Chapter 567: Macau's Godmother

"Heh, now there's going to be a real tug-of-war!"

Chen Jiajun couldn't help but smile when he heard the news brought by his subordinate.

Matters like this, having escalated to the diplomatic level, simply couldn't be resolved in a short amount of time.

Now that the initiative was in the hands of General Song, Chen Jiajun wanted to see how this "Equator" would ultimately resolve it.

Chen Jiajun certainly wouldn't get involved in this kind of power struggle.

Otherwise, it would be called overstepping, so Chen Jiajun continued to investigate the whereabouts of the buyer and the Messenger under Equator.

After tracking them for several days, the Information Department finally had some fresh information to report.

Especially regarding that male Messenger; the Information Department discovered that the other party actually had connections to Macau.

"Are you sure it's Macau?" Chen Jiajun asked with some surprise.

The Information Officer nodded: "The other party purchased a large batch of high-powered weaponry from the Godmother in Macau, for an unknown purpose!"

Godmother is one of the largest arms dealers in Macau, with a status equivalent to A Jie.

However, A Jie's scale is far, far larger than Godmother's.

"Courting death. Is this level of affair something a small-time arms dealer like her can participate in? I think she's tired of living!" Chen Jiajun said irritably: "Send someone to have a chat with her; I need to know who it is! Be careful and stay hidden; I suspect she has people monitoring her!"

The Information Officer nodded: "I understand! By the way, Boss, that Li Yanming... has contact with the England intelligence station!"

"Hmm?" Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure?"

The Information Officer nodded.

Chen Jiajun was so angry he laughed: "One idiot, and another idiot! Truly stupid to the core! This bastard had better not have a wife or children, otherwise, it will be the end of his entire family!"

"Boss, are we not going to do anything about Li Yanming?" the Information Officer asked curiously.

"I couldn't care less if he dies!" Chen Jiajun said irritably: "Tell Ya Qi to go have a chat with Godmother; I need to know who bought the weaponry!"

"What if she doesn't talk?" the Information Officer asked in return.

"Doesn't talk?" Chen Jiajun sneered and said: "In a matter like this, what right does she have not to talk? On what grounds would she not talk? Be quick, don't let someone silence her!"

The Information Officer nodded: "I understand, Boss!"

Macau, inside an extremely ordinary Restaurant.

A middle-aged woman was offering incense to the spirit tablets in the back room.

This person was Macau's biggest arms dealer, Godmother.

After Godmother finished offering incense, she discovered that someone had appeared in the room without her noticing.

And this was someone Godmother recognized—it was Ya Qi, the person in charge of Hong Hing's affairs in Macau.

"How do you have time to come over?" Godmother asked casually, appearing very calm.

Ya Qi shrugged and said: "Can't be helped, you did something wrong, so someone has to come and resolve it."

"I don't recall doing anything wrong!" Godmother said stubbornly.

"Oh? Is that so?" Ya Qi said to Godmother with a half-smile.

Seeing Ya Qi's smile, Godmother felt a tremor in her heart.

Ya Qi said indifferently: "I don't care if you actually did anything wrong; what I care about is that someone bought a batch of weaponry from you earlier... who was it?"

Godmother looked at Ya Qi, forcing herself to stay calm as she said: "This is the rule; I cannot disclose that to you!"

A fierce light suddenly appeared in Ya Qi's eyes, and he punched Godmother in the lower abdomen, causing her to kneel down in pain.

Afterward, Ya Qi said coldly: "Rules? What right do you have to talk to me about rules? Whether you people can eat in Macau depends on whether my Hong Hing allows it! You dare talk to me about rules?"

Although Godmother's face was pale from the pain, she still gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound.

Ya Qi grinned hideously, grabbed her hair, and said coldly: "Your granddaughter started elementary school this year, right?"

Godmother's eyes widened instantly, and she stared fixedly at Ya Qi: "Don't involve family!"

"Don't involve family?" Ya Qi said coldly: "How do you think that dead husband of yours died?"

Godmother bit her lip until it was almost bleeding, still intending to hold out to the end.

