Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Ah Huo, is it convenient for me to talk?"

"It's convenient, you tell me."

On the other end of the phone, Ah Huo seemed to be in good spirits. An Xiaohai told Ah Huo about the matter that Zhou Meng had asked him to do.

"These two people might be a bit difficult to deal with..." Ah Huo said after a long silence.

Why?

Let's analyze this matter.

There is a Xiao Guan in Shenhai City. With such an incident involving the armed police, Xiao Guan must have been taken into custody. It would be very difficult for these two people to escape outside through Xiao Guan.

So now they only have one option left: to travel by water. If they really intend to go by water, then they'll be in trouble.

"Why? How could this happen?"

"There are three waterways in Shenhai City, and it is very difficult to block any of them."

The first waterway was controlled by Zhu Polong. Under normal circumstances, he would send people to blend in with the crew of large ocean-going ships. Such ships had a large number of crew members and a complex structure. If the captain did not cooperate, it would be very troublesome to conduct a thorough investigation.

Especially since there are many foreign ships in our deep-sea ports, it will only be more troublesome to inspect them;

The second waterway is controlled by Third Brother and his men. Third Brother mainly relies on Da Fei. You know Da Fei, right?

"I understand," An Xiaohai nodded.

The so-called "big speedboat" is a specially modified speedboat with several high-powered engines mounted side by side at the stern. This type of speedboat moves on the sea as if it is flying, hence the name "big speedboat".

"Such a large aircraft is too big for the deep-sea city's marine police and armed police vessels to catch up with."

At the same time, due to the special geographical location of Shenhai City, its dense population, its proximity to Honggang, and the particularly complex public opinion environment, it is not advisable to use force to intercept it unless absolutely necessary.

So many times, they could only watch helplessly as Dafei quickly escaped;

The third waterway was taken by Guo Xiangshui and his group; they followed the route through the mangroves and used a level aircraft.

What is level flight?

"A modified flat-bottomed boat, also with high horsepower, but with a flat bottom."

In the mangrove area, the water is very shallow in many places, and our boat is too deep. Let alone chasing after a flying boat, it would be easy to run aground if we rashly entered the mangrove area.

They took advantage of this to modify flat-bottomed boats, which they used to travel directly through the mangrove area between Deepsea City and Red Harbor.

Most of the time, we couldn't catch up with them; by the time our boat rounded the mangroves, they had already gone far away.

Whether they fly at high speed or at low speed, as soon as they notice someone chasing them, they throw the cargo into the sea. Even if we catch them, they have no evidence, so these routes have always been a headache for us.

Whichever waterway these two choose to take, it will be very troublesome for Captain Zhou and his team.

Unless we can figure out their exact departure time and route, there's no way we can intercept them.

"Can't we just arrest them where they're hiding?"

"That's unlikely. You know Guo Xiangshui's village. If they deliberately conceal it, it will be too difficult for us to arrest people there."

Unless a large-scale operation is launched to surround and search the entire village slowly, it will be difficult to achieve results.

However, surrounding the entire village and searching it slowly would have too serious an impact; it's not a special or major case, so it's unrealistic.

If they want to go through Third Brother's trail, and Third Brother is currently imprisoned, then these two will have to go to Fourth Brother. And with Fourth Brother, it will be even more difficult for Captain Zhou and his team to arrest them.

Why?

"Hehe, you'll know when you have the chance to see it for yourself."

"I understand. So, if you want to help Captain Zhou catch these two, you either need to provide their exact hiding place, or you need to find out their escape time and route in advance, right?"

"Yes, it's difficult to do otherwise; I can't think of any other better way."

However, judging from their identities and the things they did, they must have gotten help from either Fourth Brother or Guo Xiangshui and his group; Zhu Polong and his group probably couldn't have gotten help from them.

Okay, I'm going to Guo Xiangshui's place to take over the site in a bit. I'll keep an eye out and maybe I can catch some clues.

I can't go to my fourth brother's place; I can't find an excuse, and if I insist on going, it will easily arouse suspicion.

"How about I go see Fourth Brother and check on things? I have a good reason to do this. He helped me a lot last time, and I haven't had a chance to thank him in person yet."

I'm just a little worried that if I run into those two and they recognize me, it'll be troublesome.

"I don't think this is a big problem. Fourth Brother is a very cautious person. He keeps everything very separate and distinct, and he won't mix things up."

Give him a call before you go. If those two people are really with him, he'll make arrangements to prevent you from meeting.

"I see..." An Xiaohai frowned. "While this eliminates the risk of being caught, it will also be very difficult to find out if these two people are really hiding with Fourth Brother."

"Xiao Hai, Captain Wang actually mentioned this to me and asked me to keep an eye out for it. It was more than a month ago."

The fact that Captain Zhou is looking for you like this means he's probably really in a hurry.

Xiao Hai, don't underestimate the armed police. They have a lot of powerful figures there. Captain Zhou probably got wind of something, which is why he came looking for you.

Do you understand what I mean?

"Understood!" An Xiaohai nodded.

If what Ah Huo said is true, then it's even more likely that these two people are hiding with Fourth Brother and Guo Xiangshui. Zhou Meng must have found out about him and realized that he had a close relationship with these two people, which is why he came to find him.

After hanging up the phone, An Xiaohai's mind started racing.

He had only just announced his return to the scene, and several things had already come knocking on his door in quick succession. This couldn't go on; if things continued like this, where would he find the time to carry out his plans?

An Xiaohai initially sought Wang Tiejun's protection, for which he not only provided Wang Tiejun with a lot of valuable intelligence, but also agreed to help him deal with Haiyaozi.

As their relationship deepened, Wang Tiejun finally made an additional request to An Xiaohai, asking him to help Ah Huo solve his problem.

Zhou Meng did the same; once he understood An Xiaohai's value, he immediately put it to use.

This is also the fundamental reason why An Xiaohai is unwilling to be a full-time undercover agent, or even to join 073. Once he joins, similar incidents will keep happening.

However, Zhou Meng is someone I should definitely help out of both reason and emotion.

"Finding these two people shouldn't be too difficult. The key is, how can we make use of this?" An Xiaohai bit his lip, lost in thought.

"Sea Hawks... I wonder, if you guys were to run headfirst into such a fierce Captain Zhou Meng, would you end up with bloodied heads? Haha!"

The idea was great, but An Xiaohai couldn't think of a way to use this to trick Haiyaozi right away. But that's okay, there's still time. He could take it slow and figure out where the two guys were hiding and how they planned to escape first.

Thinking of this, An Xiaohai immediately called his fourth brother and expressed his intention to visit him.

Fourth Brother seemed very happy and immediately told An Xiaohai where he was.

After hearing about Fourth Brother's location, An Xiaohai finally understood why Zhou Meng and Ah Huo found this matter so troublesome.

Fourth Brother's stronghold was actually in the territory of the Armed Police, but not Zhou Meng's Third Detachment.

"Damn it... the water seems to be getting deeper and deeper..."

An Xiaohai shook his head and smiled bitterly, then turned and went to the fish market at the village entrance.

I brought a moonfish from Guo Xiangshui's place, so naturally I couldn't go to Fourth Brother's place empty-handed.