Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 740 I'm Just Not Going Inside
The car door opened, and four people got out.

One of them went to the ground next to the warehouse and groped around for a while, seemingly looking for something.

A short while later, the man opened the warehouse door with a key, and the four of them went inside one after another.

Because of the distance and the angle of the headlights, Yu Dazhang could not see the faces of the people clearly, only their general outlines.

Yu Dazhang was getting anxious, wondering if Gu Dingwen had also come.

During the day, his eyesight is good enough to make out the faces of these people, but at night he really can't.

Soon, by the light of the car headlights, Yu Dazhang saw the girls being led out by the four men, who then put them into the car one by one.

The garage was equipped with fluorescent lights, but these people didn't turn them on, clearly to avoid any unforeseen complications.

This scene looks familiar... Yu Dazhang couldn't help but sigh to himself.

Back in Xicheng, these seven girls were taken away from a warehouse, and now the same scene is playing out again in Songhai.

As the two cars drove away, Yu Dazhang's phone rang.

As soon as he answered the call, Captain Xu's voice came through:

"The target vehicles are two seven-seater minivans. They are now on the main road and are heading towards the east of the city."

East of the city? Yu Dazhang thought Gu Dingwen's hideout would be in the city.

"When you follow, you should keep a distance of at least 100 meters."

Yu Dazhang said in a commanding tone:
Even so, we still need to take turns using different vehicles; we can't follow the same vehicle for too long.

At night, people with good eyesight can see the outlines of objects about 100 meters away, even with a light source.

Therefore, this distance is the safe distance for tracking.

However, the possibility that the other party is observing with binoculars cannot be ruled out, so the necessary precautions should not be relaxed.

After waiting a while, as all the vehicles of the task force drove onto the main road, Yu Dazhang and his group followed behind.

This call lasted for an hour, and by then the communication equipment had all been replaced with walkie-talkies.

Twenty minutes later, a report came through the intercom:

"The target vehicle has begun to slow down and is expected to turn ahead."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang immediately glanced at the electronic map on his phone.

If you turn ahead, the other party can only go to the villa area in the east of the city, because this is the only residential area in the vicinity.

Gu Dingwen and Zhang Qian's ideas actually coincided?

They all set up their hideouts in the villa area.

After careful consideration, Yu Dazhang understood why they had made the same choice.

Because the villa is large enough for them and also provides a certain degree of privacy.

In any case, such villa areas will definitely have access control at the entrance to prevent outsiders from entering, which naturally provides them with cover.

A few minutes later, the voice of the officer at the front line came through the walkie-talkie again:

"The target vehicle entered the villa area ahead."

Immediately afterwards, Captain Xu's voice rang out:

"Groups one and two go to the main gate, and the other groups go to the side gates on both sides. Even if it's just a small gate that can only be passed through, someone has to be stationed there."

For Captain Xu, besieging the villa area was already second nature.

The next step is to send people infiltrate to find the target villa, lock onto the target, and then coordinate a unified operation.

After Captain Xu had arranged everything, the walkie-talkie stopped ringing.

Everyone knew that they were waiting for Yu Dazhang's orders.

Is Gu Dingwen inside? This question is now on Yu Dazhang's mind.

Not necessarily. What if he's hiding in the RV? Rushing into the villa now would be like alerting him.

If that's the case, Gu Dingwen will immediately flee abroad, making it even more difficult to catch him.

Stay steady.

Yu Dazhang told himself that he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

He added an extra layer of insurance for this purpose.

Before the operation, he showed the female special forces members photos and videos of Gu Dingwen.

They agreed that if they found Gu Dingwen, they should immediately send a signal.

In this way, Yu Dazhang and the task force can pinpoint Gu Dingwen's location and take swift action.

So far, the task force has not received any information, which means they have not seen Gu Dingwen in the villa.

After waiting for about ten more minutes, Hua's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

He immediately took out his phone and answered the call.

The car was a relatively enclosed space, so Yu Dazhang could clearly hear the sounds coming from his phone.

"Someone has entered the house."

The officer on the other end of the phone said quickly:
"We just saw a figure moving inside the room and wanted to confirm it further, but the person inside lifted the curtain, revealing a crack, as if they were looking out through the crack."

What a coincidence.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang narrowed his eyes.

Just over ten minutes after we brought the person into the villa, people from the location indicated by the IP address arrived. Two places that originally had no connection are now linked together.

I think I know why the lights were always on in that room... An idea suddenly popped into Yu Dazhang's mind.

Gu Dingwen did this to draw attention to the house.

If the lights are off, it gives people the illusion that no one is in the house; conversely, if the lights are on, it makes people feel that someone definitely lives there.

As long as the police keep an eye on that house, the other side can send a sacrificial lamb to test it out at any time.

At this moment, Hua covered the microphone of his phone with his hand and turned to look at Yu Dazhang:
"Someone's come inside. What do we do now? Should we arrest them?"

"You can't go inside," Yu Dazhang said after thinking for a moment.

"Have our men lie in ambush on the next floor, and arrest the people inside when they come downstairs."

The police officers had already investigated and found that there were no surveillance cameras installed in the stairwell, which meant that they could arrest the person as soon as they took the stairs.

"What if the people inside don't come out?" Captain Hua asked again.

“Then we’ll just keep waiting.” Yu Dazhang’s tone was unusually firm:
"If nothing unexpected happens, the people inside won't stay overnight, and they won't even stay until the early hours of the morning."

If the other party was only testing the police, there was no need for them to stay inside until dawn.

Walking around inside and lifting the curtains were all attempts to attract the police's attention. They had done everything they could; now all they had to do was wait.

In his view, the matter was actually not complicated.

In terms of time, two hours is enough; there's no point in waiting any longer.

Hua then relayed Da Zhang's orders.

Another long wait ensued.

Half an hour later, it was 11:50 p.m.

Suddenly, Captain Xu's voice came through the walkie-talkie:

"The officers who infiltrated the villa area have determined that the target vehicle was parked in front of villas number 7 and 8. Based on observation, these two villas should belong to each other."

(End of this chapter)