But Ya Qi continued: "Do you think our Hong Hing has a good reputation and can't do things like using your family against you? I'm telling you, maybe you were right before, but do you know what kind of affair you've participated in this time? What a fool."

"The guy who bought your weapons is one of Equator's people! The other party got a small portable nuclear weapon and transported it to Hong Kong! This isn't a personal grudge or a gang grudge anymore, do you understand?"

Hearing Ya Qi's words, Godmother's eyes widened: "What did you say?"

"I said you're a fool. Did you think I couldn't find out that Equator's Messenger is your godson?" Ya Qi said coldly: "Tell me his information, otherwise, you know the consequences!"

Godmother panicked instantly; a big shot like Ya Qi had no need to lie to her.

It seemed her godson had indeed participated in something incredible; no wonder when Godmother asked him why he was buying so many weapons, he refused to say a word.

So, Godmother gritted her teeth and said to Ya Qi: "I don't know anything else; he just bought a batch of weapons from me, intending to send them to Longzhajiao."

"When is the delivery?" Seeing that this fool was finally willing to talk, Ya Qi asked immediately.

"Nine o'clock tonight!" Godmother said honestly.

Ya Qi nodded and turned to leave.

However, before leaving the Restaurant, he said to Godmother: "I advise you to disappear immediately, otherwise, whether it's Equator or other parties tracking you down, your whole family will be in trouble."

Godmother was a person of the underworld, and it seemed she had already made preparations.

After Ya Qi left, she immediately took out a Satellite Phone and dialed.

On the other side, Hong Kong.

With things having developed to this point, the DC8 was not something South Korea could just take away whenever they wanted.

So they had also been trying to find a way to find an opportunity to escape.

The best way was to find Equator himself; that way, the problems for Hong Kong and General Song could be solved easily.

But clearly, even the CIA and MI6 could not find the whereabouts of Red, so there was no need for the three outsiders to even think about it.

They did a lot of work, but in the end, they all returned empty-handed.

This angered the few South Koreans, but apart from cursing "Shibal" a few times, it was of no use.

As for General Manager Song, the Secretary found all the information.

"What is this?" General Manager Song asked, feeling a bit strange as he saw the documents the Secretary handed over.

The Secretary said: "All the information about Red that you asked me to find."

General Manager Song nodded and took the documents. The Secretary explained from the side: "This title was given by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. Twelve years ago, a theft occurred at the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Japan, and someone successfully stole a piece of Ancient Jade from among the Three Sacred Treasures of the Emperor."

"This piece of jade is actually a red agate. After leaving Japan, he continued to dabble in the underground weapons market. The United States suspects that in the last ten years, he has planned at least three major deals in Asia! Every time, he has been able to escape successfully."

"It is very likely that Hong Kong is one of his bases!"

Hearing the Secretary's words, General Manager Song said noncommittally: "Those who are skilled in defense make the enemy not know where to attack. Those who are skilled in offense make the enemy not know what to defend."

The Secretary asked somewhat strangely: "You mean..."

General Manager Song said directly: "Notify the weapons experts in Jing Cheng to stand by, ready to come to Hong Kong at any time."

The Secretary nodded and immediately got up to leave.

At this moment, outside General Manager Song's car, that Rolls-Royce Silver Spur of Chen Jiajun pulled up.

After opening the window, Chen Jiajun looked at the back of General Manager Song's Secretary and said: "General Manager Song, you don't trust your Secretary?"

General Manager Song sneered and said: "She has followed me for more than ten years and has not shown any flaws, but after arriving in Hong Kong, she has shown unusual enthusiasm for this case. We do things this way; we generally don't suspect a person, but if we do, then there are some things that the other party must absolutely not know."

Chen Jiajun said with some lack of understanding: "Wouldn't it be easier to just arrest her?"

General Manager Song shook his head: "This matter is not simple. The other party was actually able to send an Undercover to my side for more than ten years; this is not something an ordinary person can accomplish."

"Ever since Comrade Li Nong established our Safety Department, very few people have been able to do this! So she herself might be more important than this case."

After hearing this, Chen Jiajun's expression immediately became serious: "This is no small matter!"

"Rest assured, everything is under our control!" General Manager Song said with a calm face: "Otherwise, why do you think I specifically brought this Secretary along?" Chen Jiajun knew he shouldn't continue asking, so he nodded and said: "I understand!"

