Shadow Empire

Chapter 543 Illusion [666+11]
"The man was caught."

Lance was a little surprised when Chief Blue called, "I thought it would take you a little while to find him."

Lance already knew that Charlie's car was found, but he was missing at the same time.

It's not like they're out there looking for Charlie themselves, it's good enough that the sheriff or the highway police can keep moving this forward, you can't expect them to do everything right away, that's not realistic.

Lance guessed that it might take some time. If Charlie tried his best to hide, it would be difficult to find him.

And now no one knows whether he has left the town, where he went from, or where he went. All of this is unknown.

All we can say is that they are getting closer and closer to Charlie.

But he didn't expect that the person would be caught and escaped so quickly.

Having caught Charlie, Chief Blue relaxed completely, and his tone became lighter. "Originally there might have been some twists and turns. When the police from the police station arrived at the clinic, he happened to be out."

"And he may have seen a police car nearby, so he ran away..."

Chief Blue laughed. “He thinks things are too simple and too complicated at the same time.”

"If he is simply hiding, then our people may not be able to find him. If he hides for a few days, we may think he has escaped and reduce our control over the town."

"But he did something that no one expected. He actually... wanted to apply for a job at the farm!"

Lance could already guess the result. "And then he was caught by the farmer, right?"

He laughed too, it was really funny.

"Yes Yes!"

"The farmer just picked him up and called the sheriff and they are on their way to get him back."

Lance was not surprised to hear this result. In fact, the upper class’s understanding of the “lower class people” almost all came from what others said or from media reports.

There are already many big shots who don’t know how to reach out to the lower classes of society, how to communicate with them, what to say, or what to do.

There is such a huge distance between the highest ruling class and the lowest ruled class that they don't seem like products of the same society!

Gentlemen in the upper class always over-idealize or demonize the lowest level of society.

Imagine them to be too simple and innocent, or too treacherous and cunning.

In fact, the bottom of society has always been there. As long as they bend down and lower their heads, they can see it clearly, but they have never done so.

It didn’t happen in the past, it doesn’t happen now, and it won’t happen in the future, because there is no need.

Although some of them may formulate laws, regulations and policies around the lower classes of society, and some may implement these policies and regulations for the lower classes, they may not necessarily know whether what they do is really necessary for those at the lower classes.

Charlie's problem was that he thought these things were too simple. It was just a town, not a very big one, with a few hundred households.

The townspeople may not know the names of everyone who lives there, but they have definitely met all of them.
After all, the town is so small, and the distance from the eastmost end to the westmost end is only a few hundred meters. One day we will meet on the road.

Not to mention festivals like the Holy Farmer's Day, when they would gather together.

So when Charlie asked to apply for the job of cowboy on the farm, the farmer felt that something was wrong with him.

A stranger, someone he had never seen in town, suddenly came to his farm to work as a cowboy. Could anything be more outrageous than this?

This is not an era of convenient travel. So many road killers make traveling alone a very risky thing.

There was no shuttle bus from the town to the city, which meant that the stranger most likely drove here by himself.

It is not normal when an old man who looks at least 55 years old drives a car worth at least several hundred dollars from a big city and wants to be a cowboy for a salary of ten or twenty dollars a month!
The farmer agreed to Charlie's request and contacted the sheriff, who soon changed his clothes and came over to get close to Charlie.

He discovered that Charlie was the guy on the wanted poster, so Charlie was arrested.

The farmer did almost nothing but make a phone call and received a reward, and he was very happy.

The sheriff was also very happy. They were rewarded for catching Charlie, which was enough to allow one of them to be promoted from a temporary worker to a regular employee.

Becoming a formal worker means more welfare benefits. For these people in the countryside, the more they can get, the better.

Charlie was arrested because he oversimplified the lower class of society. He thought the farmer would help him cover his whereabouts and let him hide on his farm for a while.

But the reality is that for the residents of these towns far away from big cities, they treat strangers with caution and vigilance, instead of tolerating and accepting them.

