Shadow Empire

Chapter 542 No Escape

The sirens' blaring sound pierced the silence of the night, and the red and blue police lights illuminated the not-so-spacious building of the motel.

These police cars are from the Highway Police Department, not from Jingang City. They are too far away from here and cannot come here.

Access to the scene has been restricted, police are collecting evidence, and the homicide officer has also rushed here.

Interestingly enough, the Highway Police Department also has a homicide office because there are so many homicides on the highway!
It is possible that someone got off the car to urinate and a bone came out, leading to a new homicide.

In addition, it is very difficult to solve homicides on the highway, and local authorities are unwilling to intervene at will, so the Highway Police Department has its own homicide office.

In this regard, they have more and more complete departments than some police stations.

"The killer has driven away, but people are not sure where he went, it's too dark here."

The police officer lifted the isolation tape and entered the room. The room was not large and everything could be seen at a glance. The bloodstains and two bodies on the ground had not been removed.

He walked to the bedside, put on his gloves, and picked up one of the bills. "It's a twenty-dollar bill, and it's new and has not been used much."

He put the money back and asked, "Any other clues?"

The police officer said, "Someone upstairs said that they heard a woman offering to serve the guests in this room, and then gunshots were heard shortly afterwards."

"One of the two deceased was a cook and the other was a waitress in the restaurant. Some guests said they had seen the occupant of this room in the restaurant before."

The police officer shook his head. "He was targeted in the restaurant, which led to this case. Our main task now is to find him and restore the true circumstances of the case."

He walked out of the room. There were too many cases like this on the interstate highway, so many that one could understand the whole process and context of the case without much thinking.

The deserted Gobi desert is always the best choice for killing and disposing of bodies, but this time they chose a target that is not easy to deal with.

"He was about 60 years old, well-dressed, and was wearing a gold watch. He was driving a... brand car with a license plate number of..." The police officer wrote down the information. "He didn't stay after the incident but fled immediately. He looked like someone from Jingang City."

He reminded his men, "Call the Jingang City Police Department and check this car and this information to see if there are any useful clues."

He pointed to the other two police officers and said, "Go to the west now. There is a lot of blood on the ground. He might be injured."

"He must find a place to treat the wound, even if he has to do it himself, he will stop."

"If we chase him now, we might even find him on the roadside. Remember my words, on the roadside."

"Turn on all the lights, watch for cars parked under the shoulder, watch for cars at the gas station, now!"

The two police officers immediately got in the car and chased to the west. A young police officer couldn't help but ask, "Sir, why don't we look to the east?"

He rolled his eyes, "Because I judged that he was from Jingang City."

"Rich people with gold watches, wallets and suitcases full of money, if they return to Jingang City from other places, they often choose to take a boat or a train instead of driving themselves."

"At the same time, as a guest of this room, these two people obviously tricked him into opening the door, and they also brought weapons such as kitchen knives."

"Even if he killed these two people, the judge will most likely rule that he is innocent. He just needs to wait here until we arrive."

"He was injured..." The officer walked to the door. There was a lot of blood dripping on the ground, and it was circled with chalk. "He was injured so badly, and he insisted on leaving before we arrived without any fault of his own."

"What do you think his situation is now?" He lit a cigarette and looked at the newbie.

It is not easy to recruit new recruits for the highway police, so he is very patient with every new recruit. In fact, he has hinted clearly enough.

"This guy was very scared to see us. He was obviously a wealthy man with a lot of cash and didn't want anyone to know his situation."

"He's on the run!"

"Then he said, now that we have his license plate number, we can ask the police in Jingang City to help us investigate. He must have gone to a hospital or something to treat his injuries."

"Once he goes there, he can't escape."

The police officer nodded in confusion. In fact, he still didn't quite understand, but the police officer didn't want to say more.

What he was actually thinking about now was why this guy who ran away wanted to run away.

I don't understand.

Soon the police contacted the Jingang City Police Department by phone and asked them to assist in investigating some information.

This kind of assistance in investigations is normal and occurs frequently. Since this case involved a homicide involving two deaths, the Jingang City Police Department immediately arranged for police officers to respond.

They found the owner of the car based on the registration information.

But surprisingly, the owner of the car had no idea when he got such a mid-range car, and the police did not get any valuable clues from him.

It seems that the investigation has reached its limit here, and the information has been fed back to the Highway Police Station, but they are not following up on it.

Another thing is that Charlie was cursing while driving, and he kept looking at his forearm, which was bleeding.

