Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 482 Obey my orders or die
A withered poplar forest.

Behind the woods is a small area of ​​Gobi Desert. If you cross the Gobi Desert and walk a few hundred meters west into the hinterland, you will see several earthen houses, about two or three stories high, made of yellow mud and stones.

The earthen house was dilapidated and clearly had been abandoned for many years. However, a large open space had been enclosed around the house by layers of shiny wire.

After dark, members of the ancient gods arrived one after another, all wearing black or white hoods, revealing only their bright eyes.

Soon, the largest earthen house in the courtyard was packed with many ancient gods.

On the north wall of the room hung a cosmic flag consisting of a white full moon and six yellow stars. It was ordinary and showed no particular special features.

Below sat Black Hawk, the only ancient god in the entire arena who was not masked.

Elke, whose entire body was covered except for his eyes, bent down and leaned closer to inform Black Hawk that his people had all arrived.

Black Eagle, sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), reached out and touched the old blanket under his bottom. It felt prickly and uncomfortable. He missed the soft blanket that had been with him for many years in the training class dormitory.

If only I could be wrapped up when I die. Black Hawk shook his head, clearing his mind of these extraneous thoughts.

He began to focus his attention, his cold blue eyes sweeping over his people sitting in the room.

He held the cosmic scripture tightly in his hands, which the instructors at the training course had said was the most powerful weapon to deceive believers.

Black Hawk suppressed his voice and solemnly said, "You don't know me, and you can disobey my summons. But you cannot disobey the summons of Heaven, and I, Black Hawk, am the messenger sent by Heaven. I represent the highest will of the ancient gods."

The crowd knelt down, foreheads touching the ground, silently reciting scriptures.

“Heaven sent me to save you, and everything I have done is Heaven’s will. Now, we swear to Heaven that we will obey any of my commands and never betray me, just as we will never betray our divine people.”

The oaths were sparse and weak, clearly indicating that no one took Black Hawk's words seriously.

After the oath was taken, everyone looked up at them.

Black Hawk surveyed the surroundings and began to state the purpose of his visit: "For the next period of time, you will be training here. I will train you to be the bravest soldiers, and then you will follow me to do something big."

"What's the big deal? Can you tell me?" A sudden voice came from the direction of the door.

Black Hawk looked up and said sternly, "Since you dare to question me, then take off your mask before you speak."

The person sitting by the door hesitated for a moment, then took off his mask, revealing a handsome face: "Greetings, Your Excellency, messenger from Heaven. May I ask what important matter you intend to bring us here for?"

Black Hawk said in a deep voice, "We will launch an attack to demonstrate the power of our ancient gods."

Everyone knows what the attack by the ancient gods means.

It requires sacrificing the lives of one's own people.

Upon hearing this, the man looked terrified and hesitated before saying, "I want to... quit."

Upon hearing this, the remaining masked tribesmen below began to whisper and discuss among themselves, and several ancient gods got up to leave.

The scene got a little out of control.

Black Hawk was the first to stand up, pointing at the person who said he wanted to "quit," and said contemptuously, "You can leave. I want to know how you'll feel when you open your door and see your whole family lying in pools of blood."

"I should take responsibility for my own actions! Why involve my family?"

Black Hawk sneered, "You've been taking our money for so long, and you still think you're right? Your family's lives are in your hands, the decision is yours! I don't have time to waste with you! Leave, or stay?"

The man swayed, but eventually sat down.

Black Hawk's blue eyes swept over the trembling crowd. His expression changed, and his tone suddenly became stern: "You all heard that, didn't you! I have the names of your family members. If anyone tries to back out, I'll kill their entire family!"

"Either obey my orders, or die!"

Everyone lowered their heads, filled with fear.

After the meeting, Black Hawk came out of the earthen house, followed by Elke and a man, and the two walked towards a cellar in the corner of the open space.

Black Hawk was somewhat annoyed: "After all these days, you've only brought one person? What's the use of that?"

Elke said meekly, "I have difficulty walking, and I only have Xiliken to help me. I really can't bring any more people with me."

Xiliken came from Elk's village. He spent his days idly with Elk in the village and was a good-for-nothing.

Descending the ladder into the cellar, a space of about ten square meters was piled with various odds and ends. There, a thin boy wearing a black hood and with his hands tied behind his back with transparent tape was huddled in a corner.

Upon closer inspection, Black Hawk was completely enraged. Pointing at the boy, he roared, "Elke! What use is a kid like this! Can't you use your brain and trick him into coming here? Trick him! Understand?"

After cursing, he raised his leg and kicked Elke's limping right foot.

Elke let out a wail and fell to the ground.

"Useless!" Black Hawk cursed as he crawled out of the cellar.

Silik helped Elke up: "What should we do with this boy?"

Covered in dust and dirt, Elke shook off Xiliken's hand that was supporting him, limped over to the boy, and kicked him a few times in a fit of rage. Hearing the boy's painful pleas for mercy, Elke felt a little better and muttered, "I'll just drive over and dump him in the wilderness outside Babu Town later."

