Chapter 677: The Scene That Terrified the Ruthless Bandits

Captain Xu's meaning was clear.

Everyone is assembled; we are just waiting for your order.

Yu Dazhang glanced at the time.

One forty in the morning.

This time of night was actually a good moment for an arrest.

The second half of the night is when people sleep most deeply, and also when the enemy is most lax, making it perfect for their operation.

Moreover, Yu Dazhang did not intend to keep those female special operations team members in danger for a long time.

Except for anti-narcotics work, police rarely conduct such long-term undercover operations.

Especially for violent crimes, the net is almost always drawn within a short time, because if time drags on, many things will get out of control.

"Operation!"

Yu Dazhang issued the order without hesitation.

"Received." As a veteran detective, Captain Xu naturally knew the rules.

These seven female special operations team members were borrowed by him; if anything really went wrong, he would be the first to suffer.

Actually, both of them wanted to wait a bit longer, ideally until they could bring those girls to their final destination.

However, they also saw that this bathhouse was different from Zhang Qian's temporary base; this place was obviously a long-term hiding spot for people.

If the people were hidden there for half a year or a year, Yu Dazhang and the others couldn't possibly just keep waiting like this forever.

Besides, those female special operations team members couldn't stay inside indefinitely; if time dragged on, their muscles would atrophy.

If they gained weight and their physiques went off track, by that time even if they were rescued, they wouldn't be able to return to the special operations team; that would be equivalent to ruining them.

Was there such a possibility?

Definitely.

Long-term stakeouts are common in criminal police investigations, with many lasting several months.

Moreover, the longer a stakeout drags on, the more patience one has, because the longer the time is dragged out, the more unwilling one is to give up; once abandoned, it means all previous efforts were wasted.

Since that was the case, they had to consider it well before the operation.

If they didn't want to stake out for a long time, they had to act decisively; not a single minute could be delayed.

And the current situation did not allow Yu Dazhang to hesitate; for him, this case was a race against every second.

The two arrived downstairs, and just as they got into the car, Captain Xu's phone suddenly rang.

Captain Xu glanced at the caller ID and immediately answered.

Before he could speak, an anxious voice from a police officer came from the other end:

"Something's wrong! It's chaotic inside the bathhouse; it sounds like people are fighting!"

"Fighting?" Captain Xu's eyebrows immediately furrowed:

"Block the front and back doors; do not let anyone out. We are arriving immediately."

"Okay." The police officer on the other end agreed and hung up the phone.

During the call, the car had already driven out of the Municipal Bureau and was speeding toward the bathhouse.

Sitting in the back seat, Yu Dazhang said nothing, but various possible situations flashed through his mind.

At this time of night, the vast majority of people inside the bathhouse were in a state of sleep; anyone awake enough to make the sound of a fight must be related to those seven female special operations team members.

It was likely the commotion they had caused.

Why hadn't anything happened along the way, only for trouble to break out shortly after entering the bathhouse?

Yu Dazhang could think of only one possibility:

They had encountered danger!

This was also the order Yu Dazhang had given them before departure.

If their personal safety was threatened, they could immediately terminate the mission and fight back.

Since it was the second half of the night, there were almost no other vehicles on the road; plus, the Xicheng Municipal Bureau was not far from that bathhouse, so Yu Dazhang and the others reached the destination in just ten minutes.

After getting off the car at the main entrance, Yu Dazhang immediately heard a cacophony of noise coming from inside the bathhouse.

It was a mix of the sounds of smashing things and angry shouting, with occasional cries of pain occasionally breaking through.

At the main entrance, several people wearing bathrobes were squatting on the ground, controlled by police officers guarding the door.

There was no time to ask more questions; Yu Dazhang immediately drew his service pistol and led the charge inside.

Judging by the sounds, the fight scene should be on the fourth floor, but there were also sounds of people running on other floors, presumably customers and staff of the bathhouse looking for places to hide.

Rushing all the way to the third floor, Yu Dazhang didn't see a single dangerous element.