Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 326 Who is Sister Hua?
"By the way, how did you find this leopard cat?"

Seeing the group of police officers hurrying off to carry out their respective tasks, Lei Hanqin, who was waiting for more clues about the bus, curiously approached Nie Guoqiang and asked a question that he had been wondering about for a long time.

With only three people, four cats, and one dog, how did the Zhanghe Police Station manage to pinpoint the exact location of this village?
Keep in mind that this location is over 20 kilometers from the accident site; no matter how widely the search was conducted, it would be impossible to find this place so quickly. Yet, the team from Zhanghe Police Station seemed to have GPS navigation, finding their way here almost instantly.

"Thanks to this cat, it probably smelled Mimi's scent."

Nie Guoqiang looked at the mother hawksbill turtle licking her paws. She was no longer as agitated as before, and even seemed to be comforting the leopard cat. Especially when the leopard cat found the two small skulls in the corner of the yard, the mother hawksbill turtle whimpered a few times along with it.

The two cats, who were just at odds a moment ago, are now as close as sisters.

The money tree gathered the two remaining skulls in its claws, its eyes staring blankly, seemingly lost and helpless. Even these last two remaining skulls had been trampled on, one of them loose and crumbling, threatening to shatter into pieces at any moment.

"Ouch!"

The money tree's cries sounded like it was crying.

"Meow!"

The mother hawksbill cat patted its head a couple of times, whether to comfort or console it was unclear. The two cats chatted like this, oblivious to everyone around them, which made Sun Chang, a sentimental person standing nearby, redden her eyes and was on the verge of tears.

"Smells Mimi's scent? Tsk tsk! The couple is just different."

Lei Hanqin was still chatting with Nie Guoqiang. He understood the principle that sharpening the axe before chopping wood was essential. Rather than panicking and chasing after the bus, it was better to patiently wait for the traffic police to provide support, and then launch a swift and decisive attack.

"Hmm...maybe they're a couple?"

Nie Guoqiang was also very calm at this moment. He looked at the female hawksbill turtle and then at the female leopard cat, and suddenly let out a sigh of lingering emotion.

The cat at our local police station seems to have an almost excessive talent for attracting attention.

How many female cats are still hung up on their feline overlords now? Rather than saying the tortoiseshell cat followed its feline overlord's scent, it's more accurate to say it accidentally caught a whiff of her scent on the leopard cat as it passed by. Nie Guoqiang didn't intend to describe in detail to outsiders how frantically she scratched at the car door. Basically, she was just a jealous cat who had suddenly discovered her husband's mistress! The way she was about to explode was so intense that even Nie Guoqiang didn't dare to provoke her.

Of course, no matter what, at this point, the Zhanghe Police Station has done a great deal of help to the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Leaving aside Mimi, who accompanied Zhao Zhigao on his undercover mission, and the amount of intelligence she brought back, it would have been virtually impossible for the police to quickly find clues about Brother Yang's gang without the mother hawksbill turtle and the little leopard cat.

No matter how tense or anxious you were before, now that you have the clues, there's no need to panic anymore.

A righteous army, even if it advances slowly and relentlessly, can leave a mere group of cowardly individuals with nowhere to escape.

The only thing to worry about...

Nie Guoqiang glanced at Wu Chengrong.

“Hostages… are a problem that must be considered! The suspects chose a bus, so it's impossible that there were only a few of them on board. Therefore, the other passengers, who are disguised, are their natural and inescapable hostages.”

Wu Chengrong knew very well that the trouble in capturing this group had now changed from how to find them to how to arrest them without any surprises.

The suspects are armed with guns and various other weapons. If they are allowed to wreak havoc in the crowd or vent their anger before being arrested, it could very well turn into a horrific tragedy that no one wants to see.

As for whether they will do so?

Heh... Who dares to ignore the mental state of drug addicts? Plus, the seven dead men in the van ahead weren't even fully erect yet, so the brutality of this group can only be imagined in the most dangerous direction.

"Chief Wu, the traffic police have identified the license plate number of the suspect's vehicle!"