“…” Siliken looked up at the cellar entrance where Black Hawk had left, and made a chop to his neck.

Elke, still shaken, glanced away at the corner, his gaze darting away: "Kill me if you want."

Silik hurriedly waved his hands: "I've never even killed a sheep, how could I possibly kill...kill...kill a person?"

"What are you waiting for! Hurry up and help me get this kid out of here, it's going to get dark soon!"

The two men used a knife to cut off the transparent tape on the boy's feet, then carried him to the ground, took him to a dilapidated car, and threw him into the trunk.

Seeing Elke bent over, his upper body pressed against the trunk, re-binding the boy's hands and feet with tape, and estimating it would take a long time, Xiliken slipped behind the wall to make a phone call.

After finishing his phone call with the girl who was far away, Xiliken turned back to his car with a smug look on his face and found Elke staring at him with a dark expression.

"Did you go make a phone call?" Elke frowned and spread his hands toward Silik.

Knowing he couldn't hide it any longer, Xiliken could only pull out his already switched-off phone from his inner pocket: "Look, I turned it off after I made the call! The phone was off!"

Elke took the phone, checked it over, and returned it to Silik. He glanced at the mud hut where Black Hawk was a few times, still feeling a bit scared.

"Black Hawk said no one is allowed to keep cell phones. If they're found out..."

"No, I always hide my phone in a small pocket when I sleep, so no one will find it."

"Get in the car, get in the car. You'll probably lose your phone on the way. You don't know, that guy kills people without a second thought."

Remembering Black Hawk's cruelty, Elke couldn't help but shudder and whispered his advice.

As they talked, the two opened the car door and got in. The car shook, billowed out a lot of black smoke, and drove off, bumping and jolting.

Patrol and Prevention Brigade, Brigade Commander's Office.

"Missing?"

"You were tricked into working?"

"This may not necessarily be a kidnapping case."

"Okay, I understand. Have the police station take the statement first, and I'll go to their station tomorrow."

Team Leader Zhao hung up the phone and tossed it on the table, then continued to sit facing each other with Lao Cheng, sighing incessantly.

"Why is it so hard to find someone? Where did Elke go?" Old Cheng asked, puzzled. He pulled a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his back pocket and took one out.

Team Leader Zhao waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to smoke.

Lao Cheng lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and said, "How about we just put the person online? You're not cut out for solving cases, so let's wait until your team has some free time before transferring the case to them. I can't let finding someone interfere with other things; many of my guys haven't had a weekend off in months."

Team Leader Zhao said somberly, "If it were just murder, then putting him online wouldn't be a problem. But this person is involved with the ancient gods, and we're afraid he might pull something out of it. Our peaceful life can't withstand any more disruption."

"Does it involve the ancient gods? Then transfer the case to the Anti-Gods Squad?"

“They have a lot going on in their team. I haven’t seen many people in their office these past few days. They’re probably off investigating some case in the Gobi Desert. Besides, this is still a murder case on the surface. If we just assume it involves the X Ancient God Clan based on our speculation, people will gossip if we transfer the case over there.”

Old Cheng chuckled, stubbed out his cigarette, and asked, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

After much deliberation, Team Leader Zhao finally made up his mind: "How about we ask those people who came from the east to investigate? They helped us identify this suspect last time. They're really capable!"

Lao Cheng shook his head: "They're here to conduct research, after all. Last time, they just happened to run into us and helped out. If you come knocking with a case on your door, it's just too much of a show of rudeness. People will think we're all spineless. It's embarrassing!"

Team Leader Zhao, with a bitter expression, said, "Old Cheng, we really have no one left in our team. The few young men who joined in the first half of the year would rather have their talent files withheld than stay. Sigh, they've all run away! I really don't have anyone on hand right now!"

The two discussed the matter for a long time without finding a solution. Seeing that it was past midnight, Captain Zhao said goodbye and left, agreeing to come back the next day to discuss the case again.

Watching Captain Zhao leave with his head down, Lao Cheng was also extremely annoyed.

If it weren't for Director Liu's request for their patrol and prevention brigade to cooperate, saying that their brigade had the most people in the entire bureau and didn't even have quotas.

Old Cheng really wanted to lock the door and not let this guy in. His own team's street duties were already very heavy, and he also had to cooperate with them to arrest people. He really didn't know when he would get a break.

He doesn't care since he already has a wife and kids, but the poor guys below him are the ones who can't even have a chance to date. Ah, no, they're even more miserable.

They don't even have time to look for girls.

At this moment, Lao Cheng suddenly remembered what Director Liu had told him to arrange for someone to accompany the group of people from the Donghai Police Academy who came to conduct research to visit several police stations in the city the next day.

He might as well receive them himself! He doesn't have anything else to do!
Hehe, by the way, let's get to know this group of people that even Captain Zhao admires.

There seems to be another colleague inside?
Lao Cheng was a little annoyed. He had been too clever for his own good and had deliberately thrown away the A4 paper containing the information of that group of people in Director Liu's office.

(End of this chapter)