CHAPTER 15

On the crisscrossing streets of Twin Cities, Wally was running alone aimlessly.

One moment he was in Central City, the next moment he was in Keystone City.

The golden lightning streaked wildly, not too fast, just a few hundred times the speed of sound...

Unable to find Axel, he could only run around like a headless fly.

In Wally's shadow, Yuri quietly poked his head out and extended a hand slowly approaching his back.

His lower body was still fused with Wally's shadow. Otherwise, with the speed of the Flash, Yuri wouldn't be able to see him if he blinked.

With a thought, the omnitrix on his chest sank into the body of the Ghostfreak and reappeared on his wrist.

This third-generation Omnitrix was bound to Yuri's DNA, unable to be removed by physical means. Even if his hand was chopped off, the omnitrix would still be on his hand.

After transforming, the omnitrix still hung on Yuri's hand, but many alien species did not have limbs, so Yuri could decide where the disk would appear after transforming.

And in the transformed state, he could also use the basic functions of the omnitrix normally, without turning back into a human to use the capture mode.

Yuri controlled his outstretched hand, aimed the disk at Wally's back, and slowly pressed it against him.

The color of the disk changed from green to yellow, indicating that the omnitrix had entered capture mode.

As soon as the disk touched Wally's back, several sets of massive data immediately appeared on the disk, constantly jumping.

Then, several bolts of lightning shot out from Wally's back and were absorbed by the disk.

Shortly after, a sentence written in the language of Galvan appeared on the disk.

"Unknown high-intensity energy captured, analyzing... Estimated analysis time: 18 hours, 26 minutes, 47 seconds..."

Wally was running when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito.

But this was impossible, Wally was in a state of hyper-speed and surrounded by a speed force field, how could he be bitten by an insect?

Thinking that he was being attacked by something strange, Wally immediately stopped and looked around cautiously, scratching his back.

Seeing that he had succeeded, that he had captured the supernatural energy of the Flash, Yuri had no reason to stay here any longer, and so, he deeply plunged into the shadows.

Following the shadow passage that the Ectonurites could freely traverse, Yuri floated out of his old car's underside the next moment.

There were still more than two minutes left before he could release his Ghostly form, so he had plenty of time.

Yuri patted the dial on his body and manually released his transformation, just as he stood in the compartment of the old car.

Before Axel and the others infiltrated the FBI branch, Yuri drove the car to a hiding spot that was not easy to find.

After all, the position where the old car stopped was too close to the FBI branch and it was easy to be discovered. They could have been exposed before Axel even triggered the gravity alarm.

Although this location was very secretive, the FBI elites led by James Jesse would eventually find it.

So as soon as Yuri ended his transformation, he immediately drove his old car away from this troublesome place.

—-—

On the other side.

The FBI Keystone City Branch Evidence Room, after Axel's rampage, was now in a mess.

James, the current FBI director, and former FBI profiler Hunter observed every aspect of the evidence room. Their team members dispersed and searched for any possible clues.

"If we keep searching like this, it's going to be difficult to find any useful clues," Hunter sighed after observing for a while. "Axel's goal is very clear, to steal the investigation data of the network. He won't do anything unnecessary, so we'll have even fewer clues to find."

James remained silent for a long time, knowing that Hunter was right.

"Let's hope those captured criminals can reveal some valuable information..."

"Reporting to the supervisor, the unconscious person and three attackers have regained consciousness."

One of James' detectives came to report.

James and Hunter exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Take us to the interrogation room quickly!"

The FBI detectives were disciplined and didn't waste words. They immediately led James and Hunter to the room, with Hunter following behind with a cane.

Four people, four interrogation rooms.

James and Hunter confidently walked into each room, one a former member of the notorious gang in Central City, the other a brilliant profiler from the FBI.

Dealing with a few small-time thugs who were fooled by Axel, that was child's play.

After some time, James and Hunter walked out of the last interrogation room with solemn expressions and dark faces.

"Hunter, what do you think of their statements?" James asked.

"...I hope they're lying, but I observed each person's expression, eye movements, and subtle actions carefully. Unfortunately, what they said was the truth... unless their level of psychology is higher than mine," Hunter replied in a low voice, lowering his head.

"Damn it!" James was already prepared, but hearing this conclusion from Hunter still ignited his anger that he couldn't control.

"They, how could they forget everything? How could they forget everything!"

"FBI investigated the network for so long, and the information they finally found was snatched away like this! Years of effort all went down the drain!"

"Blacksmith!"

James gritted his teeth and uttered the name of the leader of the network.

"No, not all of it."

Hunter put his hand on James's shoulder and spoke solemnly.

"Do you know why the network's data is stored on paper documents instead of electronic files?"

James was taken aback.

"You should know that the FBI's special team for investigating the network was under my responsibility at first. I realized that the network might have already infiltrated our organization, and any documents stored on computers could be deleted or tampered with at any time."

"So I made a decision at that time to use only paper documents for all the investigation data on the network, and entrusted trustworthy people to guard it."

Hunter looked grave, his voice lowered.

"But that's not all. In fact, I secretly backed up all the data on my personal computer, and only I know about it."

Meanwhile, at the network's underground base.

Axel strode into Blacksmith's office, full of pride...

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A:N: Spare some stones? Please?

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