"A Jun, I heard you have made progress on your end?" General Manager Song was very satisfied with Chen Jiajun's tact and then changed the subject to ask.

Chen Jiajun smiled and nodded: "If they want to do things, whether it's in Hong Kong or Macau, they can never escape my eyes! Through an arms dealer, I found out that Red's Messenger bought a batch of high-powered weapons!"

"As long as I keep watching the movement of this batch of weapons, I will be able to know what these Messengers are doing! However... that arms dealer might be silenced by Red!"

General Manager Song smiled and said: "You are much more reliable than those people in the Hong Kong Police!"

Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "You flatter me. The 'regular army' of the Hong Kong Police hasn't moved at all, so how can that count! That idiot Li Yanming is actually still flirting with MI6; I think he thinks he isn't dying fast enough!"

"That Chief Inspector Li is indeed not a smart man, being led around by the nose by a professor!" General Manager Song also shook his head helplessly: "It seems the discipline of the Hong Kong Police Force also has big problems!"

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "The current Commissioner of Police, Cai Yuanqi, counts as a surrenderist. It's hard to say how much loyalty he has to our country!"

"Haha, that is the business of the Secretary for Security, Lu Minghua; we cannot overstep our authority!" General Manager Song shook his head: "Keep watching those Messengers! They are Red's hands and feet and will definitely play a role at the critical moment."

Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment, then said: "You mean those weapons experts from Kyoto?"

General Manager Song laughed and said: "I don't have such great ability to mobilize weapons experts from Kyoto. They are all national treasures; who has the power to transfer them to Hong Kong in the current situation?"

"Oh... I understand!" Chen Jiajun nodded.

The next day, Zhao Zhiren came to the headquarters of the Crisis Group again.

Just after entering the door, he said to Fan Jiaming: "Sorry, I have something to call my Secretary, Angela."

Fan Jiaming nodded: "Connect the line for the Professor."

This action by Fan Jiaming was clearly in violation of the rules previously set by the Crisis Group.

But almost no one cared about this rule, and Fan Jiaming was the same.

While Zhao Zhiren was on the phone, the Hong Kong Police were conducting their daily inspection of the DC8.

After the two sides finished communicating, the experts from the Hong Kong Police put on hazmat suits and entered the underground Warehouse where the DC8 was placed.

"We are now conducting the safety inspection procedure!" The Hong Kong experts took the instruments and began to inspect.

Just as one expert was holding the Geiger Counter, he suddenly discovered that the instrument had fluctuations.

This made the two experts immediately nervous: "Fan sir, I detected a concentration of 1250 millisieverts. I suspect this weapon has a leak, I..."

Before the expert finished speaking, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Then the expert's anxious voice came: "My assistant is in trouble, notify the fire department and ambulance immediately, do you hear me?"

Fan Jiaming was shocked, took off his headset, and said to his subordinates: "Notify the ambulance and fire truck immediately!"

As he said this, he directly triggered the alarm device in the center of the Crisis Group.

Fortunately, neither of the two experts had major problems, and they were urgently sent to the hospital.

Inside the Crisis Group, Fan Jiaming was at a loss.

At this time, Zhao Zhiren said to Fan Jiaming: "Have you notified Councilor Cui and the others?"

Fan Jiaming said helplessly: "They are all turned off; I have already notified the main station to look for them."

Zhao Zhiren said irritably: "I prepared a Graphite Box that can last for up to three hours. I will prepare an extra one for you! As soon as you find them, move the thing away immediately!"

But before he could finish speaking, General Manager Song appeared and said directly: "This thing cannot leave!"

Zhao Zhiren said excitedly: "That thing is constantly leaking; do you not care about the lives of us Hong Kong people?"

"My job is for the safety of the Hong Kong people; I already told you, forgot?" General Manager Song said indifferently.

Zhao Zhiren could do nothing about General Manager Song and could only pressure Fan Jiaming: "Fan sir, I can't do anything now; who is actually in charge!"

General Manager Song said with a calm face: "The weapons experts from Jing Cheng will arrive soon. If the Professor is really unwilling to help us—I'm just saying if—you can give us a little more time, and our people can take over!"

