. Access control systems have a dedicated backup power supply, so their normal use will not be affected by a power outage in the building. ”
"Doesn't Sebastian qualify for the database?" Charles asked.
"No, he's a guard at the building, and it's his job to get into the database and check the security inside. However, the problem I found was that the access control device in the database read his badge data at the same time as he was on duty. ”
"Very well, bring this man to me," Charles nodded and said to the SRT team Dolph, "Dolph, you go down to the bathroom and see if the ceiling has been moved." ”
"Clark, tell your man to tell Dolph which compartment that Chinese man was on the toilet before." Charles then went on to say to Clark, "I'll also bring me the man's information, including the results of his analysis in our VISystem security system when he first arrived in Houston." ”
Realizing that the man who entered the building to borrow the bathroom was suspicious, Clark did not dare to slack off and quickly implemented the things that Charles asked him to do.
Dolph found traces of a dead ceiling above the restroom where Mr. Liu had stayed, and there was a ventilation duct that connected the rest of the building.
"Dry," said Dolph, returning to the hall, "follow me." ”
Another member of the SRT team and his companion went back to the bathroom cubicle, and Dolph pointed to the ventilation duct that had been removed from the ceiling, "You climb up and take a look, check where it leads, I can't get in." ”
Qian is of Bagan descent, not tall, and has an oriental face. He nodded, stepped on the edge of the toilet bowl and jumped slightly, then hung his hands on the edge of the ventilation duct and climbed into it.
Returning from the ventilation duct after a while, he jumped from the ceiling and said to Michio, "There's an exit at the other end near the power room. ”
"Let's go, let's tell Charles about this," Dolph nodded, and the two of them left the bathroom.
"Clark, it seems that your people have failed in their duties," Charles has confirmed in his heart that the Chinese man in the surveillance screen is the initiator of the power outage after receiving a reply from Dolph and Gan. What he is most worried about now is that the information of the guard Sebastian's badge was read by the database access control device during the improper value, and the matter is also related to the Chinese man.
Clark's face is very ugly, as the manager of the security team of the data center building, the building is mixed with suspicious people, and also caused the building to lose power, and he has no shirkable responsibility in this incident.
"How long does Sebastian have to come," Charles is now waiting for the guard to return, as long as Sebastian comes, then the truth will be revealed immediately.
"Head, you're looking for me?" Sebastian was out of breath as he arrived, and he trotted in from the door of the hall, and had just stood in front of Clarke, when he suddenly noticed that there were some other people standing in the hall.
"I'm Charles, from the Department of Homeland Security, and I have a few questions for you right now," Charles asked Sebastian directly past Clark, who was now disappointed in the security manager, who, in his opinion, was so flawed in his work.
"You say." Sebastian doesn't know exactly what's going on yet.
"Has your badge never left your body today?" Charles asked.
"Yes, sir," Sebastian nodded.
"So how do you explain this?" Charles asked, pointing to the database on his computer screen, as recorded by the access control device.
"What?" Sebastian was shocked, he took out his badge from his body and showed it to Charles, "Sir, it has never left me today." ”
"Are you sure?" Charles stared into his eyes to see if the guard was lying.
"Of course," Sebastian said categorically.
"Who have you been in contact with today?" Charles continued.
"I was in the building when I worked, went to the cafeteria for dinner a little later in the afternoon, and then went back to my dorm to sleep. Clark knows, I worked my shift from midnight last night to noon today," Sebastian looked a little anxious, he didn't know how he suddenly and inexplicably became the object of suspicion.
"You eat alone? Who have you spoken to or had physical contact with during meals? Charles's question didn't let go of any details, and every sentence led Sebastian to more detailed memories.
"I ate by myself at noon, but then I was called by a Chinese man to sit with them," Sebastian said what had just come to mind.
"Chinese man!" Charles's eyes lit up when he heard the word, and his guess was almost confirmed.
"Is this man," he asked, pointing to Liu Jiajun above on the computer screen, switching to the surveillance screen before the hall.
"Yes, that's him," Sebastian nodded.
"It's over," Seeing that his guess was confirmed, Charles rubbed his forehead helplessly, and the only question left now was how the Chinese man got Sebastian's badge.
"He used your badge information to enter the building's database," Charles said, "Sebastian, you'll have to give me an explanation as to why he has your badge." ”
"How can he have my badge information?" Sebastian panicked, "No, my badge was only in his hand for a few seconds, and he couldn't have used that time to get my identity." ”
"Idiot," Charles couldn't help but scold, "and you, Clark, your people are only so vigilant?" Putting a badge in the hands of a stranger is playing with fire and committing a crime. ”
Clark only felt a chill all over his body, he already had a premonition that his security manager was at the end of his life, and Sebastian's mistakes in this matter were so low-level that he couldn't think of any reason to justify his own subordinates.
"I saw that he was a friend of Kim and Ciel, so I didn't suspect him, and he was playing magic tricks with those two girls, so he asked me to borrow a badge for a few seconds." Clark couldn't find a reason, but Sebastian did.
"Kim, Ciel? Who are they? Charles didn't expect the names of two more people to be extended to this matter, and they sounded like people inside the institute.
"They're from Dr. Mario's department, and Hill is Jason's wife, and they just had their wedding the other day," Sebastian said.
"It's her!" Sebastian's words reminded Charles of the glamorous bride at the wedding, and then his face sank, and he thought to himself, "Isn't Hill's husband one of the heads of the army at the institute, it seems that the problem is getting more and more complicated now." ”
"Clark," Charles thought for a moment and tugged at the security manager's collar again, "I reserve the right to sue you for the time being, but you'd better keep your mouth shut, and these people under you, if anyone dares to go out and talk nonsense, I can guarantee that he will lose more than just his job." ”
There was a chill in Charles's words, and the guards in the hall couldn't help but shrink their necks, as if the cold wind outside the building had accidentally blown in.
After Charles had finished admonishing Clark and his men, he left the data center building with the members of the SRT team.
"Charles, are you going to arrest this guy?" Delong took the photo of Liu Jiajun in the surveillance video and asked the top leader of the team.
"Not yet," Charles said, "and while we can be 100 percent sure that he's been to the building's database, we don't have any evidence of any real significance, the hall's surveillance can only prove that he's been to the restroom inside, and Sebastian's badge has been on his own." If we arrest people now, it is likely to cause unnecessary international disputes. ”
"What then?" DeLong asked, a little reluctant in his heart.
"Just keep an eye on him, Qian, I'll leave this job to you," Charles turned his head to look at Qian, and said to him, "You are also the face of an Oriental, and it is up to you to keep an eye on him, so as not to attract the attention of others." ”
Qian nodded, a faint smile on his face.
"We'll focus on him when we get the data analyzed by the VISystem security system," Charles said as he and the SRT team disappeared from the road outside the building.
The negligence of the security team can be understood as an accident or negligence, but the fact that several people were implicated in the institute at once did not surprise Charles.
If, as Sebastian said, the Chinese man knew the two girls from Dr. Mario's department, then the waters in this incident were a little muddy. Coupled with the fact that one of the girls, Hill, is also the wife of Jason, an officer in the army, this water is not only muddy, but also very deep.
Scientific research institutions and the military were all implicated by this Chinese man, and Charles suddenly felt that the situation in Houston was much more complicated than he had thought before he came.
"I'm sorry I didn't bring a few more people here," he muttered as he suddenly thought of Rick, who was also from the Department of Homeland Security.