The police officer from the branch responsible for liaising with the traffic police department excitedly reported to Wu Chengrong: "It was a tour bus, belonging to the Shashi Tourism Company. After leaving here, it went straight to the Shashi tourist distribution center and picked up a senior citizen tour group of twenty people! Three hours ago, this bus just entered the highway north of Shashi! And the destination of this bus, which is also the destination of the tour group, is Yulong in Yunnan Province!"

"Jade Dragon Snow Mountain? Is Myanmar just beyond that?"

Wu Chengrong grasped a crucial point and quickly understood where this group was headed.

"Wu Zhi, let's just arrest them on the highway! These guys are armed, and it's too risky whether we get off the highway or go to a service area. Honestly, twenty hostages are better than more. Let's just block both ends of the highway, then they'll have nowhere to escape!"

Wen Xiaosong offered his suggestion indifferently.

Lei Hanqin shook his head and retorted bluntly, "I think the service area is better. I don't believe they won't use the restroom or eat! Even if they can hold it in, do you think those elderly people won't rest or eat? If we're patient, we'll eventually find an opportunity for them to be alone."

Wen Xiaosong's eyes widened upon hearing this: "But if we alert the suspect, the situation will be beyond our control! Lei Hanqin, have you considered how many people will be in the service areas at this time? Let me tell you straight, the service areas on the highway are packed! People work hard all year but don't get their holidays until the 28th or 29th of the lunar month, and many are still stuck on the highway rushing home! If something unexpected happens, the joyous New Year celebrations will turn into a tragedy?"

Lei Hanqin sneered: "So those twenty innocent old people deserve to die, right? Once the road is blocked, there's no room for maneuver. Do you think they'll threaten to kill you? If a few people die, how many times are you planning to kowtow to them?"

"Lei Hanqin!"

Wen Xiaosong was furious and gritted his teeth, saying, "Have you forgotten something? This group might have a spy among us! Just as our actions could be accidentally discovered by them, do you dare to bet that if we slowly follow them and look for an opportunity, they won't tip us off? Hmph! If they really feel they have nowhere to escape, won't they cause a huge uproar across the country? You need to consider this possibility, so it's best to act immediately!"

"Then let's find the spies first!"

Lei Hanqin still cannot accept putting twenty elderly people at risk of their lives.

"Sister Hua!"

Wu Chengrong's face darkened.

Who exactly is Sister Hua?

This is the issue that Wu Chengrong and even the entire Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau are most angry about and most troubled by right now.

Is she an inside agent of the police, or is she using other channels to monitor them? The two situations are completely different, and their levels of threat are also different. The police still know nothing about this mysterious woman, and leaving her unattended could lead to too many unforeseen problems.

"Wang!"

Suddenly, Beibei barked, its eyes fixed on a dog bowl beside it, now filled with ashes. The contents of the bowl had been reduced to ash, leaving almost nothing of value. But to Beibei's sense of smell, there was a strange, inexplicable odor emanating from it.

"A stainless steel basin? Broken like this?"

Angrily, Lei Hanqin ignored Wen Xiaosong and, wearing only gloves, took over the task of on-site investigation, picking up the dog bowl.

A small piece of newspaper, no bigger than the palm of your hand, suddenly slipped off the bottom of the basin.

Lei Hanqin reached out and took it, finding the newspaper charred black and the writing on it illegible. It had been glued to the bottom of the basin with a drop of blood, hidden so well that even the blind man under Simba's command hadn't noticed.

"newspaper?"

He carefully turned the newspaper scraps and found they were hardened by the heat and not far from crumbling. If they belonged to Zhao Zhigao, what was Zhao Zhigao trying to express through these scraps of newspaper?
Did he consider that such concealment might directly lead to the newspaper being burned?
"Crack, crack, crack!"

Lei Hanqin took out his phone and first took a picture of the evidence. Then he carefully examined the newspaper but found no hidden marks or markings. If it weren't for the drop of blood, it seemed as if it had simply been accidentally placed under the dog bowl.

