Shadow Empire

Chapter 813: Still a Mess
Some people live a whole life, only to see life slowly leave their bodies when they are too old to move, leaving them without any regrets or hesitation.

But there are also some people who have just reached the age of blooming and have seen things that others have spent their entire lives to see.

It is difficult to say whether it is a gain or a loss. After all, it has saved us from taking decades of detours. But for this blooming life, it may be a loss.

The 20-year-old young life lay in front of Allen, holding his neck. He stared at Allen with wide eyes as if asking him -

“My father is Sheriff Matthew, how dare you do that to me?”

From what he knew about the world, these gang members would at most beat him up, or at worst break his legs or limbs.

Because his father is Sheriff Matthew, if these gangsters don't want to be subjected to crazy revenge, they'd better not hurt themselves.

But he never imagined that these gangsters from other places were so... brutal and barbaric, and didn't care about his identity at all.

He just looked at Alan, his life slipping away bit by bit.

Allen was a little angry at his look. He lowered his head and stabbed him a few more times with the dagger, "Fuck!"

"I told you to sit still and you didn't listen, and now you're happy?"

Further injuries can no longer cause any emotional fluctuations in the young man, and he is now emotionally stable.

The whole world was becoming dim, including the world in his eyes. At this moment, his world was closed forever.

A world that stopped turning forever.

Alan wiped the dagger on the young man's clothes, took a deep breath, put it back into the holster, and then looked back.

There were already people running on the inner road leading to the school behind them. They would definitely call the police, "Get out of the city immediately and turn on the sirens."

The brother in the cab sounded the alarm with a serious face, stepped on the accelerator and drove eastward.

At the same time, news of the kidnapping at Red Rock University began to spread rapidly, and the police arrived here within five minutes. Alan and his team even happened to pass by a police car on the road.

When the police heard that a college student had been kidnapped, they immediately became nervous. Red Rock University is well-known throughout Indeno State.

Although Redstone University is not an elite alliance institution, it still holds a high status in people's minds!
In an era when not everyone can go to college, it represents class, represents the key to a better life, and is the hope of every family!

A large number of police officers rushed over, and when they learned that someone had impersonated a police officer and kidnapped a student, they all felt that they were being challenged!
The police officers who had returned home also returned to the police station. They put on their equipment and started driving out to look for the robber's police car.

But honestly, it doesn't work.

There were police cars with sirens blaring everywhere, which made Alan and his car drive away from the city faster.

On campus, the lady who received Allen covered her mouth and screamed as she found the police officer who was questioning the witnesses, "Oh my God, I became an accomplice..."

The head of the criminal case team was immediately called over, and after a brief but detailed questioning, he retrieved the student's file.

Seeing that this student actually lived in a villa in a wealthy area, he subconsciously thought that this kidnapping might be related to extortion.

Hongshi City has developed quite well in recent years, and many major cases have occurred.

Things like bank robbery and kidnapping happen all the time.

The pace of social development is too fast, and there are always some people who cannot keep up and fall behind in all aspects. This becomes their only way to catch up with the pioneers.

Having handled many kidnapping cases, he has become very experienced in this type of case.

The most important thing now is to find out the identity of the kidnappers and their demands, and then use some small tricks to lure them out.

There is basically no kidnapping case that cannot be solved. As long as the kidnappers want to get the money, they must show up!

Some people suggest using anonymous accounts to transfer money. Please, this is still an era where office work is mainly based on paper, let alone interstate transfers.

Even if you do not transfer money across banks to a bank other than the one where you opened your account, it still requires a lot of procedures and processes, as well as time.

Once the money is transferred, they always have to transfer it again, whether it is to other accounts or something else. In fact, as long as the money is kept in the bank, it is always in the hands of the federal government.

This is why kidnappers basically only want cash.

As long as they need cash, they will show up and they will be caught.

In most of the kidnapping cases where the kidnappers were not caught, the negotiations failed and the kidnappers simply killed the victims and hid away.

It's just for the sake of a breath of fresh air. I don't want the money, and I don't want the person either.

As long as it doesn't develop to the point of murder, the criminal chief is confident that he can catch this group of people.

He immediately rushed to the villa area with several police officers, now racing against time.

At the same time, he was also considering whether there were some problems in the student's family, because the screaming lady said that the kidnappers claimed that they were entrusted by the victim's family to pick him up, which means that the role they played might be a role familiar to the kidnapped person.

He needed to get more clues as soon as possible and contact the families of the kidnapped students.

