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Qiu Gang'ao pushed open the door to the command room and strode back to the corridor leading to the interrogation room.

Zhang Chongbang was pacing anxiously back and forth in the corridor when he saw Qiu Gang'ao come out and immediately went to greet him.

"A'ao, what did Situ say to you privately? Did he give you any new instructions?" Zhang Chongbang keenly noticed the chilling change in Qiu Gang'ao's eyes.

Qiu Gang'ao took a deep breath, looked at his best brother, and without hiding anything, revealed all of Situ Jie's "hints".

"The officer said there wasn't enough time. He ordered us to use 'illegal means' and we had to pry open the chicken's beak tonight." Qiu Gang'ao's voice was very low but extremely firm. "As long as no one dies, the higher-ups will protect us."

Upon hearing this...

Zhang Chongbang was struck dumb, frozen in place. His thick eyebrows furrowed tightly, his eyes filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

"Illegal methods?! Torture to extract confessions?!" Zhang Chongbang shook his head resolutely. "No, absolutely not! Ah Ao, are you crazy?! This is a serious violation of police regulations! We are police officers, not gangsters!"

"To hell with the police regulations!" Qiu Gang'ao grabbed Zhang Chongbang by the collar, like a cornered beast. "Bang! Wake up! Do we have any other choice? If we follow the rules, once the lawyer arrives, the chicken won't be able to talk! We can only watch helplessly as the Huo family pays the money, or Huo Zhaotang gets killed! Then we'll all be stripped of our police uniforms..."

"Don't worry, the officer has assured me that he will cover for me."

"A'ao! Don't be so naive!" Zhang Chongbang grabbed Qiu Gang'ao's hand. In his voice, besides his adherence to procedural justice, he also revealed the most real and human side of his heart—fear.

"Do you really believe that old fox Situ Jie's words?! He said he'd take the blame if anything happened?!" Zhang Chongbang roared in a low, suppressed voice, "Once the scandal of using vigilante justice is exposed, and the media and the Internal Investigation Bureau (CIB) get involved! Do you think Situ Jie would ruin his career for the sake of two junior inspectors like us?! Absolutely not! He would definitely throw us out as scapegoats the moment he sees us!"

"If we do this, we'll not only lose our jobs, but we'll also go to jail! I...I don't want to take that risk!"

Yes, Zhang Chongbang backed down.

He wasn't just convinced of that ridiculous procedural justice; more importantly, he was afraid. He had seen through the hypocrisy of high-ranking politicians like Situ Jie, and he knew this was an impossible promise! Once the line was crossed, utter ruin awaited them!

Looking at the brother in front of him, who grew up with him since childhood and swore to live and die together in the police academy, he found that at this moment he had chosen to back down because he was afraid of taking the blame.

A flash of intense disappointment and indescribable sorrow crossed Qiu Gang'ao's eyes.

"it is good."

Qiu Gang'ao gave a complicated laugh. He very slowly loosened Zhang Chongbang's collar, took a step back, and straightened his suit.

"Lord, you're a good policeman, you follow the rules, and I don't want to implicate you."

Qiu Gang'ao turned around and placed his hand on the heavy iron doorknob of the interrogation room. His back, under the pale light, appeared extremely lonely and resolute.

"If you're scared, now leave this interrogation room, go outside in the hallway for a smoke, and pretend you know nothing. I'll handle the rest alone. I, Qiu Gang'ao, will bear all the blame!"

"A'ao..." Zhang Chongbang reached out, trying to grab him.

But in the end, the extreme fear of the unknown consequences, and the cowardly desire to protect himself, made Zhang Chongbang's hand stop in mid-air.

He closed his eyes in pain, turned around, and walked with great difficulty toward the other end of the corridor.

"Click".

Qiu Gang'ao locked the iron door of the interrogation room from the inside with great force.

The moment the door closed, the once inseparable police duo parted ways completely.

……

Inside the interrogation room.

As the chicken watched Qiu Gang'ao return and lock the iron gate from the inside, a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up inside it.

"What...what do you want to do? I'm warning you, I have the right..."

"Bang!"

Before Shengji could finish speaking, Qiu Gangao grabbed the extremely thick Yellow Pages on the table and slammed it into Shengji's chest with tremendous force!

This is an extremely professional method of torture. Striking someone through a thick book can cause excruciating pain and damage to internal organs, but it will not leave any bruises or external injuries on the surface!

"Ugh—!" The raw chicken screamed in agony, and fell to the ground along with its chair.

Qiu Gang'ao didn't stop at all. He took off his suit jacket, coldly unbuttoned his shirt cuffs, and strode over to the live chicken like an emotionless executioner.

He grabbed the raw chicken by the hair and shoved an extremely thick black plastic bag over its head!

