As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 291 All are reinforcements
Seeing the deep disappointment on Li Xinglan's face, Kelly Gracey changed the subject, saying, "Of course, I'm not saying that these people can control everything and that no force can do anything to them."

"Even if the Belad family is truly backed by someone else, and is indeed a top-tier power in charge of the alliance, they must have enemies of equal weight."

"However, to get these equally powerful enemies to take action, a few light guesses and testimonies won't suffice."

"We must obtain solid evidence, such as secret ledgers, confidential documents, interrogation records of key figures, and so on."

“I can roughly guess which big shots are hiding behind the Belad family, and I also know who their enemies are. If we can get irrefutable and powerful evidence, we can stop the crisis in Dawn City. Even if we can't wipe out all the big shots, at least we can bring the Belad family out and make them accept the punishment they deserve!”

"understood."

Li Xinglan nodded emphatically, "Therefore, we must capture Hess Belad!"

"This guy is no match for Jean-Jacques."

Gao Ce frowned slightly. "The chief engineer of Dawn Heavy Industry is one of the top ten most powerful figures in Dawn City. His security is definitely more stringent than we imagine. Even with Jean-Jacques' help to lure him out, it probably won't be easy for just a few of us to capture him."

"Could we ask Director Hawke for permission to mobilize the most elite heavy armored troops of the Dawn City Security Bureau for support?"

Han Zhong said habitually.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized how foolish they were and fell silent.

The atmosphere in the temporary command room suddenly became subtle.

Everyone is forced to confront the problem they don't want to face.

Is Chief Hawke of the Dawn City Security Bureau still trustworthy?
Or rather, besides Director Hawke, how many people in the Dawn City Security Bureau can actually be trusted?
Long Jianhuan's face was as pale as the knuckles of her tightly clenched fists.

“Jean-Jacques is lying, or at least he’s mistaken. Director Hawke is absolutely innocent.”

She murmured, "Perhaps in order to maintain the normal operation of the Security Bureau, Director Hawke did make some deals with Dawn Heavy Industries, and gave Dawn Heavy Industries a certain degree of convenience in some harmless details. It is even possible that he even covered up some of Dawn Heavy Industries' crimes."

"However, when it comes to the safety of the entire Dawn City, Director Hawke would never collude with someone like Hess Belad, sacrificing the future of millions of ordinary citizens for his own advancement!"

"However, if you don't start by bribing the director, it will be useless even if you bribe all the agents below him."

Gao Ce looked at Long Jianhuan with concern, "Captain Long, I know that Director Hawke has been kind to you. He raised you after your biological father died, but..."

"sorry."

Long Jianhuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and his voice regained its composure. "I got a little agitated. You're right. I shouldn't have let my emotions cloud my judgment. At this critical juncture of life and death, no one can be absolutely reliable, and everyone is worthy of suspicion!"

"However, this doesn't quite make sense."

Han Zhong said in a deep voice, "Assuming that Director Hawke is really in cahoots with the BlackRock family and is planning to bring down Dawn Heavy Industry for profit, why would he agree to Captain Long gathering us to form such a team to specifically investigate clues about the underground money laundering industry chain?"
"You should know that if we follow this clue all the way up, it is very likely that we will be able to trace it back to the Belad family."

Why would he do something so obviously troublesome?

"Because Captain Long insisted?"

Gao Ce said, "Director Hawke couldn't find a reasonable excuse to refuse the investigation, so he instructed Captain Long to find us, a bunch of dubious temporary investigators. He thought we wouldn't find anything since we were unfamiliar with the area, but we actually managed to follow the clues and catch them red-handed?" "If that's the case, then we absolutely cannot ask the Security Bureau for help. Otherwise, what we'll get might not be reinforcements, but rather the 'cleaning squad' to silence us!"

Kelly Gracie said decisively, "We'll do it ourselves. As long as we can get our hands on Hess Belad, we can take the initiative and force the other side to expose more weaknesses in their panic. Then, whether we borrow strength from the core area or persuade those guys who have been bought off by the Belad family to abandon their evil ways, everything will be much easier!"

"The problem has come full circle."

Gao Ce said, "It is a fact that Jean-Jacques was attacked. If we really adopt his plan and let him attack Hess Belair, the latter will definitely realize in an instant that there is a powerful third party involved in this matter."

"At that time, even if Hess Belad does come out of his lair, he will definitely be fully armed and will have mobilized all his security forces."

"We can handle investigating cases and arresting a few unsuspecting suspects without much trouble, but even if we doubled our manpower, it might not be enough to deal with a target of Hess Belad's caliber!"

"And we also need to be prepared for the security bureau to side with him."

Kelly Gracey said with a wry smile, "I don't want to say it, but it seems that right now, we are the ones who are isolated and helpless."

Long Jianhuan gritted his teeth.

She is like a blazing, inextinguishable golden flame.

However, the flames inevitably dimmed and became somewhat disordered under the onslaught of the wind and rain.

"that……"

Xu Yan, who had been silent the whole time, returned to the warehouse last. Suddenly, he stammered, "Looking at it from another angle, we may not be completely isolated."

All eyes turned to him.

"What did you say?"

Gao Ce frowned and said, "Time is passing by second by second. The longer it drags on, the wider the news of Jean-Jacques' disappearance will spread. Both the Belgrade family and the guys they have bribed will be on high alert. We only have half a day, twelve hours, or even ten hours left at most."

"Where can we get strong reinforcements within ten hours?"

"The Belad family's conspiracy threatens the future of everyone in Dawn City."

Xu Yan said calmly, "From this perspective, even without the Security Bureau and those high-ranking, dignified big shots, all the ordinary people left in Dawn City could become our reinforcements."

"What's the use?"

Gao Ce chuckled, "No matter how many people there are, they're just a bunch of weaklings who can't even kill a chicken!"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Xu Yan smiled, "I happen to know some trustworthy and enthusiastic citizens who are slightly stronger than 'weak as a chicken'."

(End of this chapter)