Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 419 The final struggle
Yu Dazhang has seen his share of grand occasions.

Even so, the scene still made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Everyone stood up to greet him... It seems only a high-ranking leader would receive this treatment.

We all know each other pretty well, there's no need to make such a big deal out of it.

When he arrived at the conference table, he saw that the head seat had already been reserved.

"Please sit down, please sit down."

Yu Dazhang raised his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit down.

After everyone was seated, he looked around at the officers present.

Everyone arrived; not a single person was missing.

"that……"

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then looked at Team Leader Hua beside him:

"I've just been discharged from the hospital and I'm not very familiar with the follow-up situation. Let me first report on the recent progress of the case."

Team Leader Hua nodded, then looked at the officers who had been in charge of the interrogations over the past few days.

The officers understood and then began to speak.

Yu Dazhang listened quietly, but didn't find anything noteworthy until the very end.

After learning that their mother had been arrested, Yang Jieru and Zhang Chao stopped resisting and confessed to all their crimes.

Their testimonies were almost identical to those given by Zhang Chao's mother.

The evidence we have can also corroborate each other.

It is entirely possible to form a complete, coherent, and contradictory chain of evidence.

In Yu Dazhang's view, this case is ready to proceed with the case closure process.

After the last officer finished his report, the meeting room fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Yu Dazhang, waiting for him to speak.

Why are you all looking at me? Yu Dazhang didn't know what to say for a moment.

The task force members were following the procedures step by step, which was not a problem. So why did they call me here?

Seemingly noticing his embarrassment, Team Leader Hua offered a word of advice:

"Everyone is waiting for you to arrange the next steps."

"Just proceed according to the case-handling procedures," Yu Dazhang cleared his throat and said.

"Everyone is doing a great job. Keep it up, and this case will be closed soon."

After he finished speaking, he noticed that all the police officers present looked relieved.

It seemed everyone was waiting for him to say that last sentence.

After the meeting, Yu Dazhang and Hua Dui went to an office alone.

"I feel like everyone's acting a bit strange today," Yu Dazhang complained to the Chinese team.

"It's like they can't handle the case without my orders. They're doing a great job, so why do I have to give the orders?"

He realized that the reason the task force was waiting for him was because they were waiting for him to give the order to close the case.

"You can't blame them for this."

Team leader Hua revealed a faint smile, a smile that seemed to contain a hint of schadenfreude:
"Everyone was ready to close the case, but then you started a gunfight."

"Think about it, your gunfight was like slapping everyone in the face."

He paused for a moment, then, noticing Yu Dazhang's unpleasant expression, changed his tone and continued:
"Moreover, you've been involved in this case from beginning to end, and no one knows the details better than you. So now, unless you give the order, no one dares to close the case."

"Of course, that includes me too. I'm afraid you might find out something else."

As Hua spoke, he laughed:
"I don't want to be embarrassed by you again."

Actually, Yu Dazhang already understood where the problem lay when he was only halfway through his explanation.

But this wasn't something he did on purpose.

Blame it on the suspect being too cunning.

He had previously fallen into the trap set by Yang Jieru and her group, and failed to notice anything wrong with Zhang Chao's mother during their two meetings.

Even though they eventually uncovered the other party's conspiracy, they almost lost their lives.

The little net on my head right now is proof of that.

I wonder if it will leave a scar after it heals. I'm only 23 years old. If I end up with bald patches, I bet I'll fall for someone else in less than two years.

Seeing that the Chinese team was waiting for his explanation, Yu Dazhang made up a reason on the spot:
"That day, after I entered the KTV, for some reason, my mind suddenly became exceptionally sharp, and I immediately saw through the other party's scheme."

If someone else heard this, they would definitely think he was talking nonsense.

But the Chinese team believed it.

He personally witnessed Yu Dazhang enter the KTV called "Caesar's Palace".

It seems people still need to relax a bit... Hua couldn't help but sigh to himself.

However, this fat man's way of relaxing is too vulgar.

Even a fool could see that "Caesar's Palace" wasn't a legitimate karaoke bar.

Just as he was about to ask Yu Dazhang what kind of entertainment was available at that KTV, he suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Zhang Chao's mother wants to see you."

Team leader Hua's expression was somewhat complicated:
"She also made a condition: if you go to see her, she will tell you the location of her hidden money in China."

Yu Dazhang didn't quite understand what the hiding place of the money was.

He frowned and asked:
“You told me last time at the hospital that she had confessed to where the stolen money went, so how come there’s another hiding place for the money?”

"I feel like I can't pee properly..." Yu Dazhang added to his mind.

"She was referring to money that had already been transferred to foreign banks," Hua explained.

"That sum of money was 600 million, and she converted another 100 million into cash and hid it."

This trick isn't new.

Many criminals have used similar methods in the past.

There was a rather interesting news story circulating online recently.

A person bought a foreclosed property and accidentally broke through a wall during renovations, discovering a secret room containing a staggering 60 million yuan in cash.

There was another man who also bought a foreclosed property, and 57 million yuan in cash fell from the ceiling.

It's like a windfall from heaven.

This is only what has been revealed so far.

It's important to understand that human nature is inherently greedy. How many people discover stolen money but choose not to speak up and selfishly keep it for themselves?

"There are quite a few varieties."

Yu Dazhang never expected that he would have anything to do with this.

Half an hour later.

The entrance to a single patient room in the hospital.

Two police officers were guarding the door, and two plainclothes officers were loitering at the stairwell.

Yu Dazhang walked into the room and saw two policewomen standing at the window, their posture upright and their expressions serious.

The precautions are quite thorough... He knew that such arrangements were absolutely necessary.

The woman in the bed has just experienced a huge upheaval. If she were to commit suicide due to despair, it would cause a lot of trouble later on.

"Find me?"

Yu Dazhang sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at her with a cold face.

From the moment he entered the room, the woman's gaze never left him, as if she wanted to see right through him.

"I didn't expect you to recover so quickly."

The woman's face was expressionless, and her voice was calm and even, revealing neither joy nor sorrow.

"You didn't expect me to still be alive," Yu Dazhang said in a deep voice.

"Logically speaking, someone like you should understand the meaning of 'the winner takes all,' so you wouldn't hate me, much less care about my life or death."

His voice was deep and carried a hint of authority, as if he already knew everything:
"You insist on seeing me for one of two reasons."

"If I die, you think no one will discover your final plan."

"If I don't die, you will use me to complete the final closed loop."

Yu Dazhang's eyes were sharp as he stared intently at the woman on the bed:
"Now, please begin your performance."

(End of this chapter)