Then, the bottom of the plastic bag was sealed with tape in an extremely cruel way, leaving only a tiny hole.

"Ugh! Ugh!!"

The raw chicken began to struggle frantically, the intense feeling of suffocation making it like a fish out of water, its legs thrashing violently on the ground.

But this is just the beginning.

Qiu Gang'ao picked up a glass of ice water and poured it into it little by little through the small hole.

The water was poured into the chicken's nasal cavity and trachea very slowly. The extreme suffocation and the feeling of the lungs bursting, like drowning, instantly destroyed all of the chicken's psychological defenses!

For the next hour or so, in this completely closed interrogation room with no records, Shengji experienced an extreme ordeal he had never felt in all his years of living on the edge.

Screams, groans, and the dull thuds of flesh colliding echoed continuously in the well-soundproofed room.

Outside the door, Zhang Chongbang's hand, holding a cigarette, trembled violently. He listened to the extremely faint screams coming from inside, closed his eyes in anguish, but did not have the courage to knock on the door.

Finally, an hour and a half later.

"I'll talk... I'll talk!!"

The plastic bag was ripped off. The live chicken lay limp on the ground like a dead dog, its face covered in horribly disgusting snot and tears. Its eyes were completely vacant, its mental defenses utterly broken.

"Kwai Chung...Kwai Chung Wharf...Abandoned Cold Storage No. 3...Brother Dong and the hostage...are all there..."

The raw chicken struggled to squeeze out this life-saving address from its throat.

"call……"

Qiu Gang'ao exhaled a long breath. He was soaked in sweat, and his hands were trembling slightly, but his tired eyes shone with an almost frenzied light of victory!

"Sir! We've got the address!" Qiu Gang'ao burst out of the interrogation room, shouting to Situ Jie who had been waiting for a long time, "Kwai Chung Wharf, Abandoned Cold Storage No. 3!"

"Well done! A'ao! You've done a great job!"

Situ Jie was overjoyed and, his face flushed, patted Qiu Gang'ao on the shoulder. He immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie and began frantically deploying troops.

"Major Crimes Unit! Special Duties Unit! Fully armed immediately! Target: Cold Storage No. 3 at Kwai Chung Wharf! Rescue Fok Chiu-tong as quickly as possible!"

"A'ao! Take some men and lock this live chicken in the temporary detention room and have someone watch over him! Don't let him escape!" After giving the order, Situ Jie hurriedly set off with the main force.

"Yes, Sir!"

Qiu Gang'ao excitedly agreed, turned around and walked back to the interrogation room, preparing to have the live chicken taken away.

however.

When he stepped back into that interrogation room filled with the smell of blood and sweat.

The smile on his face froze instantly.

The live chicken on the ground, instead of struggling to survive as before, was strangely curled up in a ball, its eyes rolling back in a terrifying manner, and thick white foam continuously gushing from the corners of its mouth!

His body was convulsing violently, and his breathing had become extremely weak, like a broken bellows!

"Hey! Raw chicken! Stop fucking playing dead!"

Qiu Gang'ao's heart sank. He rushed forward, grabbed the raw chicken by the collar, and checked his breath.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Qiu Gang'ao's entire body!

shock!

Because of the extremely intense and reckless interrogation, coupled with the fact that the raw chicken already had a fragile heart due to years of alcoholism, it suffered acute cardiogenic shock due to extreme suffocation and shock!

"Doctor! Call an ambulance quickly!! Hurry!!!"

Qiu Gang'ao frantically performed CPR on the raw chicken, pressing its chest repeatedly with both hands, cold sweat dripping uncontrollably down his face.

"Don't die! You fucking please don't die!!"

Ten minutes later, the ambulance roared into police headquarters. Several detectives frantically carried the lifeless chicken onto a stretcher and sped off, running red lights, towards the nearest hospital, Mary Hospital.

……

Outside the emergency room.

Qiu Gang'ao and Zhang Chongbang sat utterly dejectedly on the cold benches. Their clothes were covered in the vomit of raw chicken, and their hands hung limply at their knees.

The stark white light in the corridor shone on their faces, reflecting a deep sense of despair.

"Bang."

The emergency room door was pushed open.

The attending physician removed his mask, which was covered in vomit, and shook his head at the two of them with extreme regret.

"I'm sorry, sir. The patient arrived too late. He suffered a sudden myocardial infarction with severe internal organ damage. We did everything we could. The patient... was pronounced dead."

boom--!!!

These words were like a bolt of lightning from the heavens, striking Qiu Gang'ao and Zhang Chongbang mercilessly on the head!

died……

The suspect was beaten to death in the police station's interrogation room!

Qiu Gang'ao felt a sudden dizziness. He leaned weakly against the cold wall and slid to the ground. His once confident and arrogant face was now filled with a deep, deathly ashen color and fear.