Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 458 Guoan's opponents are too strong!

They come, the security.

Yu Dazhang calmed himself down and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Tell me, what's the situation now?"

Li Mingzhao, who had been smiling, immediately became serious upon hearing these words.

He and Ye Lin exchanged a glance before he slowly said:

"Two months ago, a researcher here went missing while on vacation at home."

"After the National Security Bureau intervened, they immediately launched an investigation. Just as they found the other party's whereabouts, they suffered heavy losses in a firefight. Not only did they fail to capture the other party, but they also lost a colleague."

This was the thing Ye Lin had mentioned before… Yu Dazhang immediately recalled his conversation with Ye Lin more than a month ago.

At that time, she didn't say the specifics, only that one member of the Beijing Guoan team died and four were seriously injured, while the opposing team escaped unscathed.

So much time has passed, and they still haven't caught the other party.

"After that incident, the leadership assigned our special task force to continue the investigation."

Li Mingzhao continued:
"You even helped Ye Lin when she was investigating in N Province, and you caught the person responsible for supplying weapons to the other side."

"Unfortunately, the man died in the hospital the day after he was captured."

Dead? Yu Dazhang recalled that he had shot the other man in the ribs.

Logically, since that location avoided the heart and lungs, it shouldn't have been fatal.

Moreover, the medical staff arrived in a timely manner. When the person was carried away, he glared at him and seemed to be in good spirits.

Was there a medical malpractice incident?

Before he could ask a question, Li Mingzhao spoke first:

"His death has nothing to do with you; he committed suicide."

I knew it… Yu Dazhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He initially wanted to ask the man how he committed suicide, but then he thought that since the man was already dead, asking such questions would be pointless.

However, the guy was quite capable to kill himself right under the nose of the National Security Bureau.

"Later, we used this person's identity to set up surveillance in advance, trying to capture them all in one fell swoop."

Li Mingzhao pondered for a moment and said:

"We didn't expect them to be so cunning. They tested us multiple times before the meeting and set a trap to lure us out. We couldn't stop them that time either."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang's palms began to sweat.

Even the National Security Special Task Force failed to make a capture, so who could this person be?
Even highly trained special forces soldiers couldn't do that.

"Don't you know who they are yet?" Yu Dazhang asked.

He couldn't bear it anymore.

In his mind, no one could escape from the hands of the National Security Bureau, and he had even managed to escape twice.

The scariest thing is that there were no casualties on the other side.

"Foreign agents."

Li Mingzhao's face darkened, and after finishing speaking, he added:
"Top-notch".

Can you explain it more clearly...? Yu Dazhang's understanding of secret agents is only superficial.

Police academies don't teach this either.

So he had only seen spy stories in movies.

For example, Mission: Impossible and the 007 series.

However, much of the content has been edited, so it should only be viewed as a movie.

"Is it like being a spy?" Yu Dazhang asked in a different phrasing.

He did know something about espionage.

"Two different things."

Li Mingzhao shook his head, then explained:

"Agents are special mission takers, while spies are specific individuals who steal intelligence through clandestine means."

"Strictly speaking, espionage is a sub-profession within the field of intelligence agents."

"Agents are more comprehensive..." Yu Dazhang understood.

At the same time, I felt pressure and a sense of crisis. I'm glad I didn't come to Beijing Guoan back then. Look at our opponents, top-notch special agents, just hearing that makes them sound so impressive.

He had never even heard of such an opponent before, let alone seen one.

He finally understood why Li Mingzhao said there was a shortage of manpower.

Facing such an opponent, it would be futile for an ordinary person to come; it's a contest on a completely different level, and they would only end up as easy targets.

Yu Dazhang rubbed his tense face to ease his nervousness.

After regaining his composure, he turned his gaze back to Li Mingzhao and said softly:

"Please continue, sir."

His attitude and tone were much more respectful than before.

Being able to contend with such an opponent is admirable in itself.

"As the investigation deepened, we discovered another source of their weapons."

Li Mingzhao spoke slowly, and every word was clear and unambiguous:
"But this time we were a step too late. By the time we arrived, they had already completed the transaction, but we did manage to track them down."

"But during the subsequent arrest, the other party had already fled, leaving behind only a corpse."

His brows furrowed deeply:

"It was later confirmed that the body was that of the missing researcher."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang also frowned.

Was that researcher not a traitor?
When he first heard this, he thought the researcher was a spy planted by the other side who stole classified information and then escaped during his vacation.

After all that, it turns out that's not the case at all.

the reason is simple.

If the researcher is a spy, then he's in cahoots with them and certainly won't be killed.

“After that, things completely changed.”

Li Mingzhao's tone suddenly became heavy:

"About two weeks ago, the other side suddenly infiltrated this place. Fortunately, the security level here is high enough that the other side did not succeed, but it did cause casualties on our side."

He paused, took a deep breath, and then continued...
"After that, our team arrived, and just four days ago, we had another firefight with the other side."

"This time we killed two of the enemy and wounded one. The wounded man committed suicide by shooting himself just as we were about to capture him."

At this point, Li Mingzhao's fists clenched involuntarily:
"But we also suffered heavy losses, with one person seriously injured and two slightly injured, but fortunately none of them are in life-threatening condition."

Yu Dazhang was a little confused.

From what I heard, it seems that the other party found this place because they obtained information from the researchers.

The problem is, given the level of secrecy here, even the researcher probably doesn't know the exact location.

But the other party found this place precisely after killing the researcher.

Do you know the exact location of this place?

Yu Dazhang looked at Li Mingzhao with a serious expression, seemingly taking the issue very seriously.

"I understand." Li Mingzhao nodded.
"Including myself, only three people from the National Security Bureau know about this place."

His meaning was clear: the other two people were leaders with higher positions than him.

From this perspective, the researcher was not at a high enough level to know.

That's getting interesting... Yu Dazhang narrowed his eyes.

Two possibilities:

1. That researcher does indeed have problems.

He used his position to find out the exact location of the place, and then used a break in his vacation to defect.

They probably wanted to sell this information, which is why they contacted foreign agents.

The reason they were killed was probably because they couldn't agree on a price, or they were double-crossed.

2. Foreign agents are trying to cover up the truth.

They are using this researcher to cover up the real source of the information.

if so.

This indicates that there was a traitor within Institute 53.

The biggest traitor!
(End of this chapter)