The bastard swung it hard in front of him and he felt nothing at the time, just some slight pain and some bleeding.

Now, the pain from the wound became obvious, and the problem of blood loss had not been resolved.

He even felt a little dizzy.

He had to pull over to the side of the road and turn off the engine.

"Fuck!" He pounded the steering wheel. The knife in the kitchen was very sharp.

Because it needs to be used almost every day, it means that its condition will become very bad by the time you get off work every day.

If it is not dealt with, the person who uses it the next morning will definitely curse at you.

So after get off work in the evening, these kitchen knives will be simply sharpened.

Even simple grinding is enough to cut a person's arm.

Fortunately, he is old and his skin has loosened, otherwise the wounds would have definitely turned over.

But even in this situation, he still felt it was a bit tricky.

He took off his shirt, tore the sleeves into strips, then made the two sides of the wound fit together and then wrapped them tightly with strips of cloth.

The severe pain almost made him faint. He endured the terrible pain and wrapped his arms in circles. The rate of blood loss was significantly reduced, but it was still bleeding slowly. It was just that it was more acceptable now.

His arms were shaking and he was still swearing. He packed up his things and was on his way again...

Charlie was very lucky to evade the police throughout the night. At a fork in the road, he couldn't bear it anymore and got off the interstate directly and headed towards a small town on the side of the road.

He needed a doctor, he needed to tend to his wounds, and he needed rest.

On the other hand, the morning sunshine unveils a busy day.

Prosecutor Dean woke up from his sleep, checked some evidence in his hand, and then called Attorney General Terry.

These evidences are sufficient to prove that Charlie committed a large number of illegal and criminal acts during his tenure as police chief.

Attorney General Terry quickly gave him advice and arrested Charlie immediately.

At the same time, the State Prosecutor's Office later sent the case to Jingang City, where Prosecutor Dean was in charge of the subsequent work.

Charlie had already run away, which was a fact known to everyone, so they went to seize Charlie's assets.

Those houses, vehicles, or other things that have been identified.

On the other hand, they have also issued a warrant for the entire state, and are also applying for a warrant from the federal government and starting the process.

During this period, once you are put on the wanted list, it will be very troublesome.

There are special "hunters" who catch criminals based on the reward amount on the wanted poster and make a living from it.

They have their own ways to collect information, and as long as someone accidentally leaks their information to the outside world, these hunters will quickly smell the scent and chase after them.

As the main agency for wanted posters, the police department has printed a batch of wanted posters with Charlie's frontal portrait, which will be sent to various places for posting. At the same time, the police officers who were assisting in the investigation last night also started working. When they got the document recording the information of the investigation, the police officer said uncertainly, "Why does this person look a bit like he is talking about Charlie?"

Other people in the office came over and looked at the documents sent over last night with surprised expressions.

Charlie is very recognizable, and he also loves to wear his gold watch, so when these keywords come together, Charlie's image quickly emerges in people's minds.

They reported the matter to Chief Duke, who thought the man was talking about Charlie, so he immediately had the wanted warrant faxed over.

Soon there was a phone call back from that person.

"Anyone found?"

Lance was a little surprised. He took the case file of what happened on the interstate highway yesterday from Blue and looked through it carefully.

These were all sent via fax, containing the details of the whole incident and its outcome, including the fact that Charlie was injured and had fled the scene, and his whereabouts were unknown.

This is consistent with the speculation that this person is Charlie, and there are many eyewitnesses who say that the guy on the wanted list is 70% similar to the guy who escaped.

Some people even insisted that the man was the wanted Charlie.

"So we still don't know where he is." Lance closed the file and placed it on the table.

Chief Blue felt some pressure, "He was seriously injured and couldn't run too far. He had to take care of his injuries."

"We have coordinated with the police departments in surrounding towns to send more patrol vehicles to hospitals, clinics and other places to check for such injuries."

"In addition, the Highway Police Department has also promised us to deploy more patrol vehicles along the entire route and set up checkpoints on several highways out of the state."

"As long as he leaves the road, he will definitely run into him."

Lance listened to him talking about the solution in detail and nodded continuously, "Very good, these are all your work, I will not interfere. I only have one request, and that is to find Charlie as soon as possible."

"If it can't fall into our hands, then we won't let it fall into other people's hands either. Do you understand?"

Chief Blue bowed his head, "I see."

After finishing this topic, Lance talked about another matter. "The State Attorney's Office has begun to expand the investigation. All people who have a relationship with Charlie must be investigated. Give me a list."

