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"What do the numbers on the previous pages mean?" Reacher took out the crumpled A4 papers from his pocket and spread them out in front of Dixon.

"You once said that numbers speak. Tell me what these numbers are saying?"

Jack repeated Chris's speculation, "The good news is that this is probably not some kind of biological weapon experimental data. At least from the existing information, 'New Age Technology' does not have the ability to produce such weapons."

"Some kind of data by month?" Dixon thought for a moment, picked up two napkins and started writing and drawing on them.

While she was studying the data, Jack threw out the last clue, "What do you know about the missing Tony Swan?"

The other people who asked this question looked at each other, not understanding what he meant, and then they saw him open the last file on the computer.

"This is the employee list of the security department under the name of 'New Era Technology'. Pay attention to who is in the deputy director column."

The list not only contains names but also photos, so there is no need to worry about duplicate names. Therefore, when everyone saw Tony Swan's name, they were inevitably surprised.

Originally, Jack notified Jubal to investigate New Age Technology because he didn't want to miss any clues. After all, he only found the company's parking lot pass in the car of Trevor Saropian, a black-gloved man, which was not a strongly related clue.

But at the same time, when Alice retrieved Tony Swan's information, she was surprised to find that he happened to work for this "New Age Technology". This abnormal coincidence immediately raised the suspicion of this company to N levels.

Reacher's mind raced, and he seemed to understand the implication in Jack's previous question. A hint of anger rose on his face, but after seeing the expressions of others, the anger turned into helplessness.

"I have absolute faith in Tony Swan, he is a man of integrity."

O'Donnell glanced at Negley and said weakly, "Major, I must remind you that people change, just like you never thought that I would get married and be domesticated by my wife."

Reacher waved his hand decisively, "No, this is not the same thing. I won't doubt Swan, just like I won't doubt you."

"Uh" Seeing that Negley was about to join the ranks of those raising questions, Jack spoke up first to interrupt the possible dispute between the three.

"You may have misunderstood me. I don't suspect Tony Swan of participating in this illegal transaction. I just want to know if he could have discovered the danger in advance and hidden it. The CSI and the local police have been searching the mountain for several days, but no new bodies have been found."

Everyone present was smart. As soon as Jack asked the question, everyone, including Reacher, thought of a possibility. As a middle or senior level manager of the security department of "New Era Technology", Swan was quite suspicious.

Unlike other companies, as a high-tech enterprise involved in the military industry, the security department is extremely important, just like the FBI to the federal government.

The security department is not only responsible for background checks on every employee to ensure that there are no commercial spies or even spies from other countries, but is also responsible for important duties such as internal security and personal safety of senior executives.

As the deputy director of the security department, Swan's status and importance in the company are self-evident. He is at least worth being bribed.

But his disappearance was shrouded in doubt. Franz's home and office were broken into and turned upside down, as were the offices of Sanchez and Orozco. However, there were no signs of a break-in or search in Swan's home.

So his disappearance could be explained as being murdered or under house arrest, or he could be considered to have deliberately hidden himself or even fled the country.

Whether he fled because he was afraid of retaliation or hid, from the perspective of the remaining people in the 110 Special Investigation Team, this was an act of "desertion."

Although they are still unclear about the whole incident, the general outline can be guessed at present.

Everything should have started with Swan. He may have noticed something wrong inside "New Age Technology" and found his former colleague Franz to help investigate.

Franz found Sanchez and Orozco in Atlantic City again. The four probably did not realize the danger at first. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late for them to raise the alarm and they were killed.

Franz's good habit of keeping secrets allowed him to keep the USB flash drive, but that was all. When they realized that this was an illegal arms deal involving 6500 million US dollars, it was too late.

The other party's response was so quick that they didn't even succeed in asking for help or alerting others.

"It's unlikely that Tony Swan was involved." Jack gave a relatively rational conclusion from the perspective of an observer who was not a member of the 110 Special Investigation Team.

“If he was a participant in this illegal transaction, there was no need to contact Franz to create trouble. He was once a member of the 110 Special Investigation Team and he knows your abilities best.

So my question is, under what circumstances do you think Swan would allow his dog to die of thirst in his home without sending you a message for help."

"Imprisoned, or in hiding alone. What Reacher often said when he led us was that assumptions would get people killed." O'Donnell spread his hands.

"Swan is clean. I said he wouldn't let his dog die of thirst. If he had a problem, he wouldn't disappear like the others." Reacher glared at him expressionlessly.

"But he didn't disappear like the others. His body was never found, and his home wasn't destroyed. Maybe he just ran away because he knew that after he messed up everything, he would have three angry soldiers and a monster to come after him."

This time, Negley did not support Reacher as he did in the past. This was not directed at Swan, nor was it an assumption, but a reasonable speculation based on facts. This made Jack look at them with a new respect.

As if to prove his intuition, Reacher told a story that happened that year. The 110 Special Investigation Team seized 48 pieces of drug in an operation, each weighing one kilogram, but when they counted them afterwards, they found that one piece was missing.

During this period, Swan happened to complain that the guys who used the military system to sell drugs could make more money in a single transaction than the total of all their pensions.

Coincidentally, the SUV that transported the seized drugs was driven by Swan. When they returned to the car to recheck it, they found that the missing kilogram of drugs had fallen from the trunk under the back seat.

"But that doesn't support your argument," O'Donnell countered. "Swan may have actually stolen the kilogram of high-purity heroin. It was just a trick of his to drop it from the trunk into the back seat. If we didn't find out, he succeeded."

Negley looked at Reacher with burning eyes, "You know what I think? You hope Swan is innocent because you are the one who recruited him into the 110 team.

If he was involved, you'd have some stupid ideas like blaming yourself for someone else's death when it had nothing to do with you."

"Guys," Dixon interrupted what was likely to be another argument, "I think I figured out what this data means."

Everyone turned their eyes to her, only to see her write two numbers on the napkin, “According to Jack, the number behind a group of numbers represents the number of times it should have happened, while the number in front represents the number that actually happened.

I added those numbers together to get two totals, 2197 times a certain event should have occurred, 1547 times it actually succeeded, and then I subtracted those two totals, and what do we get?"

"650, 10 each, all of these are related together." Jack blurted out. He was indeed not good at math, but he was a Chinese after all, so he could still do simple mental arithmetic.