After seeing off the inspector, Johnny finally felt a wave of triumph wash over him. Watching the inspector's pale face and shaky walk was deeply satisfying.
Owen glanced at him, then picked up the laptop and placed it on his knees. The screen still displayed the document they had been discussing. With a few taps on the touchpad, he reviewed the information from top to bottom.
Standing behind him, Johnny said, "I've got no clue who sent us this data, but man, it was like a godsend."
"Get a grip," Owen's voice carried a hint of disdain.
Johnny cleared his throat, "With the way the news blew up online and the deputy and his cronies coming at us, we were caught off guard. But now, with this evidence, we've got nothing to fear!"
Although they were prepared, they didn't have evidence as detailed as this.
Owen set down the laptop and said to Johnny, "Hand me your phone."
Johnny quickly went to his desk and brought his phone back.
As Owen unlocked the phone, he asked, "You deleted that tweet, right?"
"Yeah, it's gone, but not by the cyber unit," Johnny said, rubbing his nose in confusion. "Someone beat them to it, and they couldn’t trace any evidence. They figured it must’ve been a hacker."
Owen's eyes narrowed slightly.
"I bet it was someone from your mentor’s circle who did it," Johnny mumbled.
Owen replied coolly, "My mentor wouldn't do such a thing."
If the goal was simply to deliver evidence, why choose this moment? And why highlight the relationship between the Gilbert family and Mirabella?
Realizing something, Johnny quickly agreed, "I'll do it right away."
But after taking just a few steps, he paused, turned around, and asked, "What about the Gilbert Corporation?"
Already seated at his desk, Owen didn’t look up, "Handle it as it should be handled. A company that disregards basic principles is a cancer to society."
"I understand," Johnny nodded in agreement.
The Gilbert Corporation documents they had uncovered earlier would now come in handy. Without today's events, those reports might have been shelved, but now, with Bernardo bringing trouble to their doorstep, they had no one else to blame.
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