Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 525 Your approach won't work on me

The officer visibly paused, seemingly surprised by the order, but then nodded firmly and said in a resolute voice:

"I'll go right away."

The officers in the first brigade deal with eight types of cases every day, and their style is already tough. When they follow a captain like Wei Qian, their temperaments will naturally be affected.

Moreover, the first thing a criminal police officer must do is to be fearless.

It's not just about being willing to sacrifice, but also about being fearless in the face of power.

After the police officers left, Yu Dazhang focused his attention back on the surveillance footage.

Sha Hui remained seated quietly in the interrogation chair, head bowed, her posture unchanged.

However, at this moment her hands were tightly clasped together.

This posture...

What about prayer?
Yu Dazhang curled his lip in disdain.

"Given what you've done, which god would dare to accept your prayers?"

He had just muttered something to himself when the door to the observation room was pushed open again.

"Shen Fei has been caught."

Two members of Lü Zhongxin's group walked in, their faces beaming with joy:
"The person has been brought back."

"It's going smoothly..." Yu Dazhang immediately ordered.
"Interrogate him immediately and get a confession as soon as possible."

Debt collectors are considered core members of the organization, since this kind of dirty work is something that can't be done in public.

Pulling up a radish brings out the mud; by first wiping out all those involved in debt collection, similar suicide cases will naturally cease.

After they left, Yu Dazhang gazed in the direction of the door and muttered to himself:
"We don't have enough people."

Once a confession is obtained, the next step is the arrest operation.

Including the two people the brigade provided, they only had six people in total.

This number of people is simply not enough to conduct interrogations and arrests simultaneously.

The team has limited personnel, and some people also need to be reserved to handle other cases.

After thinking it over, Yu Dazhang decided to seek reinforcements from the detachment.

After calling Li Jun, he said directly:

"Team Leader Li, I need backup. It's the Lunar New Year, and I don't want to inconvenience my colleagues during their holiday, but this case..."

"Alright, alright," Li Jun interrupted.

"Stop talking nonsense. We're on call 24/7 anyway, so the case is the most important thing. I'll make the contact now, and I'll personally lead the team over later."

The precinct is already short-staffed, so calling for backup at this time means they can only call back officers on leave.

Although Yu Dazhang felt somewhat apologetic, he could still distinguish what was more important.

He also noticed a detail: neither Li Jun nor Wei Qian had asked him about the case.

This shows that these two leaders completely trusted him.

Based solely on this trust, Yu Dazhang will do everything in his power to solve the case, even if it means taking the branch office leaders down with him.

Just like Li Jun said before, he didn't believe that the other side could wipe out an entire branch from top to bottom.

After ending the call, Yu Dazhang glanced at the time again.

5:40 PM.

It will get dark in another twenty minutes.

One can imagine that the other side must have racked their brains, considered every possible method, and probably contacted everyone they could.

Throughout the entire Hongkou Precinct, from the chief down to the officers, not a single one was timid or afraid of trouble.

"That's interesting."

Yu Dazhang had previously declined many invitations from other law enforcement agencies, one of the main reasons being their proximity to home and the occasional "rebirth benefits."

But the main reason is that his colleagues here get along well with him.

He had once gone to the Qingpu branch of the police station to handle a case of corpse theft, but he returned home full of anger.

Therefore, the work environment is very important; a good work environment can extend one's lifespan by several years.

Just as he was keeping track of the time, his phone suddenly rang.

"Couldn't hold it in any longer, could you?"

Yu Dazhang muttered to himself as he pulled out his phone.

He could roughly guess the other party's identity even before looking at the caller ID.

Hmm? An unfamiliar number.

You guessed wrong.

By now, the other party must know who is in charge of the case.
Therefore, he assumed it would be Zhang Yanlong calling. Unexpectedly, it was a completely unfamiliar phone number.

With questions in mind, Yu Dazhang pressed the answer button:
"Hey?"

"Yu Dazhang?" The other person's tone was not good, and there was a sense of superiority in his voice.

"It's me," Yu Dazhang replied, though he already had a guess in his mind.

Given that they know his identity, the person who still speaks like that is most likely that leader's secretary.

Sure enough, the other party immediately introduced themselves:
“My surname is Hong. I think you’ve heard of me. You can call me Secretary Hong.”

That's quite tactful... Yu Dazhang simply ignored him and asked concisely:
"Is something wrong?"

He certainly didn't dare to underestimate Secretary Hong.

After all, they were all within the system, and he was well aware of this person's level.

To be that leader's secretary, one would need to be at least at the level of a division chief.

"Put the case you're currently handling on hold and hand it over to your colleagues in the Criminal Investigation Department."

Secretary Hong spoke in a measured and methodical manner, as if issuing an order.

"We two can't communicate properly."

Yu Dazhang retorted firmly:

"Moreover, your current behavior has exceeded the scope of your responsibilities. Do you really think I don't know anything?"

Regardless of the official position of the other party, their authority is limited to administrative management and they cannot directly interfere with law enforcement.

If they can interfere with law enforcement, it's all based on personal connections and relationships.

Unfortunately, this approach didn't work with Da Zhang.

"Do you know who's involved in this case?" Secretary Hong's tone softened.

"You're still young. Continuing the investigation won't do you any good for your future career."

He doesn't know me... Yu Dazhang quickly drew his conclusion from his words.

Anyone who has heard about their own situation would not say such mindless things.

With four first-class merit awards, how could he possibly have any trouble with his career?
What are you thinking about?

Not to mention your side, even the leaders of the Municipal Bureau wouldn't dare to make things difficult for themselves.

"Are you aware that this case involves two lives?"

Yu Dazhang countered with a question:

"They were all college students, in the prime of their lives. Were they just going to die for nothing?"

"What would you do if your child encountered something like this?"

His voice grew lower and deeper:

“I don’t know if you are involved in this case right now, but remember, I will investigate this to the end.”

"We will not let a single one go."

He said the last sentence almost through gritted teeth.

The person opposite him was not someone Yu Dazhang could directly confront, but that didn't matter. Once the facts were uncovered, the relevant departments would naturally intervene.

Therefore, his words were not a threat, but a statement of fact.

"you……"

The other party seemed surprised that a junior policeman would dare to speak to him like that:
"You will regret this."

Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Yu Dazhang smiled.

When it comes to human life, no one can justify talking nonsense with a clear conscience.

Clearly, even this high-ranking secretary wouldn't be up to the task.

He glanced at the time again.

6:10 PM.

When the time was up, Yu Dazhang glanced at the surveillance footage, then picked up the microphone on the table. Just as he was about to speak, his phone rang again.

He recognized the number immediately from the caller ID.

After answering the call, Yu Dazhang quickly said:
"Speak quickly, you only have one minute."

"Do you know who I am?" the person on the other end asked in surprise.

"Zhang Yanlong," Yu Dazhang said in a deep voice.

"Stop with threats and get straight to the point."

(End of this chapter)