Song Qianxia snapped her fingers.

"This is the opening Silver Sparrow wanted."

She picked up a marker and quickly wrote down several numbers and locations on the whiteboard.

"The detention center is located in the northern suburbs of Jiangcheng, while the city hospital is in the city center. It's 11 p.m. now. To avoid the morning and evening rush hours, the ambulance will drive there with its siren blaring. The journey will take about 20 minutes."

"Once we arrived at the hospital, the stretcher was put on and taken off the vehicle, and we went through the green channel, which took about three minutes."

"The dedicated elevator from the emergency room to the inpatient department takes about five minutes."

"Take the elevator to the seventh floor, walk through the corridor to the intensive care unit for the handover, that takes nine minutes."

Song Qianxia drew a large circle on the whiteboard, enclosing all the numbers inside.

"From the moment Hao Hui left the impenetrable walls of the detention center until he was admitted to the hospital, there was only a thirty-seven-minute transfer window! This was the perfect opportunity for Yin Que to strike!"

"Taking action on the street is too risky, especially with armed escorts. The best location is inside the hospital!"

"The hospital has a complex layout and a high turnover of people. Even late at night, there are various doctors and nurses on duty moving around."

"If Yinque disguises himself as a medical worker beforehand, waits along the transport route, finds an excuse to give Hao Hui an injection, and it can be done in seconds!"

Zhou Zheng felt a chill run down his spine. "So what do we do now? Go straight to the hospital entrance and ambush them?"

"No."

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

A cold glint flashed in Gu Tingchen's eyes. "Since we know she's going to make a move at the hospital, then we'll prepare a cage for her."

Song Qianxia silently whistled in her heart.

The Living Yama had the same idea as her: a switcheroo, a classic double-cross in the underworld.

Gu Tingchen turned to look at Lao Zheng and Zhou Zheng.

"The intensive care units at the city hospital are on the seventh and eighth floors. Old Zheng, contact the hospital security department immediately to transfer the patients to the eighth floor, and have the special police set up a perimeter around the seventh floor to confuse Yinque."

"Transfer Hao Hui to another hospital for close monitoring!"

Song Qianxia silently gave Gu Tingchen a thumbs up in her heart.

The "switching the prince for a cat" trick is a classic double-crossing tactic in the underworld.

Everyone in the task force got excited, and Zhou Zheng immediately took out his walkie-talkie to mobilize the special police brigade.

Lin Wan also grabbed her car keys and prepared to run out.

Just as everyone began to take action, a cold voice rang out at the conference room door.

I disagree.

Zhou Hui stood in the doorway, her gaze sweeping over everyone in the conference room.

"The transfer of key suspects or changes to the planned transfer route must be approved by the deputy director of the municipal bureau in charge."

"The deployment plan in the hospital wards is a major ambush operation. If it causes panic among civilians in a public place like a hospital, or results in accidental injuries, who will bear the responsibility?"

Zhou Hui took two steps forward, her tone stern.

"Any impromptu action taken without formal reporting and approval is a violation! If a suspect we apprehend turns around in court and accuses the police of abusing their power and inducing crime, all our evidence will become inadmissible!"

Song Qianxia could hardly believe her ears.

"Director Zhou! Every second counts! We only have a 37-minute window; are you really asking us to go through the approval process?"

"By the time the deputy director in charge signs it off, and the provincial department goes through the paperwork again, he's already dead!"

"If Yinque doesn't seize this opportunity, she'll immediately go into hiding, while Hao Hui, as long as he's in the hospital, could become a vegetable at any moment!"

"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible! Talking about procedures now is just watching the trail go cold, isn't it?"

Although Song Qianxia had been transported to this place for several months, her rule was that there were no rules. After all, in the underworld, whoever is fast and ruthless survives.

Zhou Hui turned to look at Song Qianxia, ​​her eyes showing no emotion.

"You think the process is cumbersome, right?"

"Can you disregard procedural justice and put ordinary people in unknown danger just to catch a criminal?"

Zhou Hui slammed her hands on the table with a loud thud.

"That's how thugs act, not how police act!"

"The purpose of legal procedures is to prevent public power from spiraling out of control in a frenzy. If we disregard the rules today to arrest Yinque, tomorrow we'll be framing others to arrest them!"

"If you back down even a little, you'll back down ten thousand times!"

The meeting room fell into dead silence.

Gu Tingchen took a deep breath, suppressing the impatience in his eyes.

"Director Zhou is right. I'll call Director Li now and ask for priority approval!"

"Old Zheng, draft a written report on the ward control measures immediately."

"Zhou Zheng, the SWAT team, depart immediately. Plainclothes officers, proceed to the hospital perimeter and await orders. Without official orders, absolutely no long weapons are permitted, and no one is allowed to enter the outpatient building!"

After saying that, he took his phone and walked out of the meeting room.

"yes!"

Zhou Zheng ran out quickly.

Old Zheng quickly sat down in front of the computer and began typing furiously on the keyboard.

Song Qianxia slumped into her chair like a deflated balloon.

Lin Wan walked over, patted her shoulder, and whispered words of comfort:

"Don't be angry. Director Zhou is only trying to make the case airtight. Otherwise, even if someone is arrested, it will be returned to the procuratorate."

"I'm not angry," Song Qianxia sighed. "I just feel like being a police officer is really tough."

In the past, if you didn't like someone, you could just hack into their computer, find their location, and shoot them in the head.

Now, you have to write a report before you can catch a thief.

For the first time, she truly felt that the laws of the world protected innocent people from being caught in the vortex and ensured that every bullet fired could withstand scrutiny.

This is something she has to accept to remain in this world.

Ten minutes later, Gu Tingchen jogged back to the conference room, stood at attention, and saluted.

"Director Li has agreed! The written document will be immediately transferred to the provincial department through the internal system. Director Zhou, you can check the record at any time."

Zhou Hui nodded, glanced at his watch, and saw that in ten minutes, he had forced the watch to complete a process that would normally take several hours.

"The action plan is legal and compliant. The inspection team will not interfere further. We wish you success."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Gu Tingchen immediately grabbed the car keys from the table.

"Everyone, set off immediately!"

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