Chapter 108: Do You Plan to Snatch It from Me?

After a wait that was not short, the young constable captain returned to the reception room again, Chang Erbing and another constable captain followed him in, and Du Li hurriedly stood up to welcome them.

Chang Erbing was very experienced in handling missing person cases.

In the Nine Districts, someone goes missing every day; some come to file a case report, some do not, and half of the reported cases are solved while half are not.

The key to the case-solving rate does not lie in the complexity of the case, but half depends on which constable captain handles it.

For example, most cases handled by Captain Li can be solved, so Captain Li can sit firmly in the position of deputy captain and has the reputation of "Divine Detective" in the Patrol Bureau, always being the strongest contender for the captain selection.

The other half depends on the citizen level of the person filing the report; the higher the citizen level, the higher the probability of the case being solved, and the lower the citizen level, the more likely their registration materials will eventually be used to prop up table legs.

However, there is one thing that ignores differences and treats everyone equally: that is, regardless of whether the culprit is eventually found, the missing person is often of unknown life or death, neither seen alive nor found dead.

There is no way; this is the cruel characteristic summarized from countless missing person cases.

After asking a few questions, Chang Erbing, with his rich experience, had already silently labeled Yang Tuo as a "dead man" in his heart.

But he was mindful of Du Li's emotions and did not speak directly, instead pondering for a moment before saying: "Let's go to Yang Tuo's school first."

Outside the Patrol Bureau, a blue-white car started slowly and drove toward the Eighth Senior High School.

Drip drip drip—

The fax machine's paper strip slowly slid out, spitting out a "black face" from its "mouth."

The clerk of the Investigation Bureau carefully picked up this wanted poster and entered the Commissioner's office.

Not long after, the various battalion commanders of Investigation Bureau Three Squads entered the Commissioner's office one after another, and Second Senior Sister Liu Xie was among them.

Sitting on the genuine leather sofa in the Commissioner's office, she glanced sideways at the wanted order casually placed on the table; her complexion was cold as frost, and her pupils imperceptibly shrank slightly.

Commissioner Gong Qiuli's voice echoed in the office: "Among you, who is willing to take over the mission slip sent from the Patrol Bureau?"

The captain of Squad One, a burly man with scars on his face, spoke without hesitation: "Our squad already has enough work on hand lately, so forget about the Patrol Bureau's mission."

The captain of Squad Two was slightly plump, and when he smiled he looked like a Maitreya Buddha; his small eyes narrowed slightly.

He said: "Recently the Patrol Bureau has been looking for people all over the city; I had my subordinates inquire, and I heard this is a mission personally issued by the Special Commissioner."

He paused, then pointed upward with his hand and continued with a smiling face: "If we can successfully handle this mission, we might be able to show our faces in front of the Special Commissioner. Yuan Kui, are you really not interested?"

Yuan Kui gave a cold snort and said indifferently: "I have no interest in currying favor with the Special Commissioner of Upper City. Gou Xin, if you are willing, then you take this mission."

Gou Xin licked his lips, hehe smiled, and reached out to take the mission slip from the table.

Suddenly—

A hand quickly covered the mission slip, a crisp sound rang out in the air, the wanted poster drew an arc in the air, and finally landed in Liu Xie's hand.

Gou Xin's face showed an expression of astonishment, and his gaze froze on Liu Xie, the captain of Squad Three.

Yuan Kui and Gong Qiuli also showed expressions of surprise.

"Liu Xie, what do you mean by this?" Gou Xin's voice carried a hint of annoyance.

Liu Xie calmly folded the wanted poster neatly, then lightly placed it into her upper coat pocket.

Her gaze was calm like water, without a ripple; she glanced at Gou Xin indifferently, her tone extremely calm: "This mission, my Squad Three has taken it."

Gou Xin's brow furrowed slightly; he slowly opened his mouth, his tone carrying a bit of surprise and mockery: "Liu Xie, weren't you the one who used to look down on the Patrol Bureau's slips the most?"

