Chapter 246: News
Field Marshal Chan kept on releasing various kinds of sighs inside the control room as he monitored the status of the search.
"Still no signal, John?" he asked, and John shook his head. John was still monitoring the signal that might come from the tracker on Zach’s bracelet. Although the tracker had malfunctioned, there was always the possibility for a brief transmission. Even if it was just a second, just like before.
Jim and John, together with a few soldiers, had been taking turns to monitor the signal. They were on a rotating eight hours shift which would provide 24/7 coverage. They couldn’t afford to miss even a single second.
Field Marshal Chan was still waiting for the forensic identification result of the man whose body, with four gunshot wounds, was found washed up on a beach of Guru island.
He was frustrated because the search operation had not borne any fruit. He just wanted to track down his daughter and son-in-law as soon as possible.
His thought was interrupted by Lieutenant Jiang’s arrival. "Sir!" he saluted.
At the Field Marshal’s acknowledgment, Lieutenant Jiang continued, "It’s been confirmed, Sir. The body found in Guru Island is Leon’s." Field Marshal Chan immediately let out a long sigh of relief.
"Inform all the necessary parties about it," he instructed with a slightly trembling voice, dismissing Lieutenant Jiang. As soon as Lieutenant Jiang left the room, Field Marshal Chan’s body slumped down to his chair. He rubbed his face with both of his palms as he murmured, "Thank God..." He released another long deep sigh of relief.
It was not Zach. The four gunshot wounds on Leon’s body were most likely put there by his son-in-law. It couldn’t be his daughter who killed Leon, could it?