A few steps shy of the door, Xia Lei came to an abrupt halt. A simple lift of his chin had shown him a surveillance camera pointed towards the sturdy cell door. If he took another two steps forward, he would be in plain sight of the camera. 

Right at the moment when his step faltered, Tsukino Kyoko gripped his elbow urgently. She too had noticed the same surveillance camera in the corridor. However, her reminder was not as fast as his intuition. 

Xia Lei checked his multifunctional wristwatch. There was still thirty seconds to spare before Yelena would cut off the optical fibres. He thanked himself for not committing a trivial mistake. Anyone would be prone to look past something when they were riding on a high. Sometimes, a small error would be enough to bring severe consequences. 

It didn’t take long for thirty seconds to pass. Xia Lei locked his vision on the surveillance camera, noticing the red warning LED bulb on the side of the device. 

Yelena had managed to cut off the optical fibres of 48 St. Cross Street in the nick of time. 

Xia Lei quickly strode over to the door...