Xinghe's heart dropped when she heard this; she couldn't believe that Mubai had died just like that . He was agile enough to put on a parachute on her, he must have time to put one on himself . Perhaps he had landed somewhere away from human activity…
Xinghe asked Sam and the gang to take her to the crash site . When they arrived, the day was already starting . The night before, a military unit had cleaned the place and carried away the bodies . Xinghe scanned the ruins high and low, leaving no stone unturned .
Ali reached her side to ask, "Xinghe, there's nothing here, what are you looking for?"
"I have no idea either…" Xinghe answered softly . She was looking around to see whether she could find any clue . Finally, after scouring the area, Xinghe found a half-broken watch . It was Mubai's…
However, this was his spare watch, she'd only seen him wear it once . Xinghe picked up the watch and there was unspeakable emotion in her eyes . The watch body and strap were made out of strong ingredient so it had more or less survived the crash . If this watch was fine, then the one Mubai was wearing should be recognizable as well .
AdvertisementXinghe turned to ask Sam, "I want to look at the bodies, can you guys help me do that?"
Wolf answered, "That is doable, after all, we have quite a good relationship with the army . "
"I wish to go now," Xinghe said with determination .
They took her to see the bodies which were stored in a nearby temporary camp . Xinghe had Wolf reveal only part of the truth, telling the military, she got lost with some friends and wished to check out their situation . The captain that led them to the bodies was impatient and annoyed .
"We've already told you these are all bodies from the exploded plane, they definitely have nothing to do with your people . The private plane came from overseas, we can't even find out the identity of its owner . "
To hide the fact that they were travelling to Country Y, Mubai purposely switched plane during their journey . The last plane was one he purchased off the black market so it wasn't registered to Mubai's name . In any case, it would be difficult to trace the plane back to Mubai .
Xinghe was apprehensive about revealing Mubai's identity . His identity was too unique, if discovered, this would probably be international news…
Therefore, the fact that he had gotten into an air accident had to be kept under wraps . To buy Xinghe more time with the bodies, Sam did his best to please the captain as Xinghe ran through the bodies .
All of the bodies there were missing a part of its legs or arms . Some even had their bones showing . Every single one of them could be someone's nightmare but Xinghe studied them all without batting an eye .
The bodies made even Wolf and his men squeamish so they were impressed by Xinghe's guts . Xinghe checked all the bodies and couldn't sense Mubai among them . Furthermore, the numbers didn't add up…
"So, how is it?" Ali asked her while looking away from the bodies .
"Let's go, my friend isn't here," Xinghe said as she stood up slowly . She felt suddenly light-headed . Her face was pale as if drained of blood . Sometimes, no news was worse than bad news…
Chapter end
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