Falco was indeed secretly observing Carvalho and Mason.
However, just as Charlie had speculated, he did not enter the interior of Shangri-La directly. Instead, he chose to stay hidden in the shadows outside Shangri-L a.
This was mainly because Shangri-La was too crowded and had a very good surveillance system. If there was no help, the possibility of completely concealing himself from the surveillance cameras was basically zero.
Falco felt that based on his skills, he would be able to keep guard and keep an eye on every single person who entered and exited the hotel closely. As long as Carvalho and his great-grandson were to leave the hotel, he would be able to tail them all the way.
He did not trust Carvalho at all. On one hand, he was afraid that Carvalho would slack off from working to help him find the mysterious person, and on the other hand, he was also worried that Carvalho would take all the credit for himself.
After all, in Falco's opinion, Carvalho was not easy to deal with.
Therefore, the best solution would be for him to secretly keep an eye on Carvalho. If Carvalho were to try and do something behind his back, Falco would certainly take the initiative to get rid of Carvalho first. 2
However, Falco did not know that at this time, Carvalho had already switched sides.
Upon leaving Mason at Shangri-La, Carvalho acted according to Charlie's instructions as he left Shangri-L a and headed for the Dunn family’s old mansion.
Falco was very puzzled because he did not know why Mason did not accompany Carvalho on his trip, but on second thought, he felt that someone as young as Mason would not possibly have any real abilities anyway. So, he was not afraid that Carvalho would simply be trying to lure him out of his vantage ground. 2
Hence, Falco drove a rented Volkswagen and tailed Carvalho all the way there.
Carvalho pretended to spend half a day at the Dunn family's old mansion, and he kept moving back and forth after taking out his compass and talisman. After that, he pretended to have gained some intel, and he stopped a taxi and headed to the tunnel at the Forbidden Mountain where the accident had occurred before returning to the city and searching around for a while before finally returning to Shangri-La hotel. 2
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