Shadow Empire

Chapter 700 Arrest and Interrogation

The gunfire stopped completely, because the three cars that had crashed into the roadside after the driver was shot dead were completely silent.

The whole street was quiet, as if nothing had happened, leaving only the smell of gunpowder in the air.

After observing for a while, the police outside confirmed that the exchange of fire had ended and that one party had been killed or escaped, and then they began to slowly advance inside.

Everyone is very nervous. Being a police officer is a very dangerous job, and the danger lies mainly in dealing with matters related to gangs!
Lance came out of the phone booth at this time. He lit a cigarette, slightly raised his head, looked at the narrow sky between the tall buildings, and slowly exhaled.

This is not his territory, and it is too late to call the police chief now.

The police's encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. They had already seen the people standing on the roadside, and someone immediately shouted loudly, "Xinjin City Police, put down your weapons!"

Compared to some people who were eager to try, Lance gave the others a look and slowly raised one of his hands, "I'm putting my weapon down now!"

Then he slowly bent down and placed the weapon in his other hand on the ground.

The whole process was done very slowly, with the muzzle of the gun always pointed downwards, ensuring that no misunderstanding would be caused.

The others followed suit, leaving a row of weapons on the ground.

When seeing this scene, the policemen in the encirclement breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that at least they were safe today.

To be honest, although the public security in Xinjin City is also very bad, such vicious shootings in the city center have rarely occurred.

There are so many big names here!
They will allow gangs to exist and even allow gang fights, but all of these are conditional.

Gangs are not allowed in certain areas, gangs are not allowed in certain places during the day, gunfights must take place in designated places, and gunfights are absolutely not allowed in the city center!
This also means that the work of the police in Xinjin City is actually very easy. Their opponents are mainly those petty thefts, burglary, highway robbery and the like.

Many times they don't have to face off against gangsters who have better weapons than them and then fight them with revolvers and submachine guns. People from other places envy the police in Xinjin City because it is very safe here.

More and more police officers gathered around. After some of them approached Lance and his gang, a few brave ones came to Lance and his gang.

They moved very carefully, picking up the weapons on the ground and handing them to the people behind them. In this way, Lance and his gang were completely disarmed.

Seeing that there was no danger, the police came over with handcuffs.

Lance was in the first position and one of the officers came up behind him and reached for his wrist.

Lance tilted his head and looked at him, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

The policeman didn't react at first, but then he realized what Lance was talking about. He hesitated. There were indeed many big shots living in Xinjin City. Maybe the one in front of him was a big shot?

He couldn't take any chances.

Lance continued, "Look, we've already said we have no intention of being your enemy, and I'm sure these things will be resolved soon. There's no need to handcuff me. It wouldn't be smart to do that, don't you?"

He pointed to the distance and the police officer looked back and saw many reporters taking pictures in the distance.

This may be the first gunfight in the center of Xinjin City in the past 20 to 30 years. Look at those submachine guns on the ground, look at those cars full of bullet holes, and look at the bloody people inside!
The reporters were already sweating with excitement - of course, they were sweating!

They wiped the sweat from their foreheads excitedly and kept pressing the shutter buttons of their cameras.

As the officer was thinking, another officer came over and asked, "Why don't you handcuff him?"

The police officer repeated what Lance had just said. He looked at Lance, and Lance looked at him. The two of them looked at each other calmly.

Just then a police officer ran over and said, "We found their car. It has a Jingangcheng license plate."

"Outsiders?"

The officer grinned, showing his teeth. He walked up behind Lance himself, grabbed his wrist and twisted it downward.

The feeling of having a joint stuck is very uncomfortable, and if you resist, it is easy to dislocate or even fracture the joint.

He was twisted so that his body leaned slightly forward, and the person behind him twisted his arm and pushed him forward, causing him to crash into a car on the side of the road.

Then he was handcuffed, and then the other hand. The guy behind him was very rude, as if he did it on purpose.

Being handcuffed behind the back is uncomfortable, and compared to being handcuffed in the front normally, it makes people look more like a criminal.

The constantly flashing lights of the reporters made Lance sigh softly. He believed that Jingang City would see these reports soon, and there might even be some waves.

He didn't resist, nor did he say anything like "I know so-and-so."

This is New Gold City. Senator Cleveland is not without political enemies. He also has enemies in politics, which means that if he says or does anything rashly, he will turn himself into a bargaining chip.

Moreover, public safety is a very sensitive area. Even senators and the president are reluctant to publicly interfere in matters in this area.

