Fortunately, the organization he managed was the foremost among the seven major organizations in M Country, and its influence in M Country was second only to that of the President.
In addition, with the assistance of Wu Xirui’s people, they would certainly be able to find Qiao Jing’s whereabouts even more quickly.
When members of another organization heard that they were to search for the Queen’s whereabouts, they immediately became tense and respectfully replied:
"Rest assured, I will send out all my brothers to search for the Queen."
The phone call was then disconnected.
Meanwhile, nightfall had already begun.
Inside the research facility of M Country.
Qiao Jing glanced at her phone screen, confirming that it was already evening, and began looking for an opportunity.
John and his people were unaware of how she had knocked those men out, so she still had the anesthetic spray in her possession.
Seizing the moment, she managed to create more of the anesthetic spray, with a higher potency.
A short while later, the two guards in the laboratory switched shifts with another two, and the person delivering the meal also arrived.
Qiao Jing’s gaze fell on the two guards, and after a few seconds’ pause, she came up with a plan.
After finishing her meal, she raised her hand to cover her stomach, squeezing her beautiful brows tightly together.
One of the guards responsible for surveillance noticed Qiao Jing’s condition and hurried over.
"Professor Qiao, what’s wrong?"
Qiao Jing pursed her red lips and slowly began to speak:
"My stomach feels unwell, do you have any medicine here?"
She needed to find an excuse to send one of the guards away, as trying to knock out two people at the same time could lead to a mistake.
After all, she only had one anesthetic spray bottle and couldn’t knock out two people at the same time.
The guard immediately nodded, took out his walkie-talkie and was about to make a call.
"Yes, please wait a moment, I’ll contact the medical staff."
Seeing that the guard didn’t plan to leave, Qiao Jing quickly stopped him, clutching her stomach tightly and pretending to be in urgent need.
"No need to contact anyone, you must bring the medicine right away. Waiting for you to finish the call will be too slow, go get it for me."
The guard hesitated, but seeing Qiao Jing’s urgent demeanor, he had no choice but to stand up and walk outside.
Before leaving, he made a special point to instruct his colleague.
"Keep an eye on Professor Qiao, and if there’s any emergency, contact Mr. John immediately!"
The other guard nodded and quickly approached Qiao Jing’s side.
Qiao Jing stood up and said she needed to use the bathroom before staggering into the restroom.
Once inside the restroom, she quickly entered several codes, installing Trojan programs on all the surveillance cameras of the research facility, making the camera footage stick to the same scene.
Luckily, these people were all stationed at various doors without moving around, and since they had just changed shifts, having the surveillance footage stuck on the scene where they were each standing guard didn’t seem too conspicuous.
Having dealt with the surveillance issue, Qiao Jing opened the bathroom door.
The only person tasked with guarding her in the laboratory was standing by the door, waiting for her to come out.
When the guard saw Qiao Jing come out, he asked:
"Professor Qiao, are you alright?"
Qiao Jing nodded lightly and, seizing a moment when the guard wasn’t paying attention, quickly pulled out the anesthetic spray from her pocket and sprayed it in the guard’s face.
Because the anesthetic spray Qiao Jing had made was more concentrated than before, the guard inhaled just a bit and immediately passed out.
After seeing the guard collapse to the ground, Qiao Jing deftly changed into his uniform and quickly opened the laboratory door.
Perhaps because the guards outside were reassigned to the lab, Mr. John had withdrawn the exterior security, leaving only scattered sentries.
Qiao Jing pressed down the brim of her hat and curled her lips into a smirk, letting out a low, cold chuckle.
It seemed Mr. John was still underestimating the situation, thinking that stationing people inside the lab was enough to contain her.
But this worked to her advantage, providing her the opportunity to escape.
Along the way, the guards, likely thinking the same as Mr. John—that with two people in the lab, she definitely couldn’t escape—had let down their guard.
Qiao Jing couldn’t help but quicken her pace towards the exit.
On the other side, the guard sent to fetch medicine for Qiao Jing had arrived at the infirmary and recited a few drug names.
At that moment, Frank was also in the infirmary, tending to a wound inflicted by Qiao Jing. Upon seeing the guard come in for the medicine, he recognized him instantly.
"Why aren’t you with Professor Qiao? Who is the medicine for?"
The guard took the medication from the medical staff and respectfully answered Frank’s question.
"Professor Qiao is feeling unwell; I came to get her some medicine."
Hearing the guard’s response, Frank felt that something was amiss and frowned.
"Why didn’t you have medical personnel go to her?"
Caught off guard by the question, the guard hesitated but answered truthfully:
"Professor Qiao said that waiting for me to finish the phone call would be too slow. She’s feeling very unwell and must take the medicine immediately. Don’t worry, there is another person with Professor Qiao."
Frank’s suspicion deepened, and his frown intensified.
"Contact the other guard immediately and ask about Professor Qiao’s current condition."
His intuition told him that Qiao Jing was likely trying to escape again.
The befuddled guard, while staring at Frank, still followed his instructions and tried to reach his colleague using the walkie-talkie.
After several attempts, he still couldn’t make contact.
Frank sensed something was gravely wrong and quickly pulled out his phone to call Mr. John.
"Mr. John! Professor Qiao might be trying to escape again! Please check the surveillance and share it with me in real time!"
Upon hearing Frank’s words, Mr. John immediately turned on the monitors. The screens showed nothing unusual; Qiao Jing appeared to be sitting in the lab eating.
Worried that Frank’s warning might be true, he proceeded to check the hallway cameras and found everything as normal as ever.
"Frank, Professor Qiao is eating in the lab. There’s no anomaly."
Frank was frowning at the surveillance screens, trying to detect any clues from the lab’s footage.
But the surveillance they were viewing was exactly what Qiao Jing wanted them to see, so naturally, they couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary.
Frank rubbed his chin thoughtfully, responding strangely.
The guard standing next to Frank, also focused on the phone screen, noticed something amiss and immediately pointed it out.
"Boss! Something’s not right! George should be right with Professor Qiao, and I haven’t been gone long—I received a message that Professor Qiao was in the restroom, and plus, with her feeling unwell, she couldn’t possibly be eating so soon!"
At that, Frank realized that all of this was a ruse set up by Qiao Jing!
He quickly took out his walkie-talkie and also said to Mr. John:
"Professor Qiao has escaped again! The surveillance and everything must be a ruse set by Professor Qiao! Everyone start searching immediately! Mr. John, please drop the emergency iron gates at the research facility!"
He had thought that Qiao Jing, having been captured just earlier that day, would lay low for a few days, or at least one day. In the end, she attempted to escape twice in a single day!
John’s heart skipped a beat. Although he was still trying to understand what was going on, to prevent Qiao Jing from escaping, he quickly activated the emergency iron gates!