Chapter 435: Cleaning Up the Mess

On the other side, Fang Jiexia also saw the situation where Chen Yiyuan was holding hostages, and her head immediately began to ache.

"Delete this footage for me, right now!" Fang Jiexia looked at the images transmitted back from the surveillance, knowing that this situation absolutely could not be allowed to reach those damned media outlets.

Otherwise, she would be the first one to suffer!

But soon, Zhou ran in in a panic: "Sir, it's bad!"

"What's going on?" Fang Jiexia asked with a frown.

"I think you should come and see for yourself!" Zhou said helplessly.

Yang and Fang Jiexia walked over and saw at a glance that a certain television station was broadcasting the footage of Chen Yiyuan holding the hostages just now.

Instantly, the faces of both Yang and Fang Jiexia turned pale.

The video previously edited by the Police Public Relations Branch had indeed improved the perception of many people after being aired on the "Police Training" program.

After all, stirring music combined with the police's swift actions made it hard not to generate a favorable impression.

But soon, another television station broke the news that there were fabrications in the details of the police operation.

It must be known that although many newspapers had cooperated with the police, many television stations and newspapers did not buy into this.

Once they had new material, they directly exposed the negative news for the sake of sales and attention-grabbing.

First was the explosion footage captured at the scene, which made the hearts of many Hong Kong citizens sink.

Subsequently, they saw the PTU being caught off guard by Chen Yiyuan and his men in the building's corridor.

And that they had rashly taken aggressive action without even evacuating the hostages inside the building.

Watching Feilao and his son and daughter crying miserably, many Hong Kong citizens felt the same pain, and they immediately flew into a rage and started cursing in the streets.

Consequently, the Complaints Division of the Hong Kong Police Force had their phones blown up once again.

Many people had even gathered, planning to head directly to the headquarters for protests and marches.

And the mastermind behind all of this was none other than Chen Jiajun!

The reason he was able to obtain footage even clearer than the police's was naturally because Chen Jiajun had sent someone to sneak into the building.

And this person was Tong Guo, whom Chen Yiyuan had encountered right after leaving, one of Chen Jiajun's subordinates.

The appearance of Tong Guo forced Chen Yiyuan, who should have scattered and fled, to stay together.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Yiyuan was able to deal the heaviest blow to the PTU who rushed up the stairs.

Not only did it let the Hong Kong citizens witness the most incompetent side of the police, but they also saw how some people were blinded by greed for merit, disregarding the lives of Hong Kong citizens.

"How is it, isn't it spectacular?" Inside the teahouse, Chen Jiajun said to Li Shutang while puffing on a cigar.

Li Shutang said speechlessly: "You went too far; what will you do if you can't wrap this up later?"

"Too far?" Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "If I don't push things to the point of being beyond repair, do you think that guy Han Yili would protect Huang Yuanbin?"

Li Shutang immediately fell silent; the answer was certain. After all, Huang Yuanbin was of the England Gweilo faction, and if things hadn't gone too far, Han Yili, as the Commissioner of Police, would definitely have protected Huang Yuanbin.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "This level of heat is just about right; let Wen Bin put pressure on his superiors!"

Li Shutang nodded: "I will notify Wen Bin immediately."

Meanwhile, at the scene, apart from the frantic members of the Administrative Department.

The most relaxed ones were the Serious Crimes Unit.

The guys led by Zhang Zhiheng turned into ruthless roasting machines one by one, trashing the behavior of the PTU and the on-site Commander.

"They're all idiots! Even pigs are smarter than them. It's obvious that the most important thing right now is to conduct a search and evacuation floor by floor to confirm the criminals' hiding spot, but they just had to make such a big scene."

"Exactly, they didn't even check behind the doors and just forced entry, leading to the explosion. If that were our Serious Crimes Unit, we'd probably be fired, right?"

"Damn it, so infuriating! This bunch of losers!"

Li Wenbin, on the other hand, continued reading his magazine, waiting for news from Chen Jiajun and his old man.

A moment later, his phone rang. After Li Wenbin answered, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

After hanging up, Li Wenbin called his direct superior.

That is, the current Director of Operations, Austin. After explaining the situation, Li Wenbin said earnestly: "Director, this case was originally our Serious Crimes Unit's case. Now that they can't handle it themselves and have lost so much face in front of all the Hong Kong citizens, are we not allowed to take the case back? Moreover, the most important thing now is to shoot the criminals and save the hostages. Every extra minute will cause the Police Force's credibility to drop by another point!"

Austin knew that this trouble was caused by Huang Yuanbin, and in order to let Huang Yuanbin rise to power, Han Yili had even specifically sent him away.

For the sake of England's interests, doing this was fine, and he had no objections.

But now it was different; Huang Yuanbin had messed this up, and they couldn't handle the case they had snatched from the Serious Crimes Unit.

