Chapter 112: Just charge in and be done with it!

After reaching the seventh floor, Yu Dazhang walked into the stairwell, then headed down one floor along the stairs.

When he reached the fifth floor, his phone sounded a notification.

He quickly tapped open the message.

【Lu Zhongxin: Target vehicle locked on】

After reading the message, Yu Dazhang immediately walked briskly toward the pediatric emergency room.

Stepping closer, he looked at the patient's family members waiting anxiously by the door.

"I'm a police officer. Ten minutes ago I received a report saying this hospital's pediatric department has been giving children medication indiscriminately."

Yu Dazhang said it all in one breath, then showed his credentials to confirm his police identity.

He had already thought up this excuse this morning.

The family was already frantic with worry, and combined with his police identity, they had no choice but to believe him.

Actually, anyone thinking carefully would spot the holes.

How could a police officer come alone to handle a case?

Fearing they might overthink it, Yu Dazhang immediately asked again:

"Is your child in emergency treatment?"

They were a couple, looking young, probably not yet thirty.

Hearing Yu Dazhang's question, they immediately nodded and answered:

"Yes, they've been in there for almost half an hour."

"Oh no!" Yu Dazhang's face changed, looking a bit panicked, a bit worried:

"We have to stop them!"

After saying that, he immediately ran to the emergency room door and slammed on it hard.

The two stared at Yu Dazhang in confusion, momentarily unable to react.

But they quickly realized how serious the situation was.

Thinking their child might be in danger, they rushed over too and joined Yu Dazhang in pounding on the emergency room door.

"Open up! Open up!!"

Yu Dazhang didn't forget to lead them in chanting the slogan together.

But no matter how they called and pounded, there was no response at all from inside the emergency room.

Now the couple was even more convinced something was wrong inside.

After making a fuss for about three-plus minutes, Yu Dazhang's phone rang.

"Keep going, I need to take a call."

He walked briskly aside and pressed answer.

Lu Zhongxin's voice came through the phone. This time the volume was back to normal, and the voice was no longer muffled:

"The nurse just pushed the child back. We're now following the suspect vehicle out of the parking lot."

Stir up the grass and scare the snake!

That was the whole point of Yu Dazhang coming to make a scene.

How could he possibly let these people harm the child?

Upstairs he had Zhang Sen keeping watch, while Lu Zhongxin and the others had been assigned by him to the parking lot's area for box trucks.

Since it had already been determined that after the child was transferred out, they hadn't left the hospital.

Then the parking lot was the only place they could use.

What kind of vehicle could fit a bed and medical equipment, and still avoid being noticed?

Only one answer: a box truck.

"It's a box truck, right?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"Correct." Lu Zhongxin answered quickly:

"Blue-plate four-meter-two box truck, but the cargo box looks like it's been widened — not obvious, hard to tell without a close look."

Sure enough. Yu Dazhang grew more confident. As long as he could confirm it was a box truck, that was enough; whether the cargo box was widened no longer mattered.

"Master, you all have to be careful," Yu Dazhang urged:

"Once you've followed it to the location, don't act yet. Stay put and keep watch, then call for backup immediately."

That was the mission for Lu Zhongxin and his team.

Once the child was wheeled out, lock onto the target vehicle.

Then notify Yu Dazhang via text message.

Next, Yu Dazhang only needed to make a scene upstairs; that vehicle would certainly not dare stay at the hospital any longer.

The next step was to follow it and find the target's hideout.

Yu Dazhang had once envisioned it.

If the hospital was a harvesting point, then they must also have a storage point.

Whatever they wanted from the children, they couldn't store it out in the open.

Once that storage point was found, the case would essentially be closed.

Ironclad evidence — when that time came, no one could pull strings. "Don't worry," Lu Zhongxin said in a reporting tone:

"Right now only my phone in the vehicle has signal. Everyone else's phones have been turned off and handed over to me for safekeeping."

This was also a measure born of helplessness.

Yu Dazhang didn't know how deep this hospital's background went.

But the fact that it could get a criminal investigator suspended was enough to prove this hospital had ties to certain people inside the system.

This is also why they dare not call for backup right now.

If word gets out, that delivery van will surely change course and head elsewhere.

If we don't find direct evidence, this matter will truly become troublesome.

Then Yu Dazhang called Zhang Sen again.

"They've gone back."

Please... collect... 6... 9... Books...!

"Keep watching, or take control of them?" Zhang Sen asked immediately.

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then clenched his teeth:

"Move in! Follow them inside and see what's going on in there—I'll come down shortly."

After hanging up, he returned to the emergency room door, where a nurse had already come to stop him.

Yu Dazhang had never seen this nurse; she was probably not from the fourth-floor pediatrics ward.

"You're interfering with the doctors' work. If you keep this up, I'll call the police."

"I am the police." Yu Dazhang stepped forward, blocking the nurse, and showed his credentials:

"Cooperate with the investigation. Open the door."

The nurse carefully examined Yu Dazhang's credentials; after seeing the official seal, her face turned pale:

"I—I can't open this door either."

"Then go find someone who can open this door," Yu Dazhang said coldly, his expression grim.

"I suspect those inside are engaged in illegal activities."

He must continue causing a scene here with the family.

Only then can he ensure the people below quickly return the child.

If you're going to act, act fully—give the opponent no room to think.

Most importantly, all the pediatric nurses on the fourth floor know him; going down now would make him instantly recognizable.

"Officer Yu Dazhang, right?" The nurse's tone suddenly changed, her gaze turning sharp:

"You're responding alone? That's against protocol. I've noted your name—if I file a complaint with your police force..."

Oh~? Threatening me now... Yu Dazhang wasn't fazed; he glared back:

"Go ahead and file. I'll wait right here."

The nurse said nothing more, gave him a disdainful look, and turned away.

Yu Dazhang noticed she really did pull out her phone nearby and began dialing.

The bow is drawn—there's no turning back; even if he wanted to stop now, it was too late.

So, just charge ahead!

After about five minutes, Yu Dazhang received a call from an unknown number.

"Who is this?"

"I'm Zhou Kai from the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Brigade."

Yu Dazhang had heard this name before—Zhou Kai was the deputy captain of the municipal criminal investigation brigade, somewhat well-known in the Songhai police force.

"What do you want?" Yu Dazhang's tone remained unchanged, as calm as ever.

"Who told you to investigate the hospital? And you went alone? Do you think you don't want to keep your job? Go back now—there's still a way out!"

Listening to the scolding voice, Yu Dazhang's lips curled upward—not angry, but smiling.

So fast they've already sent someone.

Too bad—this is just the beginning. What comes next will bring them even more surprises.

"Zhou Kai, right?" Yu Dazhang said coldly:

"My direct superior is Captain Li. As soon as he gives the order, I'll pull back."

Without waiting for the other to respond, Yu Dazhang hung up the phone.

It wasn't that he feared speaking with the deputy captain—it was that Zhang Sen's call had come in.

"Dazhang, come down fast!" Zhang Sen's voice was urgent:

"The lounge connects to the upper floor!"

Connects?

Yu Dazhang had already anticipated this result.

What intrigued him was how they had linked the two floors together.

Since previous officers had searched the emergency room and checked the floor,

"Is there a partition wall in between?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"No," Zhang Sen urged:

"Come down and see for yourself!"

(End of Chapter)