But with this drop of blood, it's highly likely that it's a crucial clue left by Zhao Zhigao.

"Blood, snow? A hint at a snow-capped mountain?"

Wen Xiaosong stopped arguing with Lei Hanqin and focused on speculating about the valuable clue before him.

"It can't be that simple! Zhao Zhigao should know that if we can find this place, discovering the bus tracks is only a matter of time. Where the bus went doesn't require much deduction. In other words, taking the risk just to reveal the destination isn't very meaningful; this newspaper definitely has other hidden clues." Lei Hanqin shook his head and continued to ponder, "The bloodstain is in a blank space, so it shouldn't have any special meaning. The news in the newspaper is just ordinary praise of the city, but the content pointing to Jing City is a possible clue. Hmm… do we need to consider this far ahead? Zhao Zhigao wouldn't leave anything particularly convoluted unless he was being watched so closely that he had no other choice. Hmm… generally, this kind of news is daily newspapers; is it related to this?"

Nie Guoqiang's expression suddenly changed.

"These days, only government agencies and companies usually subscribe to daily newspapers, right? As far as I know, the sales of Zhangzhou Daily have been declining. Our Zhanghe Police Station hasn't subscribed to it for over a year."

Lei Hanqin casually replied, "The Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau does have subscriptions, but they're basically only left for two days before someone uses them to clean windows. These things are quite good for cleaning windows... Hmm? Wu Zhi, when we subscribe to newspapers at the Municipal Bureau, do we have them left at the gatehouse?"

"This one……"

Wu Chengrong instantly understood Lei Hanqin's meaning, but even he didn't know about such a trivial matter.

"The newspapers from the Municipal Bureau are all collected by the newsstand at the entrance and then distributed to each office! The woman who runs the newsstand is surnamed Tian, ​​and she's been operating that stand for several years. She has a good relationship with several of the women in the bureau's logistics department, and occasionally she'll help them buy some hard-to-find Korean cosmetics..."

As Wen Xiaosong spoke, his expression grew increasingly grim.

"The newspaper stand at the entrance is allowed to freely enter and exit the Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau? Just because she's an acquaintance, no one stopped her?"

Wu Chengrong's face also turned as black as ink.

If Wen Xiaosong hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have paid any attention to this at all!
Even though the Zhangshi Police Station is a judicial institution, people still come and go on business. It's not unusual to occasionally encounter someone not in uniform. However, these people still need to register, and they don't frequently wander into the city bureau! Even if someone accidentally goes to the wrong office and ends up in a key department, they'll receive extra attention and be denied entry. But who would have thought… a newspaper stand at the entrance could become an overlooked acquaintance?
Not to mention that as a presence that is always stationed at the entrance of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, it has no doubt that it knows exactly where the Municipal Public Security Bureau police cars come and go!

Some things don't need much thought; the word 'acquaintance' can make many things seem less important. With hundreds of people across all departments of the municipal bureau, who would immediately treat a familiar face who's always around as an outsider?
"Discipline in our unit needs to be strengthened! How could we allow something like this to happen!"

Wu Chengrong gritted his teeth and quickly took out his phone to call Yang Ye. If the owner of this guard post was indeed the so-called "Sister Hua," then she absolutely had to be apprehended immediately.

"Hehe, it really is the blind spot under the lamp!"

Lei Hanqin gave a cold laugh without saying a word.

If it weren't for Zhao Zhigao, who would have thought that the spy was involved in this way? A shop that had been hanging around the city police station for several years, who would have thought that she was a member of a criminal gang?
With that kind of patience, what can't you do to make money?

Everyone was shocked and angry.

"Da Yang, will Sister Hua be alright?"

Ignoring the fact that all the windows in the carriage were closed, Little Yang, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, fought off his drug cravings. Ignoring the old men who dared not speak out, he saw that Big Yang was still learning to operate a foreign electronic device and said worriedly, "What if something happens to her if we leave her alone in Zhang City?"

"Nothing happened last year, how could it just happen to happen this year?"

