Winnie glanced at the screen of the phone. Enduring the irritation and frustration, she tossed the phone aside.
The phone fell off. Xavier, in the passenger seat, immediately bent down to pick up the phone.
He put the phone into his pocket, then reached out and put on a pair of headphones for Winnie.
The headset was connected to James’ line to ease communication.
Winnie started the car and said, “Harold is urging me to move. Can I go now?”
“Yes!” James immediately issued an order, “Our car will follow you. Keep in touch at all times.”
“Okay,” Winnie whispered a response and slammed on the accelerator.
She wasn’t driving fast, but the red dot representing her on the locator finally started to move.
As the car drove forward for less than five hundred meters, Winnie received another text message from Harold on her phone.
Xavier frowned the moment he saw it.
Winnie caught a glimpse of the expression on his face out of the corner of her eyes. She glanced at him sideways. “What’s the matter? What tricks is he playing again?”
Xavier frowned. He was also wearing a headset provided by James.
Hence, everyone could hear what he was about to say.
“Harold must have had spies near the science academy. He just sent two photos of our car. He spotted the police car. Now he sent another text message, saying that he wanted the police to leave. Otherwise, we will bear the consequences.”
“What consequences? What is he going to do?” Hearing Xavier’s words, James asked immediately.
Xavier instinctively looked down and read Harold’s text message before confirming, “He didn’t say anything.”
Right at that moment, a trash can suddenly exploded less than five meters away from their car.
Amid a loud bang, all kinds of rubbish splashed in all directions. The windshield in front of Winnie and Xavier was instantly covered with a layer of rubbish residue and disgustingly colored liquid.
Winnie was caught off guard and slammed on the brakes. Both of their bodies involuntarily thrust forward from the inertia.
“D*mn it!” Winnie rubbed her buzzing ears and cursed fiercely.
At the same time, the phone in Xavier’s hand vibrated again.
He frowned. After glancing at the text message, he said, “Harold said that next time it would not be as simple as an explosion of a trash can. Officer Clark, he sounds well prepared. We better not take the risk.”
James’ car was behind Winnie. Although they were still quite a distance from the trash can when it exploded, their eardrums almost ruptured from the loud boom.
The bomb looked deadly.
If Harold really detonated it, the consequences would be disastrous.
“Okay, we will stop following for the time being. I don’t believe that Harold can plant spies in the whole city. At best, they are on the route he has drawn up. I will ask someone to investigate along the way. Please be careful and keep in touch.”
“All right.”
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