You can do, for example, you can ask them to release certain people directly, or you can ask them to arrest some people who have not committed any crime. You can ask them to do many things that violate their professional ethics.

But, you can’t ask and do this in front of the public!
No one can joke about public safety, not even the president, unless he is extremely stupid!

There is a high probability that they will let the police arrest someone and even sentence him, and then pardon him.

It seems a bit incomprehensible to do this. If he is going to be pardoned in the end, why not prevent his arrest in the first place?
the reason is simple.

Pardons are the president's own business and can be said to be his moral issue.

But if the police are not allowed to arrest those who may commit crimes or are committing crimes, it is not just a moral issue, it is also illegal!
Now all Lance had to do was wait for Tom to come and get him.

The group was roughly pushed into the police car. To be honest, this was the first time that Lance was formally and unexpectedly arrested by the police since he came into this world.

This is actually a very interesting experience.

The police car was a bit crowded, as there were quite a few of them. One officer hit the wire mesh with a baton and said loudly, "No communication, no tricks, don't you want to know the consequences!"

Hiram looked at the police officer with some contempt. The police officer was angered by his gaze. He pointed his baton at Hiram and asked, "What the hell are you looking at?"

Hiram gave a grin, "Nothing to see, officer."

He is not so stupid that he would insist on getting beaten even though he knows he will get beaten. This does not prove that he is brave.

The police officer stared at him fiercely, "Be careful!"

This place was not too far from the police station in the city center. They were soon taken to the police station, and Lance was locked in a separate interrogation room.

The two police officers were very rude. After Lance was brought into the room, he was immediately twisted and made to stand facing the wall.

One of them lifted Lance's legs with his feet and said, "Spread your legs."

He was not worried that these people would attack him. After all, he was still wearing pants, and they probably wanted to get some benefits.

Lance memorized the two men's faces and slowly turned to face the wall. Soon he felt four hands rummaging in his pockets.

When they pulled out Lance's wallet, they couldn't help but whistle.

There was cash in denominations of twenty yuan, about seven or eight hundred yuan.

The two police officers looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes!
Fighting in the street is not a simple matter, even if they are right.

Not to mention that they are from other places. If they are lucky, they will be imprisoned for two to three years.

If they are unlucky, they may have to keep them in custody longer because someone died at the scene and this is a big case!
The parties involved in this kind of case basically cannot get out in a short period of time, so they are accustomed to taking the money from the parties involved in this kind of case and putting it into their own pockets, just like what they are doing now.

Almost in front of Lance, the two men took out the money from his wallet, and then roughly divided it into two parts. Each of them took a stack and put it in his pocket.

The gold watch and the ruby ​​ring were also worth several hundred dollars. They couldn't tell whether these things were good or bad, but no matter whether they were good or bad, they put them in their pockets.

After they searched Lance's body for money, they grabbed his arms, led him to a chair, and pressed his shoulders to make him sit on the chair.

The two of them then began to return to their normal work.

"What's your name?"

"Lance. Lance White."

One police officer turned around and whispered to the officer next to him, "I seem to have heard of this name somewhere." The officer was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is your job?"

“Running a company.”

The two police officers looked at each other. They didn't quite believe it.

Which capitalist would personally fight with others on the street with such fierce firepower?

The two of them had already tacitly accepted that Lance was the leader or boss of the gang. One of them slammed the table heavily, "You are lying!"

"Tell me, why is there a fight today?"

Lance tilted his head slightly, "We were shopping in the mall, and then they attacked us as soon as we walked out. We passively fought back."

One officer shook his head. "You have a habit of lying, Lance."

"You were prepared for a firefight, and your firepower was very strong. You were all armed with submachine guns, and almost everyone had a pistol."

"Have you seen those three cars?"

"You fired at least several hundred bullets. You planned this for a long time!"

"Don't try to deceive us. Your little tricks won't hide from us."

"If you don't want to suffer, you'd better say something that interests us!"

“Otherwise I don’t mind letting you feel the enthusiasm of the Xinjin City Police!”

Lance looked at the two bastards who were about to take action. He was silent for a while and said, "I know your chief."

One of the police officers couldn't help laughing and said, "Everyone who comes in says that!"

He even laughed and said, "I know the president!"

"Okay, tell us something that interests us. Who are the other party and why are you fighting?"

The two police officers didn't take Lance's claim that he knew the chief seriously.

How can a group of people from outside the area know the director?
At the same time, Tom had parked his car in the yard of the police station. After Lance made the call, he had already rushed to the city from the suburbs, but the traffic in the city was very congested and he was delayed on the road for some time.