Without looking up, Brother Yang struggled to operate the device while simultaneously translating unfamiliar words on another phone. This translation tool, purchased through special channels, effectively prevented him from being scammed in Myanmar.

"But the dog wasn't chasing us this closely last year. Sister Hua's warning yesterday should have put them on guard, right?"

Little Yang was still worried about Sister Hua, unlike Big Yang who was so indifferent. Even though he was the team's muscle, handling everything from external threats to eliminating those who had lost their value, Sister Hua was still different.

"Don't worry, Sister Hua is more reliable than you. At least for now, those people don't know her identity. And even if something happens, surely she has time to warn me?"

Annoyed by the harassment, Brother Yang looked up and out the window.

"Where are you?"

"They should have left Shashi by now. Hehe... Zhangshi, Shashi! We've come this far already, the dogs in Zhangshi don't have the right to enforce the law across borders. Speaking of which, Sister Hua told me this, she really knows a lot."

Brother Yang laughed and changed the subject, saying, "Let's bring Sister Hua along next year! She knows all about your past, isn't it normal to play around with women? There's no need to worry about her telling your wife, okay?"

'Didi! '

A WeChat message suddenly popped up. When Brother Yang opened it, his face immediately turned very pale.

"What's wrong? Could it be Sister Hua...?"

Brother Yang became nervous.

"It was Sister Hua's information, but she's fine. It's my shop that's in trouble... the police came to investigate! Damn it, did those dogs somehow find out who I am?"

Big Yang's face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth, saying viciously, "Now look what's happened, there's no going back! Damn it, are you kidding me? How exactly were we exposed? Including yesterday, how did the cops find out about me?!"

"In other words, there is still a mole among us."

Simba suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Big Brother Yang and Little Brother Yang looked up at the same time.

The three of them looked towards the front row seats, and several people, including Zhao Zhigao and Zhao Xin, didn't dare to move. Even though they had overheard the conversation between Da Yang, Xiao Yang, and Xinba, none of them dared to offer any explanation at this moment.

What happened last night was terrifying!

Brothers who had been together for almost a year were wiped out by Brother Ma in a clean and swift manner! The fact that a few of us were left alive might be because we had gained Brother Yang's trust, but it could also just be the beginning of the next killing spree.

But... no one dared to resist!
They could feel Little Ma's eerie, death-like gaze at the back of their heads, making everyone feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

That guy really dares to kill without any scruples!

"Don't talk nonsense! We brothers are all trustworthy, how could there be a mole?"

Brother Yang suddenly laughed, even though his eyes were still fixed on the backs of Zhao Zhigao and Zhao Xin's heads. He took out a pack of cigarettes, patted the shoulders of the people in front of him, and handed them out, using this gesture to put them at ease.

"Thank you, Brother Yang! Thank you, Brother Xiao Yang!"

Zhao Zhigao bowed and accepted the lighter from Brother Yang, then began puffing away without hesitation. Almost from the very first puff, the exhilarating sensation in his cerebral cortex told him that this was a cigarette with added flavor.

"cough!"

"Cough! Cough!"

How could a car full of elderly people tolerate this? They didn't dare open the windows for ventilation on the highway, and they all started coughing from the fumes.

But these burly, unreasonable men behind them were not someone a few old ladies dared to offend. They didn't dare call the police in front of them, and besides, who knew if calling the police on the highway would even be of any use!

So the elderly women could only grit their teeth and console themselves that since the tour was so cheap, some frustrations were to be expected. A seven-day trip for just four hundred yuan—wouldn't it be a loss to ruin the whole trip by making a fuss?
"Sister Hua, who exactly is she?"

Lin Ge, in the luggage compartment, was still deep in thought.

Of course, he had nothing else to do at the moment; the broken cage was too cramped to even move his hands and feet properly. He had already found a way to escape, but now was not the right time.

And now there is a life-threatening question: does Sister Hua, who is hiding in the darkness, know her identity?
She probably doesn't know; she doesn't even know Zhao Zhigao exists!
So... he's probably not someone from within the Municipal Bureau?
This is good news.

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