Maybe until the moment Charlie was put into the police car, he didn't know why the farmer betrayed him, why he called the police, and why all this was different from the script he had written?
Of course, he most likely will not have the opportunity to ask the farmer for answers, as he has already boarded the highway police car. He will first be taken to the highway police station to do the necessary registration and statement.

He needs to explain clearly what happened to him in the motel and the two bodies before he will be handed over to the Jingang City Police.

He knew he was finished. Sitting in the police car, he suddenly felt a sense of boredom. His ambitions and his almost perfect plan became meaningless.

The person who came to pick him up this time was the chief of the Highway Police Department's Homicide Office, who was also the person in charge of the motel homicide case.

As he drove, he asked what happened in the motel.

At this point, Charlie did not intend to hide this harmless information, and he told the truth, because he might have exposed the money in his wallet, which eventually led to the tragedy.

The chief of the homicide office made almost the same inference, and after asking for some details, he turned the topic from this case to Charlie.

Perhaps most police officers still retain their curiosity about exploring the world.

"I heard you're a policeman too, Charlie," the chief of the homicide office asked casually while driving.

He looked at Charlie's personal information, which said that he used to be a police officer in Jingang City and had held important positions for many years and had rich experience in counter-detection.

This is also what the chief of the homicide office was very curious about, how a policeman who looked retired was on the wanted list.

The warrant didn't say what he had done, it just said he was wanted, that's all.

Charlie didn't say anything. He didn't want to answer a question that had nothing to do with the motel.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the head of the homicide office said, "I heard that several police cars came from Jingang City just to pick you up. You must be an important person!"

Charlie still didn't say anything, so the homicide officer continued to talk for no reason, "Are you involved in some big case?"

"Otherwise, why would they come with so many people? I've never heard of a case that required so many people to escort a criminal!"

"It's already very grand if they send two police cars at most. You broke my understanding of this aspect. You are definitely not an ordinary person."

Charlie still didn't say anything. The chief of the homicide office glanced at Charlie through the rearview mirror, trying to get some information from him.

But unfortunately, he got nothing.

Charlie didn't want to talk, and he didn't continue talking. The other three policemen in the car remained silent.

There is nothing romantic about highways, only endless boredom, especially federal interstate highways.

The almost unchanging scenery can cause the most fatigue in a short period of time.

You don’t know how many kilometers you have driven and how far you are from the end. Always having the same scenery can drive you crazy!

Mentally and physically, so those big truck drivers need motels to fully relax both physically and mentally before they can continue on the road.

They are willing to do so even if it costs a few more dollars.

The car was getting closer and closer to the police station on the interstate highway. Two trucks were coming towards us in the distance, and they seemed to be driving very fast.

The chief of the homicide office moved a little to the side of the road and couldn't help but say, "If it weren't for you, I would have asked them to stop right now. They are speeding."

Even though he was in the homicide office, he could still issue tickets to these big trucks.

He doesn't like truck drivers who step on the accelerator to the limit, which often means that they are either in an excited or confused state, otherwise they would not do that.

Either way, it represents danger.

Seeing the two large trucks getting closer, the chief of the homicide office deliberately moved to the side for fear of any accidents.

But the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. Just as the two sides were about to pass each other, the truck in front suddenly turned and headed straight towards them!

The head of the homicide office was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat!
He turned the steering wheel frantically and drove the car down the shoulder of the road, but unfortunately, he hit the car head-on into a large rock on the side of the road.

Puffs of white smoke rose from under the hood and the car broke down.

He dodged the first truck but not the second.

He protected his head with his hands and watched the front of the car hit his police car.

With a bang, he lost consciousness...

After an unknown amount of time, Charlie struggled dizzily and pushed away the person who was pressing on him, trying to climb out.

The car door was suddenly opened, and several people with weapons stood outside the door.

The moment he saw them, Charlie finally let go of his worry.

(End of this chapter)