He got out of the car and jogged up the steps to the police station, almost bumping into a police officer.

He rushed to the director's office as fast as he could, and just as he was about to knock on the door, the secretary stopped him.

"The director is meeting with a guest, sir. Please wait a moment."

The secretary at the door reminded Tom, "You can sit over there for a while. Can I get you a cup of coffee or tea?"

"It should be ready soon!"

Tom's eyes shifted to the secretary. "Is he some important person?"

The secretary pursed her lips and said apologetically, "Sorry, I don't know either."

Although she said she "didn't know", from the expression she showed, it seemed that she knew but just couldn't say it.

After all, it doesn't make sense for a secretary to betray her boss, unless she doesn't want to do that!
He stared at the secretary for a few seconds, then said, "I'm from Congress, and I have something very important to discuss and I need to see the director right away."

"Do you want to talk to him, or should I break in now?"

The young secretary was a little undecided. The word "Congress" was too important and too stressful in her mind!
After thinking for a while, she finally picked up the phone, then looked at Tom carefully, held the phone with both hands and said softly, "A gentleman said he was from Congress...well, right here with me, and he said he wants to see you now..."

"okay, I get it!"

The secretary stood up and walked to the side and opened another door. Inside was another reception room. "The director will be here soon!"

Tom waited for about one or two minutes before the director pushed the door open and came in with an expressionless face.

He was stunned when he saw Tom. They had met before, but they were not familiar with each other.

Senator Cleveland had no issues with the New King Police Department, except for a few social interactions.

"Mr. Tom?" the director confirmed, then walked to Tom and shook hands with him. As one of Senator Cleveland's staff, Tom also represented the senator himself to some extent.

The director is just a director. Even though Xinjin City is considered the core of the entire federation, he is just a director after all.

The senator could easily replace him for some cost, so he behaved politely.

"Mr. Chief, I'm sorry for not informing you in advance. When I called you before I came here, you said you were on the phone."

The director nodded repeatedly, "Yes, there are several cases that are being closely monitored today, and I have been reporting on my work."

A girl died while she was pregnant. The on-site investigation revealed that the girl accidentally fell from the balcony.

The police station arranged for a rookie to investigate the case, but just as the chief himself expected, the investigation did not yield any results.

In fact, the girl was pregnant with a big shot's child, and she wanted to use the child as a means to blackmail the big shot.

Then she accidentally fell down.

Actually… the director handles it every year, or hears about similar things happening in other places.

These girls have obviously watched too many movies and TV shows, and they think that as long as they have a "bastard", the big guys can't do anything to them.

They will never know that for those big shots, everyone except themselves must give up for their power and career.

Not to mention the bastard children born after a single pleasure, even the biological sons born in marriage will be sacrificed without hesitation when the time comes.

Except themselves, all other people and things are bargaining chips.

An intermediary called to inquire about some details of the case and recorded the information and files of the case handlers, so that if any problems arise in the future, it would be easier to trace where the problems occurred.

Of course, he wouldn't explain it to Tom.

Tom didn't think much about this matter. He nodded slightly and said, "I need to ask you a favor. Some of the senator's friends were arrested by your people today."

The director's scalp felt slightly tingling. He always encountered similar things. Either a big shot wanted to silence him, or he accidentally captured a big shot's friend or something like that.

Who could understand that he started losing his hair due to stress when he was only in his early forties?
He smiled bitterly and said, "Let me understand the situation."

Seven or eight minutes later, they appeared outside Lance's interrogation room.

The director's expression was a little solemn. He hesitated for a moment and wanted to let Tom wait in the reception room for him to bring the person over, but Tom insisted on following him.

He knows more about the situation inside the police station than people outside. To him, the so-called "police" are often just licensed gangsters.

It’s not that he doesn’t have the ability, nor that he doesn’t want to change, it’s just that this is the characteristic of this era and no one can change it.

He made some mental preparations and then opened the door of the room.

The absence of screams made him feel a little relieved. He hoped these bastards wouldn't do anything wrong.

The moment the door opened, he saw a man grabbing Lance's neck, and another guy had taken off his coat and rolled up his sleeves, as if he was about to hit Lance twice.

The police officer with his back to the door was a little angry when he heard the door open. "Who let you in?"

But after seeing the shock on his companion's face, he belatedly loosened his arm and looked back.

Tom immediately pushed the director aside and walked over. Seeing that Lance was not tortured, at least it seemed that there was nothing serious wrong with him, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Sorry, I'm late."

Lance shook his head slightly, "Just in time!"

(End of this chapter)