When the police car arrived outside the villa area, the security guard in the security room could no longer hold back, "Gentlemen, this is your fourth visit!"

"Which villa has the problem this time?"

Some people have already complained to the service company, saying they always see police cars coming in and out and worry about being harassed. They are also worried that these police officers will disrupt the peace of the community and pry into their privacy.

So the security guard was very rude. The service company behind this villa complex was not a small player itself, which gave him the confidence.

The criminal case supervisor noticed something was wrong immediately, "What do you mean the fourth time? Have other police officers been here before us?" He keenly noticed something was wrong.

The security guard was stunned for a moment, then told what happened during the day.

As soon as the criminal case supervisor heard this, he knew that the student's family might have also been kidnapped. He borrowed the phone in the security room, called for support, and then led his men into the villa area.

The appearance of a large number of police cars here at this time will inevitably alarm some wealthy people in the villa area.

These wealthy people, like the wealthy in the Bay Area, control every aspect of the city and even the state out of sight.

Countless telephone lines began to generate electricity and were used, with people exchanging information across the air. This might be the first time in recent years that Red Rock City has seen such a large-scale mobilization of police forces!
When the police pushed open the door of the villa, the scene they saw made each of them feel their scalps tingling!

More than a dozen bodies were placed on the sofa. Some of them were shot to death, and some had their throats slit. In front of them was a TV playing evening programs.

On the unclear black and white screen, accompanied by snowflakes, the host was playing the story of what happened in Red Stone City today in a not-so-standard accent.

Some policemen felt seriously unwell and left to vomit outside. The criminal case chief asked people not to disturb the scene and to collect evidence first. At the same time, he called his immediate superior, the chief of the city police department.

“This could be a bit tricky.”

The director is in the office now. There is no way he can leave after such a big thing happened. However, he has not realized how serious the problem is, or rather, he has not realized how complicated the matter is.

"How tricky?"

The criminal case supervisor looked at the people around him and changed his posture. "The person who was kidnapped is the son of a sheriff of the State Police Department. When we arrived at his home, his family members were gone."

"There are twelve bodies and two tied-up maids. This is a case of revenge."

The director's eyes suddenly started to heat up and swell after hearing this, "Hou Lixie...Have you told anyone about this?"

"not yet."

The director sighed, "Let me tell you, you guys find the direction to solve the case and the kidnappers as soon as possible."

After he hung up, he dialed the number of the chief of the state police. The state police was in Red Rock City, so the call was quickly answered. The chief of the city police department and the chief of the state police knew each other.
Although they belong to departments of different levels of government, the police itself is a unified system, so it is normal for them to have interactions, not to mention that the two police stations are not too far apart.

"I heard sirens going off in the city early this morning. Is there some big crime going on?"

At this time, Director Zhou had not yet reacted. In his opinion, the Lance family should still be in New Birmingham City instead of coming to Red Stone City. He did not associate the two things together at all.

This can perhaps be said to be a kind of natural arrogance, just like cats never think that mice will eat them, so they are sometimes very arrogant when facing mice.

The Lance family had no roots in Indeno State, so he didn't need to worry about the Lance family using any extra means. He just had to wait for the other party to come and talk.

But he overlooked one thing, the Lance family was not the gangsters he knew. If the price was not right, Lance would never compromise!

Listening to the ease and teasing in the state director's words, the director couldn't help but laugh twice, feeling helpless and a little annoyed.

“This matter actually has nothing to do with me.”

The state director still didn't react. He casually said jokingly, "Does it have anything to do with me?"

"You have a sheriff named Matthew, right?"

When he heard the name, the state director knew that something was wrong.

He no longer had that joking attitude, and his tone became serious, "What's wrong with him?"

At this time, the director is in a much better mood, and it is your turn to be anxious.

He pursed his lips, "Matthew's family was kidnapped, and his bodyguards, including several police officers, were killed."

"I think I should tell you about this first. Think about how to tell Sheriff Matthew. This is really bad news."

"Also, I need to communicate with you to see if we should consider setting up some troops on the interstate highway to prevent them from escaping so easily?"

"I think you, or you guys, should have some information about this group of people, and also know where they are fleeing to, so we have to work together."

The state director took a deep breath and said, "I understand."

He rubbed his temples and began to mobilize the highway police to set up checkpoints on the road leading to Likale State. At the same time, he was thinking about one thing, whether to tell Matthew.

There are pros and cons to this matter, talk to him about this topic.

