At that time, I was completely stunned.

Later, he dragged me out from the east gate, leaving Kerman Pharmaceutical Company." Lydia Kuni lowered her head, seemingly unwilling to recall.

Luke compared her testimony with Kem Smith's and found some discrepancies, "You entered through the west gate and left through the east gate?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Luke frowned slightly; this differed from Kem Smith's account. According to Kem Smith, he saw Lydia Kuni and Walda Becker running out from the west gate and then noticed a fire upstairs. Lydia Kuni took advantage of the fire to escape.

"Did you see Kem Smith that night?"

"No."

"Why did you enter from the west gate and leave through the east gate?"

Lydia Kuni replied, "The power distribution room is near the west gate. We had to cut the power before entering the west gate.

We were worried the security would check the power room to repair it, so we didn't dare to run from the west gate but escaped through the east gate."

Luke found Lydia Kuni's explanation reasonable, without any obvious signs of lying. Could it be that Kem Smith was lying?

Why would he lie about this?

Luke pondered for a moment and asked, "As far as I know, Kerman Pharmaceutical Company had power outages in May and June. Was that your doing?"

Lydia Kuni shook her head, "No, if they hadn't kidnapped my daughter on July tenth, I would never have done such a thing."

Luke didn't see any signs of lying from Lydia Kuni's face, indicating that Kem Smith was more likely to be lying.

But if Kem Smith managed to deceive Luke, he surely wasn't lying entirely; there must be some truth mixed with falsehood. Luke deduced based on Lydia Kuni's testimony.

On the night of July 11th, Kem Smith seeing Lydia Kuni at the west gate of the building should be true, but she probably didn't come out from the west gate. Instead, after exiting the power room, she entered the building through the west gate; at this moment, Lydia Kuni and Walda Becker hadn't started the fire.

In other words, Kem Smith had every opportunity to prevent Lydia Kuni and Walda Becker from starting the fire at that time, but he didn't do so.

Why?

Luke thought about the power outages at Kerman Pharmaceutical Company in May and June.

Kem Smith was becoming increasingly suspicious.

First, Kem Smith wandering around under the office building without sleeping after eleven o'clock at night was already somewhat unusual.

Secondly, Kem Smith's walk should have been aboveboard, while the infiltration by Lydia Kuni and Walda Becker into the Kerman Company should have been done stealthily. Logically, Lydia Kuni should have discovered Kem Smith first, but the reality was the opposite.

This indicates that Kem Smith was likely not just taking a walk but also sneaking around near the building.

Considering a different angle, the west side of the building is close to the power room; was Kem Smith headed for the power room? Following this reasoning, could the power outages in May and June be related to Kem Smith?

Because Kem Smith himself wasn't clean, seeing Lydia Kuni and Walda Becker quietly sneaking into the company building, he didn't dare to stop them, only watching the event unfold until the lab caught fire. Only then did he realize the seriousness and ran to extinguish the fire.

From the current situation, Kem Smith, Lydia Kuni, and Walda Becker weren't likely working together.

What was his motive?