The police officers in the Operations Department already had complaints, and if he didn't let the brothers from the Serious Crimes Unit go in now, he, as the Director of Operations, could forget about mobilizing any frontline police officers in the future, because as a superior, he didn't support them!

Thinking of this, Austin couldn't sit still either and went straight to Han Yili's office.

At this moment, Han Yili's face was very ugly. He called Huang Yuanbin over and scolded him severely: "What kind of show are you putting on? Is this how you show it to all the Hong Kong citizens? Do you know that the complaint lines have already exploded? And that Superintendent Fang Jiexia? How did she become a police officer? Her command is a total mess; even a dog would command better than her!"

Huang Yuanbin was scolded to the point where he didn't dare to lift his head and couldn't say a single word.

At this time, Austin pushed the door open and walked in, saying directly to Han Yili: "Sir, let the Serious Crimes Unit take over, right? Otherwise, neither the citizens nor the frontline officers will be satisfied!"

Han Yili was helpless and could only nod in agreement: "Fine, but can the Serious Crimes Unit handle it?"

Austin glanced at Huang Yuanbin with quite a bit of contempt, then said to Han Yili: "Of course, sir. In half an hour, the members of my Serious Crimes Unit will be able to shoot the robbers and save the hostages!"

"Then go do it! Remember to be fast!" Han Yili said with a headache.

"Yes, sir!" After Austin saluted, he turned and walked out of the office.

Then he dialed Li Wenbin's phone: "The Director has approved your operation, but I have guaranteed to the Director that you can solve the problem in half an hour. Don't let me down!"

On the other end of the line, Li Wenbin said solemnly: "Guarantee to complete the mission, sir!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Wenbin shouted to Zhang Zhiheng: "Zhang Zhiheng, get your men to bring their gear!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiheng immediately roared excitedly: "Yes, Li Sir!"

Subsequently, the members of the Serious Crimes Unit, who had been idle in the car for half a day, rubbed their hands and checked their weapons and synchronized their watches one by one.

Under the leadership of Li Wenbin, they charged directly into the on-site command center.

"Who are you people? This is the command post, you cannot just barge in!"

Seeing Li Wenbin and his group arrive aggressively, the Police Constable of the PTU even wanted to step forward to block them.

However, they were directly pushed aside by Zhang Zhiheng and his group.

The commotion here immediately drew the attention of Superintendent Yang and Fang Jiexia, who ran over at once: "Senior Inspector Li Wenbin, what are you doing?"

Li Wenbin said coldly to the two of them: "By order of the Commissioner, from this moment on, this case is taken over by our Serious Crimes Unit. Your people can stand down; do not cause any more innocent deaths or injuries!"

Hearing Li Wenbin's words, Fang Jiexia's eyebrows immediately shot up, and she said in a shrill voice: "Li Wenbin, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to steal the credit?"

Li Wenbin said disdainfully: "Steal the credit? Do you think you are worthy? Chaotic command, disregard for police regulations, causing citizens to be taken hostage, and heavy casualties among the PTU brothers—which of these do you think you can easily gloss over?"

"Those who sit in offices should just stay in their offices. It is one thing to make things difficult for the brothers on the front line, but to dare to interfere in the cases of front-line officers—do you think you are worthy?"

Li Wenbin's words were very blunt and harsh, yet not a single person from the Administrative Department could refute them.

Especially after witnessing Fang Jiexia's command style, even the Chief Inspector of the PTU was extremely displeased.

Even though everyone present held a higher police rank than Li Wenbin, they had no way to deal with him.

Only Fang Jiexia, that woman, broke down on the spot and shamelessly started playing the victim: "Do you know how hard it is for me? I, a woman, am commanding in person, and you actually dare to steal my credit! You damn men, do you think you are so great, and that women are inferior to you..."

Seeing Fang Jiexia start to lose her mind, Li Wenbin felt there was no need to say another word of nonsense to this woman.

He said directly to the surrounding officers: "From now on, on-site command is taken over by our Serious Crimes Unit! PTU brothers, set up a police cordon and have the Reporters and citizens move back. Serious Crimes Unit brothers, move out with me!"

Li Wenbin had come with the Commissioner's order, so naturally, no one paid any more attention to Fang Jiexia and the others, and they immediately began to act according to Li Wenbin's instructions.

After making all the preparations, Li Wenbin put on his gear and took the lead, charging directly toward the building.

The members of the Serious Crimes Unit immediately followed, and Zhang Zhiheng shouted: "Li Sir said we have half an hour, but we only have fifteen minutes. If we can't take care of these robbers in fifteen minutes, we can just wait to be the scapegoats!"

"Notify the Power Bureau to cut the power to the building. Teams A and B, advance from the stairwells on both sides of the building. Watch out for hostages and robbers! Move!"

The Serious Crimes Unit had been holding back a belly full of anger, and at this moment, their momentum was like a rainbow.

They quickly advanced to the room where the targets were hiding. (End of chapter)