Chapter 120: Tonight Is Destined to Be a Sleepless Night

Lu Zhongxin is now a team leader, with officers under his command.

Realizing the gravity of the matter, he felt he could not complete such a daunting task.

These case files were far too important.

If even one were lost, the consequences would be more than he could bear.

At the same time, Lu Zhongxin could see that his disciple was giving him face.

As a master, he could afford even less to allow any mishap.

Yu Dazhang did not stop him either.

It's good to be cautious — this case involves too many people; you can never be sure someone won't do something desperate.

While waiting, Yu Dazhang kept writing up the investigation record, pausing now and then to chat with his master.

"The vehicles and people have been brought back to the squad, right?"

"Yes," Lu Zhongxin nodded.

"Once the arrest was made, Captain Wei brought people over quickly. The vehicles and the suspects are both being held at our place now."

Some things don't need to be spelled out — anyone with half a brain knows the benefit of doing it this way.

If they had reported it at the time and waited on site for the municipal bureau to take over, it would be hard to say exactly who would get the credit in the end.

The officers who had personally made the arrest, like Lu Zhongxin, would certainly get credit, but the First Squadron might not.

Because Wei Qian and his team had come as reinforcements, not as the lead investigators.

But if the suspects and vehicles were escorted back to the First Squadron, it would be a different story.

What is this?

A ready-made achievement!

Even if the municipal bureau later took the suspects and vehicles away, there would still be paperwork to go through.

By then, the collective merit for the First Squadron would already be set in stone.

Everyone understands this — saying it out loud would just make it awkward.

"If anyone comes after us for acting on our own authority, just say I tricked you into it. Push it all onto me."

Yu Dazhang said this to ease the psychological burden on his master.

Lu Zhongxin was about to be promoted — this was the most sensitive time, and even the smallest matter could affect his advancement.

If someone really tried to make an issue of acting without authorization, Yu Dazhang hoped his master would weigh the situation carefully.

He himself certainly couldn't escape involvement, so it was better to just shoulder all the responsibility directly.

"I couldn't do something like that," Lu Zhongxin refused flatly.

"If they come after us, I'll carry it with you. Credit is credit, fault is fault — I have nothing to argue with."

As stubborn as ever… Yu Dazhang knew his master's character, knew he wouldn't compromise easily, but he still pressed on:

"Even if you pushed it all onto me, it wouldn't really affect me much — but for you, it would…"

"Enough!" Lu Zhongxin cut him off coldly.

"If I really did what you're suggesting, the scales in my heart would be tipped."

There was no talking to him after that.

Although Yu Dazhang bossed Lu Zhongxin around during cases like he was his own underling, he was actually rather in awe of his master.

Especially when Lu Zhongxin's face darkened — that made him even more uneasy.

A person who acts upright and sits properly naturally carries an air of stern dignity.

Open, magnanimous, beyond profanation.

Once the three team members arrived, Lu Zhongxin assigned two of them to carry the case files, while he and another officer flanked them front and back as escort.

The four of them actually walked with the bearing of a protective detail.

Yu Dazhang stayed at the detachment working overtime until the small hours of the morning.

After finishing the investigation record, he analyzed the future direction of the investigation and offered his own opinions and suggestions.

This was very important.

He was the one who had discovered and cracked the case — if he didn't write his full thought process into the record, the officers handling the follow-up would be hampered by being unable to reason accurately.

Moreover, having a ready-made line of thinking would save a great deal of time on the investigation.

The follow-up investigation was beyond what any single person could complete.

So many lives lost, so many departments involved, and the special nature of the victims…

In Yu Dazhang's view, the Ministry of Public Security would definitely step in personally this time.

Even…

All the way to the very top! Just like the case file he was writing — he had only written the opening; the supplementary parts would need to be completed jointly by investigators from multiple departments.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night~

Yu Dazhang stretched, walked to the window, and gazed into the distance.

Police cars with flashing lights rolled one after another down the empty streets, looking especially conspicuous in the night.

He drew a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

"Still being escorted," Yu Dazhang murmured to himself.

"Looks like tonight every police car in the city has been turned into a transport vehicle."

Judging by the direction the police cars were heading, they weren't going to the Hongkou District Detention Center.

No need to think — the district's detention center must be full, so the suspects had to be sent to detention centers in other districts.

The airport and ports would also be temporarily sealed off to prevent the involved persons from fleeing.

This night, the entire Songhai would be in a state of tension and bustle.

"The armed police should be mobilizing by now."

Yu Dazhang turned his gaze once more toward the direction of the private hospital.

Please... bookmark 6... 9... book.... bar....!

To seal off the news, the armed police had to step in.

The case would certainly be investigated to the end, but the incident itself was so vile that the fallout was incalculable.

The higher-ups could never allow this kind of thing to keep fermenting in society.

It would deal a fatal blow to public trust in the medical industry.

All harm, no benefit.

Just as he had deduced.

That same night, personnel from the provincial bureau arrived in Songhai.

Early the next morning, people from the ministry showed up and took up station at the municipal bureau.

Yu Dazhang was woken up by Li Jun in the morning.

"Why did you sleep at the detachment?"

Li Jun's eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse—clearly he hadn't slept all night, but his energy was still there.

Pulling all-nighters was old hat for veteran criminal investigators; it had practically become a required course for them.

"Is it dawn already?" Yu Dazhang lifted his head from the desk and rubbed his bleary eyes:

"Last night I was writing up the case file, and somewhere along the way I just passed out."

Li Jun looked down at the computer screen:

"How's it coming along?"

"It's already done." Yu Dazhang moved the mouse and flipped to the table of contents of the case file:

"Later I went through it again and added some supplementary details."

The case was too big; he didn't dare be the slightest bit careless.

Anyone who could get access to this case file would be high-ranking—possibly even certain special figures.

"Once it's written, enter it into the system. You don't need to worry about the rest—I'll have someone come over to print it."

Li Jun said, clapping Yu Dazhang on the shoulder:

"If you didn't sleep well, go to my office. I've got a cot in there."

What treatment... Yu Dazhang didn't dare go sleep in the detachment commander's office, and quickly waved his hands:

"No, no, I'm rested."

Li Jun stared at the fatty in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

How many special cases does a person go through in a lifetime?

Li Jun couldn't say.

So far, he'd only been through two—and both had been cracked single-handedly by this fatty.

The scariest part was, the cases the fatty cracked got more and more outrageous each time,

That's right, this one was a special case too—and a special case among special cases.

After seeing the people from the Ministry of Public Security at the hospital that morning, Li Jun knew this case had reached the very top.

A detachment commander of a branch bureau like him didn't even have the standing to go up and say a word.

He was sidelined on the spot.

Now, looking at Yu Dazhang was like looking at an immortal.

Where on earth did they recruit this treasure?

What damn fine judgment!

(End of chapter)