Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"It's not confirmed yet. I'll let you know when I do. Captain Wang, don't look at me like that, it's useless. You're a good cop, you have to follow the rules in everything you do, you can't scare me!"

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"You think I'm a good cop because I don't think you're a completely bad person! If one day you become a completely bad person, then you'll know whether I'm a good cop or not!"

"If a thoroughly bad person thinks you're not a good cop, then you're still a good cop."

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"Fine, I'm not going to argue with you about this anymore. I can't win against you. What do you think we should do right now?"

"Seriously, Captain Wang? You're asking me what to do? That's not like you at all. How could I possibly give you any guidance?"

"I'm not asking you to give us advice; I just want to hear your thoughts and broaden our perspectives. I think you understand these people better than we do."

"Captain Wang, are you praising me?" An Xiaohai rolled his eyes.

"Take this as a compliment, and tell me, what should we do?"

"To be honest, I don't know what to do. I know too little about them. I only know Guo Xiangshui from prison. I have no knowledge of their organizational structure, personnel, or activity patterns."

What's worse, I have absolutely no idea about your ideas and plans.

In this situation, any idea I come up with is likely to be a bad one, so I dare not offer advice.

"What you said does make some sense..." Wang Tiejun nodded. "How about this, just ask whatever you want to know, and I can tell you what I can."

"Alright, who provided you with the information to arrest Chen Jiashu and Peng Lei? An informant or an undercover agent? This is very important."

"An undercover agent!" Wang Tiejun nodded without much hesitation. "We have a famous undercover agent, codenamed Kite."

"Code name Kite! Captain Wang, you told me so easily?" An Xiaohai was a little surprised.

"I'm not telling you this so easily. I've been thinking about this decision for a long time. If you've really decided to help us deal with the Sea Hawks, then there are some things I need to tell you, otherwise it's easy to accidentally hurt our own people."

"Mistakenly injuring our own people... Captain Wang, what do you mean by this?"

"Never mind what I mean, just remember this: we have an undercover agent codenamed Kite, and he's the closest one to Sea Hawk among our people."

"Does the other side know about this kite? I mean, does anyone in the underworld know of its existence?"

"Of course, many people know that kites exist."

"Why handle it this way? Shouldn't the undercover agent know as few people as possible?"

"Boost morale and strike the enemy! Xiao Hai, I know what you're thinking, but we have our reasons for doing this."

To be honest, for a long time, we have been at a disadvantage in our struggle against them, which has been a huge blow to the morale of all our officers.

We must raise a flag so that everyone can see hope.

At the same time, the presence of the kite also made the drug dealers paranoid and suspicious of each other, making them more hesitant to act.

"But this increases the danger of kites many times over."

"Yes, that's true. But we are the people's police, the protectors of the people, and the guardians of justice. These are things we must bear."

It was my duty, and I couldn't shirk it! It was he who suggested revealing the existence of the kite.

Wang Tiejun's words left An Xiaohai silent for a long time.

"Captain Wang, only you know Kite's true identity, right?"

"There are two people, besides me, there's our bureau chief."

"I understand. Besides using the kite as a flag, you're also using yourself as bait. To find out who the kite is, besides finding its own weakness, we can also do so through you."

"Besides, you didn't give a complete explanation just now. Leaking the existence of the kite could actually provoke internal enemies to take action against you. You're always prepared to sacrifice yourself for this duty, am I right?"

Wang Tiejun did not answer, but just clenched his teeth.

"The reason you came to see me this time is actually because you're worried about the kite's safety."

This time, Wang Tiejun nodded.

"Alright, Captain Wang, tell me about those drug trafficking gangs that have disappeared recently, and their backgrounds. The more detailed the better."

"Okay," Wang Tiejun took a deep breath: "Based on the information we have, there are a total of four drug trafficking gangs that have suddenly disappeared. Their leaders are: Fatty Dan, Little Hao, Scoundrel Dong, and Mouth Brother..."

Wang Tiejun gave An Xiaohai a detailed introduction to the leaders of the four gangs, which took a full 20 minutes.

That's the situation. Is there anything else you want to ask?

"That's all, it's already very detailed."

"So? Any thoughts?"

"Yes," An Xiaohai nodded. "Let's put ourselves in their shoes. If I were the mastermind controlling these people, I would be very nervous if such a problem occurred."

The first thing to do is not to make up for the losses, nor to find replacements for Chen Jiashu and Peng Lei, but to dig out the root cause of the problem in order to prevent the danger from happening again.

The simplest and most direct way to achieve these two things is to bring all the suspects under control.

Therefore, the disappearance of these four individuals, besides cutting off clues and eliminating danger, is very likely also because they were suspected.

"Based on the above analysis, you think what we need to do next is to secretly and frantically search for these four people, right?" Wang Tiejun looked at An Xiaohai and said, "But isn't doing this a bit too obvious? They might not believe it."

"Yes, I might not believe it either, but we can add some details."

"How do I add details?"

"You can add to it in several ways. First, when you are looking for these four people, try to make them feel that you are not actually looking for all four people, but that you are only really concerned about one of them."

"For example?"

"For example, this bastard Dong."

Why choose him?

"There's no reason, it's just a gut feeling. After hearing your descriptions of these four people, I just felt that this person was the most likely to be an undercover agent."

"I understand now, intuition is often the right answer..." Wang Tiejun nodded.

"Secondly, you yourself must also act a little abnormal."

"Do I have to act a little strangely? An Xiaohai, do you also think there's a problem within our organization?"

"It's certain that you have internal problems. If you didn't, you would have taken down the Sea Hawks long ago. You said that good will always triumph over evil."

"Alright then. So how should I act strangely?"

"It doesn't have to be extremely unusual, or rather, it shouldn't be a very obvious contrast. It should be a sneaky, unusual thing, like doing something you would never have done before."

"Something I would never have done before..." Wang Tiejun stroked his chin and frowned.

"For example, you could ask Captain Cao to help you find that bastard Dong in private. That way, the spy might believe you and think you're really desperate."

"That's indeed a good idea... If I were to ask Cao Yingying for help privately, it would seem like I'm desperate... Ah, wait! An Xiaohai! What do you mean? Have you heard some rumors?"

Wang Tiejun suddenly snapped out of his reverie and asked, almost roaring, his eyes wide like copper bells.

Damn it...

Oops, I got a little carried away while talking! I really shouldn't get carried away; too much talk leads to mistakes!