"Absurd!" Zhao Zhiren seemed to be angered by General Manager Song's attitude.

He picked up his clothes directly and walked out of the headquarters of the Crisis Group.

Seeing Zhao Zhiren leave directly, Fan Jiaming chased after him: "Professor, Professor! Don't be like this!"

Zhao Zhiren directly shook off Fan Jiaming's hand and said very irritably, "Don't say any more, I have no way to cooperate with him!" Fan Jiaming could only try to steady Zhao Zhiren first, saying, "I know, let's discuss it properly after Officer Li returns!"

Zhao Zhiren said very unhappily, "He is too stubborn!"

Although the two sides parted on bad terms, Fan Jiaming managed to steady Zhao Zhiren at least.

As for Li Yanming, this guy also found his way to Macau through an informant.

And he came directly into Godmother Sophia's small restaurant.

Godmother seemed to be settling accounts at the moment; she took off her glasses after seeing Li Yanming walk in.

After sitting down, Li Yanming started to get familiar: "It's been over ten years!"

"It's been almost twenty years!" Godmother said with a smile.

Li Yanming looked at the environment of the Restaurant and then said indifferently, "When you two opened the Restaurant back then, I wasn't able to come and congratulate you."

Godmother's eyes immediately turned fierce; clearly, Li Yanming's words had struck a nerve.

Godmother did not show weakness either and immediately countered, "You are a department Supervisor, after all!"

One must know that it was precisely because Li Yanming had made a mistake that he had sat in the position of Senior Inspector for a full ten years.

Not only did he fail to be promoted to the rank of Superintendent, but even the position of Chief Inspector was out of his reach.

If they were going to strike at each other's nerves, it meant the following conversation would not be so relaxed.

Li Yanming took the initiative to attack: "I thought you had retired!"

Godmother sighed and said, "I only know how to cook, you know that."

"Stop beating around the bush, get to the point!" Li Yanming said coldly.

Godmother clearly did not want to answer, so she directly changed the subject: "It's rare for you to come, have you eaten? I'll make you something to eat!"

Unfortunately, Li Yanming did not appreciate it at all and had already had his subordinates block the Kitchen.

He even drove the cook inside out.

Afterward, he looked at Godmother and said, "Sit down!"

Circumstances were stronger than the person; Godmother could only sit back down.

Li Yanming continued, "The night before last, we encountered an underground arms deal. I think both the buyer and seller were very anxious. My informant told me that the group of buyers is still unwilling to give up and has ordered a batch of arms in Macau, preparing to go to war with our Hong Kong Police!"

"In Macau, the only person I can think of who could get such a large batch of arms is you! Where is Redondo now?"

Godmother picked up a bottle of white liquor, poured herself a glass, and said, "Officer Li, I really don't know what you are talking about."

Unfortunately, before it reached her mouth, it was snatched away by Li Yanming and thrown directly onto the ground.

Li Yanming said coldly, "Listen to me clearly: ever since I entered this Restaurant, everything here no longer belongs to you! Including your life!"

Facing Li Yanming's threat, Godmother looked calm, as if she had already made preparations.

Li Yanming did not say much more, but instead took out a video; it was footage of Godmother's granddaughter taken inside a kindergarten.

Li Yanming continued, "What are we working so hard for? Isn't it just the hope that our family can live comfortably?"

Godmother was suddenly enraged, exposing her temperament as a person of the underworld: "If you dare to touch my granddaughter, I will wipe out your whole family!"

Li Yanming sneered, "If you come with me quietly, I guarantee your whole family will be safe and sound!"

Hearing Li Yanming's words, a faint, imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Godmother's mouth.

Ever since Ya Qi came to find her last time, Godmother knew that she definitely would not survive.

It was very clear that this matter was not something someone like her could participate in.

However, with the hint Ya Qi gave her earlier, she had also made preparations early on.

As soon as she died, her son would take her granddaughter and go directly abroad. Godmother had left a large sum of money for her son abroad, enough for them to live well there.

As for herself? Since she had stepped into the underworld, she had never expected to have a good ending. (End of chapter)