Chapter 628 — Reporting In
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"Yes! Captain Song!" Several squadron leaders had been losing sleep over the kidney-harvesting case as well. This was the most vicious criminal case Songshan City had seen in years, and both provincial and municipal leaders had already issued directives: the Songshan City Criminal Investigation Brigade had to crack the case as soon as possible to minimize the damage caused by the criminal ring!
Otherwise, the city was already gripped by panic. Children didn't dare walk to school alone, and "Kidney-Cut Corp" had become a code word for terror - whenever a child cried, parents would frighten them with the name, and the crying would stop instantly.
The negative impact had grown to such a degree that the detectives were burning the midnight oil, analyzing the case and sifting through leads, yet progress remained meager. After all, this was not the work of a lone actor but an organized criminal ring with a tightly knit structure and established sales channels!
Such criminal rings were the hardest to pin down, for they only struck when hunting for kidney sources. Once they had a target, they performed the surgery entirely on their own turf, removed the kidneys, and distributed them through their own channels. They never made contact with any third party along the way, leaving virtually no trail to follow.
"Captain Song, have you found a lead?" Liu Wangli was closest to Qiu Lingshan in private, so seeing her grave expression stirred something in him. Could there really have been a breakthrough?
"Mm, I've come into some leads." As Qiu Lingshan said this, a flicker of pride crossed her mind. Looking at the respectful, admiring gazes of everyone around her, she felt all those hours of cosplaying the little miss had not been in vain.
"You have leads?" Though everyone had vaguely sensed something, none were certain - the case was, after all, staggeringly complex. They held Qiu Lingshan in high regard and admired her, but to say that merely sitting in her office for a while had yielded a lead struck them as almost unbelievable!
During the afternoon meeting, after all, Qiu Lingshan had been at her wit's end and had been chewed out by several bureau leaders. Had Yang Huaijun not stepped in to smooth things over, the entire Criminal Investigation Brigade would have been named and publicly reprimanded.
"I received a tip-off and learned in advance the criminal ring's next target location." Qiu Lingshan would not disclose the specific location before an operation. Though these subordinates were all trained by Yang Huaijun himself and could be trusted, better safe than sorry - if someone let it slip and the criminals caught wind, there was no telling when they might find another lead. "Now, let me walk you through the operation plan. Let's pool our ideas. If we go straight for an arrest, we might end up with the same result as last time - catching only the small fry, which won't help the case at all!"
Everyone nodded at this and began weighing in with their own views on the operation plan.
Wei Zhao had barely hung up the phone when he heard footsteps growing steadily closer at the entrance - someone was clearly heading for the restroom. Wei Zhao wondered to himself, who else was coming? He had assumed it was a waiter, but the arrival gave him a start.
It was Chen Yuxuan who walked in. Wei Zhao managed a wry smile. Of course - Chen Yuxuan had come specifically to find him; otherwise, why would he come to this public restroom?
"Instructor, Special Training Unit 0197 reports for duty, sir!" Chen Yuxuan snapped to attention, standing ramrod straight, and rendered Wei Zhao a solemn military salute, his voice crisp and precise.
"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly but did not return the salute, only shrugging. "I'm just a lackey now, not your instructor."