"How come this time, as soon as you hear the Special Commissioner's name, you suddenly change your mind? Hah, truly beyond my expectations; it turns out you have the same thoughts as me."

Gou Xin's eyes flickered, his voice carrying a hint of provocation, but he also seemed to want to probe Liu Xie's true intentions.

Liu Xie's expression remained consistently cold; facing Gou Xin's mockery, she was unmoved and did not even have the slightest intention to explain.

She just slightly raised her brow and asked back in an extremely indifferent tone: "Do you plan to snatch it from me?"

Hearing this, Gou Xin was burning with rage; he suddenly stood up, glared with wide eyes, and looked down at Liu Xie from above.

The face that was originally smiling like a Maitreya Buddha now had tense flesh, a distorted expression, looking exceptionally ferocious and terrifying: "You..."

Liu Xie continued to sit quietly, not changing her posture in the slightest; she even withdrew her gaze toward Gou Xin, as if treating his anger as air.

But beneath that calm exterior, a faint killing intent, like a lurking shadow, silently emanated from her whole body.

The air in the office seemed to solidify with it, the temperature seemed to drop suddenly by several levels, and a gloomy atmosphere enveloped the entire room.

Gou Xin, who was hit first, had the sharpest perception; the hairs on his face stood up, giving him the feeling of being stared at by a terrifying poisonous scorpion, his heart stopped for an instant, as if at any moment he might be mercilessly pierced through the heart by an invisible, highly poisonous scorpion tail hook.

"This is in the Commissioner's office; I don't believe this woman dares to go crazy!!!"

Gou Xin roared in his heart; however, when his gaze met Liu Xie's cold and ruthless eyes, images of this woman being bloodthirsty and nearly mad during past pursuit operations involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

In the corner of his eye, Gou Xin saw the tall and burly Yuan Kui quietly shift his butt, pulling away the distance between them; he then turned his head to look at Commissioner Gong Qiuli, who actually silently turned his swivel chair around, facing away from him.

"???" Gou Xin was furious and chilled.

Yuan Kui, usually so crude, actually dodged to the side like a little woman; did the Commissioner no longer care about dignity? How could he pretend to be deaf and dumb?

Oh my soul, who was it that recruited Liu Xie back then? Is there no one in the Investigation Bureau who can suppress this crazy woman?

Oh, I remember now; it was me who recruited Liu Xie back then, and then she climbed up within two years, becoming the captain of Squad Three, standing on equal footing with me, and even faintly suppressing me.

"Damn, I really want to gouge out my own eyes!!!"

Gou Xin stiffly turned his neck back, and then saw Liu Xie slowly stand up.

Gou Xin subconsciously retreated a step; in the corner of his eye, Yuan Kui had already shifted his butt to the other end corner of the sofa.

"Hah—" Gou Xin exhaled a long breath, thinking in his heart: "To show our faces in front of the Special Commissioner, losing one's life is not worth it, not worth it!"

The muscles on his face quickly relaxed, returning to a loose state; his flesh trembled as he revealed an awkward smile: "Since Squad Captain Three is willing to personally take the trouble, then the Patrol Bureau's mission can only trouble Squad Captain Three."

"Not troublesome."

Liu Xie responded in a flat tone, then turned around, put her hands in her pockets, and left the office directly.

Passing by the Portrait Room, she gave a glance to Wang Yu, who was sitting inside painting portraits.

Wang Yu immediately put down the paintbrush in his hand, apologized to the squad member beside him, quickly walked out of the Portrait Room, and followed closely behind Liu Xie.

Wang Yu asked in a low voice: "Senior Sister, what's wrong?"

Liu Xie took out a 【black face】 portrait from her upper coat pocket, gently unfolded it, and displayed it before Wang Yu's eyes; her tone remained indifferent: "The Patrol Bureau requests our Investigation Bureau's assistance; this mission has fallen to our Squad Three."

Wang Yu's eyes brightened, and the corner of his mouth curled into a mysterious smile: "Excellent, this way, manipulating things will be even more undetectable."

End of Chapter