The advantage is that they can remain honest with each other and maintain the most basic right to communicate. Even if something unexpected happens, they can discuss and resolve it instead of creating rifts due to deception.

But the bad thing is that Matthew’s family is missing. Will he go crazy because of this, or will he fall into the trap of the Lance family?

At the same time, he also had to consider another issue.

Sheriff Matthew knows so many things, including some additional and not very legal financial transactions between him and others. Will he reveal these things?

This seems to have nothing to do with this matter, but who knows how complicated human nature is. What if he falls into the hands of the Lance family and he wants to survive?

What if he loses his mind after knowing this and takes the initiative to talk to the Lance family and Lance?
What should he do?
Does he stop it, or doesn't he?

Stop it, that's hatred.

He felt very uneasy if he didn't stop it... and let such a "mine" remain outside.

The choice did not bother him for too long, because Sheriff Matthew called himself.

"I received a call from the sheriff (from the next section of the police station). He is setting up a roadblock and asked us to cooperate. What's going on? What happened?"

"He said the suspect vehicle he knew about so far was a police car, but he did not rule out the possibility that they had changed vehicles. What happened?"

Sheriff Matthew's questions never got an answer, and he gradually felt something was wrong.

If this matter had nothing to do with him, or was just a very common opinion, there was no need for the director to remain silent, but he remained silent.

This means he doesn't know how to start!
What kind of thing could make a director at a loss for words?
That only concerns Matthew's personal interests.

The receiver suddenly became quiet, so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.

After about ten seconds, "Don't tell me something happened at home."

"Matthew, listen to me..."

"what happened?"

"...I just got the news..."

"Fuck, where are my children and wife?"

"Your family may have been kidnapped..."

"Where are they?!"

"In the car!"

"In a police car!"

"They are fleeing, Fake, can you please listen to me!"

This time the receiver was quiet again, but the previous breathing sound turned into intense gasping. Through the receiver, the director could feel the anger and a hint of fear emanating from Matthew.

"Listen, Matthew, I have set up checkpoints everywhere. They can't get away. Your family will eventually return to you."

"The most important thing you need to do now is to calm down, have someone give you a cup of coffee and whiskey, and then carefully set up the roadblocks and check the vehicles coming and going."

"Then, stay by the phone, don't go anywhere, and wait for me to call you anytime and anywhere to tell you the good news. Do you understand?"

Sheriff Matthew didn't say anything. He just hung up the phone with a click, then opened the drawer, took out his carved revolver and holster, stood up and was about to go out.

The phone on the desk rang. He took a look and finally walked over to pick it up. "If you want to convince me to do nothing while my family is kidnapped, then send me a Q!"

"Matthew, Matthew!"

"Listen to me, it's too late for you to go there now. They set out from Red Rock City. Even if you come here, it will be more than a day later."

"It will be much more useful if you calm down now than if you do something stupid. Believe me, trust your colleagues!"

After an unknown amount of time, Matthew took off his holster and slammed it on the table. "Don't f*cking let me down!"

"I promise!"

After hanging up the phone, the director breathed a sigh of relief. He thought for a while, picked up the phone, and called his confidant over.

"Go to Matthew, keep an eye on him, and wait for my news."

His confidant nodded, turned and left without saying anything extra.

This guy was a retired army man. He got into trouble and went to the local Veterans Association, but the Veterans Association ignored him and even had him beaten up and thrown out.

He was met by the director when this guy was most helpless. The director then lent a helping hand and helped him solve his difficulties. From then on, he became one of the director's most important confidants.

This person is a good hand, whether it is doing things or killing people.

The director who arranged all this rubbed his eyes. Damn Lance family!
Later, Lance made contact with Mayor Wade.

Lance did not go back to Jingang City directly, but after entering the border of Likalai State, he stayed in a town.

The State Police Department sent some police officers to assist Lance, and Lance also had some people of his own, so he had enough manpower on hand.

"Did you do what happened in Red Rock City?"

"I heard that you poked a hole in the sky and almost all the police in the city were mobilized. What did you do?"

Lance frowned, but his tone didn't change, "Honestly, I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing."

"You want to get some information?"

Mayor Wade denied the claim. “I just want to know if there are any projects we can work together on. It seems like you guys are playing big this time, but don’t go overboard.”

"... My chief of police said you are provoking the entire Indeno police community, so I am curious about what you are doing."

Lance scratched his head. He also wanted to know now...

(End of this chapter)