Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156: A Layered Game

"Wang Jia," Ethan repeated the name as he looked at the name displayed before him, alongside the information.

On the screen was a tall man wearing a suit, completely unaware of the camera that had taken the photo of him... which was to be expected since the image was from one of the public cameras.

{Yes,} Athena confirmed, {and according to the cameras at the airport, he left with three other people, one of which was unconscious, with a private jet.}

Ethan turned to the monitor showing Jia entering the airport with another man walking by him, just behind them a buff man walked.

But Ethan’s attention was fixed on what the man held, or rather, who was in the man’s arms.

Laying peacefully asleep was Lillian and apart from her messy hair, she seemed completely fine, causing Ethan to feel a bit of relief.

She was safe...for now, but whether or not that’ll remain the case was unknown to him, so he had to get her back before that changed.

The footage continued playing. Jia moved with calm authority, holding a passport folder in one hand while he spoke to a security officer. The man smiled, nodded, and waved them through without even checking the papers.

{He bribed the officer,} Athena said before Ethan could comment. {Payment confirmed to the officer’s account five minutes prior to the exchange.}

Ethan remained silent for a while, the officer wasn’t an important enough piece to extract information from, so he’ll remain safe for... Well, safe in the physical sense.

He was going to make sure the officer lost everything just as he had done to Victor, but for now, Ethan would let him have a moment of victory.

"The other man with Jia," He zoomed in on the second man, "who is he?"

{Zhao Ming, age thirty seven.} Athena answered, {he seems to be the representative of Hua imports and one of the two connected to the ones who actually hired Helix.}

"Hua..." Ethan repeated, "do you still have no face behind the company?"

{Well, I’ve been running a search on the code name Xu and Elderwoods,} Athena started, {and I think I’ve discovered exactly why Lillian was kidnapped.}

"Continue," he said as he leaned back a bit on his chair.

{From what I’ve gathered,} she continued, {the Elderwoods are currently in jail for over a month now and it’s because of Sentinel...or rather, Google’s use of Sentinel.}

Ethan thought about it for a while, before making a conclusion, "project Aurora."

{Precisely,} Athena confirmed, {Amelia Rhodes, with the help of Sentinel, had discovered all the infiltration routes the Elderwoods used to breach Google and several other major infrastructures. The exposure led to their arrest..well all of them expect one.}

The monitor showing the feed changed, bringing up a man that looked to be in his forties or maybe fifties, before Ethan.

{Elder Wood himself.} she completed.

He looked at the image before saying, "so he blames OmniTech for his team’s failure and decided to kidnap Lillian to get to me?"

{Not quite,} Athena answered as the screen changed from a picture to a camera feeds, {this was of the night his team was arrested. Elder wood had left earlier which was how he was able to avoid getting caught, so I tracked where he was going and he led me straight to one person....}

"Xu," Ethan concluded.

{Yes,} she confirmed, {Xu, or madam Xu, as Elder wood calls her is the same xu that had been funding the Elderwoods and also the owner of Hua imports, a shell company which she used to pay Helix.}

"I see," he nodded.

Although it felt like everything was in place, he felt like he was missing an important piece of the puzzle.

A fact which Athena soon confirmed, {although Zhao Ming works for Madam Xu, Wang Jia, on the other hand, seemed to have no connection with her...at least not until this job.}

"Which means there’s a second person."

{Exactly,} she answered, {so I ran a check on him but like a ghost, he doesn’t seem to exist in any machine... until, I ran a check on Longfield Logistics and Jian Long.}

There was silence as Ethan waited for her to continue, which she did.

{They’re the same person,} Athena finally said, {Wang Jia is Jian Long.}

Ethan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he leaned forward. "You’re sure?"

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