When Thomas reached his lab, he called that spy there and asked him about the address.
The spy felt guilty and told Thomas that all was coincidentally done because Ai stayed in the market for more shopping while her uncle returned towards the house. So he chased him on his way and noted the address of the house he entered.
Thomas was annoyed by the spy's mistake.
"How silly you are! You should chase Ai! You can't believe how much trouble I had to face due to your mistake!"
"Sir, I know it's an unforgivable mistake, but it happened coincidently. Please forgive me and give me a chance to find the right address". The spy tried to get his previous status back even after a big mistake.
After thinking little about that, Thomas calmly responded.
"Ah! It was your big luck that you found Ai too soon. Don't know if we will be able to find her or not. Whatever, you found her, and then you lost her on your own. So, I have no loss in the net total. I forgive you, but it's your last mistake".
Spies were working day and night for Ai's research. Around 15 days remained for the time machine to be created. So, they were given only 15 days to search for her.
Unfortunately, while searching, they reached an area where Ai lived. More unlikely, the cameras were set there. So, spies checked the cameras.
Many recordings were detected with the Ai's face. So, they knew that she lived in that area.
The All-Time tracker was capable enough to show the recordings three-meter far from the camera. So, spies easily found her house.
They called Thomas to give him that big news. Thomas got extremely excited but was in a little doubt due to the previous experience.
"Amazing! But make sure your research is authentic. I don't wanna be depressed again after the good news".
"Hahaha!, Sir, we are not like that spy. Everything is clear".
Just after listening to that, Thomas got extremely happy and set out to reach that address. He thought he would directly meet Ai that time. If she didn't say anything, he would pressurize her. Even if she didn't tell anything, he would search every corner of her house on his own.
So, Thomas, with his six spies, reached Ai's uncle's house. They knocked for a long time, but the door didn't open.
After 15 minutes, the door finally opened. The old man was standing there. He wore his glasses to get a clear vision and asked: "Who are you?"
"Can't you see us even after wearing glasses?" Thomas laughed. "We are here to meet Ai," He added.
"Sorry, but I live here with my wife, Ju." The old man softly responded.
Thomas was already disturbed by the previous experience, so he didn't want to deal with that old man. He rudely pushed him and entered the house by force.
Inside, the old woman was cooking the food. She was afraid to see seven unknown men in her house.
Thomas kept a gun on the old woman's head and threatened the old man: "Are you playing a game with us? You think I'm foul. Instantly tell me where Ai is; otherwise, I'll shoot your wife".
The old man cried in pain. While grumbling, he fell at Thomas's feet.
"Please leave my wife. We know nothing".
While controlling her fear and activating her guts, the old woman said: "Let me explain everything to you. Our son lives in America. He went last night. Before leaving, he rented this house. So, we shifted here. We don't know anything, even our tenant."
Thomas got mad in anger. He couldn't understand how Ai escaped too soon, and most probably, she had known that he was searching for her.
However, the sudden escaping of Ai made Thomas assure that she must be living with Quinn.
Thomas tried to control himself to handle the situation effectively. He asked the old man to call his son so he could talk to him. His son told Thomas that he didn't know the tenants. Their neighbors handled the whole letting process.
After discussing with neighbors, Thomas knew that Ai and uncle didn't tell them where they would stay. Moreover, they wouldn't contact them for six months.
There was only a single week remaining in completing the time machine, and everything was out of Thomas's control.
He angrily returned to his lab and held the urgent meeting with all his spies there.
"Our plan was completely failed. Not only our plan but a great effort we continuously invested in searching for Quinn. How did Ai know that we were searching for her?"
"Sir, maybe she didn't know anything and had to leave the house for any other reason." One spy responded.
Thomas slapped hard on his own head. His face was constantly going red with tension. It seemed like he would get a heart attack the next moment.
Controlling his rapid breath, he responded: "Do you think I'm a fool? If she didn't know anything, then why did she escape at night like thieves. I knew from neighbors that they shifted at night. Moreover, they are disconnected from their neighbors for six months. All these things clearly prove that she had known everything".
After Listening to that, spies got silent. While deeply thinking about something, Thomas was suddenly shocked.
"Wait a minute! I forgot the most important thing in tension. Why I'm confused about how Ai knew everything? Nobody except all of you knew that we were searching for her. Then, of course, any of you had told her."
Spies got tensed to listen to that. They were already stuck in the challenging project that Thomas began doubting on them.
He didn't even pay a little to them. He had clearly told them that they wouldn't be given a salary until they didn't accomplish the task, and that was going to be impossible.