He looked at Blue with some deep meaning in his eyes, "Tell everyone to believe in the fairness and justice of the law. Accepting the investigation is just a process."

"As long as they don't make any mistakes, they'll be fine."

"The Procuratorate will not wrongly accuse any of them, but it will also not let any criminal go."

"You are quite familiar with Charlie and his group. I feel relieved if you write this list."

Chief Blue knew what Lance meant, which was to completely purge Charlie's faction from the police force.

He pondered for a while and said, "Some people are worth winning over. Should we win them over?"

People like branch directors, or people like Nate, are all "academicians". When alumni social networking is popular, they tend to connect with more people.

If they were brought into his own small circle, they could play a certain role and help Chief Blue quickly take control of the entire police force.

But Lance shook his head. "My personal opinion is that it's totally unnecessary. There are many capable people in this world."

"Every year, so many people graduate from the police academy and cannot find suitable jobs. Aren't they more suitable than those people you think are valuable?"

"We want power that belongs entirely to us, not power that moves toward us after weighing the gains and losses."

"You are already a real director. Sometimes you should use your brain more. We have time!"

He wrote an invisible "10" on the table with his finger. From now until Congressman Williams leaves office, they still have at least ten years, and they have enough time to train their own people.

Instead of pulling other people over.

Director Blue nodded and agreed.

He did not hesitate for too long after he returned. Although many of them were his alumni or even classmates, driven by Lance and power, he wrote down all the people he knew who belonged to Charlie on the list.

Of course, this only applies to the management level. Those small police officers and patrolmen can be fired without them having to be on the list. They are not qualified to be on the list at all.

Just one day later, a large number of middle-level police officers were suspended from their posts, taken into cars, and taken to the procuratorate for investigation and interrogation.

There is no doubt that they already know their end.

In fact, most police officers will most likely not get well once they are investigated.

Police salaries are so low that it's not worth it for anyone to do this job unless they can make some extra money!

And everyone is fishing.

As long as you fish and then meet someone who wants to find problems with you, then you will definitely have problems.

Everyone was very depressed, and some people secretly cursed Blue for being a piece of shit. Not only did he drive away Charlie and his cronies, but now he wanted to kill everyone else.

But what they said could not shake Charlie's determination, or rather, he could not and dared not change Lance's determination to clean up the police force.

After all, when this matter is over, the entire police force will receive money from him, and he is not used to giving money to those who are hostile.

The police force was in the process of a major purge, and the Bay Area had also received the news. They knew that Charlie had escaped and also knew roughly where he was.

In order to prevent Lance and Congressman Williams from finding Charlie in advance and hiding him, a lot of people were sent from the Bay Area to look for Charlie.

Compared to Lance and the others' idea of ​​bringing Charlie back, the people they sent out simply wanted to kill Charlie!
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Charlie had just completed surgery on his arm. With the help of money, the doctor in the small clinic did not let him wait for a few days to come back, but sent him directly into the operating room.

He rested in the ward of the small clinic for a night, and after changing the medicine the next day, he planned to leave.

Before leaving, he needed to buy some supplies.

What happened in the motel this time also reminded him that he needed to carry some medicine on the road.

Even if there is any emergency, it will not disrupt his plan.

When he was walking back with two large bags of medicine, just when he was about to reach the small clinic, he suddenly stopped.

He saw two sheriffs circling around his car, and two more sheriffs were talking to the doctor at the door of the clinic.

The amount of swearing he had done in the past few days was equal to the amount of swearing he had done in his entire life. He watched as the sheriffs turned around and walked in the opposite direction!
He was discovered overnight.

He had never felt such "excitement" before. Inexplicably, after the fear and anxiety, he now actually developed an indescribable sense of excitement.

He found that he could concentrate more easily and think better than ever before.

He was going to leave here, but not now.

He walked around the street with the medicine. His situation was not good now because the money was in the car and he did not have that much money in his wallet.

After what had happened at the hotel, he had less than a hundred dollars in his wallet.

He wanted to use the hundred dollars to find a way to escape the police's pursuit and run away.

"What do I do now?"

he asked himself.

As an old policeman, he knew very well that when the police found traces of criminals, they would immediately dispatch additional police forces to seal off the scene and surrounding areas.

In other words, now is not the best time for him to escape. He needs to find a way to calm down and integrate into this town.

Wait until the high-pressure situation disappears, then find a way to leave.

He looked at the job postings at the roadside farm...

(End of this chapter)